1. Drink an 8oz glass of water shortly before each meal.

2. Count your fiber grams, 25+ is a good start. Most people don't get near enough fiber. Fiber keeps blood sugar more stable, gives you the feeling of fullness, and helps keep your colon clean and moving.

3. Portion Control. Fist size carbohydrates portions like sweet potatoes and palm sized protein portions like baked fish. Use your salads and raw veggies as your largest portions.

4. Use good fats like Olive oil at home for cooking. Minimize or eliminate all fried foods. Rancid fats from fast food joints cause high cholesterol, thinning hair (note Did you know if you feed a dog old grease all their hair will fall out), clogged arteries and possible stroke.. Don't be fooled into not getting enough fat in your diet. In the craze to lose weight we must not neglect our need for good fats to help with hormone and endocrine regulation and the feeling of satiety. Good fats come from avocados, nuts, seeds, cold water fish, flax seed oil and olive oil

5. Snacks. Stay away from high sugar and high fat snacks like candy bars and chips. Reach for protein bars, small portions of fresh nuts, cottage cheese and fruit. Be certain to include protein to curb your appetite and stabilize your blood sugar. Don't be tricked by low fat gimmick foods. These foods say low fat but most are loaded with sugar which will make your body respond with high insulin which causes fat storage any ways. When you look for a protein bar snack be sure to check that the carbohydrates are equal to or less than the protein grams. This insures blood sugar stability and maximum fat burning.

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If you are not successful with these changes and diet products you may have an underlying problem that is keeping your from burning excess fat. Contrary to popular belief Calories in - Calories Out = net fat loss Is not always true.

Hormones:

Women have a symphony of hormones constantly changing through out the month. If these hormones are unbalanced, take for instance if you are low in progesterone and high in estrogen ( estrogen dominance) then you will be less likely to loose fat. Estrogen dominance interferes with thyroid hormones. Along with cabbage family foods and soy. You may have the hormone, but it won't be active.

Men can have hormonal imbalances also, but usually this is not so much a factor in their weight loss.

Get your hormones tested. We now offers Saliva Hormone testing that you do at home and measures the levels of hormones in your saliva not your blood. This is a much better way of accurately measuring your level of free hormone (which is active). Blood tests measure all hormones active and inactive. A standard 2 hormone test kit is $60.00. Each hormone is $30.00. Most women would benefit from at least testing their estrogen (estradiol) and progesterone. Imbalances in progesterone and estrogen are a culprit for causing women fatigue, PMS, and weight problems. All test kits are sent to a certified lab and return with detailed results.

Constipation:

If you are constipated then your body is reabsorbing all kinds of toxins and it will be hard to loose weight on any program. Some people start with a cleansing program when they decide to go on a weight loss program. Ultimate Cleanse is a complete body cleanser developed to rid the body of burdened toxins and correct constipation problems.

Yeast Problems:

The late Dr. Crook revolutionized the Yeast Connection. A complex array of symptoms that stem from over growth of candida albicans. Candida is type of fungus that is normally present in the body, but it can get out of balance causing a variety of symptoms such as foggy memory, allergies, weight gain, headaches, eczema, hyperactivity, skin rashes, sugar cravings, fatigue, compromised immune response and the list goes on. If you have yeast overgrowth you will not respond normally to diet programs.

 See digestion products for more information on yeast cleanses.

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