My first client Kent Clothier called and wanted a system to getting radical results in the most effective way possible. I knew it had to be easy and systematic.
If it could be built into a system he could do it. This goes for all entrepreneurs.
The secret to our success is to have laser sharp focus. When I set my clients up with a program it’s setup like a successful business from the start. We develop ways to outsource as much of the work as possible. For example, finding a personal chef or a personal trainer that works well with you ensuring you get the maximum results.
Otherwise your health much like a new business will fail, because you will lose passion and become bored. Fitness and health has to be fun and you have to get results right away. Most successful CEO’s and entrepreneurs I work with need to almost see results in real time. It’s almost obsessive. Which is why, when I create an individualized plan for them it supercharges their fat loss and health goals.
Body Hack
How can entrepreneurs or us “busy people” fit exercise in their life and not have to give up anything?
(I’m going to let you in on a little secret) I’m still tempted by the infomercial guy’s promise of 7 minutes to get abs. How good does that sound? It doesn’t work that way…
Hours and hours of trial and error desperately searching for answers and failing more than succeeding… I have seven body hacks that will get you in the best shape of your life with the…
What is a body hack? IT can be defined as..
Least amount of time
Low cost, you don’t need a gym
Little if any motivation to complete
These hacks will speed up your performance and goals with the least amount of effort.
7 Body Hacks
1. First thing in the AM. Take a cold shower. You’re probably thinking I’m crazy for bringing this up. It not only wakes you up immediately, thus letting you skip the coffee, but it also speeds up your metabolism. You feel like you conquered something first thing in the am… building up a rampage of motivation to get more stuff done.
2. Eat low-glycemic foods, like yogurt or an apple, before bedtime. This bedtime snack can combat morning fatigue and headaches from low blood sugar through the night. Adding 1-2 tablespoons of flaxseed oil to the bedtime snack can also help decrease fatigue and increase cel repair. I usually eat 3 brazil nuts before bed to boost my testosterone as well. Plus the saturated fat helps with REM sleep. This is the type of sleep you need for your body to repair effectively.
3. I’ve also been experimenting with an ice bath before bed and then a little bit of melatonin to really knock me out. You will feel like you’ve been hit with an elephant tranquilizer. (I learned this little tip from my friend Tim Ferris.) If you are into understanding your dreams like I am you could even add a little Kava with the melatonin. (Crazy Lucid Dreams.)
4. Get a metabolic type test or a full metabolic blood panel. See how your body processes different types of food. Many of my clients have a different metabolic type to the way they have been eating their whole lives… this can cause chaos inside your body and lots of inflammation in your cells, causing weight gain and a myriad of other health problems.
Healthy Cell
5. Juice! If you find yourself always hungry for no reason you could be starving from a nutrient perspective. Eating a diet high in macro foods leaves little room for micro foods… these are the foods your cells need the most to stay healthy and running effectively. If you give your cells what they need your body will begin to heal and eventually you will get in the best shape internally and externally. Health always starts within. You can get more info for our program here. <—
6. Learn to like nuts. Eating almonds in between each meal will keep your body from going into fat storing state and keep your metabolism running all day.
7. Heat it up: Eat spicy food. I love a diet high in red chili peppers and jalapeño. Research has shown that they raise your metabolism by 30-40 percent for up to 3 hours after eating them.
If I could offer up one piece of advice it would be: to start slowly. Start one of these things and do it for 2 weeks. IF you like the results move onto the next one, this will help you with the formation of a new habit and yield optimal results.
If you have any body hacks you would like to add or just really like this post, leave a comment below.
GREEN JUICE I LOVE YOU SO, GREEN JUICE YOU ARE MY AMIGO…
My personal favorite. It’s just so good for you…loaded with chlorophyl, magnesium and zinc and a whole host of other phytonutrients.
You’ve probably seen a lot of people turning towards green juice drinks recently. I started my green juice/drink career about 5 years ago. I had an older gentlemen present a little gift to me. (It looked like a glass of swamp water.) I’ve always had a fear of swamps, so this was a little bit awkward for me. That day, I decided to drink my fear and slam this giant glass of gobblie goop. (Green Juice)
Let’s just say I’m glad I did. I felt like the AMAZING after chuggin’ this thing. My body was so nutrient deprived, it soaked up every last drop of the green juice madness and I became the HULK. I know, it’s a cartoon pic… the real pic is too graphic for your young virgin eyes.
Drew Transforming
“Green Juice” has an alluring level of mystery to it.
