Stop Sugar Addiction & Beat Low Blood Sugar Detox!

Stop Sugar Addiction, Beat Low Blood Sugar Blues and Lose Weight Now!

Feel Unmotivated Sometimes? Tired of waking up bloated, puffy, feeling like crap or feeling full of crap.. and not losing weight fast enough? Keep reading!

QUESTION from a reader.

Miss Victoria,I have a serious problem!  I swear I am a sugar addict.  Girl, I get up in the morning and the first thing I eat is designer chocolate. It tastes so good and it is the only thing that gives e energy to get going.

I can’t stop eating and I crave sweets all the time. Everyone keeps telling me how bad sugar is for me, but I can’t seem to stop. I have sweet treats in my car, at my job, in the break room, I run to the vending machine during breaks.

I think if I don’t go crazy from weekly mood swings, then I will end up broke from doctor bills. I have chronic headaches and then I go into a deep depression and if that’s not bad enough, I only like to eat expensive chocolate so I will go on sugar shopping sprees!  I have gained so much weight and none of my clothes fit anymore. What should I do?  How can I stop wanting to eat sugar all the time and get on a good eating plan that will help me lose weight as I get my sanity back?   Kara

 

ANSWER:  Kara,

Wow!  I can feel your frustration and I understand why you are upset. It’s almost impossible to eat anything tasty that doesn’t have sugar in it.  Practically everything that we buy to eat contains sugar!  Can you believe it?  Even if something says “fat-free”, it still contains a form of sugar called sucrose and glucose.  The reason why you crave sugar so much is because you are eating sugar!!!  I know, it sounds crazy, doesn’t it?

Sugar Addiction

Victoria Former Sugar Addict!

The problem with eating sugar is that when you eat it, it makes your blood sugar levels go up.  In response, your pancreas, the organ that regulates how your body uses sugar, begins to produce what is called insulin to help control the excess sugar in the bloodstream.  The pancreas has another job as well.  It is to create a hormone called glucagon to help get rid of body fat.  If the pancreas is busy making insulin, it cannot make the “fat fighting” hormone, glucagon and then the body stops the weight loss process and you will not lose weight!!!

Detox First. Cleanse Your Digestive Tract So You Can Help Get Your Body Into a Healthy State.

DETOXIFICATION, cleansing your human system of harmful toxins, or also commonly known as ‘flushing your system’ is a fantastic way to being a sugar rehab program. This natural process  and function are responsible for cleaning, clearing  getting rid of waste and toxins from the body, are normally typically handled by organs like the liver, lower gastrointestinal tract,  kidneys, and colon.

Why Detox?

1. Sugar creates a rancid sticky parasitic environment and detoxing can help remove it. Detoxing removes poisonous disease infesting toxins out of your body. It also helps eliminate constipation. The average person has up to ten pounds of fecal matter trapped in their colon. That is very dangerous due to the toxins and poisons seeping into your cells as it sits there. DETOX and GET IT OUT!
2. Cleanses liver and that will help your body burn fat more efficiently.
3. Detoxing can make your skin healthier, smoother and softer. It removes toxins that can cause premature aging, wrinkles, and acne.
4. Works to help you have a healthier gut. A healthier gut allows you to absorb more healthy nutrients and can prevent a multitude of disorders. If you have been on any medication in the last six months, it’s a good idea to do a detox to help purify your system because some medications wreak havoc on your energy lever, liver, pancreas, colon, and skin.
5. Improves your energy. When your body is healthier, digestion is normal, your metabolic rate is higher and you can absorb more vitamins and minerals from your food and supplements.

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This is the reason you are not losing after all your dedication. In order to start losing weight, you are going to have to stop eating sugar altogether.  But here is the hard question: How do you stop eating sugar if everything has sugar in it?

The first thing you must do is “decide” you are going to change.  You will only see results if you are willing to do everything it takes to get thin, healthy, and free from the control of life-threatening body swelling sweets.

Your goals are to get strong mentally and physically,  lose weight, look good in your favorite jeans, fit in all your favorite clothes that are collecting dust in your closet and living a life that is worthy of your greatness!

Your goal should be so epic that you never let sugar control you again. Really, it’s time to stop letting outside elements control your internal decisions. You are here to do something magnificent and you need all the power you have to achieve it.  You cannot tap into that power if you are depressed, lonely, doubtful and feel victimized. Those are some of the symptoms of low blood sugar. Many times, you may feel hopeless and lost, when in actuality it’s your hormones that are out of balance due to heavy sugar or alcohol (sugar) consumption.

Get Connected & Get Going!

Your goals should be connected to passionate and positive outcomes that fire you up so much that you want to stop the sugar habit.  G goals represent your desire and your desire has to be greater than any type of food that contains sugar.

