Many Pilgrims who came to the New World who had fast metabolisms starved to death during the winter.  Conversely, the Pilgrims with slow metabolisms lived.

 Having a fast metabolism definitely serves a purpose when it comes to survival. Simply put, people with fast metabolisms do not need as much food to survive. The problem is that we’re living in such a rich country with so much abundance that we tend to indulge ourselves.

 I witness this in my own household with my children and the lesson is counter-intuitive. My girls have faster metabolisms than does my son. Although he’s bigger than they are, you would expect that he needs more food. In reality, it’s just the opposite. He actually eats less than my daughters and has just as much energy.

 The greatest challenge is to control our impulses, which can seem like an insurmountable feat to many of us. A few weeks ago I wrote about how we value what is rare to us. Conversely, when we grow accustomed to so much abundance, as we have in the US, we start to take things for granted, which often leads to unhappiness and impulses to fill the void of emptiness.

 Each week my focus is on slowing down to make space so that we can live more fulfilling, happier lives. We’re not going to lose weight and sustain it if we’re stressed, agitated and depressed. We will, though, if we live in gratitude. Sounds overly simplistic, but it leads to powerful results.

Try this: for one week, write down two to three reasons you are grateful. For example, our own health, the health of our children, the person who let you cut them in line at the grocery store because you were in a rush, the man who held the door open for you, etc.

You will be amazed how much more positive your outlook is in just a few days. Do you know where that leads? To a better attitude about taking care of yourself, eating healthy and losing weight sustainably.

 The JOOS Reboot is a powerful tool to develop mindfulness so that we can slow down and feel more balanced and control in our every day lives. Once we develop this pattern of eating consciously, we become more aware of what and how we’re eating, which leads to sustained weight loss.

 Our Lifestyle Counselors can support and guide you so that you can live your most healthy, vibrant life! 

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Friends and pets can teach us valuable lessons and I learned a few invaluable ones from my friend and JOOS CFO, Sherri Wolf, and my dog, Windsor, but in different ways, that could lead to permanent weight loss and a more fulfilling life.

Starting with Sherri, she is a very active mother of 3 children and the master of organization and routine. Her filing systems are in place so she knows where to locate documents. Her daily routine is pretty standard: she wakes up and goes for a run, does her volunteer and career work in the mornings, takes care of her children in the afternoon and helps the children with homework at night while she finishes up with her outstanding items for work. She and her family eat 3 healthy meals per day so they don’t over eat. In other words, each day, the over all routine is essentially the same, but her life is so fulfilling because she’s constantly doing differently activities.

From Sherri, I learn the value of maintaining a routine in my daily life and implementing organizational systems.

On to my dog, Windsor, most dogs assume either the alpha or beta role. I watch my other dog, Odie, an alpha dog, become upset when another dog threatens his authority. Windsor, on the other hand, doesn’t care. All he wants to do is play with other dogs. So, when another dog assumes the alpha role, Windsor becomes the beta and when another dog is a beta, Windsor becomes the alpha. As a result, he gets along well with just about any dog.

From Windsor, I learn that his priority, that is, having fun and playing, is paramount and he doesn’t get side tracked with positioning in the dog tribe. As a result, his life is fun and relatively stress-free.

When it comes to losing weight and maintaining our ideal weight, establishing clear priorities, keeping organized and establishing a routine are absolutely essential.

This may sound daunting for many of us, but essential to live a fulfilling life and reduce your stress.

Our JOOS Health Coaches have helped hundreds of people get back on track.  

What are you waiting for to feel your absolute best? Contact us today to get your life back on track at: 

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Geneen Roth wrote in her book Women, Food and Godthat none of us will be able to lose weight on a sustainable basis until we get to the root of WHY you’re overeating.

Geneen Roth’s premise is that “The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive…When you begin to understand what prompts you to use food as a way to numb or distract yourself, the process takes you deeper into realms of spirit and to the bright center of your own life.”

I counseled a woman who “told” me she wanted to lose weight, but I could tell from our first meeting that, consciously or not, she was going to use our sessions that she wasn’t ready yet to give up the pain from her past and move forward.

She went on multiple diets to prove that she was doing everything she could to lose weight, but nothing worked because, in her mind, she was “destined to be overweight.” She was undergoing a lot of emotional pain and suffering, but each time I tried to pull it out, she retreated and said, “my pain is not nearly as bad as other people’s.”

