Our Story

For the past five years, I have worked as a Registered Nurse primarily in stroke rehabilitation. I began to notice a common trend in these patients. Besides 9 out of 10 being overweight or obese, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and uncontrolled diabetes continuously prevailed. This was hitting home for me because my once athletic husband had been spiraling down this same pathway. Since we married 14 years ago, he had gained a whopping 100 pounds! His last checkup was the turning point. He stepped on the scale and was well over 330 pounds! His cholesterol was also high, blood pressure was high, and he was displaying symptoms of early stage of type 2 diabetes. Of course he felt awful, tired all the time, irritable, low energy and poor sleep.

We needed a solution…fast! It was the night after that doctor appointment that I prayed, or should I say pleaded, with God for a solution to help my husband. His work schedule did not allow time for much. Using my background knowledge of natural remedies and holistic medicine that I have studied over the past 15 years, I began my quest to save his health and ultimately his life. I have always known that diets simply do not work. Temporary solutions yield temporary results not to mention feeling restricted and deprived. That was not the solution I was looking for. What we needed was a life changing solution. For months, I researched – sometimes into the wee hours of the night – specific wholefood remedies that have been used for centuries to naturally prevent and relieve these chronic conditions. My nursing background was very helpful. Having the knowledge of how our body works and how this is directly related to what we put in or do not put into our bodies certainly helped. You are what you eat is more accurate than most believe. I had to create something for my husband. I knew that if I could come up with something that tasted good that he would put it in his lunch. If he was going to make this change, it had to be convenient as well. My first obstacle was finding the perfect ingredients, the second was putting them all together--it had to be portable because he travels. My first thoughts were to make a food bar. Not only a food bar but a raw, wholefood bar. I began with my kitchen food processor and mixed different combinations of different ingredients. My husband had the luxury of trying them all. The first few were, in his words, terrible tasting but he would smile and say thank you anyway. I got him on board with what I wanted to do so he was eager to try the next batch. He wanted something tasty. After about three months of trial and error, we hit the bull's eye. The flavor I would come up with was an exotic fruit blend. The consistency was perfect, it kept its shape, and it tasted wonderful! My husband ate it for about three months when we made the decision to bring this food bar to the public.

Months passed of daily taste tests amongst friends, family, neighbors, whoever would try the samples. We tweaked the ingredients slightly and tried to appeal to most people's tastes but the kids had the final say. If a child will eat something that is good for them and love it then we knew it was right. A year later, the It's Essential Wholefood Meal Replacement Bar had arrived! We formed an LLC and started researching the industry. We found a local, yet national, industry-leading manufacturer and started working with them. Actually, they found us, more evidence that God's hand was on this. Finding suppliers was not easy at first. Many of the ingredients I chose are exotic and very expensive. Considering the rising cost of healthcare, cost was not a factor when it came to protecting my husband's health.

Excitement was building as my husband's weight was dropping. Over a period of four months, he lost 40 pounds! During this time, we were blessed to have met the family of It Works! After adding powerful supplements, my husband continued to lose another 20 pounds over the course of the next four months. He continues today, one year later, working towards his ideal size of 38-inch pants and weight between 250 and 260 pounds. He is a big guy at 6'8" and at 272 lbs and into 40-inch pants so he is very close. His cholesterol has dropped 100 points and is no longer taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, his blood sugar stabilized, his blood pressure is just about perfect, and he feels fantastic. Once again, he is vibrant and embraces life with hope! When It Works! heard of our product, they asked us if they could have a sample. They were instantly intrigued. We did not know at the time but they had been looking for a food bar for their product line. Finally, a real solution for busy people that tastes great and produces results! Joining forces, we introduced It’s Essential in Tampa this past October with an overwhelming positive response.

Since man (and woman) cannot live on bars alone, although it would be convenient, there was more to the equation. During the time my husband was eating the food bar, I had been teaching my husband about food and how to use it to work with his body rather than against it. I taught him that eating five or six meals a day was a healthier choice and the key to healthy permanent weight loss. I taught him that eating the right food combinations could benefit him even more. I taught him that he did not need to exercise hours and hours a day. "You need to work harder not longer," I would say. Anyone can fit 20 minutes in each day. I had no idea at the time but I had been laying the foundation for what we have since formally developed and now known as FITworks. FITworks is a program that teaches people how to make healthy choices using proven principles that last a lifetime. Thermogenics is the underlying science and learning what foods can do for your body can be life changing! Once again, the Lord was weaving his perfect plan. It Works had been searching for this piece to their puzzle too. Everything was a perfect fit. Now, through It Works! Marketing, you hold the key to every aspect of a person's health AND wealth! FITworks is fool proof, safe and effective. You cannot fail with this superior combination. The synergy created when you combine the right foods, the right supplements, and the right people is undeniable!

It is my sincere hope that you join FITworks. Become part of our rapidly growing online community and start making the right choices TODAY!