The top New Year’s resolution is about better health: eating healthier, exercising more, losing weight. Many have a firm resolve get in better shape and they believe that one’s determination is key for results. However, after ending the special diet, they gain the weight back sometimes gaining more than they lost! They feel like they failed when in reality the method was not sustainable and didn’t deal with the underlying causes. There is hope!
Weight gain is more than just consuming excess calories (excluding causes from certain diseases, certain drugs, or a hormone imbalance). There are other reasons we gain fat that need to be addressed. In the early 1960’s the rate of obesity was 4%. Now the number of Americans that are overweight or obese keeps increasing and is up to 67.4% of the population (CDC.gov 2021 stats). What has changed since then that could be a factor that has made obesity an epidemic?
Our bodies are made for a plant-based diet, and about 80% of our health depends on the nutrition we consume. In the 1950’s toxic pesticides were introduced harming the soil and lowering nutritional content of crops. Today we would need to eat 25 peaches to get the same amount of nutrition from a peach grown before pesticides! So now we need 7-13 cups of fruits and vegetables of all colors every single day for good health. Concurrent to the introduction of toxic chemicals being sprayed on the plants we eat and contaminating our water, there are more processed foods available which are stripped of nutrients AND contains toxic chemical preservatives, flavorings, coloring, and added refined sugar (read labels!). The lack of nutrition weakens the body’s ability to process out the toxic chemicals, so the body stores it in fat to protect us until we are nutritionally strong enough to do a detox. The burden of accumulated stored toxins leads to dis-ease.
So, if one is not eating the recommended servings of 9-13 cups of fruits and vegetables every day, and then adds a calorie restrictive plan, the body experiences a famine. That’s why when the diet is over, the body may try to add extra fat to keep the toxins shrouded in case there is another famine! I have tried various ways to lose weight without success, until I learned about this cause and found an effective solution, a hybrid combination of Shred10, and Maintain for Life program. I started the combination of these 2 programs that complement each other in April 2022, lost 30 pounds by August, and have kept it off since and it is great to feel so good.
Shred10
The Shred10 is a monthly ten-day program to support the body’s ability to detox and cleanse by eliminating gluten, dairy, refined sugar and processed foods, adding more plants, and getting needed water, sleep, exercise, and fasting from 6 PM to breakfast. There is a strategic combination of 30 plant powders (only 15 calories!) in capsules that over 40 independent clinical studies have found deliver many health benefits. There is a yummy high fiber plant protein drink mix. There is a private Facebook group for encouragement, inspiration, and recipes, as well as support from me, a Certified Health Coach. The goal is to add more real food and have a healthier lifestyle.
Contact Janet Cook to customize your Shred10 package and she will gift you a cookbook!
Maintain for Life
This award-winning program gives you the knowledge, motivation, unlimited support and accountability for staying within your daily calorie range and doing cardio exercise. There are resources to deal with holidays, eating at restaurants or other people’s homes, plus weekly podcasts, and you can always reach out with questions or additional help. Not only do they partner with you while you work on reaching your goal weight, they continue to be a support so you maintain it for life!
I have obtained a special gift for my readers for enrolling in the Maintain for Life weight loss program, a DietMinder Food Journal. They have a 30-day money-back guarantee (less the cost of the journal). You just need to put in the notes this code: PHR23
Bottom line 80% of our health depends on what we eat. What helps the body to lose excess fat is more whole food plant nutrition so it can detox. Food cravings, emotional eating can be powerful, so with a few simple changes, adding more fruits and veggies to help get the essential nutrition we need, and using effective programs that come with coaching and encouragement makes having better health easier!
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