I understand how you feel because I was once addicted to sugar too.  I always had a bottle of pop in the fridge or a candy bar stashed somewhere hidden so I can get my sugar fix for that blast of quick energy.

Break-Sugar-Addiction-and-Stop-Emotional-Eating

Sugar Kills

Sugar can give you a power rush of energy in a flash, which is another reason why our bodies just love sugar.  But it is lethal to our pancreas and our goals.  An upcoming singer I worked with had this same problem.  In addition to not being able to lose weight, the sugar caused serious, life-threatening side effects and she had to be hospitalized several times due to her sugar binges and self-imposed hyper-driven recording schedule.  She had jars of jelly beans, little dishes of miniature candy bars and a portable fridge in the studio filled with those supercharged sugary caffeine drinks.

I thought I was going to lose her if she didn’t change her ways.  One of the things I had to do was get her management team, who supplied her with everything she needed including food, to stop purchasing food items that contained sugar and simple carbohydrates that convert to sugar and then turns to fat in and on the body.

I know, the very people in our lives who we think are helping us sometimes are the cause of our hardship.  I had to educate her manager and her mother as well about how to change.  I would like to share with you what I did to help her lose weight, regain energy and help her mom reverse the deathly sugar addiction she had developed.

First- You’re going to have to sit down and have a heart to heart talk with yourself and whoever else is involved with your eating habits.  Share with them the information you have just learned about how serious you are about healing your body and taking control of your health. This is vital to the future of your metabolic system, body size and skin condition.

You all are going to have to become  “sugar cops” and blow the siren on every food item that you will want to consume. You will have to start by reading food labels, researching ingredients online,  and being accountable for everything you want to eat. This is easier now because most things prepackaged contains sugar, so you won’t be buying a lot of things in a box or bag any longer, You want to condition your appetite to seek healthier whole foods instead of packaged ones.

Team Work

Decide as a team, group or family that you will not bring sugar into your work, sports environment, studio or home, car or any environment where you spend a great deal of time.  This is a very difficult step because of habits, rituals and years of mental conditioning. You will have to make a firm decision and be willing to stick with it.

Don’t Have It, Can’t Eat It!

By not having sugar around, you won’t be tempted to eat it.  If you want to succeed you must SHUT DOWN everything that tempts you and can cause you to fail.

My Appetite Control Secret –I follow a Low Glycemic Index Diet that cuts out sugar, helps you lose weight fast and gives you tons of energy.

What is the Glycemic Index?

The Glycemic Index is a rating system for foods where any type of carbohydrate has a numerical value assigned to it based on its components and how each food affects the body’s sugar levels. The lower the glycemic index, the more weight you can lose. You want to think of always eating Good Glycemic Foods. You can get a free list, the source is listed later in this blog post.

Second– Instead of buying sugar, decide on a sugar substitute.  There are many to choose from.  I know everyone is different so you will have to decide which one is good for you.  Personally, I like Stevia. It is a noncaloric herb, native to Paraguay, has been used as a sweetener and flavor enhancer for centuries. The leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant have a refreshing taste, zero glycemic index, zero calories, and zero carbs. It is 25-30 times sweeter than sugar and far more healthy.

Fat Burners Supplements For Healthy Weight Loss

Third- Find an appetite depressant that works for you and helps you control your cravings. Personally, I use The Best Fat Burners.  It increases your energy, makes your more motivated to get things done without stimulants or jitteriness. It helps to wipe out your ravenous appetite and speeds up the body’s metabolic rate so help you burn more calories throughout the day.   It is one of the safest and Best Fat Burners on the market today. I have been taking them for years and my blood results are stellar, my cholesterol is perfect, it helps me manage my own low blood sugar and it keeps me feeling happy!

The ingredients are healthy, organic and potent.   They are some of the only ones that work for me. I have battled a tendency to overeat my whole life. Now I just take care of it and take one capsule right when I get p and one in the afternoon around 1:00 or 2:00PM so it isn’t an issue. I am not strong enough to think I can just have great will power, NO WAY!  I know that if I allow myself to get really hungry

Because I have to keep my blood chemistry balanced due to my hectic schedule, plus I want to keep my blood sugar at a healthy level to prevent diabetes and heart disease, I take it every meal right before I eat. It is absolutely amazing. It really does take away my appetite.

I also have to continue to drink my four quarts of water a day.  Sometimes I don’t feel thirsty or hungry and I forget to continue the healthy habits to helped me lose weight. I have to be vigilant to stay with what works regardless of all the hype in advertising.

Science Sheds Pounds

I know a lot of personal trainers and medical people try to talk down the benefits of supplements. That is their right and I can respect their views. But I have to say that after ten years and millions of customers, clients, and nutritional research I have found that I, and millions of you, need and embrace state of the art products and methods that serve our needs.  Plus, I love the fact that science continues to bring us innovative products and make our journey to a fit and lean body simpler and more effective.

