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When you're ready to let go of sugar, or any food that troubles you, Sugar Freedom wants to help. Let's discover optimal eating together.
Learn to use the Five Keys to Maintain a Big Weight Loss in this episode of the Sugar Freedom Show Catherine Gordon shares Key #5 and how to use it.
https://scienceblog.com/526056/no-one-outruns-death-but-hunter-gatherers-come-closest
Get a free copy of the original Sugar Freedom Plan at sugarfreedom.com.
How to Maintain a Big Weight Loss: Key #3
September 28, 2021
How to Maintain a Big Weight Loss: Key #3: Fitness
The Five Keys to Maintain a Big Weight Loss are:
1.Faith
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Food
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Fitness
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Friends
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Fun
In this blog post, I am going to share the proven training technique for unlocking permanent positive change in your body composition.
Get a free copy of the original Sugar Freedom Diet here: SugarFreedom.com
Catherine shares key #2 for long term weight maintenance.
Get the original Sugar Freedom Diet as a free pdf at SugarFreedom.com
Learn the 5 keys to maintaining a weight loss of more than 50 pounds for over 10 years. Catherine shares the nutrition, training, mindset, and relationships that have made it possible for her readers and training clients to maintain significant weight loss while enjoying life to the fullest.
You can find her nutrition program here ==>Sugarfreedom.com<==
Notes on this podcast are available at sugarfreedom.com/blog
Learn a simple way to design your own sugar free meal plans. Whether you just want to eliminate added sugars, go low carb, or Keto Catherine demonstrates how to put together simple satisfying sugar free menus.
See all of the free resources mentioned in the podcast here: sugarfreedom.com/blog
To purchase the Sugar Freedom Diet go here: Sugar Freedom
Catherine Best Gordon shares Myth #2 : Move More. Plus: the exercises that really work for fat loss.
Links to the studies cited in the podcast:
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/effects-of-resistance-training-on-insulin-sensitivity/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/well/move/weight-training-fat.html
The Sugar Freedom Diet is available here: sugarfreedom.com
E-mail me at: catherine@cardiofreedom.com
Today's podcast uncovers myth number one about weight loss: "Eat Less." Host Catherine Best Gordon describes the problems with myth number one, and she shares what has worked so much better for her clients, readers, and listeners.
Her complete eating plan is available at SugarFreedom.com
You can read more about this topic on Catherine's blog at SugarFreedom.com/blog
Check out recipes, workouts, and more on YouTube: youtube.com/c/sugarfreedom
Reward Deficiency Syndrome is caused by an alteration in the dopamine D2 receptors in the brain. People who experince ADHD, procrastination, or cravings for substances like alcohol, nicotine, or excess sugar may be living with RDS. The good news is that understanding RDS can lead to learning how to thrive in spite of it.
Here is the article host Catherine Best Gordon mentions in the podcast: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7236426/
Here is my Amzon Associates link to the book: ADHD 2.0 https://amzn.to/3ycJ7a7
Sugar Freedom is available here: sugarfreedom.com
Glucose intolerance led to pre-diabetic blood sugar levels for me and my husband. Quitting sugar brought those levels down to normal for both of us.
According to the National institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseses, An estimated 88 million adults ages 18 years or older (34.5 percent of U.S. adults) have prediabetes.
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/diabetes-statistics
One of the most important books I have ever read on how sugar leads to serious health consequences is:
“Sugar Crush” by Dr. Richard P. Jacoby and Raquel Baldelomar.
https://amzn.to/3kx0PRM
This podcast details the steps we took to get our blood sugar into the normal range.
The entire eating plan my husband and I use can be found here: Sugar Freedom
Email me with your questions about quitting sugar: catherine@cardiofreedom.com
Sugar, and other substances and behaviors of addiction, had a powerful effect on dopamine in the brain. Learn how eliminating sugar and concentrated carbohydrates can help your brain heal, so that you can enjoy life to the fullest again. Plus, find out how fast you can get relief from cravings, and when dopamine receptors in the brain return to normal after sugar and carb addiciton.
Links to articles mentioned in the podcast:
https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/education/bcr/addiction-research/drug-abuse-brain-ru-915
https://www.recoveryanswers.org/recovery-101/brain-in-recovery/
The plan I used to recover from sugar addiction: Sugarfreedom
Email me with any questions: cathy@cathybestgordon.com
In order to achieve and maintain a healthy weight four elements are required. They are better ways of thinking, eating, interacting with others, and exercising. For the next four weeks listen to the Sugar Freedom Show to learn how to develop your personal plan for achieving long term health and happiness.
For many of us, the goal of diet and exercise is fat loss. Is we understand how fat is meabolized, we can find better ways of managing food, fitness, and motivation.
Phil Mickelson Won The PGA Championship at age 50. Here is the coffee fast he uses to "Reset" his diet. Catherine discusses intermittent fasting and shares articles on how Phil Mickelson uses this techinique to stay in top athletic form after age 50. Here is the link to the article by Sean Zak that describe's Phil's fast:
https://golf.com/news/phil-mickelson-coffee-and-water-fast/
Here is the link to my Sugar Freedom Diet: http://sugarfreedom.com
Link to Keep The Change:
https://www.amazon.com/Keep-Change-Transform-Your-Body-ebook/dp/B010GNL7TS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Keep+The+Change+Catherine+Gordon&qid=1622554658&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
Catherine shares strategies for significant long term weight loss covering food, exercise, shopping, planning, and mindset. Her Sugar Freedom Diet has been downloaded over 2000 times, and she helped hundreds of clients lose thousands of pounds and inches as a certified Turbulence Trainer.
In this episode, she introduces her eating strategies. Upcoming episodes: Phil Mickelson's Coffee Fast, Learn About Lipolysis, and The Life Changing Power Of Building Muscle.
