Confessions of a Chocaholic

I have a confession to make today. Over the last month, we’ve had a lot of stress in our lives. My husband and I decided to pack up house, move everything into storage and come overseas to the States to stay with my family for a little while. To say the least it was an incredibly crazy, chaotic, stressful month. All while having the holiday and still doing coaching and our business. So, I let some bad old habits to slip back into my life and I really want to come on here and confess to you guys because we are all human. A lot of times I coach my clients and they feel really bad about "slip-ups" and get all guilty and then drop off the band wagon, altogether. They stop losing weight, they get into bad habits again. They think, “Oh god it’s all over”! Well... It’s not! It’s been 4 weeks that I’ve been eating way too much chocolate again. In the past that’s been my way of dealing with stress. I also basically stopped exercising for a few weeks because we just didn’t have time. It was chaotic and we have the holidays so we just wanted to chill out. Now, it’s about a month later. I know what I’ve done and I’ve taken the steps that I needed to take to get back onto my own band wagon. One of the reasons you haven’t heard from me in the last month is because I live in integrity. To me it’s really important that if I’m going to teach you guys stuff and coach, that I’m doing whatever I tell you as well. The videos kind of stopped last month because I think unconsciously, I just couldn’t really pass the word on when I wasn’t fully living what I was preaching. Here I am, back on the bandwagon, doing all I can do hit my next goal. I actually hit my last goal and dropped down to size 10 after gaining the weight from my pregnancy. Now, the goal is by the 7th of April to be down to US Size 6. Here goes guys, I’m back at it. I’m back at the gym. I haven’t stop eating chocolate completely. I have definitely had it a few times in the last few weeks but there are days that I haven’ t had any. I’m getting back on track again. It takes an effort and I’m back on the band wagon. After the holidays and with new year’s resolution, if you had any slip ups, any “ooopses”, you hop back on your bandwagon as well and let’s hit our goals. By the way overseas, we’ve moved to the Palm Springs, California area, for the time being. It’s been a lot of fun being gypsies, hanging out. We are at all sorts of different people’s houses and meeting really amazing new people. So we've got some fun stuff happening and that means you guys are gonna learn some really great new things this year. Stay tuned for some regular posts coming up about some not so talked about topics! Trust me... you won't want to miss these, so subscribe to find out when we post next.

Have you ever wanted to get rid of the fat underneath your arms, your batwings, nana flaps, whatever you want to call them. Today we want to talk about exactly that.

We know that you can target fat loss in certain areas of your body by balancing specific hormones, depending on the area of the body you carry fat.

Your fat underneath your arms actually relates to your sex hormones. Now, that’s particularly the male’s sex hormones: testosterone. Testosterone is something that the guys are quite familiar with but also girls have it too.

When girls have an imbalance of sex hormones it accumulates the fat underneath their arms. It happens in guys too. There are guys out there with the testosterone levels of a castrated peanut.

The trick is to bring back the balance of your sex hormones because what you find is that when you do have the body fat underneath your arms then chances are you have a poor sex drive as well. You do not have enough mojo, not enough testosterone to fuel you up or fire you up and balance out your fat loss. If you want to find out more then all you need to do is visit our website www.targetedfatloss.com.au and we’ll share with you some more secrets there.

Have you ever wondered how to to get rid of belly fat?

Today we’re going to talk about the steps that you can take to get rid of your own belly fat. I have asked my husband, Hugh, to tell you about this as he is the expert at targeting fat loss to get rid of belly fat.

Belly fat is intimately related to your stress levels. Now many of us in our western lifestyle are very stressed and stress comes from a whole manner of different places, from our lifestyles, our loved ones, from our work place, the food we eat or it could be from environmental places. You might be exposed to various sorts of radiation or environmental things like pollution. All of it accumulates in your body and will stress your body out. Then, you can develop your fat belly, a spare tire round the middle.

If you want to get rid of your fat belly then all you need to do is get rid of your stress. There’s a lot of lifestyle changes that you can make to reduce the stresses in your life or you can take supplements to help you manage your stresses in your life.

If you want to find out more about how to get rid of your belly fat then all you have to do is to go to our website www.targetedfatloss.com.au. Get your hands on the free cd - 7 Secrets to Burning Fat Easily, and we will start to show you the secrets to get rid of your belly fat.

Have you ever wondered about colonic irrigation or enemas?

Today, we’re gonna uncover the mess behind them.

So what are they? Basically what happens when you do either, is you stick a tube up your bum. Then water goes into the tube, it goes up your colon and basically the concept is then the water pushes all the stuff that builds up in your colon out. Yes, the water that goes in, must come out. Like I said it’s messy but an incredibly cleansing process.

