DISCLAIMER READ!

I feel the need to clarify something.  I make  NO CLAIMS to Zeal Wellness being a MIRACLE DRUG OR CURE ALL!!
Folks, here is the deal.  Our Lord and Savior created our bodies---THAT IS THE MIRACLE!!! And when our bodies have the proper vitamins, nutrients and super foods that He also created, then our bodies will heal themselves from the INSIDE OUT!!
Thank you LeNard Rhone for making that awesome analogy.
Yes, I have several issues that I have personally dealt with since 2000--namely being depression, anxiety, migraines, and insomnia.  Why?? Because something happened to me that totally screwed up the chemical balances in my system.  When those systems are out of balance it affects our whole being.  We do get depressed, and have anxiety attacks.  Migraines or headaches--they are our way of telling us that our bodies NEED something.  Insomnia--my problem was that my mind was racing 90 to nothing, keeping me anxious and keeping me awake.  But then joint pain from Fibromyalgia creeped into my life in 2009 and the pain in my joints kept me awake at night.   Pain levels head to to were miserable.  I couldn't lay still.  I felt like I was climbing the walls.  Lack of sleep obviously just increased my daily fatigue.  I wanted to take a nap during the day and I'd sleep for 2-3 hours.  Vicious cycles that I went to the doctor for years for.  Nothing they suggested for me to do or medicines they gave me helped.  They told me to double up on various vitamins.  I did that, and I felt NO RELIEF from any of my symptoms.
A friend from church gave me 2 sample bottles of Zeal Wellness.  I tried it 2 days, liked it, bought a canister of it and within just 2 weeks of drinking Zeal, my symptoms began to just go away.   If I can take a liquid vitamin wellness drink and feel as good as I do since I started taking it, then I will continue to take it.
I know exactly how I felt before I ever started drinking Zeal Wellness and I will not go back to where I was before.  I've battled weight gain since 2008 when I had a total hysterectomy.  I have NEVER had an issue with my weight until then.  Zeal has given me the extra energy and boosted my metabolism and that has helped me to lose 16 pounds!
All I am saying is that contrary to what some people may think, its not a joke, its not a hoax and its not a lie. When it comes to  any of the information that is being shared about Zeal-- Don't knock it until you've tried it and given it a chance.    Its JUST VITAMINS FOLKS!!!!!  And contrary to what some believe--EVERYONE needs vitamins!  No matter how well you eat--there's just some things that aren't in the foods that we eat every day, that we really do need.  And if you want to get real technical about it..The Lord created EVERY SINGLE item that is in Zeal Wellness.  And HE is the one who gave the formulators of Zeal the ability to do what they have done, making it simple for us to get ALL of those things in ONE SIMPLE 6oz. drink!
And my family is Z4L!!!

Zeal For Life

Zeal Wellness...My Story

As I said in my previous post, Zeal Wellness is an A.M.A.Z.I.N.G product.  I just can not say that enough.  Sure, you sit there and think, "Oh here we go again, another fad thats being promoted."  Or, "Is she seriously going to sit here and talk about yet another product that won't last?"  YES!  I AM!!  

************Disclaimerr: Zeal is not a cure all and this post in no way declares that!************


Zeal Wellness has changed my life.  LITERALLY in just 4 weeks.  And I am SO thankful that I have been given the chance to share just what its done with everyone who reads this, and I will share it with those that I come in contact with as well. I want to be able to tell others what an impact its had on my life and share share SHARE with them!  

I first want to thank my friends Jessica Musick and Stephanie Josey for introducing me to Zeal.  Stephanie shared this product with Jessica and in turn Jessica shared it with me.  And she didn't have to.  She knew the instant she heard about Zeal that it was something that could benefit me. 

For those of you who do not already know me, my name is Lesley.  I have been married to my husband Kyle for almost 19 years.  We have two kids, Colton(15) and Tobi(7).  I am so thankful that I have been able  to stay home and not work outside the home, since just about 4 months after Kyle and I got married.  I had said from day 1 that I didn't want to have to work and put my kids in daycare if I didn't have to.  For that I am SO BLESSED!

