Category: Catching Up With Connie

Help for Sugar Addicts: Tips to Cut Back on Sugar

Would you like to lose weight, get more energy and possibly boost your libido?
Just kick sugar and refined carbs!
Admittedly, for many, that’s easier said than done, especially if you feel like you have a sugar addiction or carb addiction.
Of course, as my clients often admit and as I discovered back in 1998, quitting sugar can be quite challenging.
After all, for many of us, we learned to like the sweet stuff in our wombs! (Yes, one fan told me that when her mom was pregnant, she guzzled soda. Seriously, many of us are born hooked on sugar!)
So allow me to help you begin to break free. To get you going, here are three stories full of tips and tactics.
First, I invite you to read my Huffington Post Holiday Health story, 10 Tips to Conquer Your Cravings for Candies, Cookies Or Cakes.
Next, I encourage you to check out my 10 Ways to Kick Sugar article on eDiets.com.
And finally, I recommend that you read nutritionist Jonny Bowden’s fabulous piece, Top 10 Ways to Cut Back on Sugar.
Hope our articles help you. Let us know here. And if you have other tips, please share them with us, too.
For more help, I invite you to join the Smart Habits Fans on Facebook and to check out my book SUGAR SHOCK!

Women & Men: Understand & Celebrate Each Other with Alison Armstrong

Alison Armstrong Women, do you get baffled as to why your significant other or your would-be honey behaves a certain way?
Men, do women mightily confuse you and you just don’t know how to please them?
Fret no more!
Join us on the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show to gain an understanding and appreciation of the opposite sex.
My guest on Wed., Jan. 27 at 2 pm EST is the renowned transformational leader Alison Armstrong, creator off the acclaimed Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women and author of the fascinating books Making Sense of Men and Keys to the Kingdom, as well as the creator of the In Sync with the Opposite Sex CD and other transformative products.
Making sense of men 51Ep9Purl-L._SL500_AA240_ Remember, as with all Gab With the Gurus Radio Shows, you can listen to the show with Alison Armstrong either live or later, at your convenience.
You’ll get goodies galore on this Gab With the Gurus Radio Show.
You’ll undoubtedly be entertained, educated and motivated as Alison Armstrong shares insights and tips on how to get along with and please the opposite sex.
This radio show –will make you realize, I predict, how little you know about men or women. For instance, you will learn many things such as:
* How most women are “frog farmers,” who turn princes into frogs. (You’ll love this fascinating concept, I’m convinced.)
* What the biggest gifts men can give to women. (Guys, these presents are free!)
* What 3 traits men consider appealing. (Ladies, you may be surprised.)
* What men really mean by the phrase “high maintenance” and how most of us women completely misunderstand the concept.
* How from the get go, as we grow up, we’ve been given false premises regarding men or women.
* How much fun it is to appreciate the opposite sex.
* How men seek to score points. (Ladies, you’ll love this concept, I suspect, and you’ll learn how to use this in your favor.)
* What we ladies look for in men. (You’ll be intrigued.)
* How many of us go-getting chicks have been acting like “men in skirts.” (Uh-oh!

Food Diary Time: Soul-Searching Food Journal™ to Help You Now

At the end of the day, have you completely lost track of what you ate? Are you at a loss as to what sweets, culprit carbs or fatty snacks you’ve put in your mouth? Do you wonder why you’re packing on the pounds or feelingsluggish and unfocused?
Well, research shows that if you keep a food journal, you stand a greater chance of losing weight and achieving better health.
Indeed, people who’ve happily peeled off the weight — “Highly Successful Losers™,” as I call them — report that one of their Smart Diet Habits™ is to “Keep Track of Your Favorite Lab Rat™.
In other words, watch yourself as if you were lovingly monitoring the intake of your ailing beloved pet.
When you Keep Track of Your Favorite Lab Rat™, you don’t mindlessly shove nutrient-lacking non-foods into your mouth.
You begin to think before you eat, because you know you’ll be writing down whatever you put into your mouth — and will preferably (I hope, for your benefit) share it with an accountability partner.
To help you out, I’m sharing a food diary that I’ve created.
Feel free to share The Soul-Searching Food Journal™ with your friends, co-workers, gym buddies, bosses, hairdressers, fitness trainers, loved ones and even frustrating frenemies. In short, spread the link love, as some like to say. (Of course, please provide the proper credit though, as indicated below.)
The Soul-Searching Food Journal™ — © Copyright – Connie Bennett, Smart Habits Coach & Author, SUGAR SHOCK!

Be My Facebook Fan or Friend

Facebook-logo Have you joined me yet on Facebook?
I invite everyone to connect with me now on Facebook.
You can join me in two ways.
Join the Smart Habits Fans (that’s http://www.Facebook.com/SmartHabitsFans) to:
* Get a Smart Habit Tip of the Day to help you kick sugar or break other bad habits (or what I call babits™), improve your life and inspire you, I hope!
* Watch cool videos.
* Receive links to interesting articles and much more.
* Get tasty recipes.
* Connect with me easily.
* Ask questions.
* Get the scoop about upcoming talks, teleseminars and radio shows.
* Find out about how to work with me privately or in groups.
* Tell me what you think of my book SUGAR SHOCK!
Facebook_logo2 You’re also invited to become my Facebook friend — that’s http://www.Facebook.com/ConnieBennett.
When you ask me to be your friend, please let me know how I know you, because I always like to learn more about you first. I love meeting new people!
For instance, when you ask me to be your Facebook friend, please tell me:
* If we met at a conference or at one of my talks.
* If you read my book SUGAR SHOCK!
* If you’re a fellow health counselor, life coach, author, journalist, solopreneur or wellness advocate.
Connect with me now.
First, join the Smart Habits Fans.
Then, become my Facebook friend now. (Remember, please tell me how we know each other so we can make this connection more personal.)

Institute for Integrative Nutrition: Listen to Yesterday’s Program

Did you catch the fun teleseminar/webinar I did yesterday with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition?
In the teleseminar/webinar — which you can listen to now — I gave tips to reduce sugar and chatted about my invaluable IIN experience.
Plus, Uri, the head of admissions, told you about the amazing curriculum offered.
Bummed that you missed it? No problem.
You can still listen today, tomorrow or at your convenience. Pretty cool that technology allows you to do this?
Just sign up here now for yesterday’s teleseminar/webinar, then plop in your email address and you’ll be on your way to having access to the recording and to the graphics.
Learn more about the Institute for Integrative Nutrition by reading yesterday’s Sugar Shock Blog post.
Just go here to get links to all kinds of fascinating tidbits and to get answers to your Frequently Asked Questions.
Listen now (or later, whenever you can) to yesterday’s informative teles

Is Your Sugar Addiction Making You Crabby?

Are you moody, cranky and edgy for no apparent reason?
Well, it could be your sugar addiction that’s contributing to your embarrassing highs and lows.
Hurray to Well + Good NYC for pointing out this not-so-well-known fact about sugar’s effect on your moods.
Gratitude also goes to Well + Good NYC for interviewing me for this story, “Are you just cranky or addicted to sugar? A local expert explains the pernicious side of sweetness.
Do you live in or near New York City?
Please join me in my four-week course, which begins next Tuesday, Jan. 12 at the New York Open Center.
What are your questions or experiences about sugar, hypoglycemia or type 2 diabetes? We’d love to hear from you on the Facebook Smart Habits Fans page.

SUGAR SHOCK! Fan Writes

Thankfully, I often hear from fans of my book SUGAR SHOCK! But yesterday, I was honored and grateful for this amazing remark […]