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January 23, 2017By Josephine Fitzpatrick

December Can Bring You Balance or Buldge

 

As we know December is a month surrounded with cookies, parties, chocolate and vacations. For someone out of control, it can be a month of pure indulgence resulting in plenty of bulge. If you find yourself tempted with constant holiday parties and long weekend celebrations then maybe you should consider maintaining for the remainder of the month. Because even though you may WANT to lose – maintaining is definitely better than gaining.
MAINTAIN: Stay on all day and only have one meal or dessert off. Any alcohol is still your snacks. So if you have 3 drinks at a holiday party that was your 3 snacks for the day. Whenever you can order the best, cleanest, on program option – then of course still do it.  If you keep it to one meal or dessert a day you will find that you maintained that week instead of gaining. Of course you shouldn’t do it everyday it’s only when you have multiple parties or long celebrated weekends.
I know most of you want to continue to lose through December – especially those that are going on holiday vacations. However, you must realize that in order to lose you need to be 110% six days and only have the one day off a week. Sometimes when we decide that we can go places and be good, it’s the alcohol or food that is served that throws us off. We are hungry and give in – or have a drink and get weak – and before you know it you throw in the towel and have an all out cheat evening. You see, it would have been better and no damage if you decided ahead of time to have a Maintenance day. That’s why it’s very important to always plan before and know what you are doing the day of an event or party. The options are always simple: You either eat before you go or you eat at the party. If you stay clean and on program all day then you know that whatever you decide for dinner or dessert will result in whether or not you are maintaining or losing. If you decide to have a cheat meal or dessert then you go right back on program. If you are not eating at the party then make sure you eat dinner before you go. Don’t let a cheat meal turn into an unexpected cheat night or week. When you can plan in advance and decide it’s a Maintain day or Weight loss day regardless of where you are going and you stick to it – this is when you create balance in your life.
It’s better to plan to have an “off” meal and Maintain then it is to not plan and end up with a cheat night.
The best way to learn is to have set backs. So if you have had one recently or even over Thanksgiving – don’t beat yourself up. Just know that if you want results you need to change what you are doing. You need to get better at making choices…to plan ahead and you need to be stronger when faced with temptation. You have to remind yourself you  have to be strict 6 days a week and that’s why you can indulge and enjoy on your 7th day. You can’t do both and indulge during the week and have a cheat day and also lose weight –  It just doesn’t work. You have to constantly remind yourself why this is important to you and what your goals are. Yes it can and will be boring when there is so much temptation around you but when you say “I’m so bored of the same meals” – You have to remind yourself that of course it will get boring. Weight loss is boring! But you have to change the way you think. Because when you think of it as boring it means that you are still letting food control you. You need to be strong-minded and constantly remind yourself that food is not the most exciting thing in your life. You eat to fuel your body to lose weight and when you live like that you will lose the weight. The only thing that is exciting is cheat day and you want to keep it that way because cheat day is only exciting because you can do it once a week. If you did it everyday it wouldn’t be exciting anymore. Choices will be so much easier for you when you come to terms with this is what I can order and stop looking for excitement – the only excitement that you should be looking for is the scale going down.
Most of you know it doesn’t take much to gain. That’s why consistency in your day and weeks is so important. It’s what helps create the weight loss. It’s important that you wake up every day positive with a plan to lose weight or maintain. Consistency is key to feeling good and seeing the numbers go down – just ask Pam (below). She lives for consistency and always does the right thing when it comes to her weight loss. She is definitely a shark and loves to live like one. Just like many of you, when she started she wanted to see big results fast but it was consistency in how she lives and the foods she chooses that ultimately led her to her success. She is thinner, fit, and healthier than she has ever been. She always worked hard before she started our program but never saw the results like she got from eating clean on program 6 days a week and indulging on cheat day once a week. She lives with the idea that food is fuel and Cheat Day is exciting. Now it is her way of life and she continues everyday to do the right thing because it makes her feel and look amazing.
Everyone who tries to lose weight knows that it’s hard – its one of the hardest things to do. But it’s also one of the most rewarding. When you want to look great – feel great – love to wake up and feel lighter and fitter and get dressed feeling amazing in your own skin – then you need to do the right thing for you and for your body. The bottom line is you need to plan ahead. Know when you are maintaining or losing. Always know there is an option. If you want to lose then you need to get through the parties and events and do the right thing even if it means eating before or after you go. It mean to being consistent in your days and weeks. Trust yourself and your program to guide you and plan. Most important, it’s always better to accept and plan and extra maintain day then to sabotage yourself with an unplanned weight-gain day. Know what you are doing and consistently follow it…
“SUCCESS COMES WHEN YOU DO WHAT IS RIGHT – NOT WHAT IS EASY”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAM!
PAM LOVES THE WAY SHE LIVES AND LIVES THE WAY SHE LOVES
~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick
Innovation Weight Loss and Fitness
8031 Jericho Tpke Woodbury, NY 11797
469 7th Ave Manhattan, NY 10018
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January 23, 2017By Josephine Fitzpatrick

