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Join Me for the R3 Fit for Fall Challenge!

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Are you ready to transform your life and prioritize your health?
Join us for the R3 Fit for Fall Challenge, starting on October 6! This is not just another diet; it’s a sustainable lifestyle change designed to help you enjoy your favorite foods while improving your wellness.

If you’re wondering if this program works or not…take it from me, it does. In June of 2022 I was almost 250 pounds and figured what did I have to lose? (Weight, of course) I decided to give R3 a try. I did start losing weight following the plan. Mind you it’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle switch. At the end of the six-week challenge I was informed I had placed second in percentage of weight loss! I was amazed. I continued following the Real Life part of the plan and by November I had lost 87 pounds. In December I was down by 100 pounds. The following April my weight loss totaled 125 pounds. The best part? I have kept off the weight! It hasn’t come back to haunt me (well, except for 10 pounds that arrived with the prednisone prescription) I plan on ridding myself of those 10 pounds inn this challenge! Who wants to join me to kick off a healthier holiday season?

What is R3?
R3 is a straightforward, easy-to-follow lifestyle plan that allows you to eat the foods you love without counting calories, grams, or ounces. The plan consists of three simple steps:

  1. Reset: Balance your blood sugar and discover foods that benefit you. Say goodbye to unhealthy food addictions and kickstart your weight loss!
  2. Reintroduce: Learn how to balance carbs, proteins, and fats while gradually reintroducing foods you’ve been avoiding.
  3. Real Life: Enjoy all your favorite foods while maintaining your weight loss, even in real-life situations like parties and vacations!

The R3 Process

  • Three Stages:
    • First Two Weeks: Focus on cleansing your palate and eating from the Yes List.
    • Second Two Weeks: Start to reintroduce some items from the No List in moderation.
    • Final Two Weeks: Enjoy guilt-free meals of your choice.
  • The program teaches you Healthy Habits in these seven areas:
    • Community
    • Nutrition
    • Supplementation
    • Water
    • Exercise
    • Silence
    • Sleep

Is R3 Right for You?
Whether you have diabetes, thyroid issues, PCOS, or dietary preferences like veganism, the R3 plan adapts to your needs. You can choose your foods based on the Yes List and explore supplementation to enhance your results.

What Will You Gain?

  • Supportive Community: Connect with fellow participants through virtual training sessions and weekly Zoom Q&As.
  • Wellness Knowledge: Learn tips and tricks for healthy living that you can carry forward.
  • Exciting Incentives: Participants have a chance to WIN grand prizes, weekly product giveaways, and so much more!

Ready to Get Started?
Mark your calendars and get set to kickstart your metabolism and enjoy a healthier lifestyle! This challenge is open to everyone, whether you’re a fitness enthusiast or just starting your journey.

Join Us for the R3 Fit for Fall Challenge!
Let’s embark on this wellness journey together and make this fall the season of transformation. Trust the process, and together we’ll achieve our health goals!
For more details and to sign up, please message me (barbara@hayseedscreative.com). Don’t miss out on this opportunity to transform your life!

Choose Wisely!

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What we choose to eat for most of our meals each week can set the stage for:

  • Health 
  • Vitality 
  • Healing

OR

  • Sickness,
  • Low Energy 
  • Disease

It’s a choice we all have. which will you make?

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YOU ARE ALL INVITED!

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What: FIT FOR FALL CHALLENGE
When: October 5-November 17, 2025
Registration: $10.00
What is your goal this year? To lose weight, to be healthy, learn healthy lifestyle, etc.?
If so, join us for the upcoming 2025 R3 FIT FOR FALL CHALLENGE.
We have these challenges three times a year, but I have been attending and following R3 for for several years and was a second place winner in my age group in 2022 . My initial goal was for health reasons—lose that 100+ pounds that I’d been carting around for years and develop a healthier lifestyle. That goal was achieved—I lost 30-pounds within that first six-week program in 2022 —and it sparked me to continue losing weight and by April of 2023 I had reached my goal weight. Throughout my journey, I’ve seen many success stories and heard moving testimonials.
My and others’ success led me to apply for R3 certification. Now, I can help others as I was helped.
So, WHAT IS R3?
It is more than weight loss—it’s a lifestyle.
It is resetting your metabolism during the first two weeks, called RESET.
Then adding high fiber, low-carb foods during the second phase, called REINTRODUCE. Finally, it is continuing the habits you learned and having one indulgent, pleasure meal during REAL LIFE.
At the end of the six weeks, if you have more weight to lose, you start the six weeks over again. If you are happy with your results, you follow the habits you have established.
By joining the CHALLENGE GROUP, you will get daily support through our Facebook group. We share recipes, offer solutions, have guest chefs, have exercise sessions, and Susan Lovisek-Torborg (the developer of R3) takes center stage in explaining what to do step-by-step through each phase of the program.
Many of us became Certified R3 Experts last August and will be on hand to offer encouragement and motivation!
One more thing, you can win prizes, and some of them are HUGE!
WHY DO THIS?
I would ask, why not? Don’t you want to take charge of your health through nutrition and exercise? Don’t you want to breathe better, move better, take less medicine or none at all, be happier, and enjoy life?
With this lifestyle, I am grateful to have the energy despite many stressful and challenging times. So thankful to God for His strength and blessings!
HOW TO JOIN?
Contact me! I can send you the link to sign up for the Challenge. Just let me know that you joined so I can also guide you free of charge!
LET’S DO THIS TOGETHER!