Matcha Green Tea Powder Smoothies For Balancing Low Blood Sugar, Stopping Sugar Cravings and Healthier Weight Loss

You can go and get your free Green Smoothie Guide Here! But come bak and

That’s why we love our Matcha Green Tea Powder. It is one of the only organic tea powders that survived the floods, tsunamis, and other disasters. When you add Matcha Green Tea Powder to a Gren Smoothie, have it as tea in the morning as a great wake me up in place of just coffee, you actually start your day with an amazing superfood! Our food supply is so degraded that we have to find other ways to nourish our cells with premium grade nutrition. Your organs, bones, cells and skin improves!

Healthy Vibrant Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder

Not only do we lose weight faster, we reverse the negative biological effects that came from a poor diet and no exercise.

YES! With a healthy low sugar, low carb diet, cutting edge Teas, Supplements, and proper exercise, you can begin to restore your body’s youth and vitality! So when you shop, look for those innovative foods on the good glycemic list found in my free app, HOW DO I LOSE WEIGHT NOW.

Eat For Energy & Exercise

Fourth- Eat 3-4 small meals a day. The meals can include protein, a vegetable, and low glycemic carbohydrates. Make sure the carbohydrates such as whole grain bread, are in small amounts and baked without sugar of course because this type of food releases sugar slowly and will not make your sugar levels rush up and down.  Don’t eat too much whole grain breads because your will experience similar results as with eating sugar because your “fat-fighting” hormone will be blocked.

 Fifth – Exercise!!!!

Workout for detoxing, weight loss and stop sugar cravings!

According to A. Alain Bertoni, M.D.,  MPH., assistant professor in Public Health Sciences and Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., states that being active in exercising is a good way to help you lose weight, and fight sugar cravings because your muscles use the natural sugar from the healthy foods you eat and uses it as energy which helps you lose weight.

Feel Good-Do Good

There are several ways you can exercise that fit your time and budget.  If you don’t have time to get to a gym or take a class, home workouts are great.  My most popular home workouts are Cardio Dance Jam and my Power Shaping, total body fat burning workout.  Both are great easy to follow along, high energy DVD’S will not only help you lose weight, they will bring you joy and fun.

Most of all exercise will give you energy and help you feel empowered about getting fit in order to reach your goals. When you feel good, you do good!

Make Space

In order to do something new, you have to release something old.  In order to bring in new ideas and new success, you must release old ideas and old influences.

Kara, start today, purging your home, workspaces, and vehicles of all fattening snacks and sweets. Start tossing everything that contains sugar in a garbage bag that you are going to donate someplace or put in the garbage.  Get rid of every single piece. Do not keep one piece in your presence.  You cannot depend on willpower to help you, I know I couldn’t so you need to throw it all away now! You can toss it now or  wear it later.

Make A List! 

Make a new foods list of low sugar, healthy foods to buy and begin to be forward thinking. Getting what you need to do and be your best. Do as much as you to prepare for your future. Do what is necessary for you to succeed. No one is going to do it for you and now can make it perfect for you. You can do it for your amazing destiny.  Kara, take your life back starting today. You will be so glad you did; a week, month and year from now. Just imagine how great you will feel rehabbing your health. There is no perfect time to start eating right, detoxing and regenerating your health.

Don’t wait! start today. A year is going to pass anyway, why not be lighter, healthier, happier and hotter? WOOHOO!

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Tune into VICTORIA’S BODY SHOPPE GLOBAL RADIO SHOW this week to find out more about the Glycemic Index and how you can use it to drop weight and feel great Fast!

 

Victoria Johnson

Your Celebrity Trainer, Best-Selling Author, Global Radio Host

Detox, beat sugar craving and manage low blood sugar

Weird Wacky Way To Lose Weight

What If You Could Talk To Your Body &                                                                           Have It Tell You How To Lose Weight?

OMG!! You have to read all this post..it’s so inspiring and interesting!

Here’s a portion of an email I got after our Four Week Online Course:

Lose Weight, Feel Great and Gain Wealth & Joy Online Introductory Session.

Victoria, Okay, I have lost seven pounds since Tuesday!! What did you say to make my body respond so positively? I have no idea, but I love your processes!!! A. R.

How weird is this? After I listened on Tuesday and took some notes, no big deal and on the very next day, every craving I ever had went away and I swear I am thinner. Is that really possible?   Now I am fired up to start working out. What should I do first to really get the fat off? J.Q.

Dear J.Q.

Congratulations! That’s fantastic that you understood the breakthrough principle I taught.  It is truly a simple thing, but it is powerful! And you should begin getting the rest of the life robbing fat off your body and improve your heart, lungs, respiratory and immune system by doing fat burning cardio which I will cover in a minute.

