2009 is coming to an end.  How many of us have met our weight loss resolutions?  Why did you not lose weight in 2009? It is so very hard.  I want to encourage you that you still have 52 more days to still chisel away at those pounds!  Do not give up! Just keep your goal in sight.

I know that I am not about to give up.  I might not have lost all the weight I had set forth to lose, but at least I have not gained.  To me that is a plus.  Even if you finish out the year having lost only 10 or so pounds, you have done well. Congratulations!  It is a beginning for more weight loss in 2010.

I have been on a diet since I was 13 years old.  I have lost myself time and time again.  I did have one short spell in my life for about three or four years where I had lost about 70 pounds and had kept it off.

Alas, then came divorce, I became a single mom, had a hysterectomy and quit smoking.  What was I ever thinking?  Bit by bit those pounds crept back on. I have tried the same diets I have gone on in the past and lost weight.  The only difference is they are not working any more.

I look at people around me on the same diet I am doing  and they are losing and I am not losing an ounce.  Why?  It is so very frustrating.  Have you ever been in that situation?

Recently I read an article in the First for Women magazine, their November 16^th, 2009 issue,  entitled, “Always Craving Carbs?”.  This article has confirmed to me what I have discovered lately.

You see, I have a Metabolism problem, and have even been diagnosed with insulin resistance.  I have followed to the tee eating programs given to me by a nutritionist at my physician’s office.  No progress whatsoever.  I often feel that people are looking at me are thinking, “Yeah, right, she has got to be cheating on her program.”  Trust me I am not.  Lately, I discovered that carbohydrates are affecting me differently than they do other people.

This article deals with a book written by Diane Kress, R.D., titled, “The Metabolism Miracle”.  She goes into detail about the fact that everyone is not a Metabolism A person.  There are about 46% of us who fall into the alternative Metabolism B Category.  This means that our bodies will not respond to the same diet program that a Metabolism A person’s body does.  This is probably why the plan my nutritionist gave me did not work.

There are three steps to this program. I have just begun Step One which will last for eight weeks.  This will be a low carb period to rest my overworked pancreas and liver while shrinking fat cells.  During this period there should be a decrease in cholesterol (hurray), triglycerides (double hurray), blood sugar and blood pressure.

I am going to be devoted to this program for many reasons.  Mainly, I do not want to live my life with deteriorating health conditions, increased medications and possibly insulin.  Even as I write these words, it only confirms that this is a matter of life or death to me.  I am 63 years old and have a lot more years I want to spend with my family and to be able to watch my grandchildren grow up and start their lives.  I might be selfish, but I do not want to miss out on those times.  My family is very important to me.  It has been the glue that has held my life together.

Here are a few clues that you might have Metabolism B:

• Midline fat
• Diets that have worked in the past no longer produce results
• Decreased calories, increased physical activity but no weight loss
• Hypoglycemia
• Mother with pre-diabetes and a sister with gestational diabetes
• Craving for carbohydrates
• Fatigue and mild depression

Of course, before you embark on this or any diet program, check with your doctor.  At least get a full blood workup so you will be able to check you numbers and make a decision for yourself that this could be an answer to your weight problem.

I will be keeping you posted on my blog as to my progress.  I have not had success with my physician’s guidance, or lack thereof, in losing weight.  I do know that a lot of my symptoms are outlined in “The Metabolism Miracle” and I just cannot walk away from it without giving it a try.

I am also using Leslie Sansone’s, “Walk Away the Pounds Express” DVD which gives me a brisk two mile walk that amounts to thirty minutes of increased heart rate.

I am looking forward to welcoming 2010 on the road to better health.  I will also have been able to lose weight in 2009!  I am not going to be asking myself the same question this time next year, “Why did you not lose weight in 2010?” I hope that this has been helpful to you.  Please feel free to comment and if you choose to try this program, let me know how you are doing.  We can all encourage to one another.

Blessings,

Judy Conway

Skype ID: judy.conway

By law, full-power television stations nationwide must begin broadcasting exclusively in a digital format by June 12, 2009. The U.S. Congress approved an extension of the deadline, which was originally set for February 17. 

I was thinking about this this other day and a few things crossed my mind. How many people are out there running around in a tizzy trying to make sure everything is in place for June 12th so they will not be without television? 

