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Hello everyone, My name is Marisela Floriano. I am 24 years old and I am a Chicana from Richmond, CA. I am an Independent Brand Promoter for a health and wellness brand called Le-Vel and I am the creator of La Flor Show. I want to start by expressing my utmost gratitude to my beautiful amiga Gabriela for giving me this platform to share my story and my mission. Before I start, I want to take it back to early 2018. My dad was diagnosed with stage 5 kidney failure caused by untreated diabetes. At age 19 my dad migrated here from Mexico and he was healthy until he had to work 3 jobs to maintain. This caused him to eat fast food everyday, multiple times a day and this is when his health started to decrease. After his kidney failure diagnosis, I began to understand that it was up to me to take care of my sacred temple so that I wouldn’t end up sick like my dad. For a couple of months in mid 2019, I found myself in a similar situation. I was commuting 75 miles one way to work and I was eating fast food every single day, for convenience and affordability. My go to was McDonalds, whatever I ordered I needed a large iced vanilla coffee to go with it. I was struggling to maintain my energy levels during the commute, I found myself falling asleep at the wheel occasionally and it was terrifying. I was vibrating very low and I knew it had to do with the amount of junk food I was consuming. Fortunately, from March to May of 2020, I made some progress. I was moved to a location closer to home which allowed me to implement better eating habits. Also, my big brother Chito made a huge transition and went on an all plant based alkaline lifestyle and I decided to join him. I’m forever in awe of him for single handedly inspiring our household to make better food decisions. I lost a good amount of weight while living a vegan lifestyle, I’m proud of myself for maintaining it for a while. Unfortunately, in July 2020 I fell into depression and also back to old comfortable habits. At this point I was 200 pounds, the weight I was carrying was such a burden, literally dragging me down. I felt so uncomfortable in my clothes, my double chin was on fleek girl let me tell you!! I just knew something had to change, I couldn’t go on and get any bigger. I was at my breaking point and pretty much willing to do anything. I became very distant from my family, I woke up everyday looking for a reason to not go to work so I could stay in bed all day. I did not look forward to waking up, in fact I wished that I could sleep forever.
I was following and watching my now good friend Marisa THRIVING via Instagram in mid August. At first her content was very spammy and I skipped through her stories most of the time, until she posted a transformation photo early September. I was captivated and amazed at how much of a difference there was in only 6 weeks! I had to reach out and tell her that I was interested. She offered me a 3 day sample or a discount on a 4 week supply. I took her up on the discount because I knew that if I wanted results like hers I would have to be consistent! At this point, I didn’t really understand what Thrive was. I just knew my girl was posting some bomb ass results. Not to mention, she is a mom of 2 boys under the age of 2, and was posting herself more and it was obvious how energetic she now was. I have found that Thrive arrives in people’s life when they need it the most, when life hits rock bottom and you’re holding on to the last piece of hope that there is. I was what we call a “Day 1 Thriver'' I fell in love with the products day 1 because I finally actually felt something!
Thrive is a multistep premium vitamin that comes in the form of vitamin capsules, a pre and probiotic shake, and derma fusion technology (wearable patch)- since our skin is the biggest organ in our body this allows us to have an absorption rate of 90% vs other vitamins that have an absorption rate of 20% (no wonder I never felt my vitamins working). I also learned about the importance of gut health and how our gut is our second brain. Our brain can’t perform at its maximum if our gut health isn’t up to par. When your gut is filled with toxins and shit, literally.. it’s going to affect the performance of our brain. I have taken vitamins and probiotics before but my body didn’t react to them as quickly, if at all. This made it hard to stay consistent. With Thrive, I felt the immediate burst of clean energy, I felt the effects of the pre & probiotics meaning, I was in the bathroom 6 times that day. I have struggled with being regular since I was a baby, so to find something that was doing what it said it would, made it easy to be committed and consistent. It takes 8 weeks to restore your gut health, when I hit my 8 week mark I had the choice to discontinue or stay on the program. I am happy to say I am 5 months into my Thrive experience and I can’t remember the last time I felt this good. I do want to mention that though I am now 30 pounds down in my weight loss journey, I have learned to not focus on the numbers on the scale but overall how I feel about myself. I haven’t missed a day and I never plan on doing so. People say things like “it sounds like you’re very dependent on Thrive” and well yeah, I am. The same way my body is dependent on water and food, is the same way my body is dependent on vitamins, and nutrients. I know that even if I ate the cleanest, there would still be significant nutritional gaps to fill. As soon as 5 days into Thrive, I knew that I had to share. The same way that I share my favorite cosmetic products, is how I had to share my vitamins and probiotics. I was aware of the business opportunity but to be honest, I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into. I just knew I could be paid to promote Thrive. I would've shared without getting paid because I know Thrive works and I understand the importance of the effects. To me, it’s about helping people become the best version of themselves. There are so many people who are overweight, depending heavily on coffee, suffer from bad gut health, complain of aches and pains, have trouble sleeping at night, have a poor diet so they aren’t getting all their nutrients, the list goes on of people who will benefit from Thrive! I didn’t know that being a promoter for a health and wellness brand would bring me so much purpose. Everyday I am closer to fulfilling my mission. Not only do I look forward to my 3 steps but also connecting with my people and hearing about their experience and progress. I am a real person with a real experience, my results can’t be made up, and I would never promote or advocate for something that I did not 100% believe in or was actually consuming myself. I am the connection to the product, and I have helped so many people so far. They all now feel better about themselves, are more comfortable in their skin, stopped depending on the coffee that would make them crash mid day, sleep better at night, are better parents for their kids because their mood and energy levels are high. I am incredibly thankful for everyone who was once a skeptic but has trusted me to give it a try. I can honestly say we are all in a better place in life. This is not a magic pill, meal replacement, a diet or a weight loss program. It is a quality premium grade naturopathic formula of vitamins, minerals, plant extracts, anti-oxidants, enzymes, probiotics, and amino acids. I could go on forever about these products and my story, for anyone who wants more information or has questions I encourage you to reach out to me via instagram @selaabo_ I have a special offering for the first 5 people who are interested in trying Thrive out for themselves and mention bbyfacedreamgrl, you will be receiving 20 credits to use towards your purchase that is equivalent to $20 off. Thank you for taking the time to read about mine and Gabriela’s experience. We are out here THRIVING, no longer surviving and we hope that you will join us on this journey soon. Xoxo, - Marisela Floriano
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