What is that saying…the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result??
We tend to do that with weight loss for sure.
How many times have you tried to lose weight…and just like the last time you start cutting calories, trying to exist on salads, and literally try to work your ass off in the gym.
You might do ok for a few days, maybe a few weeks but sometimes we’re just lucky if we make it to noon….
Read MoreI like simple…
If it’s complicated, time consuming or requires me to set up too many things I won’t do it! I feel the same when it comes to health and weight loss. We really make it all more complicated than it needs to be.
Read MoreI had no idea that my blood sugar played a role in why I struggled with my weight, or why I had awful periods, or that it was why I barely had the energy to get through the day. I also didn’t know it played a big role my anxiety and depression. It was also the reason I was ALWAYS hungry and fighting off crazy sugar cravings.
Read MoreWhen we’re trying to lose weight we tend to see food in terms of calories – How many calories does this have? And will it make me fat? How can I burn off the extra calories? We need to stop that!
Read MoreThe more crap we eat – empty calories – the more calories we're likely to consume because we're eating but still not giving your cells what they actually need so we get hungry more often.
Read MoreIf you’ve been told that you are insulin resistant this doesn’t mean that weight loss is impossible. There are some things that you can do to improve your insulin sensitivity.
And luckily most of them aren’t all that hard.
Read MoreBlood sugar issues can present themselves in so many different ways. I remember when I first started this journey seeing a list of signs of blood sugar dysregulation and insulin resistance. As I read down that list I realized I had experienced EVERY SINGLE ONE.
Read MoreI had previously lost 50+ lbs and had managed to keep it off for a few years, but here I was gaining weight again. But the frustrating part was that I was still doing all those things that I had started doing to lose the weight last time. I was still “eating clean” and exercising 2-2 ½ hours a day. I could not for the life of me figure out what was going on!
I started to feel like I was broken – maybe just doomed to be overweight….
I knew I couldn’t eat less (I already struggled with hypoglycemia) and there weren’t enough hours in the day to exercise more and actually do things like have a job or sleep.
Read MoreYour body needs your blood sugar to be at an optimal level. It should be high enough, so you're not light-headed, fatigued, and irritable. It should be low enough that your body isn't scrambling to remove excess from the blood. Keeping that right balance is crucial.
Read MoreThis is one of the best, easiest, simplest, cheapest, yet one of the most underutilized and under-rated forms of exercise.
You can do it most anywhere and best yet it doesn’t cost a thing! No equipment, no membership, nothing special to buy - not even the shoes if you don’t want to, because the beauty is we were actually designed to do it barefoot!
We all know that there are certain things that we should or shouldn’t do when we are trying to lose weight or improve health; but sometimes even things we may think of as good or healthy can be a problem. We all know we probably shouldn’t be diving face first into the box of donuts or digging into that bag of leftover Halloween candy if we want to lose weight; but there are some other things that can halt progress that may not be so obvious.
Read MoreI know we all want results yesterday, but there really is no rush...we have our whole lives to get to where we want to be. I want you to enjoy the process and make the changes in a way that makes sense for you and your life! In a way that's lasting!
Read MoreYour journey is your journey and you have your whole life to get to your destination- one step at a time! Please stop trying to make it a race to the finish line!
Read MoreYou’ve had a stressful day. It started out with finding out ants invaded your kitchen, you got the kids to school late again, then you found out forgot a key document in that important project that was due today at work. All you can think about is going home and diving head first into a box of donuts.
Read MoreDo you see this thing right here? Did you know it’s a known liar?
This thing has a list of crimes a mile long.
Read MoreI had made excuses and put off doing this for so long - it felt like wasted time. Why had I waited so long? What was I so afraid of? It seems silly now looking back - though I know a lot of us do this to ourselves. Change is hard. But usually the script we have running through our heads make it out to be way harder than it is in reality!
Read MoreThis is the bottle of anxiety meds that banged around in my purse for years! This was my security blanket - I never went anywhere without it. I’d suffered with Anxiety and Depression for most of my life.
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