Living Well - January - 2012

WellLiving

health & wealth magazine for AIM Memberstheaimcompanies.com

January 2012

AIM Blue Diamond Director Ramiah Selwood and son, Beau

Reaching New Heights with AIM

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Executive Message / ContactsExecutive Message / Contacts

Happy New Year! We all love a celebration and at The AIM Companies™ we look forward to making a big splash about reaching a significant milestone.

April 8, 2012 marks AIM’s official 30th birthday! Founded in 1982 by Ron Wright and Dennis Itami, two men dedicated to providing quality products and providing compensation to AIM Members, the company continues to be more competitive than ever as it improves the technology in manufacturing its products and offerings to its valued and loyal Membership base.

Thirty years on, The AIM Companies has stayed the course and Members recognize the benefits of enjoying good health and sharing the products through global networking. Many Members operate in a voluntary capacity – by offering their

support to those who are not well or want to feel better. In doing so they are rewarded with a robust compensation plan.

We’ll continue to celebrate through the year with a Caribbean cruise in April, product launches and new initiatives that you can read about in this issue. We’ll continue to provide a global online learning culture with a terrific line up of teleclasses and webinars listed on page 15 to ensure Members will be able to champion the skills required for long term business success. As Steve Jobs, the great business visionary said in an iconic university speech to new graduates, “keep looking, don’t settle”. The AIM Companies will always endeavour to support its Members who wish to grow their businesses.

All of the experience gained and shared by the company and its Membership over the past thirty years ensures a capable and sus-tainable business for the future. Enjoy the year ahead!

Melinda LewisGeneral Manager AIM Australia & New Zealand

Staying the Course

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January 2012

CONVENTION 2012 7 Sail Away with AIM …

Don’t get left on shore!

PRODUCTS 6 AIM Just Carrots®: Concentrated Nutrition 9 BarleyLife NEWtrition makes life even better!10 AIM CranVerry®+ gets results

RECOGNITION10 The AIM Companies™ recognized

SPEAKER12 Keith Duff: Available to Speak and

Assist at YOUR Upcoming Events

TESTIMONIAL11 I lost fifty pounds using AIM products!

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT13 Weight Loss & Maintenance

IN THIS ISSUE 2 Executive Message / Contacts15 News & Meetings

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WellLiving

The mission of The AIM Companies™ is to improve the quality and productivity of people’s lives by promoting the Healthy Cell Concept™ and the highest principles of free enterprise.

The purpose of AIM Living Well is to com-municate vital information to our Mem-bers and to build a strong relationship with them through education, motiva-tion, and recognition.

AIM products cannot be sold and advertised as cures and treatments for any disease. Our products are intended to improve the nutritional profile of the individuals who use them. Federal regulations in many countries prohibit making any claims that products are used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, and prevention of disease.

AIM Living Well is written in compliance with U.S. requirements, which may not be suitable for marketing AIM products outside of the United States. We ask that you be aware of and respect the requirements of your country in marketing AIM products.

Articles are for information only. Consult a health care practitioner for advice.

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ON THE COVERBeau Selwood, son of Ramiah and Shakti Selwood (AIM Blue Diamond Directors), climbs Mt. Warning with his father, Ramiah. See p. 8

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MAIN FEATURES 4 The AIM Daily Essentials

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Testimonials should not be construed as representing results everybody can achieve.

It’s a refrigerator out there! The balmy days of summer are a distant memory as you step outside your door and face a cold blast of wintry air that chills you to the bone. Before you step out into the cold, there are three other steps you should take to recover from the onslaught of attacks on your immune system. It all begins with the 3 Daily Essentials from AIM.

The AIM Daily Essentials™

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3 Daily Essentials

Think GEF—Greens, Essential fatty acids, and Fiber—as the three daily essentials that your body requires to stay healthy. AIM provides all three in the economically-priced Daily Essentials packs.

Greens from AIM BarleyLife® or AIM BarleyLife® Xtra provide a wealth of vital nutrients from the juice powder of young barley plants—a whole-food concentrate to supplement a diet that should include lots of vegetables.

Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) from the organic seed oils in AIMega® provide a balanced source of omega-3 and -6 that your body must get from a dietary source. Your cells require a daily supply of EFAs to keep them healthy and to ensure that your body is functioning optimally from the inside out.

Fiber from AIM Herbal Fiberblend® or AIM FibreBalance® (CAN) provides an essential component of a healthy diet that reduces your risk of numerous health problems. AIM’s fiber products go beyond supplemental fiber with a carefully selected group of herbs that cleanse, detoxify, and contribute to regularity.

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If I begin to experience any cold symptoms, I increase my 2 teaspoons of BarleyLife twice a day to 1 tablespoon 4 times a day. Within 24 to 48 hours, I’m feeling tip top again. I have also been taking Herbal Fiberblend for years and feel I could not live without it. After talking to Rose Bird (AIM Canada General Manager) at a local meeting, I increased my dosage of AIMega, which I knew was good in so many ways for you. Now my hair is so soft and shiny that I rarely use any conditioner.

Most important, my husband Kevin was able to reduce his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) number from 7 to 3 after taking the Daily Essentials for one month. His specialist had said that diet would not make a difference and wanted to do a biopsy because a number over 4 might indicate prostate cancer.

AIM works in many ways!Karen Semrow, AIM Preferred Member,Port Huron, Michigan

RestThe rest you get from relaxing and sleeping is essential for staying well. If you are battling a cold or the flu, getting enough rest gives your immune system a helping hand in getting you back on your feet to healthily brave the cold.

Research on sleep, which largely remains a mystery of the human condition, shows that while you are sleeping, your body goes into improvement mode: repairing and regenerating tissue, building muscle and bone, and strengthening your immune system.

RepairYour body finds the material it requires to repair itself in the nutrients that you supply on a daily basis. This is why it is vital to repair your body with only the finest building materials. AIM products such as The Daily Essentials are just that.

When you supplement your diet with nutrient-rich greens, essential fatty acids, and cleansing fiber, you give your body the material it needs to repair damage from inflammation, oxidative stress, and immune dysfunction, all three of which tend to increase during the winter months.

RestoreWhether you are recovering from an illness or a hard day, your body can restore itself to a healthy state. You can be a positive part of the restoration by taking additional AIM products to rest, repair, and restore.

The herbal formula of AIM Composure® provides a natural answer for relieving stress and putting your mind at ease for a good night’s sleep.

AIM Proancynol® 2000 is the ultimate antioxidant formula for preventing and repairing the damage caused by free radicals.

The probiotic formula of AIM FloraFood® restores the balance of healthy bacteria in your intestinal tract—70 percent of your immune system is in the colon.

AIM can help you make it through the winters of life step by step. And remember, you do not have to be sick. Prevention is the key to staying well, so rest, repair, and restore.

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Product Feature



The name says it all: AIM Just Carrots® supplements your diet with the concentrated juice powder of carrots—and for a good reason.

Carrots are a rich source of beta-carotene, a carotenoid antioxidant necessary for the production of vitamin A. And there are even more antioxidants in carrots, including alpha-carotene and lutein.

Antioxidants boost your immune system by protecting against free radicals, which create systemic inflammation—a major cause of disease and accelerated aging. With Just Carrots, you get the wealth of protective antioxidants and other phytonutrients found in raw carrots without having to juice them yourself.

AIM uses a juicing process that removes the natural fiber in carrots, leaving easily absorbed nutrients. By mixing the fiber-less juice powder in water, you have concentrated carrots in a glass—nutrition for your overall health, and, in particular, nutrients that are essential for your eyes and skin.

Concentrated nutrition

JuSTCarrots®AIM

For over eighteen months I had a yeast infection in my ears, which required trips to the ENT every six weeks for debridment and acid drops every morning and night. I had acquired the infection through hair dye, and the doctor said I would have it the rest of my life. I was miserable. I had been taking BarleyLife since 1995, and since I’d always heard juicing carrots was good, I started the recommended 1 tablespoon of Just Carrots daily. Within 5 weeks, my yeast infection was completely gone! At my follow-up visit to the doctor, he looked into my ears and asked, “What did you do?” Once I told him, he stated, “It’s the beta-carotene. I’ve seen this happen before in people who juice.” That left no doubt in my mind from that day on. I will take JustCarrots the rest of my life!Bettiann Lloyd, AIM Preferred MemberAustin, Texas

