Short Note about Cinch Diet Plan

Cinch Diet Plan gets Results if You Follow Advice

When I finally moved my cattle down to their next pasture - and farther away from the house - I realized that the pounds I regained in the last couple of weeks were due to dropping the mile and 1/3rd which I was walking cross-country every day in checking on them.

For I had my "patient patient" up at the house by now, and so the herd was also there - giving me only a few hundred feet of walking daily, if that.

So, since the calorie intake was not reduced along with the calorie "burning", extra weight was restored. (Wondered why I wasn't hungry at night.) And that's the advice with this Shaklee weight loss program which I didn't heed.

The rule then becomes - sleep when you're tired, drink when you're thirsty, and eat only when you are hungry: but only enough to satisfy, not to satiate. (Pleasantly full, not stuffed.)

And do get some substitute activity if you find yourself temporarily at odd ends.

(Needless to say, I did about 2 miles to check my other pastures, where I could find elderberries this year, and how a remote patch of blackberries was doing...)

One month more of this - and we'll see how it progresses.

 

How Cinch Diet Plan Really Works - if you follow it.

Ups, Downs, and Side-ways - Cinch Diet Plan Results

While I haven't been logging my posts about weight-loss and inch-loss progress, it's not like I haven't had any.

The problem is, as I've found, that if you don't follow the program, you get different results.

My core problem has been getting past 220lbs. However, I've done down 3 pants' sizes. That is more the result I wanted.

The deal is that if you don't follow the diet choices, then you simply are rolling the dice. Today, I'm back to 230. Now, I started at 244, so I still have a net loss of 14 pounds. (And don't forget the 3 pants' sizes.)

The side benefit is that I have considerably more energy available. So I often will skip the afternoon snacks and have found that "dinner like a pauper". Result is leftover snack bars and meal bars.

And I adjust this now to enter my final month of this diet. Final, because I entered this with the idea that I'd be able to afford the diet if I took their 4-for-3 month's purchase special. It was simply a test which concludes when the supplements do.

The idea originally was to move over to a more extreme version for the last month. Unfortunately, the only reference I found was to use water instead of milk, and use 3 scoops instead of 2. For that, I'd also drop my morning banana (which was added tomy morning mix to give it more substance). Probably move that banana to evening, or have it at my lunch - or something.

This is where the diet drops off the cliff, as it were. We are beyond what Shaklee recommends. And means anyone using this for extreme weight loss is on their own.

But I did find this article, which seems to be unique: http://www.articlesbase.com/nutrition-articles/a-healthy-diet-4959234.html

Their salient quote is this: 

But I always recommend that you fit Cinch into your life, don't make your life fit into the Shaklee Diet. Many diets are unrealistic with the rules, the points, the special food to buy with no education on how to cook healthy yourself. Cinch is simple: Drink a protein packed delicious shake for breakfast and lunch ( or just breakfast or Lunch), eat a healthy snack of raw fruits and veggies or a Cinch snack bar when you are hungry and have a  nutritious dinner. Enjoy some Cinch energy tea instead of diet soda and fill in the gaps with powerful nutrients in the Cinch 3-in-1 boost supplements.

Grab and Go, Shake and drink, Move and move and you will see the results. You will enjoy the inches falling away and not miss those lost pounds.

It's the point, which I found, that you are able to shake these cravings for excessive fats and sugars in your diet. That is the result of the Cinch Diet Plan. Drop fat, improve your metabolism. Make this stuff a part of your life - for real.

That's the trade-off. And is a consistent point of Shaklee - make their products a part of your life, and improve your quality of living immeasurably. I've already gone over the point that the Cinch Diet Plan is affordable simply on dropping out the expensive treats and restaurants and replacing these with a structured diet with their supplements.

Similarly, you can afford to replace your household cleaning compounds by simply shifting over to Basic H and their "Get Clean" product line. They last longer, and are less toxic - plus are designed to be environmentally responsible.

