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This is so easy! It's just dry curd cottage cheese, topped with cinnamon and ‘brown sugar’ erythritol (Swerve brand)

If you don’t like the texture of dry curd, top it with a splash of whipping cream, or half and half.

1/2 cup dry curd cottage cheese contains 13 grams protein.

This is the low carb way of making it. If you don’t mind the extra carbs, you can also add fresh berries or apple (grated or chunky)

Did you know that just by looking at a how your body distributes fat, we have a clue for finding the root cause of your weight gain or inability to lose weight? It's true.

Your body has very specific reasons for storing fat in the way that it does and it has a message for you about your health.

What do you see?
- love handles & muffin top = excess insulin
- big belly thin legs = insulin resistance + cortisol issues
- big butt/thighs/hips = low progesterone and/or high estrogen levels
- flabby arms + …

"I don't understand why I can't lose weight when I eat like a bird and exercise like crazy!"

The reason why this happens is because the body is programmed to interpret eating less food and excessive exercise as stress, and this turns on 'famine programs'.

Never Underestimate the Impact of Stress!

Your Primal Animal Brain only knows two kinds of survival stress:

1. Acute Stress - the kind of stress that's happening right now and it's life or death eg: war or being chased by a tiger (in this case, you…

Eating too much is NOT the cause of being overweight.

It’s a symptom of it. You are overweight because you are deficient in nutrition or emotionally weighed down in some way.

If you eat too much, it’s actually because you are starving.

You are starving for the deep nutrition that has been displaced by processed and refined foods and/ or you are depleted by stress.

Instead of your cells being filled with nourishment, they are hungry, craving and in protection mode (because of toxins that tag along)…

It’s trying to get your attention and speak to you.

Symptoms are the language of your body.

Are you willing to stop and really listen to what your body is trying to tell you….

- Is your body is asking you to nourish it deeper (on all the levels)?

- Could it be asking you to stop taking in toxins (on all the levels)?

- Might it be asking you to let go (on all the levels)?

Your health and body shape is not only a reflection of your diet and lifestyle, but also a reflection of your emotions.

These delish sugar free chocolate bars have 10 grams protein each!

What you will need:
1 cup coconut oil
1 cup unflavored & unsweetened grassfed whey protein
1/2 cup cocoa
4 Tbsp powdered erythritol
1/4 tsp salt (optional)

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• Besides the fact that I ate natural, organic whole foods, I still became obese.
• Besides the fact that I was a lacto-vegetarian for 13 years (no eggs), I still became obese.
• Besides the fact that I was a health nut, I still became obese.
• Besides the fact that I knew a lot about nutrition, I still became obese.

Here’s what I woke up to…..

1. I ate way too many carbs, even though I didn’t eat white flour or white sugar. Too many complex carbs equals too much sugar. While natural healthy wh…