If You Are Hungry It’s Probably Working…

 

When you are hungry it most likely means that you are losing weight. That’s how your body tells you it wants more because it’s used to having more. It means that you are taking in less food than what your body is use to – and that’s why it’s hungry. But it’s also why you are losing weight. If you give it anything extra than what is on you program you will go from a losing day to a maintain day. In order for you to maintain, your body needs to get the amount of food you need to sustain your current weight. But if you feed it a little less, just enough to be a little hungry – that’s when you know you are losing weight. Because the bottom line is you need to take in less than what your body needs to lose the weight.

You should never be starving but a little hungry is okay. 
While it seems so simple, we all know it’s anything but that. If it was easy then everyone would be thin. What you need to remind yourself daily is why you are doing this and how much it means to you. It’s just so easy to go off program for the smallest reasons. We all have our own excuses and some of them are very valid. But there is really no excuse that is good enough to go off program. Think about it – whatever is going on in your life – eating more doesn’t solve your problems, nor does it make anything better, it only gives you something else to be upset about.
If you are 140 and you want to be 130 you need to eat like someone who is 130.

When it’s really hard to stay on that’s when you have to have those visions in your head of you getting dressed and nothing fitting you. Remember how unhappy it makes you when you are overweight and uncomfortable in your body. Yes, it’s always hard to eat less than what your body wants. But this is what I can tell you from what I see. When you are doing the right things you feel better. Everything in the day is easier to get through. Eating clean and healthy and for weight loss makes a bad day better and makes a great day amazing. While most people would say it’s just so much easier doing the wrong things the fact is it’s just so much easier doing the right thing. Because when you are doing the wrong things the entire time you are thinking how will you get back to doing the right thing. Stop thinking about the Monday you will start or the next perfect week. Just keep doing the right things and stay on your program and if you haven’t been doing the right thing then start right now, today, this moment and begin a healthy life that makes you feel good. It’s time to move forward, be strong and make the commitment to yourself. We will always have some weight loss days that will be absolute  torture to get through. But you have to fight your way through it. And for most, the hard days of weight loss are still easier then to be off and out of control.

So you have to ask yourself – what feels better being in control and a little hungry – or out of control and overly full…
Melanie knows the answer…
Congratulations Melanie for reaching your goal
You look absolutely amazing! 
Melanie loves the life she lives and lives the life she loves!
~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick
Innovation Weight Loss and Fitness
8031 Jericho Tpke Woodbury, NY 11797
469 7th Ave Manhattan, NY 10018
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January 23, 2017By Josephine Fitzpatrick

Monday Motivation

 

THIS WEEK TO GET YOU A LITTLE MORE MOTIVATED WE WILL BE SENDING BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF SUCCESSFUL CLIENTS – Because if they can do it, why can’t you!

