Yep-that would be us.....big losers in Lake Tahoe! Losing body fat and inches, that is! I am so excited about this protocol and will let Coach Mandy report our 4 week totals for you! In the mean time, I invite you to join us for our free seminar "Night Out" Monday, February 28th at 6pm at the North Lake Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach. Please see the flyer and rsvp to our office at (530) 448-3938. I am down 3 pant sizes, so I need to get out and do a little clothes shopping! Mandy looks amazing! For any of you who already know her, just wait until you see her Monday night! Trim, vibrant, and healthy. Mandy is an excellent weight loss coach....after all-she is coaching me, and that is not always easy!
Have a great powder day, Lake Tahoe!
Dr Kellee
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Two week results are in!
After only two weeks using the Ideal Protein weight loss method our team of three has lost a total of 24.8 pounds and 10.49% bodyfat! We have all dropped at least 1 pant size....luckily we have belts! We will be on this program for a minimum of 6 weeks, so stay tuned for next weeks results! Dr Kellee
Friday, February 4, 2011
Armed and dangerous............!!!
So-the question of the day has been: "How do I know if the weight I am losing is bodyfat?" Great question! After all-most of us cannot afford to lose any muscle mass. Muscle mass is what keeps us strong as we age and also keeps us burning calories even when we are not moving around much. The more muscle you have, the more efficient you are at pretty much everything. At Weight Loss Lake Tahoe we have an arsenal of weapons too assist you in your battle of the LHMT (love handles and muffin tops)! 1. Body Composition Analyzer. This equipment will give you a reading and tell us exactly what percent of your body weight is fat, how much is lean mass, and what your hydration level is (no losing water...that doesn't count as desireable weight loss at our clinic!).2. Scale. You do have to know exactly how much your body weighs....we don't believe in avoiding the scale because we know first hand where THAT can get you! 3. Measuring tape. We measure your body so you know exactly where the weight is being lost from. I know I want to lose it in my midsection and thighs, NOT my face and shoulders, but that's just me. When flushing bodyfat you should notice a significant change in how your clothes fit with even small changes on the scale. 5 pounds of bodyfat is a tremendous change in physique, but 5 pounds of water and lean mass lost makes a dieter look dehydrated and thinner in the face. 4. Ketosis sticks. You must know you are in ketosis using simple ketosis sticks. This is a simple tool often overlooked, but if you want to make sure those pounds lost are really and truly bodyfat, you must stay in a ketotic state (fat burning) and we can test this in 15-20 seconds! STAY TUNED...TODAY IS OUR OFFICE WEIGH, MEASURE AND ANALYZE "IN"!!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE RESULTS OF TWO WEEKS USING OUR METHOD! Results will be posted tomorrow :). Thanks for tuning in today and please share our blog with your friends! We welcome comments and questions! Dr Kellee
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Love Handles and Muffin Tops!
“Love Handles and Muffin Tops”
Kellee Rutley, DC
“Love handles”, “muffin top“; it is amazing how many cute terms of endearment we assign to our expanding waistlines, also know as abdominal fat. Perhaps we seek to make ourselves feel better about what we believe is an inevitable sign of the normal aging process. Don’t get me wrong…I was one of those who referred to my own jelly rolls as my “doublet” (double in French) muffin top, thinking that giving it an exotic European name might make it easier to cope with. Besides, I was not in denial or shy about it and it made my family laugh. I guess it made it easier for us all to cope with something that was obviously painful to me underneath the giggles. After all, my waistline looked pretty much like many of my friends‘…not a huge deal, just a little more there than there was last year, and evan more than the year before. When my nine year old walked up behind me and grabbed my “love handles” and said “It’s cute, Mom” I almost allowed myself to believe it! After all, I, like many of you, am a very active mother and professional, and had been trying to vigorously exercise it away, “cleanse” it away, sweat and cut calories it away and even give in to it, “embrace it” and accept it as my new, middle aged self. This is an all-too-common story, and now you are going to learn why that belly fat is not harmless at all, but potentially deadly for both women and men, and now you will also have a piece of information needed to do something about finally getting rid of it, once and for all.
Here are the facts about belly fat: it increases your risk for breast cancer, heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, gallbladder problems, hypertension and colorectal cancer. This is the short list, since researches are linking obesity to more and more dangerous health conditions every day. Abdominal fat is more than just unsightly. As a matter of fact, in our office we now refer to it as the “third ovary” rather than the cute little “muffin top”, because we know that this type of fat is often not visible to the eye, but wraps around internal organs and some fat cells will start behaving like active glands, producing hormones that promote insulin resistance and estrogen in menopausal women. Making matters even worse, the more body fat you have, the higher your levels of a natural chemical known as SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin). SHBG binds to the sex hormone testosterone, making less testosterone available to stimulate sexual desire.
If you are anything like me, you will find this information downright scary, and those love handles and muffin tops no longer acceptable.
