Win a family trip for 4 to Phuket

Welcome to secrets news issue 18

Let me fill you in on a little secret...

All Australian Slim Secrets subscribers (you are the first to be told this secret) and members of the public have the opportunity to win a family trip for 2 adults and 2 children to Phuket. All you need to do is buy Australian Table Magazine from your nearest Coles Supermarket and take up their health challenge for your chance to win. It's as easy as buying 2 Slim Secret's Bars at one time between 16th May till 19th June. So if one of your goals is a fantastic holiday then go for it!

Almost every one I talk to has goals, short term and long term, big goals and little goals. .What I want to talk about today is the big gap, between setting those goals, and actually achieving them. How many goals have you set, and then never achieved?

How many people do you know who are wanting for more, more money, more time, a better body, better relationships. How many people do you know who are completely unsatisfied?

You have the choice to decide to start living with more energy and "life" and to be empowered by your decisions. Make a decision, act now, and stick to your resolve. Whether you choose to live healthy or not... just decide. The book The Secret has taken the world by storm and this is the main theme that runs through it.

If you can begin by removing some of the barriers, you're going to get to your goal sooner, so let's go through some of those barriers.

1. Energy: I don't have enough energy!

Get this; most people think sitting still preserves energy! The truth is this is usually when you feel the most tired. The human nervous system needs to move to have energy, and to a certain extent moving gives you a greater sense of energy.

Imagine what your life could be like with more vitality every day!!
How would you feel? What could you achieve?

What can you do to cultivate vitality?

Exercise, nutrition yes!

Here are some other not so obvious areas to improve on to increase vitality.

• Raise your standards- expect more from yourself.
• Simplify your life; it's what you do now, today that counts, not yesterday or tomorrow.
• Stop tolerating people or things that are holding you back.
• Develop new daily habits.
• Improve your attitude.
• Be more grateful.

2. Time: I don't have enough time

Think about this, we all have the same amount of time. Time is a fixed asset, there is no way possible to increase the length of our day by 1-5 hours. I've been to many time management seminars and not one seminar has taught me how to increase the hours in my day.

A helpful tip might be to change our whole misconception on time, and understand that when it comes to time management, all we really have to do is manage ourselves. Maybe make a log of all the tasks you do in a week, and find out where you are wasting time, look at your goal and realistically determine how much time you need to spend a week to make it happen. For example if your goal was to be fit, then you would need to realistically spend about 3-4 hours a week or 30mins a day working on that goal. Tip; a good way to find extra time is to put a time limit on sitting in front of a screen or use that time to do combine both (for example lift light weights at every commercial).

How much time is spent on the internet, email, or TV, per week? If you don't start taking note, it will take over your life. How much time do you spend on repetitive tasks, do you delegate in the family?

Life balance is an essential key to feeling satisfied.

3.Money: I can't afford it!

Take a look at what you can afford?

Usually we just need to change some programming we have, and to revisit our priorities.

Let's look at some everyday costs and comparisons:

1 latte per day at work $20 per week or Gym membership $20 per week

Muffin and Flat white $8 or protein bar and apple $4.50

Dinner out and movie $60 -$100 or-. Save for 15 weeks and buy treadmill

Drinks on Saturday night $100 over the bar or see your nutritionist every 2 weeks and still save $50 per week...

No matter what we earn, we always spend it.

So make sure every dollar is an investment, in either your health or your wealth. Don't wait to earn more, because you'll still spend it.

So there you go; 3 big barriers.

You can get over them!

Be safe and have fun.

Warm wishes

Sharon

Scientist Finds Another Clue To Why Soy Promotes Weight Loss

Research shows that when soy consumption goes up, weight goes down. A new University of Illinois study may help scientists understand exactly how that weight loss happens.

"We wanted to compare the effects of soy protein hydrolysates and soy peptides with those of leptin because we hypothesized that soy might behave in the body in a similar way. Leptin is a hormone produced in our adipose tissue that interacts with receptors in the brain and signals us that we're full so we stop eating," said Elvira de Mejia, a U of I assistant professor of food science and human nutrition.

The researchers wanted to see if soy protein hydrolysates could affect these regulatory hormones and their receptors.

"And we found that soy did have an effect on these mechanisms and hormones that are induced in the body to help us degrade lipids and reduce body weight, but it did so by boosting metabolism and not by reducing food intake," she said.

To compare soy peptides with leptin, de Mejia's graduate student Nerissa Vaughn, with the help of associate professor Lee Beverly, implanted cannulas in the brains of lab rats; they then injected leptin as a positive control. When the scientists could see their model was working, they injected two formulations of hydrolyzed soy protein and soy peptides so the scientists could monitor the effects of each on food intake and weight loss.

Injections were given three times a week for two weeks; during that time, the animals had unlimited access to food and water. Food intake was measured 3, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours after injection, and the rats were weighed 24 and 48 hours after injection. All rats received the same amount of exercise, and all rats lost weight.

But, after the third injection, de Mejia and Vaughn noticed a significant weight loss in the group of animals that had received one of the soy hydrolysates, even though the animals hadn't changed their eating habits. In this instance, soy protein appeared to have caused weight loss not by reducing food intake but by altering the rats' metabolism.

The experiment not only showed that soy peptides could interact with receptors in the brain, it also demonstrated that eating less isn't always the reason for weight loss, the researcher said.

"Weight loss is a complex physiological event. It's not always as simple as 'Eat less or exercise more,' said de Mejia.

"Losing weight is a cascade of many steps, beginning with the production of certain hormones and continuing with their action in the brain. Some people are resistant to these hormones, just as other people are insulin-resistant. These people never receive the message from the brain that tells them they're full," she added.

de Mejia plans to continue investigating the effects of soy proteins on weight loss. She believes soy contains anorectic peptides that signal a feeling of satiety as well as peptides that boost the metabolism. Her next step will be to fractionate and purify the soy hydrolysates so that she can identify each peptide and understand its bioactivity.

de Mejia and Vaughn presented their findings at the Experimental Biology meeting in Washington, D.C. The study was funded by the Illinois Soybean Association and SAI Company.

Contact: Phyllis Picklesimer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The Skinny model debate

I spent the day yesterday in Sydney for the Rosemount Spring/Summer fashion show. I was there with my daughter Mel to represent Slim Secrets who was the sponsor of the parade by designer Bowie. We had the Slim secrets snack bars back stage and Mel also handed them out to the guests. It was great to see some of the models (both male and female) eating the bars before the parade! They loved the fact that someone had brought them a snack alternative that gave them energy, provided them with protein but was not laden with calories. The parade itself was terrific and I am pleased to say that none of the models looked like skin and bones. They actually looked slim and healthy which was great to see.

Photographed eating Slim Secrets bars were Deni Hines (who seems like a gorgeous person) as well as Holly Brisley from Home And Away.
All in all it was a great day. However it finished off on a high whilst flying back to Melbourne on Virgin Airlines we see the air hostesses munching on Slim Secrets bars whilst on their break.

When we told them that we had flown to Sydney to represent the bars they got all excited and asked for boxes of them as they loved them! What a great way to finish off a fun day.

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