New Year, New Meaningful Goals

Last year was an emotional and physical rollercoaster for everyone. This year, we are looking at the positives! We will revisit our goals, re-evaluate if necessary, and put into place a way we can achieve them, one step at a time.

Renewed Focus

One of the benefits of last year is that it gave us a forced time out. Did you take this as an opportunity to re-evaluate what is most important to you? Maybe you set some new goals for yourself like:

• Create a fitness routine
• Travel to a new place (locally of course!)
• Drink more water
• Revisit your career goals
• Make time for self-care

Goal-setting can be overwhelming; setting the right goals is half the battle. There’s still plenty of time to plan your goals and continue 2021 with renewed focus and determination.

Healthier Living

In 2021, we are continuing to look at natural ways to help our health journey, so we can reach the achievable health goals that we’ve set. This year we are making an effort to:

• Eat whole, single-ingredient foods. One of the best things you can do to become healthier is to base your diet on whole, single-ingredient foods. By doing this, you eliminate the vast majority of added sugar, added fat, and processed food. Also, eating whole foods provides your body with the many essential nutrients it needs to function correctly.
• Use smaller plates. Studies have shown that using smaller plates helps you eat less because it changes how you see portion sizes. People tend to fill their plates the same, regardless of size, so they end up putting more food on larger plates than smaller ones. Using smaller plates reduces how much you eat while giving you the perception of having eaten more.

Calocurb can also help support a healthy appetite and portion-size management. Check out the Calocurb Complete Kit.

• Replace some fat with coconut oil. Coconut oil is high in medium-chain triglycerides, which are metabolized differently than other fats. Studies show they can boost your metabolism slightly while helping you eat fewer calories. Coconut oil may also help reduce harmful belly fat.
• Take probiotics. Probiotics are live bacteria that have health benefits when eaten. They can improve digestive and heart health, and may even help with weight loss. Probiotics may help regulate healthy gut bacteria, block the absorption of dietary fat, and reduce appetite and inflammation.
• Get enough sleep. Sufficient sleep is incredibly important for weight loss and to prevent future weight gain. Studies show that sleep-deprived people are up to 55% more likely to become obese than those who get enough sleep, partly because sleep deprivation disrupts appetite-regulating hormones.

Natural and Achievable Results

We are all about implementing natural ways to manage and support our health goals. You won’t see any sudden, drastic diets around here—long-term, sustainable weight loss comes from adapting what works for you into your lifestyle so it becomes an integrated part of your routine.

If you find yourself overeating throughout the day, fasting can be a great tool to help you get healthier. Not only does it teach discipline, but it also provides many health benefits. Fasting is excellent because you can combine it easily with any eating program that works for you, including Keto, Low-FODMAP, Vegan, or Paleo. It’s a useful long-term tool to support healthy cells and improve cardiovascular and brain function.

If you’ve never tried intermittent fasting before, here are a few ways you can implement it into 2021 and beyond:

• 5:2 Method: Two days a week, eat between 500 and 600 calories. Eat a regular diet on the other five days.
• 16:8 Method: Shorten your eating window to just eight hours per day.
• Alternate-Day Fasting: Fast all day every other day, and eat normally on non-fasting days.
• One Meal a Day (OMAD): Consume all your daily calories in a single meal and fast the rest of the day.

No matter which eating approach you choose, you can still benefit from supplements for added support. Calocurb can help get you started with fasting or increase your fasting window if you’re a seasoned faster. With only three natural, plant-based ingredients, Calocurb is a reliable tool to support your weight-management and fasting goals.

We’ve got your back this year—if you need any advice or support around Calocurb or fasting, just let our team know and we will be happy to help.