"Accepting" That Your Overweight.

I had a conversation once with someone while we were doing clothes shopping. We talked about how its nice to be able to go to a store and have the comfort of fitting in these clothes. We were in the Plus size clothing store. The woman I was talking to was telling me how she has been overweight all her life and accepted this at the age of 13, she is now almost 32 or so (still overweight). I was around 15 or 16 when I had this conversation. I thought in my head at the time, well maybe I should just accept the fact that I'm overweight and I'm never going to move from this situation. Also, at the time I didn't know "accepting" was sweet for "giving up". So, I "accepted" the fact that I was overweight.

 During this acceptance I did learn something. That being big is beautiful in its own way. I actually started seeing myself a differently. Stepped up my confidence a bit too. Now I did know that being this overweight wasn't healthy, at all. I had the weight in my stomach too, which is the worst place to have it. It's like the place where all sorts of shit can go wrong. So, during this I did learn to also watch what I eat. Like had way less fast foods, more home cooked meals, less soda, more water. I even jogged around the bayou almost every night. Then we moved to a different town. I started doing yoga everyday. Now I wasn't really doing this at the time to lose all my weight but just to be more healthy within my body. That went on and off for maybe a year.

 Mom and I started becoming more greenie. We joined horticulture classes at Pay It Forward Farm in Spring Hill, Florida. During the class we said eh, we want to make and edible garden business and so we started with our own yard first. We did a whole transformation of the front yard into vegetables and flowers to attract butterflies, bees, etc. Then we said AH! There is so much more life why give up on our weight and stop ourselves from doing things we really want to do in life: like surfing and free running. We took a ginormous step and said F-this lets do a 30 day raw food juice fast. HOLY MOLY! This was so hard, I never realized how much I loved cooked vegetables. We did it! For that thirty days that's all we had. I lost 23 lbs! I started at 227 and ended 204! Now this was a booster for me. I was proud of myself for accomplishing this goal and that it wasn't an easy one. We continued enjoy the raw veggies with foods we created during our fast. I was defiantly enjoying food flavors more too.  

I was able to maintain a my weight at 210 -213. Now I wasn't disappointed that I gained some weight back. Of course I was going too! I wasn't going to stay raw forever haha. Then about, I don't know, some months later I was back to 220. Again I wasn't mad, I could of prevented me gaining most of the weight back by keeping up more exercise etc. I am still very proud of myself for not gaining it ALL back. No matter how close I was to the original weight I wasn't there and I was happy. Then my mom and I started taking Body by Vi: 90 Day Health Challenge. She started her challenge in November of 2011 on a Shape Kit. Which is replacing two meals a day with a ViSalus shake. Now I was taking her shakes on her 90 day challenge. I lost a total of 22lbs! I broke the 200 mark. This was easy! Our whole family actually lost weight on her 90 day challenge. My mom lost 13, my boyfriend lost 30, and my nana lost 45. A total of 110 lbs in our family on only ONE kit! Mom put her foot down and said OK ya'll need your own kit and that she wanted to see more of her results. So I am now on a Shape kit so is Nana and my boyfriend is working one his.

Now that I found out I am pregnant in January I have been having the shakes not as meal replacements but as a add on. I have been gaining weight at a proper weight which is 3-4 lbs a month. I started at 195 and I am now 212. This is great! I am getting all the nutrition I need for me and my baby. I have no signs of gestational diabetes and I get my kit for free. Now this is huge! I am saving money while getting all the nutrition I need. I have the "body" of  a healthy person. I do yoga and walk every morning. I haven't stopped. After I have my baby My weight will just fall off of me and I will be where I want to be in no time. (120lbs) Once Stella is out I will also be adding on new exercise routines like start jogging, intense crossfit, more yoga, roller skating and so much more! By this time I will upgrade to the Fit kit to gain lean muscle mass lose my weight and be the sexy fit girl I've always dreamed at the age of 20. 

I am not giving up, I will not be in my thirty's and be the heaviest I've ever been. I will be the most fit person I've always saw myself as. So no matter how old you are don't give up! You know you want to be healthy! You want to live a longer life for yourself and for your loved ones. Now is the time to act. Stop holding yourself back from an amazing opportunity of a lifetime. To find out how I am changing my life and how I am helping others achieve their goals. GET IN TOUCH WITH ME! This is my story to my weight loss. By the way, this isn't all about weight loss, its only where I had to begin like many people do. I can help you gain that lean muscle or if your already at the weight you want to be but just want to add more nutrition to your diet I can Help. Don't be scared to get in touch with me. Seriously, what do you got to lose?

My results on the 30 day Juice fast.

My results on the body by vi 90 day challenge. I know it says 79 days lol.

Before the yard transformation.

After!

Much Love, 

 Sara Litardo

http://saralitardo.myvi.net

dream.withinadream@yahoo.com

727.945.2193

Why I am an Entrepreneur.

