Me: 1 Menopause: 0

4/20/24 Monument, Colorado.

This pic was last week. My starting photo for the drops. Then look at today!  I did brush my hair in pic two.  Five days so far on the Body Balancing Drops!!

More details: included are my biometric stats. Now you know some personal deets about my measurements.😬   See charts below.

This all started after I waited 9 months for an appointment to see “the best most sought out women’s doctor” in town.  That appointment was awful.  

This doc told me:

1) “people that believe menopause equals weight gain are wrong. It’s diet and exercise.” Ya, well I freaking exercise 6 days a week and I eat clean healthy foods 7 days a week. Why was I turning into a ball with my midsection getting bigger and bigger! 

2) “why don’t you want to test for the Brach chromosome, you wanna just die and be a burden to your family?” I guess revealing how I feel about that to her was a super dumb idea. 

3)  “to be safe, you just need to have your breasts removed” 

4) “we can organize removing your uterus, you don’t need it anymore.”

5) “I’ll write you a prescription for hormone replacement drugs. And to deal with vaginal dryness (tmi?) I’ll prescribe a special pill thing (my words) you shove up there daily”. I ACTUALLY WENT AND GOT THIS DRUG and guess what the side effects are?  MORE WEIGHT GAIN and much more. 

Back to square one. Figure out and prioritize the bloating belly and now puffy face and puffy EVERYTHING I am dealing with. 

I did an awesome job with intermittent fasting. I liked it!  Saved tons of time on meal prep. Ha ha. Money too!  Visited the Doc that saved my life in 2005 (in California, Dr Zhao) who explained to me how my body cannot do fasting and that I need to EAT to provide nutrients and energy. Ok ok ok!! So I began eating again and using my LoseIt App.  I exercises daily at least 30 minutes: walking, kb, yoga, hiking. Now it FELT so good doing those things. 

BUT: The gaining continued.  My pants were so tight it was awful. I even bought belt loop extenders for pregnant women. 

I was off social media for most of this. I was journaling. I was reading my affirmations book 369. I worked on my business to keep my mind off of whatever was happening that was completely out of my control. I left most every social group and avoided invitations. 

Then I decided to get back on social media. Randy Shoemaker had stayed on while I was off and commented that our friend Julie Park was posting some amazing pictures.  I quietly started watching her. She’s my firearms instructor. I respect her so much. She was postingh success after success. I pm’d her: I want to try this. 

So I did. And now here I am changing those frustrating challenges.  I was pessimistic but here I am!  It is working for me. 

❤️sarita

PS still have my tatas and uterus and lost that doc’s number.

Take at look at my statistics!!!

Update: Day 23 just before Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day thought about these balancing drops. 

You would be giving a gift of RELIEF from so many issues we battle with a natural solution. Most of us just gut it out and “deal” with these issues but we secretly with they would just GO AWAY!  

I speak from my own experience. I waited 9 months to see the “top” women’s doctor in my town who was such a disappointment. 

Not only did she tell me what I was dealing with (weight gain, sleep interruptions, bloating, gas, cravings) wasn’t because of Menopause (and I asked her if I understood her correctly) but she insisted I wasn’t eating healthy and exercising enough. Btw, she didn’t ask how active I am not what I eat she just concluded. 

Next she righteously declared I wouldn’t need my uterus so let’s get rid of that. I MIGHT be positive for Brach cancer gene so we’ll just whack off the Girls.  I am on a fence deciding if I want to know my status and told her.

This was a huge trust to talk to her about. I’m pretty private about this topic because of my family history. Her response was a flippant, “so you just want to become a burden to your family then”. 

Lastly, she prescribed hormone replacement treatment and a special cream to inject up into my lady parts. 

I left that meeting feeling worse than when I walked in the door. I had a tiny bit of “hope” that seeing a doctor (supposedly the best one) get me headed in the right direction. 

The HRT and injection stuff listed the first side-effect (I am the type of person that will read labels alllllll the way thru) WEIGHT GAIN. Seriously, what the HECK!!  

