Wholistic Fitness

SUNRIDER MISSIVE: Coach Ilg Downline DECEMBER, 2003

SUNRIDER The Official Nutrition of Wholistic Fitness and High Performance Yoga since 1982

�My paw is holy

herbs are everywhere

my paw

herbs are everywhere.

My paw is holy

everything is holy

my paw

everything is holy.�

– James Koller

Namaste Noble Herb Eaters!

Well the herbs are REALLY about ready to hit the fan now!

With the January release of my new book, TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION (steadily climbing the prerelease charts already at amazon.com) those of you who were wise enough to become SR Distributors or Preferred Customers…get ready baby. For in my book i unconditionally speak my truth about the power of SR herbs. If the book does as well as i am visualizing it to do, there could be an entire shift in the fitness nation toward the SR herbs.

About time. Instead of us having to pull people�s teeth to get �em on the herbs, they will be coming to us! So, be sure you carry around your SUNRIDER water bottle, be it the cool new �sport� version or the traditional and larger, �shaker� bottle. SR also has baseball caps and shirts and stuff but mostly its goofy looking. Just carry around your water bottle and keep eating the herbs and i promise, people will be coming to you for more info on the herbs. Start em on Phase One first: Fortune Delight, Calli, Sunny Dew, Action Caps, and Slim Caps. Work with me or your upline to monitor your new person for several months before steering them onto Phase Two; the ILG SUPREME baby! They will be singing!

There is just waaaay too much stuff going on within our group for me to even give you a hint about how powerfully transforming the herbs have been within our group. My 3-Phase approach to the Sunrider Herbs has truly solidified itself as a very wise way to get people shifted fast into higher, cleaner, purer and more powerful ways of living and being. Read the testimonial below that i got this morning from a new Sunrider signed up under Wayne Williams:

�Hi Wayne –

I just realized this week that I’m not taking Prilosec, for my acid stomach, daily or twice daily anymore. In fact, I almost never take it. Prior to the teas and fortune delight (FD), I would have severe acid reflux if I missed even one dose. I thought the improvement was due to the dramatic decrease in my coffee consumption, and I do believe this is a factor, but I think the FD is a huge reason. Today at work, I opened my desk drawer to make a FD, and the box was empty!!! I was very upset about this, and I drank water instead. I was truly dragging ass by 3PM. I really felt a difference, as I usually drink 2 FD’s while at work. When I got home, I needed a Prilosec, but I was Jonesing for a FD and made that right away. Soon, I didn’t need a Prilosec anymore. I’m so happy about this change, and it was great to see the difference in going without FD during the day. I just ordered a fresh supply, as my supply at home is running low. Thanks again so much, and I will keep you updated.

Love,

Debra

Los Angeles, CA

Now that is very typical of the many letters I get. Prilosec. No one should regularly take things into their bodies that sound like planets from other solar systems. And, forget about how good Debra feels…how good do you think Debra�s better health makes ME feel? How about Wayne? We are truly making a positive difference in people�s lives! It is soooooo fun making other people healthier! Don�t watch TV, share herbs! I consider it not only a karmic, but a moral obligation to turn on as many people as possible to these herbs! The fact that SUNRIDER pays the rent on my 4 bedroom apartment each month plus some doesn�t hurt either. No grocery store I know would ever do that for me, let alone give me groceries for �free�! Where there is a will there is a way with SR! Jao!

Get ready Noble Herb Eaters…the world will be coming to you soon…as the planet continues to undergo depletion of pure food sources, Dr. Chen has cornered all the highest quality herbs in the world, both natural and grown in his own climate controlled multi million dollar facilities. We are blessed to have encountered SR in this lifetime. Let�s turn others on as well…especially for the holidays!

Print and save the following letter from SR Distributor, Wayne Williams. It is fantastic. It completely kills anyone�s comments about �how expensive� these herbs are.

Those of you signed up under the Ilg Downline will continue to receive my �secret� usage hints of the herbs plus all sorts of inspiring testimonials in my Sunrider specific email list. If you are a DIRECT LINES reader that wants to be plugged into my SUNRIDER email list…just drop me a line…no obligation to join!

That is all…enjoy the Holidays with Calli steaming and your skin beaming!

love from the humble helm,

steve ilg, RYT/USCF

www.HighPerformanceYoga.com

Director/SUNRIDER INTERNATIONAL

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Dear Georgina,

I’m a friend of Steve Ilg’s and saw your email to him about the cost of eating herbs the way he and many other do.

Let me give you some of my thoughts if you don’t mind.

I met Steve about 8 months ago as I was hired to shoot the cover photography of his book from my client Hyperion Books. At the time I was impressed with him both as a person and the way he carried and conducted himself.

Now, I’m going on 50 years old next month, and at the time I considered myself to be about 20 lbs over weight, with high cholesterol blood levels, and knowing that I’d have to go on drugs soon to deal with the problem. Ah, the cost of drugs… keep that in mind.