I'm going to tell you a brief bit of my history and why I am an entrepreneur. I grew up watching both my mother and father stuggling with their jobs. Watching them 'just get by' on paying the bills. Watching my mom come home crying because of the pain she was going through physically and mentally. Going to amscot to 'help us' get that bill paid. They were very tough times. As I was worked in the job field for only so long of my life, I realized this just isn't for me, this is not what I want to become by trading my time for money that wasn't even enough to help. Not  even able to enjoy the money I earned and I was working for someone elses dream, not mine. I appreciate everything my mom has done but I did not want to end up in my parents position. Why work so hard for someone else when you can work as hard for your own dream. Im proud to say my mom took a stand and fired her boss in febuary of 2011! It was a tough decision but she did it and became independent and started working on herself. Watching her do this just gave me more motivation to follow my dreams. She showed me that it is never to late to start over.

As an entrepreneur there are obstacles and many times where you gotta step outta your comfort zone to succeed to that next step. Personally for me I had a procrastination problem. I would want to do something and just be to scared too, my old shyness would get in my way. I couldn't even talk to family about what I have been up to as an entrepreneur. I was TERRIFIED of rejection and people not taking me seriously. I had to stop holding myself back from the success that was ahead of me. I am a recovering procrastinator. I do not take any (excuse my language) bull shit from myself anymore, I do not hear excuses anymore. I also don't listen to anyone else excuses. I have learned that excuses are "well thought out lies". Tis' the hard truth.

So with all that being said, this is that path I create. I takes courage and lots of faith. I have that courage and faith, I have many supporters around me who believe in me and my dreams and don't judge me. Those are the people I surround myself with. You must only surround yourself with positive people.

So what I would like to encourage you to do is ask yourself a few simple questions.
" Do you trade your time for money,do you leverage your time for money?"
" do you hesitate when you want to do something, or do you act on it?"
" Do you project your old pain into your present day, or do you turn your lessons into gold?"
"Do you believe that you deserve to give more?"
"How do you feel when you see someone you perceive as successful?"
"Are you ready to take action now to improve your life?"

Much love,

 Sara Litardo

727.945.2193

http://saralitardo.myvi.net

Success Secrets Revealed (ViSalus)

I had to share this article my Team leader, Business Partner, and Mom wrote today about success in ViSalus. In this you will see WHY the ESS+ is the BEST way to enter into business with ViSalus (THE largest Health Platform in the World!) This is how the Ambassadors joined and how people have much faster success with our company. It is an absolute BARGIN to enter this MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR COMPANY with the ESS+. Here is the Juice:

As I build my Amazing team and work with the most amazing leaders, I have found the KEY to the Fastest way to Earn success! The most prized promotion is the First; RISING STAR DIRECTOR. The BEST time to earn it is with in your first 7 days. It is simple, Follow the Get Started Training and  Sponsor 3 ACTIVE distributors and $2000 in Group Qualifying Volume ( GQV is the total in team sales including Distributor Packs). Those who achieve this in 7 days are in POSITION to reach our Second Position with in 30 to 45 days. That Position is Regional Director and it is the position with the $600 BMW bonus. To Qualify for Regional Director, a promoter needs to have 3 ACTIVE distributors and $12,500 in GQV. Those who reach these positions the fastest Enter the Business as an ESS+( Executive Success System ). Let me break down the scenario for you. The ESS+ gives the new Promoter 75 samples to share with their Network; 25 Starter packs and 50 Sample Packs. They also receive over $600 in Products to Kick Start their Personal Challenge, giving them their extensive knowledge of the product line from EXPERIENCE. AND the Most important aspect of the ESS+ kit is the $999 in volume.RSD ( Rising Star Director)= 3 active Distributors and $2000 in GQVESS+ = $999 in VolumeThat leave’s the new Business Partner with $1001 , and 3 ACTIVE Distributors to reach RSD in 7 days. If the New Promoter brings in 3 New people to their team at the same Business Kit, they have $3996 in total GQV. They are Now Rising Star Directors. If their team does the same in their first week, that gives the Promoter $12,987 in GQV by week 2. That makes the the 2 week old Promoter Regional Director and BMW Qualified. They earn DOUBLE Bonuses for life because they earned Rising Star Director and they helped 12 people earn Rising Star Director as well!And Because the new 3 week old Promoter is continually prospecting,  they are building their WAITING ROOM to hold contests for their team, with the ability to help them reach Regional Director as well.  (The above volume does not reflect  this because each person will vary according to effort, Kyle Pacetti made a run for AMBASSADOR in 45 days and achieved it with 12 New ESS+ team member’s in his first 30 days.) This is the Very Essence of Leverage. Make your Money work for you and you will work far less.The ESS+ Promoter Package is for those who are ready to SUCCEED NOW. I am Ready Willing and Able to help you launch your new Visalus Business TODAY.  This is the smartest way to be involved with this MULTI MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS (which is on track to be the FIRST Network Marketing Company to reach a BILLION in sales in North America Alone)*Be Aware that Visalus has not launched outside of North America YET, and when it does WATCH OUT!

The Time is Now and this is the Best way to launch your New Visalus Business!

Here's to your Success.

