To lose weight you need a strong commitment, the right attitude, the right foods, the right exercise and you need to get rid of STRESS! Here are some keys that will open the door to your weight loss. By using these keys you can have permanent weight loss, feel full of energy and be your ideal weight without diet or struggle.

1) Why Stress Causes Weight Gain - Four stress based factors cause weight gain - nutritional, emotional, physical and environmental. When dieting people usually work on the body and forget about the mind. This contributes to why 97 out of 100 people who diet regain the weight back in less than a year. Stress affects how we look, think and feel. The real cause of weight gain is stress. You CAN manifest and maintain your weight loss goal by reducing, eliminating and controlling stress, on all levels. Here are the 4 types of stress and how they effect weight gain

Type Stress Why How it Affects Weight Gain

Type Stress	Why	How it Affects Weight Gain
Nutritional	Improper or inadequate foods and nutrients	Body doesn't get balanced nutrients and/or food is improperly processed.
Emotional	Eating for “wrong reasons” and/or “holding on” to weight	Body/Mind develops cravings, food dependency and overeating
Physical	Not enough exercise or illness	Slows body metabolism and increases fat storage in the body
Environmental	Outside pollutants; bad food/drug pollutants	Slows down food processing and other body processes

2) Be Positive. “You are what you think” is just as important as “You are what you eat.” Pioneering efforts of Doctoral Clinical Hypnotherapist Candidate, Linda Mackenzie, found that visualization, which can control stress, plays a major role to permanent weight loss. “The mind is so powerful! Studies have shown that positive thought can actually boost the immune and other body systems to work more efficiently. Using the power of the mind to direct positive thought can and does help weight loss.” states Mackenzie, “By combining positive thought with visualization and using the “10 keys to weight loss” people can attack and control the 4 levels of stress and attain permanent weight loss.”

3) Don’t Skip Meals - Eat Smaller Meals. Eat smaller meals every 2-3 hours because it decreases the cortisone, cholesterol and insulin levels in your body, which ultimately decrease the fat storage in your body. When you skip a meal cortisone levels rise and burn muscle tissue and not the fat that you need to lose. The pancreas also secretes more insulin which actually increases body fat. Eating frequent, smaller meals keeps insulin and cortisone levels balanced, reduces cholesterol, burns more fat and reduces fat storage in the body.

4) Choose the Right Foods. A low fat, vegetarian diet comprised of vegetables, whole grains, legumes and fruits, will slow down your digestion, absorb food better and steady blood sugar levels in the body. This makes the body work more efficiently and helps eliminate cravings. Eating mostly raw foods is also good for the body. Our bodies need some fat to enable our immune system, so a low fat diet better than a no fat diet. Limit dairy products which are high in animal fats. Avoid sugar, salt, white flour, white rice, artificial flavorings & coloring, food preservatives, soda and partially hydrogenated oils (e.g. margarine, vegetable shortening and salad oils) These oils have a negative effect on our body’s cardiovascular, reproductive, metabolic, and hormonal systems. These partially hydrogenated oils actually change the size, number and composition of our fat cells. Replace these hydrogenated oils with Omega 3 & GLA Fatty Acids such as Flaxseed Oil, Olive Oil, Borage Oil, Wheat Germ Oil or Evening Primrose Oil. These oils have body rejuvenating qualities and increase your metabolism and decrease fluid retention.

5) Build Lean Muscle Tissue. Lean muscle tissue burns 5X as many calories as other body tissue. If you start a resistance training exercise program, such as weight lifting, for 3 times a week, 30 minutes a day you will lose weight and not have to reduce your calorie intake.

6) Drink Water. Drinking 3 quarts of water a day suppresses your appetite, helps get rid of body toxins and allows the liver to process more fat. Drinking 1 gallon of water a day burns 300 calories which is equivalent to running 3 miles.

7) Fat Burning Vitamins, Supplements & Herbs. There are many vitamins, supplements & herbs that help you lose weight. Remember to check with your healthcare practitioner to find the right ones for you. Here are a some to check out:

Super Green Foods: Blue-green algae, wheatgrass, barleygrass increase the metabolism and raise energy levels. Kelp can normalize thyroid metabolism.

Vitamins & Supplements: Start with the right vitamins, preferably from a health food store so that they can be digested and absorbed. Some of the over the counter vitamins do not get past the liver into your system and are even found only partially digested in your intestinal tract! L-Carnitine is a fat burner; L-Glutamine helps to reduce cravings and builds muscle tissue; L-Argnine is a muscle builder; 5HTP can aid weight loss; Betaine Hydrochloride and Papaya Enzymes help digest proteins (e.g., meat) faster; Chromium Picolinate helps to burn fat blood sugar levels to help reduce cravings; Acidolphilus & Colon Cleansers helps body elimination and detoxification to get the body to run more efficiently; Citrimax is an appetite suppressant and temporarily blocks the conversion of carbohydrates into fats.

Herbs: Many herbs such as kola nut, ginseng, astralgulus and licorice root can help you lose weight. Peppermint tea aids digestion and green tea is excellent for rejuvenation. Certain aid weight loss. Ginger, cayenne pepper & mustard increases metabolism; cinnamon, bay leaf and clove control blood sugar levels and diminish cravings.

8) Avoid Toxins. To get your body to run more efficiently cut out caffeine & alcohol. Please note that tea has more caffeine than coffee. Watch all drugs, even prescription drugs, some side effects of medication is weight gain. Ask your druggist about your prescription's side effects.

9) Get Adequate Sleep & Treat Yourself. Adequate sleep reduces stress and allows your body to store more energy for the next day. Remember - be nice to yourself. You deserve it!. Why not get a massage. Not only does it relieve stress but, massage also helps circulation, helps gets rid of body toxins and aids many systems in the body.

10) Use Visualization. This will keep you on track and is a real major key to weight loss. It can help reduce stress, keep you motivated and help stop and curb overeating.

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© 2017 Linda A. Mackenzie