Green Potion. Green Mystery. Green Machine. Green Lantern. Green
something else…
The term green juice, is meant to describe any juice – that is in fact some shade of the color green. Green juice may be a combination of fruit and veggies or it may be 100% veggies. Green Juice ingredients may be 100% crisp green, or a rainbow of colors. I’m a personal fan of using all greens.
ALL YOU VEGGIE HATERS DRINK UP!
Most people assume that if they hate veggies, they will dislike green juice. (Sorry to through you under the bus dad.) Not so. Green juice, when properly prepared delivers delightful intermingling flavors: salty and sweet. Spicy and sour. Pungent and mild. Tart and warm. Each ingredient produces a unique flavor property – and with a little creative license, you can easily craft your perfect variation of “Green Juice”. Here are my favorite recipes – and a few steps to creating your own…
Also, don’t be affraid to add weeds to your green drinks. Personally I love juicing recipes with dandelion greens, comfrey and nettle leaf. For more info on them go here. <—
Ginger.... mmmmm
Parsley - So Good
Silly Cilantro
Green Juice Ingredients. Here are a few of my faves and my flavor analysis of them:
Green Juice
Green Juice Ingredients: Arugula juice- spicy, grassy Basil juice – sweet, spicy Bell Pepper juice- hydrating, sweet, zesty Cabbage juice – mildly grassy Celery juice - zesty, hydrating Green Chard juice- grassy, sweet Cilantro juice – sweet, fragrant Collard greens juiced – grassy Cucumber juice – hydrating, sweet/sour Endive juice – bitter Fennel juice - anise, zesty Green apples juiced – very sweet, tart Green grapes juiced – very sweet, tart Green onion juiced – zesty, spicy Green pears juiced – very sweet Honeydew juice- sweet, hydrating Jalapeno juice- spicy, zesty Kale juice- grassy, dark Kiwifruit juice – tart, sweet, zesty romaine juice – hydrating, mild, grassy Lime juice – sour, zesty Mache juice- grassy, dark Parsley juice – grassy, zesty Spinach juice – grassy, dark, pungent Watercress juice – spicy, grassy, hydrating Wheatgrass juice – very grassy Zucchini juice- hydrating, mildly bitter Mint juice- vibrant, minty, cooling assorted green herbs
Non Green Ingredients Pears – very sweet Apples – sweet/tart Ginger – very spicy Orange – zesty, sweet Lemon – tart, zesty (remove seeds) Pineapple – zesty, very sweet Carrots – sweet, thick Grapefruit – sweet/tart, mildly bitter Blueberries – sweet, thick Jicama – thin, mild, cooling Radish – zesty Beet – sweet, dark Garlic – zesty, spicy Tomato – sweet, zesty
Other Green Juice Add-in’s: Black Pepper – spicy Spirulina – seaweed/nutrients Cayenne – spicy Wild Oregano Oil – Spicy Habanero Powder – Man Up Pine Polen – Salty (I have more add in’s – at the membership website)
In conclusion, get yo’ greens dude. Stop messing around with your health. You can either pay for your health now or sickness later. Share this with all your friends and people you care about. Let’s get this message out!
Even if you do not consider yourself to be health conscious, you have likely heard of the Master Cleanse.
Although the Master Cleanse has always been a popular way to detoxify the body, the award winning singer Beyonce brought it additional attention. Even though many claim the Master Cleanse is successful, it is important to understand the process before you get started.
The ingredients needed for the Master Cleanse include cayenne pepper, grade b maple syrup, water, fresh lemons, and senna tea. In terms of instructions, the best thing to do is to purchase a Master Cleanse guidebook. There are different guides and books available for sale. In addition to detailed instructions, you will be provided with other tips and tricks to help you on the cleanse.
Although the purchase of the Master Cleanse guide is recommended, a drink will consist of 2 tablespoons of lemon juice from a fresh lemon, 2 tablespoons of maple syrup, 1/10 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and 8 ounces of water. It is important to use genuine grade b maple syrup, not artificial, and a fresh organic lemon, not the prepackaged lemon juice. Six to ten glasses of this concoction can be taken everyday.
In addition to the drink mix, which you will have multiple times throughout the day, senna tea is recommended at night. This tea will help to prepare your digestive system for the follow day. Many also do a salt-water flush each morning, also to help the process along. A salt-water flush will contain a small amount of salt, which should be natural sea salt.
The Master Cleanse, although classified as a whole body cleansing program, will work wonders for your colon and digestive track. For this reason, you will make multiple trips to the bathroom. You may want to start the cleanse on a weekend, giving you time to adjust before you return to work. Despite the possibility of a variance, many see almost immediate results following the morningís salt-water flush.