5 Fast Tips For A Sexy Hourglass Figure

  

Is Your Hourglass Too Empty or Spilling Out Over the Edges?

Did you know that this year has been declared the beginning of a new era of
The Hourglass Body?

YES! It is Hot in Fashion and Health!

Victoria’s Sexy Pink Skinny

Waist Training Cincher

CORSETS and Waist Trainers and Cinchers are Spanx on steroids!

They are designed to help reshape the body also known as Body Modification and has ben around since women.  The use to be made with real animal bones, that’s why even today the technology that is more advanced still call the shaping inserts “bones”.  Thank goodness they refined the technique and made it more comfortable.

Beyonce’s Rockin Super Bowl 50 FORMATION Ab Workout

Check Out Beyonce’s FORMATION Ab Workout In True Bey Style!

Beyonce’s The Queen of Entertainment and Was Voted to Have the Sexiest Abs in the Country

Beyonce is slaying the Super Bowl 50 Stage and she is looking amazing as always.  In true Bey style, She’s stirring up the controversy with her new song, titled “FORMATION”.

It’s awesome to see more women working their craft, training their body and still living their version of an authentic life.  She’s living her dream and being a mom,  a wife and an outspoken advocate for her cause.

I think her ab workout is tough and I also  put together a total plan in my “How Do I Get Abs?” Book on Amazon.com.

Beyonce’s Ab Workout

To get you started with Beyonce’s workout, here’s the link to a quick program from one of her Trainers.

From GL’s Magazine: Ever wish you could get abs like a celeb? Now ya can. A-list trainer Marco Borges whipped up this tummy-flattening routine for us. Yay!

Beyonce’s trainer gifts Girl’s Life readers with an awesome ab workout! http://www.girlslife.com/fitness/workouts/13385/beyonces-trainer-shares-an-ab-workout

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Secret Mystery Foods That Burn Fat Fast Off Your Waist & A**

Need to drop some weight, lose inches, reduce bloating fast? Get the complete list of Yummy Low Calorie Foods that burn fat fast with Zero or Negative Calorie effect! Simply amazing! read more..

The Updated List and Diet PDF Giveaway is at the end of this awesome post. There is so many nuggets in there I wanted to entice you to read it and gain some insight into what may be happening in your own body!

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Burn Fat Fast Off Your Waist & A**! With Low Calorie Foods With a  ZERO CALORIE EFFECT! Totally brilliant science. Read more…

Reader Question: Victoria, I am so confused… I have no idea what to eat any more. With all the diet information out there right now, I don’t know what to do. I just want to know what to eat to burn fat fast?                    

~ Caroline R

Victoria Answer: Caroline, I am so excited about your question. Be patient and read this answer all the way to the end.  It will be totally worth it. I am going to teach you a trick we use in the modelling world to drop weight fast in a tasty healthy way! I m even going ot give you a free pdf download with the complete plan in it! It’s about a ZERO CALORIE EFFECT eating plan,  aslo known as  (Negative Calorie Foods and Diet). It’s so amazing. People who don’t get it write negative things about it, but from someone like me who was sixty poiunds overweight, it is a miracle!

ok, I’m continuing my answer here….If you have ever struggled with dimply junk on the back of your legs and butt, then just take your time and soak up every word in this article. There are many gems that you can take away and begin today to start smoothing out that rocky road.

Your question reminded me of the time when I was getting ready for a fitness championship and I had a total melt down. I was looking good, so I thought. I was so excited because I had been posing at home in my bathroom mirror and

I just could not wait to see how my much better the definition in my muscles would be under “posing lights” at the gym. Posing lights are special lights that are designed to make your muscles look more cut, defined and striated. Those are bodybuilding terms for looking “HOT and BUFF”!

Perfection – NOT!  I gathered up my swimsuit, posing oil and a scrunchie to pull back my hair so that it would not cover up one beautiful striation of hard earned muscle.

I went to the gym I was training at that had a perfect set of posing lights installed by the head trainer, a NPC Body Building champion.

Ok, I get to the gym, run in the women’s locker room, put on my skimpy competition posing suit and oiled myself up. I slipped into a comfy robe to cover myself as I walked across the gym to the room we used for posing. 
I confidently took off my robe and gracefully walked across the room as if I was walking on stage. I believe that we should always be “on” and rehearsing in our mind and with our body what we want to be.

Styling & Profiling

Hannah Saul – Tight Abs, Flat Stomach & Killer Sexy Legs? Try This Supermodel Workout!

If  You Want A Flat Stomach, Tight Abs and Killer Sexy Legs, You Better Get To Ready To Train Your A** Off! Hannah Saul, SuperModel, Fitness Buff and Bad Ass Business Babe is going to show you how!