I have used Just Carrots daily for about fifteen years. On a recent visit to an ophthalmologist, he commented that I had the best retinas he had ever seen. I asked, “You mean for a fifty-six-year-old?” He said “No, they are the best I’ve ever seen.” My husband’s jaw dropped, and I tried not to look too smug. But I sure felt smug! Cass Brown Capel, AIM Director and PhD, Auburn, California

AIM Convention 2012

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Sail away with AIM

… Don’t get left on shore

Registration for AIM’s 30th Anniversary Sail-a-bration Cruise ends January 31, and we

want to see you on board. You can register online at the AIM website or fill out and mail in a form (must be postmarked by January 31). The AIM Crown Princess cruise ship departs from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on

Saturday, April 21, for a weeklong voyage to Princess Cays, Bahamas, Curacao,

Antilles, and Aruba. Make sure you are sailing with us. Fill out your registration today.

Your convention prize is on its way. The Sea of Opportunity, Get on Board with AIM! contest came to a close in December, and now it’s time to find out what you’ve won. All contest winners will be notified in early January of their prize earnings.

Make sure you complete your cruise registration form—complete with prize level earnings—by the January 31 deadline. We want to see you on board!

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• Greatestvolumeofnewcustomersalesthrough MyAIMStore: Blue Diamond Directors Quantum Knowledge Party Ltd.

• Highestpurchasesofmonthlycontestbonus products: Directors Andy and Maryann Miller

Product Bonus contest winners for OctoberThe leaders in five business-building categories each month are awarded $200 product credits

for future orders. Here are the winners in each of the five categories from October:

• MostnewMembersign-ups: Group Builder Bettiann Lloyd

• Highestpersonalproductpurchases: Royal Emerald Director Larry Brogan

• HighestpercentageincreaseinGroupVolumeover previous month: Director Gail Lewis

For more information about AIM’s 30th Anniversary Sail-a-bration Cruise, visit www.theAIMcompanies.com or call 1-800-456-2462.

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Blue Diamond Director Ramiah Selwood and his son Beau from Queensland, Australia, climbed to the top of Mt. Warning on the east coast of Australia last fall. An extinct volcano, Mt. Warning is 3,600 feet tall, and its peak is the first part of the Australian continent to receive sunlight each morning.

Rising at 5:00 a.m. the morning of the climb, Ramiah, age fifty-five, and Beau, thirteen, both supplemented with AIM LeafGreens™, AIM Garden Trio®, AIM GinkgoSense®, CalciAIM™, AIMega®, AIM Peak Endurance™, and AIM ProPeas™. The father and son team then drove two hours south to begin their climb.

The climb to the summit (2,300 feet high and 2.8 miles long) took two hours. The last 1,300 feet were around 70 degrees vertical and were really hard work. Before going for the last leg,

Ramiah and Beau had a shot of BarleyLife, Peak Endurance, and ProPeas, which gave them a spurt of energy for the last part of the difficult climb.

The Selwood family supplements daily with AIM products, and they’ve noticed that their children are developing well in their early teenage years, are thinking positive, and don’t seem to fall ill as much as they used to before AIM.

Ramiah and his wife Shakti have both had life-threatening issues over the past decade and have lost parents to cancer, but they have changed their lifestyles and supplemented with AIM to recover and thrive. Ramiah is currently writing a book about their journey.

Through their AIM business, Quantum Knowledge, they achieve 90 percent of their income by networking AIM products. The financial stability from AIM provides a great lifestyle and allows time-out during the school holidays to go on adventures with their children.

“It’s fantastic to be helping people, enjoying our lives and earning an ethical income at the same time,” Ramiah said.

Ramiah and Shakti both endeavor to spend regular one-on-one time with their teenage children (Nirvana and Beau) during these critical years of growth.

“Being older parents,” Shakti said, “gives us wisdom to guide our precious children, but it’s critical that we are fit and healthy to keep up with them.”

Ramiah and Shakti are both looking forward to catching up with their American and Canadian friends on AIM’s 30th anniversary convention cruise Sail-a-bration in 2012.



