Explanations and Exclamations for “Belly Fat, Brain Fog, and Burnout!”

If you’ve been following our newsletter or if you subscribe to the blog, then you’ll know we’ve been focusing on helping people fight fat, fog, and fatigue.  Dr. Ritamarie’s brand new 5-part FREE Video Series Bye-Bye Belly Fat, Brain Fog, and Burnout was juuuust released on Friday and it’s already receiving an overwhelming response of comments and subscribers. 

To see why the buzz has been so exciting, Click HERE!

How to Fix Your Fat, Fog, and Fatigue:

While many people want to change their lifestyle, so many have struggled to find long-term success because the programs they attempt to follow fail to address the underlying conditions that created the weight gain, cloudy thinking, and energy drain in the first place.  This series puts a spotlight on the biochemical individual reactions that may be occurring in your body.

Every other day or so, until the final Webinar on September 7th, 2011, a new video in the series will be released including:

• Video #1: 3 NOT-So-Sexy Hormone Imbalances
• Video #2: The Dangers that Lurk Around Your Midline: Balance Your Blood Sugar Naturally
• Video #3: Breaking Through the Fog
• Video #4: Quenching the Fire of Burnout
• Video #5: B4 it’s Too Late!
• Webinar: Mend Your Metabolism and Maximize Your Vitality! 
  • Including bonuses such as Breakthroughs that Balance and Foods that Flatten Your Belly, Focus your Mind, and Fight Fatigue!

Even though ONLY TWO videos have been released so far, it’s exciting to see the comments and stories that are already being shared:

Comments on Video #1: 3 NOT-So-Sexy Hormone Imbalances:

• I am so thrilled to be hearing what you are sharing about hormones, cortisol, adrenal glands, thyroid, growth hormone and brain fog/belly fat!!! The DC I am seeing recently told me the same thing you reviewed in this video and right now I’m taking natural ways to clear my liver and getting rid of cortisol thru exercise. Your explanation of eating… is something he did not mention, he didn’t go into the growth hormone aspect of it all yet, so I am thankful to have a heads-up on this so I can put this into practice also! What a blessing to learn this, and you put everything into such easy-to-understand terminology…good thing since brain fog can make things a little bit harder to absorb at times LOL! Thank you so much!!!  - Stacy
• Dr Ritamarie:
  Thank you for all the information. You explain things in a way that is so very easy to understand. I always learn something new when I listen to your classes. As someone who just stopped taking cortisone, what I learn in your Webinars is priceless in helping me regain fantastic health. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.
  Muchas gracias,  - Beatriz

You can read these and see all the comments when you sign up here and open the link to Video #1!

Video #2 was just released a few hours ago and already we’re receiving feedback.

Comments on The Dangers that Lurk Around Your Midline:

• I was very glad to receive this notice from you for these online courses. My doctor is the standard “eat less, excercise more” type, but with little guidance. I have hypothyroidism, sleep apnea, osteo-arthritis (one hip replacement), Factor V Leiden (genetic blood clotting disorder, overweight… I identify with all the symptoms; I am supposed to have the other hip replaced, but, the doctors want me to lose weight, of course to eliminate a risk factor, understandably. I haven’t felt like myself in many years… I am now 63. I have looked into “raw foods”, but don’t seem to fully get onto it… hunger wins out. BUT, I am open….. still… bring it on. – Sheryl

You can share YOUR comments when you sign up here.  You’ll have instant access to both Video #1 and Video #2!

We all know some people are more ready than others for natural lifestyle changes.  While excess belly fat, brain fog, and burnout may seem like superficial conditions, they can be symptoms of more serious illness. Dr. Ritamarie recently lost some close family members to conditions that could have been addressed through a better understanding of how the body works and the underlying causes of disease.  This 5-part video series is her free gift of education to the world to prevent others from suffering.

We hope you’ll share it with those you know.  Let’s help spread education instead of midlines!

Click HERE to watch the free 5-part series, Bye-Bye Belly Fat, Brain Fog, and Burnout! 

Emotional Eating is Self-Sabotage

This article on Emotional Eating is printed with permission form Dr. Linda Berry Dr. Linda is a long time friend and colleague.  I work with so many people whose health is compromised as a result of emotional eating.  Dr. Linda shares her strategies.

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Speaking from experience, emotional eating is self-sabotage. Yes, it probably tastes good. And yes, it satisfies a need. But doesn’t it just take you further from yourself and the goals you want to accomplish for health and well-being?