Even with a month left, I already have my "Plan B" in action. The 3-in-1 Cinch daily vitamins are replaced with their Vitalizer set. Cinch is replaced with the less-expensive Soy Protein Vanilla, and as well, the Nutriferon immune booster. It's called the "Vitalizer Men's Wellness Pack" This gives me the vitamins and protein I need, as well will then take the immune response booster in order to improve my resistance to infection even higher. You simply can't beat the quality of Shaklee vitamins. Period. Especially at that price. (Good enough for NASA and all that.)

Practically, what has kept my blogging progress down in this area is that I've more energy and have taken on additional projects, which keep me particularly busy. And so you may not hear from me all that much in the coming days - until some of thos projects are completed. (Not to mention earning a living meanwhile...)

What I am happy with is the product of losing the waist sizes and in proving for myself that this Shaklee diet plan works exactly to the degee you follow it just as laid out. Simple. I've met no one who has followed it and has been unable to lose weight/inches.

The overall outcome is that now I'm able to simply reduce my input at will, and so able to decrease my weight - all under my own control.

May your results be as effective.

Week 6 - Cinch Diet Plan - Missing 20 pounds!

Progress: 20 lbs. lost in 6 weeks - Cinch Diet Plan

Started this Cinch Inch Loss Diet at 244lbs. Today: 224lbs. Almost 40% through the diet plan (4 months or 16 weeks).

And went down a waist size (at least.) Starting to see the 6-pack under that surface fat showing up. (Always knew they were there, just well insulated...)

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'd shifted into a different diet and work activities. But dropping 8 pounds in a week is something new. (232lbs. last week.)

Again, what I did was to lower my calorie intake and boost my calorie burn rate. Less food, more exercise. And I still have plenty of energy for everything I want to do. Quite a bit of a difference. This seems to give me anecdotal support to the idea that all the fat you are carrying around is really just slowing down your metabolism. So the more fat you burn off, the easier it is to burn off more fat. (And so the easier it is to keep it off.)

And it meant I became familiar with what hungry was. Not ravenous, just knowing that I could eat - but didn't have to. I touched on this concept slightly in that last post, but could say more in this area. 

To my mind, a person has to be in touch with their body enough to know what thirst, hunger, and tiredness really are. And solve each according to its needs, not substituting something else. I've heard before that people eat when they are actually thirsty. And people toss back stimulating energy drinks when they are tired. You are really just putting extra calories away which will more likely turned into fat - which again slows you down.

My ideas at this point:

• When you're thirsty, drink water.
• Be hungry before every meal. If you aren't hungry, don't eat. Eat just enough to satisfy your hunger: don't overeat to feeling "stuffed". 
• When you're tired, either sleep or nap. Get up when you are rested or refreshed. 

Of course, this can play hob with any schedule. (It helps that I freelance and farm the rest of the day. I am my own boss.)

This is exactly why I took on the Cinch Transformation Challenge. I'll be seeing exactly what 4 months of this diet can do for a person. Since I blog, I'll keep this whole scene (mostly) going as a blow-by-blow. Or hope to, at any rate. 

I wanted to see if this stuff worked. It didn't hurt that I can always send back the empty boxes and get a full refund - no questions asked. So there was literally nothing to lose. Plus I got in on the special offer of the last month free - so it's a discount you can't pass up.

Again, what I changed this last week was the above. Especially in the afternoon and evening, if I wasn't hungry, I put off eating. Instead of eating the full meal bar, I'd eat half and save the remainder until later or the next day. Your snack bars are basically half of a meal bar. And different flavors. So that's another option. Oh, and the fruit I was eating in the evening was oranges. (Banana's have a higher fat content.)  This fills the need for "food" toward the evening - and the general rule is to eat essentially nothing after dinner. A low calorie fruit fits here. (I imagine celery would be another great option.)

My meals now are these:

• Breakfast is a Cinch Shake with a banana. (Occasionally, I throw in some cinnamon or use a different shake flavor - can't wait until our garden-fresh strawberries come in later this summer - and our peaches...)
• Mid morning snack (after farm chores) is my (big) mug of coffee with honey. And a peanut butter/jelly half-sandwich on whole wheat.
• Lunch is whatever, but I just watch the portions and keep it heavy on vegetables and lighter on meat portions.
• Afternoon is a tall iced glass of tea (kinda dilutes the Cinch Tea, but the flavor still comes through, as well as the energy it gives.) When I feel like it (about 3 hours or so later), I'll have a Cinch snack bar.
• Dinner is depending on how much I want to eat. It's becoming more of a half Cinch meal bar - or even none, if that snack bar was late enough in the day. (Eat only when you're hungry, remember?)
• Anything after dinner time (or within 3 hours before sleeping) is fruit - oranges.

