Kiki Vogel – Living Vibrantly!

Who Is This Kiki Anyway?

Hi! My blog as my life is an ever changing work. I am on a quest to live my life happily and vibrantly. Many times I have found myself coasting through certain phases in my life and I absolutely hate feeling that way. I love working from home but after so many years, I felt I also needed to get out and meet other people – sharpen my skills again in the outside world. I started my search and am now an office manager for a property management office during the day. However, I am still passionate about working from home. Admittedly, it’s been harder this past year to keep my income at the same level, so I will keep working outside the home – but that’s the great thing about working from home, you can  work it around your life.  I have Advertising, Real Estate, Management and more in my background.  I have been looking and testing out several companies lately to find a perfect fit.  I kept looking at traditional direct sales and I just finally had to realize (and admit) that I no longer have a desire, nor the time to do home parties/home shows.  SO – based on that, I set out on a search to find something that would meet my criteria – I actually found LifeShare – it offers a fantastic product that brings real value to clients as well as a fantastic business opportunity.  They just opened their doors this year, so it’s all very exciting!

I have been married to my husband for 21 years now, together for 23. We’ve been through so much over all these years.  That’s what marriage is all about – going through the good times & the struggles together.  The most important thing is we come out on the other side – always together and stronger.

We have three children – my blessings – each unique and wonderful in their own way.  My son is 20 now and my daughters are 17 and 12.  It’s a busy household and I love that.  My son recently moved out on his own, so yet another adjustment to my lifestyle. I used to tease him and tell him it was time for him to move – but I knew I would miss him. I definitely do. My 17 year old is at the age where mom is just so “out of touch” with her world – but that’s OK – I know at some point she will come back and mom will be OK with her again. I see glimpses of that now and then and it seems to be happening more and more everyday. My youngest is my girlie-girl – she loves all things glittery and yet she has no problem letting us know when she is ticked off about something. I have realized though that the teen years loom ever closer! I am becoming that “out of touch” mom at an alarming speed this year! I love them, they love me (whether they show it or not) and they each make me smile for different reasons.

I think with the 40 year milestone you begin looking at your life and deciding what is important and what isn’t.  While I strongly believe the best is yet to come. I also know that life is precious and we should be living it to the very fullest with the time the Lord gives us.  In all areas of my life I am still a work in progress – but I know I will get there!

Here is my Faith statement if you want to know what my belief system is.

Something else I wanted to make a change with and couldn’t seem to accomplish no matter what I did was my weight and of course my health plays into that. I decided that I was tired of being fat and overweight – trust me, I was! After trying program after program, I decided to create a program that I felt I could live with. I had tried Weight Watchers and every other program on the market – but I hadn’t yet really and truly tried low-carb. On the surface it sounds like a totally unhealthy way to eat; at least it did in my mind.  HOWEVER – I was smart and I realized if I didn’t try something soon – I would spend the rest of my life extremely overweight and miserable. I continue to create a plan that works for me – and since October 23, 2006 I have lost 142 pounds and I am much closer to being at my goal.   I still struggle, when I lose focus – the pounds slip back on, but I always return.  I am taking it nice and slow, I continue to take steps back here and there, but now, I know I will get there. I am super-excited about that and will be sharing what I do for myself, so those that need some support and ideas can feel free to use them and maybe I can pull support from you as well.  For me personally, I am at my best when I go without any refined carbs – which means no sugar, pasta, starchy veggies, and flour. I continue to find new ways to make things work for me.  Not everyone can or has to do my way of eating. I personally believe there are those that can eat whatever they want, there are those that can do refined carbs, there are those that thrive on high-fat and protein, those that thrive on vegetarianism in some fashion, and those that must do low-fat to maintain their health – thank goodness! It makes us all unique. Don’t ever give up the quest to find the right program for you.

Read more about my low carb diet.

I am looking forward to sharing many things within my blog – from the serious stuff to business to the downright silly – life is too short to separate everything and put them each into little boxes – I am choosing to share it all because then you know me – both personally and professionally.

Living Life Vibrantly,

Kiki