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No matter what your health goals are, we understand that trying to get answers can be confusing and overwhelming. This is where the dieting stops and your transformation begins. Forget short-term fixes, we believe in a balanced approach that will last you a lifetime.

13/09/2023

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16/12/2022

Fellowship!

14/12/2022

Flavour!

12/12/2022

Fuel.

23/11/2022

If you want to know how much you WEIGH, use a scale. Just note that scales cannot differentiate between water, muscle, bone or other tissue mass. They are essentially useless for determining size loss. 🤷‍♀️

But if you want to know how much FAT you’ve lost, use the String Test!

In the Balance Factor program, everyone measures progress with the String Test: a simple height to waist measurement developed by Dr. Margaret Ashwell. The String Test is also one of the Outcome Indicators - 1 of 6 components, such as Roadblocks, Mindsets and Identities (as mentioned in last week’s posts) - to choose from in the Balance Factor Playbook. Remember, Outcome Indicators help you measure, specifically, the fat burning progress and not the very generic ‘weight loss’ we think is progress!

Dr. Ashwell’s String Test can be used monthly to track fat loss progress by marking where the string overlaps with itself at the waist (or bust, hips, thigh, etc.) Marking the point where it overlaps each month, lets you SEE the fat loss and celebrate the true progress you are making!

To create your own String Test, get some thick string (preferably white so you can easily see your markings) and measure your height with it. Mark your height on the string, and then add about 2 more feet of string past the height marking. Then fold the string in half from the top of your height marking to the end of it and tape it together. You should have a doubled up string plus extra to wrap around your waist. If you can get the “1/2 your height” piece all the way around your waist, your risk of chronic disease is pretty low! If you can’t, then mark where the folded end overlaps with the extra string. Now you can measure your progress each month as the folded end comes closer to the tape! It’s easier than it sounds but check out the video below for a visual how-to!

Check out my story for the YouTube link -
The String Test: Are you Overweight?

Our BFF, B, is holding up her string to show off the progress she’s made from July to November 2022! The string around her waist has come in by 3.5 inches since July!

18/11/2022

What’s the difference between fat loss using the Balance Factor Program and weight loss using other methods? (i.e. fad diets, workout routines, etc.)

Fat loss not only removes the unhealthy fat around the organs, but the unwanted fat underneath the skin.

Straight weight loss results in the person losing more water, sometimes muscle, and only a bit of fat, often to find their skin too big for their body. With straight fat loss, the skin returns to its original state because the fat is being removed from beneath it. As the inflammatory, stored fat goes, the glow of healthy skin returns!

This is why our BFF ‘B’, who you met in our previous post, now has a smooth and lovely rib cage developing under her clothes, and why the skin around her face, neck and shoulders is tighter, with more definition in her arms and hands! The body removes fat from every nook and cranny as it uses the extra stores for energy.

And the best part about fat loss is that it’s permanent! There is no forever maintenance with the Balance Factor Program. The individualized and sustainable eating style that gets YOUR body to burn the fat, is the same one that you’ll love for the rest of your life!

As the fat burns, your true shape is learned! It’s that simple!

16/11/2022

Meet our Balance Factor Friend (BFF), B!

B began the Balance Factor Program back in January 2021 when we quickly identified her:

Roadblock : “I just don’t trust that my body knows how to eat right to burn fat, so I can manage my weight.”

…and her:

Mindset: All or Nothing - “I ate ‘badly’ today. I blew it! I’ll just start again tomorrow!”

By identifying these individualized roadblocks and mindsets, she could choose an Identity that would guide her along her fat burning journey. This identity would help her manage the speed bumps and the relapses she experienced (and sometimes still does!), while the Balance Factor became part of her everyday life.

We start here…explaining the process of fat burning and sharing this continued success story to help everyone understand that society’s norm around losing weight by dieting and exercising is 100% misleading!

Stay tuned as we share B’s story and unveil her Identity as she continues her fat burning (rather than weight loss!) journey to her ideal size!

14/11/2022

This week we are going to introduce you to a Balance Factor Friend (BFF) who started the program one year ago. You will learn about her Roadblock, Mindset, and Identity which enabled her to start fat burning and reduce her size significantly. And it is still happening!

Stay tuned…

11/11/2022

May we never forget what they gave up for us who they never knew.

09/11/2022

Identifying yourself as a certain kind of ‘Eater’ is the Balance Factor Program’s third step for achieving your goals of getting to your ideal size!

It doesn’t work when you ignore your roadblock and use willpower as your mindset when attempting to manage your weight.

