Category: Inspiration

I have been there. I do understand it very well. It took me a while to figure it all out but I have been successfully keeping my ideal weight for the last over 20 years. 

That is why I have decided to share with you some tips for losing or maintaining your optimal weight without starving and restricting yourself all the time.

If you have any questions you can always write to me on [email protected]

Watch this video, where I explain why proteins are so important for losing weight and maintaining it after.

In our modern world we are increasingly bombarded with toxins all day long. There are endless numbers of chemicals used in industry, such as: pollutants, chemicals, herbicides, pesticides and toxins. They find their way into our homes and into our bodies on daily basis. We might not even realise that radio waves from computers and cell phones are putting increasing strain on our bodies. And even if we eat unprocessed foods, we have constant stressors in life. Especially now in our new pandemic reality,  full of uncertainty, we tend to live in a state of permanently heightened stress. And stress, which triggers cortisol release, is the number one toxin. 

Detox is an ongoing process that is vital to our health, happiness, and immune system. The body has a sophisticated system in place to detox itself naturally through the colon, liver, lungs, lymphatic system, and the skin. But evolution simply cannot keep up with the increase of toxins we face. 

When the body is overburdened with toxins, excess mucus is created to protect the organs. This leads to inflammation that creates a breeding ground for all kind of chronic diseases. In my practice, I see clients suffering from hormonal issues, fatigue, food allergies, weight problems, digestive distress, skin problems, headaches, depression or autoimmune disorders.

Healthy cells provide the foundation for a healthy body. Your cells need the following to thrive: 

• Oxygen
• Unprocessed foods containing nutrients and minerals
• Hydration
• Well-functioning detoxification pathways

Diseases and pour well being exist in a state of imbalance. Detoxing regularly allows your body to maintain a state of healthy balance, effectively releases the toxins that have found their way into your organs, fatty tissues and blood. Your body resets on a deep cellular level, paving the way for improved vitality, digestion, weight loss and immune health. 

It is Spring time! Great time to cleanse your house but also your body!

If you would like more info about our seasonal group detoxes you can e mail me at [email protected].

Most of us have experienced restricting diets that we have gone on for a certain period of time to lose weight to fit into our last year’s dress to attend a wedding party or another function.

Yes, you will lose weight on those diets but, it is almost impossible to keep that weight off longterm. Studies show that 90 percent of people who lose weight on restricting diets gain it back within 1-5 years.

When you diet often, you restrict yourself from eating certain products for longer periods of time. Our body does not get all the nutrients it needs from such a depriving way of eating. In a long run, we start having vitamin and mineral deficiencies in our body such as magnesium, Vit A,C,D,E, and omega 3 fatty acids that are essential for our body to function properly. 

Getting on and off restricting diets, cutting calories and depriving our body of needed nutrients can lead to increased weight loss problems as well as can make us more prone to chronic diseases. 

Furthermore following this manner of eating we fall into a constant yo-yo effect. We lose weight by dieting, while we are starved and deprived of foods. Once we are done we eagerly get back to our usual eating habits and that results in a quick return to the previous weight. Soon we start all over again. 

Sounds familiar?

These types of restricting and depriving behaviours are not only bad longterm for our weight loss, but also have a huge mental impact on us. They create a controlling relationship with food, ultimately leading to eating disorders. Eating disorders very often are not very obvious to us. They could be not eating enough, bingeing late at night after restricting ourselves all day, feeling guilty about every calorie, eating to avoid feelings or obsessive thinking about food while restricting ourselves from eating.

These kinds of relationships with food can not be healthy for us physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually.

So what can we do then? We all want to have our perfect healthy and fit body that we feel fabulous in.

Before we start embarking down the dieting route, it is very important to shift our mindset about food. 

We need to tune into our body’s needs more and heal our relationship with food.

Listening to body’s cues for hunger and fullness is a very important part of it. 

We need to eat for body’s physical needs and nourish it properly with balanced meals.

Ask yourself:” Am I really hungry? Is it my stomach that is calling for food or is it my emotions talking?  How can I address those emotions without having to ignore them and prevent eating over them while I’m actually full?”

Making those little changes by tuning in with your body and listening to its cues is the first step in succeeding with weight loss and never having to worry about it again.

Then, we also make sure we feed our body nutrients it needs to function optimally.

With that awareness, we make small changes, one at a time in our daily habits. 

That is the best recipe for longterm weight loss success.

If you have been struggling with weight loss and you would like to talk about it, apply for a free consultation call with me. I would be happy to help.

For most of us 2020 was a challenging time. 

We need to take a deep breath and exhale loooong…..

Sadly it seems like we are still in that same uncertainty and we can not change what is happening around us. But the good news is we can change the way we react to all that is coming at us daily. We can also chose to still focus on the positive things life brings us.

Setting intentions for small changes in our Life is very important not only in the New Year but anytime. 