Is Sugar Addiction Real? Catherine Gordon, the author of Sugar Freedom at sugarfreedom.com uses the 11 criteria from the Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition to illustrate how sugar and processed foods can qualify as addictive substances. Using real life examples she shares how you can consider whenther you are dealing with a substance use disorder when it comes to food, and steps you can take to seek help. If we claim sugar addiction as a physiological reality, stigma is removed, and it is much easier to seek out a new way of eating that brings long therm relief from sugar cravings. Catherine recommends, "Food Junkies," By Vera Tarman M.D. 2nd. edition for further study.
According to the CDC, 71% of Americans are currently overweight or obese. I struggled woth overweight and obesity for decades until I learned that the way I was eating and exercising to lose weight was actually incresing my appetite and causing the very problem I was trying to solve: excess hunger that caused my overeating. If you are overweight due to overeating, this podcast is for you. It is possible to replace the foods that increase your appetite with simple foods that satisfy it, and allow you to get on with live. There are also simple effective ways of exercising that make you leaner, stronger, and more energetic without leaving you frantically hungry at night. (When I used to do excessive cardio my hunger between dinner and bedtime was almost unbearable. Catherine teaches her three levels of carbohydrate replacement that have helped thousands of readers and students find their personal way of eating. Her complete eating program is availabe at Sugarfreedom.com.
Since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic, each of us has had to deal with fear and uncertainy. We are trying to figure out how to live, work, and take care of ourselves without a clear understanding of when we can re-join our communities in person. Many of my friends and colleagues have been posting about their challenges with anxiety. Some quiet their fears with food, and this podcast tells how I have stayed anxiety free while maintaining a healthy weight during physical distancing. By sticking to my Keto/Carnivore eating practice I have stayed safe and sane. Listen in to understand how it works. Note: This is my personal story of eating for health and happiness. Pleasecheck with a doctor or dietitian before changing your diet.
The Ketogenic Diet has been studied extensively for weight loss, but it has other imortant proven benefits.
Catherine reports on these studies: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191115190327.htm from Yale University
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00408-015-9806-7 from the journal, "Lung."
She also describes The Ketogenic Diet that she has followed for the past 12 years, and offers ideas for following a sugar free diet in challenging times. Note: this podcast is for educational and information purposes only.
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"How do I get myself to care about my weight?" The difficulty of losing a lot of weight and keeping it off is well documented. The pain and frustration of the fight against bodyfat can lead to feelings of hopelessness and defeat. Catherine Gordon, the author of Sugar Freedom, used belief, desire, and acceptance as mental strategies that led to positive action over time. In this podcast she descibes ways that can help you to shift your desire to change, and belief that you can change, in oder to develop the mental and emotional willingness to begin and continue your weight loss journey. She also recommends the book, "Sugar Crush," by Dr. Richard P. Jacoby to add knowledge of the serious consequences of sugar consumption, and the proven benefits of getting it out of your eating plan.
My Amazon Associates link to Sugar Crush: https://amzn.to/3mmAyqh
Last week, my son completed his senior research paper on the benefits of art education. When I read it, I was struck by the evidence for improvements in physical, emotional, and economic health that arts education can provide. These benefits come from practicing music, theatre, dance, painting, sculpting, video production, and more. Art is fun, and it's good for us, so why don't we spend more of our free time dancing, drawing, playing music, or acting? In my case, I don't practice the art forms I love because I am afraid of being judged. In today's podcast, I look at the barriers to self expression, and offer some solutions to help us get on the path to happy creativity. Recommended reading: "Freeing the Natural Voice," by Kristin Linklater.
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In Freedom Friday Episode #9, Catherine Gordon CPT shares strategies for staying satisfied and pain free on a diet and exercise program. She also describes her 90/90/20 macro-nutrient formula, the 4 way training program, plus a Tabata workout.
For the Tabata Session: Do Kettlebell swings for 20 seconds: rest 10 seconds, Diagonal Overhead Presses: 20 second, rest 10 seconds, Kettle Bell Rows Left Side 20 seconds, rest 10 seconds, Kettle Bell Rows Right Side 20 seconds, rest 10 seconds, repeat entire sequence. See a demonstration here: https://youtu.be/6OKQ5MgVfUQ
Recommended Book: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
Catherine Best Gordon, author of Sugar Freedom shares her tips for keeping it keto on Valentine's Day. Plus the Book of the Week: "The Obesity Code," by Jason Fung M.D., her recipe for Freedom Chocolate Mousse, and a study on how Keto helps manage appetite long term. Here is the recipe:
Sugar Freedom Chocolate Mousse
1 ripe avocado
1/4 cup cocoa powder
10 drops stevia or 1/4 cup xylitol
1/4 c raw cream, almond milk, or coconut milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Place all ingredients in a bowl.
Blend well with an electric hand mixer.
Serve chilled.
More at http://sugarfreedom.com/blog
- Catherine shares a book recommendation: Sugar Crush by Dr. Richard P. Jacoby. Here is the Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2SnMBow 2.She discusses Jane Brody's recent article on weight loss by portion control. 3. Where is the hidden sugar in the grocery store? Plus a sugar free bouillon to stop keto flu. Here is the Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2Ty7hYg 4. Suggested training tips for fat loss. Workout A: Pushups 8X3, Overhead Press: 8X3, Rows: 8X3, Bicep Curls 8X3, Tricep Extensions: 8X3. Workout B: Squats: 8X3, Romanian Deadlifts: 8X3, Alternating Side lunges: 8X3, Calf Raises:8X3
Bouillon: https://amzn.to/2Ty7hYg "Sugar Crush:" https://amzn.to/2SnMBow
If CICO, or a low fat high cardio weight loss program isn't working for you, learn a different way to eat and train that can make you look and feel better fast. Catherine describes an aternative to calories in calories out weight loss efforts that helps you manage appetite, enhance ability, energy, and well being, and get lean. The eating challenge is to eliminate sugar and grains, and the fitness challenge is to work up to 8 sets of 20 kettle bell swings with 10 seconds of rest in between. Note: this is the Tabata protocol that was developed in the late 1990s. Catherine's nutrition program is available at sugarfreedom.com, and you can see her fitness and cooking videos at uyoutube.com/c/sugarfreedom. Thanks for listening!
