Mistakes

Self  Sabotage And Weight Loss: How To Recognize It And Overcome It

Surrender Your Fear Of Failing…

by Andréa Albright

It’s So Important To Reduce Your Weight.

When you find yourself destroying all your success, it’s hard to know what to do.

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How Can You Break Your Bread Addiction?

Get Rid Of It…

by Andréa Albright

Eating Bread Is Just As Addictive As Heroine…

but unlike a heroine addict who has to go out and “score” their drug…

If you’re addicted to bread, you have to face it everywhere.

Why Is Bread So Addictive?

Bread is a refined carbohydrate, meaning it has been stripped down of all the nutrients,and even the fiber has been removed.

All that’s left is a carbohydrate, or a sugar, that is absorbed into your blood VERY fast.

And unlike table sugar that is only one chain of a sugar molecule (or maybe two in some kinds of sugar)…

Bread is an entire CHAIN of sugar molecules. And that means you get a MASSIVE sugar hit to your system.

All these chains break down in your digestion in an instant and FLOOD your blood with sugar. This gives you an energy spike, but when your blood sugar (or glucose levels) are too HIGH…

Your body does this really amazing thing to protect itself… It stores fat. And then you CRASH. Isn’t that fantastic?!

And when you crash, you crave more and more bread in order to get your sugar levels back up. And the cycle repeats.

You Can Break Your Addiction To Bread

Over the next 3 days, be aware of how much bread you are eating.

Try replacing bread with some slow-burning carbohydrates that are not refined.

Here are some healthy substitutes:

1. Brown Rice

2. Quinoa

3. Seeds And Nuts

You will still get your same “nutty, earthy, and crunchy” satisfaction from eating these foods like you do when you eat bread…

But you won’t get the sugar spike, fat storage, and a sugar crash that comes with it.

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This Tip Is Going To Help You Stop Overeating.

By Andréa Albright

… I Use This Tip To Make Sure That I Don’t Go Into “Fat Storage” Mode From Eating Too Much …

Here’s the words spelled out for you below…

So grab your iPhone or your Blackberry, most cells phones today have a feature that’s a timer inside of them.

So right before you start to eat, grab your iPhone, set your timer and 15 minutes later, stop, tune in to what’s going on inside of your body.

For men, you can tune in to your mental clarity and women, we tend to feel things more emotionally so look at your mood, your state of happiness, your state of wellbeing.

This real simple quick tip is going to help you become more self-aware, more tuned into your body, and will help you to stop overeating.

For easy and simple tips to stop overeating go here and get on the free email newsletter.

P.S. Please let me know what are YOUR best tips to stop overeating?

Why Women Fail In Losing Weight?

Weight Problems For Women…

by Andréa Albright

Unprofessional Approach To Fitness.

Here Are The Top Ten Reasons Why Women Fail At Losing Weight – And How To Make Sure YOU Avoid Every One Of These Disastrous Common Mistakes…

>>>> MISTAKE #1: Blaming Your Genetics

Have you ever wondered why some women get the “skinny genes” and some women get the bad genetics that make them fat?

Is it just bad luck?

Just like me, I’m sure you’ve had girlfriends that can eat anything, never exercise and still look great… 

But for some unfortunate reason this lifestyle doesn’t keep YOU from getting fat. And if you’re like me, it’s almost impossible not to think that you have been genetically cursed with the “fat gene”.

When I was a teenager, I actually thought, ”God doesn’t love me because I don’t have the skinny genes like those women on television and in the magazines.” 

And that hit me at the core of my being. I felt hopeless and depressed, which only made me want to eat more and hate my body more…

It’s an endless cycle.

I was headed for obesity.

But the TRUTH is that it was not God or my genetics that were keeping me from succeeding in getting into shape and staying in shape. It was hard to admit that to myself… 

Women are not overweight because of their “good” or “bad” genetics. Women are overweight because of their lifestyle and the choices they make. And guess what? Even someone with “good genetics” can get fat.

Haven’t you ever seen someone who started off skinny but gained weight when she went to college, had a baby, or had some other major life-altering event? 

I’ve known LOTS of women that this has happened to. But their genetics didn’t change… they still have those “good genes” they were born with. But the good news is that, even women with “bad genetics” can have a killer body.

I’m a perfect example of this. My entire family is obese, and I have the worst genetics when it comes to storing fat and gaining weight… but I’ve discovered secrets that are more powerful than genetics.

And I’ve seen these secrets work for my clients and for countless other women who were born with those “fat genes”.

It’s not genetics.

I know that this might blow away your excuse for being overweight, and it’s hard to accept… but it’s time to let that go. Excuses are not serving you or helping you to lose weight… in fact, it’s holding you back… 

Until you accept this fact — that it’s NOT your genetics, you’ll NEVER have the weight loss success that you want.

>>>> MISTAKE #2: Thinking That If You Can Do The Hard Work To LOSE The Weight, It Will Be Easier To KEEP It Off

What do most women do when they have a special event they want to lose weight for? Right. They go on some kind of radical, crash diet or take some “miracle pill” in order to ”lose weight quickly”. 

