What was I thinking? INSANITY?

from the "Life of a Wahm" Blog
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Okay, so here's the deal!  About 7 years ago, I partnered with a company whose "nutritional cleansing" products made a huge impact on my health so much so that I started marketing their products to others who could also benefit from them.  Over those years, I have seen stories that would blow your mind of better health, weight loss benefits and much more!

For the last couple of years, this company has promoted a body transformation challenge in which the winners can win up to $150,000.00.  The stories created from this challenge has been off the hook!

• 18 year old Derek who released 123 lbs. now is called "Slim D" by his college peers
• 22 year old Anthony who released 153 lbs.and won $10,000 in cash
• 60 year old Mary who just toned up with releasing 4.5 lbs and 9.5 inches and feels 18 again

and there's dozens more like these!

Anyway...as a good example to my clients and business partner, every year I enroll myself into this challenge, get all excited for a few weeks and then I get distracted (more liked bored) and I have not once completed it to the finish.  I end up justifying that I look and feel pretty good already and that's good enough for me!

Truth is, it's not!   HELLO I'm 41 now!  (not 40, 41!!!)

I have also been fairly active and in generally good shape my whole life and have never had to worry much about what I look like in clothes, but you know...it starts to sneak up on you slowly and suddenly, this year I was not very excited about putting on a bikini!

The thing is, I know where I feel my best and I'm not that far off but if I don't take hold now, who knows what will happen after a few years (and pounds) keep sneaking up on me?

So, this year, I gathered support of a few of my Team Leaders (5 awesome ladies who I love dearly) and we are doing this together!

I set up my daily nutritional support system (that I could not do this without).  Here's a routine I have created with some of my favorites to help me accomplish this (which may change or evolve throughout):

• Morning - Dark Healthy Chocolate (yes healthy and good for the brain too)
• Morning - Recovery Drink (Cleansing Drink, Adaptogenic Drink sprinkled with Energy Drink)
• Morning - 1/2 serving of Healthy Protein Shake
• Mid-Morning - 1/2 of Nutritional Bar 
• Lunch - 1/2 serving of Shake
• Mid-Day Snack 1/2 Bar
• 600 calorie Sensible Dinner (before 6pm)
• 4 oz. Cleansing Drink before bed (3 hours after last meal)
  

Now, what does INSANITY have to do with it?

So, I needed a good kick in the butt to get me going!  I have a strong personality that likes to think that I can do anything and usually when I set my mind to something, (with God's help) I can accomplish it.  But the downside to this optimistic, determined attitude is that I get bored easily and I also think that I can jump from the start line to finish line with no preparation or training.  I've studied personality types in business and I would be called a "Ruby" (click here for more info on what you might be).

A couple years back I registered for a 1/2 Marathon in beautiful Moab, Utah!  You guessed it!  I didn't train like I should have and YES I crossed that finish line (not telling you my time) but it wasn't pretty!  I thought I was still 18, and that I could just muddle through it.

So here I am last week gearing up for this Challenge and I know I need a NEW exciting exercise (remember I get bored easily) and so I had been hearing about this "Insanity" program from one of my business friends and had been following her results.  And lo and behold, one sleepless night about 4 am in the morning, I watched the informercial and thought, I CAN DO THAT! 

Well, so the next morning I contacted my business friend and ordered the system from her and had it expressed because "Rubies" want it now!  LOL 

The past 6 months, I truly have not been good at exercising (outside of being fairly active in my daily activities, occasional jogs, walks and a 4th of July 5K) but I thought INSANITY shouldn't be too hard for me.

So I got all geared up yesterday for the FIT TEST (to determine where I was) and 20 minutes later I was lying on the floor, sweating, unable to speak... LOL

So Day 2 of INSANITY and I just got my butt kicked again!  It was 30 minutes and I can honestly tell you that just the warm-up hurt me!  But I will overcome!  LOL 

But I am excited to see where INSANITY and this Challenge leads me.  If you are curious too, hang with me over the next 60 days and I just might post photos!  Who knows?

Kimber King

Cash for Clunkers? Dave and I are thinking....

from the "Life of a Wahm" Blog
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It's funny how history seems to repeat itself!

So last week my hubby and I were "lightly" discussing the "Cash for Clunkers" program (and I say lightly as we usually stray away from politics in our household...more on that another time).   Anyway, I was sharing how I was very concerned that this NEW program (which its purpose was suppose to be for the environment, yeah right), seemed to be very similar to our government's "sub-prime lending market" program (remember that and where it led us to last fall)?

Well, now it seemed that the very same people who couldn't afford that house are the very same people the government is now providing a way for them to buy that brand NEW car that they can't afford. 

You know there is a saying, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome."

HELLO!

I was wondering if anyone was seeing this like I was.

Then, a couple days ago in my inbox, Syndicated Talk Show Host, Dave Ramsey sent me an email and I just chuckled to myself.....hmmmm....."great minds think alike!"

Anyway, here's Dave's take on this program and he says how I was feeling about this program much better than I could.

http://www.daveramsey.com/etc/newsletters/company/082809.cfm?ectid=cnl0909.1_05#1

Let's hope Dave and I are both very wrong!