When I first quit sugar back in 2008, I was able to overcome overweight and obesity by cutting out added sugars and nearly all grains. At that time, I could have small amounts of oat bran and Ezekiel bread without triggering bouts of overeating. After turning 50 in 2014, I found that I was happier, healthier, and leaner when I pulled all of the grains out of my eating plan. Recently, I have even done carb-free days which have had a positive effect on my appetite and waistline. In this podcast, I descrbe the three levels of carbohydrate restriction that have allowed me to stay at a healthy weight and size for ten years. (Note: in order to be completely open about what I am eating to manage my sugar addiction, please be aware that my statements are not meant to be recommendations. They are a demonstration of what worked for me.)
http://www.sugarfreedom.com
The first Monday after the Fall time change gives us an extra hour in the morning. This can be a good time of year to start thinking about any changes we want to make to enhance our heath and happiness. Catherine shares her top 3 Freedom Foods in the three macro-nutrient categories: Fats, Proteins, and Carbohydrates. She also talks about the Miss America scandal that broke last December, and how it made her realize that impossible standards should simply be ignored by sensible women.
Hello Freedom Fans, This week I was interviewed by a reporter from First for Women Magazine as a follow up to the story they did on my win in a transformation contest. The interview got me thinking about the most important aspects of permanent change. I am convinced that the most important part of permanent fat loss is the discovery of the foods that nourish and satisfy you without over stimulating your appetite. On this podcast, I will share my three level eating strategy. I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me to keep the weight off.
Sugar Freedom was created to help you end cravings without going hungry. The Freedom 14 adds the training that helps ensure that any weight loss you experience will come from fat: not muscle. This helps people who want to maintain their success escape from the "Weight Trap," which is the difficult fact that diets can cause the body to become more efficient at using fuel. By following a moderate but effective resistance training program, we can keep the metabolic fires turned up.
Catherine Best Gordon ACE-CPT introduces the Freedom 14: a system to eliminate your sugar cravings and establish your fitness training program in 14 days. The program is short in order to encourage adherence and compliance. It is possible to stay cheat free for two weeks, and avoiding cheats is key when the goad is to get rid of sugar and carb craving. After the 14 day plan, low sugar fruits, dairy, and nuts come back onto your menu, and after a break they taste wonderful. The most important goal of the Freedom 14 is to simplify your nutrition and fitness routine so that you can experience freedom from cravings. Catherine's nutrition program is available at sugarfreedom.com. She is available for personal training program design at: catherine@cardiofreedom.com
Catherine Best Gordon, the author of Sugar Freedom at sugarfreedom.com shares her strategies for recovery from Binge Eating Disorder. In this episode, she shares the Book of the Week, Recipe of the Week, and Training Plan of the Week. Note: The Book of the Week is Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, and the edition is from 2002, reprinted in 2009. You can find out more about Catherine's programs at catherinetraining.com. The sugar freedom program is available at sugarfreedom.com. Please subscribe to get more tips each week.
The Spring Training Challenge has begun, and Catherine Best Gordon, ACE-CPT shares the simple breakdown of her nutrition plan and the seven lifts she uses to be sure that her clients are using fat for fuel, not muscle. She describes how she determines her protein requirements, and tracks them at fitday.com. The seven lifts are: Squat, Push-up or Chest Press, Romanian Deadlift, Row, Bicep Cirl, Tricep Extension, and Calf Raise. Learn more about Catherine's priograms at catherinetraining.com and sugarfreedom.com
Catherine's Training Challenge combines Sugar Freedom, fitness, mindset, and support to help you commit to your healthy fitness and nutrition goals. Starting March 20th, we will commit to positive thinking, training, and eating. E-mail 9catherine9@gmail.com for more information or visit catherinetraining.com. Sugar Freedom is available at www.sugarfreedom.com
As I begin 2018 the most important question I can ask myself as a Certified Personal Trainer is, "How can I help my clients today?" If I was starting my fitness journey, what would I want to know? I have created this list of Ten Things I Would Want To Know About Weight Loss. Here are the 10 elements in order;
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Sugar 2. Grains 3. Endurance 4. Water 5. Cooking
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Simplicity 7. Preparation 8. reward 9. Service 10. Abundance
The program is available at sugarfreedom.com For training design e-mail catherine@sugarfreedom.com
I have been following a Ketogenic Low Carb Diet ever since 2008, so I have celebrated many holidays, birthdays, and special occaisions while keeping Keto. Today, I share some of my tips for keeping the benefits of the KLCD (Ketogenic Low Carb Diet) even when sugary, starchy, hunger promoting foods are all around you. Find the Sugar Freedom program here: www.sugarfreedom.com
Catherinetraing.com: Unconventional Training and Nutrition for guaranteed results. Catherine Gordon ACE-CPT shares the food, fitness, and mindset for physical transformation. Her next tranformation challenge begins on October 10th and continues until November 21st: the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. E-mail catherine@sugarfreedom.com with "Challenge" in the subject line to get all of the details on how to participate and get the nutrition, training, and support you need to learn your best health strategy for the rest of 2017 and beyond. The complete Sugar Freedom nutrition program can be found at sugarfreedom.com.
These are the three best pieces of advice I have received. They helped me achieve years of recovery from overweight and obesity. I hope they help you too.
Sugar Freedom is a lifestyle, and it takes support to stay off of sugar, grains, and starches long term. Catherine Gordon CPT shares the eating and training plans that are working for her clients and readers now. Catherine's program is available at sugarfreedom.com.
Subcribe to the Sugar Freedom channel on You Tube for cooking and fitness demonstrations.
http://www.sugarfreedom.com
Catherine shines a light on weight loss marketing, and she shares what truly works for her, and for her clients and readers. Nutrition, training, recovery, and compliance are the keys to significant, permanent weight loss and body recomposition.