Are we sure that our “heart” reception is in place for when that last trumpet blows and we are called home? Far too few of us are giving as much thought to that as we do to our televisions. 

In this day of economic crisis many of us are in a state of great turmoil as to how we are going to survive, and how we are going to provide for our families. It is important that we don’t get caught up in the fear of “What will happen?”, “What am I going to do?” and woe is me. This kind of thinking will immobilize you for what you need to do NOW. 

I have been through hard times. I was divorced after 12 years of marriage and raised two beautiful daughters through some very financially difficult times. There were many weeks that all we had was $10.00 for food to last us. Believe me, I can relate to people going through hard times. I do not take this lightly. Yes it is difficult. 

Sometimes it is through our most difficult situations that we find greater opportunities. We will come out on the other side of our economic crisis better off if we are encountering our trials with the right mindset. After trying to be in control of my life and make everything better I realized that God is much better at these things than I am. He knows what lies ahead. I gave my life to Him and the control of it as well. I am sure there were many times that people thought I had an “I don’t give a darn” attitude, but that was not case. I lived by faith and knew that by the grace of God we were going to be okay. 

Two years ago I was laid off from a pharmaceutical company that had to downsize. I was planning on this being my last job before retiring. I was unable to find a comparable job and last year I filed for an early retirement. 

I had already been working at a home based internet marketing business. I continued with that. Let me take this opportunity to stress that before you embark on a home based business be sure you know all of the facts about the company you are considering. After working extremely hard at the one I was in it became apparent that there was a lot of money going out and nothing coming in. I am not a quiter, but had to admit that it was time I faced facts that this company was not going to work for me. 

I felt that there was still opportunity and benefits to working at home. I perserved and found the following online internet business opportunities that I would highly recommend. I am a retired grandparent in the world of online business opportunities. Never let it be said that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks!! 

In joining $200 Per Day Bluprint there were other systems involved to make everything work. It wasn’t long and I signed up with The New Plan Network (GlobalNPN.com). For $10.75 a month you will be amazed at the marketing tools that you will have in addition to being able to use NPN’s Unique “Power of 1″ Marketing Strategy to generate $47,508.00 by just making one easy $10.75 sale per month. 

The next step was becoming involved with the Crazy Foxes Marketing Group. This is an amazing group of like minded leaders in the industry that provide support 24/7. I learned more from the Crazy Foxes in three months then I did the previous three years I was working online. They provide training tutorials and it is a marvelous family community. Get your FREE Crazy Foxes Report, DAM-It. These will be the best 7 pages you have ever read. They can change the direction you are going in your business. 

The next step in developing my business and online marketing tools was to become connected with Veretekk. By this stage I could not help but think….”It just keeps getting better.” Veretekk is a very powerful system providing lead generation, portal and SEO marketing, Veremail, Vereconference with live training, training modules and video tutorials for every aspect of the system. You can sign up for FREE to be a Silver Member and if you sign up before April 1st to be a Gold Member the upgrade fees have been waived. April 1st there are going to be many more features included. There will even be a social network, and the Conference room is being increased to 5 seats included in your membership. 

The Crazy Foxes also keeps its members abreast of new business opportunities that they have looked over and feel are beneficial. Members are not obligated to join these, but recently I joined an opportunity that is worth promoting. 

The name of the company is Ultra International. It is a global opportunity that provides solutions for your home, health and wealth. These products are chemically free, and even the bottles are biodegradable within 30 days. If you are one 94% of the mothers who were recently surveyed that replied they would change their cleaning and healthcare products if they knew they were harmful …. now is your opportunity. There is no financial investment requirement. The products all have a 90 day money back guarantee. You can even sign on as a customer and as a loyal customer you will be rewarded and can over time make $10,000.00 a month. Where do you find a company that rewards faithful customers? The products are spa quality. Check out the compensation plan. You will be amazed.

 On one of the Ultra training calls, “Wake Up with Scott and Bobbie” this morning Scott made a meaningful statement. He is looking for the calvary coming over the hill to save him and his family. Ultra is the calvary and our economic rescue. This is a program where you transfer your buying habits. 