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Product Feature

Many years ago I began using AIM’s first green juice product, which, along with some lifestyle changes, helped me to recover from a very bad case of fibromyalgia. The only thing that remained was a little bit of pain and stiffness, but certainly nothing like I had been experiencing before.

When AIM BarleyLife® was introduced, I noticed even less pain and stiffness, so I was very happy doing all the activities that I did before

the fibromyalgia, such as biking, walking long distances, and hiking.

In June 2011 at the AIM convention in Seattle, we were introduced to the NEWtrition BarleyLife, and in my next order that is exactly what I received. I understood the increased nutrition it was going to give me, but I really did not expect that I would feel much different. Two weeks after taking the new BarleyLife, I realized that the remaining pain and stiffness were entirely gone.

This relief continues. In August 2011, my husband Kees and I went camping with some friends from our square dancing group. One day we biked thirty kilometers. The next day we biked fifteen kilometers and hiked for three hours in the Niagara

Escarpment. It takes seventy-six steps just to get down into the gorge. By the time we climbed our way over rocks, tree stumps, and up and down hills to the end, we had to climb 206 steps to get out. We still had to bike back to our campsite, so it was a full day of physical exertion. I’m sixty-three years old, yet through all of it, I felt wonderful.

It was tiring, but I felt no pain.I am so excited about this BarleyLife

NEWtrition, so I am telling everyone about it. Thanks, AIM, for continuing to

improve your products, which make the quality of people’s lives even better. Thanks to God for giving us all this nutrition in a simple barley leaf.

BarleyLife newtrition makes life even better!Darlene Vandermey, AIM Director, RNPA, and LWC Glen Allan, Ontario


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I normally suffer from chronic bladder and kidney infections as well as difficulty with being able to urinate regularly. Since beginning use of the CranVerry+, I have noticed that my urine is clear and without odor, and I am able to go regularly. I also no longer experience cramping, and I have not had any infections.

CranVerry+ has improved my quality of life because I no longer dread having to use the bathroom!

— Mary Ann Peck, Nampa, Idaho

AIMCran Verry+Cran Verry +Cran Verry +™ gets results

Single (5768E US) $19.00, 16 BVP6-pack (5770E US) $108.00 96 BVP

CranVerry+, the new and improved version of AIM’s former CranVerry product, provides urinary health benefits from all-natural cranberry extract and is a Candida yeast inhibitor due to three added ingredients, including resveratrol.

Testimonials should not be construed as representing

results everybody can achieve.

CranVerry+ is now available for sale in the US in a 30-count, 30-day supply (5768E) and in a six-pack (5770E). And AIM’s newest product is already getting results!

Due to its continued success in its 29th year in business,

The AIM Companies was named to the Idaho Private 75 as one of the state’s top 75 privately-held companies. This is AIM’s fifth time receiving the award. President, CEO, and co-owner Ron Wright was featured in a special Idaho Private 75 section in the Idaho Statesman newspaper, in which he answered questions on the decisions and strategies that have led to AIM’s success.

“Taking AIM’s high-nutrient products and staying healthy helps prevent illness with less cost,” Ron said. “This is important to all people, even more so as the high cost of medical care is increasing each year.”

The AIM Companies™ Recognized

Dee Anna Fowble, AIM Chief Financial Officer, and Darla Upton, AIM Chief Communications Officer, attended an Idaho Private 75 luncheon to receive this award on behalf of The AIM Companies.

Testimonial

I was born in the early sixties and can tell you that by the seventies, my life was full. Full of the wrong things, I might add, such as bad habits and food addictions.

After graduating from high school and working various jobs, I did a tour in the military. Then I graduated college, where I studied art, business, medicine, and horticulture. At that time I realized I had to do some serious changing.

Lifestyle ChangesI quit smoking and drinking, and I began to

study the Bible more and went to church. It wasn’t until I got married and started to raise my family that my destiny was sure to change for the better.

After reading about self-help and nutrition, I revamped my eating habits. I had to re-think food and how it affects the body. My husband and I decided to use 100 percent whole wheat instead of enriched white flour, eat fresh fruit and vegetables, and steam and broil instead of fry. We don’t use unhealthy fats and margarine—no processed meat either. We choose low-fat, low-salt, and low-sugar foods as well as 2 percent milk and low-fat yogurt and cottage cheese. Instead of sugar, we use stevia. And we drink pure water—no soft drinks.

