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Posted on December 30, 2022  |  Video Lessons

6 Week Sleep Fitness Challenge!

We are starting on Jan 4th 2023 and  Ending on Feb 14th (I misspoke in the video, we are doing six weeks, not eight)

Each week you work on one simple challenge. The challenges do stack ( week 3 = you do every day the challenges from week 1, 2 and 3 . This is not difficult, it just takes consistency. 

Scroll to the bottom of this page for THIS week’s challenge (Jan

Let me know how you’re doing + any questions on my  BURN BRIGHTER SUPPORT Facebook page CLICK HERE . Enough said.. Let’s Go! 

WEEK ONE. Water! 4 liters by 4 PM. Jan 4-11th

CLICK HERE for guide with buy links to water bottles

Week Two Challenge. Jan 11th-17th. Screentime

Challenge: Put your cell phone away at 20 minutes before bed every night.

If putting your phone away from your bed and in airplane mode 8 minutes before you go to sleep is a challenge, start there!

Just start increasing the time your phone is away from you before you go to sleep. Ideally you should be away form ALL electronic screens at least 20 minutes before bed and Wifi should be turned off or set to airplane mode.

For now, simply work on consistency and slowly build up your time.

Why your phone is harming your sleep and your body:

Your phone transmits EMF signals which greatly disrupt your sleep and healthy cellular functions.

There is scientific proof showing that EMF signals from our electronic devices (laptops, TV’s. ipads, phones) disrupt melatonin in our bodies. We need melatonin to sleep.

** Taking melatonin supplements is NOT advised. Melatonin is a hormone. When you artifically increase levels in your body with supplements, this will create an imbalance. Your body will start to produce less melatonin. Artificial increases in hormones will create unhealthy imbalances in your cellular functions.

CLICK HERE for the study on EMF signals and melatonin.

CLICK HERE for study on power lines and extra secretion of melatonin

& From UC Berkeley on EMF signals and the human body CLICK HERE

SWANWICK Blue light blocking glasses. CLICK HERE

Week 3 Challenge. Jan 18th-25th Healthy night time snacks

CLICK HERE for your detailed guide complete with product buy links and recipes. Buy these things in the next 24 hours. Enjoy the tea tomorrow and make those Chocolate balls within the next 3 days #wegotthis 🙌🏾

Week Four! Jan 25-Feb 1. Three quick steps that Stop Nighttime Snacking

Step 1. STOP

Right when you notice the craving, stop everything. Try hard no to DO anything for at least 30 seconds. Just say to yourself “there it is” Know that you are a busy person that is used to doing and your mind is simply looking to do more and bring in more energy so you can keep doing.

Step 2. BREATH

Breath in and out through your nose. Try this pattern: Inhale 4 count Hold 7 count Exhale 8 count. Do up to 5 cycles. OR simply inhale fully through your nose and exhale fully through your nose. This will get you out of your head into your body, it will interrupt the pattern you have of getting a snack. It will also remind you that you do not need to be DOING anymore in your day

Step 3. SET A GOAL That is TOTALLY Doable.

Decide how many nights a week you can totally nail this. You are starting something new and you are going to need to do it for at least 65 days if you want this better habit to stick. I chose 4 nights a week. Once I nail that I can increase to 5 . I will allow myself to snack in the evenings 2 nights a week #bereal

Week Five! Feb 1-8th. Game changer step to Snack without Setbacks

This week we are honing our skills with snacking. Everyone gets snack cravings and often they are when we don’t really need to eat more OR are trying to undo old habits of snacking for better health.

This week simply move your snack to a smarter time! Eat when your body will burn it off and you won’t feel or look bloated later

  • Indulge in the BEST Quality and single serving
  • High Quality Dark Chocolate (mine is Alter Eco CLICK HERE this is 100% cacao. You can also get 90 or 80% cacao) + 8-10 macadamia nuts unsalted + 1/4 cup coconut flakes, unsweetened)
  • My custom Cacao Balls CLICK HERE
  • Cinnamon Raisin Toast CLICK HERE + unsweetened nut butter of choice
  • OR pick your fave treat! Could be ice cream or a milk shake- just make it the BEST Quality you can find and one serving.
  • Eat your treat 5-7 hours before bed – Enjoy it before dinner AND make sure you are moving after you eat it. Could be a workout, could be a walk around the block or some Bodyweight squats while you take phone calls:)

Week Six! The best workout to do when you’ve slept poorly

Watch this video for a full workout that is perfect for those days that you’ve slept less than seven hours.

CLICK HERE for more info on WHY working out when you’ve slept less than seven hours will only make your body HOLD onto body fat and lower your immune health.

