I left my employment to home school my granddaughter this year. My job was high stress and, since I was raising 3 grandchildren, my stress continued at home. I had suffered with GERD for years, but this year there was not a night that went by that I was not violently ill. Doctors told me I had to lose weight to alleviate the problem. At my age, losing 2 pounds per week was difficult. I was so tired every afternoon at work that I could fall asleep sitting at my desk. The stress kept mounting and I felt unable to function. One afternoon, it was so bad, I had to rush to the hospital because of severe chest pains and difficulty with breathing. My blood pressure was 254/192. My chest felt like it was in a vise which was squeezing tighter and tighter. I spent 6 days in the heart hospital and they ruled out heart and gall bladder as the cause of the problem. Eventually, they determined that the GERD was so bad that the bottom of the esophagus was inflamed and causing the pain. I went home with medications for GERD, blood pressure, anti-stress, and sleep. I was taking almost 15 pills per day and nothing helped the lethargy with which I was living. It seemed I was always tired, even though I was in bed by 8:30 each night.

Since I was leaving, I started looking around for another source of income. I found Herbalife and entered as a supervisor. I started on the product. The very first thing I noticed was an increase in energy. I was able to focus longer and no longer was I fighting sleep in the afternoons. The second thing that was obvious was that the blood pressure was within normal range. I was told to back off one of the medications. Eventually, after several weeks, I was taking no blood pressure medication. Next came the anti-anxiaty and sleep medications. I was only taking the ones necessary for GERD. On top of it, I started losing weight, slowly, but it was coming off. In  months I have lost 18 pounds and 26 inches. This is not amazing weight loss, but for those of us above 60, weight seems to fight to stay on our body. Our metabolism is almost nonexistent. To lose 2 to 3 pounds per week, each week, was exciting. If I cheat and eat a big meal or foods I shouldn't, I pay for it immediately with a return to the chest pain, nausea, and vomiting. I am not an exciting 50 lbs in a month person, but for someone who has struggled and worked to lose weight over the years, Herbalife has been a Godsend. We hear now that 40 is the new 30, and so forth. 70 is still 70. We are not the new 30. We are not the new anything. More of us are raising our grandchildren. More of us are not retiring because we cannot afford to do so. More of us need to live longer because we have people dependent upon us which increases our level of stress. If this is you, try Herbalife. The shakes are great and the energy, alertness, and total feeling of vitality you gain from the product is such a benefit.