DITCH THE DIET: EAT CLEAN CHALLENGE

Ladies~  How many of you are ready to ditch the diet book and magic pill?  Are you so tired of being sick, tired and frustrated when it comes to your health and well being?  

I get it because I was that girl!  I cannot tell you how many books, diet pills, crappy supplements and “advice” I tore through while trying to lose weight.  I wasn’t even thinking about health and how I felt.  I was SO focused on the scale.  There were times that it consumed me to no end.  I didn’t know what to eat or how to eat.  I also allowed no time for personal care.  Have you been there?

I work with a lot of women and I see it all too often with my clients.  I cannot tell you how many times I hear them say that they just want to feel better, find happiness, have energy and stop beating themselves up.

Food (REAL FOOD) changed my life in so many ways!  I never knew I could feel this good, and that’s one of the big reasons why I help others.  I want you to feel incredible too!  I don’t want you to waste all of the time and money that I did while trying to figure it all out.  But Ladies~  It’s not a diet… It’s a lifestyle!  I want to help show you that it can be simple, easy and possible!  PLUS, It’s so empowering!

ARE YOU READY TO DITCH THAT BELLY BLOAT + FEEL SO INCREDIBLY AMAZING? 
READY TO SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR LATE AFTERNOON CRASH AND BURN? 
ARE YOU READY TO STEP INTO YOUR FAVORITE SUMMER DRESS, KICK UP YOUR WORKOUT, AND FINALLY DITCH THE ALLERGIES THAT YOU CANNOT SEEM TO GET OVER?
Why not have a little fun while you ditch the bloat + the blah feeling?

 

if this sounds appealing to you, i welcome you to join me and other fabulous ladies as we experience my free (yes, free) 4 day clean eating challenge!

 

Are you ready to ditch the diet and learn about real food? Let’s kick start your journey with a clean eating, do diets allowed, challenge. Are you ready? #cleaneatingchallenge #nodiet #eatrealfood #accountability

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I am a Health Coach, lover of green smoothies, lover of simple eating and delicious food. I believe in the power of clean eating to improve digestion, ditch the bloat, give you the energy you desire for rockin’ workouts and clearer thinking.

I am for ditching the junk in the trunk and the excess belly fat, and accessing the foods that are “right for you,” that truly fuel you.  Bio-individuality is so important, and it’s important to figure out what foods make you feel amazing and which ones don’t.  

Many years ago, I struggled with health issues that took away from my happiness, my life, and my health. I had foggy thinking, rashes, allergies and a whole lot of bloat. No fun! I discovered that the way to lessen my food allergies, improve my digestion, and restore my happiness was through eating clean and taking care of my body.

If you are feeling exhausted, overweight, or you just want to kick-start your metabolism, then this Clean Eating Challenge is perfect for you.

NO MORE CONFUSION.  NO MORE DIET BOOKS AND CRAPPY SUPPLEMENTS.

JUST SIMPLE NOURISHMENT. REAL FOOD!!!

I will provide you with recipes that I love and eat, a grocery list, daily accountability and a wonderful community of support, where you can engage and ask questions.  I will also share daily health and wellness tips and resources that can help you kick start your own journey to better health and wellness.  Does this sound like something that could help you?  If so, then Let’s Do This, Girlfriend!!!!

 

clean eating WILL:

  • Reduce gas and bloating
  • Help improve your digestion
  • Get your digestion and metabolism up to top performance
  • Eliminate sugar or coffee cravings that leave you feeling tired
  • Reduce inflammation that leads to bloating, headaches, or gut imbalance
  • Help you feel grounded, alert, robust, and ready to take on the world every day of your life
  • Jumpstart and reboot your metabolism
  • Help you learn how to play again and have fun, even in your busy life

ALSO….  There will be prizes!  i will be holding a drawing at the end of the program.  will you be one of the lucky ladies to win?  come join us and see!

You’ll have the chance to win one of these options:

#1. A 50 minute coaching call with me

#2. My Seasonal Clean Eating Program~ These seasonal programs are my larger, paid programs.

#3 A bottle of PURE essential oil (variety of options to choose from)

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO FEEL MORE ALIVE IS WAITING RIGHT HERE FOR YOU!

THE RESULTS:

  • Feel recharged, renewed, and revitalized
  • Learn how to handle stress in your life & take control of your body
  • Leave old, unhealthy habits behind
  • Access the tools you need to live healthy for a lifetime
  • Sleep like a baby at night
  • Have rocket fuel energy

It’s all about letting go of what is not nourishing your body, both physically and emotionally. Once you let go, you access your FREEDOM (both in body and in mind).

ready for a change?  I am so excited to get started on this journey with you.