Tagged: 8 week challenge 2023, sleep, sleep fitness challnge, water

Posted on December 23, 2022  |  Awesome Foods

Sleep Snacks

This is from my FREE Sleep Fitness Package. CLICK HERE to get the package now.

You know better than to eat close to your bedtime, but you’re hungry now!  These two bedtime snacks are your best choices IF you must eat something. They will also  help you fall to sleep quickly

Do try your hardest to practice out eating anything before bed. I believe in you, you can do this. Now until we master that use these beautiful snacks

  • (CLICK on product names for Amazon links/ product info)  Also please remember: Healthy fats satiate our cravings & make our human brains relax.
  • Do not fear fats, it’s the carbs & sugar that will add the inches.

#1  Bre’s Cacao Balls CLICK HERE for recipe & info

#2  Herbal Tea + Full Fat Coconut Cream  

Simply put 2 teaspoons coconut cream in one cup of tea. Stir it around and enjoy. Get to bed immediately 🙂

Tagged: bedtime snacks, bettime, cacao balls, sleep, sleep better, sleep fitness pack, sleep snacks, tea, yogi tea

Posted on December 19, 2022  |  Video Lessons

Sleep Fitness Pack

Here’s that FREE VIDEO PACKAGE! Four short videos with detailed steps that you can immediately put into action!  CLICK here for that FREE Sleep Fit Video Package

If you need more convincing.. Check out all the benefits you will get with better sleep:

  • Weight Loss
  • Gain Muscle
  • Think better
  • Greatly lower your risk of strokes & heart attacks
  • Decrease risk of Diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s &  Dementia
  • Reduce muscle and joint aches
  • Lower Stress and Anxiety
  • Better skin
  • Better eyesight
  • Lower Depression
  • Increase Libido
  • Feel more calm
  • Feel full easier (less post meal cravings)
  • Get and Feel stronger
  • Have more energy
  • Boost work productivity
  • Boost Fertility
  • Better Digestion

Tagged: sleep, sleep fitness, sleep fitness pack, sleep tips. glymphatic, sleep videos, snacks, undo bad sleep

Posted on December 19, 2022  |  Strong Moves

Glymphatic Summary

As you’ve learned in my SLEEP FITNESS PACK  you have a natural brain rinse that CAN happen every night. This is your glymphatic rinse and is enabled by your body’s “glymphatic system”

Below are  5 steps that enable your Glymphatic Brain Rinse every night

Check out my Video &  check out below the video“SCIENCE!” in pink for those in depth studies that help you understand more and impress your friends.

  1. Time

Get at least 7 hours of sleep. If you sleep less than that despite your best intentions CLICK HERE to learn HOW TO UNDO A SHODDY NIGHTS SLEEP. Or watch video #3 in THIS  Sleep Fitness Pack

2.  Space 

Your brain needs space between it’s neurons (brain cells) . For this to happen you need to calm your brain down. No exciting/ interesting information before bed. Interesting info spikes norepinephrine and this hormone/neurotransmitter will cause less space between neurons. Keep Norepinephrine low. Turn off screens and chill out.

3. No Food within 2 hours of bedtime 

Food also spies norepinephrine. Food is information 🙂 If you must eat CLICK HERE for your two best sleep snack options

4. Cool Room Temp

Lower your bedroom temp to 60-65 degrees. You can pile on some blankets if needed:)

5. Sleep on your side

Yup, that cerebralspinal fluid will flow to your brain better if your noggin is on it’s side

SCIENCE!

Two helpful images below for you. Below these images find additional scientific links and a PDF guide from the Society of Neuroscience

  1. How the cerebral spinal fluid travels up your spine to your brain to wash out your brain when you are at rest &
  2. A model of the glymphatic function in a healthy and non healthy brain

Click on resources below for more info.: Article & study from super smart M.D’s , PhD’s and Neuroscientists ( I totally recommend you read both)

ONLINE most brief & accurate summary

6 page in depth PDF from the Society of Neuroscience. (shows possibilty of EXERCISE improving glymphatic performance) 

Info on Norephinephrine.  Glymphatic system’s biggest enemy

I highly advise reading this book for more in depth Sleep Health tips and lots of info on the glymphatic system

Tagged: brain health, brain rinse, brian rinse, glymphatic, glymphatic summary, sleep

Posted on July 30, 2018  |  Strong Moves

August Newsletter W/VIDEO

Don’t lose your cool!
3 super easy tricks to stay lean AND do all the things this summer

 Napping it up in a hammock looks pretty sweet, right?!

What’s even sweeter is the fact that getting more sleep will actually get you to drop inches and body fat- perfect for feeling awesome in your cut off shorts and sexy tanks!