Sara Litardo

727 945 2193

http://saralitardo.myvi.net

Further reading for your ViSalus Research:

http://www.businessforhome.org/2012/02/visalus-review-2012/

http://ryanblair.com/blog/strong-blyth-inc-sales-and-profit-growth-driven-by-visalus/

http://ryanblair.com/blog/a-left-for-dead-startups-comeback/

http://ryanblair.com/blog/behind-the-curtain-the-1-reason-for-visalus-success/

http://ryanblair.com/blog/even-greater-things-in-2012/

http://www.businessforhome.org/2012/05/visalus-tara-wilson-hits-73000-per-month/

http://www.businessforhome.org/2011/07/jason-otoole-1-million-bonus/

http://www.businessforhome.org/2012/04/rachel-jackson-visalus-top-earner-interview/

Oh happy day!

Tis been a long time since my last post! Im going to give you the run down of the past few months.

First things first! I have no camera!!! Ahhh. I thought my whole world was gonna crumble. Well not really, but I have been missing taking pictures whenever I see something insanely amazing, which is most of the time. So, what I have been doing is taking pictures from the phone and using this instgram. I love it! At first I was a lil' eh about it for some strange reason. Who cares its fun and simple to use!

Yesterday my mom and I went on a nice walk with our doggies. It was way hot here down in Florida! So, as we are literally a block away from the house, there was this random puddle on the corner of the street a good 5 inches deep. My dog, Addisson, took one look at it and it was on. She started rolling around  like crazy having a blast! Getting covered in mud with who knows what with that big dumb bully smile on her face. Some lady stopped by in her car and said seeing that made her day! It was just too stinkin adorable. My moms dog, charlie, tried to fit it he went as far as just laying on his belly for a second then getting back up. Rolling around wasn't his thing. After a gods 5 minuets of Addisson having all the fun she could have in that puddle we walked back home and she was just too damn happy being covered in all that mud.

Oh also something new, I'm pregnant! I'm have a baby girl and her name is going to be Stella Tara Lynn Debouse. I am 23 weeks, almost 6 months! I found out on my birthday, january 24th. Oh whatta surprise that was! It has been such an amazing experience. Its just really neat to feel my Stella moving around, and to know that my body is working its magic to make my baby grow. I have decided to do a water birth at a midwife birth center in Dunedin called Labor of Love. Everything has been great this place is beautiful! Just what I have been looking for. The midwife is just amazing and everyone at that place is so helpful. I will show pictures next post!
Another great thing is my baby and I are completely healthy! Thanks to ViSalus! Their shakes have helped me maintain a healthy weight gain, which is 3-4lbs a month. My blood sugar levels are great everything else is just phenomenal. I have diabetes that runs in my family and being already obese I was scared to get gestational diabetes during my pregnancy. But since I've lost 22 lbs before my pregnancy, been able to maintain the healthy weight gain, been able to keep energy and workout (yoga, walk and crossfit) and been having healthier choices naturally. I have NO signs any where on getting gestational diabetes.

That goes onto my next thing on what I do for a living! Well, I don't think that may be the right word for it. Hell there are really no words to describe something so amazing. I promote total well being with americas #1 health challenge ! This is how I roll! I help people change their lives one 90 day challenge at a time, whether its to help them lose weight, gain lean muscle mass, maintain nutrition,  enhance their athletic performance, or help them financially! This is litterally for anybody and Any Body. In my family alone and on my moms first 90 day challenge we lost a total combined of 107 lbs! I lost 22 lbs, my mom lost 13, my nana lost 45, and my boyfriend lost 30! This was my MOMS first 90 day challenge on her shape kit. Then my mom put her foot down and said ' Ok everyone needs their own kit!' So we did. So to this day my nana has lost a total of 75lbs, mom 20 lbs, my boyfriend 35. We are all on our own kit, except  my boyfriend which he will be soon. This has also changed our lives financially my mom Wrote it the best way in her blog!

Thats what has been mainly going on and it has been an amazing ride! I will defiantly be posting a lot more about my progress with my baby, my company, my photography and much much more!

How I See Myself.

 I see myself living along the beach having many acres each way. I see myself a successful entrepreneur making all the money in the world and retiring at a young age. Me taking on the world full force with nothing they can do.

Having all the education I want and desire. Being every ones inspiration, knowing that I am not the only one who has the potential to make things the way you see and want them.

Me holding classes for people to learn how to break off and get on their own and be successful. My career of everything I've learned has sky rocked! I am now one of the most famous photographers, even got my own page in the NYT and NatGeo ;)

 I am the reason why people don't give up.

 I now have written my own book, NYT best seller! I hold my own art parties in my Manhattan apartment.

 I am one of the most talented hair stylist and tattooist in the Florida area moving my way up! I take vacations around the world learning more and more about different cultures planting millions of gardens world wide.  I am taking classes in Egypt to have a Ph.d in Egyptology to study the art and archaeology of ancient Egypt.

 Back at home I go to all my Visalus Parties and just keep rising ! I help people loose weight and gain money in my company.

 I am able to take my family anywhere. I am able to provide for my sisters and get them the education THEY desire. I can get my parents their dream homes ! How awesome is that!

I have ALL the time in the world.

So do you!