Well, I have news for you… those radical diets and pills will not solve your weight loss problems. Never, ever, EVER. You cannot starve yourself for a short period of time and lose weight then expect to stay thin.

Think about it.

If you radically change your diet and eating habits, you MAY lose some weight, but what’s going to happen as soon as you go back to your normal life? Are you going to keep taking those pills and stay on that restricted, painful diet forever? 

It’s almost funny that we believe this and make this mistake over and over and over again. We all do it.

We get motivated to change our life when we have some event to get excited about, but as soon as that special event is over, we lose our motivation. And we go back to our old ways. 

Shouldn’t it be obvious by now, that if we’ve all lost weight on one diet or another, and we all are still not in shape… that it must be HARDER to KEEP it off than to lose it?

The truth is that lots of women can make a commitment and keep a commitment for 30 days and maybe lose some
weight. 

Part of what makes that commitment possible is the idea, somewhere in the back of your mind, that you won’t have to keep this up much longer…

We actually lay the groundwork for our ultimate failure while we are “on a diet” by thinking this way. It would be much better for your mental health to lose 5 pounds FOREVER than 50 pounds for 6 months. Isn’t that the worse feeling…

when you start to gain it back and you feel powerless to stop it? Not only that, but statistics show that most people who lose a lot of weight actually gain back MORE than they lost.

The question you need to ask yourself is not “How do I get into shape?” but “How can I STAY in shape?”

How can you KEEP the results you are so desperate for? Taking pills and crash dieting?

NO.

Bad idea. That will never keep you thin.

>>> MISTAKE #3: Going To The Wrong Sources

I can’t even count the number of times when somebody has said to me, “You’ve GOT to try the so-and-so diet!” or “I lost 40 pounds after doing the whatever program!” It’s tempting because those numbers sure SOUND good.

But if you stop for one moment, you might realize that the person telling you they lost 40 pounds doesn’t look so good… 

In fact, in the following year, they GAINED 50 pounds back. How is that person an EXPERT?

So what about your doctor? She will probably say something like ”eat less and exercise more.” 

That’s not really earth-shaking news. And if you’ve tried taking that advice, you know that long-term, it’s just too hard to stick with.

But the worst source of all…

It’s so easy to take the advice of someone that tells you it will be as EASY as taking a pill. We WANT to believe them.

You’re desperate to find a quick fix… you’ll put up with the jittery feeling and the uncontrollable mood swings… and that might be worth it… if it would actually work. 

But think about it, after all that suffering does your body look any different?

I’ve done it too many times… and it was all for nothing. I’m hoping to save you from some of that. Stop looking for solutions in the wrong places.

>>> MISTAKE #4: Trying To Convince Yourself That SOME DAY When You Have The Money, The Better Job, The Better Relationship, The… WHATEVER… That You’ll Finally Be Able To Get Into Shape And Enjoy The Body That You Deserve

How many times have you thought that celebrities have those great bodies because they have the money for the best trainers and nutritionists?  Or that they have the TIME to work out… 

That they have some UNFAIR advantage? If you’re like me, then you’ve thought this a LOT.

Well guess what? It’s only NORMAL to think this. That’s right, I said NORMAL. 

It’s a protection we have from taking a long, hard look at our own lives and habits… But there’s a danger to this thought. When you think these things, you send a clear message to yourself:

“I don’t have the ability to get into shape because my life is too hard. Therefore, it’s not MY fault that I’m fat.”

And thinking this allows us to live with ourselves in our inferior condition. Why are you making excuses to live BELOW your
own standards? 

If you think you can wait, you are WRONG! Life is short and you want to enjoy a healthy and attractive body NOW, not “some day”.

Especially when you know that if you keep saying “some day”, then “some day” will never come. I know, because I used to think that way. 

But I was lucky enough to accidentally discover the truth about why some women can stay in shape and others can’t.

>>> MISTAKE #5: Not Knowing EXACTLY What To Do When Your Willpower Fails

Another huge and unfortunate mistake that most women make is not preparing for the FACT that your WILLPOWER WILL FAIL YOU. It always does. 

Willpower does not last. And it DEFINITELY won’t carry you through when it gets really hard.

It’s easy to have willpower when you first decide, “This is it! I’m getting into shape!” But about three weeks later, your willpower is gone… again.

See, no matter how strong you think you are, no matter how different you think it’s going to be THIS time, it’s just not possible to keep up the willpower FOREVER.

Not even if you’re the strongest person in the world. So what do you do when your willpower fails? If you’re like most of us… you have no idea. You never plan that far out. 

One thing that destroys all your success is that when you have even one little cheat you beat yourself up so badly that you become depressed, your enthusiasm fades, and then you’re into the downward spiral.

Do you know about this downward spiral?…

You cheat, you get depressed, you cheat again, and then you’re even MORE depressed, and you feel
like a failure. Pretty soon you’ve given up completely. 

