Plug Nose -- Down The Apple Cider Vinegar Goes

Yes, this stuff in a bottle doesn't taste so good...AT ALL! I have to plug my nose just to get it down.

However, besides the multiple benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar, it helps with WEIGHT LOSS!

It reduces your appetite due to the fiber  compound it contains. It's called pectin, something found in apples.  So if you have problems with overeating, this is the stuff for you!

You have those days where you retain a lot of water? Well when this happens, your weight goes up. The wonderful thing about Apple Cider Vinegar is that, it contains potassium and potassium helps to flush out the sodium content in your body.  When you eat foods high in sodium, you retain and gain weight.  This will help to flush that and lower your weight.

When it comes to your metabolism, we will do anything to make it work faster and harder right?  Well Apple Cider Vinegar helps with making your metabolism speed up and burn more calories.  See, now I can get all technical here, but I want to keep this simple.   Apple cider vinegar contains acetic acid. When acetic acid comes in contact with foods, it helps promote the absorption of iron. A high iron absorption leads to a high oxygen utilization, which ends up raising the rate of which your metabolism works. When the metabolic rate is high, a lot of calories are burned, which causes weight loss. Also, of the three macro nutrients, fats are the most calorie dense, weighing in at 9 calories per gram. Apple cider vinegar helps reduce the transit time of fats in the stomach because it improves digestion. This in turn leads to weight loss as less fat can be absorbed by the body and YES IMPROVES DIGESTION!

You can drink this daily and add 1 to 2 tablespoons to your water.  Again, the taste is pretty rough.  It's STRONG I'm not gonna kid ya.  So, a suggestion is to add a little honey to it.  Honey also helps with weight loss. Honey helps to breakdown cells in your stored fat areas of your body and also helps with your digestive tract!

So what are you waiting for ...DOWN THAT PUPPY!

 

Where Did All The Resolutionists Go?

It's that time of the year.  Yes, I know! We are already on the eighth week into the new year.  Did you make a resolution to lose weight and eat better?

As I look around the gym, I see that those that started out strong the first week of January are no where to be found.  Some have given up.  Some got burned out.  Some never really gave themselves a chance.  Most didn't start with a plan and were unrealistic.  

I have always tried to help those that make such resolutions to remember to be REALISTIC about their weight loss goals.  But, I get it, you're "On a mission. You got this"  That mission was supposed to be BALLS TO THE WALL!  But the balls never made it to the wall.

LOOK FAMILIAR - just add 2013 to it right?  It doesn't have to be this way - never again!

If you are one that has fallen off the fit train, I wanted to make a few suggestions to help you get back on board.  Some are still chasing it to jump back up....Take my hand, get on up here and maybe take some of the following to heart.

You know yourself better than anyone else.  Maybe you hate the gym.  January 1st, you were so excited to get in there and now the thought going to the gym and working out makes the EXCUSES spew out of your mouth or fill your brain. Ultimately, excuses can ruin your journey to weight loss!

Me at the gym

Making a goal to hit the gym everyday or just exercise everyday may not be realistic for you.  That is FOR NOW.  If you have noticed that you keep chasing this same goal, maybe it's time to be honest with yourself. 

     A. If you don't belong to a gym and you are doing your own thing at home, maybe it's time to either ONE get a gym membership and USE it or two invest in a personal trainer.  For those locally I've offered express prices that are VERY reasonable You don't have to be a celebrity to afford a personal trainer these days.  We can work with your budget. Obviously doing your own thing isn't working.  So maybe it's time to try something different.

    B.  If you do have a gym membership, set a goal to go to the gym two times a week.  Do this consistently for a 2 to 4 weeks.  Once you can stay consistent for the 2 to 4 weeks, add another day in there.  So now, you are going 3 times a week.  Do this for 3 to 5 weeks CONSISTENTLY.  Once you have got that down and you have been consistent, add another day in there, and so on, so forth.  You get the idea right?  Just a side note, before you add that extra day of exercise in your week, maybe 2 to 4 weeks needs to be a little longer like 3 to 4 weeks.  Set SMALL goals for 2 weeks at a time.  This way you are not so overwhelmed!  When you can accomplish your goals, I promise you will be proud of yourself.  Achieving these goals are important.  Why?  As I told one client, how can you expect to lose over 100 pounds if you can't reach a 2 week goal of going to the gym 4 times.  Right?  He didn't realize it like that or looked at it that way.  He just saw this, "THIS IS HARD!'  Change the way you think.  Change the way you look at this.  It's clear the weight has to come off.  You don't want it there anymore.  So now you have got to find a way to achieve small goals.  Those small goals will become larger, more challenging goals - in time.  Just focus on achieving those small goals and I promise you stick with it, the weight WILL COME OFF! Soon you won't look at it as, "this is hard!" You will be, "I'm doing this!"  There's nothing like seeing results, getting exciting and then you just want to keep going!

