What are GMO Foods and why should you avoid them.

   This is my personal journey about GMO's and I am learning and researching right along with those of you on this journey with me, so please click on the sources I provide in this blog to study and understand both sides of GMO's. Understand I am not here to make a judgement call I am here to give sources with facts from both sides of the argument along with my choice to remove them and how I am going to do that. Happy reading!


             What are GMO's (Genetically Modified Organisms) ??????????????????????????

Biotechnology in plant agriculture has come to mean the process of intentionally making a copy of a gene for a desired trait from one plant or organism and using it in another plant. source-http://gmoanswers.com/explore

which basically means the DNA has been changed of a specific organism. So why do Farmer's use them?

Farmers choose seeds based on what is best for their farms, market demand and local growing environments.  Farmers select GMOs to reduce yield loss or crop damage from weeds, diseases, and insects, as well as from extreme weather conditions, such as drought. Farmers choose to use GMOs to reduce the impact of agriculture on their environment and their costs — by applying pesticides in more targeted ways, for example. Farmers have also used GMOs to save a crop – such as papaya from Hawaii — that was being threatened by a disease.

Why do we care:

There are eight crops currently commercially available that are from GMO seeds in America- they are:

Cotton

Corn (field and sweet)

Soybeans

Canola

Alfafa

Sugar beets

Papaya

Squash

An even though government and scientific studies have been published saying things like, there are no health risks and or connections to disease. Many people with whom have removed GMO's from their diets are losing weight, not needing medications etc. It is a highly controversial subject. I'm not here to argue I'm here to share what they are and explain my journey on removing them from my diet and how you can to. Below you will find many websites to utilize in preparing for this journey.

http://www.nongmoproject.org/learn-more/ This is a great source to see what processed foods have GMO's, what they are, how to avoid them. As well as how to find Non GMO Food choices which includes retailers and verified restaurants -I found both of these resources to be very helpful!

http://www.monsanto.com/newsviews/pages/food-safety.aspx This is another great source for doing your homework to learn more about GMO's.

Please feel free to comment feedback below I am excited to learn.

New Journey......New Life.......New Me!

       It has been several months since my last post and for several reasons but the main reason is LIFE...life got in my way and took my FOCUS! Summer is here and over the last few months I have been talking back and forth with an old friend from high school who has completely made over her life living everyday for herself as well as her family..owning her own time and when I say this please don't take it lightly, see she suffered from MS, was on several medications and worked a HIGH Stress corporate job. I can remember watching her posts on Facebook and I can remember her posting about being in so much pain she couldn't get out of bed.
     Fast forward to last fall and she had an interest in my products and we started to reconnect as a matter of fact in her telling her story to me I had my own AHA moment. One of these days I hope to get her on here to share her story but for now I will brief you on what has inspired my own personal journey. She has since lost over 80 pounds, she quit that corporate job to own her own business-owning her own time, she is off her meds and out of pain- how did she do this? She eliminated GMO's from her diet and she followed a very strict diet for awhile.
     So let's be real for a minute thousands of people have intentions to lose weight everyday especially when they see someone they know, someone real try the latest fad or gimmick and lose a bunch of weight. Honestly I have tried them all in my twenties I could starve myself and lose like 10 pounds in 3 days literally but in my late thirties things started to stick as well as stick out in places I didn't even know existed and I tried Weight Watchers, Atkins, Jenny Craig,  Bariatric Centers ( which is very expensive and not to my surprise is where those Rich Housewives go everyday to get a B12 shots to stay skinny), HCG drops, beachbody diets and exercise programs ok I've done a lot and the moral to any of them as soon as I stopped the weight came back plus some.
     It is true what they say diet and exercise is key to a healthy body. But do you know what this really mean especially that word diet? Not starting the latest gimmick or starving yourself but monitoring what you are consuming and how much you consume? This leads me to my journey you are welcome to come along I am going to explain what GMO's are how they affect your body. I am going to invite you into my personal journey to come along and join me as I get my body back to health, as I start a new chapter in this crazy thing called life and see a new me. I will be offering different foods you can eat and ones you should afford. Take what you like or leave it but either way I welcome you to join me. See you tomorrow where I will explain what GMO's are and how they changed my friends life which is inspiring me to change mine. I look forward to any comments you may have!