The funny ways kids can take our words and use them against us!

from the "Life of a Wahm" Blog
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So my youngest son, Walker says to me this weekend with a smirk on his face, "Mom you know how you say that learning from your mistakes is a good thing?"  "Yes," I said, not sure where this would go.   "Well, then you can't be mad at me if I get an "F" right because you said we learn from our mistakes and I would really be learning then!" 

We both laughed and I reminded him how that would not be acceptable. 

But it got me thinking about how we sometimes forget that the mistakes we make, the wrong choices, the path(s) that turns out wrong, can really teach us something if we pay attention.  

For many, many years, I tried to live a "perfect life" without making mistakes or choices or committing to things that I wasn't certain of the outcome.  But the truth is, that fear held me back from so many things because of my fear to fail. 

When I started College I had two paths that interested me, teaching and law.  I wasn't sure which, but I stopped myself dead in my tracks after I found out that each pursuit required a "Public Speaking" class and guess what?... I was terrified of speaking in public.  I was one of those that could barely say "Here" when the teacher took roll.    So I ended up with an English degree and Legal Studies minor and still absolutely clueless what I was going to do with my life.

Today I wonder how different my life might have been had I not let that fear hold me back of public speaking. 

I am totally grateful where God lead me anyway and I wouldn't change a thing.  However, I can't help but think that He has a huge sense of humor, since in my direct sales business I now speak to 100's and on occasions, 1000's and host conference calls too!  So He forced me through it anyway. 

So what do you have that is holding you back from making mistakes, choosing a path?  If you are suppose to go there, I will bet God will get you there anyway, somehow, so go ahead and just take a chance and JUMP RIGHT IN!  The water is fine!  ;)

Kimber King

"Life of a Wahm" first post!

Thanks for checking out my NEW blog!   It's definitely going to be a "work in progress."   I hope you can stick around to see what becomes of it!

I am a WAHM!  What exactly is a WAHM, you say?  A WAHM is a short, clever, easy way of saying, a Work at Home Mom!

Prior to becoming a WAHM 7 years ago, I was a SAHM (get it…Stay at Home Mom).  Don't you love all these acronyms we use these days!

At that time, I was not looking for to work from home.   I was a stay at home mom of 3 boys and I was at the time very “content” with my life and income.  My husband had a great paying job with benefits and we were managing several, profitable income properties.  Our life was full (of diapers) and it felt somewhat complete.

But the key word from above was “content.”

I always knew that being a mom was the greatest joy of my life and most important thing I would ever do, but I also always felt that there was something that I was put here on Earth to do that would help to make a difference for others outside of my immediate family in a big way!  But I just never knew what that was.

Before I had my sons, I graduated from College with a degree in English and Legal Studies.  I had hoped to either end up in teaching or law...but the funniest thing was--I was scared to death of public speaking.  So I ended up in various management positions in banking, customer service, collections and even at one point, I was in an Air Traffic Control Program (doesn't sound like I had a clear path in life does it)?

Anyway, 7 years ago, I was introduced to nutritional cleansing program that I was very skeptical of and wasn’t even certain I needed what it claimed to do.  And furthermore, the product was being distributed through “Network Marketing” and I had a strong aversion to that industry.   But thankfully, I did decide to try the program and the results I experienced was greater than any negative thoughts or beliefs I had about the method it was distributed.  If you want to learn more about what the incredible healthy results I had were, please let me know and I’ll let you in about that secret.

Well after my own personal experience,  I was convinced that I could help a lot of people.  So I simply started sharing my story with those I cared about and before I knew it, I was earning an income that matched my husband’s in my first 90 days.

In the first 3 years we were able to buy a new house, take many family vacations, purchase my "dream car" and also start putting away substantial savings and purchase additional income properties.

7 years later I have been awarded several top honors with the company all while working part-time from home (less than 20 hours) earning a multiple 6 figure income.

The real exciting part is that I have been able to help many in this industry achieve the same success.  I have a strong passion to help other moms (and dads too!) create income from home, whether it be a few extra hundred dollars a month or 6 figures like me.

I have created this income while keeping balance in my family.  There are few “secrets” that I have found to be able to do this and through blogging I hope to share them with my readers.

This blog will be primarily be my daily journey, struggles, triumphs of being a WAHM.  I hope that in someway it will help other WAHMs (and dads)!

Some days my blogging may be more personal than business, but you can count on it be honest and real.

My goal for this year is to be more “transparent” in an attempt to get over my strong need and control to be “perfect!”  I’m letting go of that finally and just enjoying who I am finally and know that there is always ONE on high that loves me just as in-perfect as I am.

I am also working on a project "What's it all For?" that I would love to have any successful 6 figure Wahms be part of.  If that's you, please connect with me and I'll get you the details how you can participate and what's in it for you!  We also have a Fan Page just starting on FaceBook (link in the box the left side of this page).

“The Life of Your Dreams is Waiting for You! Just Take a Step in Faith Towards it!”

Kimber King