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Welcome back to YQG In Bloom podcast where I highlight everything that is within the Windsor

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Essex County Ontario area, businesses, events, charities, special wonderful people, and I'm

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your host Tracy Martens. Now I've always wanted a tummy tuck but sorry it is too expensive.

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Trying to get rid of the mom gut, thank you, caesarean section and menopause.

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All of those things. Nothing's helped. I have a bad back so you can exercise,

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you can do whatever, nothing was working. My friend Marija from Instagram, so cool local,

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told me about The Pink Room body contouring and today I have the owner Tara Santini.

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Did I say your last name right? Yes, always your name. All good, all good.

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So I had never heard of contouring before. What exactly is body contouring? So when we're looking

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at body contouring, we're looking at sculpting the body. So we use different modalities in order

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to be able to break down fat, we heat the fat, we open up the lymphatic system and then we're able

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to drain it. So it goes through the body's natural lymphatic system so we're able to pee it out after

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which is always pretty interesting. People always ask where does it go and I'm like in your toilet.

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I love that. So it's basically a tummy tuck without the scars. Yeah, exactly that.

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And the healing. And no downtime. Now are there side effects to having any of these treatments?

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There definitely can be. So we always like to say no downtime but depending on what's going on with

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your body, especially when we're looking at women who are going through menopause, who are

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dealing with different health issues who haven't been touched in a long period of time, right?

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If we think of it like this, if we didn't brush our teeth for 20 years and all of a sudden went to

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the dentist, how would we feel? Exactly, right? So when we look at it from a lymphatic inside

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perspective, this isn't just to look at on the outside, we all want to. But I like to solely

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focus on what's going on in the inside and the root cause of why you're feeling the way that you are

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or why your fat cells are holding in certain areas. So when we look at it like that side effect

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twice, we can have people who have back diplomatic systems who've never been touched before. So now

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if we do too much, they can almost feel exhausted. Now, obviously over time we work with their bodies

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and we do a lot of consultation to understand what's going on with their bodies as well. And

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some people can bruise if they have any underlining effects as well, which you know. So we bruise,

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and it's just because it's our body's natural way of responding, right? So our body's going to heal

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itself in the way that it knows to heal itself is that in that moment in time. So when it comes to

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a side effect, it's nothing that won't go away. But I do tell my clients, especially ones that either

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have just maybe had a baby, we're going through menopause, you're older, I have women who are,

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let's say 60 plus who are coming to see me for the first time for lymphatic drainage, fat reductions

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can tightening, they can feel very exhausted after and maybe even sometimes bloated for a couple of

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days until their body releases. And then they get to feel that energy and that's the great part of

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what body contouring can offer you from a natural perspective. Yeah. And I actually loved it. Now,

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I had the, it was just the tummy one. It wasn't the size. I didn't do your size. So I do focus on,

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I like to bring you in, I like to focus on getting that hourglass figure that everybody wants,

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but we did focus on the stomach for you. Yeah. And I do have an underlying medical condition,

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AM old. I have menopause and diverticulitis. So there was bruising and a lot of it. And there

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was a lot of swelling as well. Nothing out of the ordinary. It was more like, okay, if you went and

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ate a huge dinner like after the holidays and it lasted a couple of days. And I was, I was back to

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doing up that top button today. And it just took a few days to go down. And I mean, it's your first

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time doing it. So I'd love to ask you what was your first experience and the fact that you got to

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lose so many inches in your first session. You know what? I lost about four inches. Yes. Yeah.

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And it hurt the first day. Yeah. I mean, we did it in the afternoon and I mean, you're going at it.

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It's like a workout, right? Yeah. So it hurt after for a bit. It just felt like somebody had punched

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you in the gut a couple of times. And then the bruising, which that came and the swelling, but

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yeah, it's gone right back down. I don't know if I'm still at the inches, but the weight has gone

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back down. So my water weight must be reducing because I've lost three pounds. And I've actually,

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like last night I had Japanese food. So that always bloats me and it didn't. So amazing. So

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that just means that at this point now your lymphatic system is working better. We're not so

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backed up. Your body can actually process things. And I did notice today as well, she was working

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the one area, which is your intestinal tract and having the diverticulitis, I found that it helped

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that as well, which I was actually shocked yesterday and today is like, oh, okay. It actually has some

