Tracking your Food with the Cinch Plan

Cinch Tip of the day - Always, always, always track your food BEFORE you eat it!!!! Using cinchwellness.com, or the paper journal that comes with the Cinch Plan Starter Kit (you can order separately as well), or on whatever tracking system you use. How will you know how the food fits in your day if you don't check it first? If you eat it and then check and it's not what you thought it was (it usually isn't, btw), it is too late to go back and change it after the fact. Always better to check before you eat! I recommend entering all your food for the day the night before or the morning of. You can estimate what you think you will eat that day and then go in and make minor changes if you change your mind. Remember, it's about PLANNING, so you really should know most of what you are going to eat that day or the next! YOU are WORTH it!!

Healthy Balanced Snacks while "Cinching"

Here is a great post from the Cinch Club message boards on snacks while "cinching" and traveling, but these are good suggestions and will work anytime.

Mix and Match are key to staying on track when Cinching the waist, but it can be hard to find the right balance of foods when you're on the go, especially if you haven't planned ahead. To make snack time easy, choose one portion from each of the categories below and create your own snack! The categories include satisfying and portable foods that are available all year round (for traveling, I bring a small, personal size cooler):

Protein

hard boiled egg

1 string cheese
low-fat cottage cheese (sold in individual servings)
deli meat


Carbohydrates
grapes
cut up veges - carrots, celery sticks, etc.
apple
Dried fruit

Fat

hard boiled egg

peanuts
olives (green or black)
natural peanut butter
almonds

And of course.... always bring extra Cinch snack Bars!

The Meal Bars were introduced after this was written, but 1/2 of a Meal Bar can be substituted for a snack bar on Cinch Plan.

Cinch Inspiration Tip: Goals and Expectations

 

Cinch® Inspiration Tip: Goals and Expectations Hello, Setting realistic goals is an essential part of losing weight. Goals help you know what you want from your weight loss journey, where you are going, and what you are willing to do to get there. Goal setting is accomplished through these three steps:     First, create a mental picture of where you are now, and where you want to be.  Use photographs of yourself, both at your current weight, and at your ideal weight.  Make this very concrete. Second, write down your goals to add clarity and dimension. The third step is to take action towards the achievement of your goals. Setting SMART GOALS Setting specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time driven (SMART) goals from the beginning of your Program is essential to your success. Here is what we mean by SMART goals: Specific Goals should be straightforward and emphasize what you want to happen. Instead of setting a goal to lose weight or be healthier, set a specific goal to lose 2 lbs per week or take off 2 inches on your waistline, or to walk 5 miles at a challenging pace. Measurable If you can't measure it, you won’t be able to manage it.  For weight loss or inch loss you can measure it by the numbers on a scale or tape measure, or even a change in clothing size. Achievable Your goal should stretch you slightly but just enough to feel like you can accomplish it with a real commitment. For example, if you set a goal to lose 20 lbs in one week, we know that isn’t achievable, but setting a goal to lose 1 – 2 lbs per week is. Realistic Realistic doesn’t mean “easy.” Realistic, in this case, means "do-able." A goal of never again eating sweets, cakes, and chocolate may not be realistic for someone who really enjoys these foods. But, it may be more realistic to set a goal of eating a piece of fruit each day instead of one sweet item. Time Driven Setting a timeline for reaching your goal (i.e. in a week or over 12 weeks) will provide an end point and a clear target to work towards. If you don't set a time, the commitment will be too vague and lack a sense of urgency. Setting a clear timeline will help you to start taking action right away.  So get a SMART start on your Cinch transformation, and set goals that will help you to make a difference for your health and your life, through safe and healthy weight loss.  And remember, Shaklee is there to support you every step of the way!  Be well, Dr. Jamie McManus MD Chair, Medical Affairs, Health Sciences & Education P.S.  Join us on Mondays at 7 pm in the Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern Time Zones for a Cinch Inspiration Call, followed by a Dream Call, by dialing 1-512-225-3211 | 951025#.

Lose Weight & Make Money

If you want to make money and lose weight, watch this and let's get started! I'm there to help you!!!

23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health?

This is AWESOME! Can you do this?

Cinch Webcast Wed., Cinch Twitter Party Thurs. & Cinch Starter Kit Giveaway Friday! WOW!

Hello!

Day 2 of writing all things Cinch!

In an effort to help people meet their weight loss & health goals in 2012, my company is giving away a Cinch Starter Kit ($228 Retail Value). To enter, go to their Facebook page: Shaklee Corporation and "like" it. Next, look along the left side & click on WIN, or use this link: https://www.facebook.com/ShakleeCorporation?sk=app_143103275748075 Deadline to enter is Friday 01/13/12. Please use my ID# XE89787 as your referral person. (This contest is only open to non-Shaklee members)

In addition, if you would like to learn more about Cinch, you can tune into a free webcast on Wed. 01/11/12 @ 7:30pm CST by using this link: http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=74917238 

Here is the info for the Twitter Party on Thurs. 01/12/12 at 8pm CST.

Please leave a comment on this blog post if you'd like any more info about Shaklee or Cinch, or if you know someone who might. I am one of the original Cinch poster girls (have kept my weight off for 5 years) and have helped hundreds to lose weight & inches. I would love to help you and your friends, too! I also run support groups for "cinchers," including one on Facebook.

Thanks & good luck to you on the Giveaway!! Please share this with your friends as well!

Transformation 2012

This year, 2012, we have another chance to transform our lives, our health, our business, our blogs, or anything else we want to transform. I am planning on transforming this blog, to keep it all things Cinch Weight and Inch Loss from this point forward, although, I have to admit, that might be difficult because I get so excited about other things that are related to my company or health and wellness that I'm not sure I can stick to that. Ok, how about I make most posts about the Cinch Inch & Weight Loss Plan?! I think I can do that. Anyone following this blog will find out!

I'll start this first post with re-posting my story here, so that you can see that I know what I am talking about. And, if you'll click on this link, and then click the arrow on the right once, you will see me on the far right of that page - the 2nd page of all the success stories.

If there are any specific things you would like to know about losing weight and inches with Cinch, please ask me in the comments below! Thanks! 

Remember, if you want to join Shaklee and start Cinch now, you can get $100 (Retail Value) Cinch Sampler Pack for FREE! Talk to me!

Happy New Year ~ Shaklee Kicks-Off 2012

Happy Happy New Year! This is what's going on ~ Jan. 7 (or there about) Shaklee 2012 Kick-Off Events all over the country. Including DFW, of course!

Cinch Transformation! Find out how you can transform your life with Cinch. The #1 Resolution this year, according to TIME, is to lose weight and get fit. They also predict you will break these resolutions. It doesn't have to be that way! Cinch will take care of both of those, but you have to get started! Please talk to me. I'm celebrating 5 years of transforming my life with Cinch. To help you get started, you can get the sampler pak (shown here) for FREE!!

As a matter of fact, Shaklee can help with every one of the top 10 resolutions TIME says you will break! Let's start off, and finish up, 2012 proving them wrong - and turn this trend of obesity and disease in our country around to - healthy and fit. It starts with you. And then you affect your family and friends and so on. Please leave me a comment here or through my website if you would like to join us in Transforming our world together. 

Have an awesome 2012 and Thanks for reading my blog :) Marcia