And we'll see how this goes next week. I see my energy staying higher than before and I'm more interested in taking on various projects now which I was putting off due to lack of energy before. (I'm even considering tidying up and organizing the barn, it's gotten that extreme...) I'm not expecting to keep dropping 8 pounds a week - I figure that it's going to plateau at some level where my input and output match. Target right now is to get under 200lbs (I graduated high school at 185, mostly muscle, so that would be a good level to regain.)

Just hoping your diet is going as smoothly. Cheers!

Diet Plans: How your "Sugar Belly" is slowly killing you off

Diet Plans: Our Addiction to Sugar is our fat creator

What makes any diet plan hard to keep, and what makes our extra fat to begin with are one and the same. Sugar.

This one flavoring and additive is also what sells us the fast food, treats, and so on that is causing all out pre-diabetic conditions. However, we are the ones who buy this stuff, so don't think I'm going to get on a rant about the big, bad, corporate evils out there. Our bellies and thighs are what we did to ourselves. Even if your family has a heredity factor for being heavy-set - if you know about it, you can do something about it.

My sister brought me an article the other day that actually got me to stop everything until I'd read it completely through. (Rare in these days of Internet video's and scanning web pages.) I had gone for a blood screening our local Cattleman's Association put on (before I started this diet) and we were both stumped on what "triglycerides" were in the results. (They roughly measure sugar content in your blood.) This article was an eye opener.

I searched around and found it on Free Online Library, almost exactly like it was published. And I want to take some excerpts in review of it below (emphasis added):

You've heard of a beer belly. Now there's new evidence that the fructose in added sugars may send more of your extra calories to that bulge where your waist used to be.

For years, researchers have found a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, gout, and weight gain in people who consume more sugar-sweetened beverages. Now a flurry of new
studies suggests that our out-of-control sweet tooth is connected to our out-of-control belly fat.

And it's that kind of fat that may cripple the body's ability to use insulin, setting the stage for diabetes and heart disease.

Soft drinks, sports drinks, fruit drinks, energy drinks, coffee drinks, cupcakes, cookies, muffins, doughnuts, granola bars, chocolate, ice cream, sweetened yogurt, cereal, candy. The list of sweet temptations is endless.

The average American now consumes 22 to 28 teaspoons of added sugars a day--mostly high-fructose corn syrup and ordinary table sugar (sucrose). That's 350 to 440 empty calories that few of us can afford.

How much added sugar is too much? Cutting back to 100 calories (6 1/2 teaspoons) a day for women and 150 calories (9 1/2 teaspoons) a day for men might mean slimmer waistlines and a lower risk of disease.

This is the key point. Look over what you are eating and see how much of it has been "sweetened". Tons of the stuff in almost everything we eat. And the "funny" part is that we've now been conditioned to think (Westernized) that food is supposed to be sweet all the time.

Clearly, too many calories from anything--sugary beverages, beer, burgers, fries, pizza, ice cream, or dozens of other foods--explains why many American waists have been replaced by a spare tire.

And studies haven't found that you'd gain more pounds from, say, 100 calories of added sugars than from 100 calories of other foods. But calories from fructose (which is found only in added sugars and fruit) may be more likely than other calories to aim for your waist.

To find out if fructose is destined to end up around your midsection, researchers compare fructose to glucose (which is found in added sugars but is also the building block of starches).

The first solid evidence came in 2009. Researchers gave 32 overweight or obese middle-aged men and women 25 percent of their calories from beverages sweetened with either fructose or glucose for 10 weeks. Both groups gained the same weight (about three pounds). But their new fat didn't all go to the same place.

"We saw an increase in visceral fat in people fed fructose," says study author Kimber Stanhope of the University of California, Davis.

