Reliv #5

I still have some of the cold symptoms; runny nose and every once in a while a cough & scratchy throat. Nothing at all compared to the first weekend, but still noticeable. For some reason my nails look like they're just luminous. I've never seen my nails so shiny before. Could I be imagining it?

The husband has started to take the shakes. He started off by asking for a sip of mine every once in a while. He's now up to approximately a shake a day, with just one scoop. He seems to think that's just fine. He really hates the way the innergize tastes so he doesn't put in any innergize (that I know of) in his shakes. This time around I've ordered the orange-flavored innergize to mix with some orange juice. Hopefully this isn't a mistake. I don't mind the gatorade taste in my shakes (it all kind of blends in) but I want him to drink something he likes.

Yesterday after my workout I noticed that the pain in my lower back has come back. I still feel it today but hopefully it won't last long. I guess I worked it too hard...

Reliv #4

Last Wednesday (5 days ago) I ran out of Reliv. I didn't have any back up and I was concerned that I had gone through a whole can of it in two weeks. I called Denise and she said she would send one right up to me by mail, but in the mean time I was without Reliv. I went a day and a half without it and I could feel the difference in my energy levels. I wasn't feeling quite as energized and then on Friday I woke up with a scratchy throat. Even though I got to take my Reliv on Friday night, I still got sick. I have been all weekend with a scratchy throat, hardly any voice and fairly congested.

I wonder if this would have been much worse had I not had the Reliv at all. I wonder if I would have a fever and other more severe sinus-infection type symptoms as I have in the past.

This time I'm puting much smaller sized scoops (although still the same number of scoops) in each serving in hopes that I'll make this can stretch a little further. If I can go three weeks per can that would be good. They are a little spendy, afterall.

Reliv #3

I'm still going through a detox stage. The effects are merely uncomfortable at this time but they are becoming fewer and fewer, which is a good thing. I want to start feeling more benefits already, one of them for sure the increase in energy.

I've learned that I don't like taking Reliv in water and that taking the Now and the Innergize seperately is too much of a hassle although it enhances the flavor a touch. I guess for others who may have more time it would be fine but I find that I don't have quite that much more time in the morning before work, so it's just that much easier to put everything in the shaker and shake it all up while I'm driving to work. Light Vanilla soy milk works really well, in my opinion.

I should probably mention this, although I'm not sure if it's Reliv or just an effect of drinking these shakes twice a day: I think I'm eating less. It makes sense that if you're drinking these before meals that they would help curb hunger, but it could also be that I just don't need that much more food if I'm already getting the nutrients and vitamins I need from Reliv. But I don't really know. I do think it's good though. I like the idea that I may lose a little extra weight while getting healthier. ^_^

I'm done with the weekly calls for now, which is kind of nice. I tend to like my time at night and these calls were at around 9pm (in consideration for cell phone minutes). Besides, I think it's a little lame that I have to hear a new story every time they call. I get it, the products are good... I get it. I'm just more interested in seeing what they do for me. Selfish? Maybe. But for $60 a mo. approximately I don't feel bad for being a little selfish.

Reliv #2

It's been a few days since I started Reliv. I'm still hopefull that something will really start to show through, but for now all I can really notice is that I'm gassy. I think that maybe there's a chance that my back hurts less (especially since I rearranged my living room the other day and that couldn't have been good for my back!) but I'm not completely sure that I can attribute the fact that I'm not flat on my back in pain to the Reliv. I know, it was a stupid thing to do, but I just get that way sometimes. I get the need to move things around about 4 times a year. It's totally normal for me.

I know my back should be a lot better since it's been a few months but ever since I was told to try to get back into the "normal routine" I've had a lot of pain in my back. Here's why: I tried to get back into my pilates/yoga but apparently my lower stomach muscles are not as strong as they once were so my whole back was thrown out of whack. Anyway, I'm still recovering from that mistake. It seems as though Reliv was working a little by lessening the amount of pain once I started taking it, but I'm not 100% just yet on that.

Denise has been calling me every other day to check up on my progess and to get me to hear other success stories with Reliv. I think the stories are a bit much personally, but apparently I have no say in this matter. I'm supposed to hear the stories and go "oooh, ahhh! Reliv is so wonderful!" I just hope that I'm able to say that one day about myself, not just someone else's story.

I'm hopeful for next week. I keep hearing it takes a week or two to start seeing things so I'm waiting for it to happen and I'm hopeful.

:: crosses fingers ::

Reliv # 1

Today I started on the Reliv products. I'm taking two scoops of NOW and half of innergize. The taste wasn't as bad as I'd expected, but it could have been better. I poured myself a glass of vanilla soy milk so the vanilla flavor of the soy milk and the NOW went together well. I wish I could say the same for the innergize.

Funny but I find myself wanting to tell others about Reliv already and I've only just started. I'm going to take it really slow, though. Caution is better than jumping on board with any old thing w/o testing the waters first.

If it's meant to be, then I know exactly to whom I want to tell all about Reliv!