I want to personally share my testimony about one of the Ultra products. It is their Body meal replacement product. I started taking it the end of January and I have currently lost 23 pounds. Although losing this weight is truly exciting, there is something that excites me more. For the past two years I have been on medication for knee pain, leg pain and lower back pain. I had many sleepless nights laying there with pain starting at my waist, in my hips and down my legs to my feet. I had to move my office downstairs because I could not do the stairs any more. When I went shopping with my daughter I could barely get in and out of the car, let alone walk without pain. And I really was sad to hobble along with my grandchildren. Last weekend my daughter and I were out shopping for 7 hours, and 6 stores. I must admit the bottoms of my toes were sore because of the shoes I wore, but that was the extent of the pain. Any other time I would have been unable to move the next day. The only thing I am doing differently in my life is taking Body!” 

I hope that this information will be helpful to you. Please take the time to check out these opportunities. 

I wish you all of the very best. You can survive these times! 

Blessings,
Judy Conway
678-493-4890
Email: contactjudyconway@gmail.com
Skype ID: judy.conway

Crazy Foxes Marketing Group

YouTube has become a household word. Originally, I thought that our young people were the ones that basically used YouTube. I want to state now that this is not the case. I don’t profess to know all there is to know about this great tool, but I am definitely going to make every effort to learn all I can on how I can use it to help me be more successful in my internet marketing.

I am amazed at how many people find videos to use in presentations for their businesses on YouTube. And to take it one step further, people are promoting their businesses on YouTube.

I went to YouTube and searched for Marketing Tools and it came up with “about 13,700”. Amazing! And when I searched for Internet Marketing it came up with “about 58,600”. You can find information on a multitude of internet businesses and various ways to build a viable business. Anything from information on Google Adsense Tools, search engine optimization, free software tools and free marketing tips on how to make money online, just to mention a few. Needless to say, YouTube has a plethora of information.

I think that it is important that in developing our business we have an open mind and are willing to search for “other” ways to do things.  Granted I totally agree with the statement, “If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.” However, if you haven’t found the key to success, progress is moving ahead, and not just staying in the same rut. Especially if those ruts are just getting deeper!

If you are wondering what you need to do differently in 2009 to become more successful, check out the social networks. I recently joined Twitter and someone is always sharing the latest and greatest tool they have discovered. One of those tools might just be what you are looking for and need. I know it has been that way with me.

I also found a group of internet marketers, The Crazy Foxes Internet Marketing Group.  This group consists of entrepreneurs that have a finger on the pulse of the internet marketing business.  What makes them so very special is that they are willing to help others by sharing their expertise.  I was involved with another internet marketing  business for two and half years and had never come close to learning what I have in the past three months.

I wish you new discoveries and great success in 2009.

Blessings,

Judy Conway

Solutions for your home, health and wealth!

Here we are blessed with another year.  The question is are we truly going to end 2009 feeling that we have accomplished what we set out to do and have we been a blessing to others.  I have found that when I help others and put them first I find myself on the receiving end more times than not.

In looking back at 2008 my saddest recollections were that I had not taken the one or two moments out of my busy schedule to go have a “that lunch” with a dear friend, or pursue insisting that I be able to visit another dear friend in the hospital.  Both of those treasured friends are gone.  I do hope they know that I truly loved them. I no longer pass up an opportunity to let people in my life know that I love them.  Hold your family and friends close to your heart.

I am one of those people who set out with a determination to lose weight in the new year.  When December 31st arrives I usually find myself wondering what went wrong. The excess pounds are still lingering! I must admit, it was I who went wrong.  I didn’t set realistic goals and work the plan.  I am so very excited this year to be part of a group of individuals in the Crazy Foxes Marketing Group.  We are going to become the Crazy Foxes Biggest Losers! We will encourage each other and that makes a big difference.  We have established a blog sharing recipes, tools and tips. 

The Biggest Loser program on TV is a great inspiration to me.  The segment that just aired in January, 2009 especially hit me hard.  If a person is overweight and does nothing about it they will not only encounter painful health problems, live a lesser quality of life, be unable to enjoy activities with their family, but they also face the possibility of not living to be part of their family’s milestones.  A parent not at a wedding, or a grandparent missing the blessings of watching their grandchildren grow. That gives me new determination.

If the Crazy Foxes can encourage you, or help you in any way, please let me know.  This is the year that we can get healthy.  Remember it is not a “diet”.  It is a lifestyle change.  One of my favorite sayings this year is, “It isn’t what you do between Christmas and New Years, but what you do between New Years and Christmas.  That applies not only to your health but also your other goals.

