Jill Birth's Transformation Video
Jill Birth - 2011 IsaBody Champion!
When I was in 3rd grade, the school nurse had us line up to measure our height and weight. As I stepped on the scale and weighed 140 lbs, she turned to me and said, “I am 20 yrs older than you and you weigh more than me…. You are one fat little kid.” I started crying and went home, the next day my mom took me to weight watchers… and that’s how my weight loss story began.
Every time I started a new diet or just decided to get really serious, I took my “before” picture. I have 24 before pictures since 1998. I have enough to even make my own scrapbook and I never had an “after” picture…. until now.
Something I will never forget happened three years ago. My son Scott was in Jr High School and a boy at the school told him that he had a fat mom. Since that day, he wouldn’t let me come to the school for any reason because he was embarrassed by me. It was really hard for me at that time because I had been really trying to lose weight
I was so tired of being overweight and trying to deal with my food addiction that I decided to try out for “The Biggest Loser” on TV. I had a close friend make me promise her that if I didn’t make it on the show, I would do Isagenix “the right way”.
I started my weight loss journey on May 1st 2010, the same time that the biggest loser contestants went to the biggest loser ranch. In October I had lost 80 lbs and by the end of December I had made it into the 100 lb club. The ironic thing is when the Biggest Loser finale occurred in December…. I had achieved a higher percentage of weight loss than any of the biggest loser female contestants.
Making my biggest loser video was such a blessing in my life. It made me bring to the surface all of the memories I had growing up that revolved around my weight. It was such a huge eye opener when my video was all edited and I sat down and watched it. With tears in my eyes, I knew that even if I didn’t get on the show I was going to have faith that God would help me and that I was going to do something about it. I am so thankful that I was able to bring all of those feelings to the surface to make it so I was able to move past all of those memories.
Just three short months ago, our family was in St.George, Utah and Scott asked me if I wanted to hike a mountain with him the following morning. I climbed right to the top with no problem at all… and then I had a “proud moment”. We sat side by side on the peak of this mountain and he turned to me with tears in his eyes and he said “Mom, you did it…. Thanks for getting healthy for us!” It was at that moment that I realized that I will not sit on the sidelines anymore. I will live my life!!
I love Isagenix! These products have blessed my life more than I can tell you! I am so grateful to have my health and my life back!
Jill Birth
See Jill's YouTube video here.
Aspiring Interior Designer Remodels Outward Appearance With Isagenix®
Melisa’s physical appearance seemed to be a constant barrier keeping her from achieving success in her life. At 358 pounds, her professors discouraged her from becoming an interior designer because negative perceptions in the industry.
Jill Birth's Transformation Video
Jill Birth - 2011 IsaBody Champion!
Jill Birth - 2011 IsaBody Champion!
When I was in 3rd grade, the school nurse had us line up to measure our height and weight. As I stepped on the scale and weighed 140 lbs, she turned to me and said, “I am 20 yrs older than you and you weigh more than me…. You are one fat little kid.” I started crying and went home, the next day my mom took me to weight watchers… and that’s how my weight loss story began.
Every time I started a new diet or just decided to get really serious, I took my “before” picture. I have 24 before pictures since 1998. I have enough to even make my own scrapbook and I never had an “after” picture…. until now.
Something I will never forget happened three years ago. My son Scott was in Jr High School and a boy at the school told him that he had a fat mom. Since that day, he wouldn’t let me come to the school for any reason because he was embarrassed by me. It was really hard for me at that time because I had been really trying to lose weight
I was so tired of being overweight and trying to deal with my food addiction that I decided to try out for “The Biggest Loser” on TV. I had a close friend make me promise her that if I didn’t make it on the show, I would do Isagenix “the right way”.
I started my weight loss journey on May 1st 2010, the same time that the biggest loser contestants went to the biggest loser ranch. In October I had lost 80 lbs and by the end of December I had made it into the 100 lb club. The ironic thing is when the Biggest Loser finale occurred in December…. I had achieved a higher percentage of weight loss than any of the biggest loser female contestants.