Obviously, basing your ability to get into shape on willpower alone is not going to cut it. You need a real, do-able, win-able strategy that does not depend on that on-again, off-again friend, “willpower”.

There is a much better way…

>>> MISTAKE #6: Allowing Big Companies And Advertisers To Get Into Your Head and Tell You What YOU Want And What YOU Want To Eat

These big companies don’t care about you and your health. You are a consumer to them. 

They want you to be fat, they want you to be out of shape, they don’t care about the consequences to your health. 

In fact, they just want you to be addicted to their products.

And even when you go looking for dieting solutions, they want you to come to them. 

They mislead you by using names like “healthy” or “lite” or “reduced calorie” to make sure they can still SELL you more when you’re “dieting”.

They are just feeding you more addiction. They are the wolf in sheep’s clothing.

They are very happy when you make mistake # 1 and believe that it’s your genetics that are the problem. They don’t want you to wake up. Car companies want to sell you cars and food companies want to sell you food. 

And addictive foods sell better because, just like cigarettes or even hard drugs, once you are addicted, they’ve got a customer for life.
 
Ever try to pass up that bag of chips or cookies in the supermarket? Sure you do it once, you do it twice… but you always feel the pull… and eventually, one day when you’re feeling a bit depressed, you weaken. 

Do you tell yourself you’ll just eat one handful and then put the bag away? Have you ever thought about why you want them in the first place?

You know in your heart of hearts, this is more than a one time craving– this is an addiction. They’ve got you.

So the question is…

How do thin, healthy women avoid falling into this trap?

>>> MISTAKE #7: Believing that In Order to Have a Good Body, You Have to Suffer

Now I’m going to blow your mind. Once you get through the first part of realizing that clinging to your bad habits is making  you fat, making healthy choices can actually be… pleasurable.

I know, I know. You’re thinking: “Now she’s going to try to convince me that not eating what I what I want, when I want, won’t be torture!” 

Just follow me here for a moment.

I used to think that there is a clear choice that we all have to make in life- “fat and happy” or “in shape and miserable”. And who wants to be miserable? Not me, thank you.

I’ll take being fat over misery any day. But every time I tried to lose the weight, it was miserable…

My liberation came when I discovered that there was a way to get into shape that didn’t require suffering. And more importantly, it didn’t require me to do unhealthy things to my body.  

It is a way that allows me to love myself, and feel right about the process SPIRITUALLY. 

In other words:

I have figured out a way to ENJOY the process of getting a smokin’ hot body. And I’m going to tell you exactly how YOU can too.

>>> MISTAKE #8: Trying to BUY the Solution with a Pill, or Even Surgery

Okay, I’m about to totally embarrass myself in front of you. I once put down my credit card number on a web site for pills promising that they would completely change my body and “melt fat off of my body”. 

How can you go wrong with that, right?

Well after 30 days of taking the pills, I hadn’t lost any weight and I still looked the same. 

In fact, the ONLY thing I gained was a severe addiction to diet pills. And as long as I’m being completely honest, I also considered liposuction surgery.

I am so thankful that I didn’t put down thousands of dollars and subject my body to unnecessary pain and DANGEROUS surgery. 

Because I now know so many people who have had the surgery, and years later, they are right back where they were before- except with permanent scarring. But the scars on their skin are nothing compared with the scars on their spirits.

Because they are more self-defeated than ever before. It’s truly sad. Liposuction surgery does NOT lead to permanent weight loss. Doubt me? Just ask anyone who has had liposuction more than a few years ago.

Every one of them will tell you that they are in need of a “tune-up” and that the results did not last. 

The cold, hard truth is that only YOU can make the changes that will allow you to STAY in shape for a lifetime. And it’s MUCH EASIER than the doctors and the drug companies want you to believe.

>>> MISTAKE #9. Not Understanding the Science of How Your Body ACTUALLY Works

Fact: Starving yourself is NOT the answer.

If you’re like most people, you probably think that getting into shape is simply a matter of eating less. 

Or maybe you’ve read all about these fad diets and think the answer is cutting out all carbohydrates. Both of these solutions might work short term.

You’ve probably already tried one or both methods. 

If you have, then I don’t need to write the next paragraph, you already know…The weight does not STAY off. These are short-term illusions. 

As everyone who’s done it knows… your body soon adjusts to the lower amount of calories, your metabolism drops as your biology goes into “starvation mode”.

And your body, not knowing that your brain wants to lose weight, assumes that you are living in a time of famine where food is scarce. 

That’s when you hit “The Wall”. You were losing weight and suddenly, can’t lose another pound.

Worse, if you don’t stay on the reduced calorie diet, you gain weight faster than ever because you now have a SLOWER metabolism. 

Likewise, the body can be temporarily “fooled” into losing weight by cutting out carbohydrates. But the body is an amazing, adaptable machine.

It soon adjusts to the new diet and you’re right back where you started from. Or worse… Because just like trying to starve yourself, if you reintroduce carbs into your diet (and to be healthy, you really must), you gain weight faster than ever.