What happens when you do them is like I said when the water goes up into your colon, it’s cleansing the walls of the colon so that you’ll absorb more nutrients. We’ve talk about this before in other places, if you have a build up on your intestine, your colon or all of your digestive system, what will happen is whatever food you’re eating, even if it’s really healthy food, may not actually be absorbed because they’re too dirty. So what you’re gonna do in having either one of these is to clean up your insides so that the walls of your colon are clean so that nutrients can be absorbed.

The end result is amazing! The focus, clarity, energy levels can improve dramatically and headaches may go away. So many problems can be helped by keeping clean insides.

So what is the difference between the two? The difference is when you have a colonic, you go and actually see a practitioner to help you. It’s a bit personal but the equipment is great. What will happen with the colonic versus the enema is that it can actually go deeper into the colon so you’ll have more of a cleanse than what you have at home.

Now, if you want to do it at home because you do not want to see somebody else to help you out or there is no one locally you know that actually does this. Better to do it this way than not at all and you can get an at home kit. You can find it online or at your local chemist or pharmacy. You are looking for a thin tube that you stick up your bum and then sunction the water in. You want to let it run through for about 20 minutes.. When you first start, you may not make it that long. I know I could not do 20 minutes the first time I did it at home . It was just not comfortable at all and well I won't get into the gory details. :) But the end result is phenomenal. It’s worth every moment of it. So stick in there and let the water do its job.

If you have any other questions, suggestions or comments please do make comments on this and I will do my best to help you guys out and answer all the questions I can. Otherwise consult a local health practitioner or go to a clinic that specializes in colonic irrigation.

Have you ever wondered what kind of detoxes there are?

Where do you even start when you want to go into detox?

That’s what we’re gonna talk about today. So if you’ve never done a detox before and this is your first time taking the step to do it, Congratulations! You’re in a great place.

Doing a detox can actually be quite challenging and the first few days is almost always the hardest. Like I said in video, Can a detox help you get rid of belly fat?, at the end of the detox you can feel amazingly cleansed, totally full of focus and you are able to get rid of a lot of ailments that may have been frustrating you.

In order to prepare for a detox, you need to sit and think about how and what you are going to do. There are a lot of ways to do a detox, depending pn your reasons for doing it.
 
First of all, if you’ve never done one and your diet is currently filled woth lots of fast foods, pre-packaged meals, junk, sugar, etc, I highly suggest that you start with at least cutting out the sugar in your diet. What I’m talking about is eating only whole foods. That means NO SUGAR!

When you cut out sugar, you absolutely MUST read the ingredients on any packaged food you buy. You will probably find that you won't be buying it because it probably has sugar in it, if it's in a package. If you have been eating lots of packaged foods, this exercise will challenge you, but trust me, it's worth it! You’ll feel so much better and clearer when you start eating all whole foods and cut out all the sugar.

Now if you want to take it to another level, sometimes people do liquid detoxes. It lets your body stop having to worry about processing and breaking down food, so it can rest and detoxify everything yucky out. With liquid detoxes, all you do is drink. You’ll juice things. Honestly, you can juice everything. You can juice broccoli, spinach, you can have green drinks, fruit drinks, veggie drinks, carrots, celery, you name it you can juice it.

The most extreme option as far as cleansing goes is to actually have a fast. I’ve done this before and it’s extreme. People do anything from 24 hour to 40 day fasts. If you have not done anything like this before, you definitely want to speak to a health practitioner and make sure you’ve got someone helping you along the way. Fasting isn't about starving yourself for weight loss. (That won't help you or work for your body in the end.) It's about giving your body time to rest the digestive system. It can be done with colonics to really cleanse yourself. Again, please make sure you consult a health practitioner before doing something like this. There are things to do to prepare yourself for it and steps you need to take after the fast for maximum benefit.

More specific detoxes include heavy metal detoxes, liver and colon cleanse. For each of these consult a local practitioner for herbal supplements that can be taken to help cleanse the specific areas of the body that you are focusing on. You can also speak to the practitioner about any ailments you have that may be helped by doing a detox and they will help guide you through the process and give you the best supplements for what you need.

This is just the basics of detox. Please consult a local health practitioner before doing a detox and work with them to make it most effective for you.

Next time we’re gonna dig into colon cleansing and some enimas. It’s a bit of a messy topic but we’re gonna get into that one. I’ll talk to you guys tomorrow. Bye!

Have you ever wondered about detoxification?

What is it? Why would you do it?

At the moment everywhere I turn, someone seems to be promoting, advertising, or talking about detoxification. So today, let's talk about what all the buzz is about.

