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You too can lose weight on only 500 calories a day -- don't be fooled by the claims!

For a few months now I have been quietly observing all the excitement over the HCG diet.   Its claim is that you can lose a pound a day seems very inviting to others.  We are a society of instant gratification and I know how hard it is sometimes to release pounds and inches while just eating healthy and exercising.

So along comes a claim that HCG can help you lose 1 pound a day!  Now that’s something to get excited about, right?

I rarely take a strong stance against diets, nutritional programs out there but I just have to say that with this one, it seems that “common sense” has flown out the window.

At first, I was intrigued to find out about it because losing a pound a day seems like it must be really effective, but then as I researched it more, it was like — DUH!  You have to reduce your calorie intake to 500 calories per day. 

There are many other restricitions to the diet that would cause you to lose pounds and inches. 

“What little food can be consumed is supposed to be high in protein and low in starches, carbohydrates and high-fat foods. Alcohol is forbidden, and updated versions of the diet sometimes include additional appetite suppressants, such as daily injections of phentermine or other stimulants.”

I can tell you that anyone that reduces their calorie intake this low and reduces their intake of carbs, high fats, starches and alcohol will lose weight.  But how safe is that…not to mention the “rebound” effect after you resume eating normally.  From my opinion, you have just put your body into massive “starvation mode.”   And hence, this will start all the “yo-yo” dieting urges in the body.

Now I am not a medical professional but I do have common sense and have coached 100s of others through Nutritional Cleansing for the past 8 years so I do know a lot about what works and what does not.

Also, who knows the long-term effects of pumping a pregnant women’s hormone into your body?  There are just too many unanswered questions regarding this and the results may not even be attributed to the actual injection…. like I said, most people would see drastic results with that type of regimin without HCG–but a what cost.

Do your own research.  Read about how people feel on it, the hair loss, the hunger pains, the lack of sleep, etc….

Here’s another article to get you started but go google it and I challenge you to really do your homework before you start this program.

http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/07/hcg-diet-look-elsewhere-for-weight-loss/

If you want to try something that is safe, organic, gets results, do-able and cost effective and will set your body up for long term success and not just immediate results and then rebound, let me know!  We have created rapid weight loss results in a clinical study but it’s with super high grade nutrition and cleansing–part of an overall total health program.

P.S.  Perfect timing!  I just got this in my email box this morning from one of my client’s Brooke, titled, “Can this be right?”

Kimber, I just weighed and measured. My husband measured me on the first day of pre-cleanse and then again today. Since Thursday morning: 9 lbs lost; 20.25 inches (with 3″ off my waist) I wouldn…’t believe it if it weren’t my body – ha!

This morning, I woke up to this message in my Facebook inbox:

Hi Kimber,
I am SO excited to tell you that I am 10 pounds lighter & 13 inches smaller!!! Thank you, thank you for this great gift! I have been wanting (& needing) to lose weight for so long, but always have a hard time getting started. This was just the jump start I needed & I intend to keep on going! ~Jandi

Jandi is one of my connections on Facebook that I had the opportunity to start her on my company’s 9 Day Nutritional Cleansing Pak.

This is the 2nd time this week, that I got that little nudge that I was part of  impacting others lives in a big way!

On Tuesday evening I heard a story from another of our client’s that seriously moved me to tears and about 60 others in one of my presentations.

You see, I got to meet Michelle that night.  I went to a dinner a little earlier that night and I had no idea who she was or what her story was.  The group was a little to large to visit, so we just shook hands and made a little small talk.

About an hour later, she was asked by one of my business partner’s to share her story and I about fell off my chair.

You see, Michelle is a mom of two and had been on life support THREE times and had been given only 1-5 years to live.

She has a condition where the body’s immune system becomes confused and attacks itself.  She was on 32 different dr written suggestions, and had seen 30 dr’s.

She spent so much time in the hospital that her kids thought that’s where she lived as they spent most of their time living with their grandparents.

After she started her nutritional cleansing system, she was able to finally sleep through the night, her hair quit falling off, and her lab results tripled!! She has also lost 40 lbs. and she is STILL FULLY ALIVE TODAY!

Now, I can’t say that Nutritional Cleansing cured anything but I do know that when you feed the body properly and rid the toxins, it is the Miracle and can do what God intended it to do!

Michelle was able to do this without harsh stimulants or unknown ingredients or programs.  This is tested and all natural and has produced results for 8 years—1000’s of stories!

Now, stories like Michelle’s and emails like Jandi’s is why I do what I do!

If you aren’t doing something you are passionate about, why?

And if you want to do join me, I’m seriously looking for a few others to help coach, train and mentor so you can also wake up ready to hit the floor running with passion and excitement every day too!

Here’s just some pictures that are amazing!