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benefits other than losing that. Exactly. And that's what I so love about the service is because

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we are able to just target so many different internal issues. It's right. Like I said earlier,

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we're not just here to make you look good. We're here to make you feel good, to make you understand

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this is what's going on in your body. And this is how we can help. Now, not every time with body

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sculpting, do you have somebody who's trained in this as well? I've worked in wellness now for

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seven years alongside two doctors. They're both chiropractors that I've learned to educate with

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them and alongside myself, sorry, and by myself as well. So it really helps understanding, you know,

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what our bodies are going through and how we can really fix things from the inside to clear it all

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out as well. Okay, so you did training or there was classes schooling that you took? So little

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bits I do, I do, I focus every single night, I focus on different topics for myself, especially

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because now that I've gotten into my 30s after having three C sections myself, you know, you notice

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your body changing, whether that's your hair, whether that's your digestive system. I went

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through time over the last six months where I was bloating for the first time and I'm like,

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what is going on here? And I was opening my lymphatic system every day, I was doing everything I

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know to do. But then that's where you have to kind of deep dive more into what's actually going on.

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A lot of that's hormone stress cortisol levels, right? A lot of women deal with that. So I,

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with the two doctors that I've worked with, they obviously have very intensive training,

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they're both chiropractors and wellness doctors. So what they do with me is we just do training in

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office where like they'll test me, they'll ask me questions, we do intensive training when it

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comes to supplementation as well for the body and different aspects and for different people.

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So depending on what issues you have, I am able to recommend supplements. Obviously I'm not a

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doctor, so you have to take it for what it is. But I have educated myself and been educated on

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those things in order to be able to help provide a better service for my clients.

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Oh, that's excellent. Now, what treatments do you do? I mean, you have a ton of different

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treatments. So, so it seems like a lot. I think that a lot of people think about it and get

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overwhelmed or they're excited and they want to try new things. So when we look at it from a

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whole body perspective, we can do arm reduction, skin tightening on the arms, same with the belly,

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you can do it on your back fat, your love handles and your legs, we can do cellulite treatments.

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Now we can do a full body lymphatic drainage treatment. So that's just going to kick start

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and keep going. And then I incorporate different modalities in order to reduce fat, reduce cellulite

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and open up your lymphatic system as well as tighten your skin. So it's pretty easy. It's four

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main things that we focus on. It's just every aspect of the body. You can do it and do it

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differently. And you also do face. Oh, sorry, face. Yes. My body is. Oh, yeah. Honestly,

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the faces, my I always say is my favorite. People always ask what's your favorite service.

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Thighs are fun because they're very, very intricate. You know, everybody's got something

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else going on in their legs, whether that cellulite you're dealing with fascia, you're

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dealing with fluid buildup. There's so many things, but then you talk about your face,

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but talks and failures. I'm not going to get on that because I have my own opinion on that,

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but it's a really nice alternative to anti aging. So we can use radio frequency technology,

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which heats the skin, forces your body stimulate collagen production. And then we're able to do

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fat reduction, double chin and cheek contouring and then anti aging all along the face. So

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all along here as well. So it's nice. Her face is, I hope you're watching this on YouTube or

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a spot spotify video because she does not have any of the lines up on the forehead, but there's no

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Botox. Nothing. No, nothing. I mean, so I will say, honestly, you look like you've had very good

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filler and people ask me that all the time. I had Botox done one time. I want to say about three

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years ago, so it's gone now. So I will say that it's not that I've never done it and filler never.

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I've never let filler touch my face. But I do, I have been using the radio frequency and vacuum

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therapy on my face every single month, only once a month for myself. But something I've incorporated

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every single day that I do like to post about is Gua Sha and roller. Everybody seems to buy

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these things, you guys, but I promise I'll help you and I'll teach you how to use it at home.

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Yeah. If you follow her Instagram, she actually will send you the video on how to do it. And I

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did notice on your homepage, you have the link to your Amazon site where you can buy the Gua Sha.

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The products that I like. Yeah. So I like really clean products. I really only, I use Dev Soap.