I came back to my bunk at summer camp when I was 12 years-old in a rotten mood because I had performed terribly in a horse show. The last place I wanted to be was in a bunk meeting listening to one of my counselors discuss how our bunk was messy and we had to pull ourselves together. I mostly was staring at the floor in front of me, but at one moment, I looked up and saw a fellow camper, Lori Tyler, staring into my eyes and smiling. At that moment, all the ugly feelings disappeared.

 Obviously that smile had a strong impact on me because I still remember it vividly today. Lori is probably unaware how she affected me and how an act so small as a smile could have such a profound effect.

 Conversely, we all know the impact we’re having on our children, our partner and/or our co-workers by walking around in an agitated state, stressed and anxious. It is by no means a stretch to say that this type of behavior compounds itself because our frustration/anger/impatience often leads us to act in ways that hurt us even more, such as through binge eating, smoking, taking drugs, etc.

Many of us turn to food even when we’re not hungry because we’re feeling hungry for something we are unable to name. Perhaps it’s anger at ourselves for yelling at our children or at a spouse for cheating on us and depriving us of the loving relationship.  

 Each week my focus is on slowing down to make space so that we can live more fulfilling, happier lives. We’re not going to lose weight and sustain it if we’re stressed, agitated and depressed. 

The JOOS Reboot is a powerful tool to develop mindfulness so that we can slow down and feel more balanced and control in our every day lives. Once we develop this pattern of eating consciously, we become more aware of what and how we’re eating, which leads to sustained weight loss.

Our Lifestyle Counselors can support and guide you so that you can live your most healthy, vibrant life! 

What are you waiting for to feel your absolute best?  Order JOOS today at ORDER JOOS !

A yoga friend said to me 6 years ago “You don’t know yoga if you don’t know John Friend.”

Recently, John friend was forced to resign from the Anusura yoga movement he founded because he was accused of sexual impropriety with female students and other charges.

John Friend is yet another person who mis-used power. Bottom line is that we’re all just human and no one is worth idolizing.

Many of you ask me why I write about topics that seemingly don’t have anything to do with cleansing, but the story of John Friend has everything to do with cleansing.

Cleansing is about taking a break in our own lives so we can find our own truth and what works best for us. In the context of how we eat, it’s about discovering what foods are best for our bodies and how and when we should eat them. For example, some of us with fast metabolisms may need to eat several meals per day, but for those of us with slower metabolisms, one meal per day may suffice. It means that for some of us, following a raw diet may be completely acceptable, but for others, we feel better when we eat animal protein every so often.

A few years ago just after a very painful divorce, someone who I deeply respected at the time told me that if I were to be raw, I would feel empowered. I was raw for one year and it was truly one of the worst years of my life. My stomach was distended and I was too skinny. After that year, I did a cleanse and simultaneously had my first Ayurvedic consultation. This experience had such a profound influence me that I founded a company, JOOS, based on both of the principles.

From the cleansing experience, I learned the invaluable lesson to slow down and be more mindful. When my life spins out of control, I now have this basis to return to in cleansing.

From the Ayurveda experience I learned that every body type has different needs and that what is good for one may be highly detrimental to another.

Many years ago I attended a running camp led by Bill Rodgers. Some of the top runners world-wide were also present. What amazed me was that when we sat on the floor to stretch with our legs in front of us, none of us could sit upright and barely any of us could touch our knees.  

Part of this was because hardly any of us stretched regularly. Another reason is because we built up so much lactic acid that we become inflexible. This also can lead to injuries, crankiness, burn out and even illness (as I experienced).

I teach my 11-year-old daughter, Julia, who is a competitive soccer player, of the need to eat alkaline foods to neutralize the acidity so that she can perform optimally and prevent injury. A week ago before a soccer match, she was feeling particularly tired. I handed her a bottle of our Green Lemonade. After the first sip, her eyes lit up and she said, “Boy Mom, You can feel the difference right away.”

We have become so disconnected to what nutrients do for us and it’s not entirely our fault. After all, look at the typical cereal box. It is fortified with a number of vitamins and nutrients, but they’re really hardly helping us. In fact, we still get sick after eating these fortified foods. The reason is that the nutrients are hardly bio-available in the human body.

Nutrients from JOOS are among the most bioavailable in the human body than any other food or beverage anywhere. That’s why we feel so energetic, satisfied and rejuvenated after we drink it.

What are you waiting for to feel your absolute best?  Order JOOS today at ORDER JOOS !