Today’s Motivation Monday we are going to focus on learning to say “No, Thank you!” They seem like such easy words to say and yet when faced with temptations of food, those words are the hardest things to get out of your mouth. First you start with the excuse “I didn’t want to be rude.” Then before you know it, one treat has led into four full cheat days! Monday rolls around and you don’t remember how you even got here. After a week of Thanksgiving it’s so easy to feel defeated. Excuses are easy to come by, and it’s easy to fall prey to a table full of yummy temptations. Four days of social gatherings and celebrations is a lot for anyone to get through. Especially for those who don’t like to say “No, thank you.” What you have to remember going into December, a month of Holidays, parities, cookies, egg nog and spiked cider – you better start saying “No, Thank you” or be prepared this year to put new bigger pants on your Hanukah and Christmas list.

I know when you are faced with temptation you may feel like you can handle it. You tell yourself “just one” and before you know it you let yourself get caught up in having one treat that turns into a full blow cheat day. But what you have to remember is even one treat is “off program” because you can’t have a treat when it’s not cheat day. So stop making your own rules. They didn’t work before and they won’t work now. Follow the program – if it’s not your cheat day, you don’t eat it. Save the treats for your Cheat Day.  That’s what Cheat Day is for. There will be too many things going on in the next month that can tempt even my killer sharks. So if you did go off Thanksgiving enough where you are bloated and uncomfortable then pull it together and get right back on program and start by following two rules:
  • STAY AWAY FROM THE SCALE! The best thing you can do right now is stay away from the scale. It’s going to take a couple of days before you should even begin to look at the number. The first couple of days are deflating days. By Wednesday/ Thursday you should be fine to see where you are at. But just know you will still have a couple of days left after that to see the numbers go down. By Saturday you will be in a much better place mentally and physically. You will be back in control and your numbers will reflect it.
  • BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MENU- I said it before and I will say it forever. I know it’s very tempting to do something really drastic to get the weight off. But you have to remind yourself, if it was that easy then everyone would be thin. The best thing to do is go back to your meals and snacks that you were doing before you went off program. You can’t go from eating everything in sight to eating nothing. So go back to your meals and snack and follow your plan. I promise in a couple of days you will be back to feeling in control and on your path.
Moving forward….If you stayed on program or had minimal damage – what you need to decide is what do you want out of the next 4 weeks? Because in four short weeks it’s Hanukah and Christmas. So make a decision and follow it. If you want to lose weight figure out what you want to lose and how much work you are willing to put into this.
1 lb a week =  4 lbs 
2 lbs a week=  8 lbs
3 lbs a week = 12 lbs
The numbers may seem impossible right now but the truth is that if you really want it then it’s very doable. Just ask Nicole below. She lost 16 lbs in 5 weeks and she ate and drank, but she was also very mindful and did all the right things to make it happen. Of course she was faced with temptation but we worked through it and she came out the winner. You need to stick to your program 110% and you will see the weight loss. Consistency is key when losing weight so remember everyday counts. If you are faced with temptation you need to reach out so we can work through it and keep you in a great place so you can see your weight loss numbers add up. Start by making a choice of what you want and follow it with your weight loss plan. 3 meals 1 snack is uncomfortable for many but will give you the very best weight loss numbers. 3 meals and 2 snack is in between comfortable and uncomfortable but may be more doable for you. And of course the most important detail is it’s ONE CHEAT DAY. Not one cheat day with treats through the week. It’s one cheat day a week and on program 110% the other 6 days. Weight loss is not easy but it’s doable and worth it. In order to get the best results you need to have consistency and you need to be able to say “No, Thank you.”
FINALLY the last thought is for you to stop making excuses for yourself. Stop wasting time – and work hard to make it happen. We all want things, but along with wanting it you have to put the work in so they happen. Holidays and vacations are very near. Don’t have yet another vacation roll around and you are buying cover ups. Don’t let another holiday that you will look back and be unhappy at how you looked and felt. Most of all – don’t let another vacation or holiday arrive and everyone that knows and loves you have to deal with seeing you upset because nothing fits you or because you are unhappy you let another year slip by. They can feel your unhappiness. And why….all because when the time was here, it wasn’t important enough for you to say  “No, thank you.”
CONGRATULATIONS NICOLE FRIEDMAN 
THE WINNER OF THE THANKSGIVING CHALLENGE
IN 5 SHORT WEEKS SHE LOST 16.6 POUNDS
 
