We often hear about the importance of counting calories when it comes to losing weight, but is this really the best approach? In this talk, we explore the idea of counting nutrients instead of calories and how this could be a better way to achieve our weight loss goals.

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Let's Define Calories and Nutrients

Calories are a measure of the energy our body gets from food. Nutrients, on the other hand, are substances found in food that help our body grow, develop, stay healthy, and live a long life.

Why counting calories may not be the best approach

When we focus on counting calories, we can miss the opportunity to pick the best nutrients that will help us achieve our goals. Counting calories can also create a limiting belief that we are not allowed to eat certain things or participate in social events because of caloric limits.

In addition, calorie counting can...

The Truth...Intermittent Fasting for women...

It is not a diet.

It is not a quick-fix approach to weight loss.

It is not going to help you lose weight.

UNTIL

You make a MindSet Shift about what it is you say YOU REALLY WANT FOR YOURSELF.  It takes a Winner's MindSet to be successful at anything in life. Intermittent Fasting included.  

Let's chat about it.

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How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

End of the Year Challenges (fitness and weight loss) can catch you off guard and suck you in if you are not keeping your eye on the prize. The prize being the goals you set for yourself around this time last year. 

End-of-the-year challenges (in my opinion) create a sense of desperation and unrealistic expectations about lifestyle changes and what we say we really want for ourselves.  

In this video I discuss Hyperbolic Discounting a term used to describe the tendency we have as people to increasingly choose smaller-lesser rewards over the larger-later reward.  Or what I like to refer to as making decisions based on what you want now in the moment vs what you say you really want long term.

I hope this helps you stick to the plans and goals you have yourself in the long term. And to avoid desperate attempts for that quick fix approach that is often the aim with a lot of these End of The Year Challenges that startup. 

Fast long. Feast well. Train smart. Be...

Holiday weight gain is a thing.  For many of us, it can be THE THING that starts stressing us out as summer is coming to a close. 

Simply because the holidays pop up in our daily lives now in September with Halloween on full display. 

In this video, I share with you my simple tips to help you avoid the dreaded Holiday Weight Gain.

If this is the season that you have decided you are not going to gain weight, then simply don't gain weight.

• put the things in place to make sure that does not happen. Fast long. Feast well. Train smart. 

Or

• Decide that the holiday season is JUST the season that you allow yourself to gain a little weight. 
• stop kidding yourself and allow yourself the opportunity to enjoy what the holidays mean to you. And if that means loosening things up with your fasting and feasting, then give yourself that time. 

How to put things in place to help you reach your own personal holiday goals with weight.

• Make sure your brain is clear...

Intermittent fasting is a lifestyle approach we can use to help balance out hunger hormones and reduce or eliminate sugar cravings.

Intermittent fasting is a lifestyle approach we can use to help to balance out hunger hormones and reduce or eliminate sugar cravings.

Leptin, the body’s satiety hormone, primarily controls your appetite and how much of your food’s energy is stored as fat.

Leptin works by a negative feedback loop. When there is MORE LEPTIN you will have a DECREASED APPETITE.

Leptin has also been shown to be a suppressor of sweet taste perception or craving. When you have higher leptin levels, you are less likely to crave sweets.

This negative feedback loop is enhanced when you practice an intermittent fasting lifestyle.

When you are consistently fasting, your LEPTIN levels rise and GHRELIN (your hunger hormone) is lowered.

As more and more of the leptin hormone is secreted in the body, leptin will signal your taste receptors to crave less sweet food.

Consistency over Time with our Intermittent Fasting is how we create a lifestyle that will stand the test of time and help use Age Successfully.

How we speak to ourselves about our decisions matters. On and Off again is just another way of saying Starting over and Quitting. This can be very confusing for our brains. Let's break it down in today's Community Conversation. I will also offer you a better phrase to use to help you stay in the game.

The science is there to prove to us that Intermittent Fasting just makes sense as a means to balance out our hormones and reverse the signs of aging. We have a track record of success with the women who are ebbing and flowing their way through this intermittent fasting lifestyle.  So why are there still women who are ON and OFF with intermittent fasting?

I believe it is a MindSet issue.  There is no emotional buy-in when we are treating Intermittent Fasting as a diet and not approaching it like a lifestyle. 

When you are OFF:

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Some things I am focusing on this month that I thought I would share with you.

Book of the Month  - BadAss Habits by: Jen Sinero

I have read a few of her other books and LOVED them.  I am all about creating healthy habits that stick. So reading another book about habits just makes sense for me. I will keep you posted via Instagram about this book and share my big takeaways with you over there.

Break Fast Shake: Still doing what I have always been doing.  My go-to break-fast shake.  This month I am focusing on simplicity.  No fancy-schmancy this month. I am skipping the Coco Whip cream and nuts on the top and just enjoying all the dense nutrition already packed into my superfood shake. If you would like to find out more you can watch this video about how I make my Break Fast Shake:

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Supplements I am LOVING:

I am always experimenting with new ways to improve and enhance what I am doing with this...

2020 was (still is) a year.  The good news is, we made it through. 2021 is right around the corner and I   am ready   for it.

One thing I was totally committed to this year was making sure my head was always in a good book.  It's a goal I had set for myself back in December 2019.  I committed to reading 1 book a month during 2020. Man, am I grateful I set that goal.  It is a goal I set for myself every year. But 2020 was the year I needed it the most.  

Below are the books I chose to read.  Some of the books were total life changers and others, well, just didn't hit with me this year. I will share my thoughts on each below. 

1. Super Attractor ~ Love Gabby Bernstein, just didn't connect with this book.  Finished this one quickly...I think just because I wanted to get through it.  

2. Why We Can't Sleep ~ this one hits the LIFE CHANGER category for me.  It is perfect for any woman entering the middle stages of...

Start preparing your MindSet for Monday on Sunday night. 

Sunday night routine:

• shut off social media
• paint fingernails
• freshly washed and moisturized face
• schedule a great night's sleep
• fresh sheets
• set up my planner for the week

I always as myself these 2 questions:

1. How long will I fast?
2. How well will I feast?

My Monday morning routine:

• get up
• glance over my planner
• look at my planned workout
• 15 minutes reading my book
• 5 minutes checking my phone
• start workout
• drink 25 ounces of water before I have my coffee

I commit to my workout goal/intention so I have a win at the beginning of my day. 

I rinse and repeat this process throughout the week. This allows me to control my day so my day does not control me.  

Ending the Monday MindSet drama starts with a good Sunday night routine of planning and self-care.

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The planner I...