TAKING ACTION: ✅New Clients: Skip straight to the bottom of this post and check out the ⭐️ NEW CLIENT INFO! ✅VIP Clients: Tell us one stress-reducing tip you practice and find beneficial! Let’s share today! If we’re going to talk about cortisol, we have to talk about stress… It’s important to know that some stress (short-term) can actually be beneficial for you. Things like exercise, riding a roller coaster, or even intermittent fasting offer short-term stress that can add to your life. Unfortunately, chronic stress elevates long-term high cortisol levels, which we already know leads to chronic health issues, sleep problems, and yes, the inability to burn unwanted fat. While we can’t eliminate all stress, the goal is to find natural strategies to reduce stress—especially in the evenings when we want our cortisol levels to be lower. Check out this great article with tips on how to quickly reduce stress ⬇️ How to relieve stress quickly (in 10 minutes or less) — Calm Blog ___________________________________________________ ⬇️⭐️NEW CLIENT INFO and TO-DO’s⭐️⬇️ Today, I want to know which of our foundational strategies you are feeling most comfortable with? Which one (or ones) are beginning to feel like second nature for you? The good news is that they will all begin to feel like second nature soon. You’re doing the things. You’re changing your life. 💯 🚀 Intermittent fasting 🚀 Whole-food nutrition 🚀 Weekly workouts ⭐️Before we wrap up, I want to discuss one more important thing—the difference between weight loss and fat loss. There’s a difference. Weight loss refers to a reduction in overall body weight, which can include fat, muscle, water, or other tissues. Fat loss specifically targets the reduction of body fat while aiming to preserve muscle mass. Weight loss can occur quickly through methods like dehydration or extreme dieting, but fat loss is typically slower and requires a combination of proper nutrition and exercise. Focusing on fat loss rather than just weight loss promotes better health and body composition. Weight loss is irrelevant without considering your fat percentage. We want fat loss—and that’s another reason I encourage you to stay off the scale. The scale can’t measure your fat loss. 👌

TAKING ACTION: ✅New clients: If you’ve just hopped in and aren’t sure about participating in Feast Day tomorrow, comment below. Let’s discuss! Happy Tuesday…Today, we’re going to fuel our bodies with healthy fats (and protein, of course!) and burn through our glycogen stores, which helps our bodies burn more fat. Eating more healthy fats to burn fat sounds counterintuitive, but it’s quite the opposite. When your carbs are low and fats are high, your body is actually able to use fat for fuel. 💯 Tomorrow is our monthly Feast Day, where we consume 25% more nutrients (fats, carbs, fiber, protein). Our Feast Days are in place for a couple of different reasons. One reason is physiological. Eating more sometimes gives your metabolism a little more energy to work with and a slight boost. Another reason is psychological. Strategically eating more helps your mindset, which boosts your motivation, mood, and desire to keep pushing forward. ➡️ Speaking of mindset, we’re weaving that subject into this week’s focus. “Don't pretend to be what you're not; instead, pretend to be what you want to be…” ― Michael Bassey Johnson If you want change, you have to change. Start acting like who you want to become, and you will become that person. I can help coach you, but ultimately, you’re the creator of your future. The power is in your hands, and trust me, you are already powerful—it’s time to start acting like it. 💫 Copycat Chili's Shrimp Fajitas - Clean Eating Kitchen

**EDIT: It was too dry for me, so I added another batch of the Macadamia mayo.** I made this according to my gut protocol and it is soooo good! I made “mock Mayo” with macadamia nuts, water, sea salt, & a splash of oat milk. It was very nutty 🥜 so I added some diced apples and a splash of maple syrup. I wanted to add mango, but the one I have isn’t ripe enough yet. - Chicken - Diced apples - Chopped Pecans Macadamia mayo (idk what to call it🤣) - macadamia nuts - water - Splash of Olive Oil - Sea salt - Oat milk - Maple syrup I don’t measure. I used about 1/2 c macadamia and just a little water in my handheld blender. With Sea salt. Then I added a splash of oat milk and maple syrup and some diced apples to the blender.

TAKING ACTION: ✅Everyone comment MINDSET below if you’re ready to pour into your brain health and discipline this week! Also, share one main goal you have for this week! ⬇️ we’ve covered both strength and cortisol in depth this month, and this week, I want to talk to everyone here about the most important topic of all—your mindset. Most people can lose weight temporarily. Most people can diet temporarily. Most people can exercise temporarily. As you’ve learned, however, temporary doesn’t cut it. One reason our efforts end up as temporary is due to the fact that most popular diets approach fat loss completely wrong. Most diets aren’t sustainable. With that said, another reason our efforts end up as temporary is that most people don’t work on their mindsets along the way—and in case it isn’t obvious by now, mindset is everything if you want long-term, sustainable results. 💯 With September quickly approaching, the goal is to buckle down during this season before the holiday season arrives. What you do now will impact your efforts and mindset during the holidays. Now is the time, friends. Now is the time. Let’s go. 🔥