 
NICOLE LOVES THE WAY SHE LIVES AND LIVES THE WAY SHE LOVES
 
~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick
Innovation Weight Loss and Fitness
8031 Jericho Tpke Woodbury, NY 11797
469 7th Ave Manhattan, NY 10018
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January 23, 2017By Josephine Fitzpatrick

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is here! This can be a very stressful time where healthy eating and staying on track can take a backseat. With Thanksgiving, we have kids off from school, students coming home from college and the beginning of shopping, planning and the holiday season. These next few weeks can go two different ways as the days go by in the blink of an eye and then all of a sudden the New Year is here – you can stay healthy and in control, or you can let it all go and have to start all over in January. You have a choice, and we will help you stick to the right one. It starts this week with Thanksgiving.
There are three options for this week:
Cheat Day – Make Thanksgiving Day your Cheat Day. This might change your routine so be aware of how that affects your schedule. Some of you adjusted your Cheat Day last week in order to keep it consistent, but if you are Cheating today and you Cheated last weekend, you shouldn’t be Cheating again this weekend.
Cheat Meal – Stay clean during the day and indulge for Thanksgiving dinner. This will not only help you maintain this week, but you will really be able to enjoy your holiday meal if you haven’t been over doing it all day.
Stay Clean – It won’t be easy, but in order to stick to your routine and keep your momentum, some of you will choose to stay clean until the weekend. It’s possible, and it’s a great option for this week and to keep you in a good place going in to this winter and holiday season.
No matter what you choose, stick to it. Don’t make this weekend a four day eating marathon. Here are some tips to help you stay in control:
Plan ahead. We say it all the time, but making a plan is going to help you so much. In the heat of the moment, we don’t usually make the right decision. We give in to temptation without thinking things through because we are living in the moment. Think about how you want the rest of this week to go and what you want to see next time you step on the scale. Don’t make this another Thanksgiving that leaves you with regret.
Go for the healthy stuff. You can have turkey, salad and vegetables and stay on plan. Just make sure you are sticking to the right portions and don’t include sauces or gravy. And don’t forget dessert. You can have fruit or bring a long one of your Innovation desserts. If you are drinking make sure you save your snacks during the day.
Give away your leftovers. Let everyone fill up a to go container so you don’t have a fridge full of leftovers tempting you for the rest of the week. If you are staying clean until this weekend, pack up a everything you want to save and enjoy it on your Cheat Day as usual. So many of us feel like we won’t be able to enjoy the holiday without indulging in all the food on Thanksgiving Day, which brings us to our final tip…
Don’t just focus on food. Although Thanksgiving revolves around traditional foods and a holiday meal, remember that it’s also about giving thanks and being with the ones we love. It’s not about stuffing ourselves or eating everything in sight. It’s about reflecting on all the good we have experienced this past year. Think about all the positive things you have done for yourself and your health, and all the good it does for your loved ones around you. It can be easy to go off the rails this time of year, but you have the tools and motivation to stay strong. Pies, stuffing and mashed potatoes are not what’s really special about the holiday. You and your family make it special. Take a moment to look around your table today and be grateful for what you have and who you are with. Pray for those who are alone today or and for those who have lost love. And if you don’t pray, then hope that those who are hurting this Thanksgiving will find peace and love. Take a moment and reflect on how grateful you are today to be surrounded by love and laughter. Remember the food that is on the table is food that you can have over and over again. It is a meal, sides and drink that will be there next year and the year after. But the family, friends and love ones in the chairs around that table – will not be there forever. Remind yourself what and who is really important today. Be grateful and thankful for who is with you and who is in your heart. The food is fun and exciting but the Holiday, Family and the Love you share is really what should be celebrated today.