The facts keep stacking up — healthy kids eat more than their classmates who are overweight. Having the body that you want doesn’t involve deprivation. It just demands changing behaviors and making different choices.

Why is that so hard? Maybe you were bullied about your weight growing up. Maybe there was a battle at the dinner table every night in your home. Maybe your Mom was a stress case or overweight when she had you in her womb. Maybe you were violated in some way by family, friends, church, or community when you should have been protected and nurtured instead.

Whatever the reason … you need some new knowledge, skills, and inspiratioin to banish the demons that push you into eating patterns that no longer serve your peace of mind, brilliance, or productivity.

What would it be like if instead you ate in synch with the natural rhythms of the day … just enough to be satisfied and not stuffed, food you felt good about eating … that made you feel vital and alive instead of guilty, heavy, and sedated?

When asked why they ate, a group of women gave reasons like:

• Because I’m upset
• When I’m lonely
• If I’m tired
• Out of boredom, etc.

Do you know that none of the women said they ate because they were hungry? Our culture has taught us to use food for everything except good nourishment!

Want to break out of that pattern to shine with a healthy body in time for the holidays? This is the third free call I’m offering on “How to Get Thin for the Holidays”. Many who responded told me they know what to do to lose weight but don’t carry it out because of emotional eating.

So I decided to offer scholarships to everyone who was on those two calls PLUS anyone else who’d like to change some unhealthy habits they know are dragging down their health, and well-being.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful this holiday season to step up with a smile, confident in the way you look, proud of the commitment you made to yourself to lose weight — or at least not get more bloated — before the end of 2010?

Wouldn’t it be more fun to be peppy, cheerful, and radiant instead of worn-out, irritable, and sluggish from stuffing yourself with tempting sugar-laden foods and drink?

Invest an hour of your time for the FREE Live Call (or listen to the recording at your convenience):

How to Heal Emotional Eating

A FREE Presentation – 3 Simple Strategies to
Banish the Eating Demons

Tues, Oct 19 at 5:30 PM Pacific, 6:30 PM Mountain, 7:30 PM Central
and 8:30 PM Eastern

with Dr. Linda Berry author, teacher, and healer

• The #1 thing you need to focus on to have the body you want. (Most doctors don’t even know this.)
• A 3 Part formula for breaking free from the emotional eating habits that sabotage your best intentions to get in shape and stay that way for good.
• Secrets to tripling your energy and optimizing your weight. Not knowing this used to cost me hours of lost joy and freedom, as I struggled with fatigue, mental fog, and food addictions.
• The most critical mindset shift you need to make before attempting to make serious diet and lifestyle improvements. Don’t even bother with all the strategies we’re about to teach you if you’re not willing to do this!
• How to get the knowledge and support you need to make lasting changes that will bring you freedom, joy, and vitaility. (It’s easier than you think.)

NOTE: This call is perfect for you if you eat to stuff, bury, put-aside, lighten, forget, or avoid emotions. Wouldn’t you love to retire the demons that push, plague, and taunt you to act in ways that ultimately hurt you?

I’m ready!Tell me how to face the eating demons!

Did you know that carrying around too much weight can increase your blood pressure? If your joints hurt taking off extra pounds will lighten their load so you feel lighter, stronger, and more flexible. And GI problems are oftern linked to being overweight too.

When your body doesn’t feel good and you’re not happy with the way you look it’s hard to get through the day much less enjoy your life isn’t it?

What if you could take three simple steps to banish the eating demons that plague and taunt you? Instead of doing what most people do – packing on more pounds then waiting once again to take them off in the New Year — but probably failing.

What if this this holiday you emerged slimmer, happier, and healthier? Wouldn’t that feel good?

Learning a bunch of new stuff isn’t what’s going to make the difference in your body shape is it? You’ve also got to take action! The action steps you’re going to learn in this one-hour free teleseminar don’t involve taking any pills. They don’t involve buying into ultra-expensive weight loss programs either. And they’re not another crash and burn diet scheme that makes you gain more weight than you lost when you’re finished.

What would it be worth to you to look and feel better? Wouldn’t it be worth an hour of your time? Don’t delay. And don’t worry if you’re not able to make the live call. It will be recorded and a link will be sent to you when the call is done.

Sign-up HERE for How to Heal Emotional Eating

Why 95% of all Health and Weight Loss Programs Fail and How You Can Succeed

It’s officially summer time.  That means it’s time to have fun…swimming, picnics, vacations to exotic places, amusement parks…you get to choose.  It’s not all that important WHAT you choose to do for fun, but THAT you choose to have fun.

