Do you want to lose your belly fat or the last 10 lbs without hours in the gym or calorie counting or restrictive diets?


In this episode, you’re going to learn what’s really keeping you from losing your belly fat even if you’re exercising and eating right and it doesn’t make sense why you can’t lose weight.


I’ve helped over 200 clients find the root causes of their health issues so they can restore their health and sleep well, and they end up easily losing weight without even trying. 


 If you want to be fit and healthy, to feel confident in a bathing suit, to stop wearing clothes, to hide your belly, like I used to do, then this episode is for you.


Schedule a consultation to get started with the Complete Sleep Solution program so you can consistently sleep 7+ hours uninterrupted, naturally and permanently. 


00:00 Introduction: The Secret to Losing Belly Fat

00:56 The Frustration of Failed Weight Loss Efforts

02:22 The Key to Weight Loss: Reducing Inflammation

03:58 Gut Health and Its Impact on Weight

05:46 Toxins and Their Role in Inflammation

06:58 Diet and Inflammation: Finding the Right Balance

09:27 Achieving Overall Health and Weight Loss

11:13 Conclusion: Your Path to Health and Ideal Weight


Episode Transcript


Do you want to lose your belly fat or the last 10 pounds without hours in the gym or calorie counting or restrictive diets? In this episode, you're going to learn what's really keeping you from losing your belly fat. Even if you're exercising and eating right and It doesn't make sense why you aren't losing weight.


This is the sleep detective podcast. Well, you'll learn why you can't sleep and how to fix it naturally. I'm Martha Lewis. And as a functional health coach, I've helped over 200 clients find the root causes of their health issues so they can restore their health and sleep well. And they end up easily losing weight without even trying.


So if you want to be fit and healthy, to feel confident in a bathing suit, to stop wearing clothes, to hide your belly, like I used to do, then this is for you.


So what you're probably doing right now is trying to live a more natural, healthy lifestyle. And so you're trying to do all the right things and everything you read about, which is to eat right and exercise and it's not helping. And so it's just not working for you and you can't figure it out. And I know how frustrating this is and you might be doing a lot of cardio.


You might be spending a lot of time at the gym. Again, you might be following different diets to. You know, to try and figure it out you might even be trying supplements that help restrict your appetite or even medicine for weight loss, like Ozempic that has more recently come out. And so before I get into what you actually do need to do to lose the belly fat is my client, Jamie came to me for sleep issues, but she unexpectedly lost weight.


I'll explain why when we talk about what her test results showed. So, but I just want you to know that this is really common. It's like my clients come to me for sleep and then they end up losing 10 pounds again, without even trying, without doing anything extreme like they've been trying to do for years.


So what you need to know is that The really the key to weight loss is reducing inflammation. Now, yes, you also need to not be overeating. And you know, that's, that is, there is a whole psychological part to, to losing weight as well, but. If you're doing all the right things and still not losing weight, then it means there's inflammation in your body and it's sabotaging you.


And the reason why is because when your body is inflamed, your body makes and releases a lot of cortisol. Now, I'm sure you've heard of cortisol as one of our stress hormones. It's also what wakes us up in the morning and keeps us alert throughout the day. It's also an anti inflammatory hormone. So whenever there's inflammation, your body's going to release cortisol.


And what cortisol does is it tells our body to store, especially around the midsection or the belly. So having fat in the belly is usually a sign that there's inflammation in the body. So what you want to do is find out what's causing that inflammation and then when you get rid of what's causing the inflammation and get rid of the inflammation, then you'll be able to burn fat instead of store it.


So there are three main sources. of inflammation that I want to talk about today. Now, one has to do with gut health. So, when you aren't digesting food well, then those undigested food particles circulate around, the gut wall gets damaged, they leak through the gut wall into the bloodstream. Maybe you've heard of leaky gut, that's really what's happening there.


But what happens when they, those particles get into the bloodstream is that it causes inflammation. Then your body's going to release cortisol and that is, again, going to tell it to store fat. Now, also, if there is a pathogen in your gut, especially H. pylori is a common bacteria that lives in the stomach that I see in like 90 percent of my clients.


You could have a parasite, you could have kind of the bad bacterial overgrowth or candida, which is a type of yeast and all of those pathogens create a lot of inflammation as they're eating and excreting. They're releasing all these toxins, which I know sounds kind of gross, but those toxins create a lot of inflammation in the body.


And so. Gut health has a huge part of, of why you aren't able to lose weight and why, why your body is storing fat is because of all the inflammation that those pathogens are causing. And my client, Jamie, who I mentioned earlier had candida, which is a very toxic pathogen. It produces acetyl aldehyde which is just very toxic to the nervous system and to the body.