And remember, you can do this program in the comfort of your own home at any time, but you have me daily in the forum to cheer you on!

 

if you’re ready to join me and our fabulous community, reach out to me below and let me know you’re ready to improve your health, happiness and wellness.

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IT IS TIME TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON.

LET’S GET STARTED, GORGEOUS.

P.S. If you have family, friends, colleagues, or neighbors that are just like you and want to look fabulous, have endless energy, lose belly bloat, improve digestion, and reset their metabolism, then please have them visit my website at:

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XOXO~

Kim

Creamy Spinach Soup Recipe for a Hot Summer Day

This CREAMY SPINACH SOUP is so delicious and satisfying!  It’s hard to believe it’s so good for you!

When I set out to create recipes for my clients, friends and family members, I want to make sure that I bring the freshest ingredients and a delicious mixture of flavors together.  The past few weeks, I have been sharing information about my Clean Eating Lifestyle Program that launched this month.  This is one of the MANY recipes I share in the program.

Growing up as a child, I always thought of soups as”fall foods.”  Soups, stews and chili dishes definitely scream “fall foodie,” but there are so many soups that you can make and enjoy throughout the other seasons.  It’s another great way to use and utilize fresh, seasonal goodies.

I love a deliciously chilled, creamy soup on a warm spring or summer day.  Especially when I can use ingredients that are fresh from the garden.  Eating seasonally is really beneficial to your body and health.  In addition, you are saving money on your produce, giving back to the community and supporting local farmers.  Thanks to my sister, I’ve had an abundance of kale and spinach.  Two of my favorite leafy greens.  If they are not in your daily or weekly meal plan, I highly recommend adding them.  They are amazing and have SO many benefits!  Go Green, Girlfriend!

Creamy Spinach Soup #farmtotable #cleaneating #summersoups #healthcoach @nutritionschool

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This delicious recipe is sure to help with digestion and cleansing. Two things that we often need this time of year.  Have you been living it up on the weekends, having fun at the beach or enjoying too many summer nights with friends?  Simple recipes like this one will help to provide good quality nutrition with health benefits. Plus, it’s simple and easy to make!

You should be able to find young coconuts in most health food stores.  I haven’t been as lucky in the grocery store, but they are around this time of year.  Please be very careful when cutting the top open.  Please contact me if you have additional questions about opening your coconut.  You can also find demonstrations online.

This recipe is very simple and lasts for days, when stored in the fridge.  Even with the avacado, it still keeps and has a beautiful green color.  If you try the recipe, I would love to hear your feedback.  Enjoy, gorgeous!

SPINACH SOUP

Serves 2
  • 2 cups spinach
  • 1 young coconut (water and meat)
  • 1 apple, cored and chopped
  • 1 avocado
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 3 teaspoons fresh dill (or 1 teaspoon dried dill)
BLEND THE SOUP: Add all the ingredients to a high-speed blender. Blend until smooth. Serve in a bowl.

P.S.  Are you interested in learning more about clean eating? Looking for more clean recipes to add to your recipe box?  I will be sharing my FREE Clean Eating challenge next month.  it’s a smaller version of the plan i launched this month, and i have a challenge and winner’s gift to share. If you’re interested in learning more and jumping on my waiting list, please click on the link below.  let’s glow and be gorgeous together!

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This Smoothie Helped My Belly Bloat

Have you been experiencing belly bloat?  

Feeling like your digestion is making too much noise? Gurgle. Gurgle.

Are those shorts fitting a little tighter around the waist?  

The last few months I have been working a lot and often that leads to a stressed me. This means my digestion can get wonky. I know what you might be thinking – that I’m a health coach, and I have this all figured out – but I am human too. In my practice, I teach people how to listen to their body and what to do when they feel wonky too. It’s so important to listen to your body.  Do you know the signs and symptoms when your body is speaking to you?

For me, I get dry skin and start to have belly bloat.  So many of my clients say they have belly bloat even when they do not eat, something that is actually not uncommon for people with digestive issues.  As I have discussed in previous posts, healthy digestion is SO important!

Stress inflames the intestinal lining and disrupts the good balance of bacteria in the gut.

This is what happened to me. It was time to restore and rebuild on the quick.  QUICK!

Feel like you are passing gas too much?

Feel exhausted for no reason?

Just plain feel like crap?

Time to rebuild and restore your gut health with this smoothie.