Visceral (deep belly) fat is more closely linked to a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes than subcutaneous (just
below the skin) fat.

That's the rub. This deep belly fat is what is increasing our chances of getting heart disease and diabetes.

The link between diabetes and sugars is clearest when researchers look at sugary drinks.

"We summarized the results from eight studies," explains Harvard's Vasanti Malik. All told, the meta-analysis pooled
data on more than 300,000 people. (14) The results: "For each 12 oz. serving of a sugarsweetened beverage you drink per day, you're getting about a 15 percent increased risk for diabetes," says Malik. "So it really doesn't take much to increase your risk."

"Fewer studies have looked at cardiovascular disease," she observes. "But we found an increased risk."

When Malik and colleagues tracked 88,000 nurses for 24 years, those who consumed at least two sugar-sweetened beverages a day had a 35 percent higher risk of heart attack than those who drank less than one a month.

Sugar-sweetened-beverage drinkers also have a higher risk of the metabolic syndrome, which can lead to type 2 diabetes or heart disease. (14,16) (You have the metabolic syndrome if you have at least three of the following:

elevated blood sugar, blood triglycerides, blood pressure, or waist circumference, or low HDL cholesterol.)

If you thought this was bad, it's not just the deep belly fat we have to worry about - it's also the fat we're putting in our liver from all these over-sweetened foods.

...[T]he people who drank a liter a day of sucrose-sweetened cola didn't just have more visceral fat. Their liver and muscle fat more than doubled. ...

Why does liver fat matter? When the body stores fat anywhere but in fat cells, it's called "ectopic" fat. And ectopic fat, especially in the liver, means trouble.

"When liver fat levels go up, that may trigger the sequence of events that leads to insulin resistance," says Stanhope.

That's when insulin loses its ability to admit blood sugar into cells. It's often the first step on the road to diabetes or heart disease. The liver may also explain why fructose leads to higher levels of triglycerides.

"Fructose gets metabolized by the liver very quickly," says Welsh. "When there is more sugar than the liver can process, it converts the sugar to fat. Some of the fat goes into the bloodstream, and that's why we get elevated triglycerides."

What's more, in Stanhope's study, the fructose drinkers burned less fat (and more carbohydrate). "The body doesn't make fat and burn fat at the same time," she explains.
"In our study, fat oxidation got blocked every time people drank the fructose drink because that fructose is getting turned into fat."

Here's the bottom line - the more sugar you eat, the less the body has to digest and so it stores it all as fat. That fat (both deep belly and liver types) is actually preventing your body from normal function. So you are setting yourself up for illnesses and chronic diseases which will make your retirement a living hell on earth. (No wonder health insurance is so high.)

The point is that you are better off taking control of your life and living with a decent diet to begin with. Preventative medicine is where all this is heading. All the pills and surgeries are useless when you've already wrecked your health with lack of good choices and self-control.

So I continue with my Cinch diet plan. It's not easy, but it's effective and as good as they can possibly make it. Yes, all these shakes and teas and meal bars have some sort of sweetener in them to make them taste "good". However, the point with these is that you now are learning to eat less with your portions and be aware of the calories you are putting in your body. Since the diet shakes fill you up, plus the supplements give you the energy you need, you don't need to be constantly snacking and keeping "diet" drinks around.

As this Cinch Transformation scene continues, I'm finding out more and more about myself and how these things tend to work. I'm also finding out more about how the conventional wisdom of this society we live in is slowly decreasing our life spans.

Of course, and as usual, I don't expect you to take my word for all this. It's more that you need to do your own research.

And if you are really interested, I'd suggest you try the Cinch Starter Kit and see how these shakes and bars and such agree with you. 2 weeks worth, plus the measuring tape, odometer, and what not. If you like it, take the Transformation challenge.

Up to you - like everything in your life.

More information about the Cinch Inch-Loss Diet Plan can be found as linked below:

 
Learn about the real science behind the Cinch Diet Plan | Limited time offer: get one month free!
Earn Extra Income While You Lose Weight

 

Cinch Weight Loss Offer Continued...

News: Cinch Diet Plan Special Extended!