        Also, I would suggest to keep your visits to the gym interesting and enjoyable, and again you know yourself better than anyone.  Maybe you get board super easy on the cardio machines at the gym.  Find two different group exercise (to start) classes that you really enjoy.  You would not believe how group exercise makes the time go by SUPER FAST!  Where as when on the cardio machines at the gym, is it me, or does the time seem to drag?  It does, doesn't it?!!!!!  By doing this, this will help you to stay motivated.  Because consistency is key here, you will actually meet new people that have the same goals that you have.  You will find that there are people just like you, so nope you are NOT alone!

       Once you begin to be consistent at the gym and you have been able to do this for at least 3 months, well even two and a half, you will be on the right track to making this a HABIT.  Making gym life a part of your weekly routine.  PAY ATTENTION to your progress.  PAY ATTENTION to your energy level!



     D. If you do NOT belong to a gym and are doing the home thing, again, you know what you are doing for your workouts.   Clearly they are not working.  Doing the same thing over and over is only going to sabotage your goals.  Be honest with yourself when I ask.  Are you really working out to your full potential?  How intense are your home workouts?  Are you changing up your workouts to add intensity or strength training? 

        If you are not sure what to do at this point, let me please suggest this, at the top RIGHT SIDE of this page, you will see my advertisement for the MET-RX 180 workout.  This workout, if done consistently for 90 days - and you follow the nutrition plan that comes with it, YOUR BODY WILL TRANSFORM!  This home workout plan is everything you WILL NEED to hit your goals.

        If you are really serious and you can be super honest with yourself and realize that what you are doing is not working and you don't want to join a gym nor hire a personal trainer, PLEASE ORDER THIS WORKOUT 90 PLAN!  Click on that photo up above, then it may go to a screen, then you will have to click on the photo again to get the information on how to order this workout plan.  IT PAYS FOR ITSELF BECAUSE IT WORKS as long as you follow it!

     E.   Now, this one I talk about A LOT! No matter where you are working out, this is the ONE thing that will help you to burn calories FASTER.  STRENGTH TRAINING.  I'll say it again, LADIES YOU WILL NOT LOOK LIKE A BODY BUILDER! If all you are doing is cardio, then you may want to pay attention to this because that is WHY you are NOT hitting your goals.  You see, the more lean muscle you build, the MORE CALORIES YOU BURN on a daily basis.  If you can strength train 4 non consecutive days of the week, you are going to see something amazing happen to your body!  If you leave this out, your journey will be a much longer road.   Cardio doesn't make you lean, strong and firm. Cardio makes you soft.   So this is KEY and should NOT be left out of your weekly schedule.

I realize that it is so frustrating when you aren't losing the weight you want to lose.  I know, I've been there, it really sucks.  But YOU are the only one that can do this!  If you REALLY want this and you are really on that mission and serious, TRY TO TAKE SOME OF MY SUGGESTIONS ABOVE!  You are not destined to be overweight!  And, if you are always hungry while dieting, THEN YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG! 

Don't give up! Summer isn't here yet!  Transform yourself mind and they way you feel, think and set your goals.  Be realistic with weight loss! You can't go balls to the wall, when you really aren't even motivated and hate working out, nor really that serious.  Also, what you eat in the kitchen is what you wear on your body.  So you can't keep fooling yourself anymore.   Be real and honest with yourself....YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!  I'm here, ask questions!

LOVE YOURSELF!  If you can maintain your car CONSISTENTLY, then by golly I sure hope you would take care of you!

Love,
GG

MODERN Wheat = A Perfect Chronic Poison

I HAD to share this article with you.  It blew me away.  I rarely eat wheat but now I'm thinking of NEVER AGAIN.

