AmberSkye

I am writing this and realizing it has been over a month since I posted. I have to apologize up front for that. Sometimes we have to make priorities and when the bottom line is a blog post or exercise then I am going to choose exercise at this point. And that got me to thinking isn’t that what life’s choices boil down to. When I talk to people about losing weight, getting healthy and getting the results I have gotten and continue to get you can not imagine the excuses I hear.

“I am too busy”

“I don’t have the money”

“That sounds hard”

You name it I have heard it and I really have to check my heart and pray for forgiveness. I do not know about you but I get tired of the excuses and sometimes flat out lies. Tell me your scared, I can handle that we can work though that together. Tell me what is really going on and we will figure out a plan but telling me an excuse equates to telling me it isn’t important enough. Think about the implications of that. You are telling me out loud that you don’t feel your health and by extension the happiness of those around you is worth you making it a priority. 

Henry Ford is quoted as saying “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, your right.” How true is this! Instead of giving excuses ask yourself what can I do to achieve this. How can we shift my priorities to get the result we are after? This can only be answered individually however we can work together and make a plan. Share with people and seek advice from those who have gone before you and already dealt with the same struggles and won. Surround yourself with winner in an attitude that your a winner.

In Health and Wealth,

AmberSkye

We are seeing lives changed. I am constantly amazed at the stories I hear from people who find this healthy chocolate have the courage to try it and find problems going away they had lost hope on. We heard from several people tonight at the Wellness Tour in Portland, Or. I got to share as well as 8 others in this area that were part of the 50 chosen. I decided it was time to share a piece of my story today with you:
Rewind 2 years, at 26 I found myself in a place wanting to start a family. However climbing the one floor to my apartment made me winded, I had no sick time left at work because I was ill all the time and I cried because I felt I had no right to bring a little life into this world that would depend on me when I couldn’t take care of my own self, much less that of my husband and a baby. So I made changes took out beef, tried to be more active and counted my 1200 calories. I did lose I went from 245 down to 209. I was cranky, hungry and depressed because it didn’t matter what I did at this point I couldn’t lose another ounce. I started cheating more and more eventually gaining some weight and settling at 212. I gave up home I would ever be a fit skinny person. I stopped looking into mirrors it was better to pretend in my head I was a beautiful person because I was inside. I felt like this was as good as it was going to get. God then took us down a path we did not plan for and my husband signed into the military as an officer. In order to accomplish this he started running again getting in shape and eating losing weight. This is when the alarms went off in my head. I was getting left behind. I felt unworthy to be on his arm at future soldier meetings. I panicked that he was going to be ashamed of me and I had to face that I was ashamed of myself. This program, as cliche as it sounds changed my life. I not only lost the weight in inches I lost the emotional weight.

I was in Macy’s one day needing new pants because my “skinny” pants were too big and out of habit went to the woman’s department. I started to look at the clothes when the tears started to flow. My husband leaned over wrapped and arm around me and ask me what was wrong. Tears staining my face I looked up at him and said “I don’t belong here. For the first time in my life I feel out of place in this section, and I am NEVER coming back” I have my hope back, I can dream again. We can work together to change the world and bring people their hope back. 2 out of every 3 people need to lose weight. And that third person is probably a professional athlete and needs the shake anyway as a protein source to add to their diet.

So who do you know that needs to be healthier, lose weight or build muscle? Who do you know that needs hope to see their dream again? I am offering you a vehicle to change lives and reach your own dreams message me or visit thepurplemana.com learn why this works.
In Health and Love,
AmberSkye

I am featured on this video promoting the Wellness Tour. I will be there come out and see me!

Portland Wellness Tour

As we are wrap up the end of week 12 and the end of the protocol (but not the end of my journey) I have learned one major thing about myself. My number one enemy is stress. Emotional stress triggers my body to hang on to weight, it give me the feeling that I want comfort food and seems to trigger the craving for junk food. Hamburgers, pizza and huge loaves of bread slathered in butter seem to be my cravings of choice. Never before has it seemed so easy to say no to those things. I have tried many diets before and when the cravings got really bad I would give in and try and work it off later. It amazes me the foods I am liking now I never used to before. Things like asparagus, brussel sprouts and cabbage. Spices like chili powder and cayenne powder seems to be used increasingly more often. I learned when I am stressed I craved sugar and grease. Since cleaning that out of my body I enjoy more foods and a wider array of foods.

As an artist I can only relate this in a artistic way. My body is a paint pallet and all I was using was grey and black, never cleaning off my pallet and starting over. I couldn’t understand why when I tried to use yellow, orange and vibrant reds they came out as browns and flat lifeless colors. I have finally scrapped of the crusty dried up paint washed my pallet and can finally see a whole spectrum of colors I never knew existed.

Stress kept me from cleaning out my pallet and always reaching for the same comfortable grays. I am in control of the painting of my life now and I can see the canvas for what it truly can be. The possibilities are endless but now I can choose any color I want. And I want the same for you too. What color do you want to paint your canvas?

