Beyond health and wellness, regaining or enhancing one’s own sex appeal is one pursuit of the right mixture of interesting exercise and mealtime intrigue to achieve desired results.
That’s where Ashley Simmons found herself – 20-something, weighing too much and feeling no energy. Ashley did not love the look.
“I gained a lot of weight; I switched birth controls and it was the most weight I’ve ever been,” she said. “Some people said I wasn’t that big, but for me, I was huge.”
On the internet, some male college friends were boasting about losing considerable weight using Herbalife products.
“I was nervous,” Simmons said. “I didn’t want to go to them.”
She found a different online source.
“I went on Amazon and I probably spent way too much money,” Simmons said. “Used it; loved it.”
Herbalife is an all-natural dietary supplement system that offers shake mixes, teas and other supplements to increase nutrition and energy and to burn fat to eliminate excess pounds.
A discussion with your primary care physician prior to adding supplements or over-the-counter medication is strongly advised, because your doctor knows your health and prescription history.
The Food and Drug Administration reminds us that dietary supplements may not be risk-free under certain circumstances. If you are pregnant, nursing a baby, or have a chronic medical condition, such as, diabetes, hypertension or heart disease, the FDA says be sure to consult your doctor or pharmacist before purchasing or taking any supplement.
And of course, results may vary.
Additionally, buying nutritional supplements can be pricey ($50-$200 for a 30-day supply), but so is being out of shape and overweight.
“I’ve been doing Herbalife since January and in that timeframe, I lost 60 pounds,” Simmons said, “and then I gained 14 pounds in lean muscle.”
She was also energized into doing something that was new to her – going the gym to work out regularly.
Convinced by her own dramatic weight loss, Simmons started selling Herbalife products. She decided to make it interesting for herself and other women. A $10 entry fee gives ladies three hours with chair and pole dance instructors who show ladies the right moves to add playful seduction to their journey toward a better body. Her clients are women of all ages.
“I found that women are always last on their list, so I just came up with something fun for them to realize that health is important,” she said. “They come in, they do teaser classes (pole, yoga, chair, twerk), they have samples and we have products available they can purchase at that time.”
Simmons also has prizes participants can win.
Her creative approach to all that’s sexy, healthy and herbal began in May and the November 1 event marked the final “Healthy Happy Hour” at Dollhouse Studios in downtown St. Louis until after the holiday season.
Now of course, exercising only once a month won’t get you anywhere your quest to get physically fit. According to the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, a report by the US Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, adults should get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise per week and 75 minutes of muscle strengthening activities on two or more days a week that work all of the major muscle groups.
Simmons said the events are a fun entrée into another way of thinking about exercise.
“I wanted to be that woman who could say, you can lose 60 pounds and have curves,” said Simmons, president of Get Sexy Movement, Herbalife. “Women need to hear from me that maybe you don’t need to run around the track; you can swing down the pole and dance to lose weight or to exercise.”
Results are swirling around her Happy Hour crew.
“I have lost 21 pounds in three months,”Aunya McElroy said. “I went from a [size] 10 or 12 and now I’m at a 6 or an 8, and that’s where I wanted to be. I don’t want to get any smaller. I just want to get healthier… I just wanted to stay sexy.”
Patricia Green brought her sister and daughter to get in on in the action.
“I have such a great coach and she is really, really encouraging, and that makes a difference,” Green said. “So far, I have lost about seven pounds. It may have taken me about three weeks. And it’s healthy and it wasn’t any stress on me.”
“You can have somebody to be your cheerleader and coach to say, ‘You can do it. Don’t give up,’” Simmons added. “Fitness is fun. Fitness is sexy.”
Simmons is on social media and her website, https://www.goherbalife.com/getsexymovement. For tips about about taking supplements and OTC medication, visit the FDA website at http://1.usa.gov/1umyeN0.
