Kelly Robbins

We are excited to have Kelly Robbins as our Nutrition consultant. Kelly has been married thirteen years and is a mother of three. She is a fitness instructor, weight management and emotional eating expert, and a certified Nutrition and Wellness Consultant.

She founded Losin’it! – a fun, educational, enduring weight management and personal development program – because diets don't work and lifestyle change does.

Unfortunately the diets get the press and the attention of people because the prospect of losing weight with little effort in a matters of weeks is intoxicating. The result – yo-yo weight issues, blown self-esteem and self-confidence, and poorer health – over something that will never work long-term . We want to change that by focusing on what really matters – lifestyle change that brings enduring positive change for you. .

Kelly struggled with being overweight for years. Her weight went up and down repeatedly and she learned to hate the scale. She felt as though she had no power to change her body and gain control over something that brought her so much unhappiness.

Kelly is excited to bring you Losin’it! because she knows the depth of your struggle. Avoiding temptation while having that inner voice tell you 24/7 to eat 2, 3 or 10 is a demon that consumes the joy in life. Kelly chose the Losin’it! lifestyle and won her battle with unhealthy living forever.

At Losin’it!, they focus on lifestyle modification, education, and how to treat food as an ally. Losing weight does not have to be an overwhelming experience. With their program it can be an opportunity to a rejoice in the enjoyment of food. Properly approached, food is the fuel that fires your inspiration to look better and feel better!

They are accountable to our clients. That means healthy lifestyle mentoring with weekly weigh-ins, meal planning, and fitness programs. They are available during the tough times. When the cheesecake calls your name – they will help you have it call someone else's name. They offer everything you will need to lose weight and get your confidence back.

We are passionate about health, and about the joy and happiness that comes with loving the skin you’re in. I did it. So can you!!! No gimmicks or fads, just clean eating, exercise, and an enduring lifevictory and joy you can be proud of.

So there you have it all the hormones I had asked to get tested. So you ask yourself, did I have justification to ask, and was my trainer a wise woman, or as the doctor said “a person with a little knowledge is dangerous”. Now you have a lot of knowledge, I suggest if you are having problems losing weight and you are over 35 and have really tried everything, see your doctor, or naturopath that specializes in hormones.

Bye for now, and remember to always Tell It Like It Is.

Nutrition:

Tip for Success...

Reward Yourself!

If you enjoy the odd glass of wine, or tasty treat...DO IT!

But exercise and be consistent...consistency is absolutely the key to success!

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Estrogen Dominance

Can Make You Feel Bad

Weight gain is only one indicator of estrogen dominance. Because hormone receptors are located throughout the body and in the brain, estrogen dominance can manifest in a host of physical, emotional and mental concerns. In addition to causing your waistline to expand, symptoms of estrogen dominance can include anxiety, breast tenderness, headaches or migraines, depression, digestive disorders, fuzzy thinking and/or memory loss, fatigue, and low libido.

It has been my experience that most doctors remain uneducated regarding the diagnosis and treatment of estrogen dominance. From conversations with pharmaceutical representatives, it is my understanding that gynecologists write more prescriptions for anti-depressants than any other physician specialists. It saddens me to think how many women and men who present with depression, moodiness and lack of sex drive, all symptoms of estrogen dominance, are continuing to suffer because their underlying condition of estrogen dominance remains unrecognized and untreated.

Hormones involved in Weight Management

Estrogen is the female sex hormone that is responsible for causing monthly ovulation. During female menopause, which can occur premenopausal, as early as age 35, your estrogen levels decline rapidly, causing your body to stop ovulating. However, estrogen also seems to play a big role in menopausal weight gain. As your ovaries produce less estrogen, your body looks for other places to get needed estrogen from. Fat cells in your body can produce estrogen, so your body works harder to convert calories into fat to increase estrogen levels. Unfortunately for you, fat cells don’t burn calories the way muscle cells do, which causes you to pack on the unwanted pounds.

Progesterone: During menopause, progesterone levels will also decrease. Like estrogen, lower levels of this hormone can be responsible for many of the symptoms of menopause and that includes weight gain, or at least the appearance of it. Water retention and menopause often go hand in hand since water weight and bloating are caused by decreased progesterone levels. Though this doesn’t actually result in weight gain, your clothes will probably feel a bit tighter and you may feel a bit heavier. Water retention and bloating usually disappear within a few months. Androgen: This hormone is responsible for sending your new weight directly to your middle section. In fact, weight gain during menopausal years is often known as "middle age spread" because of the rapid growth of the mid-section. Often, one of the first signs of menopause is an increase of androgen in your body, which causes you to gain weight around your abdominals instead of around your lower half.

Testosterone: Testosterone helps your body to create lean muscle mass out of the calories that you take in. Muscle cells burn more calories than fat cells do, increasing your metabolism. In natural menopause, levels of testosterone drop resulting in the loss of this muscle. Unfortunately, this means a lower metabolism. The lower your metabolism is the slower you burn calories. Insulin Resistance: Insulin resistance can occur during your menopausal years. This is when your body mistakenly turns every calorie you take in into fat. Most women follow a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet. After time, processed and refined foods may make your body resistant to insulin produced in the blood stream. This is often a cause of weight gain after the age of 40.

Stress: Stress is also a contributing factor in weight gain in menopause. Stress hormones can prevent weight loss as they signal to your body to go into a storage mode. This is referred to as the "famine effect" - your body, thinking it won’t get food again for a long time, stores every calorie it takes in causing weight gain.

Minerals, Nutrition and Weight Loss

Good diet nutrition is essential for optimum health - including efficient metabolism and stable blood sugar levels, both of which affect weight control and how fast we lose weight. For example, a number of chemical reactions are required to convert food into energy or fat. These are controlled by enzymes, which are influenced by vitamins, minerals (Iron) and other micronutrients. Any vitamin or mineral deficiency may harm our ability to convert glucose into energy (instead of fat) resulting in slower weight loss or more difficult weight control.