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Raw Ingredients: The Food for Energized Fitness

Nutrients, you make me so.

If I were to compare life to having a vehicle, then a healthy vehicle will have battery power, gasoline, a competent driver, a reliable mechanic, and the blue avatar guy on my side.

In other words, nutrients are not just for energy. Nutrients are the power, but also the fuel, the nourishment, and support system for the entire body.

The key is Nutrient Density

$11 for healthy energy, nutrients, nice abs

The only reason healthy foods are “healthy” is because they contain a dense amount or variety of nutrients that can be used by the body in so many known and unknown ways.

Science is still behind when it comes to healthy eating — people ate healthier before modern scientific advances. We still don’t know exactly how many compounds in basic fruit and vegetables interact within the body. Nature got it right the first time.

Plan meals, make $$ MILLIONS $$!!!

Simple math here.

By not eating out constantly, I save $70 per week. That is about $3,300 per year. This $3,300 well invested in 2010 could triple by half a decade’s time. I’m no economist, but more value in my portfolio seems like a good thing.

But the real reason you make millions of dollars is that you save on medical costs down the line. While I am in no way qualified to make this statement: people who eat restaurant food every day are more likely to be struck by both chronic and acute disease. Medical bills can destroy families.

By eating healthy now, you save millions in medical costs and premiums.

Energized Fitness requires a variety of whole foods

Pears, grapefruits, peppers, lentils, onions, cabbage you name it. It was NEVER just about the calories. The value — the nutrient density — in food is far more important than the caloric amount.

Whole foods equal healthy metabolism. Period.

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Ellison Fitness to BURN Excess Weight and Get Ripped for ’20-TEN!

New Years Resolutions raise a certain feeling.

There was a lot of food during the holidays. I felt like I could hold myself back, but once the warm freshly baked smell penetrated my senses… there was no going back. Let’s face it, when the food is even more plentiful than the eating team, feasting becomes festive.

STEP 1) Create realistic goals

I don’t care if you want to lose 30 pounds, it’s not going to happen until you get real with yourself.

My Realistic Goal: Eat very clean for the next 26 out of 30 days (1 relax day per week), enjoy a plethora of healthy home cooked meals, and BURN OFF PURE FAT STORES.

STEP 2) It isn’t about what you can’t eat, but that which you CAN eat.

Too many people focus on what they shouldn’t eat instead of  viking raiding the river of what you CAN eat. There are a lot of good foods out there!

My Eating Plan: Consume the following foods within a 30 day time period:

  • Seven apples
  • Two giant servings of Kale
  • Broccoli for three days
  • One salmon, prepared for a king.
  • Raw Sauerkraut OR Kim Chi for 15 out of 30 days
  • Fresh Kefir probiotic drink for 15 out of 30 days
  • Whey Protein after workouts
  • Leverage the power of spices to create my own lentil soup recipe
  • Two grapefruits
  • Quinoa 7 out of 30 days.
  • Seven cucumbers
  • Walnuts or almonds on 15 out of 30 days.
  • Be flexible, quality produce goes on sale regularly

STEP 3) Get Movin’

Even if exercise didn’t burn fat, and even if exercise didn’t boost metabolism, I would still do it for the mental health benefits. Exercise has been proven to help your body adapt to stress, reduce risk of depression, and keep you motivated to eat healthy.

Now we just have to get up and out.

My Workout:

Fitness Regime.

  1. Monday: Warm up with 10 minute treadmill, then Full Body Workout
  2. Thursday: Warm up with 10 minute dynamic drills, then Lower body workout, and flexibility
  3. Friday: Warm up with 10 minute treadmill, then Upper body workout, and flexibility

Wildcard: Add an additional FOUR days of cardio workouts, anytime in the next 30 days.

STEP 4) Track Progress, Adapt and Move Forward

Damn, I just ate a bucket of wild gooseberries with coconut ice cream and a bottle of gin. Can I forgive myself?

YES!

Recognize that we can’t be perfect. However, the ways in which we respond to “failures” can bring us closer to our goals than ever before.

Then, continue to hold yourself accountable by tracking progress.

My Method of Tracking Progress:

  • Take full body pictures in two week intervals in order to track progress.
  • Weigh myself at same time as pictures.

Assess: How much weigh did I lose? More importantly, am I preserving muscle and how much pure fat did I burn?

STEP 5) Mission Accomplished

I learn a new lesson every time I work on goals like this. More importantly, I create healthy habits that are valuable — so valuable that people pay me for my time.

Health is all about Lifestyle

Even though revenue can be generated from fitness expertise, my motivation is purely intrinsic. That is, I am driven from the inside. This is an indispensable trait that can be cultivated through mind-body connection and whole foods.

