Monday, February 24, 2014

Yoli Day 6

Posted by 2DI4 at 10:01 AM

I feel like I lost weight BUT the scale shows absolutely NOOO movement. I'm sure it's because my blood sugar still needs to come down AND because I haven't been working out at all. I already know that. Because of the success of so many others I've read about on the Empowered by Yoli forum I'll just keep following the program for at least 3 months AND incorporate exercise too. Kathy's sister Mahana has an awesome Yoli story and pictures to go along with it. I tagged Kathy and Elaine who are her sisters. Kathy married Nathan Moleni and Elaine married my cousin Mone Angilau. I thought Kathy would say something which makes me question how much Yoli actually helped Mahana lose weight. She qualified my statement by saying she had begun to live healthier before Yoli. Elaine liked it and emailed me a message. Kathy who I know best however said nothing which leads me to believe she doesn't think much of it. I want to ask Kathy about it but I don't want her to feel like she has to badmouth her sisters or the product they sell.

I'm glad so many people have found success with Yoli but I wonder how much can be attributed to the accompanying healthy lifestyle and just how much credit should be given to the products. I'm not sold on the benefits of alkalete or even of balancing your Ph BUUUT I wanted to do something that would bring down my blood sugar and if using these products helps me maintain a healthy lifestyle then it is worth it.The shakes have high protein/low sugar. My friend Katie told me she can see weight loss in my cheekbones. That's good. Why the hell doesn't the scale show ANYTHING then? YES I know I can't lose weight until my BS is brought down BUUUT it is very frustrating.Tomorrow is day 7 and then on day 14 I can have a free meal!!! That is going to perhaps be an entire pizza AND the rest of my Cadbury mini-eggs.

This is the other reason why I like Yoli. I want to eat well MOST of the time BUT like how Body-4-Life was, once a week I want to eat whatever the hell I feel like. At the end of my 30-day transformation I can do that. It encourages your body not to go into starvation mode. I REALLY miss sushi too. Although I can make my own and it tastes better when I do that, I just want to go to my favorite sushi place in Sugarhouse Tokai Sushi 4 U and kill 4 rolls by myself.

I'm not going to do another transformation kit. I'm going to do the maintenance stuff. I'm doing the full Alkalete loading dose. I don't feel significantly better. This is probably because I was already living the lifestyle for the most part. I'm glad Kinau is so successful with this MLM. I still detest MLM businesses. If people go to school they can get jobs they love that pay them well. They just can't stop at a Bachelor Degree. Heavenly Father through latter-day prophets has counseled us to get all the education we can. STILL people do make money at the top and I'd consider Kinau at the top although there are CEOs above him that I'm sure get paid more without having to manage salespeople.

I haaate the MLM culture. Could I actually marry someone so entrenched in that? Faiana who I don't know and Mahana who I don't know either are upbeat and positive. I like that. While Kinau certainly has a talent for this, I'd rather see someone develop their skills in other things. I value education very much even if I'm not ridiculous about it the way I feel many of my Tongan friends and family are. I like that Kinau wants to and does help other people. There's an inherent shadiness I don't like. Since the Yoli headquarters are in SLC I'm sure most of the people are LDS.

Helaman 3


27 Thus we may see that the Lord is merciful unto all who will, in the sincerity of their hearts, call upon his holy name.
 28 Yea, thus we see that the agate of heaven is open unto ball, even to those who will believe on the name of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God.
 29 Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon the awordof God, which is bquick and powerful, which shall cdivide asunder all the cunning and the snares and the wiles of the devil, and lead the man of Christ in a strait and dnarrow course across that everlasting egulf of misery which is prepared to engulf the wicked
35 Nevertheless they did afast and bpray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their chumility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the dpurifying and the esanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their fyieldingtheir hearts unto God.
General Conference - Strengthening Faith and Testimony - Robert D. Hales
These conferences are always under the direction of the Lord, guided by His Spirit.3 We are not assigned specific topics. Over weeks and months, often through sleepless nights, we wait upon the Lord. Through fasting, praying, studying, and pondering, we learn the message that He wants us to give.
Children and youth love to be included. We make a serious mistake if we assume that the conference is above their intellect and spiritual sensitivity. To the young members of the Church, I promise that if you will listen, you will feel the Spirit well up within you. The Lord will tell you what He wants you to do with your life.
In conferences we can receive the word of the Lord meant just for us. 
When I take notes at conference, I do not always write down exactly what the speaker is saying; I note the personalized direction the Spirit is giving me.
What is said is not as important as what we hear and what we feel.8 That is why we make an effort to experience conference in a setting where the still, small voice of the Spirit can be clearly heard, felt, and understood.
President Harold B. Lee taught: “The only safety we have as members of this church is to … give heed to the words and commandments that the Lord shall give through His prophet. There will be some things that take patience and faith. You may not like what comes from the authority of the Church. It may contradict your [personal] views. It may contradict your social views. It may interfere with some of your social life. But if you listen to these things, as if from the mouth of the Lord Himself, with patience and faith, the promise is that ‘the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; … and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name’s glory’ (D&C 21:6).”10
The greatest blessings of general conference come to us after the conference is over. Remember the pattern recorded frequently in scripture: we gather to hear the words of the Lord, and we return to our homes to live them.
After teaching and ministering to the people at the temple in Bountiful, the Savior entreated the people, “Go ye unto your homes, and ponder upon the things which I have said, and ask of the Father, in my name, that ye may understand, and prepare your minds for the morrow, and I come unto you again.”13
President Monson recently said: “I encourage you to read the talks … and to ponder the messages contained therein. I have found in my own life that I gain even more from these inspired sermons when I study them in greater depth.”15
In addition to inviting us to hold personal and family scripture study, Heavenly Father wants us to regularly study and apply what we have learned in conference. I testify that those who put their trust in the Lord and heed this counsel in faith will gain great strength to bless themselves and their families for generations to come.
No longer do we have to wait months for the talks to arrive by mail. On a computer, phone, or other electronic device, we can read, listen to, watch, and share the teachings of the prophets. Anytime, anywhere, we can enlarge our knowledge, strengthen our faith and testimony, protect our families, and lead them safely home.







 

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