My name is MINDFUL MANNY Ortiz, and this is my Before to Beyond Story…
My starting point: I’m stuck in life, horizontal, ‘couch potato’, either staring at the TV or somehow escaping my reality. This was about 1 ½ years after being diagnosed with sleep apnea and chronic fatigue. I was feeling defeated, demoralized, and like the song says: “my ‘get up and go’ must’ve got up and gone”. My health had decompensated to the point that I was losing self-respect, hope and thinking/saying to myself, day after day: “this can’t be me” when I looked in the mirror. I disconnected from my God, hobbies, family activities, and… Me. My life was narrowed down to: sleep, work, ‘zone out’ [repeat].
My mindset: Beginning to accept that I’m going to be a “lifer” [ie: life sentence] with these diagnoses.
My rock-bottom: On a Sunday afternoon, I was searching the Internet: “how to apply for Social Security disability”…
…I slowly learned about Beyond Slim® through my friend’s Facebook posts. This friend also happens to be Beyond Slim® coach Joy Edgerton. Thank God for that day, I decided not to ignore her outreach messages. My trust in her was far greater than my skepticism about a new product. I agreed to receive a sample packet in the mail, and the phrase ‘FLIP THE SWITCH’ rapidly shifted my skepticism into curiosity. I typed ‘FLIP THE SWITCH’ and posted it in strategic places around my home and workplace. I gradually saw myself recovering and returning to those positive old habits like an “attitude of gratitude” [which I learned from Coach Joy], intermittent fasting, moving my body, improving my sleep habits, and doing my best at eating mostly T.H.I.N. foods.
What I love most about ZipSlim® is that I can alternate between with and without caffeine. Still, in general, my physical energy levels and mental focus have improved since I overcame my resistance and committed to drinking ZipSlim twice a day. That’s when my metabolism really rebooted. After 10 months of being ‘stuck’ at a plateau of 208 lbs, thanks to ZipSlim® and Reboot 66®, I am now at 200 pounds AND enjoying the process. But more significant than numbers on a scale, I am no longer that ‘couch potato’, I am less fatigued AND more dynamic than I have been in the last TWO years. I literally went from “this can’t be me”, to … “THIS IS ME!” If I came across anyone who was where I was “before”, I’d say: “life may have given you lemons”, but if you try THIS blackberry lemonade, I will show you how I ‘FLIPPED THE SWITCH’.