Before we get into detoxification, I wonder…

How Many Times a Day Do You Go to the Toilet?

If you are not going to the toilet frequently, you are not releasing toxins. I am amazed at how many people think it’s ok to spend even one day without going poo! So why is it important to frequent ourselves at the toilet? To EXPEL SH#T! Excuse my language but that’s what you are doing!

Food is a source of energy. Once the body has gotten what it needs out of the food, then the rest needs to be eliminated. When you don’t eliminate it, then you get a build up of toxins in your body and your colon. The toxic build up can actually cause decay in your body. This decay can attract viruses and bacteria and all sorts of yucky bugs to the area. When the yucky bugs are there many of the good bacteria that keep our system clean, gets killed off.

Imagine an animal killed on the street with bugs flying around it and eating it from the smell of the decay. That’s what your insides can start to look like! YUCK! No Thanks! So, in order to keep your insides healthy, you MUST POO! Going to the toilet a couple times a day is a GREAT thing! Also remember that you must drink water to flush out your system as well.

So now that you know how easily we can build up toxins in our bodies, let's talk about detoxification.

A detox is when you get rid of all the toxins in your body. Where do you get the toxins from? Anywhere around you, the food we eat, the things you breathe in, what you drink and I’m talking about even from good sources of food like vegetables, fruits, and meat. You can get toxins from anywhere. When toxins build up in your system they can clog it up. Because of this you may start to feel run down, tired, get sick, have a lack of energy, or headaches. You can even start to get bloated or have extra fat around your body So it’s a great thing to do to in order to clear yourself from all this stuff and actually start to feel better and even get rid of belly fat.

Why would you detox? Simply… you will feel better! Most people will claim that once they have a detox, they get much more focused, they have clarity, again they’ll start to shed the fat really quickly. It's possible that a detox can help get rid of fat on your belly, love handles, bum, thighs, arms... You may also start sleeping better, and even clear up any indigestion you may have. There’s all sorts of wonderful things that can happen from having a detox.

So over the next few days, we’ll be talking a bit more about detoxes. We’ll tell you some of the ways you can detoxify and also we’re gonna get into some fun stuff about colon cleanses and enimas. It’s an untouched subject that many people don’t talk about but we’re gonna uncover it here.

Do you ever wonder what is a healthy breakfast to eat when losing fat?

You may be shocked when I tell you what we are eating...

When you walk into the supermarket, it can be very overwhelming with the amount of breakfast cereal choices there are. I do wonder who ever thought up the fact that we should eat cereal for breakfast? I mean honestly, why should breakfast be different than any other meal? Why not meat and potatoes, fish, sandwich, etc?

Getting serious... Breakfast should consist of whole foods, like every other meal. Whether it's smoked salmon and eggs or veggies, eggs and bacon, leftovers from dinner (assuming it was made with whole foods) etc...

Also, breakfast should be one of your biggest meals of the day. You need the most energy in the morning to help sustain you throughout the day. Many people get this backwards and eat big dinners. Think about that... eating lots of food when you are about to rest. Your body doesn't need the energy and it takes lots of energy to break it down, so while it's meant to be resting overnight, it's now got to work to break down the food. So... start your day with a big meal and end it with a smaller one.

Now... what do we eat in the mornings that keeps us losing fat? On our plates you will find some fresh greens like kale, chards, collard greens, spinach, and sometimes we have this thing called tatsoi. Our 11 month young loves mushrooms, so we usually have those with zucchini and avocado as well. We also have bacon, eggs and sometimes sausage and/or steak or kangaroo.

The reason why we eat this is because it has whole foods, lots of really fantastic nutrients for us. It’s real food. Plus it’s good to have protein in the morning. It helps sustains our energy throughout the whole day. Some people might need more veggie than what we have on our plate. Overall though, it’s really good to start digging it in the morning actually eating real food. If it were up to me, I’d be skipping the cereals in a box that you can buy in the grocery store and go with something that’s "real".

Some people say that eating breakfast like these that are actually quite high in protein and fat would say that you can’t lose weight eating breakfast like that. Let me just tell you both of us are down quite a lot of fat on our bodies. So far I’m up to 12 and a half centimeters gone from my waist and about 11 centimeters from my hips. Hugh’s down 14% body fat in the last few months and this is the type of food we eat every single morning. So, yes, it is possible.

Please remember though that we are all built differently. So what works for us, may not work for you. We have a great way of being able to help you discover what foods in what proportions will help fuel your body best. Please feel free to email us at info@targetedfatloss.com.au or call 02 8006 1256 if you want to learn more about this today.