One day I asked Steve, after shooting more images for his books interior (yoga and strength training shots) how he eats… I know you have to put in the time and the energy to exercise to get the body you want, ( and I thought I was doing all that, but with no real positive results ) but I wasn’t lowering my blood levels and couldn’t drop the weight either. The fact was, I enjoyed eating and eating too much. So… for the first time in knowing him he said he eats herbs. What? What do you mean herbs? Well, I practically had to pull it out of him. I never got a big sales pitch or push, and in fact, I’m still pumping him for info all the time… but that’s besides the point.

We’re going to talk about money in just a bit, but first I’m not benefitting from you in any way if you chose to take Sunrider herbs, but I think I can give you a financial perspective that may give you a different point of view on this. Why? Because it’s not just about the dollars and cents for the herbs themselves, it’s about the fundamental change in your approach to food that will radically alter you physical and mental health overall. The cost/benefit balance alone is why I chose to start and have keep going to this day. Also, I too am very skeptical about any multi level marketing company, and no matter how you lay it out, that is what Sunrider is, if you want to see it that way. Now, I chose not to look at it from a sales or profit perspective, but from a selfish health and well being perspective. If it worked for me, great, I’d continue to eat the herbs. If I didn’t, screw it, so I gave myself 6 months to see results, but…

… First a bit more about me, I�ve always been a conscious being, awake and thoughtful, kind and open minded, hard working and a light hearted student of eastern thought and awareness, heck my life as a photographer puts me in touch with many different people and places, so I�ve always wanted to be aware and knowledgeable. But nowhere had I found a complete package that worked for the whole body and mind. Well… now one journey is over and another has begun.

Higher awareness of ones life seems to require many things, patience, being awake and aware, and the discipline to follow through that comes with everything you do. These have become more clear to me than ever before when I started doing Sunrider herbs as a part of my nutrition.

And so it began… first with Steve explaining Dr. Chen�s philosophy of nutrition and cleansing which combines ancient chinese herbal lore with high quality modern western technology. Hey, sounds like me, a photographer using the most advance photographic and computer systems to create my art. Then the start of the practice… with Fortune Delight and Calli teas for almost 2 months, cleansing my system and weaning myself off much of the red meat foods I usually would consume a few days a week. Nothing serious, but the problem was, my wife Marsha you see is a good cook, who loves to prepare good healthy food, and I love to eat it and often would do what was necessary to clean my plate and sometimes go back for seconds.

Well, if I�m really going to do change my life for better health, I felt I would need to move slowly and bring Marsha along with me. So we agreed to give it a try. Taste for her was important, and the first hurdle was Fortune Delight… that was easy… so now the fruit juices in the fridge are gone. The Calli tea�s were no problem as we�re big green tea consumers anyway… first phase accomplished. Now what?

What about these Ilg Supreme�s… Action Caps, when do we head down that road? Ah, Steve kept the reigns on lightly to make sure the cleansing process was well underway, and besides, I�m now riding my bicycle some 30 + miles every other day, even climbing hills 3-4 times a week… Green light time.

We�re now doing at least one if not two Ilg Supreme drinks a day, and I�ve dropped over 20 hard to lose pounds and built up muscle in the process. I�m excited about getting on my bike, doing yoga, strength training and meditating when I wake up every morning but most importantly, I�m looking at food in a completely different way. BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS… I’ve lowered my Cholesterol some 50 points! That’s right, I don’t need the drugs. I’ve lowered my Triglicerides too as a result of cutting out so much SUGAR! How much 350 points. So in fact I’m at normal or above excellent levels for my age and health as a result of both exercise and eating herbs. Add to that, my skin looks great, my dentist wants to know what I’m doing as I have so little plaque and my gums look GREAT!

You see, food is necessary to consume just enough to give you the energy to do the things you need to do, and herbs are the most pure form of what the body needs. You find this out when you look at that piece of pizza or hamburger after doing Sunrider herbs each day and you listen to your body and it says… well, do you really need that? BUT I LIKE EATING IT… so you have some, maybe even eat like you did before, and you sit there and say to yourself…. hey, what was that all about? Was it really that good for me? Did I really like it as much as I thought I would again? Humm… and the quantities? Over time, it all starts to go way down.

I have Calli Mint tea with Marsha in the morning, perhaps with a half bagel or oatmeal in the morning sometimes along with 3-4 Action Caps. A Fortune Delight with a little squirt of Sunny Dew usually in a sports bottle with some ice, and often when I�m on a ride before my day starts. When I get hungry, I make up an Ilg Supreme and find myself drinking it over a 2 or 3 hour period, no chugging here… when the body wants nutrition, it says drink a bit now, so I do.

