Can’t Lose Weight? Get Healthy First. 6 Effective Detox Strategies

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If you're struggling to lose weight or it keeps coming back. The problem isn't always about food, what I know. But it could be about how you're using your diet. Are you a diet lifer? Can't get off the ride or you think you'll blow up three sizes overnight if you do? Well, guess what, that's actually the opposite of what you should be doing if you want to lose weight for good. Now I'm not saying don't diet. Diets can work, but you should not be on a diet for life. Dieting is not a lifestyle, it's not a hobby. Once you make it an everyday thing, your body just clings to the crumbs you're giving. It shuts down and holds on to fat so it can eat. But if you can use diets once in a while as a therapeutic tool, they jumpstart weight loss. Why? Well, the right diet for the right amount of time helps you detox. And toxins are a major reason extra pounds may be stuck around your middle and other places that bum you out. Right? So detox is a mission critical strategy for fat loss. That's fat loss by the way, not weight loss. You do not want to lose muscle. If you're losing weight, but it's not fat from your waist, you're making yourself worse, not better. Toxins are going to keep that fat glued to your waist. So you have to reduce your toxic burden in order to get rid of that super important and trust me, you cannot even spot target it through exercise. I've seen it tried so many times. Does not work. Consistent GI issues are a neon sign pointing out that you could be carrying a heavy toxic burden. All those toxins build up with constant exposure. It's like your body's a history book that the damage they do is compounded by an illness, genetics or poor lifestyle choices. And toxins by the way, are stored in your fat. So when your metabolism tanks, like what happens when you never stop dieting? Hint, hint, your body holds onto that fat, and of course, it holds on to the toxins in it. And because somebody out there has a dark sense of humor, holding onto too many toxins also lowers your metabolic rate and impairs your thyroid function. So it's this vicious cycle. And the only way to get yourself off this merry go round is to free up that fat and burn it. Now, we are all hit with a ton of toxins every day. So no one is toxin free here. We all have our fair share of gunk. There are always chemicals in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and in the products we wash our face and our hair and our body with. And that's even if you're trying to make really clean choices. I mean, even if you decide to wear a gas mask, well, that's a great look. It's not going to keep you totally in the clear. It's literally a constant siege, and we're really not equipped to handle it. Evolution didn't give us an immune system to deal with all these chemicals that are new. Our ancestors didn't have to worry about what was in their apricot facial scrub, right? But, you know, they had their own issues back then. So it may suck that we have to worry about toxins, but we can do something about them. And here's the great news. You get hit by toxins every single day. So let's connect the dots on weight loss here. That means that you have to detox every single day. And that can be just some really simple changes. But you'll also want to stay on top of your toxic burden by doing deep detoxes at least once a year. And more is better. And that's super important. All right, so here are some killer detox strategies to get you started. And number one, of course, you're going to change what's at the end of your fork diet. Now, you've heard this before, but you may not know why that you're supposed to eat this rainbow of colorful vegetables and especially deep green leafies. Turns out that there's specific compounds in them that can help chelate out, pull out the heavy metals out of your body. So that's step one. And all those colors are antioxidants that also can help, too. Now, the other thing that's in them is fiber. So fiber acts like a sponge, help absorb and get those toxins out of your body. So you want to make sure that you're getting fiber every single meal on the virgin anti diet. And next thing is, add in those digestive enzymes and you just took your detoxing up to an 11. All right, next one. Dry brushing. What the heck is that? You take a dry brush and rough and you run it across your skin and you're going to exfoliate. But more importantly, you're stimulating lymphatic drainage. Number three, after you do that, get in an Epsom salts bath. Put in a little lavender essential oil too. That's going to help you sleep well. But the Epsom salts with the magnesium is great for detoxification. Okay, number four, my favorite trifecta of bodily functions. You're going to pee, you're going to poop, and you're going to sweat. This is so important. So in order to pee, poop and sweat, well, of course you need the fiber, but you also got to have lots of of water and you're going to want to move some to sweat it out, get your body moving. And if you can, bonus points for spending some time in a sauna. Shout out to my friends over at Sunlight and Sauna. Amazing. Okay, number five, intermittent fasting. So intermittent fasting activates something called autophagy. And this autophagy is amazing. It's basically helping you take out the cellular trash. So all the waste product that your body gets out in the cells, old cells, etc. Autophagy is getting rid of them through intermittent fasting. That means you're eating through a restricted eating window of maybe one meal a day or eating over eight to 10 hours a day. All right, the obvious number six, don't let the enemy in the house. Don't add more toxins in. So one of the first things you're going to want to do is, is swap out high five foods. Those are gluten, dairy, corn, soy, eggs, peanuts, sugar, artificial sweeteners. Eliminate those for at least three weeks to see which foods work for you and which foods don't. And then also we're getting rid of GMOs and mycotoxins as well. You'll also be swapping out damaged fats. Those are especially those vegetable oils that have been processed for brain fueling healthy eating, anti inflammatory omega 3s. And of course you're going to lower your sugar impact. You're going to trade high sugar impact garbage foods for subtle sweet treats that are loaded with fiber like berries and my loaded smoothies. And of course you're getting rid of the artificial colors and flavors. I mean, come on, artificial, not food. Okay, now you also got to make sure you keep them out of your skin care products. Do you know that some of the cosmetics out there have formaldehyde. I mean, come on, I don't have to explain that, right? So you want to make sure it's parabens sulfate free. Do your homework. There's a lot of great stuff out there and you got to look at things like your sudsy shampoo, right? Bet you never thought that like, what you're washing your hair with could be the key to your weight loss. So detoxing is going to help you get off that dieting hamster wheel for good. And trust me, you're gonna feel amazing too. And don't worry, you can still rock your great hair with a clean shampoo. There's some great ones out there. I know you were thinking about that, right? So I hope you found this helpful and I hope more importantly that it makes a big difference for you. Don't forget to like and subscribe so you get more healthy lifestyle intel, tips and tricks. Now in this next video, I'll cover the next big reason I that's not your diet that you might not be losing weight. I'll see you there.

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