BEFORE

AFTER

Michelle's Family

So, everyday I use healthy products that help to rebuild and restore my body, hopefully so I can stay YOUNG forever!

Now that I am in my 40’s, nutrition, skincare, exercise is increasingly become important to me.

Dang!  I’m no longer a girl that can just eat, drink and be merry without the consequences.

About 8 years ago, I was introduced to a line of “nutritional cleansing” products that I frankly thought was a scam.  This was the era of the whole “fen fen” scare and rapid weight loss gimmiks and even risky weight loss diets.

So I had heard some crazy stories of quick weight loss as a side benefit of removing toxins from the body, but I thought it had to be all water weight,  a quick fix, etc….and I was highly skeptical.

But I won’t lie, I had been trying to get rid of those last 5-10 “sticky” pounds for a long time after my 3rd son was born. With my two first sons, I easily bounced back to my pre-pregnancy weight.  But after my last one, I just found it a little bit harder.

Now many thought I was crazy because “in clothes” I looked as good as I had ever looked.  But ladies, you know how you feel under those clothes sometimes and the thought of actually putting on a bikini is alarming—that’s where I was…no hiding anything in a bikini!

So I decided to try the Cleansing System, not expecting AT ALL what would happen.

In my first 9 days, I released 10 lbs., 11 inches and 2% Body Fat. Now I had been doing the “Body for Life” program and going to spin or the gym 3 to 4 times per week with NO BUDGE before that.

So it was totally the JUMP START I needed not only physically, but mentally and emotionally too.

You see for the first time in my life, I do believe I started to battle depression. After 9/11, I started feeling so hopeless and scared and it really affected me to a deeper level that I can’t even explain to you.  It was almost as if I lived near Ground Zero or had someone personally affected. I didn’t but I felt like I couldn’t do anything and went into really an irrational fear about my kid’s future and I just couldn’t understand how other people could just move on and start laughing again and going on with their lives when over 3000 were just wiped out in an instant.

So for the first time in my life, I began eating not so healthy things and drinking SODA (which I had really never done in the past).

I think that although I was trying to counteract it all with going to the gym, my bad eating habits and slight depression was winning–my mind was just not at all in a good place.  I wanted to make a difference somehow but I didn’t know how and I felt worthless and hopeless.

So after I was introduced to this system and got those results I mentioned above, along with feeling 18 again energy wise, some small health challenges were gone, I felt alive and excited-–I knew that God had brought me a vehicle that I could get involved in to help others who felt like me–hopeless and discouraged and just basically getting by and living a life of mediocrity.

Over the past 8 years, I have been able to help coach 100s of others to reach their ideal health, weight and even life goals!

What a blessing was in that little brown box I found on my doorstep 8 years ago!  Who knew that little box could hold such treasures!

Anyway, the idea of “cleansing” has now gained attention by the media, health professionals, athletes and celebrities after we introduced this system to others.

But this is not like the “cleanses” out there (if you want to know why or how….too much to post, you’ll have to get hold of me).

But the idea of cleansing your body is similar to the reason you go and have your oil changed in your car or you change the filters in your vacuum or heating system.

Toxins and “stuff” clogs the pipes and you need to cleanse it out every now and then.

What would happen if you didn’t get an oil change?  What would happen if you never brushed your teeth?  What would happen if you never changed the bag in your vacuum?

Catch the drift!

Now here’s the confession, I haven’t had my full “oil change” since early October. I have been so busy coaching others, doing life, cranking up my business…that I kind of put myself on the “back burner” again.

I do take these healthy products everyday for maintenance but it’s time for a full overhaul again.

So I’m on Day 1 of my 9 day system and I want to be transparent in all this.

So I’m going to update this Post during my 9 days, so if you want to follow me, just check back here.  I’m going to be as honest as I can during the journey, since it’s been a while.

It’s good for the coach to get back to the basics sometimes too so they can relate to the rest of the players!

And I may even need some encouragement along the way too, so I would love some replies below!  I thank you in advance for that.

If anyone wants to join me in the next 9 days, please let me know or if you want to get started in the near future, I’d love to help you!

DAY 1

9am – I started my day with a yummy “healthy dark chocolate” (that makes me feel like I’m cheating).  I just had my first cleanse drink (4 oz) with 8 oz. of water.  I also had a “scooby snack” (that’s what I call them).  I’m feeling way excited as I know that in the morning, I am going to have that lean and clean feeling all over again!

I weighed myself and yes…I have some “sticky” pounds to release again!  Dang!  Summer and life’s busy adventures have taken its toll on me too!  I can’t wait to feel a little more “bikini ready” as the summer is almost gone!

12Noon – I just had my 2nd cleanse drink and also a bite of Healthy chocolate.  Time is going by fast today and so far so good… my hubby called and wanted to do dinner and a movie tonight though, so movie YES–but no buttered popcorn — dang!  LOL

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