If you have switched to wheat bread, I ask you to PLEASE read this article!

 

MODERN WHEAT, A PERFECT CHRONIC POISON

 

 

(CBS News) Modern wheat is a "perfect, chronic poison," according to Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist who has published a book all about the world's most popular grain.

Davis said that the wheat we eat these days isn't the wheat your grandma had: "It's an 18-inch tall plant created by genetic research in the '60s and '70s," he said on "CBS This Morning." "This thing has many new features nobody told you about, such as there's a new protein in this thing called gliadin. It's not gluten. I'm not addressing people with gluten sensitivities and celiac disease. I'm talking about everybody else because everybody else is susceptible to the gliadin protein that is an opiate. This thing binds into the opiate receptors in your brain and in most people stimulates appetite, such that we consume 440 more calories per day, 365 days per year."

Asked if the farming industry could change back to the grain it formerly produced, Davis said it could, but it would not be economically feasible because it yields less per acre. However, Davis said a movement has begun with people turning away from wheat - and dropping substantial weight.

"If three people lost eight pounds, big deal," he said. "But we're seeing hundreds of thousands of people losing 30, 80, 150 pounds. Diabetics become no longer diabetic; people with arthritis having dramatic relief. People losing leg swelling, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, and on and on every day."

 

To avoid these wheat-oriented products, Davis suggests eating "real food," such as avocados, olives, olive oil, meats, and vegetables. "(It's) the stuff that is least likely to have been changed by agribusiness," he said. "Certainly not grains. When I say grains, of course, over 90 percent of all grains we eat will be wheat, it's not barley... or flax. It's going to be wheat.

"It's really a wheat issue."

Some health resources, such as the Mayo Clinic, advocate a more balanced diet that does include wheat. But Davis said on "CTM" they're just offering a poor alternative.
"All that literature says is to replace something bad, white enriched products with something less bad, whole grains, and there's an apparent health benefit - 'Let's eat a whole bunch of less bad things.' So I take...unfiltered cigarettes and replace with Salem filtered cigarettes, you should smoke the Salems. That's the logic of nutrition, it's a deeply flawed logic. What if I take it to the next level, and we say, 'Let's eliminate all grains,' what happens then?

"That's when you see, not improvements in health, that's when you see transformations in health."

 



Just a positive message for those that are emotional eaters.  PLEASE remember to just LOVE YOURSELF.  Stop beating yourself up.  Take a moment when the time comes that you are about to sabotage your healthy eating due to something upsetting.  Take a breath, and just STOP and be still for a moment.  Remember that every time you choose something healthy, you are giving yourself love. 

So in that moment when you are about to sabotage your hard work, ask yourself, "Am I loving myself by beating myself up and then sabotaging ME by eating this ?" You will find your answer within you.   When you stop in THAT MOMENT and make yourself aware of what you are doing to yourself , that is then one step closer to learning how to beat emotional eating.  LOVE YOURSELF constantly it truly is ONE OF THEY KEYS to a successful journey in in weight loss!

 

Just A Thought

Hi All! I know many of you are busy today with the Game. I decided to not participate in the watching the SB today. I needed to SLOW down, find some solice today. This is going to be a trying month for me. And there were some notes I was taking today and thought I would share a thought. So many times in life we allow fear to stop us in our tracks; the sad thing is we don't always recognize that we are afraid. We find excuses, we create responsibilities, we create challenges. How many times do we talk ourselves out of what we say we really want? What we really want to say? Why are we afraid? Some of my clients had did things such as gained weight to keep other's away. They didn't want anyone to like them, or even fall in love with them. This was simply due to fear. We stand in our way. Whether we are talking diet or your spiritual walk, staying on track takes constant work. Since life constantly pulls us off course, LIFE CAN SIDELINE US - losing a job, a divorce, loss of a loved one, or even illness. Sticking to the right path requires making constant readjustments and purposeful purpose-filled steps. TAKE SOME TIME to readjust. Get your goals down on paper. Maybe just one goal for each week. Or one goal for one month. But keep readjusting so you can continue to flow in life and kick FEAR in the butt so you can reach your goals! Pay attention to the things you can't see, but to the things you feel. Have a gorgeous day! GG