Testosterone

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Testosterone plays a key role for both men and women. It impacts muscle and bone mass, red blood cell production and sexual characteristics. It also influences sexual drive, mood, and even body fat distribution.
I recently learned a shocking statistic:
The average 26 year-old man has the testosterone of a 65 year-old man from previous generations. 
Yes, testosterone declines as we get older due to stress, lack of exercise and exposure to toxins, but that stat is scary.

For women worried about osteoporosis, taking testosterone is a proactive way to help prevent it. But if you are a woman and you want to take a testosterone supplement, I recommend you get your labs done first. Then if you do want to take a testosterone supplement, start slow. Maybe a half dose every other day.

Remember, this is a hormone that we want to keep balanced. You don’t want it too low but you don’t want it too high either.

Hot dog!

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I stopped eating hotdogs years ago because all the crap that is put in them…until now.

These are REAL hotdogs—beef hotdogs—you know, my Never Ever Beef. You will not find crap in these and, oh my goodness! These hotdogs taste so much better. I know it is sounds crazy to say, but they taste clean (and delicious)

Here I am with two hotdogs with mustard and no buns!

You can get yours by beciming a member of the online shopping club! Memberships are $1 through July31.

Contact me for more info.

Hot Day Hydration

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Hot days! Over 90’s! I am getting hydrated! Here’s a Public Service Announcement for anyone melting in this 100-degree heat:

If you’re only drinking water…congratulations, it’s great. But, unfortunately, you may still pass out from heat and dehydration. What you actually need is: Electrolytes. Electrolytes are your summer lifeline. Electrolytes are not just a “gym thing.” They’re not just a “sports drink” thing. Electrolytes make sure you don’t-end-up-face-first-in-the-yard thing.

You want the holy hydration trinity:
• Potassium (for muscle + heart function)
• Magnesium (for cramps + mood)
• Calcium (for nerve function)
Not a product with 500mg of sodium in a fluorescent blue bottle.

That’s why I like Sustain. Sustain has four electrolytes with vitamins C, E and B12! It also has six grams of sugar!
Sustain has sugar because that touch of glucose helps your cells better absorb all that hydration goodness.

If you get too much salt? You bloat.
Too little potassium? You cramp like a banshee.
No magnesium? Welcome to twitchy-town and mood swings.
If you get no electrolytes at all? Enjoy your front-row seat to heat stroke, dizziness, and possibly crying in the Kroger parking lot.

Pro tip: To hydrate properly, you need 100mg sodium and ditch the junk. You don’t need dyes, chemicals, or a sugar crash pretending to hydrate you.

After all, Hydration isn’t just water. It’s electrically charged survival.

That’s why I drink Sustain.

What Is ADDED Sugar?

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Added sugar refers to sugars added to foods or beverages during processing, preparation or at the table verses sugars naturally present in the food. Some examples are:

  • Table sugar (sucrose)
  • High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
  • Honey
  • Molasses
  • Corn sweetener
  • Fruit juice concentrates 

In other words, added sugar is any sugar that is not naturally found in the food but is added to sweeten or enhance its flavor. It is important to note that natural sugars, such as those found in fruits and milk, are not considered added sugar. 

So, give second thought to purchasing items that fall within these categories when you’re at the grocery store. Be very careful and read the nutritional label for hidden ingredients!

And you thought you were doing your body a favor by switching from Coke to Diet Coke?

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Think again.

It’s been said that a coke (or diet coke) is so caustic that it can clean the corrosion of your car battery. You want that in your gut?

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/experts-say-quitting-diet-coke-can-improve-heart-health-gut-balance?fbclid=IwY2xjawK1G8hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFCalZBRFhjWjZKdnpYcTRXAR6ow6IKtXdH1cRYfxKLqNe_Qjyl3uLLGuPKFnJTu_pkmf7R7ZVgg_s9QcdYuQ_aem_tNlx2yhfDSupYnS39eU4nQ

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞

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From a happy shopping club member:

“It’s always kind of satisfying when you get actual proof that your supplements are doing what they’re supposed to do.”

Here’s the backstory…

Last year, I stopped taking most of my usual supplements—part of some health testing I was doing. I didn’t want anything messing with the results (long story…).

So when my annual bloodwork rolled around in March 2025, I really shouldn’t have been surprised… but I kind of was. My cholesterol and triglycerides were way up. Not ideal. I’d hoped the parathyroidectomy last fall would help normalize things, but no such luck. To top it off, my liver enzymes had climbed too. That one caught me off guard.

At that point, I didn’t hesitate. I got back on my trusted supplements—the ones I know work for my body—and gave it eight weeks before retesting.

The results? Cholesterol, triglycerides and liver numbers dropped beautifully. In fact, they’re even better than they were before I stopped everything in 2024.

I won’t be stopping again.”

Heavy Metals and Heart Disease

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Heavy metals like mercury, lead, and arsenic have been shown to increase blood pressure and raise the risk of heart disease. These metals can accumulate in your system over time, interfering with metabolic processes that support cardiovascular health.

How heavy metals affect your heart

  • Damages blood vessels
  • Increases oxidative stress leading to arterial plaque buildup
  • Increases blood pressure

How to reduce exposure

  • Filter drinking water using a system certified to remove heavy metals.
  • Limit consumption of high-mercury fish like king mackerel and swordfish.
  • Avoid lead-containing cookware and glassware.

Heavy metals can impact more areas than just the heart.