Weight Loss Just Not Happening?

Reasons why you're stuck: 

Stress - The impact stress can have on your weight has two avenues, it raises your cortisol levels, leading to an increase in appetite and may also lead to emotional eating, often giving us a reason to eat high-fat, carb-heavy comfort foods, like sweets, pizza and chips.

If stress keeps you awake and you are sleep deprived, several studies have shown strong links of weight gain, obesity and lack of sleep.  We, Americans seem to pride ourselves in how little sleep we get, a kind of badge we wear.  You need 8-9 hours of sleep, you are raising your eyebrows as you are reading this. 

According to Dr. Louis Ignarro, Nobel Laureate in Medicine & co-author of Health is Wealth (10 Power Nutrients That Increase Your Odds of Living to 100) "Unrelieved emotional & psychological stress may inflict greater damage than any other condition."  Stress produces chronic levels of powerful homones that harm the cardiovascular, nervous and immune systems and popular misconceptions do Not think of stress as illness, Stress Imbalance Syndrome, which according to Dr. Ignarro and his co-author, Dr. Andrew Myers, is a combination of

• Chronic Stress
• Insomnia (Sleep Hormone Dysfunction)
• Depression (Neurochemical Dysfunction)

Based on a solid and growing body of scientific research we know that physiological effects of unrelenting stress causes imbalnces and deficiencies of hormones & neurochemicals that regulate the sleep cycle.  The doctors agree that "when we are deprived of restorative sleep, it becomes easier to slip into clinical depression or into a self-reinforcing cycle of insomnia & depression that can sap & destroy quality of life"  Fortunately, their book tells us we can alleviate the nightmarish process and restore functions with nutrition and lifestyle changes.

Samantha Clayton, mom of triplets + 1 = 4 kids & looks like this!

Several studies have proven:

One of the best ways to counteract stress and keep losing weight is exercise.  Take a short walk on your lunch break, Zumba, Samantha Clayton has Youtube exercises or yoga is very calming.  

Mindless eating, is television your dinner companion?  It's easy to get off-track, not thinking & have a second portion.  Portion control is important, 2 cups of salad, 1 cup cooked vegetables and meat (chicken, fish, super lean beef) a protein portion should be about the size of the palm of your hand, approximately 4 oz.  it is easy to lose track of what you are really eating, if you are Not tracking it.  

Need an easy way to help you? iChange.com is a Free site, it helps you track your water, sleep, protein, exercise and calories. It even tells you how many calories you burn and subtracts them from for you.  You can join our nutrition group.  I would love to be your coach and help you. #Koachkay

Night Time Eating

Trying to lose weight or maintain, it is best to eat before 6 PM.  In fact, findings show that people who regularly eat later, like night-shift workers and those with night eating syndrome (when a person eats more than 25% of their food after dinner), tend to have higher waist circumference and BMI, compared with people who eat on a more conventional schedule.

And even healthy women who eat their meals later metabolize carbohydrates at a slower rate, have a lower glucose tolerance, and burn fewer calories while at rest, compared with those who eat earlier, according to a recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity.

Dr. David Katzin used to say "The food you eat in the dark doesn't count, right?"  When we go to the movies and have popcorn, a small popcorn, without butter, from AMC weighs in at 225 calories and 11 grams of fat. Crank it up to a medium and you're up to about 430 calories and 20 grams of fat. A large AMC popcorn, without butter, contains 1,030 calories and 41 grams of fat, most theaters pop their corn in coconut oil and you add more butter..... Hate yo tell you but it does count a lot.

I take a HLF Deluxe Protein Bar for a movie snack of 12 grams of protein, 1 gram of sugar, 6 grams fat and only 170 calories.

ARE BANANA CHIPS A HEALTHY SNACK? | HERBALIFE HEALTHY EATING ADVICE

Bananas are a nutritious fruit because they are rich in fiber and potassium but keep in mind once they are deep fat fried you may not get the same nutrients. Registered dietitian, Susan Bowerman, gives you the nutrition breakdown on banana chips.

Many manufacturers deep fat fry banana slices to achieve the crunchy texture of banana chips. A serving of banana chips (about 1 cup) is the same number of slices you’d get if you cut up a large banana. Let’s compare the nutrition facts of both.

One cup of banana chips has:
• 420 calories
• 28 grams of fat
• 22 grams of sugar

A regular large banana has:
• 120 calories
• 1/2 a gram of natural fat
• 17 grams of natural sugar

Snacking on banana chips can help you get vitamins and minerals in your diet but, keep in mind the fat, sugar, and calories that may be lurking in this favorite snack.

Learn more about healthy snacking!