Getting rounder and rounder was happening. The bloating. The gas. Oh, and I did intermittent fasting. I eat great!  I could use more fresh vegetables but I eat them daily. 

Then I saw posts Julie Park (my firearms instructor) made about her health battle that included a few of the same things I was struggling with.  I decided WHAT THE HECK, I’m trying it. 

Today is Day 23.

❤️The relief I have today is unbelievable!  Truly, a wish granted.   

🧡I dropped 12 lbs, 

🩷3%  body fat, 

💛I sleep solid 8 hours, 

⭐️I HAVE NO BLOATING OR GAS after eating, 

🩷my spirits have stayed up and I just feel so good from the moment I wake up through the night sleeping. 

💚I also do not crave sugar or sugary things at all. Like zilch. 

🩵 I feel satiated after eating half of what I used to put on my plate. 

❤️ I have energy to hike longer (and my knees are cooperating!) so now I’m getting in more mileage in my time. 

If I didn’t already have these Balancing Drops in my life I’d wish for them for Mother’s Day.   

I will never stop talking about them because they work and I’m not facing needles or pills with side effects.  I believe this bothers people but if you found something like this, and you know you aren’t alone in this battle, wouldn’t you want a friend or loved one to have RELIEF?

I can get people these drops!  

Guys and gals. There is RELIEF waiting! 

My Day 1 pic shows me smiling because Randy Shoemaker insisted. Inside I am: miserable, frustrated, irritated, depressed at the same time as hopeful but I don’t want to get my hopes up too high (for the 1000th time) and excited because I see the balancing drops doing things that I’ve wanted for years…

My current pic is me on a solo 5K hike this week.  Lots of elevation. Oh, and I didn’t need my poles!!! I just realized my last hikes have been without my poles!!!  Omg another win! My knees are fine!  I cannot wait to share this with Dr. Venkatesh Movva!!

The inflammation in my body is dropping. The proof is in REALITY for me.

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I shut down my Social Media

My husband got a message last night from someone asking why I blocked them on Facebook. I have not blocked anyone. I just cut it all off.

One of my many creative envelopes that I call a HappyLope. An envelope that makes you happy, guaranteed.

There isn’t a way to let people know you have shut down your account so I guess this is how it looks.

So if you are reading this, and we were “friends” on any of the social media platforms: I’m just done.

My plan is to work on myself, my family, my goals and keep in touch with people that want to be in touch with me – my vision is that it will be a mutual thing.

I have books I want to finish. Books I want to start and finish!

I want to write letters to people that want to write letters.

I have a giant book of business that I want to actually talk to regularly.

I want to help my husband build his business again! Secretly I want to BE IN BUSINESS again with my husband but he’s not interested in Medicare…so…it will need to be something else.

I want to get outside and hike. I want to attend super fun group fitness activities.

I will travel to visit my children and grandchild.

I want to paint again and create again.

WHAT IS YOUR REALITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA

MY GOOGLE SEARCH: “5 LIKES” – WOW.

Thankfully, I lived in a day when we did not have the internet. I see what this tool has done for humankind (good and bad). I see people today determining their value to the world based off of how many LIKES they have. Is this the right way to manage yourself? I do not think it is. It is delusional.

People striving to be relevant are taking over our minds and influencing our thoughts – but those aren’t the people that should matter. I think the people that should matter are those that would pick up a phone and give you 10-20 minutes of their lives or write a letter catching you up on their life (to begin with). They wouldn’t stop talking to get paid for an advertisement.

SHARE NEWS: GOOD AND BAD

It is exciting to learn good news! I love good news so much. I love hearing people accomplish things they wanted to accomplish. I love sitting in bed at the end of the night and reading a letter from someone then drifting off to sleep imagining what I’m going to write back…eventually!

Bad news is hard but sometimes you can do something about it. People that only share bad news aren’t my kind of people because there will never be a solution that stops the bad news. 