So that was one reason why, when we addressed that, she was able to. To lose weight without doing anything else. Now, other toxins can also cause inflammation. So another thing that I'm looking for are heavy metals. So things like mercury and lead and cadmium and aluminum. I see this in at least half of my clients.


And this is often overlooked, especially in the medical community, but even by other alternative practitioners. And heavy metals, again, they're toxic. They accumulate in the brain and the liver and different organs in the body and create a lot of inflammation. So that is also something that you want to look for are where are like what other toxins could be in your body.


Another thing I screened for is mold toxins. So some people, you know, genetically don't have the ability to get rid of mold. And so the mold is actually, they, it produces mycotoxins, which are a fungus that lives in the body. And just like pathogens in the gut, these mycotoxins also release a lot of toxins and cause a ton of inflammation.


Now, the last factor does have to do with diet and what you're eating. So eating an anti inflammatory diet is really important. And that can mean, you know, definitely eliminating refined sugar flour. Some of my clients are sensitive to gluten and dairy, and so they're causing inflammation. And so, and then also like eating organic food and not getting the pesticides, which are another toxin that we can get from food that's going to contribute to inflammation.


So there's definitely diet as part of it, but it doesn't mean that, you know, when I say refined sugar, people think no sugar at all. That doesn't mean that you can have, you know, in, in. Moderate amounts natural sugars, natural sweeteners, such as honey and unrefined coconut sugar and even unrefined cane sugar and maple syrup and things like that.


So it doesn't mean you're giving up everything, but it's the refined sugar, you know, the white sugar that's been stripped of all its nutrients. That is very inflammatory in the body. Now another piece of diet has to do with finding your what your body needs for the right balance of fat, protein, and carbs.


So for Jamie, she, you know, we found that eating fewer carbs than she had been eating was better for her. And so that's another way without having to That she was able to easily lose weight without really trying now. Yes, it does involve changing your diet, but it doesn't mean restricting things. It just means finding out the balance that is going to work best for your body.


And it's different for everyone. Some people can have plenty of carbs and other people like myself. Also don't do as well on as many carbs and it spikes our blood sugar faster, which also causes the body to release cortisol and, and will make you store fat. So diet does have something to do with it, but so many of my clients are already doing what they think is eating healthy.


I'm saying that in quotation marks because. You know, we've, we've been told certain foods, certain types of foods are healthy, but it's, there's more to it than that. There's making sure that you're having that right balance of macronutrients. So when you look at those three things at gut health and where other toxins could be coming from at balancing your diet as to what works for you, you're going to be able to lose weight easily.


You're going to be able to get rid of the fat around your belly. You're going to be able to stop needing to work out so hard, which could also actually be sabotaging you because strenuous exercise, especially when it's more than 30 minutes is going to increase cortisol. So especially as we get older, we actually don't want to be doing too much strenuous exercise that can that can sabotage trying to get rid of the belly fat cause your body's gonna.


Keep releasing cortisol from the stress of that and keep holding on to that fat. You're also going to be able to sleep better. You're going to get to feel like you can finally move on from trying this or from like thinking about it. Right. Like I know for me, my weight was in the back of my head or the front of my head, depending on the time of year and where I was for so long for so many years.


And it was nice to just. Figure it out and just be able to move on and not think about that anymore. And really your skin, your mood, your digestion, everything in your life is going to improve. Once you get to the root of why your body's storing fat and where that inflammation is coming from. And you're going to feel so much relief from that, from again, like.


Just understanding what it is being easily able to be at your ideal weight and also sleep well and not having to think about that anymore. So if anyone has any questions, feel free to to add it into the comments. And even if you write it. After this live is over, then I can answer them later. So yes.


And for everyone who's watching the replay, feel free to ask any questions in the comments and I'm happy to answer them. So if you want to find out what is causing inflammation in your body and find the ideal diet for your body, that's what I help my clients with in the complete sleep solution program.


So I use testing functional lab testing to find what's causing inflammation. I'm looking at gut health. I'm looking for heavy metals, like I talked about and anything else that is stressing your body. And then I also help you find the right diet for your body find. And, and not just what foods, but like what.


What balance of the fat protein and carbs is going to work best for your body because everyone is different. So if you are interested in that program, the first step is to schedule a consultation with me. So we'll talk about what's going on with your sleep and health and what your goals are and the steps you can take to achieve those because you can.


Sleep well, be at your ideal weight, and just feel really vibrant and healthy, even if you haven't felt that way in a long time. All right, everyone, I will be back on Wednesday talking about how to fix your mood swings so you actually like yourself and your life again. I know when we aren't sleeping and we're grumpy and irritable that we, we don't like who we are at that time.


And so there's a reason why your moods are up and down. And so I'll talk about that and how to fix it on Wednesday at the same time. I hope to see you all then.

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