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Sex, Sugar, and dozens of lies

Whats the difference between sex and refined sugar?

Your body wants to avoid just one of the above.

Seduced, this time, and what about next time?

What is it that makes us feel so much sensual pleasure together? The gratifying texture, the sweet smell, the mind controlling urges — coming together. Yes, I’m talking about Sugar here.

Sugar is like unprotected sex for your taste buds

…eventually, you’re going to get sick!

Sugar provides no benefits whatsoever — consuming it is a pleasurable experience with deadly consequences.

The fast food restaurants and processed food corporations continue to seduce with beauty and pleasure, but there is nothing beautiful about decay.

How Sugar Kills

Cravings may never completely end.

Day by day, slowly…over time, there is decay:

  • Sugar contains ZERO nutrition
  • In order to digest sugar, your body leeches essential vitamins and minerals from itself.
  • Inflammation
  • Diabetes
  • Blood Pressure
  • Cholesterol
  • You will get Fat, or…
  • You will get Sick.
  • Even when you’re sick, you still want more sugar.

Refined sugar:

Keep it to LESS than 50 Grams per day.

+ A Natural Alternative +

Sugar found naturally in food is SAFE for consumption. Fruits, even those high in sugar, are so nutritious that the benefits outweigh any of the low sugar contained within.

Enjoy, with me:

  • Apples, Oranges, Grapefruit
  • Watermelon, Kiwi, Cantaloupe
  • Banana, Mango, Peach
  • Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries
A healthy alternative

A healthy alternative

Almost everyone who cuts Refined Sugar out of their diet will lose body fat. This is a bold statement, but I stand behind it.

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Eat like a Model, look like one too?

Blessed by one part genetics, but also takes care of herself.

If you need relationship advice, you don’t ask your single friends.

If you need weight loss advice, you DO look at what the fit people are doing. Marisa is fit, in shape, and doing everything right — because her job depends on it. Does your health matter?

Marisa treats herself well

1. Breakfeast

  • Ezekiel bread
  • Omelet with cheese and vegetables

2. Lunch

  • Chicken
  • Spinach Salad

3. Snack

  • Dried fruits / Nuts
  • Protein bar

4. Dinner

Tuna mixed with…

  • Apple, Celery, Mayo, and Lemon Juice
  • Bed of vegetables

Lesson learned:

  1. Whole foods + protein supplement
  2. Carbs in morning, protein in the evening.
  3. Plenty of fruits and vegetables
  4. Only eat like me…if you want to look good too.

Stay tuned for more.

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Drink light beer?

Light beers account for $50,000,000,000 in U.S. sales per year.

chill, drink Select 55

Alcohol = Weight loss??

Keep in mind that alcohol contains 7 calories per gram, whereas protein only contains 4 calories per gram. This means that calories from alcohol adds up a lot faster.

With Americans fighting the battle of the bulge, our beer companies have obliged to demand by producing lighter and lighter beers for heavier and heavier people.

Your low calorie beer options

1. Miller Genuine Draft 64 contains (you guessed it) 64 calories with… 2.8% alcohol. You would need to drink two of these to equal one ‘standard drink.’

2. Anheuser-Busch Select 55 has its calorie count in the name as well, with a whopping 2.4% alcohol.

So far, responses to the beers have been positive in terms of popularity and revenue. We’re talking millions of dollars in sales, for beers that people say, “tastes kind of watery.”

This blogger would like to take a moment and state the obvious, that at 2.4% alcohol, it is almost entirely water!

Alcohol is NOT weight loss friendly

With high caloric and toxic effects on the body, alcohol will never promote (safe) weight loss. We all know that alcohol in excess harms the body, so keep it in moderation.

Pick your poison, then drink to friends and good times.

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How Much Protein?

Latest research says excess protein may be wasted.

This guy eats more than 20 grams of protein at a time

This guy eats more than 20 grams protein per meal

Recent studies indicate that 20 grams of protein at a time is all you need for optimal muscle synthesis.

But…this doesn’t tell the whole story.

Why More than 30 Grams Protein at a time is a Good Thing:

  1. Protein requires more energy for the body to digest — therefore protein is more Fat-Burning!
  2. If you don’t get those extra calories from protein, then you have to make up for it in carbs or fats. Either way, high protein diets build leaner bodies.
  3. More benefits including metabolism, growth hormone, cardiovascular health, increased performance, and lean body composition.

For more, check out John Berardi’s excellent protein article at Precision Nutrition.

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“Diet and Exercise Doesn’t Work”

Stylish, but displaying a visible lapse in body image, a young woman looked to supplements for a guaranteed way to lose weight.

"Maybe I should just...try again."

Her: “What will make me lose weight for sure?”

Me: “Diet and Exercise”

Her: (Smile) “I tried that already, didn’t work.”

First time dieters and exercisers have it the hardest

The first time is ALWAYS the hardest. This is why so many people recruit specialized Personal Trainers and Nutritionists for their knowledge and support system.

But change is hard. You all know how hard change can be.

If you did everything right, you could lose 10 pounds of fat per month, but without the experience — how could you possibly do everything right?

Good news: Dieting gets easier and easier each time you succeed

The trick is to gauge success not by the ultimate goal (ex. “I want to lose 20 lbs by next month”), instead you should view each healthy choice as a success in itself.

Did you have broccoli today? This is a success, a victory, and an ACCOMPLISHMENT!

Success tends to grow upon itself, leading to more and more victories. Define “winning” as reaching daily goals, and not letting yourself get down for slipping up.

Winners are happier about their bodies no matter if they lost that 20 lbs or not.

You already are a winner — it may just be a matter of realizing it.

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