My story starts back in 2000 when my son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.  I began to have a horrible time with depression and anxiety, migraines, insomnia, loss of appetite and I lost an extreme amount of weight.  I was put on antidepressants, sleep medication and as time went on the dosages just went up.  I began to have joint pain that came and went but seemed to explode in 2008 after I had a hysterectomy.  Within 2 days of that surgery, I began to have issues with the inside of my mouth burning--literally felt like it was on fire.  I was put on medication to 'help' with that, but to no avail, it didn't help.  I started putting on weight--the only time I have ever gained weight is when I was pregnant with my kids.  I gained 30lbs after my hysterectomy. The insomnia and depression and anxiety issues remained, and seemed to get worse.  The joint pain began to increase and it was so bad, it was all I could do to get out of bed some days.  I HAD to get up and push through each day--b/c I had to take care of my kids.  

In 2009, I was told that I had Fibromyalgia.  My legs hurt, I experienced Restless Leg Syndrome, my knees hurt--if I could avoid walking up stairs, I would do just that.  I would get out of bed of a morning and moan and groan and think to myself, "I am not old enough to hurt like this!"  My back, shoulders and neck would hurt so bad that I couldn't hardly turn my head.  Every single joint in my body just hurt.  Even my toes hurt.  I couldn't stand for someone to touch me, at all.  I changed doctors and got a second opinion--he said the same thing the first one did--Fibromyalgia.  He did full xrays, from head to toe.  He said that I had a few tiny spurs forming in different places and that c4,5,6 had some arthritis.  
And he changed my medication.  Since 2000, I have been on Lexapro, Celexa, Prozac, Cymbalta, Lyrica, and back to Prozac, and several different pain pills.
About 4 1/2 weeks ago, I was given a couple of sample bottles of Zeal.  I was told, "Just mix it with water, or juice, shake it and drink up!"  I opened a bottle, added cold water to it, shook it up, and downed it.  I went about my day working and realized in just about 15 minutes, "WOW!...What was in that??"   I thought to myself, "NO..there's no way that little bottle could make me feel that good in just 15 minutes."  The next day when I got to work, I mixed the second bottle up.  Felt the same way.  I got through the entire day without my knees hurting at all.  I got home from work that afternoon, did school with my kids and before the day was over, I bought my first canister of Zeal Wellness.

4 1/2 weeks--thats it.  I have little to no joint pain.  I've been sleeping better, and I am not taking any of the prescription drugs that I have been on for the last 12 years.  I am amazed each and every day.  I have had a couple of days in the last 4 weeks that I  have had mild pain issues, but nothing like what I was dealing with.  I am constantly amazed at the stories that I am hearing about Zeal, that are so similar to my own.    Its a huge blessing to be able to share this AMAZING product with friends and family.  It is my prayer that I am able to do just that.   I have to  share with others what its done for me, and what its going to do for my family...and thats what I intend to do! :0)

Fibromyalgia...Is it really??

