Aimee Chandler

Just watched a well known news reporter recommend push-ups and planks to strengthen your back in order to offset the "text" posture issue.... yikes!
Push-ups strengthen chest muscles, which can actually increase a rounded shoulder posture over time ...
How about stretching those chest muscles, doing some reverse flies and lat rows and just practicing better posture????

For many years I used exercise to manage my weight and keep me healthy. It worked until I hit my 40's...
I now know from personal and professional experience that getting your nutrition right and then MOVING creates better results. Check out this article...
“Regular physical activity reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia and some cancers by at least 30%,” they write. “However, physical activity does not promote weight loss.”

Exercise Can't Save Us: Our Sugar Intake Is The Real Culprit, Say Experts A group of experts likens the food industry's PR “machinery” to big tobacco’s. Ouch.

Just in case you didn't know WHY your dedication to all that exercise and dieting was resulting in little to no results...the hormone struggle is REAL, but understanding how to battle it is a GAME CHANGER!

One of the hallmarks of menopause is weight gain with a change in fat distribution from the hourglass shape (hips, butt, thigh & breasts) to an apple shape (fat storage around the belly).
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Perimenopause is a very volatile period. When ovulation stops progesterone levels fall since the corpus luteum, which is formed only if ovulation occurs, is the source of progesterone. Progesterone also primes the estrogen receptors & provides feedback to the brain. This causes estrogen levels to spike at times and fall at other times.� #
It is important to remember there are receptors for the s*x steroids all over the body, and that these hormones impact brain chemistry as well. With these volatile changes in hormones comes changes in hunger, energy, cravings, mood and sleep. This is also when stereotypical symptoms of menopause are at their worst. Another important insight is that estrogen helps sensitize the body to insulin and, along with progesterone, provides a buffer against cortisol.
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At menopause both estrogen and progesterone fall. You can think of estrogen like a suit of armor against calories and stress and progesterone like a shield. When they both fall the female metabolism is more “exposed.” This makes the menopausal metabolism more prone to gain fat and store that fat around the belly.
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Postmenopause is the same situation as menopause with one major difference; testosterone. The ovaries may have shut down their production of estrogen and progesterone, but they can keep producing testosterone at the same level. Even if testosterone levels fall, they are often relatively higher compared to estrogen and progesterone than they were previously. This is why I usually do NOT consider giving Testosterone to menopausal women even if it is low
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The fix for this hormonal state is to begin paying much more attention to stress management (cortisol), carbs along with calories (insulin control) and moving more towards weight training and walking rather than aerobic exercise and intense metabolic conditioning (using testosterone & generating HGH while balancing insulin & cortisol)

So proud and excited for this girl, Susan Pugh! 8 weeks of non deprivation nutrition and exercise consistency = 12 lb loss and a 5% body fat drop! AND it's such a do-able lifestyle approach she has committed to another 8 weeks of in person training together! BTW, she has a 2 and 5 yr old, a spouse that works crazy hours AND it's summer!
(This is at week 4 with a 6lb loss and 4% body fat drop) Stay tuned for more results throughout her journey.
If you want this for yourself, just reach out...

Great info...Dietary sources of taurine comes from high quality proteins like eggs, dairy, grass fed meats and fish. If you aren't confident that you are eating enough of these, supplementation is a great option!

For decades, it was assumed that new brain cells stop being produced once a person is fully grown.
Recent findings prove that isn’t true. Adults of any age have an ability to create new brain cells.
The dietary supplement TAURINE has been shown to enhance this youth restoring process.
Taurine protects against neurotoxins in ways that can slow age related neurological decline.
Some preclinical studies show that taurine reduces the kind of damage that people experience as a result of stroke or injury to the brain.
Higher intake of taurine earlier in life is associated with better cognitive function in the elderly.
The body makes only small amounts of taurine.
To boost taurine levels, it must be acquired from the diet or through supplementation.
I typically recommend taking around 1000mg before bed for its relaxing effects. I will often times combine it with my highly absorbable magnesium product (2-3 capsules before bed as well.)
Both Taurine and Magnasob are available through my site, just click on the following links:

TAURINE: https://draieta.com/shop/taurine-500mg/

MAGNESIUM: https://draieta.com/shop/magnasorb/

Another spectacular opportunity to MOVE yesterday! Totally motivated by this view...one side water as blue as the carribean, the other as green as you would expect from Ireland! 162 steep steps were a bonus🙃

Now this is the REAL stair climber!! I think I might be out here everyday if I had access to this natural workout and this incredible view...this world is amazing!

Monday morning mindset choice! Instead of dwelling on the fact that Mother Nature is clearly in control of this winter's length, I am appreciating the beauty and opportunity to get in a kick a** core workout without having to squeeze in exercise today!
What's your winter attitude right about now?