 

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Have a Happy, Healthy AND Safe Thanksgiving!
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January 23, 2017By Josephine Fitzpatrick

Thanksgiving Challenge Winners

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR THANKSGIVING CHALLENGE CONTESTANTS
YOU ALL DID SUPER FABULOUS!
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS:
IN ONLY 5 WEEKS
HARRY ROTH LOST:  20.5 LBS
AND
NICOLE FRIEDMAN LOST:  16.6 LBS
AWESOME AWESOME JOB!!!!
You both did ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!
“I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.”
Watch for our Next Big Challenge Coming In January!
~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick
Innovation Weight Loss and Fitness
8031 Jericho Tpke Woodbury, NY 11797
469 7th Ave Manhattan, NY 10018
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January 23, 2017By Josephine Fitzpatrick

Thanksgiving Challenge Week 4

 

It’s Week 4 and many are still going strong. Even though you may not be at the top of the list what’s more important is you are still losing and still moving in the direction you want to be. Remember when the contest is over it doesn’t mean you go back to eating the way you used to eat. It means you continue on and be healthy from the inside out and work toward the person you want to be. Because there is not an end to eating healthy and feeling good. There is no, “Oh I’m done – now I will go back to eating whatever I want”.  This is it. This is your life and how you want to live it. This is what you decided – that you no longer want to be overweight. You no longer want to feel out of control and you no longer want to be the person who isn’t happy with how you look and feel everyday. You are the only person who can change that and you decided to do it when you joined. You decided that you are more important than the unhealthy food that you have consumed for so long. The food that if I asked you to think about now, I would bet you wouldn’t be able to tell me what was so amazing that was worth you getting to where you are.

Look around you. Look at all the clients that have achieved their goal and who continue to work hard toward it everyday. The clients who are on the list below or the people you know around you. All over the world our clients are working hard everyday and they are reaching their goal. You don’t want to be that person that always has an excuse why you can’t do it. You don’t want to be that person who points the finger and blames everyone around you. The reason we have thousands of successful clients all over the world is because they work hard everyday at it. When they don’t follow they own it and they start again. Clients that I will never ever meet in person but that have reached their goal through the program because they continuously work hard and keep moving forward. If you want to be one of those successful clients then you have to work hard toward it everyday. Not just 3 days a week or even 5 days and have weekends off. It has to be 6 days on program and even on your cheat day you need to be aware that you will be going right back on the next day. You need to work hard to make the right choices everyday – and not just when its convenient for you. You need to stay in control and get through the temptations, the stress and the anxieties that are involved in everyday life. You need to fight everyday for the control to stay on and do the right thing. Why? Because it means that much to you. Because even though it’s hard, it makes you happier to be on program than to be off. Because being in control feels so much better than being out of control. Make it a priority and remember that there are people who feel good everyday because they choose to do the right thing that makes them feel good everyday.     
“A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.”
**THIS IS OUR LAST WEEK. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER. MAKE SURE YOU WEIGH YOUR FINAL WEIGH IN BY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016
****CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING CLIENTS FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE RIGHT THING
GREAT GREAT JOB!!
AFTER ONLY 4 WEEKS:

Harry:     20.5

Joseph:  11.0

Scott:      8.6

Allan:      8.4

Adam:     6.0

Sam:       5.5
Quinn:     5.0
Jeromy:   4.5
Matt:        1.6
Rich:       1.0
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Nicole:       13.8

Heather:    11.4
Jacklyn       9.9
Valeri:         9.8
Kami:         9.2
Leslie:        8.5
Kathy:        7.8
Michelle:     7.4
Rhonda:      6.8
Jule:           6.6
Michelle:     6.4
Dawn:        6.4
Katherine:   6.0
Valerie:       5.5
Lara:          5.0
Tara:          5.0
Jillian:        4.9
Alyssa:       4.8
Theresa:     4.8
Debra:        4.2
Dena:         4.2
Jill:             4.0
Stacey:       4.0
Sheri:         4.0
Robyn:       3.8
Jamie:        3.5
Ellie:          3.4
Michelle:    3.4
Donna:      3.4
Maria:       3.2
Leslie:       3.0
Ginger:      3.0
Rosa:         2.8
Alyssa:       2.8
Danielle:    2.7
Kristy:       2.6
Margery:   2.4
Beth:         2.4
Carolyn:    2.2
Heather:    2.0
Marnie:     2.0
Deirdre:    1.8
Linda:       1.7
Lauren:     1.2
Mindy:      1.2
Debby      1.1
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January 16, 2017By Josephine Fitzpatrick

