I just had a great weekend in Texas visiting with my family and friends, while also squeezing in a few business meetings.
My mom just got this adorable little-ball-of-fur who makes a debut in our Motivation Monday video below!
Have you ever wondered why some people can eat cupcakes and stay slender while someone else seems to do “everything right” but spends her life chronically dieting?
In this weeks training video, you’re going to learn why doing “everything right” sometimes isn’t the answer.
What you eat is one part of the puzzle, but how you eat is the other important piece of the puzzle.
These factors metabolically affect your nutritional status:
- You could be eating the healthiest food in the universe, but their nutritional ability is compromised when you eat out of an optimal state of digestion and assimilation…
- Relaxation
- Pleasure
- Awareness
When you eat in a stress state here’s what I can guarantee you:
- You will not optimally extract vitamins and minerals
- You will not calorie burn to your fullest capacity
So from this perspective, you are better off enjoying the cupcake with your BFF in a pleasure state than you are the big veggie salad all stressed out.
Below in the comments section, share with me a time when you ate something on the “bad” list, but it surprisingly made you feel good from the inside out.
If you share yours, I’ll share mine.Head on over to the blog and lets get this week rolling right!
Today I stepped on the scale and I have lost twenty pounds! I have not weighed this little for ten years! I am down 16 inches and two pant sizes! I feel amazing. My energy has not been this good in a long time! I am able to handle stress better than ever even though the amount of stress I have is the highest it has ever been. I cannot imagine not sticking with the adjustments; it has simply become a part of my life. -Lindsay
In 3 months, I took off 17 lbs and in a total of 5 months I am down 22 lbs and 14 inches, and continuing to lose. I have dropped 2 pant sizes and a ton of inches, my body has muscle and tone where I have never seen it before. I could not have done any of this without the help of Audra and her team. -Sondra
When I learned about the Be Fit Boot Camps, I knew this was my summer to reshape my body. I carved out a slice of "me time" in the 6am hour and got busy. At the first dunking I weighed 144 lbs and was over 34% body fat. 11 weeks later at the second dunking, I weighed 132 lbs and had lost 8.8% of my body fat. I also put on 3 lbs of muscle during those 11 weeks. -Susan
I have lost over 25 lbs! My life has truly changed. People say this all the time, but I am serious! I will never go back to the poor food choices I was making, or the lack of exercise, and I have changed my lifestyle in the ways I now I was eating, and what I was doing to myself. Boot camp has really been a great new focus in my life. It's just been amazing! -Anna
Finishing up the 12 week fitness challenge with my trainer Audra Baker! I have lost a ton of weight (15 pounds!), and 11 inches off my body, and I feel like a million bucks! Whooohooooo!!!"
-Mat
Something new and different was exactly what I needed. I feel like this new form of exercise was the catalyst to break through my lack of motivation and weight loss plateau. I have added years to my life. I also have an overall sense of well being that I never experienced when I was heavier, as well as much more energy, focus and confidence. -Steve
Jenny,
That’s EXACTLY what I’m talking about! It’s that mindset that changes the face of not only how we “lose weight”, but how we live completely and fully in the moment…truly experiencing life and food together.
Beautiful!
It’s true that taking the time to enjoy your food makes it last, and somehow not stick to the bones. Many years ago, I lost 10 pounds effortlessly just by slowing down and making sure I chewed every bite of food. I found I enjoyed my food more, and could never finish my plate! The world felt full of food!
Trying to get back to that mind set today!
Congrats on your weight loss, Prameela.
The next step is learning how to enjoy life, and yes… ENJOY FOOD, in life giving, life-serving way. And yes, that might even include ice cream!
Awesome Lisa!
This is how I teach nutrition and weight loss. We have to change our thought process; change the linear masculine approach to weight loss… because it doesn’t work!
Stay tuned because there’s WAY more to come!
Audra, Wow! I really like this and have never thought this way!!! I would like to hear more!Lisa
Hi Audra! I have been on a “diet” since early Feb and have lost 17lbs…it’s been all about fat burn through cardio and eating healthy!
Then came dinner with friends a couple of Saturdays ago at our home. Dessert served: banana splits with 2 sccops of vanilla ice cream, gobs of fresh fruit, chocolate sauce (generous) drizzle, sprinkled with roasted, sliced almonds….heaven, I tell you!
And Audra, to your point, I didn’t gain an ounce that weekend!