One of the world’s hottest women (voted that by Billionaire’s Newswire) shares her 30-minute exercise routine with The Supermodel Workout with FEMAIL in an interview and demonstration

She’s kicking butt in the modeling, fitness, building her own brand of workouts and girlfriend is bringing it to the app world!

• Australian supermodel Hannah Saul shared a 30 minute full-body workout
• The training circuit includes lunges, squats, bench dips and knee planks
• Hannah demonstrated the moves in a how-to video
• The model is set to release a workout app, HANxFIT, in November
• She was recently named on Billionaire Newswire’s 50 hottest women list

By LAUREN GROUNSELL FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Read Entire article here.

An aspiring entrepreneur has her own company “Mind Body and Saul. She loves being fit and wants to inspire others. She gets so much wonderful mail from fans that she outlined her workout for Daily Mail UK and even has an APP she just released!

In the lead up to the app’s launch in November, Miss Saul has shared exclusively with Daily Mail Australia her 30 minute full body workout that helps keep her body supermodel ready.

You can see her new App on her Facebook Page: This is one of her favorite quotes on her page! I think she accomplished this very well!

Six Effective Ways to Reduce and Prevent Cellulite (Fat) Fast!

Keep Reading to Get Your Tight Body Smooth Skin Cellulite Reducing Tips!

Here Are Six Effective Steps to Fight Cellulite, Break Down and Get Rid of Lumpy Fat Plus Ideas to Help You  Get A Flat Stomach!

 

Smooth and Firm Sexy Thighs!

Do you want lean sexy thighs, tight flat stomach and nice smooth round butt? The same principles apply for your abs. So no mater where yo u are storing a little too much energy (fat is need energy) try these tips along with a great workout plan. The sooner you start, the quicker you see results!

If you have dimples in places other than your adorable face, and you don’t have the same notoriety or fan club that these two adorable reality sex bombs have, you may want these cellulite reduction tips. Reducing cellulite is a sure way to the path of thin thighs and tight buns. I know there is much controversy about what cellulite is; it’s fat, plain and simple. It requires the same amount of work, discipline, diet and training to lose dimply (cellulite) fat as any other fat on your pretty body.

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New Years Question….

Victoria,                                                                                                                                        I am so tired of carrying around all this extra body fat.  It is making me feel sluggish and unattractive.  I went to one of those strip mall weight loss programs and they told me it would take me longer because I’m older. I’m only 35 years old.  Is that true?  Is my metabolism too slow to lose weight and why do we gain weight as we age?                                                                Signed, Frustrated

Answer…This is a popular question I get from men and women all over the world. No culture or country is exempt.  It’s quite interesting to know that all over the world people are struggling with the same issue. It really shows that we are more alike than we realize.

The answer is no, you don’t have to look at age as a limitation or barrier to losing weight.

There are many master body builders and fitness competitors who are over 35 and look absolutely amazing.  They train regularly, eat properly, get good sleep and regularly set new fitness goals. They have learned how to master their biochemistry.

Check out Anne Pirson from Belgium.

She’s Miss Figure over 35, she’s 39 years old. You don’t have to get this muscular. I just wanted you to see someone who is older than you that is lean, fit and has low body fat. Still not convinced that age doesn’t matter?

NOW.. Check out Ernestine Shepard. She is 75 years old. She started bodybuilding at 71!

So you see that it is possible to lose weight and get fit at any age.

Solid Life Long Program                                                                           You can begin by:

1. Getting on a solid nutrition program that balances your body chemistry and
2. Performing a consistent resistance-training program that increases your muscle mass 3-4 times per week.  Solid muscle increases your body’s basal metabolic rate and that makes your metabolism faster.
3. Do some moderate intensity cardio four to five times per week or 30-60 minutes.  It will increase your oxygen uptake and help melt the excess fat off your body. This type of a complete program is the only way to permanently lose weight and stay healthy.

Here’s why you have to do a complete program and not just the diet in a box method.

Exercise Calorie Expenditure: Just exercising alone is not enough to get down to your perfect weight. Although you might think that physical exercise accounts for most of the calories you burn, it actually accounts for only about one third. In general, your calorie expenditure depends on three things:

1) Your Basal Metabolic Rate is determined by your lean body mass, the active part of your body. This accounts for about 60 percent of all calorie expenditure. Basal (or resting) metabolic rate is the amount of energy or calories your body consumes while at rest, in order to power the thousands of chemical reactions required to maintain health – such as, temperature, cell-repair, cardiovascular system and so on. Put simply, basal metabolic rate is an estimate of how many calories you would burn if you were to lie asleep for 24 hours, with measurement beginning 12 hours after your last meal to ensure that your digestive system was inactive and not burning calories digesting food. The more you increase your lean (active) body mass, the higher your basal metabolic rate. That is why you have to train properly, eat a good balanced diet and drink sufficient water. Your lean body mass is over 60 percent water.