Thanksgiving Challenge Week 3

 

WOW!!!  After only 3 weeks we have amazing numbers to share for the Thanksgiving Weight Loss Challenge. You are working hard and doing all the right things and it shows in the numbers, it shows on your body and it shows mentally how you feel about who you are, what you are doing and where you want to be. When you continuously do the right things for your mind and body it changes who you are. It changes what you want. You are learning what works for your weight loss and what doesn’t. You are learning how important it is to stay clean 6 days and enjoy AND indulge 1 day a week. When you follow the program you change how you think. You understand the difference between eating just to eat and eating to fuel your body for weight loss. When you stay on Program it can be life changing when you discover that when you feed your body right it responds by looking and feeling amazing.

 

Yes, it’s hard but feeling good inside and out should be enough to keep you on track. Having your clothes fit better is enough to make you continue to do the right thing. Most important – the fact that you feel the best when you are eating clean should be enough to make you want to make the right choices. We all know this isn’t just about weight loss. This is about mentally feeling strong, fit, lighter, healthier, and all around better. It’s about having the control and not being out of control, eating mindlessly and not knowing how to stop. It’s about loving yourself because you feel good everyday. It’s about opening your eyes in the morning knowing that you feel better, getting out of bed lighter, and not being dragged down by unhealthy food. It’s about being and feeling the best you could possible be everyday.

 

We are constantly reminded that life is short. Make sure each day of your life you treat your body and mind the way that it responds the best – give it love, happiness, healthy foods, control and strength. It’s only when you give yourself these beautiful gifts that you will feel your very best and be able to give to others 100% everyday. Because when you feel amazing you make everyone around you feel amazing too.

 

**If you are not in the challenge take a moment and look at the numbers down the list.  Not just the top number but the numbers in the middle – look at all the people that are down 5lbs. After 3 weeks how much would you love to be 5lbs less than you are today. You have to start and commit for it to happen. Consistency is the key. You can’t just want it or wish it you have to do it.

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS AFTER ONLY 3 WEEKS YOU ARE ALL DOING ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!

 

 

Harry:        17.5

 

Joseph:      11

 

Allan:         8.4

 

Scott:         6.5

 

Adam:       5.0

 

Sam:         5.0

 

Quinn:      4.0

 

Jeromy:   3.8

 

Matt:        1.6

 

Rich:        0

 

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Nicole:    11.6

 

Heather:     10.2

 

Jaclyn:        9.9

 

Valerie:       8.8

 

Kami:          7.8

 

Elizabeth:    7.6

 

Rhonda:     6.8

 

Michelle:    6.2

 

Kathrine:   6.0

 

Michelle:    5.8

 

Kathy:        5.6

 

Julie:          5.3

 

Dawn:         5.2

 

Lara:          5.0

 

Leslie:        5.0

 

Alyssa:      4.8

 

Theresa:     4.8

 

Jill:             4.0

 

Stacey:      4.0

 

Sherri:      4.0

 

Debra:        3.8

 

Ellie:          3.4

 

Michelle:   3.4

 

Dena:         3.1

 

Valerie:      3.1

 

Leslie:        3.0

 

Jamie:        3.0

 

Maria:        3.0

 

Alyssa:      2.8

 

Robyn:      2.8

 

Rosa:         2.8

 

Danielle:    2.7

 

Beth:         2.4

 

Donna:      2.4

 

Margery:   2.3

 

Jillian:       2.2

 

Tara:          2.2

 

Ginger:     2.0

 

Heather:   2.0

 