Making my biggest loser video was such a blessing in my life. It made me bring to the surface all of the memories I had growing up that revolved around my weight. It was such a huge eye opener when my video was all edited and I sat down and watched it. With tears in my eyes, I knew that even if I didn’t get on the show I was going to have faith that God would help me and that I was going to do something about it. I am so thankful that I was able to bring all of those feelings to the surface to make it so I was able to move past all of those memories.
Just three short months ago, our family was in St.George, Utah and Scott asked me if I wanted to hike a mountain with him the following morning. I climbed right to the top with no problem at all… and then I had a “proud moment”. We sat side by side on the peak of this mountain and he turned to me with tears in his eyes and he said “Mom, you did it…. Thanks for getting healthy for us!” It was at that moment that I realized that I will not sit on the sidelines anymore. I will live my life!!
I love Isagenix! These products have blessed my life more than I can tell you! I am so grateful to have my health and my life back!
Jill Birth
See Jill's YouTube video here.
Still, Melisa was determined to prove them wrong. After she graduated, she attended job interview after job interview, with no luck. She was told that her design work was amazing, and was even called back for second and third interviews, yet she never received a job offer. One interviewer even explained that he would love to hire her, but appearance-wise, she wasn’t physically what the client would expect.
“I was feeling extremely demoralized,” shares 32-year-old Melisa. “They would say, ‘If you can’t put yourself together, how are you going to put together a home or office?’”Melisa became depressed and isolated herself from the world. She rarely left her bed and eventfully, her friends disappeared and her family felt lost not knowing what to do to help her. Then her health took a turn. At just 32, Melisa experienced chest pains and her concerned doctor sent her to the emergency room to get the symptoms checked out.
“I had never been more scared in my life,” shares Melisa. “I couldn’t believe I had let myself get to that point.”
That was it. Finally ready to change her life around, Melisa heard about Isagenix® from a friend and started the Cleansing and Fat Burning System: 30-day supply. It didn’t take long before her body began to feel a difference. She was sleeping better and the weight had begun melting off. If timing is everything, then Melisa was exactly where she needed to be. Shortly after starting Isagenix, she met 5-Star Golden Circle and Nutritionist Jim R. who encouraged her to participate in the 2009 IsaBody Challenge® for extra motivation.
“I was hesitant at first because when you weigh as much as I did, you don’t think you can do it,” says Melisa. “I started working out 20 minutes a day and now I can work out for two hours at a time. Every day it became easier to go to the gym and then it even became fun.”
Melisa also started tracking all of the milestone moments that happened along the way, including being able to finally put on her own socks.
“At 350 pounds, you can’t reach your feet,” explains Melisa. “That was one of the first things I could do after starting Isagenix and I don’t want to forget that feeling, that small victory, because it keeps me going forward.”
Melisa can now bike 10 miles a day and she’s even coaching a soccer team. One of her biggest accomplishments was mountain climbing near Lake Powell, something she couldn’t and wouldn’t have even tried before Isagenix.
Another dream turned reality? A fashionista at heart, now that Melisa is seven dress sizes smaller*, she’s finally able to wear the latest trends because she can find them in her size.
“I was a size 34, now I’m a 20,” she gushes. “It was such an emotional moment when I was able to go shopping for the first time. Initially, I picked out the biggest size that was available on the rack and it was too big! I started sobbing in the dressing room — that was quite a moment for me. Now I can go into any store at the mall and buy clothes.”
As for her skeptics, Melisa started her own interior design company with her father and is now proving everyone who doubted her wrong.
“No one would give me a chance so I gave myself one,” she explains. “Isagenix gave me the energy and confidence to do this. I’m working on multiple design projects and I can now put in long days because I feel so great.”
