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PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS IS NOT THE RESULT OF DIETING

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This is for you if you want to stop worrying about your weight and un-learn the diet mentality.

The first step is to stop “watching your weight” and learn how to eat in a balanced way that harmonizes your hormones.

Permanent weight loss is NOT the result of dieting, it’s a natural good side effect of optimal health.

All weight loss with “dieting” is temporary and destroys your metabolism.

The only permanent result you get with “dieting” is more ‘future weight gain’, along with a plethora of nutrit…

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Questions worth asking before you "go on another diet".

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I used to think that the only way to lose weight was to go on a diet and commit myself to lifetime of salad! I believed that to attain and more importantly maintain my ideal weight, that I would have to starve myself (like I did in my grad photo attached).

A few years later, I found myself sick with mono and had to do a complete revamp of my kitchen to exclusively natural whole foods. My system had become so weakened, that I couldn't even eat a drop of sugar or a cup of coffee - without crashing…

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Root Cause Weight Loss

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There is a reason why a 'one size fits all' diet, calorie counting, and exercise don't work for permanent weight loss. I created this blog compilation, so that you can discover why the answer to your weight woes, is to first stop focusing on your weight and instead put your health first.

Right now your body is holding on to fat for a reason. And that's to get your attention. Your body speaks to you through symptoms. Your extra body fat is not the cause of you being overweight, it's a symptom.

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Weight Loss Block #8: Blood Sugar

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Did you know that people who have blood sugar issues, find it more difficult to maintain their ideal body weight, even if they eat healthy?

Is trouble with your blood sugar blocking your weight loss?

Weight loss is not always as simple as 'eat less & move more'.

There are 8 physiological blocks to weight loss that have nothing at all to do with calories or exercise.

The final of the 8 blocks is blood sugar issues.

Let's take a sneak peek at 12 ways that blood sugar imbalances can block weight loss:

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Weight Loss Block #7: Endocrine System

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Did you know that people who have imbalances in their endocrine system, find it more difficult to maintain their ideal body weight, even if they eat healthy?

Is trouble with your thyroid and adrenals blocking your weight loss?

Weight loss is not always as simple as 'eat less & move more'.

There are 8 physiological blocks to weight loss that have nothing at all to do with calories or exercise.

The seventh of the 8 blocks is endocrine system issues.

Let's take a sneak peek at 20 ways that endocrine imb…

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Weight Loss Block #6: Nervous System

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Did you know that people who are in a state of stress, find it more difficult to maintain their ideal body weight, even if they eat healthy?

Is stress blocking your weight loss?

Weight loss is not always as simple as 'eat less & move more'.

There are 8 physiological blocks to weight loss that have nothing at all to do with calories or exercise.

The sixth of the 8 blocks is nervous system issues.

Let's take a sneak peek at 10 ways that nervous system imbalances can block weight loss:

1- Vagus Nerve - W…

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Weight Loss Block #4: Sluggish Liver

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Did you know that people who's body's are overburdened with toxicity and therefore have sluggish and fatty livers, find it more difficult to maintain their ideal body weight?

Weight loss is not always as simple as 'eat less & move more'.

There are 8 physiological blocks to weight loss that have nothing at all to do with calories or exercise.

The fourth of the 8 blocks is Liver issues.

Today we are taking a sneak peek at 16 ways that Liver Issues can block weight loss:

1 - Causes Estrogen Dominance -…

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Where your body stores fat, can tell you about your state of health (& what you need to work on)

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Did you know that just by looking at a how your body distributes fat, we have a clue for finding the root cause of your weight gain or inability to lose weight? It's true.

Your body has very specific reasons for storing fat in the way that it does and it has a message for you about your health.

What do you see?

  • love handles & muffin top = excess insulin
  • fat belly thin legs = insulin resistance + cortisol issues
  • fat butt/thighs/hips = low progesterone and/or high estrogen levels
  • flabby ar…

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Being overweight is NOT the cause of your problems, it is an EFFECT of them

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LOSING WEIGHT IS HARD WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET AT THE 'EFFECT' (extra body fat), WITHOUT PULLING THE CAUSE OUT AT THE ROOT.

If you can't lose weight, you are probably focused on your fat, which leads to a whole bunch of inner talk that commands your body to stay fat (your body follows your mind).

Conventional diets based on eating less and moving more are designed for short term results. In the long term they deprive you of nutrition and slow down your metabolism.

If you don…

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Time Starved in the Kitchen (it's really an issue of energy)

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I think it's fair to say that most of us feel like we are short on time - and at the same time, we all have the same 24 hours in a day.

What differentiates us, is our personal responsibilities and priorities.

To get at the root of this time problem, we have to go beyond "time management" to overcome the feeling of being time starved - and instead do the deeper work of dropping what drains our energy and gets in the way of our basic need for nutrition and self care.

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