Marnie:     1.8

 

Deirdre:    1.8

 

Linda:       1.7

 

Kristy:      1.6

 

Loretta:    1.5

 

Lauren:    1.2

 

Mindy:     1.2

 

Debby:     1.1

 

Becky:     1.0

 

Carolyn:  1.0

 

Julie:       0.6

 

Tara:      0.5

 

Tracy:    0.4

 

 

 

~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick

 

 

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November 2, 2016By Josephine Fitzpatrick

Thanksgiving Challenge: Week 2

 

TWO WEEKS COMPLETED AND THREE MORE TO GO…
 

Wow I’m so impressed with how amazing you have all been doing. In the last two weeks I have seen everyone working so hard to get back on track and into a good place. A place where you feel better physically and mentally. I have seen the clients who are doing the right things. Who are working so hard to get to where they want to be. Their success shows in how they look and feel. It shows in their confidence in facing the day with strength and the determination that they will continue to feel good and become the person they want to be. Your numbers are adding up each week and when Thanksgiving arrives, win or lose, you will all be in such a great place.    

 
AFTER ONLY TWO WEEKS HERE ARE THE AMAZING TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS NUMBERS:
 

Harry:         13.8

Joseph:       7 

Scott:          5
 

Allan:         4.6

Adam:        4
 

Sam:           3

Quinn:        3
 
Jeromy:     2
  
Matt:         1.6
 
Rich:         0

 

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Jaclyn:               9.1

Nicole:              8.8

Valerie:             7.8

Heather:           7.1
   
Michelle:          6.2
 
Elizabeth:        6.1
 
Michelle:         5.6
 
Dawn:              5.2
 
Leslie:             5
 
Theresa:         4.8
 
Katherine:     4.6 
 
Kathy:            4.4
 
Julie:              4
 
Debra:           3.8 
 
Kami:            3.8
 
Rhonda:       3.8
 
Alyssa:          3.4
 
Jill:                3.4
 
Stacey:         3.2
 
Dena:           3.1
 
Leslie:          3
 
Alyssa:         2.8
 
Rosa:           2.8
 
Danielle:    2.7
 
Valerie:      2.7
 
Jamie:        2.5
 
Beth:           2.4
 
Margery:   2.3
 
Ellie:           2.2 
 
Jillian:       2.2
 
Tara:           2.2
 
Jessica:      2
 
Michelle:   2
 
Marnie:     1.8
 
Deirdre:    1.8
 
Donna:      1.6
 
Kristy:       1.6
 
Loretta:     1.5
 
Lauren:     1.2
 
Mindy:       1.2
 
Sherri:       1.2
 
Debby:       1.1
 
Becky:        1
 
Carolyn:    1
 
Ginger:      1
 
Heather:   1
 
Robyn:      1
 
Maria:       0.8
 
Julie:        0.6
 
Tara:        0.5
 
Tracy:      0.4 
 
Lara:        0
 
 
“Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.” 
― Tim Fargo
 
 
~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick
 
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469 7th Ave Manhattan, NY 10018
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October 31, 2016By Josephine Fitzpatrick

Happy Halloween!

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 
For those of you who are using a Cheat Day today – ENJOY!  For those who are not – NO CANDY! Make a bag of all the ones you love and save them for your next cheat day!
 

Life is all about making choices, and when it comes to weight loss it’s even more important to think things through before we do. While it’s very easy to grab, eat and regret – it’s so much better to get through the day knowing that you are doing the right thing for yourself and your body.   

 
Listen, we spoke about it many times in the past – weight loss is really hard. It’s hard because there are temptations everywhere and that will never change. It’s hard because in order for you to lose weight you need to take in less than your body needs. Make sure you understand that concept – you need to be in a state of restriction to lose weight. You need to take in less than what your body is currently living on to lose weight. So of course it’s hard! Who wants to live with less?? That’s why making the right choices will make such a big difference in your weight loss. Because the better your choices, the more satisfied you will feel. Maybe not full – but mentally satisfied. 
 