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40th. Birthday

   So this is a very exciting week for me, I turn 40 this week, I know many people don't get too exciting about turning 40 and I have to say I have mixed feelings. However to overcome my anxiety of hitting the big 40 I have been implementing many exciting promotions with my It Works business to help anyone I can live a better life.
   It started yesterday when I offered Veterans, military personnel or military spouses a box of Ultimate Body Applicators ($99) when they sign on to be a distributor with me by Friday at Midnight. Let me explain why I felt the need to promote this on Veteran's day. Many Military Spouses have a hard time finding employment for several reasons- they are relocated many times making it difficult to hold a job. Many of them have small children and don't live near family or friends to help watch their children so they can work or their husbands are deployed and they are by themselves. For these reasons working from home has been a true blessing, however whatever direct selling company they choose- they need to do their research ahead of time and make sure they ask a lot of questions so they don't waste they time making little to no money. With It Works we can take our kids with us, work our business from Facebook and work from home, or if we move we take it with us. Any one currently in the military it helps to bring in extra income to their home especially when military families live on a strict salary. When military personnel retire or leave the military job placement can be difficult, there's a magazine in Coraopolis PA that helps place them in jobs it is called G.I Jobs check the link http://www.gijobs.com/, but often they still need more income and Network marketing can be the answer. Please read  Samantha's        story below:
      Currently Samantha is the youngest AMBASSADOR DIAMOND, 24 years old, $32,000 per MONTH average!

#RETIRED husband!!

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Here is her story:

We met each other very early in our lives, at the ages of 16 and 19, and shortly after Anthony was deployed for 16 months to Afghanistan. We went through many trials and tribulations in the first few years of our marriage, everything from 2 miscarriages, Anthony being medically retired from the Army for PTSD, and moving back home to Texas. We thought that things would be so much easier once we were home with family but little did we know there was more bumps in the road ahead.

I was 8 months pregnant with our little girl and we weren’t able to buy any of the houses that we had dreamed of. My parents decided to buy our first home for us and we would make the payments. We had to settle for a small 2 bedroom house.

We thought we had things figured out! Anthony was starting school to become a mechanical engineer and I was staying at home to raise Hailey. When Hailey was 6 months old I found out I was pregnant again and this was a huge surprise because we weren’t planning to have another child until he was done with school. Bryson was born in August 2010 and completed our family puzzle!

In April 2011, It Works! found me! I asked Anthony if I could sell “these It Works! wraps,” needless to say I got a dirty look and a big fat “NO!” He left for school the next day and I signed up!

In September 2011 I received my first 5 figure check!
In January 2012, Anthony quit school to help me full time with It Works! In March 2012 we promoted to Triple Diamond! In November 2012 we promoted to Presidential Diamond.
In January 2013 we fulfilled one of our biggest dreams and were able to move into a bigger house!

In July 2013 we reached the rank of Ambassador Diamond! We are in the first 25 Ambassador's in It Works Global!

We are blessed with this amazing company and our family-like friendships we have made!
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YOU can be the next #success story!

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Stay tuned for more promotions I'm offering this week....... 

Love,

Amy

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What is your Plan B?

Are you ready to change your life?

  So I was going to make another motivational post today, but I decided to shift my focus to my Network marketing business- let me preface my post by starting with my story. I started this blog a few years ago but was never really ever able to keep up with it because I was working full time and between working full time, taking care of three kids, the house, my marriage, and myself it left very little time for anything else especially me taking enough time to sit down and focus on topics for a blog.
   Fast forward to a few years ago I was stuck in a sales position I hated and I moved from one sales position to another I was so encouraged by my income and my career that my family life was suffering. Sure there were some great positives like my husband stepped up and learned how to cook, clean and do laundry. My children learned how to be self-sufficient but I was mentally gone. Then I got to a point where I was so stressed I quit my job and over the next two years I literally worked 4-5 jobs to replace that income. It Works Global was one of those jobs but I did something very stupid I put it on the back burner instead of making it my top priority and I killed myself making other people rich well I just got by, I mean literally everyone I worked for I as well as other employees were making these other businesses money.  I had gained 30 pounds and was by no means a good representative to a healthy company.
   Once again I had, had enough in May of 2013 I went to a boot camp in Atlanta for It Works! Global and I got it, I heard the stories, I saw the husbands retiring in a year instead of when they are 65. I saw and met people paying off their debts, paying cash for things, going on vacations. I understood that Network marketing is the way of the future. I have put 100% focus on my It Works! Global business and I have made some wonderful lifetime friends, I've paid off some debts and I am on my way to building a successful team.
     Think about Mary Kay when they started, could you imagine the people still making money from that, It Works has not even tapped the billion dollar industry and we only have 65,000 distributors world wide. Do you know what that means? You could be part of something amazing right now and for only $99 and no risk! Our busiest quarter is approaching but why wait join now, plant those seeds and start your team now is the time especially if you could use an extra $500-$1000 for Christmas. I ask you if you wait where will you be in a year and best of all you can get healthy along the way. I am proud to say this is my only job now and I am a better mom and wife now than I have been in a long time. Come join my team and start making tomorrow a better day. If you would lose your job tomorrow what is your plan B?
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Don't Be A Shadow