And by intentions I do not mean goals. I mean that what really expresses the changes we desire to make in our life.

It could be any change in your life whether it is a new eating habit, more patience, more self love, more resilience to stress, losing weight, starting an exercise routine, better sleep. 

Whatever will bring a breath of fresh air for you.

What is that you really need to change in the New Year to support you??

Take a blank paper and just write it down!

For me it is very important to slow down and just be more present to the Life directly around me. 

We all need to live it right now! Give our daily actions more awareness.

Also as every year I will keep the intention of having balanced eating and lifestyle habits support me throughout the year. 

Lets turn more within to get more grounded and resilient. Whatever we set out will ensure the change we desire can be manifested into our lives. 

If you would like to explore more the idea of intention setting check out my practice on IGTV taking you through different aspects of your Life and setting intentions in each one of them.

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I wish you all you have been asking for to manifest in this New Year.

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It is usually a busy time for most of us now. We are running around preparing and getting ready for the celebrations. Even though it will probably not be the same Christmas as usually this year, we still would like to celebrate it the best we can.

It is a special time of increased feelings of love, warmth, gratitude, happiness, laughter and connections with friends and family.
But also, a time where we worry a bit more about our waistline and letting ourselves go again during the festivities.

There is a solution for that though. You can still enjoy your Christmas sweet treats and add to your joy rather than your waistline.

I was trying out a few things in the kitchen the other day and I accidentally came up with this simple chocolate recipe that is so delicious that your usual sweets will not be missed.

I am sharing this recipe for you to enjoy it without any guilt as it only has clean ingredients.

You can also download more of the Clean Treats recipes here:

boostbykasiagendis.com/cleantreats

Choco Loco Block

Servings

12

servings

Cooking time

15

minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup Cacao Butter

• 1 cup Cashew Butter

• 2 tbsps Cacao Powder

• 1/2 cup Dried Sour Cherries

• 1/2 cup Almonds (blanched, chopped)

• 1/2 cup Dried Unsweetened Cranberries (pre soaked)

• 1 tbsp Flax Seed (crushed)

• 1 tsp Cinnamon

• 2 tbsps Raw Honey (you can add more to your taste)

Directions

• Put cranberries to soak in a bowl with filtered water
• Then heat up cacao butter and cashew butter in the pan, when melted add cacao powder. Mix well and take off the stove to cool a bit.
• Meanwhile chop blanched almonds.
• Add honey (you can mix with a little bit of water if it is solidified), cinnamon, flax seeds, almonds, drained cranberries and cherries to the chocolate mixture and mix well.
• Transfer all to a dish lined with baking paper (long, rectangular pan works well) and put to the fridge for a few hours till it sets.
• Take out the block from the pan, cut in slices and enjoy!! Whatever is left (not for long trust me) keep in the fridge or you can freeze it.

 As I was setting my intentions for the New Year, 2020, I started with a reflexion on 2019. What was supporting me last year??

It was a very beautiful but also challenging year for me, filled with difficult moments and a lot of adjustments had to be made. I realised that what really kept me going, helped me see just the blessings, and made me go only forward was GRATITUDE.

I know a lot has been said lately on that and we hear it everywhere. I also have been practicing it for a long time now, but last year was special. I literally lived by it everyday. When I didn’t know what to do in certain situations that seemed hard to resolve, I used gratitude over and over again. There is so much to be grateful for. We ALL have so much to be grateful for. Starting with simple things like running water or clean water to drink, food on our plate, clothes to wear, washing machine to wash it, roof over our head, people around us: friends, partners, children, then of course health, love, peace, kindness, nature around us…..the list is endless.

This brings me back to the times when I lived in Lagos, Nigeria. I have really learned a lot there in respect to gratitude from local people. I have seen so many situations where people had next to nothing and lived in poverty however, they were still grateful for being alive, for food, and for their health. They danced, sang and made jokes on a daily basis. This was so inspiring to watch. In my culture I was not used to it. In Africa I have seen people living without running water, without electricity, without enough food to last them till the end of the month, yet they still were cheerful, grateful, kind and helpful. And somehow they would always make it work. What kept them going was gratitude paired with profound trust in higher power. (I will write on the latter in a separate blog).

And that is how it works.

By just acknowledging a couple of positive things that stood out for us on a particular day, we put ourselves into a spiral of positive energy that we can ride on wherever we want. 

Acknowledging and appreciating what we have, being thankful for it, makes other things just flow into our life. Suddenly everything starts falling into place.

If you still have doubts try it yourself.

PRACTICE:

Everyday (best first thing in the morning or last thing at night) tell yourself 3-5 things you were grateful for on that particular day or the previous day.  You can also write it down in a ‘Gratitude Journal’.

Do it for at least 1 month and see how you feel. At the same time try to restrain yourself from complaining too much. Anytime you feel like it, just start reminding yourself your blessings over and over again.

Try it out, it works like magic!