As most of you know, I went to an Isagenix convention last week, after going on their 30 Day Cleansing and Fat Burning System. Crazy I know, to go to a conference for a product that I had just been introduced to but the more I researched the product and the better I felt, the more I felt compelled to see for myself the legitimacy of the company and to learn about the people who stood behind it.
It was a tough evening the night before I left having just returned from the BlogHer Conference and as I lay at the bottom of the lanky boy love heap that was piled on top of me I wondered, “So why the hell am I going to an Isagenix convention?”
I woke up at 4:00a.m. to drive to Vail only to discover that my iPhone had vanished. Now what was I going to do? I was attending a conference of 5,000 plus attendees and my only contact, Ellen who was a celebrity within the Isagenix community, would be unattainable without text messaging. “I can’t find my cell phone, I don’t think I should go,” I whispered to Wade as he lay dead to the world in bed. “Do what you need to do,” he sleepily replied. My signals were getting all mixed up and I sat in bed with my eyes closed trying to make some sense out of it all. When I realized that I wasn’t getting anywhere I forged forward and jumped into my car with the stars twinkling overhead. “This better be good,” I said out loud as I headed for the airport.
I went directly from the plane to the convention center and got in line to wait for the main doors to open. I had been forewarned about the Isagenix fever but it didn’t make it any easier when the crowd, eating IsaLean Bars and drinking the IsaLean Shakes, shoved me forward into the conference hall that was pulsating with loud music and flashing lights.
At any given moment I was either “ahhhhing” from the incredible energy and information I was receiving or “ooooing” from the overplayed hype, laden with standing ovations and stage induced actions toward self empowerment. They pulled me in and pushed me away and I was a mixed bag of emotions, torn between loving the incredible energy and the desire to withdraw from the idolizing crowd. Things began to change as I met the people whose stories I had been listening to from home and I saw for myself the wellness aspect of the products. The stories began to become real for me, where before they had seemed contrived. The emotion emanating from the stage became deeply moving and the stories magnificent.
I found Ellen and her husband Paul and they were a beautiful couple radiating warmth and compassion for everybody around them and that passion never waned throughout the entire week as they intently listened to everybody’s story, shushing everybody else into listening as well. And then I met David, who had lost 100 pounds through Isagenix. David put authentication behind the emotion revealing to me the true heart of the company. He told me, and one of my roomies Jen, his story of how he had been in bed for two years after a head injury and how Isagenix had given him a new license on life and what I began to understand was how Direct Sales Marketing in this line of business works. Isagenix claims to have the best compensation plan in the world, has been around for eight years and is having their best year yet with an average of 600 new members a day and that is all attributed to the people who have experienced the product, found a path toward wellness and nutrition and have felt the need to share their stories and help others to achieve the same success.
But we must do our research mustn’t we, before we take the plunge, and if learning more about health and nutrition is of any interest to you I encourage you to do so. I did my best to load up on the information that was being offered to me from the Doctors, Nutritionists and Scientists that were speaking and now that I am home I am researching further into how the nutrients; the plants, trace minerals and enzymes, have all been extracted and from where and as I research I am appalled at how little I know about my body and nutrition.
If you are like me and wanting to find more information about our food, our water and our environment, a good place to begin with your research is to visit Erasing the Bored, a blog written by my friend SuZen who is not in any way related to Isagenix but has made it her mission to inform us of what is going on with our water, our food and our environment, “We should NOT be a sick country but we are being poisoned by so much stuff everywhere you turn that it is more critical now than ever before in history to get SMART about the choices we make and STOP being so passive about what we are being exposed to. STOP having trust in the FDA, USDA and stop believing the crap on TV ads.” The information is there, we just need to be better informed.
So, the answer is yes, I believe in the company. Aside from the weight loss that is staying off, I definitely have more energy, my nails are not breaking and are actually growing and my skin feels more lustrous. I also have noticed a significant improvement in my mental well being and most importantly, I am hoping that my body is becoming more alkaline.
For all of you who really are completely bored by all of this, please be rest assured that my site is not changing to a wellness site but I felt the need to give you a thorough follow up of what I have learned. For those of you wanting more information, please feel free to email me.
Celebrating life, after hearing David’s story, with my roommate Jen.
Hi Jillian! Thanks so much for the plug! I’m so excited for you and all that you are learning! I know exactly what you mean about being appalled at all you did not know – me too – and it keeps me going! It can certainly seem boring at times, frightening at others, but I’m keeping the challenge to create great combo’s of foods, seeing how many nutrients I can get into one meal. What we really should be eating is simple foods and you’re probably finding that yes, you can develop a taste for them!
Happy health honey! And thanks again!
hugs
suZen
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Wow! This is fascinating. I haven’t heard of this product but it sounds almost miraculous. And I’m impressed that you enjoyed the conference so much. I’m going to follow your links and check it out… Thanks for sharing with us!
Hi Naomi,
I know…I am really excited about finally finding a system that works for me that not only helps me to keep the weight off but gives me the nutrition I need to handle my incredibly crazy life. I feel so much better equipped!