 

Over the weekend, they released an extension to the special. This means that the "4 months for 3" deal is back on.

Until July 31, anyone can sign up for this great offer and get a fourth month of Cinch free for buying 3 months-worth. That brings the monthly cost down to about $225.

Now, if you still aren't certain this diet plan is the best one for you, there are still several options:

1) Sign up with a $70 purchase and get the free Cinch Sampler pack.

2) Or get the Cinch Starter Kit to try out the diet for 2 weeks. (And get the free tape measure, odometer, and diet plan software - all included.)

3) Or - just take the dive like I did and go ahead and commit to changing your life with 4 months of filling, energy-filled supplements. 

OK, that's quite a pitch, I know. You'll have to excuse me. After ten days and seeing both pound and inches disappear, I can get excited about this stuff.

But figure that you can pay for this with the money you save on fast food, as well as the meals you don't have to buy. And if you stick to it, the only problem you will have is that those thinner clothes in your closet are going to welcome you again. (Hope they aren't out of style too much...)

And don't take my word for it. Check it out for yourself.  All the data you need is located at that last link.

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Researching Tasty Diet Shakes - Heart Healthy and Tasty

In pounding around looking to see how I could keep from getting bored with my Cinch Weight Loss Shakes, I was looking for recipes which included stuff (ingredients) I could put in them which wouldn't add calories.

The Program Guide which comes with the Cinch Tranformation Kit, has a long list of ingredients (stuff) you could add easily. Now, before I quote this list, I'll have to tell you that some of these would have to be very imaginatively added in order to make a tasty, appetizing shake:

•      Water •      Vinegar •      Carbonated water •      Wine in cooking •      Club soda •      Mustard •      Mineral water •      Worcestershire sauce •      Coffee (black) •      Garlic •      Tea •      Herbs •      Lemon juice •      Parsley •      Lime juice •      Pepper •      Spices •      Lettuce (endive, escarole, leaf varieties, romaine, or iceberg) •      Alfalfa sprouts •      Pimento

•      Horseradish •      Bean sprouts •      Hot pepper sauce •      Celery •      Soy sauce •      Watercress •      Butter flavoring (e.g. Butter Buds) •      Onion / green onion •      Barbecue sauce (1–2 tbsp.) •      Mushrooms •      Ketchup (1–2 tbsp.) •      Bouillon or broth (fat free) •      Teriyaki sauce (1 tbsp.) •      Dill pickles (1 1/2 large) •      Sweet pickles (2 slices) •      Cocoa powder, unsweetened (1 tbsp.) •      Salsa (1/4 cup)     •      Nonstick pan spray •      Chicory •      Sweet & sour sauce (1 tbsp.)

Of course, this is all well and good. I had this data for awhile, but what prompted me to do something with it was when a friend forwarded me an email from http://www.independentlivingnews.com/category/healthedge/ which talked about the health benefits of Cinnamon.

Here's some of what they cover in this article:

Cinnamon Controls Blood Sugar

Perhaps the best known health benefit of cinnamon is its effect on blood sugar.

In studies, taking just a small amount of cinnamon a day helped patients with type-2 diabetes to better control their blood sugar. In less than two months of taking 1 to 6 grams of cinnamon each day, patients saw up to a 29 percent reduction in their fasting blood sugar.

That's an impressive improvement for such a small amount of cinnamon. For people with high-normal levels of blood sugar – a precursor to full-blown diabetes and troubling health issue on its own – that may be enough to restore you to normal blood-sugar levels and stave off further problems.

Cinnamon Lowers Cholesterol Levels, Too.

In the same study, patients taking a daily dose of cinnamon also enjoyed a significant improvement in their cholesterol and triglyceride levels. In the cinnamon group, triglyceride levels dropped by up to 30 percent, on average, and LDL cholesterol levels dropped by up to 27 percent. Patients taking a placebo saw no change in their cholesterol or blood sugar levels.

People with type-2 diabetes are at higher risk of heart disease, so the fact that cinnamon helps improve your cholesterol levels is important to know.

Getting a Daily Boost at Essentially No Cost

Cinnamon isn't just for people with diabetes. It also provides everyday health benefits.