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Everybody has their opinions on Dev Soap. Dev. No, actually, my doctor said for my son who

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used to have Xema. Dev free or Dev for sensitive skin has zero perfumes or dyes and it's the best

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thing for it. Yeah. Why wouldn't we want to use something just clean? Yeah. So I use Dev every

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single day to wash my face. I also, and then I just use like the set of fill moisturizer and a

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toner, whichever toner you prefer. And those are my hyaluronic acid. There's so many very

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varying opinions on hyaluronic acid, but it's proven to work really well for me. I get probably

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three to five people a day who compliment my skin, which I feel like is huge once you've worked on

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it in order to get that. Like I will, if you follow me on Instagram, I'm going to do a before and

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after of what my face used to look like. I was that kid. I have the dimples with the big chubby

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cheeks and I've had that my whole life until the past year when I really got into the Gua Sha and

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roller and radio frequency and everything like that. It's all evened out. It's all evened out.

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Now, do you use the hyaluronic acid during the day or just at night before?

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So I use it in the morning. Generally, when I wake up in the morning, I will, I don't even really

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wash my face. I will do, sometimes I'll do the dove. I also really like, they have those little

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razors that people use for their face. Oh my God, those amazing. That's a game changer. Yes. Yes.

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Your face is smoother. It looks so much better. Everything's, everything can

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applicate better. It's just so much better. Yeah. And absorbability too, right? So honestly,

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all I do is once a day for my Gua Sha and roller, I wake up in the morning, I'll wash my face. I'll

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do my little shave on my face, get it fresh and clean. I do my toner, my hyaluronic acid in the

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morning and moisturizer. So hyaluronic acid and moisturizer work together in order to absorb,

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right? So that's why I like to do the toner as well. Lots of everything can come together. And

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then as my face is wet from moisturizer, I will do my Gua Sha. I prefer the Gua Sha. It's more

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intensive. You can really get in there. The roller is also a great option. If you're in a rush or

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you're running around the house with your kids, your family or your dog or whoever it is, and you

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can run around and go like this. Cause that's what I do. My husband will be like, we have to go out

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and like, I need to roll my face. Like this is the thing I have to do. You have to do. Yeah.

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That's it. I have to do it. I can't leave or I don't feel right. And then what was that section

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thing on your last, the last video? So I just incorporated that. So my weekly routine, I've

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been doing it every day because I'm obsessed. So I offer vacuum therapy, which is more intensive.

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It's attached to a machine. Was that one attached to a machine? No, that one's not. So that's an

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at home one. So that's, so the one that I offer for the anti aging double chin cheek contour,

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similar to that, just not. I haven't had that yet. We'll do it. We'll do it. So the, those ones

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are great. They're 10 bucks for a pack. You can do it at home and you literally just suction it to

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your face and then drag and you can drop it just like I do. So it's a really nice alternative that

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if you don't have the funds right now, the investment to come see me, I make it very easy for you

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to be able to do it at home and start to get those results before you're able to come and see me.

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So why not? Yeah, I'm not going to, you know, I'm not going to hide that information. Everybody

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should do it. We all need to prevent aging as much as we can. Now, are those on your Amazon

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shop? They are. They're all on there. Seriously looking on there tonight because I want to

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learn and I know you also teach on Instagram how to drain your lymphatic. I want to really sit down

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and look at that because I know I retain a lot and a lot of people do. And the best part, if you're

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looking to even clear out your sinuses or, you know, you're dealing with allergies, you're sick,

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like my daughter, for instance. Wouldn't her? Yeah, right. My daughter came home yesterday.

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She's complaining of an ear infection. I said, Oh, no, no, no, no, we're going to open your

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lymphatic system. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow. Because I think it's another infection. Yeah.

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But if you did the opening of your lymphatic system every single day, you would feel the

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difference and you wouldn't come across that. She woke up this morning, looked at my husband

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and I and said, my ear doesn't hurt anymore because I opened it up twice and it's so easy. We just press

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just just along the side here, just put in front and behind your ears here. Oh, so like a V. That's

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it. Yep. You're going to push that 20 times. Oh, once a day. I mean, you can do it more if you're

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not feeling well. Open it up and then we're going to go right above our collarbone. Oh,

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same thing. It curves in. Yes. And you're going to push in there. Same thing 20 times.