Balance of both is a reality in every one of us. I do believe that our life today is a result of our thoughts before, so maybe start thinking more positive. You don’t need to pontificate your positivity or feelings to anyone but yourself. 

IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA

Pretty nice thought IMO.

What if you were influenced by the people that care about you? I don’t mean you need to agree with them, but there are people in your life that want you to succeed and won’t charge you a dime and don’t make a dime because you listened to something they said.

IN CLOSING

I don’t know how long this will last. I am told this is the only way to stay in touch with our children and family. I just don’t believe that. If our family and friends wanted to talk to us then there would be time to do that personally, not by posting on social media. 

I’ll never forget how upset my husband was when he learned about the passing of someone so important to him VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. How did the word get out before the internet? Does anyone actually know?

If you want to stay in touch with me (and we aren’t already regularly communicating) just send me an email with all of your contact information so I can write you a letter now and again. I’ll share my address with you as well. Send that to saritashoemaker@gmail.com and in the subject line write I WANT TO KEEP IN TOUCH. If you want to share your phone number and birthday, cool. I’m known to send people cards on their birthdays. That’s up to you.

My new motto: Take care of myself and be a good person for myself, not for likes or approval of others.

I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS WEBSITE AND WILL NOT BE RENEWING. 

A Trick To Being Happy(ier)

This is a straightforward and therapeutic process I have been doing for about 2 years now…

Make A List

Every quarter I make a complete list of the people that have been in my life in some way, shape or form. The list is long and it normally begins with those that I see/hear from daily if not weekly. You know the people!

Then you start back at the top of the list to note the following:

Pointing UP for the feeling that person gives you in life: positivity, good vibes, encouragement, love, attention.

Pointing DOWN are the people who take and do not give, or criticize to make you (or someone else) feel bad, or belittle you or others.

Some people have more arrows than others.

How Often?

I do this quarterly myself. It started off once a year (normally when I was sitting and reflecting on life from one year to the next around New Year’s Day).

It is fascinating to see who is in your life as you grow and become a better person. As you accomplish your goals…who was there lifting you up?

Those down arrows people can be spotted quickly as well. And that helps you organize your life without them in it. After all, they are not helping you they are taking away from you (and others most likely). Don’t forget: sometimes people are in a slump and it is temporary!

Make this you SCREEN SAVER for your phone for a few days!

Checking myself: if I feel like I’m dealing with a lot of negative energy I check my behavior. I examine what I am experiencing and consider that there are lessons in there for me somehow. I could be in a puddle so upset and struggling to see anything positive but when I fill my head with the things that ARE positive I really do begin to FEEL THAT WAY. I learned to do this here.

I’ll end this with an even better thought: ALL OF THOSE UP ARROWS ARE THE BEST PEOPLE TO GIVE YOUR POSITIVE ENERGY TO WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I firmly believe, after all of these years roaming the planet, that you truly get back the energy you give.

PS: This works for all categories of our life!

The Neil Levy Memorial Golf Tournament

I stepped up to help this cause above any other support ever in my life! Silver Sponsor baby! For The Neil Levy Memorial Golf Tournament.

My dear friend Mary May (YES, MY MOM’S NAME!!) came all the way from Ault to help me man the booth. We spent most of the time just catching up after moving apart and it was THE BEST!!! I love this amazing woman.

I gave it my best effort investing in this event thinking it would be a good fit for me and my Medicare business. I put time and planning into it on top of my donation. I promoted it on Google and my social media. Randy helped as well getting Golfers to join his Foursome team. I was so excited and barely slept a wink in anticipation. This was going to be my FIRST-EVER SELF-GENERATED EVENT*! Woo-hoooo!!!

It was a beautiful weather day for this event to begin with. I greeted every team as they arrived and asked them what their connection was to the event. I’d guess 99% of the people knew the Levy family and actually worked with Neil. It was amazing and felt like a Family Reunion. Some folks shared some great memories with Neil and that was very special.

I learned about this event on Facebook.