This Smoothie Helped My Belly Bloat #digestion #guthealth #bloat #smoothie

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Every time I am feeling off, I keep it simple: smoothies, juices, and easy-to-digest soups.  There are so many seasonal fresh fruits and veggies for you to play with and explore in your recipes.  Again, keep it simple!  If you’re thinking, “Soups in the summer?”  Yes ma’am!  I make some seriously delish cold soups in the summer.

When I am feeling this way, I try to drink one of my meals or snacks.  It really helps to give my body a break and get back on track.  Check out this smoothie recipe and try it for yourself.

 

The Healthy Digestion Smoothie

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup pineapple
  • 1/4 green apple
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup coconut water (I love fresh, young coconuts if you can find them)
  • 1/2 fresh kiwi
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 1 teaspoon fresh ginger
  • 2 ounces of Aloe Vera Juice (An ounce is great at night before bed too)
  • Dash of cinnamon
  • Juice of one lemon

* I also add an additional probiotic to my normal supplement routine (which already has a probiotic in it).  Personally, I notice a big difference when I add the extra.  Again, this is what works for me. it’s important to see what works for you.  If you have any questions about probiotics or supplements, I welcome you to contact me.  

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a high-speed blender.

ENJOY!

 

This topic and more is covered in my Clean Eating Program.   If you have any questions, please let me know.  I am here to help YOU, Gorgeous!  For more information about the program, click below!  Let’s get our sexy back while getting healthier! XO

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How To Use a Castor Oil Pack to Slim Down

I am in love with the castor oil pack. Many years ago a very talented acupuncturist told me about castor oil packs, long before I entered the concept of detoxification and elimination. I immediately wanted to learn more.

I began researching about the benefits of the castor pack for eliminating toxins. I was simply hooked. I have all my “detoxers” do this as well as my clients. I love these ancient techniques that can still be used to support the body today. They are super easy, and you can put them together on the cheap.

While a lymphatic massage or a trip to the sauna might be nice, they can also be costly. I’m telling you – all you really need is to buy castor oil and get an old t-shirt or towel.

Let’s talk simple benefits first. The castor oil pack can flush your lymphatic system {your sewage system}. The lymphatic system must get flushed daily to reduce digestive issues, edema, inflammation, the common cold, weight gain and allergies. This detox tool has been used for centuries.

This amazing detox tool can support your circulation, remove toxins and help stimulate digestion. I was hesitant to use this pack but ever since I tried it and felt the benefits for my own body, I have never stopped. I could feel my digestion stimulated, the swelling I get in my body reducing, and I had a better sleep.

I’ve had a gut problem for many years and am always on the lookout for natural ways to detox my body in the comfort of my own home. It really is key for my health. I look at the castor oil pack as an awesome detox tool that boosts my immune and is excellent for disease prevention.

We all have some toxicity – why not support your body to get rid of it?

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How to Make Your Own Castor Oil Pack:
  • Take an old shirt and cut it into 12 x 18 inches in size and fold it into 3 thicknesses.
  • You want it to be about the same size as the heating pad you will be using so that the pad heats the entire pack but does not touch your skin.
  • Put the shirt in a pan, such as a large disposable baking pan, and pour in enough castor oil to cover.
  • Note that after each use you will probably need to add a little more castor oil. You can reuse the pack many times. When not in use, store your pack in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.

The Simple Castor Oil Pack:

You can also put castor oil directly onto your stomach and upper abdomen. Then, wrap your stomach and upper abdomen with saran wrap and sit for 45 minutes. This is a simplified version and quite effective.

Usage Guidelines:

  • Use the pack in the evening before bed. Fold a towel (dedicate an old towel for this use as the oil is almost impossible to wash out completely). Take the cloth cover off of a heating pad and place the heating pad on top of the towel. It is important to heat the pack before you put it on your body.
  • Lie down on your back on a towel. Place the pack on your abdomen with the heating pad on top and the towel on top of that. The pack should be on the right side of your body, extending from a little bit above the bottom of your sternum (breastbone) to about 4 inches below your navel. The pack should wrap around the body on the right side, from the navel as far to the side as you can get it. Keep the pack on for 45 minutes. Use the pack for 3 days in a row. Then take a break for 4 days, and repeat.

Remember, the castor oil pack is a natural and inexpensive way to rid the organs of toxicity. Know that you are taking good care of yourself when you use the pack.

Now that you’ve learned a little more about the benefits of detoxing, how can you start bringing it into your daily life?

Sending love and wishes for health and happiness~

XOXO,

Kim

 

Learn How to Boost Your Immunity and Reduce Toxins

Detox is vital in this toxic world.  As a health coach, I focus a lot on digestion because I do believe that good digestion leads to a healthy life.  One day, the light went off in my head.  I realized that to have good digestion, you must be detoxing properly.