Fortunately there are actual, proven solutions that work WITH your body chemistry instead of AGAINST it…

And it’s important that you have that knowledge before you set out to get into shape if you want it to last this time.

>>> MISTAKE #10. Not Getting Help

This is the biggest mistake of all.

This is the mistake that keeps most women from EVER getting into the kind of shape that they truly want. 

I know that most women don’t like to look foolish. We want people to think that we’ve got everything figured out.

Asking for help seems embarrassing. In fact, we don’t like to admit that we even WANT to be thin.

Have you ever tried to convince yourself that it doesn’t really matter… that it’s really not that important to you to get into shape and lose the weight? 

Maybe it would be easier if you just didn’t care? I’ve had this conversation with myself so many times.

Let me tell you a little about me and what I went through before I discovered the secrets to having the kind of body that I’ve always wanted… 

About seven years ago I became fed up with the fact that the mental image of who I always thought I would be when I was a child, did not match the way I actually looked on the outside.

I never saw myself as a “heavy” person. And I kept asking myself, “How did I get here?!” It frustrated the hell out of me. 

One day I was out on the beach with my boyfriend, and he was looking at my body, and he told me that he wasn’t attracted to me anymore.

To say the least, I was devastated. But it got worse… He pulled out his camera, and told me that he wanted to take pictures of me, so that I could SEE what I looked like to him. 

Then he took photographs of me, while directing me not to “suck in my gut” and not to try to turn to the side to make myself look better as I would have normally done in front of a camera.

I was so humiliated.

And worse still, when I saw the pictures, when I saw what he saw… I agreed with him. Almost 1 year after that humiliating day, I made an accidental discovery that changed everything for me. 

After a lot of hard work and trying all kinds of crazy things, some too embarrassing to mention, I finally figured it all out.

I found a deep, personal inspiration to pursue health… for ME. I am now a size 2, and I have more energy and more happiness in my life that I could have imagined.

I dumped the jerk boyfriend, I am in the best health that I could have imagined, and I now get approached by men and women everywhere, asking me how I got this body… no one can believe that I used to be fat.

It has been a very rewarding experience. I no longer live with that sick, insecure, guilty feeling of knowing that I’m cheating myself out of having the life and body that I always knew I deserved.

I have friends and clients that were in the same condition that I was in, and I have shared my discoveries with them as well… and it has brought so much happiness and health into their lives. 

Some of them have never loved their bodies in their entire lives, but now they do. 

It is truly a blessing to share what I have learned, and so, after many requests, I actually sat myself down every night for several months, and wrote down everything that I have learned.

After spending endless hours of research and reading all the other books out there… I know that the solutions offered in my book are really different from anything else out there. 

It is jam packed with dozens and dozens of specific strategies for overcoming cravings, and shows you specific scientific, psychological, and even SPIRITUAL methods for making real changes in your lifestyle, smoothly and easily, that will prevent you from ever having to rely on willpower
again.

And what’s even better is that this is NOT just some “eat less, exercise more” plan… these are completely different lifestyle improvements that you can actually LIVE with for a lifetime.

I published the book as an online eBook that you can download right from your computer– in other words, you could be reading it literally minutes from right now.

AND…
 
You can download the book today and review it for yourself for 2 full months and if it’s not right for you, I’ll send you a quick and no-question refund. 

By actually applying the principles in your life, you will see for yourself what really works. 

Only then, will you be able to decide for yourself if I can help you find the success you deserve.

If you’re like the vast majority of women who read my book, you’ll be thrilled with the results. But either way… it’s up to YOU. 

Why am I doing this? Because I care about you. I understand the pain you’re going through. I understand why you’ve made mistakes in dieting…

I’ve been there myself. Most of the things I tried didn’t work. But here’s what did work. I truly want you to have this information. I want you to lose the weight.

I want you to live a happy life in a body that you are proud of… I want you to have a healthy relationship with your body and with your SELF. 

I’m a woman just like you who has struggled with her weight since I was a teenager. I made some incredible discoveries that I personally believe can absolutely change your life if you give them a try.

I now believe that ANY woman can have the kind of body they want. I’ve seen it happen to my clients and my friends that
know these secrets. 

Don’t you owe it to yourself to take a chance?

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The Reason You Gain Weight….

 

Weight Gain Problems…

by Andréa Albright 

This Will Surprise You…

 

If you’ve ever wondered why you suddenly started gaining weight…

Even though you haven’t changed your diet, or your exercise

All of a sudden, your clothes started fitting tighter, and you went up another dress size…

You can’t figure out what happened, and where you went wrong…

But this may surprise you…

There’s a study about the area of brain health and mental focus and one of the things that research has found is that multitasking actually makes you gain weight.

This is really amazing because we live in a world where we are distracted all day by cell phones, emails,Twitter, and Facebook and just crazy amounts of media.

… it’s information overload!

And your mind gets overwhelmed with lots of different things happening at once.

Turns out, this will make your body release “stress hormones” that cause you to gain weight!

… pretty shocking, huh?