Your Physical Activity. Typically this accounts for about 30 percent of calorie expenditure. You have to become more active every single day. You have to become a motion machine. Physical activity has to become your lifestyle. You want to return to that playful place you were at when you were a kid. You jumped, danced, ran, jumped rope, played sports, ran all over the house and you walked everywhere.  The more active you are, the more calories you burn and the more anti aging oxygen your body will process.

Dietary Thermogenesis. This is the calories you burn while digesting food. It accounts for about 10 percent of the total calories you burn. This is why you cannot skip meals. When you eat properly, you raise your metabolism.  When you skip meals, you reduce your metabolic rate. Starving is worse for you when you are trying to lose weight permanently.

To sum it all up, metabolism is the amount of energy or calories your body burns for maintenance.  It is the rate your body burns calories for all it’s bodily functions: breathing, sleeping, cleaning, working, and for internal functions such as digestion and respiration.

Your body’s metabolism is affected by your body composition.  Your composition is determined by the amount of lean muscle mass you have versus the amount of fat.  Muscle uses more calories to maintain itself than fat.

After about age 30, the body gradually begins to lose its muscle mass from inactivity and hormonal imbalances.  If you eat the same and your activity level stays the same, you will gain weight.  You don’t have the same muscle mass you had in your younger years, so weight gain is the result.  For this reason, strength training is vital for losing weight and increasing the rate of your metabolism. As you gain healthy muscle, age is no longer the predominate factor preventing you from reaching your goal weight.

If your muscle mass verses fat ratio improves, your metabolism increases.  A biochemically-balanced fat burning diet and weight training in combination with aerobic activity will result in a body that has more muscle mass and less fat.  So, increasing healthy muscle mass is a vital key to permanent weight loss along with a healthy diet and regular cardio.

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Your Celebrity Trainer and (Thanks to YOU) Best Selling Author!!,

Victoria

Metabolic Madness? You Need To Do This NOW!

Metabolic Madness – You Must Do This!

This week, I am going to answer an e-mail that explains the benefits of increasing muscle mass which will help you burn more calories.

The more calories you burn, the more fat you will be able to lose. This is why working out is so powerful in a good weight loss program. You can starve your body by restricting your calories to less that 1,000, but that will only slow down your metabolic system causing Metabolic Madness!

Your body will perceive it is going into a famine and will enter into a “self preservation” state to conserve itself. When you break the famine and increase your calories, your body suddenly begins to store extra calories to prepare for the next famine.You can only starve for so long before you lose it and begin to binge on your favorite foods. When it comes to stopping the cycle of Metabolic gain and lose yo-yo dieting Madness, you have to move it to lose it and weight training is one of the best ways to consistently increase your metabolism.

Here’s the question from Margaret, one of our newsletter subscribers.

Good Morning Victoria,  When I do my workouts, which should do toning or  cardio? Or does it matter which one I do. Everyone has opinions and suggestions, but they don’t have a fit body like yours, so I want your opinion. Thanks..Margaret

Hi Margaret,

Thank you for participating in creating your best body ever program and taking the time to write me. You asked a very good question. Here’s my answer.

Don’t Wait to Do Weights!

I went to a party this weekend and everyone looked fabulous. It was a fine display of the concept that when you like the way you look, you feel better about yourself.

Looking good is a matter of personal preference of course. As I observe people I observe how they carry themselves, their facial expressions, their tone of voice, their body language, how they stand, walk and if they move with grace and confidence.

Strong and Beautiful

The strongest looking individuals at this party had good posture and wonderful physiques that displayed various degrees of muscle definition. Even the hostess, who was six months pregnant, looking very beautiful and glowing with life, had toned upper arms, a sculpted back and amazing legs demonstrating the benefit of consistent resistance training.  Here is a photo taken at The Ritz Carlton Training Gym in South Beach, Florida USA. It was at a shoot prep training two weeks ago for a video game charachter. I wish I had permission to show you ALL the peeps that were training that day. When you look at this photo, consider that I was over 180 pounds and shaped like an apple! I had no waist, no lats and no shoulders. This is what weight training has done for my body.

In the beginning of my training career I used heavy weights and even competed in body building contests. I won many contests and I loved the feel of lifting weights.