AIM ProductsI lost fifty pounds using AIM products!

At first my weight fluctuated like a yo-yo as I experimented and found out what worked for me.

Every six months I do a four-week cleanse using AIM Para 90® and AIM Herbal Release® and finish it with AIM FloraFood®. Every day, I take two scoops of AIM fit ‘n fiber™, one tablespoon AIM BarleyLife® Xtra, and 1 tablespoon AIM Herbal Fiberblend®. This great-tasting meal replacement helps me with

mid-afternoon food cravings. I also take antioxidant-rich AIM Proancynol® 2000.

AIM GlucoChrom™ saved me from becoming a diabetic. By taking one capsule every morning and

evening, my blood sugar levels dropped dramatically,

as did the extra weight around my middle.

By the way, my exercise routine is a simple one. I park at the far end of parking lots when I shop, and I enjoy housework and gardening.

It’s not all fun and games. I have to push myself to keep up with the grind especially in bad weather.

Try these lifestyle changes and watch yourself change slowly, but surely.

I lost fifty pounds using AIM products!


Julie Dunaway, AIM Preferred Member • Meridian, Idaho

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AIM Speaker

As a valuable part of the AIM family for twelve years, Regional Meeting and Training Director Keith Duff has AIM experience like no other. He knows the AIM products like the back of his hand. He knows the AIM business opportunity inside and out. AIM is pleased to now offer his expertise for your local meetings and events.

The value of the interaction and relationship-building of meetings cannot be overstated for you, your downline, and your prospective cus-tomers, too. That’s why AIM is focusing on equip-ping Members with everything they need to hold a successful meeting or event in their area. Keith is an important part of this.

From his time with AIM, Keith has had the op-portunity to interact with AIM Members on a dai-ly basis. His product expertise has always shone through when explaining AIM’s supplements to Members and prospective consumers of AIM products. When Keith was promoted to the posi-tion of Product Information Specialist, AIM found it to be a position that suited his skills perfectly as it gave him the opportunity to discuss some of his favorite topics: health and nutrition.

As AIM’s Product Information Spe-cialist, Keith was the featured speaker at AIM’s on-site meetings—monthly health and nutrition seminars held at the corporate office in Nampa, Idaho. In addition, to his speaking at these meetings, Keith has been traveling for AIM in the western states for meet-ings with AIM Members and their prospective cus-tomers. Over the years he has been a regular part of AIM conventions speaking in workshops and giving pre-sentations on AIM’s whole-food products. For many years, he has been part of

Keith Duff: Available to speak and Assist at YOUr Upcoming events

the AIM Teleclass schedule and has participated on AIM webinars since their inception.

With his deep involvement in AIM meetings and events, it seemed only natural for AIM to ex-tend Keith’s services to all of you, the AIM Mem-bers. With his new promotion to Regional Meet-ing and Training Director, Keith will now be able to share his AIM knowledge directly with you, your downline, and your prospective customers.

AIM is excited to see where this new opportu-nity will take you. Successful AIM home meetings and events have been happening across North America for years, and this is your chance to tap into that resource. Whether you would like to be considered to co-host a regional meeting with other AIM Members in your area, or even if you

are considering hosting a home meeting of your own featuring this AIM expert, we want you to know that Keith Duff and the entire AIM Companies are

here to help you succeed.

Have Keith speak at your next meetingDon’t delay. Contact AIM today

to request Keith at your next event, contact him at 1-800-456-2462 or email [email protected] and write

in the subject line: We want to

have an AIM meeting

Keith Duff AIM Regional Meeting and Training Director


By Phillip Jermann, AIM Biologist

When you lose eighty pounds, life really does start anew. Now one year later, it’s amazing to look back on photos of myself and see a completely different person. By continuing my healthy eating habits and AIM product regimen, I’ve main tained my weight in the long term. Any time I question whether I could skip a serving of AIM products or revert back to old habits, I think of these photos and how much better my life is now. At that point, the decision is easy.