As for the length of the Master Cleanse, you will find some variances. Many start out with a 10-day cleanse; however, there are reports of people cleansing for a month or more. If this is your first cleanse, it is important to start out slow and small. Aim for the 10 days. With that said, some individuals cannot handle 10 days without solid foods. If you experience severe pain and discomfort, stop the cleanse. For many, it takes a couple of tries before they are able to achieve a full 10-day cleanse.
Speaking of pain and discomfort, you will likely experience it. Going even two days without the consumption of solid foods will result in moderate to severe hunger pains. These pains may be accompanied by dizziness and nausea. If you are a coffee or soda drinker, you may start to experience caffeine withdrawal. In addition to dizziness and vomiting, you may develop a severe headache. Many also report stomach cramps; however, those who deal with these craps, often report disappearance within a day or two.
Following the master cleanse, you may crave solid foods. Before you start eating everything you have craved for the past week, it is important to start out slow. Adding too many solid foods to your diet right away can have serious complications, including stomach pains and vomiting. You should start with all-natural juice, applesauce, and other easy to digest and sallow foods. There are a few different things you want to do to prepare for a cleanse.
You may also choose to order your master cleanse pre-packaged to save time. If you are in San Diego, I would recommend ordering from Detox Lounges.
Also, for more information on cleansing you can check out my free presentation on Fitlife TV at Video Presentation.
“Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.”
Visualize the activity, event or result desired. Think “what you see is what you get” and be ready for creativity and mind synthesis to take the lead. If you want to build a solar powered train, visualize this train in your mind, with its solar panels, its gleaming exterior, traveling at a speed that you believe it would be capable of. Dream on it, work it through your mind and let it evolve in pictures.
Move your imagination into the real world. After you have spent a moment, day, month or even years visualizing the possibilities, now shift to focus mode. Right at the moment before you perform the activity, task or event that will achieve an outcome or even the outcome toward your goal, focus clearly on the picture of the action you are about to make. For example, if you are trying to hit a ball, picture hitting it clearly in your mind, stroke by stroke, at the right height and the right speed. Watch the ball being hit by your instrument, flying through the air and landing wherever it is meant to land. Add all senses to the experience, hear the approaching ball, hear and feel the impact, smell the grass. Then do it for real.
Fix your mindset. Nothing is going to get better when you feel lousy about yourself and your chances in life. A positive mindset will reset an erring period of bad luck. It will turn that half empty glass into the half full glass; the rainy day into the silver-lined cloud. Seize opportunities to change and move on.
Think long term. Anybody who wants change overnight will be disappointed. Even if you won a fortune in the morning, you’d be as dissatisfied with your life in 6 months time as you are now unless you look inside to what ails you. Instead, plan to make realization of your hopes and dreams long term. Visualize where you will be in 5, 10 and 15 years time and the sorts of outcomes you want. But don’t just make a shallow photo of you in a Porsche surrounded by a large house, massive diamond collection and fawning friends. That’s artificial and will not prove healthy nor satisfying in the long run. Instead, visualize what you want to achieve as a human being and what legacies you will leave your community and world.
Always remind yourself of the importance of slowing down. Visualization only works when you are calm, at ease and willing to give yourself time to focus in peace, free from immediate worries. Visualization is a technique very close to meditation, only it is more active and vivid. In visualization, you are encouraged to think actively about the possibilities but as with meditation, you must leave aside anything extraneous to your dreams and goals and only focus on them.
Visualize the personality traits needed to get you where you want to be. It’s not enough to want to be the president. You need to think about the qualities that will assist getting to this goal. Visualize not only the presidency but also the skills of open communication, persuasiveness, smiling, sharing, listening, discussing, being able to deflect criticism with skill and respect etc. It is likely there will be skills you need to work on but again, use visualization to focus on separate skills to bring them up to par.
Visualization takes practice. Everyone has the power to do but not everyone has the belief in it. If you are skeptical, you may want to convince yourself that this is a waste of time. Do not give into this temptation because everyone, skeptics included, can benefit from visualizing. It is about our brain’s ability to synthesize results, a scientifically proven fact.
Help others to visualize. One of the best gifts you can ever give is that of hope and visualizing is a part of hope for better things. Teach others how to do it once you have the confidence and you’ll be sharing around pieces of hope.
Don’t forget feelings. You have to be happy and grateful to use visualization correctly.