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Accountability on iChange

"iChange is built on the idea that, "it's easy to know what to do, but it's difficult to do it." Most diets and weight loss programs fall apart because they are self-directed. You know the rules you are supposed to follow, but you find that after a few days or weeks, it becomes impossible to stick to them. That's where iChange does things differently."

We are funny creatures. Most of us find it a lot easier to disappoint ourselves rather than a friend, family member or someone whose job it is to watch out for us. Without these important people in our lives, few of us would ever be able to tackle a major life change. The power of personal accountability is the primary reason that so many addiction recovery and personal change programs rely on counselors and strong support groups. With these people in our lives, difficult goals become achievable and the process becomes much more rewarding, fulfilling and fun.

If you've ever been part of a social network like Facebook, you'll notice the iChange experience to be similar, with a focus on helping you succeed in your weight and nutrition goals. However, iChange is more than just a simple social network. It is a place where you can find support and guidance to help keep you accountable.

You can find accountability on iChange without the hassle of having to go to a clinic, a gym, or a support group. The entire experience can be conducted online or through a handheld device. Feel like your cravings are starting to kick in? Let your wellness coach or support group know, and get a recommendation on how to quell them. Don't know what to order at the Mexican restaurant where you're meeting friends for lunch? Get a quick recommendation to keep you on track. You don't understand why you seem to be following the program but your weight loss has stalled? Let your wellness coach rework your program to break through the barrier.

Join Our Community iChange is free to join and explore. Give it a try and start to connect with others who will help you reach your weight and nutrition goals.  https://www.ichange.com/group/kays-nutrition-group

Maintain Good Nutrition Proper, balanced nutrition provides the nutrients you need every day to fuel your daily activities, promote and maintain a lifetime of good health and make your best shape a reality. The right nutrition is balanced nutrition. Committing to these simple nutrition guidelines can put good health within reach. "Start everyday with balanced nutrition and essential nutrients for a healthy, active lifestyle." Steve Henig, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Herbalife Healthy Breakfast Start your day right! Breakfast is important because it kick-starts your metabolism and provides energy for you to use throughout your day. TIP: Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Choice For breakfast, enjoy a Formula 1 shake made with nonfat milk, fruit and Personalized Protein Powder, according to your needs. Small Frequent Meals Reduced meal portions, eaten frequently throughout the day, help you prevent energy slumps and unhealthy snack cravings. Nutritious Snacks Fruits, vegetables and small servings of protein – such as nuts, yogurt or low-fat cheese during mid-morning and mid-afternoon – help you avoid overeating at lunch or dinner time. Regular Hydration Ensure a regular intake of fluids to stay properly hydrated. Essential Nutrients Your body needs nutrients to function properly or your health will suffer. Getting the right amount of nutrients is called Balanced Nutrition. The nutrients known to be essential for human beings are proteins,carbohydrates, fats and oils, minerals, vitamins and water. Vitamins & Minerals These are an important part of a balanced diet needed to support your body’s healthy functioning and metabolism

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Top 5 foods to NOT eat to avoid belly fat - NaturalNews.com Health Ranger

Top 5 foods to NOT eat to avoid belly fat - NaturalNews.com

NaturalNews) No one wants to be overweight, but there's something about belly fat that seems worse than other types. Even the names make us cringe: Muffin top. Beer belly. Spare tire. Widening at the waistline, however, is not just aesthetically unpleasant; it's also bad for your health. Studies have shown that the larger your waist measurement, the more likely you are to have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer. While eating well, taking supplements and exercising are all excellent ways to slow the expansion of your waistline, there are also some foods that you should completely avoid if losing belly fat is your goal.

Top 5 foods to NOT eat to avoid belly fat

Here's the ultimate "perp walk" when it comes to belly-busting foods.