With regard to your success in your business, what are your goals?  No goals set usually leads to nothing achieved.  You need to plan your work and work your plan.  As with weight loss, if you haven’t put in writing where you want to go and what you want to achieve this year, there is a good chance you will end up on December 31st thinking, “What have I actually accomplished this year.”  I have done that and for that reason I know how important it is to put your goals and plans into writing.  Post it where you see it every day.  As you accomplish your goals along the way it will serve as an encouragement.

In setting goals be realistic.  After you have decided what you are going to accomplish this year break those goals down into semi-annual and quarterly increments. Take that one step further and break those down into monthly and weekly goals.  This way it will not be so overwhelming to achieve.

There are so many dynamic social networking services out there.  It doesn’t matter if you are involved with internet marketing or the corporate work place.  I recently was introduced to Twitter. There is a plethora of tips, tools, relationships, and just downright great communication on Twitter.  It is awesome to feel the attitude of helpfulness amongst the members.  You will be able to expand your knowledge on many issues.  It is another tool on the internet that makes the world a much smaller place!  It is a good feeling too when you come across a person who is in need and reach out to help. 

So as 2009 proceeds I wish you much success, “Aha “moments of joy, heartwarming experiences with your family and friends, and the knowledge that you are truly loved by friends, family and God.  Be sure to share your love with others (even strangers that pass through your life).

Blessings,

Judy

Judy Conway

Crazy Foxes Marketing Group

There is so much in the news nowadays about the economic bailout situation in our country.  How can our young people not hear about it and wonder how it affects them?  I am sure there are many parents wondering exactly how much information they need to share with their children, especially concerning their personal financial situation.  I hope that what I have to say will shed some light on that issue and also help with the guilt that I know parents are feeling at not being able to give their kids all the want.

I remember a time in my life that I was suffering from hard personal economic problems.  My girls were 11 and 12 years old.  I was recently divorced and a struggling single mom.  Financially, we did not have much.  It was in 1981 and granted things were a little less expensive.  We lived in southern Florida.  I became a pro at feeding my girls on $10.00 a week.  Although we did not have money in our pockets we had a lot of love in our hearts.  We were blessed to have found an awesome church family at the First Christian Church of Boca Raton.  The first time I walked into that church my thought was, “These people really love one another.”  They reached out to me and my girls and truly showed us the love of Christ.  I am forever grateful to this family of friends.

When Christmas came I just didn’t have any money for gifts.  The girls needed new nightgowns so those were more of a necessity than a gift.  I felt so very sad.  My children had been through a lot.  Divorce is not easy on the spouses, but it is very difficult on the children as well.  Christmas Eve I wrapped the nightgowns and put them under the tree.  I sat down with a very heavy heart and cried.  Why is it when we can’t “buy” things for our children we feel like failures?

As I sat there that night I wrote my girls notes that ended up being my true Christmas gifts to them.  Sometimes, as parents, we try to hide our feelings from our children.  Don’t under estimate their ability to understand.  I found that with being “real” with my girls we were very close and shared each other’s burdens.  My notes simply, but sincerely, told them how much I truly loved them and was there for them.  I expressed my sadness for not being able to buy them lots of gifts…but I did give them the greatest gift I had to offer….My Love!!

The nightgowns were a hit but let me tell you the notes ended up being very special gifts.  I was never afraid to say, “I’m sorry”, “I made a mistake”, or most importantly, “I love you” to my girls.  There were times when the stress of a day caused me to lose my temper and composure and I would find myself sitting on the bottom of their beds tearfully apologizing.  I used to say, “When you came into this world, God did not have instructions tied on your toes!”  I was the first to admit, I was not perfect, and I made mistakes.

I hope that you will find in this financially difficult time of the year that you can be honest with your children.  Simple joy will benefit us all more than beginning 2009 in debt and facing a personal economic bailout.  They can handle a lot more than you think and in the long run you will draw closer together and be able to share the best gift you can give each other….the love in your heart.

I truly wish you hearts filled with love, an awesome Christmas and a 2009 that will be filled with lots of “Aha” joyful moments.

Blessings,

Judy Conway

This post was written on December 13, 2008

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