Realizing Harmony

Last night we had our last conference call with the HealthPointe 2.0 Lean Team.

More good information was shared – far too much to remember, much less write down here!  (I guess you just had to BE there!)

I know a number of people who have lost weight on other programs.  But the vast majority of them wind up gaining most, if not all (or more!) of the weight back soon after they complete their program.

What’s struck me about HealthPointe are the reports I’ve been hearing; most of the people who truly follow the HealthPointe program lose the weight, and KEEP IT OFF.

The guest speaker on last night’s call was no exception.  She’s an OBGYN surgeon who went through the HealthPointe program several years ago and lost 20+ lbs.  And she’s kept it off.  She talked a bit about a friend of hers who’s a nurse who lost close to 60 lbs. 3 or 4 years ago using HealthPointe, and she too has kept it all off.

She emphasized that when she said, “You can lose weight on all kinds of programs, but THIS program helps you keep it off.”

Then she gave a bunch of tips for keeping the weight off.  Maybe some of these will be of help/encouragement to those readers who are on some other program.

1. We all struggle with self-discipline.  So, when you fall off the program, immediately get back on! Don’t wait for the next week, or the next day.  Get back on with your next snack or meal – whichever comes first.
2. If it’s not on the food list, don’t eat it… particularly when you’re working on the weight-loss part of the program.  There’s intentionally quite a bit of variety in the food list, so choose from those things.  That way you’ll get appropriate balance in your diet.
3. Reward yourself for successes – just not with food.  Find other things to reward yourself with.  Suggestions: Makeup (not so much for the guys!), clothes (especially when you need to drop sizes), Jewelry, movies, games, recreation,.
4. Stay connected with your Wellness Coach.
5. Use the Personalized Health program to take care of your needed supplements – it makes the discipline of eating your nutients sooo much easier.  (I can really vouch for this one.  It’s much easier to tear off a packet of pre-packaged vitamins/minerals/phytonutrients that are personalized for my body, than to open up several bottles of supplements – trying to remember which ones to take at which time, and in which quantity.  The convenience – without compromising personalization – can hardly be beat.  No one can touch the quality of Nutrilite supplements, and with their Personalized Health, they’ve stretched their superiority even further.)
6. If you tend to get rushed when you’re heading out the door, pre-package your meals from the groceries you buy.  With all the salads, fruit, vegetables, and protein-foods you’re getting, it’s much more handy to bag them into individual servings that you can just grab and go to work/school/wherever with.
7. Have protein snacks everywhere so you can grab one in a moment.
8. Don’t stop journalling – even after you finish the weight-loss and metabolic-adjustment parts of the program.  When you’re all done and ready for lifetime maintenance, by continuing to journal you’ll notice as soon as you start to get in trouble, and will be able to correct it very quickly.
9. Eat more snacks to lose more weight. When they’re protein snacks, they help increase your metabolism and force your body to burn its own fat for energy.