Tag: Sugar Addiction

New Year’s Day: Get Inspired in New York & Break Free

Dear Sugar Shock Blog readers, do you live near New York City?
If so, I invite you to join me New Year’s Day at the JCC in Manhattan for a very exciting New Year’s Day Fitness Fair.
In particular, from 1 pm to 2 pm, come have fun with me while getting motivated, educated and charged up to take positive actions in the new year.
Of course, as the new year rings in, this is an ideal time to begin to create a new, improved you.
One of the best ways to better yourself is to gently, compassionately look at yourself and how you’ve been treating your lovely body.
From 1 pm to 2 pm on New Year’s Day at my talk at the JCC in Manhattan, you will have an opportunity to have fun while beginning to kick your sugar habit or other bad habits (or what I call babits™).
My intention is to help gently guide you to look at your bad habits (babits™) and to engage in fun, uplifting, adventurcises™ (adventurous exercises) so you can get you can inspired to take some positive, life-changing actions in the new year.
Why study your babits™ such as over-reliance on sugar, caffeine and artificial sweeteners? Because if you set aside your babits™, you can get more energy, shed excess pounds, lift your moods, get along better with your loved ones, become more productive, accomplish more, boost your confidence and even rev up your libido.
Please do spread the word. Invite your friends and loved ones and my talk from 1 pm to 2 pm at the JCC in Manhattan. If you come as a result of reading this blog post, let me know, because you get a free gift from me.

Grateful for You

It’s Connie here to tell you that I’m VERY grateful to you, dear readers.
I really appreciate your support so that I can continue to serve you.
Now that it’s the holiday season, I feel that I want to tell you how grateful I am.
Grateful, as www.Dictionary.com tells us, means you’re “warmly Or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received.”
YOU, dear readers, are so important to me.
Because of YOU and 1) your willingness to learn, 2) your open-mindedness, 3) your desire to have a happier, healthier life and 4) your spreading the word about this Sugar Shock Blog, my book SUGAR SHOCK! and my coaching services, I can continue to help YOU and many more to break free of this health-harming, mood-dampening addiction to sugar, refined carbs, artificial sweeteners and other bad habits
(or what I call babits™).
So thank you, YOU magnificent creature, YOU.
I love you, and as “Think Big” author Michael Port puts it, “not in a weird way.”
YOU Special One, I’m also here to remind you to remember that YOU are a wonderful, special, dazzling person with so great qualities.
So for the holidays through the end of the year, I invite you to remember to treasure your glorious body, which has been here for you no matter what.
When was the last time you thanked your body for all it does for you?
Let me gently suggest that you think twice before putting junk foods and sugar-filled, calorie-packed drinks into your body this holiday season, OK?
Before you slip a sweet “treat” into your mouth or nosh on fake, junk foods (that are artificially sweetened or filled with dyes and other additives), why not ask yourself, “What does my wonderful body really want?”I do hope that this post inspires you to treat your body like the temple it is. Wishing you all a fabulous rest of the year!

New Year’s Day: Kick Sugar With Me at the JCC in Manhattan

As most of you get ready for your holiday celebrations, I invite you to save the date if you live in or near New York City.
As we know New Year’s Day is when most of us feel compelled to turn over a new leaf.
That’s when a number of us wellness experts in New York City will be around to serve you — to help you become a better, healthier you.
Come hear me live from 1 pm to 2 pm Eastern at JCC of Manhattan so you can kick your sugar habit or other bad habits (or what I call babits™).
Here is more information about my program:
Break Your Sugar Habit & Turn Your Babits™ (Bad Habits) into Blessings to Get a Life that Rocks!
Would you like to release excess weight, get energy and boost your libido? You can do ALL that—and more—by quitting sweets and refined carbs. Get easy tips and exercises you can enjoy as you discover:
* The “5 Ds” to squash sugar cravings anytime
* The 2 types of foods that drive away your “sweet tooth.”
* The truth about sugar substitutes.
* The single biggest mistake people make when trying to change a bad habit
* 3 ways to save money on food.
Hope to see you there. If you come as a result of this blog post, you get a free gift from me so make sure to claim it!
Pre-register now, because the JCC in Manhattan is expecting lots of people.