No kidding.  Fun is an important ingredient for hormone balance, good digestion, amazing energy and overall great health. It’s up there with broccoli and sprouts!  And, it’s a lot more  FUN!  Besides, Fun is One of the key ingredients that all health and weight loss programs are missing.

Unfortunately, the first thing to fall by the wayside when you get busy is fun.  “I don’t have time for that”  you may tell yourself as you rush from one activity to the next, attempting to “get it all done”.

I’ve found FUN to be such an important ingredient for good health that I even named my website to include it.  Fresh and Fun!   These are the ingredients to vibrant health.  Start with fresh food, fresh water, fresh air.  Add fresh thoughts, fresh feelings, and fresh relationships.  Stir well and top with a big dollop of fun.

Fun is best incorporated into everything you do, including food preparation and eating.  Start with small doses…at least 5 minutes a day.  You’ll find it so addicting, you’ll soon add more.

Do you know that regular FUN is a part of my secret formula for getting off the diet roller-coaster.  As much fun as roller-coasters are at amusement parks, they are down right annoying when it comes to your health plan.

You know what I mean.  You get frustrated with your body.  Maybe you’re more tired than you think you should be, or have annoying –or even downright painful—symptoms, or your tummy is softer than you’d like or your thighs are larger than you you’re comfortable with.

Whatever the trigger, the action plan results in your resolve to a healthy diet and exercise plan to get you feeling good again.  And you do feel better…at least for a little while.  How long do these programs usually last?  A month or two?  Three at most?

What follows is usually a ride down the slippery slope until you feel bad enough to start again.  Then up the hill you go once more, putting in hard work and deprivation, until you hit another high point and head back down again.

The problem with this approach is, just like the roller-coaster ride, you usually get off at the bottom.  What if this time, you could exit the roller coaster at the top, and stay there…and continue to feel the exhilaration of being at the top…long term.

Would you like to know the shocking truth and missing link in every health and diet plan you’ve ever been on—every book, article, program and course you’ve ever followed —-and why you may have failed.?

The real truth is that YOU didn’t fail.  They failed you.

You can have amazing success for many years – never having to look back..when you understand and apply the secret strategies that no one has ever told you about…until now.

Once I discovered the missing link, I began to share it with my patients and clients.  And low and behold, those who embraced it and put it into practice had amazing success.

The same process that I had unknowingly followed myself allowed those I counseled to get truly life changing results.

When I was Back in my teens, I tried diet after diet ever in search of the one that allowed me to indulge in my favorite foods and maintain my slim figure.  That quest lead me to yo-yo dieting, obsession with food and binging to the point of illness.  While I was never more than 5 pounds overweight at any one time, I gained and lost over 100 pounds while I was on the roller-coaster.

What I discovered is that most plans focus on the ACTIONS you need to take without addressing the MINDSET you need to consistently follow through on the Actions.

If  you’ve been struggling with inconsistent follow-through on your health and fitness goals… having setbacks and recoveries over and over again… you owe it to yourself to learn this system.

It’s my secret for going from a wine-guzzling junk food junkie in my twenties  to the vibrantly healthy athlete I am today…with joy and ease.   It’s what allows me to consistently choose foods that nourish me without even being tempted by those that don’t.

97% of health and weight loss programs Fail because they don’t start with the following steps:

• Clarifying Your Core Values – getting in touch with what really matters is the important first step towards consistent follow through in creating the vibrant health you desire.
• Connecting to Your Visions -  stepping into a clear, detailed picture of who you’d like to become is a vital part of creating lasting health.
• Clarifying What You Love – falling in love with your vision allows you to create the environment for consistent joyful follow-through, resulting in ease and energy in your life.
• Setting Your Goals – breaking your big vision into manageable, measurable pieces will take you step by step towards comfort, fitness, energy and vitality.
• Building Your Toolkit – inspire and uplift yourself into the  actions that keep you pointed in the direction of your goals.
• Learning to Negotiate Obstacles – simple techniques to maneuver around barriers between you and the goals you hold near and dear.

To get started on this process and apply it to whatever health or weight loss plan you’d like to follow, check  out the recording of  my FREE teleseminar:  6 Ultra Simple Fool Proof Strategies For Finally Achieving Your Health Goals: A Crash-Course on How to Get in Touch with What Really Matters on a Deep, Core Level and Live the Vibrant, Joyful and Fulfilled Life You Deserve.

http://drritamarie.com/signup/vhm

All health and diet programs need to include an element of fun or they are doomed to failure.  So start today by finding something fun to do and do it.  Then express gratitude for your gifts.  That’s another secret ingredient to health and weight loss success.