If you have been, like me, exercising, eating organic and healthy foods, and doing everything you already know of to lose that body fat and it still isn’t happening for you, you might want to consider resting your pancreas by cutting out complex and simple carbohydrates (sugar, bagels, pasta and rice) and increasing your quality protein intake with organic lean fish, chicken and meat to maintain muscle mass while you burn fat. Everyone needs ½ gram protein per pound of body weight just for daily living. Divide your current bodyweight in half, and this is how many grams of protein you need everyday, and more if you are an athlete. As long as your body has blood glucose and stored glycogen to use as fuel, it will never tap into stored body fat as energy. As a matter of fact, your body stores enough glycogen to last an entire marathon, so try avoiding that high carb fruit smoothy after a workout and go for protein instead. .Obesity in America has spiraled out of control, and according to the Center for Disease Control, one third of American adults are hypertensive and 67% are obese. Let’s wage war on the love handles and muffin tops…it is time. By using these simple principles you can begin the battle in your own kitchen, and if you are interested in reading about how our “weight loss team” is losing body fat and inches, you can visit our blog site, Love Handles and Muffin Tops at http://weightlosslaketahoe.blogspot.com/. Good luck!
Kellee Rutley, DC
“Love handles”, “muffin top“; it is amazing how many cute terms of endearment we assign to our expanding waistlines, also know as abdominal fat. Perhaps we seek to make ourselves feel better about what we believe is an inevitable sign of the normal aging process. Don’t get me wrong…I was one of those who referred to my own jelly rolls as my “doublet” (double in French) muffin top, thinking that giving it an exotic European name might make it easier to cope with. Besides, I was not in denial or shy about it and it made my family laugh. I guess it made it easier for us all to cope with something that was obviously painful to me underneath the giggles. After all, my waistline looked pretty much like many of my friends‘…not a huge deal, just a little more there than there was last year, and evan more than the year before. When my nine year old walked up behind me and grabbed my “love handles” and said “It’s cute, Mom” I almost allowed myself to believe it! After all, I, like many of you, am a very active mother and professional, and had been trying to vigorously exercise it away, “cleanse” it away, sweat and cut calories it away and even give in to it, “embrace it” and accept it as my new, middle aged self. This is an all-too-common story, and now you are going to learn why that belly fat is not harmless at all, but potentially deadly for both women and men, and now you will also have a piece of information needed to do something about finally getting rid of it, once and for all.
Here are the facts about belly fat: it increases your risk for breast cancer, heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, gallbladder problems, hypertension and colorectal cancer. This is the short list, since researches are linking obesity to more and more dangerous health conditions every day. Abdominal fat is more than just unsightly. As a matter of fact, in our office we now refer to it as the “third ovary” rather than the cute little “muffin top”, because we know that this type of fat is often not visible to the eye, but wraps around internal organs and some fat cells will start behaving like active glands, producing hormones that promote insulin resistance and estrogen in menopausal women. Making matters even worse, the more body fat you have, the higher your levels of a natural chemical known as SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin). SHBG binds to the sex hormone testosterone, making less testosterone available to stimulate sexual desire.
If you are anything like me, you will find this information downright scary, and those love handles and muffin tops no longer acceptable.
If you have been, like me, exercising, eating organic and healthy foods, and doing everything you already know of to lose that body fat and it still isn’t happening for you, you might want to consider resting your pancreas by cutting out complex and simple carbohydrates (sugar, bagels, pasta and rice) and increasing your quality protein intake with organic lean fish, chicken and meat to maintain muscle mass while you burn fat. Everyone needs ½ gram protein per pound of body weight just for daily living. Divide your current bodyweight in half, and this is how many grams of protein you need everyday, and more if you are an athlete. As long as your body has blood glucose and stored glycogen to use as fuel, it will never tap into stored body fat as energy. As a matter of fact, your body stores enough glycogen to last an entire marathon, so try avoiding that high carb fruit smoothy after a workout and go for protein instead. .Obesity in America has spiraled out of control, and according to the Center for Disease Control, one third of American adults are hypertensive and 67% are obese. Let’s wage war on the love handles and muffin tops…it is time. By using these simple principles you can begin the battle in your own kitchen, and if you are interested in reading about how our “weight loss team” is losing body fat and inches, you can visit our blog site, Love Handles and Muffin Tops at http://weightlosslaketahoe.blogspot.com/. Good luck!
Love Handles and Muffin Tops welcomes you to our blog!
Welcome to our blog site! This blog is dedicated to helping people who, like us, are tired of fighting the battle of the bulge and losing! Regardless of how much bodyfat you have to lose, this blog is for you! We will entertain you with photos, articles and tips and tricks to help you attain the lean body you have been working your butt off for (or NOT!) in the gym, on the hiking trails, or in the yoga studio. We are still setting up the site to make it a fun place for you to visit, so stay tuned! Dr Kellee Rutley and Weightloss coach Mandy Lua of Weight Loss Lake Tahoe will be back soon!
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