Listen to the Sugar Freedom Show to get inspired and stay committed. Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes. Subcribe to Sugar Freedom on You Tube for recipes and training demonstrations. Follow Catherine on Twitter: @gocatherinego, and on Instagram @gocatherinego.
Get the Sugar Freedom program at: sugarfreedom.com
Do you procastinate on the things you love by distracting yourself with food, social media, and other time wasters? Catherine shares tips and tools to get over perfectionism, procastination, fatigue, and fear, and get on with what you want to do and create.
Learn to discover the times in your life when you have been motivated and energetic, and get strategies to bring that energy back into your life.
It is so much easier to say no to sugar, facebook, e-mail, news, and other time takers when you reconnect with what gets you excited about life.
It Gets Easier: How staying off of sugar is easier than giving it up.
When you first give up sugar, grains, and processed vegetable oils, the transition can be rough. You may have to eat different meals than your normal weight friends and family members. Your energy may be uneven because you don't know how to deal with the transition from glucose to fat burning. You may consider a sugar free eating plan to be a diet instead of permanent shift in nutrition, with leaves you open to the temptation of cheating.
Cathy has been there, and she shares what works for her, and for her clients and readers, who have discovered fat loss and fitness solutions that can work for you too.
Plus Book of the Week: Body of Truth by Harriet Brown.
If my Fairy Good-Sister came to me and said, "I will give you the body you need to fulfill your life purpose, guaranteed, but you can only eat 30 grams of carbohydrate per day for the rest of your life," do you know what I would say?
"I'll do it."
I am so passionate about training, coaching, dancing, sininging, and choreogrphy that I would not hesitate to give up sugary starchy foods for the rest of my life.
Still, I keep trying to add back more fruit and some grains, and reducing the fat in my eating plans in order to make them less extreme, more mainstream, and easier to offer to a broader audience. What I have had to accept is the fact that what is popular isn't what works for me, and it doesn't work well for my readers and listeners who struggle with sugar compulion, insulin resistance, and carbohydrate intolerance.
Since the start of 2017 I have been tinkering with my nutrition, and it has backfired. Thankfully, I am back on the Keto-cart and feeling so much better. Here is what I have learned, and I hope this episode helps you to find the eating plan that works for you, for life.
Catherine explains how eliminating sugar and grains can "Quench" your appetite. Finally allowing you to lose excess fat for good.
Even if you eat clean most days, and train progressively on a schedule like many fit women today, you are human, and you get busy, right? If you're a working Mom like me, December brings a shift in priorites that can lead to missed traing sessions, and convenience food.
It's time to put all of the peices of your nutrition and fitness puzzle back together.
Catherine shares her personal and professional experince on the subject of doing what's best for your body and health, especially if you want to get off of sugar and grains. Tips and strategies for getting the most out of your fitness training are here too.
Catherine's nutrtion system can be found at sugarfreedom.com.
Even with everything I know about staying off of sugar and grains, sometimes I lose my mind and go down the sugar hole. The path to sugar is usually paved with hunger or stress. Thankfully, I have utritional straegies to share with you for getting back off of suagr, and easing any guilt you may have.
We must learn to manage our thinking in order to prevent overeating in the first place. I will share my best strategies today. Then I will give you the exact emergency menus I use to get "clean" again.
All of the food lists, eating strategies, and many recipes can be found in the Sugar Freedom progam available here: www.sugarfreedom.com.
Sugar, grains, and appetite: How does eating sugar, and the foods that quickly break down into glucose, increase appetite? How can appetite management lead to fat release and peace around food?
As we head into 2017, there are plenty of articles and news reports coming out that cover the trouble with sugar. If sugar consumption leads to the diseases of modern life, how do we eat less of it? Just how difficult is it to lead a sugar free lifestyle? Catherine shares the experiences of her readers and clients when it comes to the appetite reducing effects of a sugar free eating strategy.
Yes, getting off of sugar is a challenge, but staying off of it can reduce appetite, making healthy eating easier with time.
How do you stop eating sugar? Eat something else. Seriously, the evidence is piling up about the aging, fat storing effects of a diet that's high in sugar, grains, and processed vegetable oils. if you're ready to get the benefits of a real food low sugar lifestyle, Catherine can help. She has been sugar free since 2008, and she has helped hundreds of her clients and readers lose fat and feel fantastic by getting of processed junk food. This Friday, December 30th at 12PM Eastern/9AM Pacific call in with your questions.
Todays topics: Intermittent fasting, calorie balance, broth for energy and to stop cravings.
Catherine will take your calls during the show.
Learn more at www.sugarfreedom.com
Catherine can be reached by e-mail: catherine@sugarfreedom.com
Author and Certified Personal Trainer Catherine Grodn has been eating a high fat, moderate protein, low carbohydrate diet for more than eaight years. In spite of warnings from the media, other trainers, and conventional nutrition practitioners, she has maintained more than a sixty pound weight loss by staying true to Keto. She shares the research, literature, headlines, and experiences that come along with eating differently than most of the people around her. As more research into the effects of Keto on fat loss, recovery from binge eating, type 2 diabetes, mental health, and seizure disorders is presented to the public it is time to discuss how how every day people are incorporating this nutritional approach to daily life. Catherine is dedicating 2017 to the practice of Keto, and to honest reporting on it's effects.
Catherine has helped her clients and readers lose thousands of pounds and inches with her books, programs, and coaching. Every Friday she answers listener questions about reaching and keeping fitness gpoals. E-mail your questions to catherine@sugarfreedom.com.
Catherine's clients and readers have lost thousands of pounds and inches with her books and programs. Listen in as she gives her best tips for sticking to a food and fitness plan. Complience is the key to getting results that are worth the effort you put into healthy eating and training. Her nutrition program is available at: www.suagrfreedom.com
Freedom Friday offers tips, menus, and fitness plans to help you have a great week.
How much weight could you lose if you could stick to your food and fitness plan over the week-end?