Prepare yourselves for the after-pictures. There will be abdominals.

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Beware the Skin Tag: Diet may Heal and Prevent Skin Tags

Skin Tags are benign skin growths that look like a piece of hanging skin.

As my customer handed me $40 cash at the register, I noticed his hands were plastered with little skin tags. Upon closer inspection of his face and his wife’s face, it became clear that the hands were not the only areas affected.

skintagsssSkin Tags resemble little moles hanging out from the surface and can occur in anybody. Typically, people get more skin tags as they age, but from talking to customers, it seems that the actual state of health will greatly affect the occurrence of skin tags.

Are skin tags an external “marker” for internal health?

Several months ago, a gentlemen visited the store looking for products to kill parasites and candida. Within the past year, he had been struck by a serious parasite and hospitalized. Doctors pumped him full of powerful drugs and antibacterials in an effort to destroy the parasites.

In only a few months, his weight exploded by 50 pounds and his health deteriorated. Interestingly, he also gained many dozens of skin tags over his face and body during this period. Could there be a link?

How do we prevent Skin Tags?

We know that people with Type II Diabetes are more at risk for acquiring Skin Tags, and we also believe that blood sugar levels relate to diabetes. So it seems that sugar is one of the main causes of skin conditions like acne and Skin Tags. The first step to preventing Skin Tags is cutting out sugar in the diet. You can do it!

Next, we need to improve the fatty acid balance in the body. In particular, decrease saturated fat from animal oils and increase unsaturated fat from fish oils. For example, replace fast food with a homemade meal of baked salmon with vegetables.

Aside from eating a balanced diet with fruits and vegetables, the final ingredient in Skin Tag prevention should have to do with the balance of internal flora AKA Gut Health. According to the research, beneficial bacteria known as Probiotics improve both the immune system and digestion. Consuming fermented foods such as Yogurt, Kefir, and Kimchi can vastly improve the digestive and immune systems. If these foods are not available, then a Probiotic Supplement may help restore healthy internal flora.

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All inclusive SuperFood formula with herbs, detox, probiotics, and more. A personal favorite!

Destroying current Skin Tags

The doctors would use nitrogen and chemicals to freeze those suckers off, but without improving diet, they will probably just come right back.

The first step is to fix your diet. Following a diet change, there are many suggested natural remedies for skin tags. Some people suggest using Apple Cider Vinegar, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Oil of Oregano, and other natural supplements. I have not tested these methods and cannot assure that they work, but I do believe in the healing powers of herbs so it may be possible.

Skin Tags are a vital signal.

If you start noticing more skin tags, consider how the rest of your body is doing. How is your digestion? Are you lacking energy? What is different now?

Realize that healthy nutrition is the only pathway to peak performance. Skin Tags may be your body telling you it’s time to get a tune up with healthy foods and natural remedies.

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No skin tags baby! Let’s be real though, this is obviously photo shopped!

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Motivation in a Pill

What is it about driven people that makes them motivated?

I like when people make realistic goals. One customer told me he knew what needed to be done for his health, but he just needed the motivation.

“Do you have a pill for that?” he asked. I chuckled.

Oh crap, he was being serious.

Motivation is difficult for things we should do.

I am no master of motivation. Even though I consistently eat healthy foods and work out my body, there are still many other duties in life. I typically realize when I’m putting something important off if my inner dialogue goes like this, “I should be doing that.”

Maybe we can stop thinking about it, and just do it. When it comes to health and fitness, actions matter most.

What motivates me?

My personal health and fitness is one of the biggest accomplishments I have to show for myself. I have spent countless hours learning how to manipulate my diet, movement patterns, and routines so that I could apply that knowledge to daily habits.

Once you truly experience how fitness is so life changing, I don’t think you ever lose it. My dedication comes in waves, peaking when I have specific goals, and decreasing in times of luxury. The holidays killed my perfect eating, but I’ll be back at it — eating clean and getting lean in no time.

You gotta want it

Pause for a moment and think about where you would imagine your body in fitness and health. Chiseled abs? Perfect thighs? If you spend time thinking about it, you may attract the end results — but only by setting goals to realistically achieve it.

Thoughts rule us…

  • What small activity can you do now to eat healthier?
  • Is there a particular habit that holds you back?
  • Do you ever feel down about your body — what are you thinking when you feel down about yourself?
  • Can you think of positive counter-examples to negative thoughts?
  • What is it about my lifestyle that is holding me back right now?

I used to think that I’d never gain any muscle. Now people seek out my advice for themselves.

I’m not saying that anything is possible, but if you want to reach peak performance, health and fitness is a good place to focus on.

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