1. Soda - Soda pop is pure liquid calories. A single super-sized drink, the kind you can get from a convenience store, packs as much pure sugar as an entire chocolate cake. Worse still, the sugar in most sodas is in the form of high-fructose corn syrup, an artificial form of sugar that has undergone a chemical process to enhance its level of sweetness. In a study reported by SCIENCE Natural News (1), rats were fed either high-fructose corn syrup or plain sucrose as part of their diet. It was found that the corn syrup-fed rats not only gained more weight but also had a significant increase in abdominal weight gain. Move over beer belly! Soda belly may be taking your place.
2. White bread - White bread is made from highly processed white flour. Nearly all the vitamins, minerals and fiber found in whole grains have been completely removed. The result is a carbohydrate that is quickly processed by your body, causing your blood sugar and insulin to spike, and then drop. This process, if repeated often enough, can lead to obesity, pancreatic fatigue, type 2 diabetes and increasedbelly fat.
3. Alcohol - Alcohol is simply highly refined sugar. And, while some studies show that moderate drinking can be good for your health, the sugar in alcohol is processed by your body in the same way that it processes all refined sugars and, in the process, increases your blood glucose levels. This, just as with refined sugars, can adversely affect your weight, your pancreas and your waistline.
4. French fries - People think of French fries as starchy, because they're made with potatoes, and high-calorie, because they're fried in oil, but when it comes to avoiding belly fat, it's not the starch or calories that are the problem. The problem is that most of the French fries served by restaurants and fast food outlets are fried in hydrogenated trans fats -- chemically altered vegetable oils. Trans fats have long been known for their negative impact on our health, including an increased risk of heart disease. But a 2007 study reported by the National Institutes of Health (2), which measured how monkeys responded to fat in their diets, has conclusively linked trans fats and belly fat. It was found that the monkeys who consumed trans fats -- as opposed to healthy, monounsaturated fats like those found in olive oil -- not only gained more weight than the animals eating the healthier fats but also gained that weight around their middle sections. The trans fat-fed monkeys even gained weight when they were not consuming too many overall calories! Trans fats, found in many processed foods other than French fries, should always be avoided.
5. Hamburgers - Because it's usually made with ground beef and processed cheese, the all-American hamburger is sky high in saturated animal fats. Saturated fats have been linked to heart disease, arthritis, many types of cancer and type 2 diabetes. A diet high in saturated fat not only contributes to weight gain but also contributes specifically to abdominal weight gain. A study published by the American Diabetes Association (3) showed that participants who consumed extra calories in the form of saturated fats gained more weight in the abdominal area than participants who received those extra calories in the form of healthy fats. The take away? Skip the burgers at you next barbeque, and serve skinless chicken breasts or broiled fish and veggies instead.

Source: 

1) http://science.naturalnews.com

2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

3) http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/045888_foods_to_avoid_belly_fat_weight_gain.html#ixzz36u7VOYIf

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Looking for Diet Magic?

Diet Magic, that's what we're looking for.  My attempts to lose weight, as a yoyo syndrome, I tried every fad diet, I'm sure you heard about the "cabbage soup diet", thyroid pills & just not eating. Who knew about the body's starvation response?  Yes, some worked briefly, then  after repeated diet misdirection, I ended up heavier.  

Magazines sell because of the latest Miracle Diet Answer. Next time you are in the grocer's line, look to see if you see just one magazine that does Not have a weight loss title telling you of the latest answer to your weight loss problem. Television screams of the very latest weight loss cure!  Remember when you read or see most articles on whether to use this or that, it is gerally one man's opinion or theory and we need to follow the money trail, it gives clues.

We're just not into "Taking care of our bodies" until our health starts to deteriorate. Is your body, your life, worthwhile?

Dr. Louis Ignarro, Nobel Laureate and the only Laureate in Nutrition says, "Most symptoms begin to happen after 10 years of deficiencies."  

We don't think of our health as something we can control. The diseases that kill us take decades to break the body down, it's our lifelong habits that make the greatest difference in wellness, vitality and length of life.

Wellness is what we are looking for, not Diet Magic, yes, weight loss is a part of better health today as doctors & statistics have proven, but long term care of our bodies, with excercise, wholesome chemical-free food and supplementing with quality products to take control.

Sorry to break the news, but there is no quick fix, however, Herbalife, produces what I believe is the very best quality supplements on the market today, the #1 Nutrition Company, currently in 91 countries and working hard for over 34 years, to provide the latest scientific & clinically proven supplements.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Herbalife products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. However, when the body is getting complete nutrition at the cellular level amazing results can occur! 

Tune Up Your Immune System with Healthy Nutrition by Susan B

When my kids were little, I always braced myself for the ‘back-to-school cold’ that swept through the house during their first week back in the classroom. With the new school year upon us, kids are going to be bringing home more than just homework and new friends – they’re sure to bring home plenty of germs, too. And even if you don’t have kids at home, you’re still more likely to get sick as the weather turns colder – so now is a good time to look at all you can do nutritionally to help keep your immune system running in tip-top shape.

Despite what your parents or grandparents might have told you, you don’t catch cold from being out in the cold air (or, as my mother always insisted, from going outdoors with wet hair). But when the weather turns chilly, we spend more time indoors – which means we’re in closer contact with more people, and there’s less air circulating – so we’ve got more exposure to the germs that can make us sick.

Your body has a built-in defense, of course – your immune system. It’s your own personal army of ‘soldiers’ that protects your body by identifying anything foreign – from a virus to a bacteria to a parasite – and then seeking it out and destroying it. And your body does rely on a good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle to keep your defenses up. For one thing, if you eat a healthy diet and take care of yourself, you’re more likely to maintain your good health.