There’s this idea that, especially in a lot of corporate America jobs and really high pressure jobs, that you’re supposed to do more than one thing at a time. It’s actually kind of this noble badge of “I’m a powerful worker because I can multitask.”

By now, you’re probably wondering…

How Does This Make Me Gain Weight?

Everything that research has found shows that people who multitask actually release more of the stress hormone cortisol than a person
who is focused on one activity at a time.

The brain, mind, and all the parts of your ”mental self” focus the best when you are:

- Present

- Calm

- And concentrating on ONE thing at a time

This relaxes your brain and mind, and STOPS the body from releasing the stress hormone cortisol, which TURNS OFF the fat-storing and STOPS you from gaining weight.

One More Important Point:

This takes practice.

No one is ever born knowing how to do this perfectly.

And the more you practice, the calmer, and more focused your mind gets.

Really starting to work on that area of your life, turning off the email, turning off your cell phone, and just really absorbing this time to be:

- Present

- Listening

- Learning

 

It will take you to a much higher level, and it will stop you from gaining weight.

It will also bring your mind into a state of calm and clarity which is where your mind wants to be!

It will also stop all the STRESS production, the stress cycles of having to multitask and having to manage too many things at once.

So, when your mind is in line with your healthy attitude, then it becomes so much easier to follow everything I am teaching you about natural weight loss.

Sure you know that you’re supposed to take your food with you every time you leave the house. You’re going to grab a snack and some healthy almonds or fruit or maybe a nutrition bar.

You know that you’re going to eat five or six times today, but when your brain is all scattered around, then you don’t line up with that. You don’t stay focused, but the more you do this the easier it becomes.

I am so honored to be walking this path with you and I am so grateful for you, for you shining your light and CHOOSING to be a healthy, happy, calm, and FOCUSED person.

Thank you for being the brightest being that you can be. The world needs light.

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How Media Images Destroy Our Self-Esteem…

 By Andréa Albright

And Ruin Our Relationships With Our Bodies…

When we see images of “perfection” and “over-stimulated” sexual organs in our media – tv, internet, movies, billboards – everywhere there are images being mass produced to sell us products has created a new form of psychology – Media

“Perfection Psychosis”

The obsession with being Perfect…

Perfect boobs, perfect hair, perfect flat belly…..

And while underneath all of this, is our attraction to health and humans that express healthy attributes, but it can also turn to a destructive force.

It brings up things in relationship that the human animal has never experienced before.  As our ancestors were living in a society where beauty was RARE, we are surrounded by it daily.  

Images in media give the human brain the ILLUSION that perfection is the norm and that being ugly or “less than perfect” is ab-normal.

This sets up a no-winning battle where a woman will never feel beautiful enough… and a man will never fully have his idealized fantasies fulfilled.

And as a woman, feeling less than beautiful or desirable by her chosen mate causes a source of great pain and shame about her “less than perfect” body.  

It’s easy to go into self-sabatoging behavior when you think, “what’s the use?  it’s never gonna be perfect anyway.  Why even bother to be healthy and take care of it?”

And this leads to a downward spiral of body abuse, self-sabotage, and negative emotions.  Which will only want a woman to “escape” from her body even more.  

Chocolate, sugar, lots of wine… it all becomes an avenue to just stop the body hatred for a moment… and yet, the only thing will stop it is the most counterintuitive action … give your body LOVE.

 

Self-care.  Self-nuturing.  Self-love.

 

That’s actually what will stop the pain and quiet those voices of shame that want to compare you to every digitized image that crosses your path – yes, all THOUSAND times that day – it is the only power strong enough to overcome even the darkest thoughts.

  • Give your body LOVE.
  • Cherish your body.
  • Love yourself.

 

You’ll find that there is a far greater joy than “being perfect”… because if you ask any of the models on the other side of those photos about THEIR insecurities about their body (and trust me, I’ve been there!), you’ll see that they are just like us.

  • Worried about their belly pooch.
  • Scared that they won’t be “attractive” enough.
  • Terrified that they don’t deserve to be loved.

 

… and doing their best to smile through the pain and the insecurities that plague every woman in the modern, hyper-digitized, hyper-photoshopped, media world that we live in.

It’s not about escaping from these images.  It’s all a game to silence the negative doubts of insecurity.

And the only way to do this from my experience and from listening to other woman that have found ways to Lose Weight and keep it off… it doesn’t come from a “punishing” force.  It always comes from self love.

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Avoid Weight Loss Disasters…

By Andréa Albright

Weight Loss Ideas

Our society and the media is obsessed with “weight loss stories” about people who have succeeded at losing weight.

I get it. It’s very inspiring to hear about other people’s victories and it makes you think, “Hey, I can do that too.”

It’s especially tempting when the media or advertisement promises it to be “easy” to take their approach.

People write to me telling me that they lost “so and so pounds on this diet or with this procedure” and now that they’ve gained all the weight back… “Should I do it again?”

And I want to slap myself on the forehead, “What?!”

