New Year's resolutions are right around the corner!

It's that time of year! You're thinking of losing weight and starting an exercise program. What should you do? I can share a few secrets that helped me lose almost 40 pounds in a year and a half.

First off, the Shaklee 180 Weight Loss program was a game changer. Shaklee 180 smoothies help keep all of your lean muscle and help to burn of your excess fat! It is clinically proven to work. It helps you to lose 1-2 a week, which is a safe proven method. Other weight loss programs cause you to lose weight and muscle, which is not healthy on your body. This is is coined the term yo-yo diets. You lose weight, you gain weight. This is no consistency with theses type of diets. Also many weight loss programs continue to be promoting their programs, but and not safe because of dangerous synthetic fillers they contain.

Why is Shaklee 180 different for mother weight loss programs? It is clinically proven to work and the smoothies and meal bar contain non-GMO soy with no artificial colors or preservatives. They are low glycemic, gluten free, and lactose free.

Second, find an exercise program that works for you. Start off slow and maintain consistency with the program. In no time, you'll be doing full workouts and seeing positive changes in your body. I first noticed my changes in my waistline. I am now down to a size 32 waist. Consistency and dedication is the key to success. With exercise and Shaklee 180, you can't lose, or should I say, "you will lose (weight)!"

Lastly, portion your meals. My success was having a Smoothies, in the morning, lunch I would have a Shaklee 180 meal bar along with some fruit or veggies. For dinner I would have a small dinner. Once you get into this routine, the pounds will come off slowly, and will see changes over a longer amount of time.

Be patience! It takes time to lose weight in a healthy manner. Once you reach your goals, Shaklee 180 helps you stabilize and maintain your weight! I am living proof! 39 pounds lighter!

Have a healthy and productive 2014!! If your interested in losing weight through a natural and sustainable means like Shaklee 180, contact me and I can help.

MJ

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Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain

Holiday weight gain is the gift that keeps on giving. While the typical weight gain during the end of the year is only a pound or two, a few of us are packing on enough pounds to rival our holiday turkey.

The strategy most people take is to eat whatever they want during the holidays, with the thought that they can quickly lose those extra pounds in the New Year. A much better approach is to try and not gain weight in the first place.

Scientists who research holiday weight gain have discovered two things:

The first is that over half of typical yearly weight gain occurs during the holidays. This means that in the last six weeks of the year most of us add at least a pound or two. Another study in college students found that even when there was little weight gain, body fat tended to increase while lean mass was lost — so just looking at weight might understate the problem. 

Researchers also noticed that weight gain affected people of higher weight disproportionately. That is, the more people weighed to begin with, the more weight they gained during the holidays. In one study, 14 percent of overweight and obese people gained five pounds.

All of this is no surprise to anyone who has ever sat down at a festive table. It has been estimated that the average holiday meal can contain a shocking 4,500 calories and 220 grams of fat; that is more than two days worth of calories (for most of us) in a single meal.

The Key is Maintenance

While a pound or two of weight gain may not seem like a lot, it actually is because most people don’t lose that weight later. In this way, holiday weight gain becomes permanent weight gain (and this is the real problem). It is much easier to avoid weight gain during the holiday season than it is to gain the weight and try to lose it later.

Let’s celebrate weight maintenance, particularly at this time of year! Maintenance is the first victory; it is a clear indication that you are doing some things right. Have a good game plan, including dietary changes, physical activity, and other healthy habits – like setting goals, monitoring your progress, and learning how to address your challenging situations.

Many people find it helpful to have the support of a group. The Internet makes that easy!  I like the example of the “don’t gain a turkey” group on Facebook, set up to help people to keep the weight off this season.

I would love to hear what you all are doing to keep your weight the same or even lose weight.  Please comment below!

Info thanks to Shaklee Health Wise Blog. 

Have a healthy and productive holiday season! 

MJ 

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Dealing with Chilhood Obesity

Your child must lose…to win!

Do you know that more than 17% American children and adolescents suffer from childhood obesity? In fact, the problem of obesity or abnormally high weight is continuously rising among children. This has resulted in a growing concern for both health care providers and the parents. What is even more alarming is that not many people are fully aware of the consequences of this problem. The complications which may arise due to uncontrolled obesity include diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, sleep apnea, arthritis, and reduced mobility and life expectancy.

For the same reason, it is vital for the parents to address the issue as early as possible as, after all, prevention is better than cure. Read on to discover some simple, easy and cost-effective measures to deal with the condition.

So, what makes your kid overweight? 

Your child’s body gets the energy it needs from the food he / she eats (Input). This energy is used to perform physical activity (Output). The unused energy is stored in the body is stored as fat. Therefore if, for some reason, this input is more than the output, it will cause your kid to become fat or obese.

What are the risk factors?

Some common factors that may cause your child to become overweight or obese include:

Food preferences: Foods rich in fat and sugar

Lack of physical activity: Sedentary lifestyle

Family history: If parents are obese, children have more chances of being over weight

What you can do?

Remember, being closer than anyone, parents have the main influence on the diet and life style pattern of their children. Therefore, simple measures and easy tactics in the home can have a significant impact on reducing your child’s overweight or obesity. It is always better to address the problem as early as possible as most overweight children become overweight adults as well.

Following recommended measures are of utmost importance in managing the overweight or obesity of your child.

Enhancement in physical activity

TV viewing should be limited to no more than 2 hours per day, discourage TV in kid’s room.

Plan and execute activities that kids and family view as fun. Walking the dog is great daily exercise that also teaches children about having the extra responsibility of something in their care.

Develop plan for increasing activities, such as family outings to parks. Alternatively, you can suggest indoor activities such as dancing or jumping rope. Children also love to play games like skipping, hide and seek, hopscotch and tag.

Suggest gifts/rewards that promote physical activity, such as active games, music CDs, or DVDs. With a little incentive you could get the kids doing chores like sweeping the yard, cleaning the family car or even weeding the garden.

It is, however, important to remember that when you child is involved in long exercises; they should include a gradual warming up and cooling down periods. Examples of warming up exercises are brisk walking or jogging on the spot. Similarly, when cooling down, stretching exercises help to restore the muscles resting length. 

Improvement in eating habits

You should choose a balanced diet for your child, essentially representing the major food groups of whole grains, vegetables, fruits and legumes. It should also include dairy products, fish, meat and poultry.

Look for unhealthy dietary habits. Limit fast foods or providing lower fat alternatives, eliminating soft drinks or switching to low calorie drinks, changing to 2% or skimmed milk, substituting low-calorie, high-fiber snacks (low-fat popcorn, fruits, or vegetables) for the high calorie ones.

Never let your kid skip his / her breakfast. However, you should limit your kid’s daily food consumption to frequent small meals instead of a fewer large meals. A difference of three hours between two meals is mostly recommended, constructing 4 to 5 small meals each day.

In short, if managed early and properly, childhood obesity can be successfully controlled. Necessary measures, if taken early by the parents, can change the outcome for obese children or even prevent it happening in the first place. However, such change should be gradual and parents must plan for small, single changes at a time.

Have a healthy and productive weekend!

MJ

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