Each week you work so hard to get to where you want to be. It’s hard and challenging but what choice do you have. This is life! Some days will be easier and some days harder, but the most important thing is for you to understand that you need to stay on track and on program to lose the weight. Here are some things I want you to think of this week:
 

1. When you are on program and it’s challenging at least you are losing weight. Yes the temptation is there but you are losing and you feel good.
2. What is the alternative? You are off program – eating out of control and the whole time you keep thinking “I have to get back on program” meanwhile you are gaining the entire time you are contemplating going back on.
3. Let me ask you this – Why even put yourself through that? Why even put the people you love through that? If you think about it – it’s just so much easier to stay on program, it’s so much easier to do the right things and lose the weight. Because when you are not on all you want to do is be on. 
4. The food always taste so much better on Cheat Day when you are 110% all week. It’s a fact, if you want to enjoy all the foods you love then don’t eat them everyday! They are not special when you eat them every day. When it’s your Cheat Day and you have the foods you love and had to wait for you will enjoy them more.
5. You are just so much happier when you are in control and doing the right thing! Think about it. Even though it’s hard. Even though it’s challenging. Even though you have to talk yourself into making the right choices every day 6 days a week – it makes you so much happier when you do it. 

 
 
Making the right choices is never easy. We speak to our children about it all the time. We tell them – Do the right thing. Make the right choices. Remember what you do and the choices you make everyday affects everyone in your family and all the people that love you. When it comes to weight loss and health we are no different. We need to remember and live by that  same advice.  
 
 
THE STAFF OF INNOVATION WISHES EVERYONE A HEALTHY HAPPY AND SAFE HALLOWEEN!
 
 
 
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October 28, 2016By Josephine Fitzpatrick

Fun Halloween Treats to Make This Weekend

 

Since Halloween is on a Monday this year it is important to have a plan so that you can enjoy your cheat day, which ever day you choose, and then get right back on plan. Halloween day can easily end up being a 3 day party and candy filled weekend, so start preparing now so you won’t be unhappy with the scale next weekend. Here are some fun and healthy treats and snacks perfect for this weekend.

 

Cheese and Crackers

 

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Use Halloween themed cookie cutters to cut cheese into your favorite Halloween shapes! Pair cheese with Ak Mak, Wasa or Vans crackers, or add them to a veggie or fruit platter. 

 

Veggies and Dip

 

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Take a small pumpkin, wash it and hallow it out. Place a small bowl in the pumpkin and add hummus or guacamole. Cut up some fresh veggies for dipping and you are all set!

 

Fruity Pumpkin

 

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For this one you will need blueberries or blackberries, strawberries or red grapes and oranges or tangerines. Using a round plate, arrange the fruit so that it looks like a pumpkin face. It’s so cute and your kids will want to enjoy it too!

Another option is to take small oranges or tangerines and draw Jack-O-Lantern faces on the skin of the fruit. It’s an easy snack or fun surprise for your kids to find in their lunch! 

 

Ghostly Cheese

 

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Take a low fat cheese stick and draw ghost faces on the back. Easy and adorably spooky!

 

Halloween Fruit Kabobs

 

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Take cubes of orange cantaloupe and black berries and place them on a skewer, alternating between the two for a fun black and orange Halloween treat. 

 

Remember, Halloween is one day. If you see treats to candy over the weekend, try saving it in a Halloween treat bag (like the ones below) to enjoy on your Cheat Day. That way you won’t miss out on anything but you also won’t indulge for three days straight. 

 

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Another important tip is to get rid of Halloween candy as soon as possible. You can give it away at parties or make sure you only buy enough for Tricker or Treaters, or you can donate or give back Halloween candy to organizations like Operation Gratitude or participating dentists and businesses. 

 

Find our more, along with more recipes and tips on our previous blog post Halloween Tricks and Treats. 

 

Have a Fun and Safe Halloween!

 

~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick

 

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8031 Jericho Tpke Woodbury, NY 11797

469 7th Ave Manhattan, NY 10018

 

 

 

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