That science is below for you (scroll to blue box below) Check out how you can use your smartphone to make darn sure you get more sleep! I struggle with getting my butt to bed as well, and these tricks totally work

I also totally have a hard time getting in my workouts in summer..these days are packed and we simply run out of time for ourselves! No sweat.. I made you a totally doable workout VIDEO you can do anywhere and with no additional equipment needed, best part is it only takes 10 mins.

And of course I’ve got a kick ass recipe for you to boost your powers on all level and keep you turning  heads. Now get to it!  Scroll, CLICK, Learn and DO! You’ve got awesome stuffs to keep up with:)

Travel Workout VIDEO

Take this on your next road trip
Or just waaay too busy day

(takes just 10 mins)
CLICK HERE for VIDEO + Guide

Homemade Egg Bites

 

Starbucks changed their recipes and we’ve been getting wrecked for it, YIKES!
NO MORE Sous Vide Egg Bites!
(Unless you like being tired and bloated)
CLICK HERE for Recipe

Forge a defined, lean bod with killer power and endurance. DO Kettlebells!

CLICK HERE to learn why they work so well + Sign up for next Kettlebell 101 class series

Turns out your smarty phone can totally help you build muscle and drop Inches

It’s all got to do with getting your ass in your bed earlier each night…I know I suck at this too- but these tools totally help!
CLICK HERE for these super simple and awesome tools

Tagged: august, august newsletter, egg bites, newsletter, sleep, travel workout, workout, workout video, zero app

Posted on July 27, 2018  |  Strong Moves

SLEEP is more important than diet or workouts.

Many people still think they need to burn more calories that they eat OR they need to do a bunch of cardio to lose weight. Neither is true.. in fact both will add stress to your body which will cause your body to hold onto body fat.  To lose weight and improve brain function we need to work with our bodies and sleep, ideally 8 hours a night.

Here’s a cool fact to remember, muscles are made in the bed!  If you’ve been lifting heavy to create more muscle, you need to sleep at least 8 hours on those days that you lift.  This is because muscles repair when you sleep and this is how muscle is created. You create micro tears when you lift.. you body repairs those tears and forms muscle when you sleep.

As humans we really do need 8 hours of sleep a night to stay healthy and perform well.  If you have physique goals.. like getting more defined muscle or feeling stronger.. you need to get more.

Below are two podcasts with sleep experts

  1.  Tom Bilyeu’s Impact Theory with Sleep Expert Shawn Stevenson: “Why Sleep is more important than diet”  Nov 29th, 2023 ( https://open.spotify.com/episode/5XCTtziAPnVnkkhfEIgf6X?si=JEAJkIEART2beGEEnR57AQ)

2. NPR interview and article with Sleep Scientist Matthew Walker :

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/10/16/558058812/sleep-scientist-warns-against-walking-through-life-in-an-underslept-state

Just hit play on the top left to listen on that link

NOW, DO this:

Use my 2 top tips that’ll make darn sure you get your hard working booty in bed earlier every night!

1. Set alarms on your phone.

Right now look at when you should be in bed tonight.

Now look at what’s going on before that. Say you’re out at happy hour with friends.. set an alarm for the time you need to LEAVE – so you are home a good hour before you need to go to bed.

(you need that hour to putter around and recalibrate from the day)

SO for example – I’ll be hanging with friends tonight.  I gotta get up at 5 tomorrow – that means I need to hit the hay by at least 10 pm.  I set an alarm for 8:45 PM.. that way I make sure and get headed home by 9 to get to bed by 10 – SEE!

This seriously works!

Now – repeat this for your next 3-5 days.TRICK is actually DOING THE WORK- right? Don’t screw this up and ignore your alarm.  If you do.. you’ll stay up longer and you are gonna reap WAAY less results. You’ll actually burn LESS calories the next day and NOT see the defined body you’re putting in valuable gym time on.

2. MY next best trick.  Zero APP

Fasting App created by Kevin Rose backed by science from Dr. Satchin Panda. 

Even if you’re not into the fasting thing. Know that the less food you have in your belly when you go to bed, the better you will sleep and the better you will feel the next day. ALSO – if you stop eating earlier (eat dinner earlier) you will go to bed earlier!  See how that works:)

You click on it when you are done eating your last meal of the day. Then again the next day when you put your first foods in your face. First foods do not include coffee:)

So – grab your phone, download the FREE APP – ZERO

AND don’t forget to set those alarms on your phone for your upcoming busy summer nights

Tagged: alarms, how to burn more fat, March 2019 newsletter, sleep, sleep triks

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