Why am I Overweight?
It seems like everyone is trying to lose weight. I have heard it said that there are approximately 72,000 people that are dieting, but only 2% of them are getting results. The reason that people are not getting results is that people are not working on the cause of being overweight. The popular programs are all about treating the symptom – the weight instead of working on the cause.
Let me ask you this question: How long do you need to work on the symptom before the real problem will go away?
What do you think? The answer is, “The real problem will never go away from working on the symptom.”
Your BELLY FAT is a symptom. So if belly fat is a symptom, how many crunches or “Ab-Loungers” would you have to do to get rid of the symptom?
Our program is unique because we work to uncover the reason behind the weight gain.
I want to talk to you about what is behind the weight, but first, take a look at our approach.
What Makes Us Different
| What you might have done or are doing. | What we do. |
|---|---|
| Stimulating metabolism with B12 shots, diet pills, boosters | Your metabolism is already over stimulated, and we balance it. |
| Try to lose weight | We help you create your health |
| Low calorie diets | It’s not about units of calories, it’s about how many nutrients are in those calories – high dense nutrient foods satisfy and turn off cravings and hunger and give the body what it needs to create health. |
| My diet is pretty good, I’m eating lots of good foods – whole grains, low fat… | You’re assuming that those foods are good for weight loss. We have you consume foods, which are at least 50x more nutrient-rich. You are also operating off the idea that fat turns into fat – instead of looking how to feed your hormones. |
| I’m eating everything in moderation | What you don’t know is all it takes is a very tiny bit of the wrong thing to stop and block the good work you have done. |
| Exercise harder, longer and more often | We find out what your body needs based on your recovery cycles – because you burn fat to the degree that you can recover and overweight people have poor recovery – you do not burn fat during exercise –it’s after. |
| I’m doing 30 minutes of cardio a day | Yes, short bursts of exercise do increase fat burning, but it also increases stress and cortisol and you need to figure out how to do it without activating the stress hormones. |
| You are eating better, increasing your activities | We have a technique to rid the old stresses (physical) in the body so you can sleep better, etc. The less stress you are, the less body cortisol, and the more you can lose weight. |
| I did some diet plan before | We tailor make an eating plan to the individual. |
| I’m on a diet pill to decrease my appetite | Diet pills cut huger but do not increase health |
| I’m on a fluid pill and I’m losing weight | We have you increase your health with foods high in potassium so the excess sodium can come out and fluid-hydration can work. |
| I’m meditating and decreasing stress in my body | Lots of your stress is in your body, you can’t sleep, you have pain, you have old stress and we have a solution to this. |
| I already spent a lot of money and wasted it | I’m sure you have. This is why we created a completely different approach, so you can achieve success this time. There are lots of wrong solutions to the problem of weight, but based on what you told me, I think you have the wrong problem – it’s not your weight, it’s your body and its hormones and accumulated stress. |
The problem with stubborn weight lies in the overlooked fact that our body has hormones that cause the body to store fat. While the majority of weight loss programs focus on metabolism and counting calories and grams of fat, no one takes into account what really causes the fat to be stored, no one that is until now.
We DO focus on how the fat storing hormones work. You would be surprised at how many things you are doing or have done that are so called “diet friendly” that actually stimulate the body’s fat storing hormones. Yes, these “diet friendly” things may be low calorie or even no calorie, technically it may have no sugar in it, yes it may be low fat, but if it is triggering the wrong response in the body you will find that nothing you do – not exercising harder and longer, not taking appetite suppressants, not taking metabolism booster drinks, not even starvation dieting will cause the weight to come off and STAY off.
The Four Body Shapes
Every body has different needs and different looks. Take a look at the shapes below and note some of the symptoms that can be associated with them –
Any of These Look Familiar?
Symptoms:
- Fatigue
- Generalized Weight Gain
- Cold Hands / Feet
- Hair Stiff and Dry
- Brittle Nails with Verticle Ridges
- Outer Eyebrows Thin or Absent
- Poor Short Term Memory
- Poor Focus / Attention
- Depression
- Dry Skin
- Hair Loss
- Cravings for Carbs and Breads
- High Cholesterol
- Loss of Libido
Symptoms:
- Fatigue
- Insomnia
- Anxiety
- Worry
- Can’t Tolerate Stress
- Weak/Brittle Bones
- Round Face
- Pendulous Abdomen
- Acne / Poor Skin
- High Blood Pressure
- Facial Hair
- Cravings for Salt, Cheese, Chocolate
- Needs Caffeine to Stay Awake/Alert
- Dark Circles around Eyes
- Inflammation and/or Pain in Joints
- Heel Spurs
- Fibromyalgia
- Swelling in Hands, Feet, Face
- Allergies
- Auto Immune Disorders
- Moodiness
- Irritability
- Brain Fog
- Buffalo Hump on back of neck
Symptoms:
- Weight Gain in Hips, Thighs, Buttocks
- History of PMS
- Ovarian Cysts
- Monthly Fatigue
- Monthly Bloating
- Infertility
- Hot Flashes
- Night Sweats
- Vaginal Dryness
- Monthly Constipation
- Endometriosis
- Monthly Thinning of Hair
- Monthly Headaches
Symptoms:
- Bloating After Eating
- Brown Spots on Back of Hands
- Red Dots on Skin
- Hives and Itchiness
- Skin Problems
- Varicose veins
- Spider Veins
- Yellowness in Eyes
- Hot Feet at Night
- Irritability and Moodiness in Morning
- Craves Fried and Sour Foods
- Full Feeling on Right Rigcage
- Liver Roll of Fat
- Pot Belly
- Pain or Tightness in Right Shoulder / Neck
- Stiff Low Back and Between Shoulder Blades
- Burping / Belching after Eating
How Do I Fix It?
To start, take the quiz to the right. One is to evaluate proper exercise and the other is analyze whether you are triggering the fat storing hormones too much. Just follow the links to the right to take the test.
How do you get the fat storing hormones to stop doing their job so well?
I am glad you asked – there are four steps.
- You must identify what your body type/shape is. This will help us understand which areas of the body are the most beat down by stress and life. BEWARE! Identifying your shape is the first step, but there is more to it than that. There are several important tests that help to narrow it down.
See Other Services - You must be shown what is the correct type of exercise for that body type………
- Physically improve the stress handling centers of the body.
- Tweak your diet and lifestyle to support the needs of your specific body type.
We have a very important workshop that will help you understand more fully how all of this works. Call our office to find out more about when these workshops are.
Too busy to attend a workshop? We can get you up to speed remotely with a web based video and then come in for a visit with the doctor. Contact us for the link to the video.
One of my favorite quotes: “Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.” Don’t wait.
This is serious stuff, don’t put it off. Perhaps the putting it off is part of why you are where you are at today. Read some more of the testimonials of clients who have “turned the corner” on their health and they are feeling and looking good.