Many of you may remember that I lost 80 pounds while taking AIM ProPeas™ and AIM fit ’n fiber® last year. Over the last year many of you have asked me how I lost the weight. The simple answer is I took the products, tracked what I ate, and exercised. I hope that the AIM weight loss plan on page 14 will help you in your weight loss goals as it did for me.

ProPeas satisfied my hunger so when I found research that justified my results, I couldn’t wait to share it with everyone.

Research presented in The Protein Book by Lyle McDonald has shown that pea protein is slowly digested, which allows us to naturally

Weight Management

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Phillip, today

feel full. Each serving of ProPeas contains 12 grams of protein but it is only digested at about 3 grams per hour. That means it takes four hours to digest one serving of ProPeas. This is why ProPeas keeps us full between meals.

This is significantly different from whey protein at 9 grams per hour and soy protein at 4 grams per hour. This quick digestion results in a fast emptying of the stomach and hunger pains prior to your next meal.

Pea protein also increases our metabolism. For every calorie of ProPeas protein that we consume, we burn 25 percent of it during digestion. When we consume slowly digested pea protein, our body exerts even more energy than when soy or whey is digested. This increase in energy expenditure to break down pea protein results in an increase of our metabolism.

I encourage everyone who would like to lose or maintain weight to start incorporating ProPeas and fit ’n fiber into your diet. Use the AIM weight loss plan found on page 14 to keep the weight off the healthy way, the AIM way!


Weight Loss & Maintenance

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Women• 8oz.water• 1veggieyourchoice

Men• 8oz.water• 1additionalscoopProPeas (added to AIM Smoothie)

Men• 8oz.water• 1banana


BreakfastAIM Smoothie

• 1scoopProPeas• 1scoopfit’nfiber*• 1cupfreshfruit• 4oz.ricemilk• 4oz.water• 5icecubes

Example: WomanAge: 35Height: 5’ 4” Weight: 164 lbsMaintain Weight Calories: 1,805 (with little to no exercise)

Reduce Calories to: 1,300Caloric Differential: 505

Example: ManAge: 35Height: 5’ 9.5”Weight: 191 lbsMaintain Weight Calories: 2,281(with little to no exercise) Reduce Calories to: 1,770Caloric Differential: 511

Men• 8oz.water• 1slicewhole-wheatbread• Rawalmonds(24)

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Women• 8oz.water• 1slicewhole-wheat

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Snack• 8oz.water• 1veggieyourchoice• 3oz.Greekyogurt• 1/2cupplainoatmeal

LunchAIM Smoothie

• 1scoopProPeas• 1scoopfit’nfiber*• 1cupfreshfruit• 4ozricemilk• 4ozwater• 5icecubes

Snack• 8oz.water• 3oz.Greekyogurt• Rawalmonds(24)

~OR~• 1/2cupplainoatmeal

Dinner (Women)• 3ozleanprotein• 3cupsleafygreens• 1/2cuplegumes• 8oz.water• 2T.balsamicvinaigrette• Salsa(asmuchasyouwant)

Dinner (Men)• 5ozleanprotein• 3cupsleafygreens• 1/2cuplegumes• 8ozwater• 2T.balsamicvinaigrette• Salsa(asmuchasyouwant)

Weight Loss Plan

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News & Meetings

Holiday closures AIM USA, AIM Canada, and the Calgary warehouse

will be closed January 2, 2012, for New Year’s Day. The Calgary warehouse will be closed February 20, 2012, for Alberta Family Day.

AIM uS On-site Meetings

AIM recipes now available onlineLearn how you can use AIM products in your favorite

recipes. Smoothies, dips, soups, and more are available at the AIM Article Archives. Visit http://archives.theaim companies.com/category/recipes/ for the full list of AIM-related recipes.

New AIM audios and videos availableThe latest AIM audios and videos feature pre-

sentations from October’s AIMing Higher training event featuring Chairman’s Club Directors Charlotte Thompson, Darryl Hicks, and Dr. Yu-Shiaw Chen. The AIMing Higher (2011) Highlights is available both on DVD (5835E, $1.50) and on CD (5834E, $1.00). Plus, AIM’s Natural Solutions to Diabetes DVD with Rose Bird, chartered herbalist and AIM Canada General Manager, is now available for sale on DVD, (5837E, $1.50).

