Over the last 10 years of working in the nutrition industry, I have narrowed it down to 4 key things that I want you to be looking at to make sure you not only lose fat, but keep it off permanently, and I wanted to share those with you! If all of these things are in check, and you are still not losing fat, then we will need to dig deeper, and that’s what Verve is here for! Ok, here we go….

• Get your calories in check! This is only part of the equation, but it is an important one. Get tested to figure out how many calories you burn on the daily, and then make sure you are eating less then that to lose fat. You must be in a caloric deficit to lose fat. To maintain, you want to eat approx the amount you burn…once youve lost the fat!
• Quality of your nutrients. If you are eating low quality food, your gut is gonna get hit with a ton of toxins, which will hinder fat loss. Choose high quality organic produce when possible, (or at least check out the bottom of this page to find out what is most important to buy organic and start there) grass-fed beef, organic chicken and wild fish.
• Balance: We now know that saturated fat does not cause heart disease, but rather it is the processed carbohydrates and sugar that make up the standard american diet that does. So we need to keep those in check. For example…if you know you will have a sandwich for lunch, and rice at dinner, then make sure your breakfast does not contain starches. We need to keep our blood sugar and insulin low in order to lose fat, and we do that by eating lots of lean proteins, veggies, healthy fats, and moderate amounts of good carbs.
• Doing it long term!! I cannot stress this one enough!! Yes, we all have done 2 week jump start detox’ to get us going, and that is totally fine. Unless you transition to a way of eating that you can sustain, it sets you up for failure. Have patience to do it this way, and your success will last.

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