From Serene & Pearl

Happy upcoming Mother’s Day and Happy Spring! We’re sitting here together looking out the window at the bright green leaves sprouting on the trees here in our Tennessee woods and breathing sighs of deep sweet peace and relief. You see, not long ago we gave birth to a huge 11 pound book baby. And yes…ouch… the delivery hurt. But the pain is blissfully over and our families have us back again. If you are wondering what on earth we mean by all this book baby stuff… that’s just what we affectionately called it between ourselves. It is actually our new cookbook, Trim Healthy Table, to be released September 2017.

We had told ourselves this time around to keep the process simple, “Just make a small book this time girls,” we said to ourselves, “maybe 150 recipes… let’s not kill ourselves.” Perhaps we just don’t know how to do small. Over 300 new recipes later the joke is once again on us after an intense year long process of creating recipes. The last two months trying to meet the deadline were the craziest. We were often visiting each other by face time at 4.30 in the morning cooking like mad scientists with crazy bed hair and floppy jammies, going over steps to recipes when any civilized person should be getting their beauty sleep. But ahhh…. it is done and it is a doozy and we know you’re going to love it!

There is a new epidemic of obesity and Type 2 diabetes sweeping through families (including children) so in this book, we teach you how to naturally eat the THM way with your whole family (without getting obsessive, stressed or putting your kids on a diet of course). Trim Healthy Table will load you up with lots of tasty and easy, family friendly recipes that will be doable in your crazy life. We also included lots of single serve recipes along with breakfasts, lunches, snacks and sweet treats. Oh and you’re going to love this… a one chapter, Simple Start Guide is included for those new to the plan or as a refresher if you already know the plan but have had trouble understanding it in the past.

We’re giving you a little sneak peek release recipe from Trim Healthy Table in this ezine. Enjoy the Cinnamon Butter Bundt Cake. It is divine. You’ll feel like you’re eating a cake with 2 cups of butter but nope, it has a little butter but doesn’t abuse it. You gotta try! The Trim Healthy Way of eating involves a beautiful balance of enjoying fats and carbs without abusing them. Please read Pearl’s article on why you need to keep that balance HERE.

Be sure to listen to our weekly podcasts for encouragement, tips, reminders and all our best advice.  In just 3 months we’ve had 1/3 of a million downloads with more people tuning in every day. The podcast is the place where we answer your questions and usually have a good laugh or sometimes even a good cry. We’ve loved hearing back from so many of you on how the “Poddies” are a huge encouragement for your THM journey. Listen here and subscribe so you never miss a podcast.

Our new Xylitol-Free Gentle Sweet is here! The same Gentle sweet, sugar like taste but no Xylitol for those of you who are concerned for your doggies. We’re so excited about this.

Thousands of you are now doing our Workins Exercise DVD’s. These are our recently released,  fun workout routines that tone your whole body all while protecting and healing your female core. Best of all they are finished in just twenty minutes or less! Yeah baby… no slogging hour long workouts for us!  Who has the time for that? And over exercising can actually be more harmful than helpful. With the Workins, you get to be our exercise buddies and join us in Serene’s messy living room where children aren’t excluded on set and we don’t wear midriffs thank Goodness!

Workins are designed to help issues such as Diastasis Recti over time (the split that can happen down the middle wall of your stomach muscles). But even if you are not dealing with challenging issues such as DR, Workins will help strengthen your pelvic floor and core in order to prevent such things from happening. No matter your level of fitness (or even if you are pregnant) there is level for you to follow along during the Workins.

Love the feedback we’re getting. Since many are now doing Workins together as families (children have a blast) or getting together for Workin sessions with friends, you can now buy the exercise equipment all separately.

“After the very first Workin my spine that had been hurting shifted (I have a spinal birth defect/fused lower vertebrae) and I felt relief. I slept like a baby.  Now after several weeks of Workins as long as I do a Workin that day, I forget my back pain… cause it isn’t there! My lower stomach is starting to zip back up. My muffin top is less overflowing, lol.

At 47, this thrills me. And ever so slightly, but noticeable enough for me to see it…my bulky calves are elongating. My mind and body were depleted and defeated prior to THM. It has taken awhile to heal. I have two lipomas (basically a non cancer fatty tumor). Not small, but could not be easily removed. One twisted within muscle on my wrist and one near my spine. After doing THM for quite some time now, they are pretty much gone.

In a similar note, my deep fat that was hard has become soft. I am Celiac so absorbing nutrients and food in general has been an issue. Even resulting in diabetes. My blood sugar is fully stable now without meds. No more migraines as a result. I finally have Food Freedom without Food Calculus of points & constant hunger and blood sugar swings. – Karen B.

“Workins get your heart pumping, you laugh while you’re doing it, and you aren’t exhausted when it’s over. Just ready to rock your day! And it is completely finished in 20 minutes. My kids loved it!
I really thought my little ones would walk away about halfway through. But they didn’t!
They ended up wearing the exercise brands on their head and totally doing their own thing half the time. Haha! This was a GREAT way to start our Homeschool day!”– Brittany A

“I am 51 yrs old, at goal weight, and have always been a very consistent exerciser using a couple other programs. I started doing Workins this week and after only 3 workouts all I can say is Wow!! I am already seeing very noticeable healing of chronic pain I have had in my sacrum region since having my last baby at age 42. Also, I struggle to keep the last 5-7 lbs. off and I can tell, again after only 3 workouts, that my metabolism is getting a serious boost and that my body is noticeably cinching in! Thank you Pearl and Serene for creating Workins!” – Liz F.

“I have done Workins only 3-4 times a week for the last month and a half and its working! It’s changing me for the better and I could not be more thrilled!!! If you’re new to the Workins and think 20 minutes is not really gonna help trust me it does! I am a kid again. I am 38 and have way more energy then I did at 28.AMAZING!!!FANTASTIC!!! I did hot tater crazy dance in my kitchen this morning since I feel so so happy that my efforts to a better me are not in vain. I say this a lot but seriously Thank you to THM and the Workins. It’s the best choice I have ever made!! – Sarah Y.

Enjoy the scrumptious Mother’s Day themed recipes and Trim Healthy tips in this ezine and the inspiring testimonies. This ezine is choc full with stuff we don’t want you to miss. Have a beautiful Mother’s Day.

P.S. We are off to China in a couple of weeks! We have sent Serene’s husband and members of our THM team there several times in the past to keep up the important relationship with our stevia farmers who farm their acres of stevia as they have done for centuries but have never been there ourselves. Our stevia plants are grown high in the mountains far away from cities in an area of land set aside to be organic and free of all toxins. Relationship is so important to this small group of farmers so we are excited and humbled to actually meet these beautiful people who still work their land in the ancient Chinese way. Stacy McGuire has worked for our company since its very early days. He speaks fluent Chinese as he was a missionary there for ten years so he knows and loves these people and will be our interpreter.

While in China, we also have to look at and purchase some machines so we can finally make our protein bars. We are so sorry it has taken so long to bring them to you. WE have a bar that is not like anything else out there. It has no syrups so bar making factories have not been able to make it work for us cost wise or shelf life wise. Just like almost everything we have done in our company, now we are going to do this all ourselves, so we can’t wait to bring the equipment back with us and make our delicious bars right here in Tennessee and get them to you as soon as possible. Talk to you soon.