Losing Weight and Maintaining A Healthy Body WeightLosing weight and maintaining your ideal weight are the result of good health in both mind and body. You can achieve your ideal weight with our customized detox plan whether you have 10, 40 or more than 100 pounds to lose. The healing and cleansing you'll experience through this gentle detox will help you stabilize your healthiest body weight even if you are underweight or simply fear weight gain. What I (Cindy) finally learned and applied through years of struggling with my weight has kept me at my ideal body weight since 2003 and enjoying my food immensely! You can do it too. This website is a tool for creating your personal, unique and lasting program.
For nearly 20 years I struggled with my weight and food addictions. I was very active and successful in other parts of my life and I knew for the most part what healthy eating was. But I continually sabotaged my own efforts and bounced between being 10 to 30 pounds overweight. Overeating was my way of coping with feelings and stress. My cells were toxic to the point of chronic, systemic candidiasis that kept me emotionally and physically addicted to sugar. There's a lot more to body weight than appearance.First, let’s understand the role that fat plays in your body. Your body uses fat to protect you. As toxins build up from your daily diet and the environment, your body actually produces more fat cells to store the toxins. In addition, a body under stress will naturally store calories because biologically it thinks there's an emergency. Emotional stress, sleep deprivation, food deprivation and blood sugar extremes create this response.Secondly, this country has an epidemic of people who are obese AND malnourished. How is this possible? Because our western diet is filled with foods that are rich in calories and poor in nutrients. People are loading up on calories while skimping on the amount and quality of nutrition the body needs. Junk food, processed food and even diet foods (like low-fat and low-carb alternatives) are poor substitutes for natural, nutrient-dense food. When we “diet” in the traditional way, the body naturally responds with stress, cravings and discomfort because it isn’t receiving the nutrition it needs and deserves. Packaged and processed foods, fortified with isolated or synthetic vitamins, cannot duplicate the subtle, trace minerals, vitamins and nutrient complexes that nature provides. Weight loss and maintenance becomes very difficult when our body continues to crave more and more food trying to get the nutrients it's missing.
Make Peace with your BodyThe first step is to make peace with your body because it is doing its very best to protect and support you. Losing weight for good begins when you value and care for yourself and your body EXACTLY AS IT IS TODAY. When you disrespect your body, you won’t feel deserving of the time and attention it will take to truly nourish and care for yourself in the best possible way. I remember feeling afraid of accepting my body as it was because I was afraid that meant I would settle for never losing weight!The paradox comes from loving and respecting your body so much, as it is, that you truly begin to nourish it and love it. Only then will permanent and healthy change be possible. That means you also accept that you aren’t perfect and that your detox diet will also not be perfect – that is just the nature of being human! Forgive your body and treat yourself as you would lovingly treat a child. If a child wanders off of the sidewalk, they are just doing what children do, and you would gently guide them back onto the path. When you wander off course in your effort towards detoxing and losing weight, gently remind yourself that it is normal, that you deserve the very best, and firmly guide yourself back onto the path. Make Peace with your FoodThe next step is to truly make peace with food! Ask yourself – do you resent food for its control over you? Do you fear food because of your lack of control? Do you judge food as “good food” and “bad food?” Your body will respond in very different ways to a candy bar versus a fresh peach, but that does't mean you are “bad” when you choose the candy bar. When you make peace with food and fear it less you will begin to incorporate healthier choices because you WANT to.I love food! And I love feeding my body the most scrumptious, nourishing foods possible! Detoxing is not about deprivation – it is about feeding your body wholesome, nourishing foods that replenish and rejuvenate all your cells and organs. When you respect your body and your food, you understand the deep truth contained in "You Are What You Eat." Losing weight is a natural side effect of gentle detox!
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If you are struggling with your weight, you may have tried many diets or other efforts to attain your ideal body weight. It can be demoralizing to feel you have no control over your weight and that your efforts fail time and time again. Anger and resignation are common results. You may have lost your zest and excitement for life or you may be in denial that losing weight is really important to your health.