If you're like me, staying on plan is easier from Monday to Friday than it is on Saturday and Sunday. My usual work and training schedule helps me to keep my commitments. I look, feel, and perform better when I keep sugar, grains, and seconds off of the menu so it's easier to leave them alone when there is work to be done.
When Saturday and Sunday come around, the little voice in my head says, "Don't you deserve to let yourself go? Everyone else is doing it." As the Sugar Freedom Woman, I almost always stay strong, but I do get tempted!
Here is how I handle the week-ends and stay slim.
During the week I follow a Ketogenic food plan. In addition to leaving out grains and sugar, I also eliminate fruit, nuts, and dairy except for the organic heavy cream I use in my morning coffee. On the week-end I pick one day when I can enjoy a piece of fruit, a serving of stevia sweetened dark chocolate, or an elegant serving of cheese.
On very special occasions, I will make my Freedom Chocolate Mousse, and serve it with strawberries and crushed pistachios. It is delicious, elegant, and it doesn't trigger my appetite.
If we eat simply during the week, we can add back a few of our Fancy Freedom Foods without gaining fat.
If you want to take your Sugar Freedom results to the next level, join my Six Week Challenge. Get meal plans, training, social support, and coaching calls.
E-mail me: catherine@sugarfreedom.com for all the details. Our next challenge starts November 1st: Sugar Freedom Day!
What's even better than losing a significant amount of excess weight? Keeping it off for good, that's what. Catherine kicks off her "Longest Loser," series with Business Vision Catalyst Stephanie Calahan.
We'll discover how Stephanie transformed her health and fitness, and how she maintains her success.
I'll ask how she changed her eating, training, and mindest to get her results, and we'll find out just what it takes to stay on track after the pounds are gone.
Find out how good health has influenced Stephanie's accomplishments in business, relationships, and personal development too.
I know that this episode of The Sugar Freedom Show will be full of ideas and strategies that will make you a winner at reaching your health goals, and enhancing your life.
Learn more about Stephanie here:http://www.stephaniecalahan.com/
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What's even better than losing a significant amount of excess weight? Keeping it off for good, that's what. Catherine kicks off her "Longest Loser," series with Business Vision Catalyst Stephanie Calahan.
We'll discover how Stephanie transformed her health and fitness, and how she maintains her success.
I'll ask how she changed her eating, training, and mindest to get her results, and we'll find out just what it takes to stay on track after the pounds are gone.
Find out how good health has influenced Stephanie's accomplishments in business, relationships, and personal development too.
I know that this episode of The Sugar Freedom Show will be full of ideas and strategies that will make you a winner at reaching your health goals, and enhancing your life.
Learn more about Stephanie here:http://www.stephaniecalahan.com/
Kristy Jo Hunt, Certified Personal Trainer and Fitness Nutrition Specialist shares her four step formula for lifelong health and fitness. Discover how mental discipline, nutrition, exercise, and accountability combine to create a fitness program that works for life.
Catherine asks Kristy Jo to share her best tips for meal planning, cooking, training, and motivation. As always on the Sugar Freedom Show, we will discover ways to keep food and fitness enjoyable and healthy at the same time.
Last weekend I went to see "Money Monster," starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Directer Jodie Foster Does a wonderful job creating the hyped-up show biz world that is inhabited by Clooney's Character, Lee Gates. As a theatre director, I know that Foster has considered everything that her lead charater does very carefully. The clothing he wears, his hairstyle, the way he moves, these all are vital in telling Lee's story.
In one essential character building moment, Foster films Clooney's character at the Craft Service table, and what he eats speaks volumes about what it takes to stay young and lean in a world where fattening food is everywhere.
Listen in to learn what it takes to stay lean, and ask yourself this question, "Why don't I just eat whatever I want, whenever I want, and is it worth the effort?" Let's explore the answer together today on The Sugar Freedom Show.
The ultimate, permanent weight loss secret is this: You must find a plan that allows you to get nourished and satisfied within a reasonable energy deficit. Then you must follow that plan to completion, and return to it if you begin to re-gain. Catherine Gordon, the author of Sugar Freedom at www.sugarfreedom.com, has helped her clients lose literally thousnads of pounds and inches for good. Now at the start of a 2 week Sugar Freedom/True Body Challenge, she shres the techniques to help her readers and students succeed.
Do you need new ideas and motivation for reaching your health and fitness goals? Catherine brings you insights from Limerick, Ireland with fitness trainer and gym owner Andrew Beattty. Find out what's working now in fitness for busy people who want to get results with out spending hours in the gym or on a treadmill.
We'll cover training, nutriton, and mindset to get you ready to meet your ciming week of fitness and nutrition a winner.
Catherine interviews Coach Jody Petronella about his major fat loss victory, his Primal/Paleo lifestyle, and his strategies for helping his clients reach their goals.
If you have been holding yourself back on achieving your goals, today's episode is sure to inspire you to keep going, in spite of the excuses that pop up along the way.
It's Monday, and it's also a holiday in the U.S., and that's got me musing about bodyweight and career success. What is a successful weight? Tooo often it has very little to do with health. Even worse, weight discrimination starts with being less than 15 pounds overweight for women according to BMI. As a fitness studio owner and food writer, I know that we need to be aware of forces that may be driving us to diet and exercise, especailly if those forces are pushing us into unhealthy behaviors and lowered self esteem.
Finally, Catherine shares her three steps to clarify your weight goals in a positive way.
Catherine's eating plan can be found at: sugarfreedom.com
Her fitness studio website is: gordonstudiosonora.com
On the Sugar Freedom diet, it usually takes three days of eating less than 30 grams of total carbs to get into fat burning mode. Once you do, appetite drops and energy surges, but what then? Catherine anwers your questions to keep fat burning going strong.
Plus, how picking the right exercise program can skyrocket your weight loss in combination with a low carb, moderate protein diet.
Do you want to lose weight and get in great shape? Why? A transformation program is more effective when your reason for changing your eating and training habits is in alignment with your life purpose.