For example, did you know that cinnamon can give you an afternoon energy boost? In a study conducted at Wheeling Jesuit University, researchers found that participants who indulged in a cinnamon-spiced treat or who even just smelled cinnamon did better on tests that demanded attention and cognitive ability.

Relief from Pain

Another everyday benefit of cinnamon is relief from arthritis pain. Arthritis sufferers who consumed a half-teaspoon of cinnamon mixed with a tablespoon of honey experienced significant relief from arthritis pain within one week of daily use. Within 40 days, they enjoyed significant improvements in overall function and could walk without pain.

And, as usual, your mileage may vary considerably. I had been using cinnamon in my morning oatmeal for to keep the sinuses and respiratory systems clear. It's just great to find out how this spice can help other things as well. The great thing is that this spice is calorie-free, so it's a great way to "spice up" your diet shake.

Chocolate Orange Smoothie 

2 scoops Shaklee Cinch Shake Mix (chocolate)
10 ounces of water OR unsweetened Soy Milk *
1 snack-size container of mandarin oranges (about 1/2 c.)
1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon **

Add a few cubes of ice and blend well in a blender. Enjoy!!!

* It is not recommended using regular milk with this recipe as diary products do not mix well with citrus fruits or juices and although they taste just fine, they tend to separate.
** Cinnamon is a well known appetite-suppressant.

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More information about the Cinch Inch-Loss Diet Plan can be found as linked below:

 
Learn about the real science behind the Cinch Diet Plan | Limited time offer: get one month free!
Earn Extra Income While You Lose Weight

My Men's Diet Program Results & Review

My Cinch Diet Plan Weight Loss Progress

One week of regular use shows results. And some of my residual skepticism is laid to rest.

At Cinchclub.com, I recorded my measurements, a few days after I actually started the diet. (This is accessible there under Your Profile.)

Today, after 10 days on the diet, I revisited this page. (Why not a week? Because I've been busy - all that energy I have now.) And you can see by the screenshot what my progress was. (That picture can be opened in a new window - right click - to see it larger if you want.)

It's not that I lost 4 pounds, but also that some other sizes started shrinking as well. What I measure for my waist is actually my gut. That's what I want to lose. When my pants get noticeably too loose, then I'll know it already. (I have a target pair of pants I want to fit back into, BTW. A real acid test.)

The surprise was that I'd lost some inches here and there I wasn't noticing. Arm and thigh stayed the same (like I said, I work on the farm every day - and don't really want to lose muscle) but my chest got smaller as well as my hips and waist.

So this is all good news. And I'll celebrate by - staying on the diet. Well, I'm going to check out some new shake recipes and maybe invent some more.

I went ahead and got that "Magic Bullet" blender. There were others on the market, but they were either harder to clean out or more expensive with fewer features. Main reason I switched from my earlier one was that I had to use a tall (20oz.) glass and hold onto it while I mixed - since I only got a stirrer with a motor attached. With the "Magic Bullet", you simply pour everything into one of their clear plastic jars, screw on the lid and press it into the mixer. Easy to clean, plus you can do it one-handed. (So naturally, I promote what works for me.)

More information about the Cinch Inch-Loss Diet Plan can be found as linked below:

 
Learn about the real science behind the Cinch Diet Plan | Limited time offer: get one month free!
Earn Extra Income While You Lose Weight

 

And more information is available from Amazon about that Magic Bullet:

Cinch Diet Plan - Only Eat When You're Hungry...

Are you eating when you're hungry, or because you're "supposed to?"

I've pulled this article from Cinchclub.com as I've run into this recently. (You might have to sign in to read it.) Only when I started the Cinch diet did I actually come to the table hungry and ready to eat something. Before that, with all the various snacks I was eating, I was never really hungry - so was simply keeping some extra fat around (and I just saw another article about what is stored along with that fat.)

And that's a key point. We are over-eating ourselves to death. Literally. If you are paying to have a doctor see you every year for some illness, then you are paying for something you could have prevented. The other day I saw a lady (yes, she was overweight/obese) who pulled almost 2 dozen different pills out of her purse so she could go over her daily regimen with a technician-specialist. But we know that Type 2 Diabetes is preventable if they are just caused by diet. That coronary conditions are preventable if they are just caused by diet. And the list goes on.