Sugar Addicts No More! Happy People Share Success Stories

At this time of year, with all the sweet temptations around you, from candy canes to gingerbread cookies to eggnog, you feel a desire to just throw in the towel and not worry about how you eat.
It’s certainly understandable. But what you put in your mouth can affect your moods, your energy levels, your immune system and your ability to get along with others. That’s why you want to be at your best this holiday season.
That’s why I’d like to share a gift with you. You’ll enjoy this present, I predict.
Listen now to happy people talking about their triumphs over their sugar habit.
You’ll be shocked, inspired and awestruck (in my opinion) after hearing tales of how their sugar habit was ruining their lives and how life changed for them after kicking the substance. You can even hear my story, too. (I embarrass myself for your benefit! LOL!)
Listen now to how Sugar Addicts became Successful Sugar Kickers.

Free Shopping List, Free Sugar Shock Quiz & Free Talks in New York

You don’t need to feel imprisoned by your addiction to sugar or refined carbs!
Rest assured, help is here. To help you break free of your sugar habit, I’ve been compiling lots of goodies to give you.
Did you know that when you visit my Sugar Shock website, you can get all kinds of FREE STUFF?
For instance, you can get a free shopping list.
You can take the free Sugar Shock Quiz.
You can download a sneak peek of my book SUGAR SHOCK!
You also can sign up for my free, weekly Motivating Morsels ezine (formerly called Stop Sugar Shock Minute).
And to help you get in a lighthearted mood about skipping the sugar, you can learn to Say No With Sass!
And if you need to find a nutrition-savvy M.D. or naturopath, you can get help to Find a Doctor.
Plus, you can chuckle at cartoons. (The one to your left is part of a larger one.)
So get your FREE STUFF now.

Heartfelt Holiday Gifts

Wow! What a wonderful Gab With the Gurus Radio Show about Heartfelt Holiday Gifts today!
Five charming, dazzling guests just appeared on the show to offer you suggestions for Heartfelt Holiday Gifts.
1) In this Heartfelt Holiday Gifts show on BlogTalkRadio.com, you’ll hear from Randi Luckman, founder of HealthGifts.com, who tells you (drum roll here…) about The Sweeter Life Gift Basket that we’ve developed for you.
Please note that the gift shown to your left is her Stress Buster package. Tomorrow, you’ll get details about the contents of our new Sweeter Life Gift Basket.
2) In addition, on this this Heartfelt Holiday Gifts show, you’ll also get inspirational, heartwarming Gifts_Giving_Back suggestions and thought-provoking thoughts about gift-giving from the renowned Gift Guru Robyn Spizman, founder of TheGiftionary.com.
TheGiftionary.com has thousands of ideas that can help you to show your loved ones you care by offering Gifts That Give Back.
3) Meanwhile, Debra Berndt, creative-visualization guru and love-mind expert Debra Berndt, tells you about two life-changing products that she’s steeply discounting just for you.
You can get her soothing Complete Relaxation Set (9 MP3s) and Weight Loss Hypnosis Set (4 MP3s).
You’ll be shocked when you learn how the low price at which she’s offering them to you.
To get your special discount, all you Relax set CRS-2 need to do is type in the code “sweet” to get the special discount.)
To get a flavor for Debra’s amazing talents at relaxing you, check out our free, soothing holiday gift. That’s right — you get a free download from our Relieve Holiday Stress program which we held last week.
We’re offering this present to you as our way of wishing you a happy, healthy, calm holiday. You can listen to your audio download now, through the end of the month.
To get there quickly and easily, just go to http://tinyurl.com/RelieveHolidayStress.
Iloveme ring Please feel free to spread the word, too, to your friends around the world about this free holiday gift. Just send them to: http://tinyurl.com/RelieveHolidayStress.
4) You’ll also hear from Arielle Fierman, who creates amazing jewelry, especially the I Love You rings shown above).