After leading hundred of in-person clients and on-line readers in transformation challenges that have helped them lose thousands of pounds and inches, Catherine Gordon, author of Sugar Freedom, continues to refine her guidelines for success.
She offers them here to help you prepare for six weeks of improved health, outlook, and appearance. Catherine has become convined that becoming body positive can help you achieve health, happiness, vitality, and productivity.
Discover her Ultimate Beauty Secret by listening in!
You can find the Sugar Freedom program at sugarfreedom.com
Catherine Gordon CPT takes you through the first three days off of sugar, grains, and processed oils. She gives you strategies for staying on track so that you can reap the rewards of a sugar free lifestyle. Important tools are Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar, Lemon Juice, Sugar Free Bullion, and plenty of water. Get the complete program at sugarfreedom.com
For a complete understanding of the Ketogenic Diet please read "Keto Clarity" by Jimmy Moore
Do you wonder what it's like to navigate through a typical day without sugar, grains, and processed vegetable oils? Listen in to find out how simple it can be. With Catherine Gordon ACE-CPT author of Sugar Freedom at sugafreedom.com
This podcast delivers staightforward instructions for getting sugar and grains out of your diet without disrupting your life. In fact, within three days on average, you will feel and extraordinary surge of energy, and a new sense of peace around food. Several of my clients have expressed amazement at their new found feeling of control over their appetites and around food. I prefer to thing in terms of appetite management rather than control, but I am happy to hear that that have this experience on the Sugar Freedom food plan. Learn more at: sugarfreedom.com
Catherine Gordon's clients at Gordon Studio Fitness http://gordonstudiosonora.com in Sonora, CA have lost over 1,100 pounds and inches in 2015. This is quite an achievement for the 31 individual participants from this small town in the Sierra foothills. Today she shares the initial mindset that can propell you to body transformation success in 2016 and beyond. How do you crack the code for permanent fat loss? Listen to the Suagr Freedom show today, and keep listening for the strategies that are proven to work.
http://www.sugarfreedom.com Congratulations to all of you who are releasing fat fast with the SF/LBD Challenge. It is so gratifying to see you getting leaner, stronger, and more flexible.
For those of you who can't get in to the studio, keep training at home, and continue to let go of sugar, grains, and processed vegetable oils to get great results.
Today on the Sugar Freedom Show Catherine reviws ways that you can get results in these last ten days of the challenge.
Freedom Tea: Dandelion Tea with lemon juice and fresh ginger. Enjoy cold or hot, with a few drops of Stevia if desired.
Today I'm excited to introduce Dawn Sylvester
Dawn has been living a fitness lifestyle and sharing it for over 25 years. Before she knew how to maintain a fit and lean, strong body, she was a cardio maniac that never lifted weights or did bodyweight workouts. She also used to follow the idea that women are stuck in. That less food means a leaner and fitter body. At that time in her life she weighed more than at the top of her pregnancy with her son at 36 years old! She feels that women have been ruining their metabolic rates for years, and since fixed hers, and was asked by clients for years where she gets her AGELESS ENERGY and SEXY BODY From...so she wrote a wildly successful e-book FINAL FAT MELTDOWN.COM a blueprint plan that is easy to follow so that women can transform their bodies at any age!
Dawn has been a guest speaker for groups on anti-aging and has certifications in Fitness Training and Sports Nutrition. She has been training women only for over 17 years, and is passionate about aging with strength. At 50 years old, she entered her first Bodybuilding show in the Figure Division and took 2 trophies as the oldest woman in the show out of 23 women.
Sometimes sugar addiction is so strong that even fruit and grain free baking can bring back cravings and the desire to overeat. If certain foods leave you feeling full but still hungry, it may be best to just leave them out. The key is to be true to yourself. Plus, Catherine shares an easy recipe, her daily fat loss menu, and a challenging training session:
Dumb Bell Squats: 10 reps. Superset with Pushups: 10 reps x 3 rounds.
Dumb Bell Reverse Lunges: 5 reps per leg. Superset with Chest Presses: 10 Reps x 3 rounds
Bowler Squat 10 reps. Superset with Dumb Bell Curls 10 reps x 3 rounds.
Catherine's Sugar Freedon/Little Black Dress challengers have lost up to 11 pounds in just one week. She shares how to keep fat loss going over the week-end by choosing a single bonus meal, staying hydrated, and doing your 3 minute wake up call. Listen for more tips, including #7 for how to get off of a weight loss plateau. Plus, a training session you can do at home.
As an actor, singer, dancer Cathy often had to find ways to look her best at just a few days notice. If you're already off of sugar and grains, and even if you're not yet, there are stratgies to banish bloat, get your skin glowing, and look your very best by the week-end when you start on Monday. Tune in for Cathy's serets, and for tip number six for getting off of a fat loss plateau.
Catherine gives you,and the 6 Week Challengers, her tips for adding some more healthy carbs to your eating plan, while still releasing fat. If you've followed the 3 Day Sugar Strike you should have experienced greater energy, less bloat, weight loss, and better mental calrity. Now it's time to add back some fruit, dairy, nuts, and more variety if you wish. Plus, she shares tip #5 for getting off of a fat loss plateau.
The Sugar Freedom Six Week Challenge starts today with the Three Day Sugar Strike. You really can lose fat and feel fantastic with Sugar Freedom, but it can take determination, and some helpful information to get through the transition from being a sugar burner to a fat burner. Catherine shares the tips that have been working so well for her clients and readers.
A special welcome goes out to all of you who are doing the challenge on-line. Learn more at htttp://sugarfreedom.com
What could you achieve in six weeeks if you had total dedication, and a complete plan for body transformation? Catherine and her clients at Gordon Studio in Sonora CA have discovered that you can lose fat and 2 dress or pant sizes consistently with this exact program. By trading the vast and dizzying array of food that surrounds us for simple whole food that is free of sugar, grains, and processed vegetable oils, we can calm our appetites, get energized, and lose fat: for good.
Catherine shares important guidelines, along with tip number 3 for breaking a fat loss plateau.