If you have to go “back-on” a diet program… Or if you have to go back to get “tune-up” procedures…

Then the approach you used DID NOT WORKFollow me?

If the weight doesn’t STAY OFF… then it is not a success. It’s a disaster.

Because not only do these methods of losing weight and gaining it back cause your metabolism to be completely DESTROYED – making it harder and harder to lose weight every time you do it…

But most importantly, they DESTROY your self-esteem, your hope and your BELIEF in your SELF that you will ever lose the weight for good.

You feel like a failure. You feel like you’re broken. And all this time, it’s not even YOU.

It’s the common (and dangerous!) approaches to weight loss that are failing you.

 

Here Are 2 Common Weight Loss Disasters…

 

Question From Reader

 

Hi,

I am a four year out gastric bypass patient… Hope you can help me I have loved your newsletter it has helped myself and my sister we try lots of your ideas.

But I am 46 years of age and now seem too have stopped losing weight its almost crazy I got down to 145lbs and now am up to 195lbs I lose 10lbs and then gain them back again its like my body is not wanting to lose anymore please e-mail back if you can give me any advice would love to hear from you my nickname is rosemary.

 

My Response

 

Dear Rosemary,

Here’s the thing with gastric bypass surgery… It never addresses the ROOT of the weight gain. Whenever you have bypass surgery, you are FORCING your body to go into “starvation mode”. And “starvation mode” is not a healthy place for your body to be in.

When you are in this mode, your body thinks that food has run out (why else would you have stopped eating so drastically?)… 

And therefore, your body is doing everything it can to keep you alive while the food is in shortage.

Your body does this by eliminating as much of your muscle as possible (because muscle cells are very hungry cells that require a lot of food and nutrition to keep them alive)… And this in turn slows down your metabolism.

Meaning that you are running at a slower speed. You have less energy for movement. You have less energy for thinking.   You have less energy for processing your emotions.

And when you starve yourself, you are telling your body to store fat. But it’s not your fault.

Our society and the media is obsessed wit talking about gastric bypass surgery as the “cure” for people who can’t lose weight. But no one ever talks about the FACT that people who get the surgery almost always gain back the weight within just a few short years.

That’s because the surgery is trying to trick your body instead of working with it.

So how do you get your body out of starvation mode? By feeding your body and building muscle!

I take you through it step-by-step in my eBook.  Be sure to pay very close attention to the first chapter where I talk about exactly what “starvation mode” is and why it causes your body to store fat.
Also, the surgery has never addressed the psychological, emotional and spiritual component of health.

Just because your stomach is smaller does not mean that you have the mind-set for living a healthy life…

Or a healthy way to process your emotions instead of eating… Or a connection to your “higher” SELF that will keep you on the path of healthy weight loss long enough for you to truly TRANSFORM your body and life forever.

I’ve seen time and again (and through my own journey of losing weight), that it’s not that hard to lose weight for a couple of months or years. But to get healthier and thinner every year of your life requires something deeper… 

Something that cares for your whole SELF – your body, mind, emotions and spirit.

And once you get “hooked” on this new way of living… then you are guaranteed to never gain it back again.

Rest assured, you are on the right path.

The fact that you are seeking this truth on a deeper level shows that you are now ready…

You’re looking for lasting results. You’re searching for a new way of LIVING.

I believe in you.

 

Question From Reader

 

Hi Andrea,

I’ve been doing weight watchers for around 3 months and I have lost almost 30 pounds. It was pretty good, but the last two weeks I don’t know what happen, I started to reach for food without thinking. Sometimes I ate until I get sick and after that I throw up all the food. I know that is a big problem. I don’t want to have bulimia, but I need help how control my mind because my stomach is not the problem because I get full pretty easy. The problem is, I can’t stop my mind telling me reach for food. Please, If you have some words that can help me I will be really thankful to you…

Thank you very very much,

Lulu

 

My Response

 

Dear Lulu,

This may surprise you…

Your body and mind are connected. In fact, they are actually one-in-the-same.

This idea that we’ve had in the past that our body is dangling down below and the mind is only in the head – like some kind of stick figure drawing… is wrong!

More and more scientific evidence is proving what some of the ancient cultures have known for thousands of years – the Body and Mind are ONE.

So how does that help you to control your eating?

When your body is not getting the nutrition that you need, it will send VERY powerful signals to your mind, “I need food!”

And if you eat food that may be low in calories (or “points” as the Weight Watchers system calls them) in order to lose weight, you are NOT focusing on what your body needs.

Remember, your body needs NUTRITION. Your body needs vitamins, and minerals, and protein, and fat, and carbohydrates, and fiber, and phytonutrients… and all those beautiful things that make NATURAL foods so healthy and nutritious for you.

Your body doesn’t care about calories and it certainly doesn’t care about “points”. And if your body is not getting what it needs, it will do EVERYTHING it can to get it.

That’s where the intense CRAVINGS are coming from. It’s your body screaming out for nutrition.

Your mind has you convinced it’s all about “willpower” and that you should be able to survive on this food that you’re eating because some diet program says so.