You see, detox is a natural step toward a better digestion. Good digestion leads to less inflammation, and less inflammation leads to less disease in this world. Let me say it again, decrease the inflammation and prevent disease.

Hippocrates said it best: “All disease begins in the gut.”

If this is true and disease begins in the gut, aka your digestive system, then having a healthy and strong digestion is key.

But let me share a secret with you – when the body is toxic, your digestive system is weak.

So even if you eat “clean” and only buy organic and hormone-free foods, you are still breathing toxicity in this world.

We live, eat and breathe toxicity every day. Look around your home and think of the paint on the walls, the rugs, the pesticides sprayed on your green grass, the exterminator to get rid of the bugs. Even if you are chemical-free in your home, is your makeup chemical free?  Are you cleaning with products that don’t have harsh chemicals or toxins?  What about that deodorant or shampoo you love so much?  Have you checked the labels?

Even if you are doing your best to live a chemical-free life, we are still alive, and that means eating, breathing, and sleeping in a toxic environment.  EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Learn How to Boost Your Immunity and Reduce Toxins #boostimmunity #reducetoxins #detox #cleaneating

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Unless you feel that you are ready to live in a bubble or a hyperbaric chamber, then it is time to wake up to what I call daily detox.

Now detox is not a curse word or anything to be scared about. Instead, it is exciting to think about your body and cells actually functioning. I do not tell people detox has to be living on juices, or water only, or only smoothies or just salad or soup. Detox is about lessening the toxic load in your body. As I say, “taking out the trash.”

When we are toxic, our body cannot perform its job. The body cannot metabolize properly, detox properly, absorb nutrients and minerals, or stay hydrated. It is a vicious cycle. See, detox is necessary to be healthy, happy and free of disease. We all have some low-level inflammation because again we breathe, but even more so we stress in this busy world.

Every time you stress you create acid in your body. Your body is then forced to pull minerals to buffer the acid waste. The liver, lymph and kidneys begin to work hard to filter out the toxic load.

But what happens when the body is tired and clogged? When your digestive system is not working and cannot break down these foods, it cannot focus on getting RID of TOXINS. That means you cannot get rid of bloat and fat and skin breakouts and all that jazz that keeps you tired.

TOXINS=>WEAK DIGESTION=>WEAK IMMUNE

 

Do you experience any of these symptoms?

  • Difficult weight management
  • Constipation/diarrhea
  • Gas/bloating
  • Headaches
  • Low energy
  • Low sex drive
  • Bad skin
  • Heartburn/reflux
  • Moodiness/depression
  • Get where I am going with all of this?

By detoxing. you will improve digestion and free your body of inflammation and toxins in the process.

The foundation of this detox is NOT to ever feel deprived or starved.

The goal is to help you do what I have learned to do in my own life:

Learn how to EAT CLEAN and learn what foods are IRRITATING your body.

Does this sound like something that could help you?  I welcome you to join me for my Summer Clean Eating Lifestyle Program.

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I’m Ready!

Now that you’ve learned a little more about the benefits of detoxing, how can you start bringing it into your daily life?

Here are a few of my favorite ways to stay healthy and detox naturally:
  1. Upon waking, drink warm or room-temperature water with lemon and 1 tsp raw apple cider vinegar (if tolerated) and add a dash of cinnamon or cayenne.
  2. Start your day by being positive – find that daily affirmation that gets you fired up. I love Louise Hay, Geneen Roth, Gabrielle Bernstein, Brene Brown and Marianne Williamson.
  3. Try getting quiet within yourself.   Even for just for one minute – and say “I release what does not serve me” – place your hand on your heart as you say this out loud. Scream if it you want, own that power.
  4. Drink fresh green juices or make your own green juice with 1 tbsp. chlorophyll and lemon and lime and water.
  5. Aim for one meal that is super easy on your digestion per day like a smoothie, green juice or soup. Give that digestion a rest.  I choose a morning smoothie every day, but see what works for you.  You know your body better than anyone.
  6. Get moving and shaking. Yes, exercise is one of the best ways to detox your body.
  7. Drink plenty of water and add lemon, lime or grapefruit to flush the toxicity.
  8. Skin brushing is my favorite way to support the liver and get rid of those toxins.
  9. Tongue brushing.
  10. Be happy and grateful for life.

I hope this information helped you.  If you have any questions, I welcome you to message me through my contact page.  I would love to help you through my program or one of my coaching options.  Let’s get started and “take out the trash!”

XOXO~

Kim