Lasting change takes patience and must be achieved at a slow and steady pace.

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We like to do what feels best in the moment, what’s easiest, what’s most pleasurable, and what everybody else is doing, and we want it NOW.

With the 80/20 method, you can indulge 20% of the time, as long as you’re making healthy choices that make you feel good 80% of the time.

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Setting small, achievable goals that are easier to reach on your way to your end game goal, give you proof that you are on you way to achieving it.

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Your brain responds to what’s going on in your body, and external stimuli from your environment. So, give it positive stimuli to create a healthy brain.

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We are all different. We have different DNA, genes, cultures, stress levels, body types, and metabolic function. We’ve all been eating different foods, moving in different ways, breathing different air, and having different thoughts. Some of us grew up in the country surrounded by grass and trees, some grew on farms, and others grew up in major cities. Some of us smoked, did drugs and drank. We all have different food allergies, sensitivities and intolerances. We have different likes and dislikes, attitudes toward certain things, and different perspectives. We have different religious beliefs and politics, habits, perspectives, goals, experiences and relationships.

All of these things create bodies that have different gut microbiomes and amounts of inflammation, oxidative stress. These differences cause our hormones act and react differently, make us break down and use food differently, given us high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, psoriasis, rosacea, autoimmune illness, insulin resistant, diabetic, overweight, underweight, tired, fatigued or energized.

And all of these things make you who you uniquely are.

So, in order to made lasting change, you need to play detective to find out what works for you.

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In order to make healthy changes, you need to believe you can - this is self-efficacy. It's not a quality that's set in stone, it's something you need to work on and build.

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When wanting to make change, setting goals is not enough. Knowing your BIG WHY - the actual why behind the goal - will help you get you where you want to go.

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Coconut sugar, organic cane sugar, honey, maple syrup. While sounding healthier than sugar, they are all used in the body the same way and will cause the same insulin spike as regular white sugar.

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