But your body does not agree. And that’s where the binge-eating is coming from.  Your body is trying to get nutrition. It’s missing some vitamin or mineral and it NEEDS it… so if your body can get you to just start eating, then the odds of it getting what it needs are much higher. See how that works?

But here’s where it turns into disaster.

When your body sends out this “Eat Now!” signal, your mind interprets it as “I want french fries and ice cream.” Because your mind, if not guided and directed in the right direction, will mislead you and destroy your health.

But it’s not your mind’s fault either. Your mind is mis-interpreting the signals from your body only because it doesn’t know any better…

Yet. Over time, your mind will learn that those cravings are actually coming from a lack of nourishment and NOT some lack of “willpower”.

But it takes time. And that, my friend is the journey that you and I are on together.  I’ll be your guide through it until the end… I promise.

So why are you having such intense cravings now? I would start to look at the ingredients of these “special diet foods” that you’re eating. Are they full of chemicals? If so, then they are NOT natural foods. They are processed, man-made foods that have been sold to us as the “cure” for weight loss because they are low in calories.

But are they high in nutrition?

Are they alive and vibrant with color?

Are they fresh and will they die quickly if left out in the open?

Do they leave you with radiant energy? If not, then they are NOT natural or nutritious. And that’s what I find about most of these special diet foods that they’re telling us to eat.

They may be low in calories, but they are high in chemicals and they leave us STARVING for more nutrition and nourishment on ALL levels – physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

But do not worry my friend, there is a way out of this dieting disaster. There is a NATURAL approach to weight loss that works.  It’s the approach that I discovered over 8 years ago…

It’s the approach that helped me finally jump off the diet-program insanity train, and gave me the body and health that I’ve always wanted. It’s also helped thousands of other people too. Give it a try.

Remember when I said that the mind and the body are ONE?

Well, there’s something else about this that’s really cool… When you return to your natural diet of healthy, nutritious food that is alive, not only do the cravings stop because your body stops sending that “Eat now!” signal all the time, but something else happens too… Your mind actually starts to FEEL better and THINK clearer.

That is even more evidence to prove that the mind and body are connected.  As your body gets healthier and healthier, so does your mind… So do your thoughts. So do your emotions. And this just makes you feel better and better every day of your life. That means less binge eating to escape and less habitual behavior of turning to food for pleasure. Pretty cool, huh?

Thank you for being a person who cares about yourself.

I’m so happy that you wrote to me before you got too far into the downward spiral – before you became bulimic, before you started to blame yourself for being a failure.

You are not a failure. It is the “old-fashioned” approach to dieting that is failing you.

It’s not about counting calories or points or eating all that chemical-filled “diet” food. That has never worked. And it never will.

Because remember TRUE success means you don’t just lose the weight temporarily… But you KEEP IT OFF for a lifetime.

The new approach to weight loss is a HEALTHY approach. It’s about feeding our bodies and nourishing our spirits every day of our life. And that way you will never feel like you are “starving” for anything. Because you will be filled-up every day and with every breath.

I’m sending you a big, glowing ball of gold colored and white light to surround you right now…
I hope you will open your heart to receive it.

And while you’re there, keep your heart open to KEEP receiving all the love and light that is surrounding you at every moment.

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Have You Ever Tried To Starve Yourself In Order To Lose Weight?

 

 

To Lose Weight You Must Eat…

 By Andréa Albright

 Weight Loss…

Maybe you learned it from a magazine, a celebrity, or some other “dieter” that told you that was the fastest way to lose weight

“I just stopped eating so much food, and I got skinny” is what we hear all the time so it makes sense that it would work for you too, right? But is it really that way?

Maybe you can relate to thisYou start the day thinking, “I need to lose weight in time for (insert special event here), so I’m not going to eat at all today! You are CONVINCED that you can stop eating.

You’re on a willpower “high” because you’re absolutely positive that you can do this. You skip breakfast, and think, “No problem at all”.

And then in the afternoon, you pump yourself up with some caffeine or pop a diet pill to suppress your appetite, and you get even more confident that you are really on the track to getting thin.

But then in the early evening, your body and brain is starting to shut down, and your emotions are out of control, but still you’re certain that you’ve got the willpower to make it through…

Until you smell a whiff of that pizza place or that fast food restaurant that you pass by, and before you know it, you’re stuffing your face and elbow deep in greasy, fattening food. You wake up from the food coma, and think, “What happened?!”

You were so in control and confident all day long, and you were doing so good… and now, you’ve destroyed it all, and all you’re left with is a massive dose of indigestion, fat-storage, and GUILT.

You swear to yourself, “Tomorrow, I’m gonna make up for this binge, and I’m not going to eat anything all day!”… And the cycle repeats.

Starvation diets have been around for decades, and you would think that we would’ve learned that it’s just not REALITY to believe that you can live like this, but here’s probably something you don’t know…

 

Starvation Diets Make You Fatter.