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Does it matter where or so along the collarbone line, I'll move around. Sometimes I'll go like

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this. Just kind of wake it up, right? Like when you think about your lymphatic system,

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think about like a moving pipe system that you want to be able to, you don't want your pipes

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backed up. You can't have your insides backed up. Exactly. The last step too is you want to do it

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under your armpits. So just make sure that you get in there as well. I don't want to get that.

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So just make sure you get in your armpits. Same thing. Push 20 times and you can even work along

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up here. Okay. And that will help. So I every time before I even touched my washer and the roller

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in the morning, opening up our lymphatic system is crucial. But you can do that when you have an

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infection. Okay. Getting off the face. Yeah. I have to say this because it was so funny.

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I've only been for the one treatment and that was last week, but there was somebody else in there

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that was getting their legs and. Oh, they're bummed. Those two suction cups that came out look

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like somebody was going to like pump or something. Yeah. They're big. They're huge and it fits.

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X, X, L. Oh my goodness. You got a good booty and we can do it. I did notice. It's like I've gained

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a lot of weight and I mean everybody knows that I've bitched about it. I'm not going anymore.

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But I put on, I put on tights the other day and I looked and I'm like,

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why can't I have a J.Lo booty? I finally got some weight. I got some legs going, but I'm

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started to do the squats, but it's like my butt went. Yeah. So it's happened to a lot of people.

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Yeah, but you think, okay, I finally got a little extra. It shouldn't be there. I know. I know. But

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that's the nice part. Honestly. So for the bum lifts, we're not doing anything where it's crazy,

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where it's going to stay forever. You're going to have a nice lift if you're actually even looking

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to go anywhere. If you've an event that night, it's a really nice service. If not, I do it for

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clients who are working out at the gym and they're looking for some shape and some movement

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within their bum. So we can do some lift. We simulate the muscles a little bit, but obviously

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all of the fat that I drag and drop from your bum into your, sorry, from your legs into your bum,

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that is going to end up going through your lymphatic system. People can go and spend the money to

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get these treatments done. Yeah. And that's all well and good. But you've also, you also give that

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service where you tell them what they need to do in order for there to be any kind of staying power.

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Yeah. Cause at the end of the day, you are walking around and you're my billboard. Every single person

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that comes to see me is a walking billboard. And I've run my business not on one ad on all

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referrals for the past three years. Okay. I've stayed booked and busy blessings to that. But if

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I'm not honest, you have to make sure that you're not going to get the results that you want. So

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of course, drinking water is crucial. We need two liters of water a day just for everything as well.

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And that's one thing that I think really helps even for myself with my skin is water. I do two

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liters of water every day. That's what I recommend to my clients. And that is hard. If you're not a

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water drinker. Yeah. Well, I do drink water not as much in the wintertime as I do in the summer,

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but I've, I graduated up to a little bit over a liter. Good. Yeah. So I mean, I'm slowly getting

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up there. And then eventually when all of my clients who started like yourself, when they get to

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two liters, they realize now their body wants that they feel better, they feel more energized,

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they're not as tired because so many people choose to go to caffeine for energy, not knowing that

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caffeine is actually dehydrating your body. Yes. Right. And I have noticed, I will say, I used to

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work at Timmy's and I used to work at Starbucks. So it was nothing for me to, because you get all

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these free drinks during your breaks and stuff like that. So I was used to between 12 and 15

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shots of espresso a day on top of coffees. I could have, have a triple latte before I went to bed.

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But now I've gotten down to where I have two Americanos or two coffees, one, just two, one in

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the morning, one in the lunch or in the afternoon. And then I have a tea at dinner. And that's it.

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And I don't drink pop, carbonation just blows the heck out of me. For sure. But I have noticed my

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skin is better. It's still not great. I have to do a change and you'll, and you'll want that.

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You'll crave that. Right. And it's like, that's what I tell. I had a woman recently come in,

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she wanted to start with me and, you know, she was stealing with different things and she was

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eating chocolate with her go to. And yeah, chocolate. That's my go to. Yeah. A lot of women,

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right? Like we have those sweet cravings, but if we can find a way to change that, like a simple,

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like Greek yogurt, you know, non-fat, I know it's not the best, but you can do some dark chocolate.

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You can add some granola into that, right? Like there's some things you can add in to get that

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sweetness that you want without it being. Well, I go to Costco and I don't, I'm not sure if it's

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called the smart company. I forget what it is. Yeah. It's in the, in their sweet section. Yeah.

