Background: The Slow Carb Diet™ was created by Tim Ferriss in his awesome book, “The 4-Hour Body“. I’ve put the information below together to give you some info and show how I would use the plan. Get the book for the full details of how this diet can work for you. Our super simple meal plan example […]
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What is Carb Cycling and How Can it Help You Lose Weight?
Carb cycling is the foundation for a variety of eating plans which alternate between high-carb and low-carb meals. Day to day carb cycling is usually broken down into four different levels. For this article we will call them Easy, Classic, Turbo, and Fit. Carb cycling routines can be adjusted to cater to individual fitness and nutrition […]
Lesson #3: Learning the Correct Portion Sizes
Lesson 1 |Lesson 2 | Lesson 4 | Lesson 5 | Lesson 6 Modified Daniel Fast Lesson #3: Today we will review how to create healthy portion sizes. If you overeat, it can not only affect your weight but also your health in general. If your meals are not balanced, iie. too much sugar, too little protein or a lack of vital nutrients, […]
Lesson #2: Practice the 3 Ds – Delay, Distract and Decide
This is the exercise of the day for our Modified Daniel Fast. You will need a journal or note book for this one, because it’s an on going, daily exercise. Lesson 1 | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4 | Lesson 5 | Lesson 6 Lesson #2: Practice the 3 Ds – Delay, Distract and Decide This is a protocol for dealing with strong […]
Modified Daniel Fast Lesson 1: Letting Go of Our Favorite Foods
This is the first lesson for our Modified Daniel Fast Challenge. Ladies, I want to give you some exercises to help you go deeper into your wellness journey and deal with thought and emotions. These exercises will help you do just that. Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4 | Lesson 5 | Lesson 6 You […]
7 Foods You Should Always Avoid And Why
There’s a lot of temptation out there in the world of sweet, greasy, and fattening foods. Some are tasty cheat meal treats and others should be avoided at all costs. Why? Sometimes the momentary indulgence isn’t worth the long-term consequences in terms of health and addictive properties. Take a look at this list of 7 foods […]
Is Green Tea Good For Weight Loss?
In these days of fad diets and intense searches for the next weight loss miracle, you’ll hear “green tea” come up in health-centered conversations more and more often. Many people take on drinking green tea not knowing if or why it really helps with weight loss. Even though it’s occupying shelves in health and vitamin […]
8 Reasons to Give Up Diet Soda and Diet Drinks
What do people like to drink when they are trying to lose weight? Diet Soda and Diet drinks with fake sugars like aspartame. The problem is that there may be potential negative affects of diet sweeteners. Here are 8 reasons you should consider whether these artificial sweeteners could be bad for you. A recent University […]
6 Great Smoothie Recipes That You Should Try
Here are six of my favorite smoothie recipes to give you some new ideas for smoothies during our 14 Day Smoothie Detox Challenge. These smoothies are tasty and full of great recipes to help your body detox and release the pounds along with our plan. Feel free to add things like protein powder, cinnamon and chia […]
August 2014 Challenge – 14 Day Smoothie Detox
Update: I just want to thank everyone who has participated in our 14 Day Smoothie Detox. Please let us know how the plan worked for you. Leave a comment on Facebook, email us or post a comment below about your results. It’s time for our August 2014 Challenge – This month we will be doing a 14 Day […]