It�s all about listening to your body, an awareness you�d expect when following the wholistic fitness path. There have been times when I wanted more to eat in the day, and I�ve found something as simple as a spoonful of peanut butter does the trick… and Calli tea on ice kills hunger in its tracks as well. On occasion I�ve had a second Ilg Supreme for my evening meal… but a light salad with salmon or sushi has been a real joy to savor… something I find myself doing more and more, really tasting what I�m eating, and eating less as a result.

People who know me are noticing the physical changes as well, my face is thinner, my stature is taller, and my mind is more focused and peaceful. Oh, and I�ve had to buy some new clothes as the others are frankly, just falling off. I’ve gone from a waist size of 34 to a 29. Shit, I’ve not been in a pair of 29 inch waste pants since I was 30 years old. Which brings me to the discussion of financial costs to doing Sunrider Herbs.

Aside from the need for a new wardrobe, the initial cost at first is daunting, your first purchase seems like, WOW, that�s a lot for food now isn�t it? OK… Lets do some math and see.

Old way of eating? Cheap… McDonnald’s… Burger, Shake, Fries…. $4-$6… fat, clogged arteries. Not wise but cheap right?

Newer Old way? Health food store, upscale restaurant lunch $6-$12

and an old fashioned USDA approved diet of veggies, protein and starches… Better but is it really?

Oh, and then there is breakfast… cereal with milk or Silk, some fruit… eggs? bacon? toast or Bagel…, and then you hit Starbucks and blow a total of $5-10 on all consumed.

Throughout the day you drink water right? Naw, it�s bottled water at $18 a gallon, or a Coke, Snapple, expensive juice drinks… come on, we�re talking at least $2-$4 dollars a day between meals, heck I won�t even count snacks in this.

Then there is dinner… the feast… most expensive meal eating out, ok, lets hit another fast food place, or have a pizza…. or eat at home… $6-$10.

OK, I�m going to be conservative here, you are spending about $17.00 a day on food… likely more like $20-25… but lets compare that to eating your herbs instead.

A Calli tea can run $.95, Calli Night is $1.25. FD $.80 tops. An Ilg Supreme? $5.80 including Soy Milk. Action Caps? $1.00 a day, all with tax and shipping costs included.

SO… I spend how much for Herbs a day? $16.50. That�s right, and if I make a light healthy dinner at home or eat out, at worse I�m going maybe $6 to $10.00 over what I spend otherwise for cheap unhealthy food. And if you live with someone who is on the same path, you share your Calli and save more. There are so many other benefits that come as a result that it�s hard to put a price tag on good health. Hey, and I�m still getting those valuable airline miles on my Master Card too.

So if eating less food and more herbs is just $5 a day more, that’s $150.00 more in food a month, so yes, that’s expensive, but what is the payoff? Better health, more energy, more fun, less depression, heck, some people blow that much on weekend nights at the movies each month. Do the math yourself. What do you spend? Consider if it’s worth it for you, but don’t lay the blame on your consideration on someone else. Remember, it’s your choice.

Now one thing I can assure you of, if this country is going to be continuing to destroy the possibility of a Universal Healthcare system like all other western nations have, you cost of health care is going to continue to climb. $150.00 a month is going to be nothing! You are going to be paying for poor health big time if you don’t take care of yourself and you know it.

I�ve always loved life, you can see it in my photos…

( http://www.WayneWilliamsStudio.com )

and I’ve been blessed with all one would want to enjoy life. Now I have a complete package to bring it all together… Nutrition, cardio, strength and yogic fitness, and a sense of completing the circle that is no longer out of reach but a part of my being.

And so it comes back to awareness, being conscious and having the discipline to stay on the path all while being willing to be the other things that make us who we are… spontaneous and alive beings.

That means, when you go out with friends and they want to eat a cow, you can honestly say to yourself, I�ll have something I want, and not feel the pressure to consume, because, well, you just don�t need to anymore. Sure you may still want to give the old way a try… and do at times, but the experience is different and so are you.

Last summer, one of my clients, an amusement park company, asked me to shoot at one of their water park facilities in the midwest for their advertising and promotional brochures. It was a fun shoot, and we had young healthy models in and under the water… but I can only tell you that I have never seen so many beached whales of all ages in my life. Our nation has become so over weight it�s sad. We have stopped having concerns for our health and become a society of mass consumption. Quite frankly, it�s sad.

In a world that has long since past it ability to sustain itself with the quantity of people we have on the planet… eating and consuming as we do, each one of us has to start doing something. So… think globally and act locally, start with yourself and know that you are not alone.

We all can do our part by looking for ways to lessen our impact on the planet and increase our consciousness and awareness of our place here. After all, it�s all we�ve got.

Eating herbs is one sure way to be a viable part the process of life. Stay fit in mind, body and spirit, follow your own path and practice wholistic fitness… the rest will come.

With understanding,

Wayne Williams

Author, Photographer, and distributor of

‘America’s Vanishing Landscapes, The Western States’

Wayne Williams Studio

15423 Sutton Street

Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-3809

(818)905-8097

http://www.WayneWilliamsStudio.com