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But it is a keto brand. It looks like a turtle, but it's with, yes. I've seen those.

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Yeah. I'd like the Costco and the things. Yeah. They're, they're pricey. Yes. I'm addicted to them.

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Yeah. And they really help with my sweet craving. For sure. And we all have it. I'll look at my

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husband sometimes because I've completely stopped buying like that kind of stuff in my house. And

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I'm like, I'm dying today. Like I really just want something chocolate cookies, whatever it is,

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right? But you're like, no, it's not. It's, I mean, yes, of course, everybody is to enjoy

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themself, but every day it's an all worth it. They have peanuts in it. And yeah, I can't buy them

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because I'll eat the whole box myself. They're so good. It's like, but they're healthy. I know.

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I can say, and I almost forgot to tell you was when I got done that treatment,

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I went to get a coffee and it just did not taste right at all. And I came home and I downed probably

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about a half a liter of water. I was actually craving it because of all the work that you did.

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I couldn't believe that the my coffee tasted like, yeah, your body is like, no, we don't need this

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right now. We need water. We need to flush. Yep. So I'm glad to hear that, that your body said no.

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I actually, I chose the water that time. I'm glad I'm happy to hear that. But yeah, so I mean,

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I know that you had asked me, but really realistically, what I tell my clients is 100 grams of protein

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and two liters water a day. Let's get started with that. And then we'll work into everything else.

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Unless they're already living a healthy lifestyle, that's simple. Then most people are already at

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that point. But the majority of my clientele and what I focus my business on would be 30 year olds

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to about 70 year olds dealing with hormonal issues, gaining weight, post baby, whatever it may be. So

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we still have to, I know myself, I went through that too. I was very thin in my 20s and then I had

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my babies and now I'm this size without doing much work for that. And you do have to put work in,

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it's a whole different ballgame. I can't just eat healthy and all of a sudden I'm a twig again.

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Right? So that's why I like to deal with women and just really have those honest conversations.

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Like I won't touch you until we can get to a point where you're drinking your water and you're

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doing what you're supposed to do. You don't realize how hard it is to get 100 grams of protein in.

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When you start thinking about it. When you really start thinking about it and I started looking at

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it and it's like, damn, this is hard to try and get it. But my chili night, which is good is

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it's made with shredded chicken and then I have all the beans and that I have a couple different

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kinds of beans. So it's pretty good. But I've gone back to eggs in the morning with carbonot bread.

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13 grams of protein for two slices and it's more of a keto bread. Yeah. That's why I'm like those

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two things. Right. Right. Like I want you to still be able to enjoy yourself. I want you to get the

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results. I want you to live a good, like a fun life. Right. We're only here once. But let's just

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look at water and protein and see where we go. Of course we're going to add in the healthy fats.

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We can do the avocados, right? Different things, but even like cottage cheese. There's so many

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ways you can make things with cottage cheese. I love cottage cheese with berries and cinnamon and

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honey. I know. So good. I do too. That's when I have my sweet cravings. I'll go to that, but I

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only have frozen fruit right now. So I have my Greek yogurt and vector. I rediscovered vector

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cereal because it has a lot of the protein in it. So I add that to the Greek yogurt. Yeah, it's

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perfect. Yeah, it is. Now you also train people. I do. Yeah. I've recently gotten into that over the

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summer. I decided I had a few girls who were clients of mine who were interested in inserting a new

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gig for themselves. It was something I love coaching. I love training. I love seeing those

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wow moments with people. I think that is my favorite thing. And as life progresses, I hope that I can

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maybe get into business coaching. But for me, training was just something that felt natural

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for me. Funny enough, once I got into it, it was actually very, it was very challenging. Yeah.

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Because everybody learns so different, right? And I know that because I'm different at how I

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learn and what I expect from a trainer. But every single person is so different. And by doing body

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contouring, with doing body contouring, there's a lot that goes into every single person that you're

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dealing with. Yeah. So when it comes to training, it's not a one size fits all for every single

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person's body. So really getting into the nitty gritty of training. Now some people pick up just

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like in school faster than others and other people don't. And when you get into training,

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I think it's this awesome, there's a really great moment that you get to bond with people.

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I have another girl who's a business owner who's a local business owner to me in Riverside.