Purchase these new tools for your business and to share with your downline. AIM audios are a convenient, handy way to learn while on the go.

Webinars Wednesdays NOW at 1:00 p.m. MTJan. 4 AIM CranVerry is Back with an Added Plus,

Ryan Davis, AIM Quality Assurance ManagerJan. 11 MyAIMStore Motivation,

Kevan Lee, AIM Senior Marketing AssociateJan. 18 Learn about AIM’s Weight Loss Plan,

Phillip Jermann, AIM BiologistJan. 25 Blogging on Your MyAIMStore Website,

Amy Houston, AIM DirectorFeb. 8: Organize an E-mail Newsletter Campaign,

Kevan Lee, AIM Senior Marketing AssociateFeb. 15: Gallstones and Your Health,

Jackson Ger, AIM Chairman’s Club DirectorFeb. 22: The Science Behind AIM CellSparc 360,

Phillip Jermann, AIM BiologistFeb. 29: The Art of Follow-up,

Yoli Huron, AIM Star Sapphire DirectorTo watch past webinars, go to www.theaimcompanies.com/memberservices/past_webinars-index.aspx.

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The Weigh to a Healthier Life When: Thursday, January 19, 2012Easy to be Heart-HealthyWhen: Wednesday, February 15, 2012Speaker: Keith Duff, AIM Regional Meeting and

Training DirectorLocation: The AIM Companies,

3923 E. Flamingo Ave., Nampa, IDContact: The AIM Companies, 208-465-5116

AIM dailyLife Touch of Honey hand cream is back for a limited time

Last year’s holiday favorite Touch of Honey hand cream is back in the AIM product store. A limited number of the special edition hand cream are still available. Order yours online or by phoning the AIM Call Center (5632E, $11.00, 5 BVP).

January 2012 AIM Teleclass ScheduleRegister for a one-hour AIM Teleclass in January by calling 1-800-456-2462, Option 1. Jan. 10 How to find and use AIM media tools to

your advantage, Skip Taylor and Scott Foust, AIM Media Producers. Tuesday, January 10,10:00 a.m. MT/371.011

Jan. 12 AIM CranVerry® is back with an added plus—CranVerry+, Ryan Davis, AIM Quality Assurance Manager. Thursday, January 12, 5:00 p.m. MT/864.011

Jan. 17 Make your MyAIMStore website stand out from the crowd, Kevan Lee, AIM Senior Marketing Associate. Tuesday, January 17, 3:00 p.m. MT/ 996.011

Jan. 18 What you need to know about sugars and artificial sweeteners, Cathy McCrea, AIM Star Sapphire Director. Wednesday, January 18, 1:00 p.m. MT/894.011

Jan. 19 Learn about AIM’s Weight Loss Plan, Phillip Jermann, AIM biologist. Thursday, January 19, 4:00 p.m. MT/863.011

Jan. 24 Clean out 2011! Start the New Year right and detox your body! Rose Bird, Chartered Herbalist and AIM Canada General Manager. Tuesday, January 24, 10:00 a.m. MT/692.011

Jan. 26 Wander through the wonderful world of AIM nutrition, Keith Duff, AIM Regional Meeting and Training Director. Thursday, January 26, 4:00 p.m. MT/ 613.011

Jan. 31 AIM products meet the cellular need for minerals, Gerald Phillips, Royal Emerald Director. Tuesday, January 31, 4:00 p.m. MT/ 998.011

Chinese Reunion Meetings a Success AIM Chairman’s Club Directors Jackson and Juliet

Ger organized four fall meetings that took place in the USA and Canada. The events were held in Dallas, Los Angeles, San Jose, and Vancouver. Attendees were treated to a wealth of information and left well-informed about the superiority of AIM products and the business philosophy of helping people to improve their quality of life, which differentiates AIM from all other MLM companies. Jackson and Juliet greatly appreciate the superb help of all AIM Nampa employees who made the meetings possible. Their special thanks go to Bianca and Tiffany for their Chinese-language communications that encouraged Member participation. “Seeds have been planted and we hope that some will pop in the near future.”

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