DESTINATION UNKNOWN - THE SEARCH FOR WEIGHT LOSS







The journey for body mass reduction is now frequently travelled by many in today’s society in the search of a leaner person within. After days, months, years of endless toxic intake something triggers within and the body revolts. You need to lose weight, the seed is planted. Before you know it, you are about to board the bus with the other thousands on the journey to weight loss, you’re on and off you go. Brilliant, you’re on your way. You even know most of the people on here too, great! Now you have settled into your seat, a few thoughts swish round your active mind. Where are you going? How long are you gone for? Did you need to bring anything along? Does anybody know where you’re going? Do I really want to be going here? Why am I going here again?
Before you know it you are off at the next stop and heading home before you have reached your destination.
I’ll try and go to that place some other time.
Some other time, on a different route. Maybe.
Some other time.
We all get frustrated when things do not work out for us as we intend. Weight loss is no different. Many people set themselves up for failure before they begin any task due to lack of forward planning and organisation. Weight loss is no different. Decide where & why you are going (get a good guide if you are unsure of the way). Plan the journey ahead. Organise necessary requirements for trip. Weight loss is found on these organised trips.

Get to where you are going next time, not lost.


Byron Clarke

www.thefitnessfactor.org

COULD SOME ASPIRING COOK MAKE THESE?????

Ingredients:
3 cups cranberry trail mix
3 cups mixed nuts
1 cup large flake oats
10 scoops (20g protein/scoop) vanilla protein powder
2 tbsp molasses
2 tbsp honey

Instructions:
Chop the cranberry mix and mixed nuts in a food processor. Mix with large flake oats and protein powder in a large bowl (as big as you can find, otherwise you may have to do this in two batches).

Add just enough water to wet all the protein powder so that it doesn’t have a chalky consistency. Next, add 1 tbsp molasses, spread over whole batch, and mix thoroughly. After that, add 1 tbsp honey and do the same. Repeat with 1 more tablespoon of each sweetner. If the mix is too dry, add a little water; if too wet, add a little protein.

Lay plastic wrap across the bottom of two 9 x 9 or similar baking dishes, leaving enough wrap on each side to wrap around the mixture and cover the top. Spoon the mix into the baking dishes on top of the wrap, and pack it in with the spoon. Cover the mix with the extra wrap, then flatten the mix with your hands. Refrigerate. No baking required.

Cut into 20 bars, 10 in each baking dish. And enjoy.

Notes:
Keep the mix in the fridge and covered or else it will dry out.

These bars are wicked good so make sure not to overeat them. Even though the ingredients are healthy, 2 or 3 small squares will net you 600-900 calories. And that’s alot for a little snack.

Nutrient Profile:
1 bar = 312 calories
16.5 Protein
26.5g Carbohydrate
15.5g Fat

IF YOU MUST HAVE CHOCOLATE>>MAKE YOUR OWN

The First Step - Raw Cocoa
Raw chocolate is made from cocoa beans which haven’t been roasted. You see, roasting changes the molecular structure of cocoa beans, reducing the enzyme content and lowering the overall nutritional value.

Unfortunately, commercial cocoa (and the chocolate made from it chocolate) is made from roasted cocoa beans - unless stated otherwise. So, this recipe includes raw cocoa rather than roasted. And you’ll notice a huge difference between the two.

The Ingredients
Ok, so here are the ingredients (and amounts) you need on hand to make your own raw chocolate.

1/2 cup cocoa butter
1/2 cup virgin coconut oil
1/2 cup (raw) organic cocoa powder
1/4 - 1/2 cup agave syrup for sweetening
(organic honey, stevia or raw cane sugar okay too; or you don’t have to use any sweetener at all)

Here are the steps for making your own, raw chocolate.

Step 1.
Grate 1/2 cup of the cocoa butter. It will melt easier when it’s grated. Measure also 1/2 cup of coconut oil.



Grated Cocoa Butter

Step 2.
Place cocoa butter and coconut oil in a water in a small, heat safe cup or bowl. Then place the cup or bowl in a shallow pan containing a small amount of warm (not boiling, but nearly) water. Stir the oil and butter occasionally until it’s smooth.


Melting Cocoa Butter and Coconut Oil

Step 3.
Measure 1/2 cup cocoa powder. If you’d like to add any other dry ingredients, measure them out now and stir them together with the cocoa powder. Note: in this recipe, I used 1/4 cup lucuma powder and 1 tbsp maca. Natural vanilla or vanilla extract would work here also.

Cocoa Powder

Step 4.
Pour the dry ingredients in the bowl with melted oil and butter. Stir continuously until smooth.


Adding Dry Ingredients to Melted Butter and Oil

Step 5.
If you want to sweeten your chocolate, pour 4-6 tbsp agave nectar into the mix and stir. If not, skip this step.


Adding Sweetner If Desired

Step 6.
Have someone check the quality Meaning… go ahead and check if the chocolate is sweet enough. You can also add the rest of the additions at this point - like chili/cayenne, dried fruit, nuts etc.


Having A Friend Check Out The Quality :-)

Step 7.
Pour the melted chocolate on a pan / plate / ice cube tray. You can also throw some of the additions on top of the chocolate, it looks nice. Place the chocolate for 30 minutes in the freezer or 60 minutes in the refrigerator.


Before Freezing

After Freezing

BEEN A BUSY TIME

Sorry guys, havnt updated in a day or two as Ive been up to my eyes in it this week. Firstly, my wee girl got brought into the house of God this week when we had her baptised on sunday. She looked & behaved like a wee angel!!!

Im off on hols next week to England to spend 6 days on a canal/barge boat doing nothing but eating & relaxing....Yes, I do relax occasionally, but I need all my clients to be really focused in this period.

STARS OF THE WEEK

Im giving a big shout out to the following people, who in the past week have stepped up to the mark & put their health top of their priorities, which has showed in appearance/mental attitude & training capacity:

JUDY CONWAY & BIG ROD (aka Rodney Beggs)
PHIL & JILL CLARKE
JOHN PEDAN
ALAN LAW
ANN PARKHILL

P.S Big Shout to Fran(hope the hol went gd!!) & Flamingredhead for your kind comments!!!
Keep up the good work guys!!!
If any other followers are looking for extra inspiration, you could contact these guys and ask how they have changed their lifestyle etc

WHATS HOLDING YOUR BODY SHAPE CHANGE BACK!!!

Look, it’s not your lack of inspirational posters. It’s probably not the set/rep scheme you use in the gym, and it’s definitely not your genetics. Make no mistake about it, your limiting factor nearly always resides in the 160+ hours per week that you spend outside of gym.

And what do you think is the most important factor in those 160+ hours? What, in that time, has the greatest impact on your body composition, health and performance? Answer: Nutrition.

Whether you want to gain muscle, lose fat, or just live healthy, the limiting factor is almost always nutrition.

Poor nutrition is what holds you back. And good nutrition is what will move you forward. Good nutrition is what will feed muscle and shed fat. It’s what will improve nearly every health marker you can measure. It’s what will drastically improve recovery and mood, so you can work harder, longer. Good nutrition is what will get you the body you never thought you could have.

Change your nutrition, and you’ll change your body entirely. Change your nutrition, and you’ll quite literally change your life.

Just look at people who have made major changes to their body – and I mean major changes, the type of changes that make people take notice when you enter the room. The common denominator is that they all completely changed their nutrition.

“Well, great,” you say, “I understand the importance of nutrition to my body – and I do want to change – the question is how!”