Earlier this week I was watching a programme on television where the presenter was helping an individual to change her eating patterns and lose weight.  As part of the process of creating awareness, the presenter displayed everything the individual had eaten for the last 7 days on a table.  And what a shock it was to the individual!  Firstly off course to see the amount, and secondly to recognise how much snacks and unhealthy food/alcohol (you name it) was to be found on the table.

What would the table look like if I displayed everything you consumed over the last 7 days.  Remember, this includes what you ate and what you had to drink.  If you look at this table – would you say it supports a healthy lifestyle?

When you make the decision to eat healthier or to lose weight, often one of the hardest things to do is to decide what to change in your diet, how to change it and how to keep up the new habit.  One of the best ways to do this is to start growing in awareness of what and when you eat.  Keep a 7 day record of everything that you consume.  If you want to take it up a notch, even write down why you are consuming it (whether you are hungry, thirsty, just feel like it, social function, etc).  This will help you see where the major pitfalls to a healthier eating plan are for you.

At the end of the seven days, have a look at what you have written. Look at the trends in your eating pattern.  Compare this with that of a healthy eating plan to see where your needs are.  Most likely it would include increasing fruit and vegetable intake, drink more water or cut back on sweet foods.

How can Herbalife products help?
Herbalife takes the guesswork out of eating.  With the delicious and convenient meal replacement shakes, you can have a 5-course meal in a glass.  Your shake contains vitamins and nutrients, healthy soy protein and low-GI carbohydrates.  It is also a great source of fibre.  It is nutritionally balanced with vital macro and micro nutrients equivalent to a complete meal.  It will also help you to maintain your energy levels.  Enjoy 2 shake meal replacements per day and have a healthy protein bar or fresh fruit as a snack in between meals.  For your third meal, have a colourful meal with lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, lean protein and low-GI carbohydrates.

For assistance in designing a weight loss eating plan with Herbalife, contact Marieta, your Herbalife Wellness Coach on the below details. You can also order Herbalife directly from me and have it within 24h – free delivery (certain terms and conditions apply.)
Contact: Marieta (Herbalife Independent Distributor)
E-mail: marieta@shapelife.co.za
Cell:    084 240 9513   
www.shapelife.co.za

Maximize your health with exercise and balanced nutrition.  Herbalife (herbal life, shapeworks) range of Core Nutrition products aims to provide the elements every body needs each day to support and maintain optimal health . Herbalife support you in weight loss, weight gain, , energy and fitness and with our skin care range and hair care products. Contact me today for assistance.

You might have heard about Herbalife products and how your friends have achieved weight loss success on the products, but do you know about the science behind Herbalife products?

Herbalife has a Product and Science centre in Los Angeles where advanced technology is used to continually improve the existing products and to develop new products to the range.  Herbalife has a panel of 60 doctors continuously working on improving the products, including Dr David Heber (The Herbalife Nutrition and Science Advisory Board Chairman, Director of the UCLA Centre for Human Nutrition, and also the author of “What Color is your diet?”).

The centre also does clinical trials to determine the effectiveness of the products; by using a trial group (who receives the product being tested) and a test group (who does not receive the product being tested).  A recent study like this was done to determine the effect of protein on weight management.

The main objective of the study was to use the Herbalife Nutritional Shake Mix (Formula 1) meal replacement shakes and the Personalised Protein Powder (Formula 3) to track the effect of different protein levels on weight management.  The researchers wanted to find out if people taking in more protein would lose more weight than people taking in a standard amount of protein similar to that found in a normal diet.

The study found that people consuming more protein lost more body fat than people consuming standard amounts of protein.  They also found that weight loss associated with higher protein intake led to an improvement in certain health factors associated with being overweight.

Your body does need protein.  If you consume too little protein, your body will start to lose muscle mass as it will ‘eat’ your muscles in order to get protein.  We want to lose weight while also maintaining lean muscle mass.

The Herbalife Personalised protein powder is therefore and essential part of your diet.  Mix this in with your Nutritional Shake Mix and enjoy.  For healthy and active people – the Protein Powder should be an essential part of your diet.

To order Herbalife products and for personalised weight loss plans:
Contact: Marieta
E-mail: marieta@shapelife.co.za
Cellphone:  084 240 9513 
www.shapelife.co.za

A healthy eating plan supported by  (herbal life, shapeworks) involves eating a variety of foods but all in moderation.  Herbalife supports you in weight loss, weight gain, , energy and fitness ,  outer nutrition with our skin care range and hair care products. Contact me today for assistance.