Love, Health and Joy to You,

Dr. Ritamarie

www.vibranthealthmindset.com

Vibrant Health, a Strong Slim Body and Maximum Energy Can Really Be Yours!

Have you ever wondered why some people continually fail to improve their health while others make what seems like a miraculous transformation?

Have you ever set a health goal that you were really excited about? Maybe it was to drop a few pounds, increase your energy, or once and for all clear your skin and shrink your bloated belly.

You gathered all the tools you needed…a book or tape, good food, exercise shoes, maybe even a colon cleanse kit, and you started out on your journey.

A short while later, you found yourself straying. At first it was just a little bit. Then the diversions got a little bit more frequent and you got a lot further off course, until you found yourself right back where you started…or worse! Maybe a few extra pounds crept in, your belly became bloated all over again or you developed a new sort of nagging health complaint.

The Difference Between Success and Failure is Mindset

Whenever you try to make diet and lifestyle changes without first aligning your mind and heart, you set yourself up for struggle.  Long term success depends on aligning with your truest values, setting specific goals and having the tools to make follow-through happen naturally.

Join Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo and Jane Hardin as they share 3 tips for creating the mindset for achieving vibrant health and a joyful life.

DATE: Wednesday, May 26

TIME: 12:30pm CDT (10:30am PDT, 11:30am MDT, 12:#0pm CDT, 1:30pm EDT)

http://blogtalkradio.com/dr-ritamarie

Diet and Detox Rollercoaster – Strategies for Enjoying the Ride

Have you ever felt like you’re on a roller coaster when it comes to your diet and your never ending quest to cleanse and detoxify?

Fact of the matter is, the information on diets and cleansing programs is very confusing! And the more you read and study, the more confusing it becomes.

I for one am not a fan of wild claims and miracle cures. What I’ve discovered in my almost 2 decades of changing lives through diet and detoxification is a closely guarded secret in the nutrition field….

Are you ready for it?

There is no one plan that works for everyone!

…not raw foods, not fasting, not juicing, not medical food powders, not the cranberry juice flush, or liver flushes or macrobiotics or…..fill in the blank.

As much as I’d like it to be so, ’cause it would make my job a lot easier, I have yet to find any one thing that across the board works for everyone straight “out of he box” . It would be nice if we were all cookie cutter perfect, but the truth is we’re not.

Just as you look different than me on the outside, there are subtle differences between us on the inside. What that translates to is simply that even if we follow the same program to the letter, your results will most likely be different than mine.

That said, how can you possibly know how to best cleanse and detoxify, drop the extra pounds of cellulite and hormone rich belly fat, build lean muscle mass and feel great?

That’s what I’ll be sharing with you on a very special call I’m doing this coming Wednesday with Tera Warner. Tera is a master at getting inside your head and asking the questions that press heaviest on your mind, then asking me in a way that simplifies even the most complex topics.

If you have been circulating in diet and detox corners, and you’re not sure what to think about it all or who to believe, you’ll definitely want to tune in and get your questions answered on this call!

Get Off the Diet & Detox Rollercoaster!

A Crash-Course on How to Safely & Effectively Cleanse & Detoxify Your Body

Wednesday, May 12, 2010
3pm EST
(2pm Central, 1pm Mountain, Noon Pacific)

Sign up for this crash-course on the fundamentals of detox while the season is ripe for renewal and cleansing!

You’ll Discover the Answers to these Questions and More:

• Do you need to fast or starve yourself in order to detox?
• What are the dangers of gallbladder and liver “flushes”?
• Is detoxification dangerous?
• Isn’t eating raw food enough to detox?
• How Safe and Effective is the “Master Cleanse” and why?
• Does fruit cause Candida?

With the answers to these questions under your belt, you can:

• Give your digestive tract a long-awaited rest.
• Decrease the toxic burden on your liver and gallbladder.
• Improve your body’s built-in detoxification mechanisms.
• Release extra fat and fluid weight.
• Reduce your cravings.
• Increase your energy and productivity.
• Get in control of your eating habits.
• Improve your digestion and assimilation of nutrients.

Sign up to get access to this exclusive teleseminar and bust the myths that have been holding you back from health!

http://www.drritamarie.com/go/DetoxCall

I look forward to talking with you on Wednesday .

Love, Health and Joy,

Dr. Ritamarie