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Contact Catherine: catherine@sugarfreedom.com
Here is tip number two from my ten tips for breaking a fat loss plateau. You may be surprised by some of the benefits of drinking enough water. No, it won't magically fush fat out of your body, but it will boost energy and lower stress, among other bentifts.
Plus, learn about the upcoming Little Black Dress/Sugar Freedom Challenge starting 9/8/15.
To apply to join the challenge e-mail Catherine here: catherine@sugarfreedom.com
To get the Sugar Freedom program visit www.sugarfreedom.com
I've been coaching fat loss and transformation clients for three years now, and I'm happy to say that I'm gaining powerful insights into getting to goal with each client I coach. Here are my top ten techniques for ensuring that you keep advancing toward your health and figure goals. I hope you enjoy these tips, and I will be addressing each one in future podcasts with science, real world success stories, and suggestions for reading and further study.
To learn more about the Sugar Freedom Program visit: www.sugarfreedom.com
I order to become seriously overweight, I had to engage in some serious overeating. Bread, sweets, and chips were my downfall, and even when they stopped providing me with any real enjoyment I couldn't stop until the bags and cartons were empty.
Even though I've been at a healthy weight for more than seven years now, I can still be caught off guard, and end up consumed by sugary, starchy, salty, snacks.
In this episode of The Sugar Freedom Show I descroibe how I get off of the sugar train, and I hope that my story can help you if you ever find yourself in the middle of a bout of serious, unwanted overeating. In addition, I share the foods that help me recover from the terrible junk food hangover I always get as a result of eating my trigger foods. My entire eating program, which helped me manage my food addiction and get to a healthy weight, is available at www.sugarfreedom.com. For more information, free sample meal plans, and recipes, take the sugar addiciton quiz at www.sugarfreedom.com/blog.
Note: Please hold or fast forward from minute 1:24 to minute 3:00 of the podcast as Dawn was briefly off air. Don't miss the great tips in this podcast.
Dawn promotes an active life with the energy to live by using sound nutrient timing that is easy to follow with functional strength and HIIT exercise as the means to put on muscle and balance the body. She coaches people (mainly women) into lives filled with energy, wellness, sound nutrition, a strong and balanced body, and a calm mind.
Dawn co-owns Michigan Kettlebells Strength & Training Center with her husband Craig. She is certified in Fitness Training, and Sports Nutrition, and do personal and small group training for women only. She has been a contributor to Oxygen Australia, Cygen Labs.com, Suggestic.com fitess and nutrition site, LiveFitter.com in Seol Korea, and a guest speaker for fitness events, and women’s groups on aging with strength.
Dawn received trophies in the Figure division in bodybuilding at 50 years old, and she has also competed in Kettlebell Sport. Dawn was actually quite overweight in the past. She weighed more when She was counting calories, and doing endless cardio than she did at 36 years old when she had her son! She'll tell us how she transformed her body and and her energy levels, and how you can too at 50+ years old!
Sharon Smales shares her success story with the Sugar Freedom audience. When it comes to taking up healthy eating and smart training, it's encouraging to hear how other women manage to incorporate positive change with a positive attitiude. Too often we hear that losing fat is too hard, and that keeping it off is nearly impossible. Sharon's story of long term weight loss and maitenance will give you plenty of inspiration, along with real world tips for how to do it yourself.
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As a fitness studio owner and nutrition specialist, It's important for me to be clear on what my job is. Quite simply, it is to give you all of the tools and instrucion I can to help you create your ideal body. I'll share a secret with you. The best way to get what you want is to help other people get it too, so every podcast, meal plan, or training session I create for you helps me reach my goals for health, happiness, and fulfillment.
Listen in for three keys to developing your ideal body plan.
To find out more visit www.sugarfreedom.com
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee removes the upper limit on fat consumption in its recommendation to the US Department of Agriculture.
Plus, Catherine's top ten foods for fat loss.
Catherine shares the techniques she uses to look her best on picture day. The Turbulence Training Transformation Contest is wrappoing up in 2 weeks and Catherine will be entering the "Pro" division. Her clients at Gordon Studio have achived stunning fat loss and figure transformation results, and she wants to pass what's working along to you. What's one important tip she will be sharing today? When following a low carb high fat eating plan, use Sugar Free Dry Bullion Base in warm water as a cure for "Low Carb Flu."
As we come into the last 2 weeks of the Sugar Freedom 6 Week Challenge, it's time to hear about Catherine's top fat releasing tips. Drink your tonic, get in 8 glasses of water, satisfy and quiet your appetite in order to get the results you deserve. Catherine reveals her book of the week: Keto Clarity by Jimmy Moore with Eric C. Westman, MD.
Weekly Recipe: Beef Taco Filling. I use this to fill Red Cabbage leaves. Simply serve with taco shells for your family members and guests who don't need to go Keto.
1lb grass fed ground beef, 1 yellow onion, chopped, 4 cloves garlic, minced, 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar sheese, 1 jar organic salsa. In a large skillet combine onion and ground beef and cook until beef is no longer pink. Add garlic and cook 1 minute. Drain fat and put in your slow cooker. Add cheese, salsa, cumin, and salt. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours or on low for for 5 hours. Add tomatoes and shreeded lettuce if desired, and wrap in cabbage leaves to serve.
A wise man once asked me, "How can you make your program as simple as possible?" Today, I answer that question, give you a book recommendation, and more. Plus, my simplest strategy for setting, and getting, your goal.
Sample Meal Plan
Breakfast: 2 Eggs fried in butter
Vegetable Stir Fry
2-3 Slices Uncured Bacon
Lunch:
Grass Fed Ground Beef 3-4oz
Vegetable Stir Fry
Red Cabbage Leaves For Wrap
Zesty Sauce and avocado Slices
Fill wraps with ground beef, vegetables, and avocado. Dip in zesty sauce and enjoy.
