I am a former tub of lard

My Name is Viola Doll and I am a former tub of lard. Before Thin&Healthy I was falling apart. I had asthma and I was unable to walk any distance without my hips back and knees bothering me. I have a family history of diabetes and had gestational diabetes with my youngest son, so I was on track to develop type-2 diabetes. Sex was impossible I felt like I was suffocating, I was embarrassed to ride an airplane because I had to ask for a seat belt extension, Do you know how embarrassing it is to be marched to the front of a small plane because only the extra long seat belt will fit? How about having to ask someone to get things from higher shelves because your belly got in the way? Or go into a store with lots of pretty clothes only to find that your options were limited to maybe two or three selections if they had anything at all? I was miserable.

Then it got worse when I lost my job. I was depressed. So when the opportunity to relocate with my former company was presented to me I jumped at the chance. Little did I know, at the time, how much my life would change from that one seemingly simple decision.

I began my work and the settling in process began… I got to know the staff at my new job and feel more comfortable. Then one day something struck me, the manager was losing weight–a lot of weight in very little time!!! How was she doing it?

She had joined Thin and Healthy and had lost 16 lbs in just a few short weeks. I thought, “Could it work for me?” I decided to go for it. I was on my way to a healthier me. But did I really believe I would get to 150 pounds? That was about 1/2 of the almost 300 pounds I weighed in with? To tell the truth I didn’t think it was possible. I had been on several plans before and always lost 25 to 35 pounds, but then became bored and quit after 2 months. Thin and Healthy was different. I wasn’t eating skimpy bite size portions, but real amounts of good healthy food.

The weight started rolling off. I resisted exercise at first due to the health problems but after I lost 25 pounds, I bought a stationary bike secondhand and took baby steps on it starting with just a few minutes a day. Then the weight started coming off faster. In about 6 months I had lost 50 pounds. Wow real success without being hungry!!

Coming in to see the staff twice a week was something I looked forward to. The good news the scale held for me helped too. Better yet was my incredible joy at being able to do things. Like walking to sightsee in France, crossing my legs, and my personal favorite, wearing sexy high heels-which I had not been able to do for better than 20 years!!!! It was amazing buying my first sexy formal dress and finding out I had beautiful shoulders. It was great going to a convention with my husband and finding out his friends were flirting with me-Me!! That had NEVER happened to me, not ever!!!! And I rediscovered my relationship with my husband. He has a hard time now keeping up with all my energy and things VASTLY improved behind closed doors (haha).

What made the difference in this plan? I had to EAT! I had to MOVE and I had SUPPORT to do it. I felt valued!! Somebody cared what I was doing. The open door meant there was always a friend to discuss factors with. With the support I have lost just under 150 pounds and over 162 inches. This has helped me get into a size 14 instead of those horrible 30-32.

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Reducing Stress To Reduce Belly Fat

Stress is being shown to play a significant role in a wide variety of conditions and disease states. Recent work from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and other major research centers has demonstrated that stress is a significant contributor to immune dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, other age-related disorders, and to excessive body fat.

Over 20% of adults have an obesity-like condition characterized by excessive bell fat. This condition is related to stress-induced hormone imbalances, especially imbalances of cortisol and DHEA. Until now, the only course of action for losing this fat has been stress reduction with exercise and diet.

Relora™ can normalize cortisol and DHEA levels in stressed individuals, induce relaxation, and act as an aid in controlling weight and stress related eating and drinking. Relora™ stabilizes levels of the stress hormone cortisol. That results in the levels of serotonin and dopamine (neurotransmitters that boost mood) being optimized. Also, levels of melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep, return to normal. Improved sleep rebalances gastric hormones so that the ratio of leptin (which signals satiety) is once again higher than ghrelin (which signals the body to eat more).

You can pick Relora™ up at our Thin&Healthy Utah location in Sandy, UT or order it by emailing us at: info@thinandhealthyutah.com

You Can Lose that Belly Fat!

You can lose that belly!!

First you need to know what causes belly fat. How you eat is just as important as where you eat when it comes to weight gain. Larry Scherwitz and Deborah Kesten have identified seven specific eating patterns that make us overeat and that are linked to being overweight. This was reported from ABC'S “Good Morning America.” At Thin and Healthy Utah, we subscribe to these 7 steps for loosing that unwanted belly fat also.

The message is simple: Look at what your eating, and look at your relationship with food. Here are 7 examples to help you out. Each of these seven patterns of eating will negatively affect your relationship with food. Do you see yourself in any of these 7 categories?

1: Fresh Food, Fast Food – If you find yourself eating at McDonald's for lunch and then heating up packaged frozen foods at night, you're eating too much processed, high-calorie food. Where's the fresh food?

2: Food Fretting – Are you so concerned about what you eat that you experience negative and guilty feelings when you think about food?

3: Task Snacking – You're too busy to sit down and eat right. So you grab things to eat at your desk or in the car. If you're distracted when you eat and you're dining at the dashboard, chances are you'll eat more and gain weight.

4: Eating Atmosphere – Where you eat is as important as what you eat. When you dine in a calm setting, you're less likely to struggle with how much you eat.

5: Social Fare – People who eat alone tend to overeat. When we enjoy meals with others, we're far more likely to slow down and eat less.

6: Emotional Eating – Are you using food to manage your feelings?

7: Sensory/Spiritual Nourishment – People who eat this way are infusing their food with special meaning.

The study findings were published in Explore, a journal of science and healing.

For more information and help on overcoming bad dieting habits and learning how to eat a healthy diet grounded on the food guide pyramid check out Thin And Healthy Utah or Thin Members Online.

Calorie Intake for Weight Loss

Many programs out there suggest a calorie intake for losing weight. Many of us have counted our calories each day when trying to lose weight – or even maintain our weight – so why are so many Americans still so overweight?
Are you ready to try a different approach to losing weight THAT DOES WORK? Thin and Healthy’s Total Solution takes on a different approach to losing weight than just counting the calorie intake for weight loss. Calories can be cut without really effecting the fats, sodiums, proteins, or sugars in the food. IF YOU DON’T LOOK AT THE TOTAL PICTURE, YOU’LL KEEP GETTING PARTIAL RESULTS. Isn’t it time to do a program that does work, and has a 15 year PROVEN track record? Counting calories to lose weight has gotten you here – reading this blog post – are you ready to change your lifestyle more than just the way you eat?
Thin and Healthy’s Total Solution provides grocery lists, menus, recipe ideas, home workouts, motivation, accountability, and most of all SUCCESS! You can count your calorie intake if you’d like – and follow the trend of the rest of America – but do you really want to be like the majority of them (67% of Americans are overweight!)? You deserve more than a calorie range or chart! do yourself a favor – at least call and talk to people who can help you take the stress out of losing weight – The Total Solution.