In health,

AmberSkye

For the first time ever I can see myself getting to 130 pounds. Being one of those children who has always struggled with my weight I did not know what healthy meant or how to cook it. Being teased for my weight was normal and mirrors didn’t exist in my head. Running was for crazy people who had no life and exercise was what my thumbs did while playing video games. As I am ending the 12-week time period for the protocol Monday the 13^thI am amazed that I have no plans to change what I am doing. I like the shake and wouldn’t want to live without it. The thought of a greasy hamburger kinda makes me want to gag. I find myself watching what my husband is eating and thinking “How can you eat that yuck!” When 12 short weeks ago I would have eaten the same thing.  I am not stressing that I will gain the weight back because I know I won’t.  I have not only made a lifestyle change I have completely changed the way I think. I realized how much my life revolved around food and how wrong that was for me. I ate when I celebrated, ate when I was depressed and ate when I was bored. Not only did I eat for the wrong reasons I ate the wrong foods like hamburger, pizza and chips. I just stand amazed at where I was and where I am and the knowledge that I am going to go so much further. 12 weeks ago a spark of hope that I might actually control my weight has ignited into a blazing sun not only controlling but conquering my weight in a way I never thought to comprehend. If I could Vulcan mind meld with people to show them the transformation I would because I am at a loss for words with how changed I feel and I am not sure anyone believes me anyway.

In health,

AmberSkye

An office sitting at a desk gobbles a lot of my time up. As an office worker I am sure you can relate to the limited lunchtime and options in eating healthy while working. Well let me tell you my new favorite item. It is a microwave steamer. It steams my fish in four minutes and is super easy to clean up. I wanted to share a sample of what I eat in a day for those of you who may be thinking do you eat “real” food?

Breakfast: (5 min)

X-ProteinMeal Shake – 198

Almond milk (8oz) – 40

Snack: (instant)

15 Almonds – 85

Lunch: (8 min)

Salmon with Balsamic vinegar and garlic – 345

Salad w/ roasted turkey- 150

Balsamic vinaigrette spray-10

Dinner: (5 min)

X-ProteinMeal Shake – 198

Almond milk (8oz) – 40

Total: 1066 Calories

Some days I eat the salad after work and the shake after my workout. As you can see I eat quite a bit. I have also made a stir-fry with cabbage, bean sprouts, shrimp and zucchini and the quantity I had for 300 calories was staggering. So I have plenty of food and I am regularly asked, “What are you eating for lunch today it smells so good?” I am full, satisfied and have fresh food not over cooked microwave rubber.  And in reality if I was hungry after my Dinner I still have over 100 calories to spare. So you can eat real food and enjoy food while you are dieting. So far getting enough calories has been the issue.

In health,

AmberSkye

I find it interesting the thing I hear people say when I share what I am doing. “Wow, you’re so dedicated” or “I can’t run 2 minutes much less 16.” Or my personal favorite “But it is so expensive”.  I have come to realize not everyone wants to change; I mean really wants to change enough to do something about it. And you can’t make people change even if you know how much better they will feel. Excuses are just how they live with indecision. Let me share with you a story I read at another website:

A few years ago some scientists conducted an experiment involving a little frog. In their lab was a vat of steaming, boiling hot water. They wanted to determine how the frog would react when dropped into the vat.

Armed in their white aprons, clipboards, pencils, goggles, and rubber gloves, they held the squirming little frog over vat. Focusing intently on what they were about to do they dropped the frog …

ZING!!!

Faster than a bolt of blazed lightning that little guy burst into the air, careening off the ceiling!

“Hmmmmm,” the scientists murmured amongst themselves.

They did it again. Same frog, same vat of steaming water and …

ZING!!!

It blasted from that vat like a bat out of Hades!

The scientists murmured amongst themselves again, recorded their notes, and decided to take the experiment a step further. They took the same frog, and held it over a different vat of water. Only this time the water was lukewarm, not too cold, and not too hot just right. They dropped the frog and …

NOTHING!!!

The little guy just laid there, floating lazily; arms and legs splayed gently on the water’s surface. You can just imagine the frog’s thoughts: Man, this is all right! This is perfect.

The frog lay in the water contented, happy, and relaxed. But – What the frog didn’t know was that underneath the vat was a raging fire. It was slowly, but surely, heating the vat of water. The contented frog, oblivious to the changing temperature, boiled to death. End of story.

You’re probably thinking to yourself: what a terrible story.

Think again. Apply this story of the frog to that of your own life right now. If any of you are like me, then you’ve probably come to a startling revelation. If you are really serious about being successful in achieving your goals in life, you need to make some changes.

The flip side of this is you can’t make that warm little frog get out of that water either if he doesn’t want to. All we can do is tell him about the fire and try and help him out of the pot. I didn’t realize how close to boiling I was in my life until this diet. I am in better shape than I have ever been in my life because I am not tired I have the energy to live my life not nap through it. I pray you see the mirror held up to your life and can identify if your over the fire, need help to keep the pot away or are trained and far from the pot but want to make sure you are never near it. That is the best part about this shake you can use it to lose weight, maintain weight or to add as an after workout protein boost. Please let me help you stay away from the boiling pot.

In health,

AmberSkye