Friday, October 29, 2010

Use what you've got!

So when your trying to get your name and business out there and don't have alot of money... get creative!

For me, I have a local fitness center right here in town that I use.  I asked the manager for permission and set up a schedule for myself... to just go and sit for a few hours.. a few times a week, during the fitness center's peak times. I  set up a small table with a creative display and information... as well as FREE samples.  I just simply sit there and people come up to me... so then I'm able to easily share information with others who want to know what it is I have to offer, its really fun! 

My first night of doing this which was October 27th, 2010 was just fun!  People were interested and who doesn't love a free sample!!! Well I will keep you posted on how this is going for me and will soon include some pictures of my set up as well!

~Charissa~

Oh yeah I also am getting ready to do a 21 Day up to 21 lbs lost CHALLENGE! So I use the fitness center to promote that as well!  More to come about the LOSE UP TO 21LBS IN 21DAYS CHALLENGE! Im really excited about this one!



Friday, October 15, 2010

Product results~

So yesterday, Thursday October 13th 2010, I woke up with a fire in my throat!  AH!  NO... I thought to myself.. I don't have time to be sick!  So I right away took some of my, Herbalife Best Defense.  I even made sure to garggle it down as well like they say (which actually helped my throat feel better right away)...  I took some before I went to bed that night and some more in the morning and I already can feel it working... my throat feels better and that sick feeling is going away!   Best Defense is were its at during this Happy but "sick" season... 
http://catalog.herbalife.com/targeted-nutrition/immune-solutions/best-defense?start=null


Another product result...  Cell-U-Loss which helps with getting rid of belly fat and extra inches!  I started on Cell-U-Loss almost a month ago now and I was measured in this week at 4 inches lost!!! Whooo hooo!  2 of those inches were in my waist! Sooooo excited!

http://catalog.herbalife.com/weight-management/enhancers/cell-u-loss?start=null

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Beautiful DaY~

So I went on my walk/jog today... at about 11am and thanks to some uplifting music playing in my ears, the refreshing cool fall temperature, a bright blue sky and God's beautiful nature... I found peace.  For those of you who don't like to run or exercise that's ok.... however I strongly and highly suggest that you get out at least 2-3 times a week and just walk for about 45min and.... relax!  You will find that you actually love getting in a little exercise!  While your walking just look up, stand tall, breath in, say hello to those who pass your way...  I little bit can go a longggg way!

Well thats my tid bit blog for now.... ~God Bless~

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Why Herbalife and my business success~So Far~

Ok so this blog might take a little bit to write... I had to overcome a lot of things personally and mentally to even just get to where I am at now with Herbalife... So... I will start at the beginning.

Why Herbalife....  Well it all started with a door flyer that was placed on my front door knob.  I had seen it a few times before that year but just kind of tossed it as soon as I took it off, so it took a few times to actually catch my eye.  (Repetition is key)  I made an appointment to go into The Daily Shake/(Kearney Nutrition), were the flyer generated from, which is just a few blocks down the street from my house.  So I went into this place (The Daily Shake) which had a very home like feel to it.. The people were nice, they gave me some free samples and a health evaluation, which told me of my BMI and where I needed to be weight wise based off my general health information; age, height and so on...  They told me of their weight loss and health success stories, I still had my doubts... but there was just something different about these people... and then the products I mean... the shake and the tea actually tasted really good!  The price was a little bit of an issue with me... but honestly you get what you pay for in this world and I was ready to change! I needed the extra weight off of my body like yesterday!  So I bought my first program with them.. took it home and started the following Monday...  Part of the deal was that if I weighed in every week I would get $1 towards my next product purchase... which is a pretty good motivating deal.  My first week I lost 2lbs 2inches, next week 2lbs 2inches the week after that 3lbs 2inches and so on and so forth.  But it was about the third week where I decided to ask the question, "Can I sale this stuff too?" I mean by week three I had lost close to 10lbs and 10inches!   Stacey, who was to that point my, “Weight Loss / Wellness Coach,” excitingly said, “yes you can!”  She right away pulled out a piece of paper that simply explained the business plan and opportunity… The initial investment was only $65 and a %25 product discount and 25% retail profit plan... (plus the purchase my own products for personal use, (which I was already doing) which I will discuss in a future blog...)

~Food for thought:  Would you ever catch the CEO of Nike wearing Adidas?~  

Anyway back to the $65… I couldn’t really afford it.. but I wanted it!  So I put a little bit of my time to work.  I found a way to make the time to hand out door flyers by myself and within two weeks I made enough to purchase my $65 IMB (international business pack) and profit yet about $75 which went right into my pocket! (or my water bill) haha Oh…life!   