Mary and I had a mutual connection with Paula Levy who ran the best Day Care for seniors with caretakers who needed a break. Mary says Paula saved her life with everything she did to help her with her late husband, Alvin.

Mary has so many nice things to share about her Medicare provider Humana and the support she got from them for herself and Alvin.

I met Paula randomly at a women’s group I was part of. We would see each other once in a while. I liked to give her a “Mary Update” and snap a pic. I visited Mary when she moved to Ault and it was sooooooo far away.

OK…let me get back on track!

TLDR: The photos!

I offered to take group photos of each team (pics below). Please give me photo credit.

There are two groups of photos: the Standard PGA style and then there’s the Happy Gilmore/Bob Barker Tribute.

Team Photos: Happy Gilmore/Bob Barker Tributes

The Team Photos: PGA Style

Memorializing this special day.

The Shoemaker Watering Hole

Randy Shoemaker (my husband) had a space for his work as well. The Shoemaker Watering Hole with the cutest bartender ever: Mary!

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Post Tournament Festivities

Lots of businesses donated to the raffle and got exposure as well.

Patty Jewett provided lunch for everyone! I should have taken a photo. Dogs and Burgers with potato salad and chips and GIANT cookies – super popular.

The Raffles were done and then the winners were announced, I do not know who won but I did meet them as they zoomed through. All such nice people!

In Closing…

The Four Person Scramble moved quickly. Max, Neil’s eldest son, announced that if his dad were there with them he would have expected to wrap it up in 4 hours. I think they did keep that window!

With the amount of close love and support for the Levy family and in Neil’s honor I am sure this event will carry on every year bringing so many nice people together.

All Of The Golfers

Woody Woodworth, Garry Foster, Michael Nelson, Dick Janitell, Dennis Smith, Richard Guy, Michael Cole, Bruce Aikens, Tyler Souza, Wes Woodworth, Jeff Esterline, Lou Levy, Sam Levy, Max Levy, Colter Streck, Dale Huntington, Doug McClellan, Marlin Huston, Joe Roskam, Giana Roskam, Dom Roskam, John Mahoney, Cooper Glenn, Jesse Megyeri, Jake Neil, Mike Emmerling, Tracy Decharme, Scott Miller, Kathy Miller, Marty Romero, Steve Dearing, Tony Wheeler, Mike Barbato, Carter Thompson, Adam Preiss, Austin Preiss, Scott Preiss, Allen McGuinness, Rob Giunta, Daniel Hutson, Natasha Hutson, Jerry Mayes, Bill Boese, Rick Boese, Will Temby, Jeremy Hahn, Jerry Hahn, Mark Carara, Rudy Lucero, Chris Castillo, Mason Robinson, Perry Richards, Roland Trevino, Joe Campbell, Mark Swope, Carl Romero, Jim Morley, Wendy Ring, Diane Miller, Ryan Strother, Randy Shoemaker, Jen Hilyard, Gary Coleman, Chris Howard, Heidi Howard, Forrest Fix, Greg Clary, Jonathan Meyer

*In my industry (Medicare) and as a Broker our events are created and funded by the many insurance carriers. Since I began working in the Medicare field I have always worked at their events. This time I decided to try this on my own. I am licensed and able to sell almost all of them: Atena, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, ClearSpring, Devoted, Humana, Kaiser, Mutual of Omaha, Surebridge, and United Healthcare.

I would love to help you or a loved one with your Medicare questions and enrollment!

Affirmation

Almost at the summit of Pikes Peak

My business is growing so quickly it is bringing good vibrations into my world like a positive pull of energy.

I am attracting the best clients ever. They are kind, upbeat, excited to use their services, happy to communicate with me and appreciate what I bring to their world. They refer me so much business!

I am smoothly onboarding clients into my business so there is no confusion for them. Smooth sailing!

My growth is happening at a pace I am able to manage and that is resulting is wealth and happiness for my family and myself.

I am in control of my amazing life and it is so rich!