Leave a comment below if you have ever used visualization and your experience. Also, feel free to create a vision board and post it to our Juicing Vegetable fan page. <—
The vegetarian diet and the paleo diet both center around building a natural, healthy lifestyle. But each diet embraces a different definition of “natural and healthy.” Cultures throughout the world practice varying degrees of vegetarianism for moral, religious and health reasons. In contrast, the paleo diet, named for the paleolithic era, became popular during the past decade, though its dietary practices are millions of years old.
Always consult with your doctor before significantly changing your dietary practices. Founding principle in his book, “The Paleo Diet,” nutritionist Dr. Loren Cordain explains how the human body has changed little during the past several million years. Humans, he argues, were never meant to consume the highly processed and refined foods that dominate the modern diet.
The paleo diet claims to alleviate conditions ranging from heart disease to diabetes by following the dietary practices of paleolithic-era humans. Vegetarianism, however, focuses on excluding meat and, in some instances eggs, for a variety of reasons. Reasons for adopting a vegetarian diet range from the belief that killing animals for food is immoral to the belief that a vegetarian lifestyle is healthier and less damaging to the environment.
Food Restrictions
Two main types of vegetarianism exist. The first type, laco-ovo vegetarians, abstain from all meat products but still eat eggs and dairy products. Lacto-vegetarians abstain from all meat and eggs but still consume dairy products. By contrast, the paleo diet prohibits any beans, grain, dairy or refined sugars, because these foods were unavailable during the paleolithic era. Nuts, lean, organic meats, fresh fruit and non-starchy vegetables form the basis of the paleo diet. Processed meats such as bologna or salami also are prohibited.
Weight Loss
You can lose weight on both the vegetarian or paleo diet, although neither diet touts weight loss as its goal or focus. A 2011 British study in “Diabetic Medicine” found that after 24 weeks, subjects eating a controlled vegetarian diet lost more fat than subjects eating a controlled, reduced-calorie diabetic diet. Similarly, a 2008 study published in the “European Journal of Clinical Nutrition” found that subjects lost an average of five pounds after eating a paleo diet for three weeks.
Nutritional Gaps
Any diet that excludes entire food groups requires thoughtful planning to avoid nutritional deficiencies. According to MedlinePlus.com, vegetarians must focus on eating sufficient amounts of protein, iron and B vitamins to compensate for the lack of meat in their diets. Conversely, because the paleo diet prohibits all dairy products, preventing calcium deficiency requires increasing your consumption of iron-rich vegetables and nuts.
Fat loss is a major priority for people who start an exercise program. An exercise and wellness program that combines aerobic exercise, strength training and diet modifications is the best way to reduce your body fat percentage. Your choice of fat-burning exercise will depend on your time, budget and physical limitations, as well as your physical location. Since you need to burn 3,500 calories to lose 1 lb. of fat, choose wisely. Cross-training with different exercises will prevent overuse injuries.
ACSM Guidelines for Aerobic Activity
In 1995, the American College of Sports Medicine listed its exercise guidelines, which included 30 minutes of moderately intense aerobic activity, performed 5 days a week, or 20 minutes of intense aerobic activity, three times a week. However, for weight loss, they suggested 60 to 90 minutes of aerobic exercise. In 2007, the guidelines were revised. The ACSM now recommends that aerobic activity be performed on most days of the week.
Runing and Jogging
Running and jogging are the most effective fat-burning exercises. Depending on your weight and your running speed, you can burn between 9.3 and 17 calories a minute. Running uphill may increase energy expenditure. However, since running is a high-impact activity, you may need to cross train with activities such as cycling or walking. If a swimming pool is available, you can practice deep-water pool running on your off days.
Winter Sports
While many people avoid cold weather exercise, studies performed at the University of Toronto have shown that exercising in the cold can increase fat-burning metabolism. Depending on you body weight and exercise intensity, activities such as snowshoeing and cross-country skiing can burn between 382 and 476 calories an hour.
Upper/Lower Body Elliptical Machines
A study performed at the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Science at Ball State University explored the energy expenditure of different indoor aerobic machines. The researchers found that the Body Trec, which is an upper/lower body elliptical machine had the highest rate of energy expenditure. Additionally, elliptical machines tend to have a lower rate of perceived exertion, which means that people will stay on for a longer duration, and will work at a higher intensity level.
Resistance Training
A study performed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham indicated that women participating in 25 weeks of resistance training can reduce their body fat. The researchers put 26 men and women on a three-times-per-week strength-training program. The subjects lost an average of 4.4 lbs. of total body fat. The female participants lost 15 cubic centimeters of belly fat.