Connie’s Confession: I’m a Health Hypocrite! Help Each Other

Normally, I don’t reveal my vulnerabilities here, on this Sugar Shock Blog. Nor do I share a personal plight, but today, I feel a need to confess to you that I feel like the ultimate Health Hypocrite.
Sure, I eat healthy, wholesome, real foods. Yes, I religiously avoid sugary foods and carbs — and have since 1998 with only a handful of very minor infractions. I don’t even smoke anymore. (Inhaling two packs of cigarettes is a thing of the past.) What’s more, I’ve been shunning caffeine since a doctor suggested I do so more than a decade ago. And I don’t even chew sugar-less gum or eat candies with artificial sweeteners anymore. In addition, I’ve triumphed over my diet soda slugging. Plus, I’m huge exercise aficionado. But feeding my body well and moving just aren’t nearly enough.
Sleep My body craves — as does yours — ample sleep. We desperately need those zzzzzz’s.Otherwise, I’m headed for sniffles, sneezing, coughing and congestion.
Well, lately — especially in the last week — I haven’t walked my talk. Despite the fact that I know about the wonders of a good night’s sleep and I’m even mentioning it as a “Smart Diet Habit” in my next book, I skimped on sleep myself last week. Now that I’m a health coach, I’m not going to indulge in self-blame. Rather, I’m going to use this realization as an opportunity.
The irony is that lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about and striving to do excellent self-care, because of my training as a health counselor and life coach and because I’ve been completing Cheryl Richardson’s fabulous book, Take Time for Your Life, which was required reading for my life coaching program through iPEC.
I even just bought Cheryl Richardson’s latest book, The Art of Extreme Self-Care, this weekend at this remarkable Hay House ouse Movers & Shakers conference. Both books have motivated me to think a lot about how we all will benefit if we devote ourselves wholeheartedly to treating ourselves with respect and reverence, even it it means we have to let go of current projects and disappoint people.
Well, despite my commitment to treating myself right, last week, I neglected my needs when it came to snoozing. You see, I felt compelled to help you you a lot this month.

Release Holiday Stress on Dec. 2: Free Teleseminar

Let’s face it: The holidays aren’t necessarily jolly for millions of people.
Research shows that this holiday season causes people to experience much more stress and anxiety than the rest of the year.
Take heart. Help is on the way!
Learn to Relieve Holiday Stress on Dec. 2 at 8 pm in a calming, life-changing teleseminar with master hypnotist Debra Berndt.
Hurry now to join this Dec. 2 teleseminar which is expected to fill up quickly.
Make sure to order your replay now, too, so that you can listen to this program over and over again when your holiday worries abound.
Debra Berndt Debra and I are holding this Relieve Holiday Stress program to help you, because research shows during this time of year you most need help.
In fact, the American Psychological Association (APA) found that nearly half of all women in the United States experience heightened stress during the holidays, which puts their health at risk.
For instance, many of you women – and, of course, you men – become burdened by:
* That annoying, but well-meaning parent, sibling, cousin or distant relative;
* Worries about weight and how you look;
* Marital strife or loneliness, especially if you don’t t have a significant other;
* Money woes;
* Health problems;
* Insecurities about giving the right gifts (and wondering if you have the money to buy them);
* The loss of your loved ones (either recently or in previous years);
* The depressing economy; and
* Credit card debt.
No wonder many of you are tempted to pig out at family gatherings, holiday feasts, work parties and other functions!
You’re not alone. Women – and, of course, men — rely more on unhealthy behaviors to manage stress during the holidays. In all, 41 percent of women use food and 28 percent use alcohol, according to a 2006 study.

Conquer Your Sugar Addiction With Me, Starting Jan. 5, at the New York Open Center

Since the new year is coming soon, if you live near New York City, I invite you to plan now to break free of your sugar habit so that you may be able to:
* Lose weight
* Finally make peace with sugar and refined carbs
* Feel free
* Get more energy on a consistent basis
* Become more productive
* Walk your talk by consuming only healthy foods and drinks
* Tap into your spirtuality
* Be unfazed when desserts and sweet snacks abound
* Feel exhilarated and excited about your many projects
* Relish moving your body in a way you’ve never done
* Enjoy more enriching, satisfying relationships
* Boost your libido
* Learn to meditate away your sugar desires
* And much more
New York Open Center – 04 – Meditation Reserve your space now for Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 6 pm when you can get inspired and educated during my free introductory class at the New York Open Center.
Now, sign up for the four-week course at the New York Open Center from Jan. 12 to Feb. 2.
Let me know if you’ve signed up for this program, because I have special gifts for people who’ve enrolled to help you get through the holiday season.