Back to my door/flyer hanging, which I have grown to love to do by the way!  At first I hated it… I really didn’t want to do it.. but I needed it!  My family and I needed me to do something… since filling out applications and doing interview after interview for the corporate/hourly paid world had failed me.  So I said to myself, “I will hire myself and be the best employee ever!”  I remember my first day of doing flyers… It was HOT, like 107 degrees HOT and humid!!! I was a mess… two hours I committed myself to hanging these flyers about 100+ of them.  The second day wasn’t as bad… The third day got a little easier however that’s when I almost quit… I was cursing myself for becoming that person walking around someone’s neighborhood (even though I wasn’t bothering anyone by knocking on their door) I still felt like I shouldn’t of had to do it.  Then I remembered who and why I was doing it… not for me, not for The Daily Shake or Herbalife... I was doing it for my family, plus I wanted to help others!  So quickly I rid myself of that negative attitude and remembered a bible teaching of how you, “reap what you sew..” and from that point on I just repeated that to myself and to this day keep myself positive with that.  Now I can push out almost 200 flyers an hour and just love it!!!

The walks I take for door hangers now are an experience. These “door flyer walks” are something I consider, “my time.” I take that time to breath in some fresh air, take in Gods nature, maybe talk to someone new and say, “hello!.. how are you?”  Also doing the door hangers gives me much needed exercise which only adds to my weight loss and overall health! 

So… What has come of the door flyers, well so far… very satisfied customers, weight loss, improved health for each and every one of them(my customers)… and yes about $400-$600 profit per month for me.. (which doesn’t include the money made out of the Nutrition Club.. when I put myself to work there,  I make shakes for people..)  My goal is to have my own Nutrition Club, (as well as help others build this amazing business opportunity for themselves) Which I will explain more of in the coming blogs,… however I’m just getting started, and I see such a bright future! 

Well that’s all for now more of my story to come.. so stay tuned!!! Next I will talk about my personal invite experience (where I personally hand out a flyer to someone) and how easy it is to promote your business!  I can’t wait to continue sharing!!!  Thank-you for reading and God Bless~    

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

My health/weight loss progress with Herbalife so far...~


This was me at like 179lbs it really shows in my face.  I don't look like myself and I defiantly didn't feel like myself.  I was really actually pretty depressed and sad all the time, I sat around alot and just sulked on the couch.  I had NO energy, I was tired all the time and I could not see a bright and happy future ahead of me...



This was me as well before Herbalife... about March/ May 2010.  This is how I ate before lol...jk you can still have a little treat every now and then with Herbalife... just in moderation. I now have my husband Jason on the products too, so I will hopefully have his before and after story as well.  I was about 180-175 here... and still miserable...I was glad it was somewhat chilly that day (actually it wasn't chilly) notice how my husband is in a T-Shirt and shorts....?  I was just taking every opportunity to hid behind clothes...




Ahhhh... This is actually really recent.  Can you tell a difference in my face?  I will get a better picture up here soon of my whole body but I'm down about 25+lbs (about 155-157) and like 22inches.. I've lost about 3-4 inches in my waist, so that means I am now having to tighten my belt and I am able to wear some of my skinner jeans!  Whooo hooo!  My story is not over.  I am still losing weight I've got about another 10-15to go and Herbalife is helping me every step of the way.  Herbalife just makes it way easy for me.  I'm adding exercises back into my life now because my energy levels have sky rocketed!  I can't just sit around much anymore I have to move and do something and I love it!  I just feel like I'm such a better person now and still becoming... I will have more to come so stay posted!!!  God Bless!~

~My Story



So...  I have decided to start blogging. I just figure this would be a great way share what I find on a day to day basis with people.

First I will introduce myself.

My name is Charissa.  I'm a young married mother of two darling children.  Hailey who is 2 years old and Riley is 8 months old.  My husband’s name is Jason and we have been married since May 21st, 2007.

I was born In  Michigan October 10th and lived there till I was about 1years old (don't remember much about that place...)  My family moved to Hailey, Idaho and I do remember most of my time there.  Idaho is a very nice place to live and visit, its much like Colorado very beautiful!  After about 7 years of living in Idaho, My family moved again to Minnesota where I spent the rest of my childhood and young adult life until I turned 19.  I joined the military met my husband, and moved again... we lived In Junction City, KS (a small town right off  Ft. Riley, KS) for a 1 1/2 years while my husband was active duty (very boring place to live) and now I live in Missouri!  My husband and I are still in the military part time as Army Reservist.  Jason is a truck driver and I am a dental tech.  Yay!   So there is your brief history of me, I’m pretty normal, I have a High School education some College ( I still don't know what I want when It comes to continued education, so I will not go back to College till I figure that one out...no sense in wasting time and money.)

Recently I have become a pretty active Herbalife Independent Distributor and since becoming a Distributor in July of 2010 it has changed my life for the better and that is what my blogs will mainly focus about.   I want to share the dream with others whether it be health or wealth, I just want to get my story out there because it can work both ways separate or together!