Holly Sheds Business Suits For Freedom & Bikinis
For years, Holly hid behind her business suit. The jacket covered the places she didn’t want to show and the power she felt wearing it made up for the insecurity she felt on the inside.Weighing 242 pounds,* she always knew that the person who showed up at the office wasn’t the “real” Holly, who was a formerly athletic “popular girl” in high school. But her false reality never sunk in deep enough for her to recognize how far away she had strayed away from her former, confident self.
Then, she discovered Isagenix® while maintaining her high-stress (and high-paying) job in the corporate environment and became curious about the business side. She admits she was actually grateful when she was laid off from her job so she could pursue her Isagenix business full time.
Unfortunately, while she often lost 20 pounds* on the products here or there, she still never believed that she could create a lasting, transformative change and accomplish her health and weight-loss goals.
Frustrated that her business seemed to be stalling, Holly turned to an Isagenix Beyond Courage personal development course with Chief Training Officer and Senior Vice President David Wood. It was there that she had her “light bulb moment.”
“He told me ‘Holly, when you decide to lose the weight and be a product of the product, your business will explode,” recalls Holly of Minnesota, who was a 1-Star Silver Circle at the time. “I thought for a minute and realized that he was right.”
Little did she realize that by simply committing to the products under the pretense of growing her business that she would literally change the course of her life for good and rediscover her formerly confident self.
After committing to the 2010 IsaBody Challenge®, Holly hired a personal trainer who worked with many fitness competitors and was one herself, Lori H. Taking each day as it came, she focused on the products, listened to popular advice shared by top leaders such as Susan S. and began to watch as the scale dip backwards 10 pounds at a time, until she reached 52 pounds* lost during the Challenge. But, she still had one more goal to accomplish that she never thought was possible: compete in a fitness competition…in a bikini.
“I decided in January that I could have the bikini body I wanted and could look hot in one,” shares Holly. “When I competed, it was a dream. I never thought in a million years I’d be doing a bikini competition.”
She stuck to a strict training regimen that included running up to 15 miles a day, helping her to even overcome her previously-held belief that she disliked running.
“I’ve never really been a runner, but now I’m a runner,” admits Holly. “Now I’ll be out running and literally do a check—does my body hurt? No. Am I breathing hard? No. That means I need to keep going. I really feel it’s because of the products.”
When she finally walked across the stage in a teeny-bikini at her fitness competition in Florida, she says the experience was “awesome.” Now she’s committed to competing in even more fitness competitions and already plans to do another one in a few months in Las Vegas.
Now 90 pounds lighter and seven dress sizes smaller,* Holly says she was able to cut out toxic relationships along the way and realize that she was also her own biggest critic and needed to drop her negative self-talk. The dream board she has posted in her room features the toned, athletic physique of a fitness model (accomplished) and the goal to reach 5 Star Golden Circle (now at a 2 Star Golden Circle).
Crowned the 2010 IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner and the first-ever female winner, Holly says she’s proud of what she’s accomplished and knows she’s on the pathway to accomplishing and creating even bigger dreams.
“My world has literally changed,” says Holly. “Everything that has happened has given me the confidence to do what I want and make it happen.”
*The weight-loss testimonials presented apply only to the individuals depicted, cannot be guaranteed, and should not be considered typical. An unpublished 2008 university study showed a statistically significant weight loss of seven pounds during the first nine days of the Cleansing and Fat Burning System.
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
Kim Inspires Countless to Strive For Their Dreams
Before After
Six years ago, Kim of Utah was like many others. Overweight and frustrated by yo-yo dieting and health programs that just didn’t seem to work, she had nearly given up on ever losing weight — until she discovered Isagenix®. Now, not only is she 152 pounds* lighter even five years later, but she’s also one of the most recognizable Associates in the company. As one of the first members of the 100-Pound Club, Kim is a living testimony of the transformative power of Isagenix.
A manager of a women’s plus-size clothing store and part-time hairstylist, Kim tried the Cleansing and Fat Burning System six years ago and was amazed at how well it fit into her busy lifestyle.
“It was the easiest program I’d ever done because everything was laid out for me,” explains Kim. “The only decision I had to make was whether I wanted a Vanilla or Chocolate IsaLean® Shake on Shake Days.”