I've been putting off writing anything about this topic, and have only shared the most recent information with a select number of people.  Ive been going back in my mind over information from the last at least TWO years.
It actually goes back beyond that.
I have had issues with pain in my joints for years--and by years, I mean all the way back to high school.  I NEVER played sports, so I can't blame the pain on anything like that.  About a year after I graduated, I actually went to the doctor that my mom had been taking me to.  Long story short there--he said he wasn't sure why I was having so much trouble with my knees hurting.  He put me on an anti inflammatory, and sent me on my way.
I've had issues with my knees hurting off and on ever since.
I have just tried to blow it off and ignore it.  As the years have gone by, its just gotten worse.  I had a hard time getting down on the floor with my kids in my class, and then had an even harder time getting back up.  Hurt horribly to walk up and down the stairs at church, so when I could, I'd use the elevator.  I have had ONE time that I can remember that the pain levels decreased.  I was pregnant with my daughter.  A few months after she was born, all the pain issues returned and increased.
I started REALLY complaining about it and mentioning it to my primary doctor.  I was not sleeping--which I'd dealt with already for several years anyhow.  Something about my son being dx'd with an chronic incurable disease, just messed my head up and instead of sleeping, I was wide awake, the wheels in my head constantly turning and spinning 100 mph.   But the pain became SO bad, that it was all I could do to get out of bed of a morning.  My feet and my legs would hurt so bad.  I just couldn't hardly walk from the bed to the bathroom.  Which was only a couple of feet!  I was tired all of the time--and I don't mean needing a little nap here and there, I was EXHAUSTED.
Chronic fatigue syndrome.  That comes after having a case of MONO so bad when your 19, the the doctors tell your parents that you will have problems with fatigue the rest of your life.  And not only that, but that if you ever had kids, that you would have to be watched closely for severe fatigue.  And let me just tell you..I did indeed have trouble with both.  To this day, if I say I am tired, I am just that, tired.  If I say I need to lay down and rest, I NEED to lay down and rest.
I recently went to the doctor to have some blood work done.  I'd had a few days where I felt rather odd, so I checked my blood sugar with an extra glucose meter we have.  Type 2 Diabetes tends to run in my family already.  And with Colton's Type 1, I don't wanna just blow weird feelings off.  I had an A1C done--the result was a 5.8.  Its a tad high for a 'non diabetic' and means that I am at a higher risk for type 2 D.
I also had an ANA ran.  An ANA is an  antinuclear antibody test.  It is used to determine and diagnose auto immune diseases.  http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/ana/tab/test
Now, before I go ANY further.  I must back up.  So here we go beep beep beep beep..backing up....beep beep beep.
When I went to my primary doctor to discuss the way I was feeling at the time--not being able to hardly walk when I got out of bed, feeling so exhausted, feeling at times like my legs were just going to give out.  You know what it feels like when you have the flu?  Ok, take that achy, tired irritable feeling and magnify it like 3 times.  Makes you feel like you've been hit by a Mac truck.
I was almost in tears as I told this doctor the way I was feeling.  So, he did blood work then.  He ran an arthritis panel, and went ahead and sent me to a Rheumatologist.  That particular arth panel came back 'normal' as he told me.  I have no clue what the numbers for that test were though.  So here I start seeing this rheumy.  I remember that day very well.  I went in, filled out paper work and waited and waited and waited.  Gotta LOVE doctors offices!  He finally came in and started asking me a series of questions.  He noted all of my answers and proceeded to then do a series of pokes and prods all over my body.  He started touching my back/shoulders and I thought I was going to jump off of that exam table.  I mean I wanted to say, "DO NOT DO THAT!!"  After checking out my joints and asking me more questions he said I clearly had fibromyalgia.
He never suggested doing any x-rays.  He never mentioned an ANA--which I had SEVERAL people ask me if I'd ever had one done.  My response was always, "No, whats that?"
I quit seeing that particular rheumy because he made me feel like he was rushing me out of his office each time I went in for an appointment.  He'd ask me if I was feeling any better, and I'd say no, and he'd just up the meds he put me on.  Lyrica--I don't recommend it.  I couldn't tell that it helped any.  All it did was make me gian weight and make me irritable more than I already was.  When I quit seeing him, I started seeing another doctor here where we live.  I went over all of what the rheumy had said to me.  She went from telling me, "Well, we really don't treat fibromyalgia in this clinic..." to telling me, "I'd be glad to take care of your medications, and your fibromyalgia if I can help you."  I made a point more than once to say I was curious what an ANA would look like.  She never would run one.  The rheumy never would run one either.  He said it was pointless--b/c if I'd had a 'normal' arthritis panel, then an ANA would be normal.
Ok, now we are up to NOW.    I went in to see a different doctor in this clinic here.  All I did when he said he wanted to run some blood tests was to say, "I'd like to see if you can run an ANA on me as well."  He asked why I wanted it done.   All I said then, was that there had to be SOME reason for all of the pain in my joints--my knees, elbows, hands, fingers, toes--yes my toes.  My TOES hurt and I have to stretch and squeeze my toes together until they pop.  My most recent "symptom" is my hand going numb and tingly.  I thought it was just when I was driving--b/c of the way I rest my hand on the steering wheel.  But, I notice it when Im just sitting in church listening to the sermon, and even when Im just sitting watching tv at home.
And so, I got the results of the rest of the blood work yesterday.  They said that all of the results were good; but that the ANA came back positive.  I was glad at first, to know that Im not just imagining all of the pain I have.  But then I was ticked off at the same time b/c I had TWO doctors within months of each other basically tell me I didn't need an ANA ran.  Um, HELLO??? I obviously DID need an ANA ran.
It not only came back positive, but it came back a high positive.  Some of you reading this may know what they look for.  The titer number was 1:320   Believe me, I know, thats high.  Could be higher.  But just the same, its high.
I do not know what this means, I do not know what they will do next.  More tests, Im sure, as well as sending me back to a Rheumatologist.
So, do I really have fibromyalgia?  That may ineed be all it is.  They may tell me its Lupus, or some other auto immune disease.  All I know is that I am hopefully finally going to be getting some answers to the questions I've had for several years now.