         Have you paid your dues? Have the flood gates opened to you? Do you believe in yourself in your capabilities? Do you give 110 percent to everything you do- do you put your backbone into it? As I prepared for my next post I once again realized how as a society we are programmed to believe that if we take unnecessary risks you risk losing any security you have in your life. We are programmed to be negative, this is awful- do you ever read between the lines and really pay attention to what successful people say. When you watch interviews with people who are successful or watch shows about famous people do you really understand how they got famous? They believed in themselves when no one else did, they never quit and when they were told no a million times they never gave up they overcame and pushed forward. Success isn't about everything all peaches and rosy its about failing and failing over and over again.
         When you finally realize you only get one life and your time here is worth something, then and only then will you follow your passion and make your dreams come true. I feel sorry for the people that continuously go through life accepting what it is they have and not wanting more for themselves, for their family. If you think I am only referring to a monetary value you are mistaken. I challenge today to push forward and make things happen don't be a shadow to your own life..

The 21st Century Working Person

             Did you ever hear the saying work Smarter not Harder? How many of you even know what that means or even how to do that? I was doing some research for this post and in 1970 the average work week was 35 hours and the average yearly income was $59,000. Now in this day in age employers expect us to work more than 40 hours per week and the average income is $51,000 a year- WHY????http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/Most_employed_Americans_work_more_than_40_hours_pe_12123.aspx

        Why are we working longer hours spending less time with family and friends, deteriorating our health, increasing our financial debt and making less money? Facts have been proven that productivity is down causing people to have to work longer hours but do you know why? People are stressed out, stress from work, home, health etc this vicious cycle is affecting the way Americans live and work. I have met and seen so many people in such high credit card debt because they are so caught up in keeping up with the Jones...
     
       And people are so consumed with themselves instead of helping others anymore that not many people are reading between the lines and living in reality. The reality is that if you are ever going to have happiness true happiness in this world you need to start doing a couple of things. Number one don't take advise from your poor friends and family and surround yourself with only positive people. Number two take the time to smell the roses everyday, someday what you thought were big problems will be the little problems in your life. Number 3 put yourself first- make sure you think about what your eating everyday and take care of your body..dress up and feel good about yourself everyday. Furthermore when you get paid, pay yourself first and put that money away. Number four- help as many people as you can everyday, I'm not saying be a know it all and crank out advise but truly help others in need. Whether it is someone who needs a ride to someone looking for advise or even someone who may need financial help (i'm not saying start giving out free cash, but if someone needs $5 to eat lunch be the person to give it to them if you can.) And number five don't take life so serious, if you are too busy trying to get work done, your not focusing on the important things in life, like children's Christmas concerts, talking with your kids, having date night with your spouse etc.

       If your saying well this all sounds great and to good to be true but I can't do those things, then you need to reevaluate your current position. Ask yourself if the circle your in is really worth it-are you happy? Take baby steps towards happiness live for yourself and be happy and the rest will follow.
 
  My journey started when I left a high stress job and am following my dreams and I would like to take others with me. Networking Marketing is the number one way to achieve all the things I mentioned above. Right now I am excited to earn a Christmas Bonus to make sure my children receive the Christmas they deserve. If you'd like to follow me message me at amyshowtime.myitworks.comamyshowtime/wordpress.com