Fruits and vegetables are key players because they provide an abundance of phytonutrients – natural compounds found in all plant foods that help to promote health by serving as antioxidants. You need antioxidants to balance out the processes in your body that cause oxidation. Oxidative processes are a normal part of metabolism, but oxidation can run rampant in cells if it’s not kept in check – and that can weaken the body’s ability to fight illness. So your body relies on a steady source of antioxidants from fruits and veggies to reduce this oxidant stress and, in turn, help to support immune function.

Your immune system also has some ‘special forces’ in the form of white blood cells. These cells produce specialized proteins – called antibodies – that seek out and destroy invading viruses and bacteria. Since antibodies are proteins, you need adequate protein in the diet to ensure you’ll be able to manufacture the antibodies your body needs. Healthy protein foods – like fish, poultry, lean meats, soy foods and lowfat dairy products – provide the building blocks that your body needs to make these specialized proteins.

Keeping your digestive system healthy is also important in supporting immune function. Your digestive tract is home trillions of bacteria that have numerous functions in promoting health. Some strains of bacteria help you digest the fiber in your foods, others consume intestinal gas, while others produce vitamins, like vitamin K and vitamin B12. When your system is populated with these “good” bacteria, they also serve to ‘crowd out’ the potentially harmful bacteria that might enter your digestive tract. Some of the best sources of these friendly bacteria are cultured dairy products – like yogurt and kefir.

Eating well really does pave the road to good health. And to help your body in the fight against foreign invaders, your internal ‘army’ needs the best nutrition possible. So call in the troops – and dry your hair.

Written by Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD. Susan is a paid consultant for Herbalife.

Positive Self-Talk: A Key Piece to the Weight Loss Puzzle

Positive Self-Talk: A Key Piece to the Weight Loss Puzzle
Positive Self-Talk: A Key Piece to the Weight Loss Puzzle
By susanb, June 30, 2011

Last week, I was interviewed by one of our local news channels about a ‘new’ strategy for weight loss. The idea goes a little bit beyond “thinking your way thin” – which focuses on behavior change when it comes to food choice – to something more like, “believing your way thin”. It’s basically an attitude adjustment. If you tell yourself – and believe – that you’re already a healthy, active person who eats well, then you’re much more likely to behave like one. And those healthy behaviors should, in turn, lead you closer to your goal.

The psychology of weight loss focuses mostly on shifting one’s approach to food – like determining what it is that leads to overeating, and how to replace bad behaviors with good ones. It also means teaching our inner voices to ‘talk nice’. Positive self-talk means that we don’t beat ourselves up when we slip – instead, our inner voices remind us that just because we slipped, doesn’t mean we have to fall.

The new twist to this psychology takes this a step further. It’s more than believing that we have what it takes to reach our weight loss goals – we actually tell ourselves that we’re already there.

The thinking goes like this – if we constantly tell ourselves that we’re fat and lazy, it’s pretty much a given that we’ll act the part. But, if we see envision ourselves as healthy and active, we’re more likely to behave the way healthy people do. We’ll eat better, we’ll get more exercise, and we’ll shift our self-image into a something much more positive.

Of course, positive self-talk isn’t going to lead to weight loss all on its own, but it is an important piece to the complex puzzle of weight control. Because along with attitude adjustment, successful weight management also means learning new skills – like healthy cooking and calorie counting – finding time to exercise, and learning new and healthy eating behaviors.

So what you do is important, but how you feel about yourself matters, too. It’s more than just the number of calories you’ve eaten or how many steps you’ve logged on your pedometer – it’s about giving yourself a pat on the back for your efforts, and noticing how much healthier, trimmer and stronger you feel as a result.

But sometimes we’re our own worst enemy. We tell ourselves that we’ve never been able to lose or that exercise is too hard – and when we mess up, it’s even worse. Then it’s “I’m a failure”, “I have no willpower” or “I’m lazy”. We tend to focus more on the negative (“I ate way too much at lunch”) – and less on the positive (“I walked a lot faster than usual on my walk this morning”).

Let’s say that you do slip up – maybe you picked away at a donut at work. Your inner voice might say, “since I’ve already messed up, I may as well pig out for the rest of the day”. But you could turn that self-talk right around, and let that voice tell you instead, “it’s not the end of the world, and if I’m careful the rest of the day, I’ll be fine”.

There’s an old saying, “don’t say anything to yourself that you wouldn’t say to someone else”. If one of your friends complained to you that they were having struggles with their weight, you wouldn’t tell them that they’re lazy, or that they’ll never reach their goals, would you? So why do you say these things to yourself?

Learn to give yourself encouragement, just as you would with your friends. Because when it comes to weight loss, if you tell yourself you can, it’s a lot more likely that you will.

Written by Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD. Susan is a paid consultant for Herbalife.


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