 

That’s right, you actually gain MORE weight when you starve yourself. Here’s what happens… When you stop eating, your body thinks that the environment you are living in has just run out of food. And your body is prepared for this because this used to happen A LOT to your ancestors. There were droughts and famines, and long stretches of time where nothing grew in the area (this was long before farming or agriculture), so your body has a very sophisticated way to deal with this…

Your body slows down your metabolism and prepares for the long drought or famine that is ahead. It slows down your metabolism by immediately getting rid of the most expensive cells – muscle. Muscle cells take a lot of ENERGY to keep them alive, and if you’re not getting enough food, then those are the FIRST to go. So your body registers, “Food is gone! Gotta get rid of that muscle!”, and it starts to do this immediately.

Your body thinks you’re in starvation mode, and it also does a lot of amazing things to your brain and energy levels in order to keep you alive – mostly slowing you down, and pumping you full of “stress hormones” that are going to give you a temporary rush of energy, but they have long term, devastating effects on your metabolism and brain chemistry.

Starving yourself gets rid of muscle cells, which slows down your metabolism, and it also trains your body to store more FAT cells. Why? Because fat cells are your “storage cells” that are there to keep you alive when all the food has run out. So when you break your starvation diet or fast with a binge (which you ALWAYS do)… then your body is going to make sure that it has even MORE fat cells. Your body is preparing for the NEXT time that the food is going to run out, and you’ve already programmed your body to EXPECT that to happen (that’s the next time you go and starve yourself).

 

Starvation Diets Are Insanity

 

You’re setting yourself up for a vicious cycle of losing muscle, slowing down your metabolism, depleting your brain and energy levels, and training your body to store more fat. Isn’t it great? And you thought starving yourself was sexy and only the really “strong” people can do it. But in reality, it doesn’t work for longterm weight loss.

People who are starving themselves don’t have the energy to exercise or use their brain for learning or productivity, and if you’ve ever felt their bodies, you can feel that they have almost no muscle tone at all.

 

What Is The Best Way To Lose Weight?

 

Feed your body natural, whole foods throughout the day, and never let your body go into “starvation mode”.

When you eat a small, healthy meal every 2 or 3 hours throughout the day, you are telling your body, “There is food everywhere! I live in an abundant land that is healthy and thriving”. This will tell your body to make MORE muscle, and use that energy for learning, exercising, and LIFE.

You’ll feel ALIVE and vibrant throughout the day without the up and down crashes where you need a caffeine or sugar boost to pick you up. Plus, you’ll be speeding UP your metabolism by training your body to USE the energy and hold onto the muscle that makes you leaner and tighter all over your body (muscle takes up less space than fat cells, so you get lean and tight all over). In other words, you’ll STOP storing fat, and start feeling GREAT.

Plus, you’ll be setting yourself with a lifestyle habit that you can live with. Once you get into the habit of eating every few hours, you will feel the energy and vitality pulsing through you, plus you will have the emotional energy to say “No” to sugary, fattening foods that are EVERYWHERE around you.

 

You Can Succeed At Your Weight Loss Goals

 

Set yourself up to succeed with long term weight loss by using the natural, loving, and gentle approach to losing weight. Drop the “starvation fad diets” that will only give you a temporary illusion of willpower and strength, but set you up for binge eating and fat storage.

This is how you create a healthy, radiant and happy body day after day, cell by cell, moment by moment. The war inside of you stops. You begin to love, nourish, and appreciate your body for all that it does for you everyday. And when you really get tuned into this amazing life energy, and the miracle that is pulsing through you with every breath… Your entire relationship with your body changes forever. And you never want to starve or torture it again.

 

Stop The Insanity Of Starvation Dieting.

 

Learn to LOVE and nourish your body with healthy foods, exercise, lots of water, deep breathing, and relaxation every day to keep you balanced, healthy, and full of energy! The fat cells will start to get smaller and smaller because your body realizes that the “hard times” are over. You’re not starving anymore. You live in a land of abundance, and your body is nourished with love and nutrition every day and always. This is a much better way to lose weight, and a happier way to live.

Remember, that there is no such thing as a “quick fix” to losing weight (if there were, we would’ve all heard of it by now!)… The only approach to long term weight loss is a loving, peaceful, and nourishing approach that feeds your body and spirit every day that you’re alive.

 

You can do this!~ I believe in you.

 

Love and Light,

 

 

 

Andréa Albright
100% Natural Weight Loss Expert, Online Yoga Teacher
Weight Loss Success Story (10 Yrs+)
Author – Amazing Body Now 100% Natural Weight Loss System That Lasts

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Lauren

by alexis on January 22, 2011 · 0 comments

“I Am Feeling Less Bloated And Happier Inside!”

SUCCESS STORY #5

Lauren

Yes, I know exactly how you feel, I feel less bloated and happier as well Lauren, that is why I keep on the Amazing Body Now program. .  It is AMAZING to see how we CAN change our eating and our life. You have true courage and inner strength. I love hearing about your success because it reminds me of my own. You inspire me! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Congrats Lauren, we know how life changing this can be and look forward to hearing more from you on your success story.  Keep us posted!

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