Since resistance training can rev up metabolic rate, it is an efficient fat-burning activity. Additionally, resistance training strengthens the muscle needed to safely perform aerobic activities. It also has some psychological benefits. Since strength training is a form of body sculpting, it promotes a sense of pride in the body’s appearance. As a result, participating in a body sculpting program might make you less likely to eat high-fat junk foods.
-Use ½ cup of oats and place them in a bowl. Use 1 cup of spring water to soak them over night
-wake up and drain the oats from water. I love to add un-sweetened coconut milk or almond milk. I also add a small amount of fruit and loads of cinnamon.
Juicing is an amazing way to lose weight and gain energy!
Knowing which vegetables to juice for optimal weight loss is essential.
The most effective vegetables that should be juiced when trying to lose weight are nutrient-dense vegetables. The top five nutrient-dense vegetables are bell peppers, parsley, kale, broccoli and spinach.
Bell peppers are one of the most nutrient-dense vegetables that you will find, also they are packed with vitamin C. One thing to remember when purchasing bell peppers is that organic is the way to go!
Red bell peppers have higher levels of nutrients compared to green bell peppers.
According to research, bell peppers contain substances that have been shown to prevent blood clot formation which reduces chances of heart attack and stroke.
Check out this great recipe. It’s called “Better than a Salad.”
Juice:
4 parsley springs
3 tomatoes
1/2 green bell pepper
1/2 cucumber
1 scallion
1 lemon wedge
First wrap the parsley around the tomato and add it into the juicer, then the green bell pepper, cucumber, scallion, and lemon.
Enjoy drinking this amazing juice and remember to leave a comment below.
“Missouri Women Gains 10 Pounds On So Called Fat Burners!”
Fat burning pills have inundated the market in the last ten years, mainly because of people’s obsession with the so-called Perfect 10 figure and the increased incidence of obesity. The busy way of life that most people lead in the 21st century has also prevented a big number of the population from following a strict diet and exercise program.
So in comes the fat burning pill.
But is it effective? Is it safe?
We’ve broken down some of the important facts that you need to know about these fat burning medications to help you make an intelligent decision on whether to use them or not.
What fat burners are for and how they work:
Fat burning medications are drugs that control or reduce weight. They work in various ways. Some are formulated to suppress the appetite and prevent a person from craving certain foods. Others are designed to stimulate the metabolic ability of the body, while others interfere with the body’s absorption of certain nutrients like fat.
Available fat-burning pills and their ingredients:
There are a host of fat burners and weight loss pills available in the market today. Some of the more popular names are Orlistat, designed to inhibit fat absorption; Symlin, which has been marketed to promote a feeling of being full; the appetite suppressant called Sibutramine; and other drugs that can work as appetite suppressors, fat burners and even act as stimulants.
Some of the more common ingredients that can be found in fat burner pills are caffeine, synephrine, green tea, carnitine, hoodia, 7-keto or a combination of some of these. Ephederine has also been used as primary ingredient in stimulant-fat loss pills, but this has been made unavailable following several incidents of extreme side effects.
Potential adverse effects:
Some of these pills have been known to cause adverse health effects that can even be life-threatening. Some of the documented negative effects include heart valve damage, high blood pressure, insomnia, addiction, anxiety, lack of energy, palpitations, steatorrhea or oily bowels, stomach pain and flatulence. (ew…not too sexy folks)
Do these pills work?
According to some who have tried these medications, they do help burn fat and reduce weight. However, their positive effects are counterbalanced by the many side effects that one can get from using these pills. If you are tempted to try one of these, a consultation with a doctor is the first thing you should do, particularly if you have an existing health problem.
Fat burning pills are the commercial market’s answer to people who like to achieve their desired weight without too much effort and within a short period of time. However, the dangers associated with these drugs might not be worth the amount of weight you will lose. We recommend that you stick with the true and tested ways of losing weight – proper diet, exercise and healthy living.
One of the easiest and most effective ways to lose radical weight and gain muscle is to increase your intake of these three things… WHAT ARE THE THREE? Watch Video Presentation <-----
your doctor before significantly changing your dietary practices. Founding principle in his book, “The Paleo Diet,” nutritionist Dr. Loren Cordain explains how the human body has changed little during the past several million years. Humans, he argues, were never meant to consume the highly processed and refined foods that dominate the modern diet.
eating a controlled, reduced-calorie diabetic diet. Similarly, a 2008 study published in the “European Journal of Clinical Nutrition” found that subjects lost an average of five pounds after eating a paleo diet for three weeks.
