What you probably DON'T know about your body

Adrenal fatigue versus fat burn vs muscle burn (and not the good kind)

Limiting stimulants for some people is highly recommended. Stimulants meaning your morning coffee, green tea, soda, energy drinks and all other forms of caffeine, ephedrine, B6, B12 are all consider “stimulants.” Yes some are stronger and seemingly more effective than others but nonetheless they all alter the body’s chemistry in some way.

The health and wellness industry for the past 20-30 years has exhausted its emphasis on stimulants for weight loss results. And in some cases, and for some people, this method may be working temporarily or as a jump start from the couch to the gym. Yet, in actuality, long term stimulant use, can lead to chronic fatigue and a high tolerance, which in turn can be far more detrimental than where you started.

Stimulants like espresso and red bulls usually bring on an immediate reaction for energy and can even release the brains happy chemicals that bring on euphoric-like symptoms; but please understand and accept that no actual weight loss is insured.

What truly needs to be the focus is your overall body and brain chemistry. I know this may seem new-age and foreign and has just recently being accepted as mainstream.

In fact, assessing the brain and body signals, as a whole, is heavily featured in shows like The Doctors and Dr. Oz. And from this perspective, many researchers and developers have recently been able to discover there is a much higher possibility for health issue improvements in the next decade to come.

Sleep, exercise, food/ratio intake, life stressors: like divorce, loss of a loved-one, moving away and heart-ache, can all play a major role in our bodies reactors system.

We must think of our body as a whole, meaning working synergistically together like a symphony. The physics theory that states, “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction,” is equally relevant in the body.

What some may not understand is that the body can sometimes take days and even months to actually retrieve information from the brain in order to signals some sort of change to the body.

Lesson recap:

~become aware and conscious of your thoughts.
~Allow uninterrupted sleep in to your life for proper cell rejuvenation and renewal
~exercise to help clear your thoughts and mind
~Treat your body kindly and avoid toxic wastes in like cigarettes and alcohol.

The Secret to Success

Believing in ones self.

How To Turn A Problem Into An Opportunity

How To Turn A Problem Into An Opportunity
By Jillian Michaels


Sure, it’s tough to pinpoint the root of your problems. However, if you've been examining your emotional eating habits, you should be seeing some behavioral shifts. Are you checking to see if you're actually hungry versus just looking to feed your emotions? Do you have go-to non-food outlets to help you express your emotions? Whether it’s grabbing your journal and getting your feelings out on paper or getting together with a friend for a hike or manicure and some feel-good bonding, you CAN make sure you get on (and stay on!) a healthy path.

There's one final aspect of emotional eating you need to address — what to do when you can't resolve an issue or a situation at the exact moment when it is triggering you to behave self-destructively. Certain obstacles can sometimes seem insurmountable, and the next time you encounter one, I want you to ask yourself the following question:

How can I turn this problem into an opportunity?

Instead of allowing this event or emotion to cause permanent damage to your self-esteem, try looking at it in a different light. If you've recently gone through a breakup, for example, realize that the end of one relationship simply means that you are free to find someone better for you. Allow yourself to feel sad, but try to stay positive and find meaning in the pain rather than numbing it with food and indulging in other destructive habits. You will grow from it in amazing ways, I promise.