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Her and I became friends. I went to her wedding recently. So she's going to start offering the

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service as well soon. So I'm excited for her to start offering that service, especially being so

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close to me as well. And then if I'm ever in a place where I can't take on clientele, then I

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can just send them around the corner and she'll be able to do that for me as well. So that's great.

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Yeah. Yeah. And is it is it very expensive to learn how to do it? So training is $2,500,

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but that also includes all of your equipment and your like a month's machines. Yeah. Yeah. So it

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includes everything. Yeah. So it's not too bad. Like I mean, I'm in the ballgame of where like the

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ballpark of where most people are for training. There's some girls or $3,500, $4,500. It depends.

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I wanted to make it available to people who are really interested and want to do it. We're in

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economic time. That's challenging for people. So if that's something that you love and you want to

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strive for and it's such a small market right now, there's room to grow. Oh, for sure. Right. And

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there's so many ways to go towards it. And if you have different backgrounds and things like

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you can really take it and run with it. And why not? Because everybody's watching the reality

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shows and everybody's looking all perfect and perky and the whole bit. And not a lot of people can

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they don't offer it a lot in Windsor-Esteves County and be how many of them can afford it to

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maintain that when this is an affordable option. It's a healthy option. And even if you're not

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losing as much as you want, you're firming it up and you're draining. And it's preventative aging

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as a whole. So it's not, you know, I think that a lot of us think of preventative aging for your

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face. But what is it for your insides? What are we doing to make sure that our lymphatic systems

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getting cleared out, that we are draining, that we are increasing our blood circulation? Because

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what happens when we lose our blood circulation, right? There's a lot of health problems that come

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with that. And no one's just sitting on a wall with their legs up, which we should be doing every

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single day. To help with that, we're all standing. So now things are happening with our legs, right?

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We get veins, cellulite, all these different things. I try not to sit down like this. Well,

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I have knee problems. I've had a few surgeries, but I will put my legs up whether they're crossed.

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I'm always sitting in front of the coffee table with my legs up. Yep. And in the summertime,

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I was doing different things and I noticed my one leg swelled. And it's like, oh, yeah,

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not putting it up enough. No. And it's just simple, right? Like we can lay in our bed and just watch

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TV and put your legs up. But same thing, like the gosh, unroller situation, we don't think of

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how actually easy it is to incorporate that until you do it. And then I did hear you, well,

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you hearing you were telling me because I was complaining about my cottage cheese that all

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that is is squats. And how many a day do you suggest? Always like 15 in the morning, 50 at

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night if you can, right? 50? 50. Yes. I have a lot of time. I know when you have to work out.

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20 in a day. But you have to work out just like drinking water, right? That's why everything,

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like I want you, I don't like to limit things, right? Because if you put a number, people are like,

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I hit 50, done. Yeah. Start with what you can and work up to your best. If you're asking me for a

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number, I would tell you 50. Now, if you can get to that or not, that's your own personal

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prerogative, right? But start with what you can and keep going every single time because

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if you put a limit on anything, then you'll stop. Right? We want to get to the highest

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part that we can get to and lunges are a great option as well. Never thought lunges, those are

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easier. I like squats better. I actually, I was surprised that I would have a hard time doing them.

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I had to hold on to something. Oh yeah. Because you're like lunging. I can do a lunge. I can,

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well, that's good. Do you have a teeter-totter when I do lunges? I'm like a squad. I'm like, okay,

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good to go. I can do both. Yeah. A lot of people are just looking for that quick fix and they don't

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realize that. Thanks, Mark. Yeah, you have to put a little bit of work and we're not even saying

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exercise. No, I always like to tell my clients, right? Like 30 minutes of exercise. What is that?

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That can be laundry. Going up and down. You know, as moms, as women, we're on the go 24-7. Now,

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a man who's going to be different, he'll sit in front of the TV after he gets home from work.

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That's what I like to say to my clients, 30 minutes of movement, especially if you sit at your

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desk a lot, but why not get outside if you can? Even if you're going outside to rake the leaves

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or whatever it may be, get that just movement and that thought in your head of like, hey,

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okay, I'm getting some exercise in today. I believe it's just, my big thing right now is I feel like

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I've been hooked on it is as women, we need to find ways to incorporate wellness into our every

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single day that's going to benefit us in the long run. Make us feel better and it's quick,

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because none of us have time. We're all busy. And if you're going to spend the money to have

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even these treatments, why not help it along so that it stays? And it's so simple, right? Like I

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said to Gua Sha, while you're letting the dog out or Gua Sha, while you're getting the kids' lunch

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pail in their bag, like whatever it is, right? You can squat and brush your teeth. You can squat

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and wash out. You can, you know, like there's so many things that you can do that are so simple.

