Ingredient #10: Accept and Love Yourself
I grew up with the false belief that my value was linked to my body size. For years I thought myself fat and worried about gaining weight. It took years to realize how hurtful this way of thinking was to…
Ingredient #9: Take a high quality nutritional supplement.
Several years ago I was worn out and struggling with constant flus and colds. I didn’t use supplements because I’d been taught in medical school that they weren’t necessary. It took a health crisis in my own family for me…
Ingredient #1 – What You Eat
The first essential ingredient to healthy weight loss is "what you eat". As I mentioned last week, there is a lot more to this than just counting calories. The first and foremost rule to follow when choosing “what to eat”, is…
Ingredient #8: Avoiding Toxins helps you lose weight
So, what do environmental toxins have to do with weight loss? To understand this, you need to know first, that your fat cells are your key storage facilities when it comes to toxins. Toxins in the fat cells can make…
Ingredient #7: Balancing Your Hormones
The 7th ingredient to healthy weight loss is hormonal balance. Our hormones play an essential role in controlling all our bodily functions. As such they play a key role in maintaining a healthy weight. Here are a few key points to…
Ingredient #6 – Reducing Your Stress
Ingredient #6 to healthy weight loss is stress reduction. When you are doing everything else right and you still can’t lose weight, it’s almost always linked to either too much stress or a hormonal imbalance. Stress plays a huge role…
Ingredient #5 – A Good Night’s Sleep
The 5th essential ingredient to healthy weight is making sure that you have a deep and thorough sleep every night. Sleep is all too often overlooked when it comes to weight loss. Yet, its importance can’t be overstated. Have you…
Ingredient #4 – An Active Lifestyle
The 4th essential ingredient to healthy weight loss is having an active lifestyle. Notice that I didn’t say "exercise". That’s because the concept of exercise when you are overweight is often seen as an unpleasant but necessary part of losing…
Ingredient #3 – How You Eat
The 3rd essential ingredient to healthy weight loss is "how you eat". The French don’t “diet”, they eat rich food and drink red wine and their rates of obesity are significantly lower than those in North America. Why is this?…
Ingredient #2 – When You Eat
The second essential ingredient to healthy weight loss is "when you eat". There was a recent study that showed that eating all your calories in the evening caused weight gain whereas eating the same amount of calories just in the…