Sugar Busters...my game changer!
A little bit of a personal story...For years I practiced what I THOUGHT was balance...I ate super clean during the day - Oatmeal breakfasts, salad with chicken for lunch, Protein, veggies and whole grains for dinner (you get the idea). Then EVERY night I would sit down in front of the TV (after the kids were in bed) and serve myself a gigantic bowl of ice cream. I would literally drown myself in the amazing feeling - the endorphin rush, the release of giving in to the sugar cravings, and of course the moment of relaxation at the end of the day. The next morning I would feel bloated, lethargic and of course GUILTY! I wasn't going to give in THIS time...until the evening came and the cycle started all over. Ugh, I remember the control it had over me.
Now don't get me wrong, it wasn't ALWAYS like this...I would do the occasional 'cleanse' and manage to stay off the sweets for up to 2 weeks at a time, but old habits die hard, and I always found myself reverting back to sugars. Oh, and my husband was NO help, enjoying his bag of licorice or gummies every night!
So what finally changed?
For beginners, I started to tak
e my SLEEP seriously. I knew the later I stayed up, the more tired I would be the next day, and the harder it would be to resist the immediate energy that sugar provided. Next, I started eating PROTEIN at EVERY meal. This was not only satisfying, but prevented crashes in mood and energy all day long. Next, I acknowledged that a lot of my night-time eating habits were related to stress and lack of self-care. This is still a work in progress, but I'm definitely mindful of it now.
But here's my ABSOLUTE favorite hack for ending the addiction - I became a FAT BURNER!
You remember from my previous emails that most of us are SUGAR BURNERS, relying mostly on carbohydrates as an energy source. This perpetuates our addiction to the most convenient form of energy our body knows. A Fat-fueled diet on the other hand trains your body to switch over and use FAT as an energy source. It's really quite amazing.
It happened for me somewhere around 3-4 weeks in - I started to actually CRAVE fat INSTEAD of sugar. It was a feeling I had NEVER experienced!! I truly believe that THIS is what made the difference for me, and I think the hundreds of other women who have shifted to a high fat diet would agree. My addiction to sugar changed at the cell-level. My physiology had actually shifted. I had awakened the machinery that had always been there, but I had never used efficiently! This is what I'm going to be teaching my FAT FUELED FEMALES!
So here's what we're going to do:
1. Ditch the sugars from our current diet
2. Replace them with the RIGHT fats as an energy source
3. Support our liver in turning the FATS into Ketones
BAM! Can't wait to show you all of this - I want you to experience it first hand!
So whether or not you are interested in a ketogenic diet, there may be several reasons that you would want to consider this approach for cutting out the sugars from your life.
Here's what we know for a FACT. Insulin is a FAT STORAGE HORMONE. Insulin is released in response to EVERY bit of carbohydrate that enters the body (because they are broken down into glucose). Yes, that means not only your cookies and candies, but bread, pasta, crackers and even FRUIT. The higher the carb content, the more insulin is released to get that glucose out of your bloodstream and into the cell. This is a perfect system, as you WANT the glucose to to enter your cell for energy. Glucose runs ALL the energy systems in our body. HOWEVER, where we go wrong is the OVERABUNDANCE of glucose in our daily life...the constant snacking, the over-consumption of carbohydrate-rich foods, and of course the portion sizes! As you can imagine, we only need so much glucose to run our body efficiently - the rest gets stored for later (how is it stored?? FAT!). I haven't even touched on the constant roller-coaster we experience from consuming sugars, and then quickly crashing from them, followed by the need for more! On top of all this, sugar is known to cause inflammation AND accelerated aging (not to mention many chronic diseases).
Soooo, if you're sick of the sugar roller-coaster and the hold it has over you, I welcome you to join me in becoming a Fat Fueled Female! We are just 6 DAYS AWAY from Enrollment opening to THIS group at an INTRODUCTORY price - you will have dibs, and then it will open to the public if any spots remain unfilled.