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It's five, 10 minutes of your day, you're good and you feel like you accomplished something and

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you feel better. You feel better because I think as women, we lose that in ourselves.

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Yeah. Well, we're taking care of everybody else. Yeah. I love it. We all need a retreat.

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I know. And you offer package deals. 100%. Which are really good. Like the package that I'm going

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for is the tummy and the sides. But compared to what that is individually, you are giving an

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insane deal. I couldn't believe it. I was so the way. Yeah. Yeah. So the way that I see it is, right?

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Like if you come for one time, you're coming, you're trying out the treatment, you're not a walking

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billboard at the end of the day, right? Like you're not going to talk about the service in the sense.

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That first time is pretty rough. So it's hard to give an actual. Yeah.

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Yeah. Unless you, I guess I've had clients who've had perfect, amazing first outcomes.

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Okay. Everybody is so different. Everybody's body responds differently, right? Depending

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on what health issues we're dealing with. Right. But if you don't have that perfect first time,

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go for a second time because it does, it works through it. Like don't expect perfection.

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That's part of why packages work well. I believe in the pack and doing package deals because

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what happens is now we're, we're getting your body moving, you're seeing those results.

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That continues a business working relationship with the two of us and you get to hit your health

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goals where I'm helping you in that as well. Because at the end of the day, if you do any

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service like this once, right, it would be, you just never know what the final outcome could

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come, could be for you. So that's why I like to do packages at the discount that I do because

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you are a, you're providing me business as well. And I want to be able to give you as much as I

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can within a value, value that people can afford. Life is so expensive. We all want people to go to

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the gym. We want to be able to have facials. We want to be able to do this, that and the other. Well,

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I don't need to gouge your pockets because people in the market see that, say that we should, right?

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Like it's not necessary to be $150 a session for a stomach reduction treatment. It's not necessary.

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People appreciate that and they appreciate the honesty and the fact that you're, I mean,

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I messaged her in a panic when I saw the bruising on the gum. I'm dying here. And she was, you were

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texting me every day to make sure that everything was okay and everything was fine. So I would rather,

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even if you did charge more, I would rather deal with the good customer service that you offer by

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explaining everything. And you know, you got to prepare for it. Start drinking your water,

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start eating your protein, and then you're going to get your results. And you being on Instagram

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and giving all those hints and tips and tricks and at home, it's worth it. And it's great customer

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service. I appreciate it. Customer service is the one thing that I try to pride myself on. I've

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worked in sales. I've worked in all different places for the last 20 years of my working life. So

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if I couldn't give that, I just, you know, a lot of people miss out on that customer service. You

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don't find it anymore. People don't care in the same capacity. And at the end of the day, it's my

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name walking around. So I wouldn't, I want to be the best I can be to you and to every single person

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that walks in my door. Do you have a website? So, so, so it's called stand store. So it is a working

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website. It's just a little bit different. It just, um, yeah, it's a website and it's own,

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just certain things are only posted on there. It's not your generic website. Okay. So you can

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find out any of the packaging. Oh, yes. I'll lift that. Yeah. So I have links. So the best way to

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say that is I've linked to my bio and you're able to book through that as well as my Amazon store

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friend. If there's anything that you want to shop and then you're able to look at my stand store as

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well. So that's just some little things that I offer as added bonuses that I sell to people.

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That's where my training comes into play. I offer ebooks, things like that. And we can find you

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on Instagram and it is the pink room body contouring because I will screw it up if I try and say that

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three times fast. Yeah, it's a lot. It's a mouthful. And I appreciate you Tara so much. I thank you so

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much for coming in today. Yeah, thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it. And I will see you

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in two days for my for my session and definitely catch her at the pink room body contouring on

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Instagram. Yeah. And again, my name is Tracy Martens. Thank you for joining me for another episode

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of YQG In Bloom podcast. Have a great day.