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ItWorks & Your Dietary Restrictions :)

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As many of you know, here in our house~hold we try our best to keep the things we eat & use as Vegetarian/Vegan & safe for us & the environment as possible. In keeping with that, I asked, straight up, what ItWorks had that was Vegan, Vegetarian, & if it wasn’t, what it did have so my clients (YOU) could make an informed choice! Here is the email I received.

Hi Tamara,

Confianza, Fat Fighter, New You and Thermofit are vegan in our supplement line.

The Essential Bars are vegan.

None of our products are tested on animals.

There are no animal byproducts in the skin care line.

Soy – Greens, Essential Bars, ProFit & Facial Applicators

Whey- Profit

The ingredients lists for any of our products can be found by browsing through our products section on our website. They can simply click on the product they are interested in, and then click on “view Ingredients” or “supplement facts” on that product’s page.

Have a blessed day.

I hope this helps you make the right decision for you & for your family. Any other questions you may have, pass them along my way via the contact link or on my FaceBook page  or my ItWorks FaceBook Group

8 Ways You can be Calmer Right Now!

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We’re all Stressed out. Sometimes Life just throws a little too much our way.

Here are 10 Quick & Easy Ways You can feel Calmer Right Now!

1~ Take a Deep Breathe & Count to 10 (slowly). You may remember your Mom or Gramma telling you this when you were young. It’s still totally valid. Give it a try! You don’t necessarily need to meditate, but if you have the time it would be even better!

2~ Take a nice long Warm Relaxing Bath. Light some Candles, grab a book, throw in some bubbles or a Bath Bomb & Boom! You’re relaxed :)

3~ Run or Sprint. I realize this may not work for everyone every time, but if it’s appropriate for you at that moment then GO! Grab your Brief Case & GO. Sprint or Run for as short or long as you can. You’ll know it’s working when you feel the stress is no longer grabbing hold of you.

4~ Listen. Whether you like Classical, Jazz, Pop or  just complete silence. Listening to something that takes your mind away from the stressors is a wonderful way to help reduce it.

5~ Grab a drink. A warm cup of tea (chamomile is great) or a decaf latte can help melt the problems away. Whatever you do, stay clear of Alcohol, Sugar & Caffeine as it tends to put your mind on a crazy rollercoaster ride. You will surely find yourself much lower in mind strength then when you started. Sometimes just holding that warm cup in your hands is enough to calm you.

6~ Just Stop. Totally Stop what you’re doing. If you need to pull over, pull over. If you need to place the person on the phone on hold, do that. If you need to step outside & away from the situation, do that. Whatever you need to do to stop it. Do that. (why not try that counting to 10 & breathing thing too (#1) :) )

7~ Grab the Phone & call a Friend. Sometimes all we need is that special someone to listen to us vent or just be there for us. It’s amazing what a good friend can do!

8~ Laugh. You’ve heard that Laughter is the best Medicine. And they’re right. Recall a funny Joke, Event or Show. You don’t have to share it with anyone, just close your eyes & picture something Hilarious! Ready, Set…. ROFL!!!

For more help with Stressful Situations, please contact me at

tamaralukie @ gmail (dot) com

See my 5 Life Changing Questions Printable ,

& Read Extra Stress Information can be found here Stress Part 1 Stress Part 2 Stress Part 3

ThanksGiving Weekend 2012

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Happy ThanksGiving Canada!!!!

This year was to be our 2nd Vegan Thanksgiving. Last year was my first & I had so much fun preparing it. See here for my recipes & more!

This time around I found myself scheduled to work all weekend. Whaaat? That has NEVER happened!!!! I was extremely upset. :( It took me a while to get over the fact that I wouldn’t be able to hangout with my boys all weekend! In fact, this was going to make everything seemed rushed…. I hate being rushed……

But Sunday Morning I was able to get in my 8k race with Callym. It was amazing to say the LEAST. We booted it to the starting line (only half a dozen blocks from home) & sipped on our Pumpkin Spice Latte’s while waking & warming up.

7:15 start is brutal! (But Beautiful)!

We enjoyed the run a lot. So many great & amazing people running & cheering. The energy on Race day is something else!

We made it in under 45 minutes. That little man didn’t stop once! 

And for that (& a Million other reasons) He deserved this medal!

Now…. Back to the ThanksGiving Feast!

Seeing as I had to work at all the moments made for cooking. I enlisted the help of my Beautiful, Sexy Husband. I made a small list of things that we could have & let him loose!

I must say, as upset as I was about not being the one to make all the food, I was also a bit excited to have such a wonderful dinner made for me!

The boys did a fantastic job of setting the table

including individual place settings (with Sugar Cookies as the APPETIZERS!!!) :)

And the Food was AMAZING!

(here I have Mashed Potatoes, Asparagus, Roasted Veggies, Roasted Squash, Tofurky & Gravy). YUM

Chris even made home~made Pumpkin~Turtle Pie with Vegan Whip~Cream. (don’t you wish you were here with us!)


All in all I would have to say that this Thanksgiving was amazing. There are so SO many reasons that we are Tremendously Thankful (& we shared a bunch of them during dinner). I hope that you had a chance to spend time with Family & Friends this weekend! And thank you for being a part of the You.Naturally Family!