Unfortunately I built big legs of steel that were thicker than I wanted. Then one day I went to a seminar to hear a beautifully sculpted former body builder, Diana Dennis, and I was immediately sold on her ideas of high repetition training using light weights. Now she was a professional body builder several years ago and magazines loved photographing her because she would strike these beautiful artistic poses. This is an artistic piece taken by Photographer Tom Clark of Hollywood, California. Don’t send me any hater mail about how she is so big. YES, she was big!  She was a professional bodybuilder. Her job was to know how to build muscle. I would not ask a broke person how to make money. So I went to a professional to learn how to build muscle.  I am not advocating that you get big like this photo, I only wanted to demonstrate that she knew the art of muscle building! 🙂

I had been lifting at the gym and training my clients, but I had never done the high rep training.  I ran out the doors of the auditorium and went to a sporting good store and bought a set of hand weights that came on a small weight tree and that was the beginning of my new leaner, tighter, smaller body.

I was so excited by this new training philosophy that I created a workout using light weights for sculpting with motivating music and moves that increased the heart rate so that I could burn fat while I was reshaping my body. The result was a workout and a movement that has become a market mainstay, Vertical Training, the Art of Sculpting. One of the specialized Vertical Training programs I designed is the foundation for my Skinny Thighs Workout, in my “HOW DO I GET SKINNY THIGHS” KINDLE and Paperback book. Here is an explanation and benefits.

Resistance Training

Resistance training increases muscle strength by overloading the muscles using a weight, such as a dumbbell or barbell. The muscle cells adapt to the extra workload by enlarging (hypertrophy) and recruiting greater numbers of nerve cells to aid contraction. Understanding the principles of muscle contraction can help you reach your fitness goals faster. Resistance training is one of the greatest anti-aging weapons available to you today.

The benefits of regular resistance training include:

• Increased muscle strength, power, endurance and conditioning
• Improved body shape and decreases cellulite
• Increased bone density and strength to prevent osteoporosis
• Reduced body fat by increasing muscle mass which is your body’s engine
• Boosted metabolism (burning more calories when at rest) muscles are your engine  – Volkswagon verses a bus..
• Lowered resting heart rate (a sign of fitness)
• Reduce blood pressure (helps to reduce the risk of heart disease)
• Improved balance and stability – more stable base
• Enhanced performance of daily activities, walking up stairs, shopping, carrying kids, rock climbing, hiking, shoulder bag,
• Reduced risk of development and improvement of medical conditions; diabetes, high blood pressure and arthritis.

You have to go to the radio show and here my explanation of each exercise and how they transform your body!

Metabolic Madness Radio Show

In conclusion, make sure you include resistance training in your program so that you can keep your metabolism up and maintain your youthful physique.

Start a lifting program 2-3 times a week.  Along with your cardio and stretching.

To help you get started, I have listed my Secret Seven Top Exercises. I do these exercises with my clients.  You can try them at home or at your gym. You can get a personal trainer to help you get started.

My Secret Seven:

1. Squats or Seated Leg Press

2. Lunges up the stairs at home

3. Bent-Over Dumbbell Row

4. Overhead Press

5. Tricep Kickbacks

6. Bicep Curls

7. Lat pull downs with tube or the pull down machine at gym

NOW GET OUT THERE AND START LIFTING! 

Make it an awesome week!

Love & Hugs!

Victoria

“HOW DO IT GET SKINNY THIGHS?”  Kindle Book – Lower Body Weight Lifting Exercises All Demonstrated With A Complete Program for Beginners to Advanced!

 

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Here is a letter that asks a great question. I put together a super effective tip sheet that helps ALL OF US get a flatter stomach.

Dearest Victoria,

You are so special to me. I live in Russia. I have learned so much about myself from reading your newspapers you send to me in email every week and your DVD’s have taught me how to have rhythm, how to dance and how to laugh at myself instead of criticizing.

I did not know all these things about what to eat and how to train as a woman. I am forever grateful to you. I have totally changed my body and as you teach “attitude”. I have reduced 2 dress sizes and my legs don’t wiggle any more when I walk in a skirt.

I have so many new dreams and ideas now. I think I am going to start modeling part time along with my full time job. I like what your blogs have taught me about abundance. There is no reason to limit my future. So I thank you.

Here is my question; I have totally changed my diet and all you advice in diet has worked like miracles. In Russia, that is very hard, but now I have it all organized and budgeted so it is much easier now. I suffer from puffiness and retain water. What can I do when I am starting to get puffy and bloated? It feels awful and I don’t want to lose modeling jobs because of it. ~Liliyana

I am so touched that you guys find life changing ideas in my newsletters and blogs. I write from the heart. I stop everything I am doing to write to you and all the adorable readers. Life is so short and we don’t have time for negative limiting beliefs of others poisoning our well of possibilities.

What You Do Is What Determines What You Feel

I try never to let anyone get to me so much that I get down on myself.  I don’t need anyone dogging me out because they had a bad day or they are disappointed with their life. Each person’s perception is personal. It belongs to them and was conceived through their life story. It is a compilation of their thoughts, experiences, and influences wither they are positive or negative. They were formed by the age of 8.