Dinner:
3-4 oz Oven Baked Salmon topped with Crushed Macadamia Nuts
Large Green Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette
1C Strawberries topped with Whipped Heavy Cream and Crushed Macadamia Nuts
Catherine shares her sugar elimination strategies.
We are starting week 3 of a Six Week Sugar Elimination and Fat Loss Challenge, and I will be creating these coaching podcasts each Monday and Friday to help keep your motivation strong. You can find tips, menus, book recommendations, and other tools for fat loss success here on the Sugar Freedom Show.
Look forward to this time next year. What do you want to have accomplished? Let's make this the year we say good bye to sugar and the foods that stand in the way of our health and happiness. What are the things that you want to do this year that would be made easier by vibrant heath and energy? Catherine Gordon ACE/CTT and the author of Sugar Freedom describe the top two strategies that will help you reach your goals this year.
Catherine Gordon CTT, and Maureen McGarry CTT bring you top tips to get and stay lean and happy this Holiday season.
Thanksgiving is almost here in the US, and Catherine shares the recipes she will be using this year. Tune in for tips to make this a Thanksgiving you will enoy without regrets. Plus an update on the 6 Week Tranformation Challenge, including the strategies we are using to lose fat before 2015.
Can you really get strong and sexy in just 25 minutes aday? High Performance Personal Trainer and Coach Callie Dubrow explains the science behind the latest techniques for fat loss and figure sculpting. As my clients at Gordon Studio are discvering, there is a sweet spot where more wholesome food, and the right amount of smart, intense, targeted training creates beautiful results: fast.
Learn more at: http://www.strongandsexyin25minutes.com
Sayan Sarkar shares his 76 pound fat loss success story, and shares new insights on what may be stopping us when we try to lose weight. Learn about the fat triggers that Sayan has discovered, and his intriguing solutions.
You can learn more at http://invigoratenow.com.
I love a great weight loss story, and my friend Sayan shares his today. The greatest triumph in fat loss is discovering what works, and then being able to apply it so that the excess wieght stays gone year after year.
In our modern world, there are are many essential vitamins and minerals that can help us lose fat. Sayan talks about the supplement he has developed to aid in fat loss, and why it works so well. You can find out more at www.invigoratenow.com
Maureen Garry talks about her lifestyle transformation after age 50. Just in the past year, she has become a Certified Turbulence Trainer, and she has released her nutrition and fitness plan: Flat Belly Breatkthrough. Catherine and Maureen talk about specific strategies for looking and feeling your best after 40, 50 and beyond.
You really can have the energy and enthusiasm you need to achieve your life goals, especially when your workouts are short, and your meals are tasty: even though they make you lean. Learn more at flatbellybreakthrough.com
Certified Turbulence Trainer of the Year 2012 Mike Whitfield talks to Catherine Gordon (Trainer of the Year 2013) about finding the solution to permanent fat and weight loss after decades of trying and failing. She explains how you can learn to train in a new way, and create your own permanent structure for success.
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What if we've had it backwards for the past 40 years? What if long workouts in the so-called fat burning zone are just making us hungry and tired? What's the solution to getting the results we want without spending our lives in the gym or on a crdio machine? Plus, hear the story of Derek's sudden health scsre that made him even more grateful for the fitness he's built as a Certified Turbulence Trainer.
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Let's face it. The low carb/high fat approach is still not politically correct. Eliminating added sugar is getting lots of support in the media these days from films like Fed Up, and books like Fat Chance by Dr. Robert Lustig.
The truth is, I didn't just eliminate sugar in order to lose more than 65 pounds, and keep it off (with a 6 month period of re-gain which I will describe on today's show) for six years and counting. I also completely eliminated grains, I ate more fat, and most shocking of all, I occaisionally practiced intermittent fasting. I was truly afraid to tell anyone how I had lost all my weight, let alone write publicly about it.
Then, I saw Dr. David Perlmutter on the Dr. Oz Show. He was talking about his book, Grain Brain. I bought the book, read it, and followed Dr. Perlmutter's dietary approach in order to get back to my happy weight. The most important conviction I gained from Grain Brain was that I never ever had to eat grains again. Finally, I had the courage to write my story, and share my own approach to sugar and grain free living. If you've decided to let grains go for good, I hope you'll listen today, and read Grain Brain, by Dr. David Perlmutter
Catherine interviews James Giada. James was a chubby kid, but when he started training at age 14 the weight came off. After college he became a personal trainer, but he quickly learned that his clients were going to need help with their eating habits in order to create lasting change. James earned his Precision Nutrition Certification, and set about helping his clients reach their goals. James talks about the power of consistency, commitment, and yes, great food for permanent fat loss. You can find 4 Day Fat Loss at this link==>Click Here.
James overcame his own struggles with being overweight through exercise and nutrition. He shares his discoveries about permanent fat loss with us today.
Back when he first started weight training in High School, he lost fat without needing to do anything else, but when he went to college he learned that staying healthy was going to take more than exercise. It was going to take an eating strategy that he could use and enjoy for life.
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Catherine Best Gordon of cardiofreedom.com off tips for kickstarting your fat loss, and getting off of weight loss plateus. http://sugarfreedom.com
Ever since my pediatrician put me on my first diet at age 8, I have been told to count calories and do more exercise. That advice made me feel like I was starving all the time. So I cut sugar and cardio, and started lifting weights and doing intervals instead. Check out this podcast, and see if low carb and less cardio can work for you.
Meet Catherine Gordon. She is an ACE Cetrified Personal Trainer, and a member of the National Weight Control Registry. In 2008 she overcame a lifetime of struggle with overweight and obesity by giving up sugar, and the foods that turn quickly to sugar in the body. Back when Catherine was in the middle of her obesity struggle, she searched high and low for stories of people who had lost fat for good, and she discovered Jimmy Moore's Livin' La Vida Low Carb Show, and Sean Croxton's Underground wellness. She found so much great inspiration and information there, that she decided to create a podcast too. Today she shares her story. http://sugarfreedom.com youtube.com/c/sugarfreedom