As her body began to transform, Kim could hardly believe the changes. The mirrors at the plus-size clothing store seemed to be lying, even though they showed her true shape. Not even the numbers on the scale seemed to be real to her. The one thing that helped her adjust to reality was trying on one of her older skirts and seeing how it hung off of her body. Immediately, she would feel motivated all over again.
While her perception of her body began to shift and she lost more than 100 pounds*, long-time friends and customers at her store had a harder time recognizing her and sometimes, accepting the changes.
“Women who shopped at the store would look at me and say ‘why are you working at this store? You’re too small to shop here,’” explains Kim. “All I could think was ‘honey, if you only knew.’”
It became a motivating situation for her, however. She began sharing her story and, in the meantime, building her Isagenix business. As her business began to grow, she realized that she could make a full-time living off of it. One day, on a whim and without even talking to her husband, she quit her manager position and threw herself into the business full time, shedding a few tears along the way.
“I could’ve lost my home because we really needed that income,” says Kim. “But I was tired of someone else determining how I’d use my time. It motivated me to really take my Isagenix business to the next level.”
Now dozens of dress sizes smaller and a 4-Star Golden Circle, she still cuts hair “just for fun” in her salon at home and spends much of her time traveling the country telling her story, showing off the skirt that once motivated her and sharing her “health and wealth” success.
Ultimately though, Kim says the best part of losing the weight and maintaining it for five years is the opportunity to share her story, which has inspired countless others. She’s still overwhelmed by the responses she receives daily.
“I didn’t realize that by sharing my story I would help so many people,” explains Kim, choking back tears. “It’s turned out to be one of the greatest blessings of my life and drives me to make a difference.”
A manager of a women’s plus-size clothing store and part-time hairstylist, Kim tried the Cleansing and Fat Burning System six years ago and was amazed at how well it fit into her busy lifestyle.
“It was the easiest program I’d ever done because everything was laid out for me,” explains Kim. “The only decision I had to make was whether I wanted a Vanilla or Chocolate IsaLean® Shake on Shake Days.”
As her body began to transform, Kim could hardly believe the changes. The mirrors at the plus-size clothing store seemed to be lying, even though they showed her true shape. Not even the numbers on the scale seemed to be real to her. The one thing that helped her adjust to reality was trying on one of her older skirts and seeing how it hung off of her body. Immediately, she would feel motivated all over again.
While her perception of her body began to shift and she lost more than 100 pounds*, long-time friends and customers at her store had a harder time recognizing her and sometimes, accepting the changes.
“Women who shopped at the store would look at me and say ‘why are you working at this store? You’re too small to shop here,’” explains Kim. “All I could think was ‘honey, if you only knew.’”
It became a motivating situation for her, however. She began sharing her story and, in the meantime, building her Isagenix business. As her business began to grow, she realized that she could make a full-time living off of it. One day, on a whim and without even talking to her husband, she quit her manager position and threw herself into the business full time, shedding a few tears along the way.
“I could’ve lost my home because we really needed that income,” says Kim. “But I was tired of someone else determining how I’d use my time. It motivated me to really take my Isagenix business to the next level.”
Now dozens of dress sizes smaller and a 4-Star Golden Circle, she still cuts hair “just for fun” in her salon at home and spends much of her time traveling the country telling her story, showing off the skirt that once motivated her and sharing her “health and wealth” success.
Ultimately though, Kim says the best part of losing the weight and maintaining it for five years is the opportunity to share her story, which has inspired countless others. She’s still overwhelmed by the responses she receives daily.
“I didn’t realize that by sharing my story I would help so many people,” explains Kim, choking back tears. “It’s turned out to be one of the greatest blessings of my life and drives me to make a difference.”
*The weight-loss testimonials presented apply only to the individuals depicted, cannot be guaranteed, and should not be considered typical. An unpublished 2008 university study showed a statistically significant weight loss of seven pounds during the first nine days of the Cleansing and Fat Burning System.