The actual FAT FUELED FEMALE program details can be found HERE...The 4-week Course Content is laid out, specifics on WHO the course is for, and what to expect over the 4-week program!
I would love to work with you Ladies, and show you MY version of Keto for women. I hope you become a Fat Fueled Female!
Yours in Health,
Dr. Anna Falkowski ND
Now don't get me wrong, it wasn't ALWAYS like this...I would do the occasional 'cleanse' and manage to stay off the sweets for up to 2 weeks at a time, but old habits die hard, and I always found myself reverting back to sugars. Oh, and my husband was NO help, enjoying his bag of licorice or gummies every night!
So what finally changed?
For beginners, I started to tak
e my SLEEP seriously. I knew the later I stayed up, the more tired I would be the next day, and the harder it would be to resist the immediate energy that sugar provided. Next, I started eating PROTEIN at EVERY meal. This was not only satisfying, but prevented crashes in mood and energy all day long. Next, I acknowledged that a lot of my night-time eating habits were related to stress and lack of self-care. This is still a work in progress, but I'm definitely mindful of it now. But here's my ABSOLUTE favorite hack for ending the addiction - I became a FAT BURNER!
You remember from my previous emails that most of us are SUGAR BURNERS, relying mostly on carbohydrates as an energy source. This perpetuates our addiction to the most convenient form of energy our body knows. A Fat-fueled diet on the other hand trains your body to switch over and use FAT as an energy source. It's really quite amazing.
It happened for me somewhere around 3-4 weeks in - I started to actually CRAVE fat INSTEAD of sugar. It was a feeling I had NEVER experienced!! I truly believe that THIS is what made the difference for me, and I think the hundreds of other women who have shifted to a high fat diet would agree. My addiction to sugar changed at the cell-level. My physiology had actually shifted. I had awakened the machinery that had always been there, but I had never used efficiently! This is what I'm going to be teaching my FAT FUELED FEMALES!
So here's what we're going to do:
1. Ditch the sugars from our current diet
2. Replace them with the RIGHT fats as an energy source
3. Support our liver in turning the FATS into Ketones
BAM! Can't wait to show you all of this - I want you to experience it first hand!
So whether or not you are interested in a ketogenic diet, there may be several reasons that you would want to consider this approach for cutting out the sugars from your life.
Here's what we know for a FACT. Insulin is a FAT STORAGE HORMONE. Insulin is released in response to EVERY bit of carbohydrate that enters the body (because they are broken down into glucose). Yes, that means not only your cookies and candies, but bread, pasta, crackers and even FRUIT. The higher the carb content, the more insulin is released to get that glucose out of your bloodstream and into the cell. This is a perfect system, as you WANT the glucose to to enter your cell for energy. Glucose runs ALL the energy systems in our body. HOWEVER, where we go wrong is the OVERABUNDANCE of glucose in our daily life...the constant snacking, the over-consumption of carbohydrate-rich foods, and of course the portion sizes! As you can imagine, we only need so much glucose to run our body efficiently - the rest gets stored for later (how is it stored?? FAT!). I haven't even touched on the constant roller-coaster we experience from consuming sugars, and then quickly crashing from them, followed by the need for more! On top of all this, sugar is known to cause inflammation AND accelerated aging (not to mention many chronic diseases).
Soooo, if you're sick of the sugar roller-coaster and the hold it has over you, I welcome you to join me in becoming a Fat Fueled Female! We are just 6 DAYS AWAY from Enrollment opening to THIS group at an INTRODUCTORY price - you will have dibs, and then it will open to the public if any spots remain unfilled.
The actual FAT FUELED FEMALE program details can be found HERE...The 4-week Course Content is laid out, specifics on WHO the course is for, and what to expect over the 4-week program!
I would love to work with you Ladies, and show you MY version of Keto for women. I hope you become a Fat Fueled Female!
Yours in Health,
Dr. Anna Falkowski ND
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