It requires taking on an ‘Identity’ so that you only need to focus on ONE thing!!! If you can stay the course by just scheduling your meals OR balancing everything you eat OR fasting properly then you’re cravings, binging, falling off the wagon, and loss of appetite control will take care of themselves!

It’s how it works! The Balance Factor Program teaches you to stabilize your blood sugar in your own individual way in order to burn body fat and easily sustain a healthy eating style that you LOVE! This is how you get to your ideal size!

Find us by tapping on the heart on the Homescreen of our two tracking apps - Balance Factor and Balance Factor’s Food Lover or by typing www.the-balance-factor.com in the search bar of your favourite search engine!

We’re here to help YOU understand how YOU can achieve YOUR weight management goals!

07/11/2022

A mindset is the belief that guides you through (or prevents you from) overcoming your roadblock.

Often we fail to identify our true roadblock in order to determine the appropriate mindset that will work to overcome it.

Example: Rise early to “seize the day” is a common mindset for getting more done. If you have the mindset that all you need is willpower or “a friend who will be waiting for you to walk, or work-out or…”, rising early will never be enjoyable and may cause you to be less productive as the day goes on.

What’s a possible roadblock for not being able to get up before the sun?
* you might be a night-person and be most productive after others go to bed, or
* you may have poor sleeping habits as a result of snacking before bed, or
* what you really want to accomplish can’t be done in the early hours of the morning.

Don’t beat yourself up for thinking you lack willpower! Identifying your true roadblock and adopting a mindset that is specific enough to help you overcome it, is the trick to achieving your goals!

Download Balance Factor’s Food Lover and the Balance Factor apps to help you overcome your roadblocks and shift your mindsets to get you where you want to be!

02/11/2022

What’s your belief (or mindset!) that is preventing you from sustaining the healthy eating style that will get you to your ideal size?

Mindsets help us handle situations. For example - the mindset “You can do anything you put your mind to!” drives us to push forward.

In order for a mindset to work, however, it needs to be specific to the individual. A healthier mindset would be “If you really want to be a NASA pilot then you can be!”

The mindset we’ve all been told to curb obesity is to “Eat Less Exercise More”. Again, this is too general, especially if the individual is already eating too few calories and exercising too much.

Choosing a specific mindset to overcome your roadblock for sustaining a healthy eating style is all part of the Balance Factor Program!

Download the BF apps - Balance Factor and Balance Factor’s Food Lover to get started! Tap the heart on the app Homescreens to check out the interactive website!

31/10/2022

Do you have a “bad habit” that is preventing you from reaching your weight management goal?

It might just be a roadblock behaviour that is keeping you from a sustainable eating style that will get you to your ideal size!

We can help! Check out the Balance Factor Playbook and play with the questionnaire on the Balance Factor website to help you identify your roadblock or “bad habit”!

Tap the BF heart on the Home Screen of the two Balance Factor apps or type www.the-balance-factor.com into the search bar to help you identify your roadblock!

29/10/2022

Now that the Balance Factor Apps are talking to each other we can help you figure out why you can’t sustain a healthy eating style that helps you manage your weight!

So what’s your Roadblock? What’s that bad habit you think you have that keeps you from being your ideal size?

Is it snacking after dinner?
Over-indulging on the weekends?
Skipping meals because you’re too busy?

The first of 8 components to help you reach your goals is identifying your Roadblock and understanding why your body is driving your behaviour this way!

Download or update your Balance Factor and Balance Factor’s Food Lover apps. Tap the heart on either Home Screen to get directly to the Balance Factor website where you’ll see it all - the Balance Factor Playbook, blogs, recipe videos, FAQ’s, testimonials and more….

26/10/2022

If you haven’t updated or downloaded the new Balance Factor’s Food Lover app, you better get on it!

It’s the only app that lets YOU pick the food you want to eat then

* offers you a ton of foods to choose from to ‘balance out’ your choice,
* suggests the serving size you will need to keep your carbohydrates in the fat burning range,
* calculates the meal’s carbohydrate percentage that can be adjusted by changing the serving size of the balancer food, and
* drops the meal into your Balance Factor app for instant and perfect tracking!

If you’ve never used the Balance Factor to learn how your body needs to eat to get you back to your ideal size, join the 3000+ people who have! Download our free Apple apps today Balance Factor and Balance Factor’s Food Lover and check us out at www.the-balance-factor.com in your search bar!

Balancing all your meals is a game changer for managing your weight the easy way!!!

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