Whatever and whoever was in their life up to that point is who helped form their opinions.  There is no way I am going to let someone else, who was programmed by someone else, have a damaging effect on my heart, psyche or mental state.

Our life is what we make it. If we can change the circumstances, then we must change how we see them until we can change them. Power is in the perception!

That is why I sign off with something positive each week. Words are just the beginning, what we do; counts, what we do matters and what we create is what we will have.

I am also very proud of you for organizing your eating and training schedule so much so that you are going to use your physical gift to increase your income which will increase your standard or living and stimulate the economy where you live!

Now Let’s get to it!

Bloated Puffy Belt Hangover –Most people retain a little water, and it is fairly common. As women, we especially may notice an increase in water retention during the week before our period. It’s fine to stop water retention at home that is minor. If water retention seems major, occurs all the time, and is continually resulting in puffy extremities or excessive weight gain, this can indicate serious health issues. If you suffer more than a little water retention, you should not try to stop water retention at home but should see your naturopath or healthy fit doctor for a thorough checkup.

Here are some great ideas to help stop water retention and reduce bloating and puffiness.

1. Sip Herbal Tea. Parsley or uva-ursi tea can help flush out excess water without any harmful side affects, you can find these teas in most health foods stores.

2. Reduce Sodium – Minimizing extra sodium in the diet is crucial.  I had a photo client that macked out on salty pretzels and drank soda. She did it while she was flying in for the gig.  She did a triple whammy to her body before a photo shoot. Of course she had to fly, but she should have drank water and bought an apple or orange at the airport to have as her snack while she was flying instead of eating high glycemic salty pretzels! AAHHH

Almost all packaged and canned foods contain some level of sodium. Most natural food sources also have some sodium too, though the amount is usually less.  When making food choices, look for low sodium varieties of foods, especially canned foods and prepared meals. The can make you puffy, stiff and bloated.

The next two tips must be discussed with your healthy physician or naturopath.

3. Take Vitamin B6. Taking up to 250 milligrams of vitamin B6 daily helps reduce premenstrual water retention. This nutrient also reduces fluid buildup caused by hormone imbalances.

4. Take Calcium. Researchers at the New York Metropolitan Hospital found that a daily calcium supplement provided relief from premenstrual water retention in three-fourths of the women who took it. If it’s safe for you, take 500-milligrams twice daily; one at breakfast and one at dinner. Ask your doctor whether these supplements are okay for you. It may not be recommended if you are taking certain medications.

5. Move – Increase Circulation. Walking, dancing, bicycling, stationary biking, tennis and any other training you enjoy, are all activities that help pump out water and other fluids that can pool in your legs and ankles. Doing cardio exercises with resistance training can make you sweat and release trapped salts and fluids.

6. Drink More Water – Water retention is common when you are dehydrated or low on water. The body tends toward conserving water, and will retain a bit in order to keep you hydrated. Drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day helps shed extra water, thereby reducing water retention. Interesting huh?

7. Increase Urine Formation – That’s right, Go more! When it comes to water, you can release it or retain it. Foods such as cucumbers, asparagus and parsley contain natural substances that increase urine formation. Other vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, cabbage and mushrooms can facilitate water loss in conjunction with a  good glycemic diet.

They require large amounts of water for digestion which helps pull it out from beneath the skin and into the digestive track. Plus they are high in fiber, which is healthy to keep your colon clean. A healthy clean empty colon helps with the appearance of a flat lower abdomen.

Try these ideas out and experiment with them until you find your perfect formula for getting rid of that awful feeling excess water, bloating and puffiness. Shop around and look for the best prices so that you can continue to eat healthy and improve your modeling potential.

 Finally– Medications.  If none of these work, and you are on medications, give your doctor a list of all medications you are currently taking–both prescription and over-the-counter–ask whether any alterations are possible.  Switching to a lower-dose estrogen in your hormone replacement therapy, for example, could reduce fluid retention. If you’re on steroidal medication, be sure to let your doctor know about your water-retention problems. He or she may prescribe a diuretic.

Life is so much better when  you choose to be victorious and not play the role of a victim. If you are a victim, then you can only get better by the hands of someone else. If you put your future in someone else’s hands, in the end, you will lose!

No one can care about you better than you can.

It takes great dedication to make fitness a daily habit and putting  taking care of your body at the top of our to do list. Get moving and take control! I understand how difficult it is living in a place outside of the American abundance. Here in America we have so many food choices that we spend billions of dollars trying to figure out how not to eat it!

Never stop working on your body and never stop expanding your possibilities. You are limitless!

Make this an outstanding week! 

Victoria

Your Celebrity Personal Trainer!

New Radio Show al about these great tips is live right now! Go listen and take some notes!

Victoria’s Body Shoppe Global Radio Show