If it's not hereditary, then you can probably do something to keep from having that disease (and even if it is...) Because overweight is what's causing most of these "epidemic" illnesses in our adults and our kids.

Too often we are eating because it's that time of day, not because we really need food in our system. With snack machines and coffee shops and fast food joints all over the place, it's too easy to get someone else to sell you something that the body doesn't need and isn't useful (and meanwhile adding artery-clogging fat into your system, too much high-blood-pressure salt, and/or too much adrenal-gland-stimulating sugar.)

You actually can save money by cutting out the pre-processed, junk, and convenience foods - more than you'd really need to pay for quality supplements. (See this page about how much a Cinch shake costs compared to a Big Mac meal or a Starbucks and scone, or even a Subway sandwich.)

What I realized with this diet is that food actually started tasting better because I was hungry enough to want it. And the body rewards you for treating it right, doesn't it?

But I wasn't starving, and I have plenty of energy all day - until it's time to sleep. And that is the difference I've seen with reviews of other diets. Cinch keeps you full enough to not want to have to eat something else. I wouldn't think a single shake or a meal bar would ever keep me - but they do. Day in and day out.

Satisfied.

Like it should be.

Knowing True Hunger

Are you hungry? Sounds like a simple question doesn't it? But the truth is most of us eat in response to environmental triggers instead of responding to true biological hunger. We learn early on that it's sometimes better to eat everything on the plate instead of struggle with mom or dad, or to suffer through a plate of broccoli so we can have dessert. We learn to eat because food smells good, it's "lunch time," or because we are bored. As a result, we ignore our own body signals and eat whether we are truly hungry or not.

So do you know what your biological signals for hunger are? Is it a mild stomach growling, an empty feeling inside, or something else? Take some time to identify what your body's first signs of hunger are. Use the following hunger-rating chart to assess where you usually start eating and where you stop.

10. Thanksgiving stuffed
9. so full it hurts
8. feeling quite full
7. starting to feel uncomfortable
6. slightly ate too much
5. just right, you feel comfortable
4. first signs it's time to eat
3. strong signs that it's time to eat
2. very hungry, cranky
1. extremely hungry, dizzy and weak

If you start eating at a "5" or higher, you are eating for external reasons and not because you are biologically hungry. On the other hand, if you wait too long to eat and you start eating at a "1" or a "2," you were overly hungry and most likely will end up overeating. Starting to eat at a "3" or "4" is perfect. At this level, your body is telling you that it's time for some nourishment but not to eat the entire box or bag of something.

If you stop at a "6" or above, you are overeating (when we eat because of external reasons, we tend to overeat). It's also important to remember that if you overeat even healthy foods, those extra calories will be converted to fat and stored in your body. You should aim to stop eating at a "5," when you are feeling perfectly comfortable. At this level, you have taken in the right amount of food to nourish your body, but not too much so that it will be stored as fat.

Review: Free Online Weight Lost Center - Cinch Club

Cinch Club - Free Online Weight Loss Center

Of the two online weight loss centers which Shaklee provides, the Cinchclub.com is the free one. And what we'll review today.

It's remarkably easy to sign up for. (Did I mention it's free?!?) And behind the login as a real wealth of data.

And we could spend all day just talking about the points that are available here. But I haven't gotten through all of them yet, myself.

Of course there the forums, where you can interact with like-minded people. But the recipes are great - to both get your weight and size down to where you want it, and also to train yourself in low-calorie-but-great-tasting ways to keep it there. Well over 60 different ones, many of them weight loss shake and smoothie recipes. Plus, they're all PDF's for easy download and printing. I hope to share many of these with you in the coming months.

The articles is another high point, however. Just that one in the image above is something else. Did you know that if you eat just before sleeping, your body tries to burn it off like you are awake? This could be the reason for all those wild dreams. And then, being tired the next day, you're wanting to eat more as your metabolism is lousy. Perfect diet-buster. Lesson? Keep to a schedule which has the last food at least 3 hours before sleeping. Again, I hope to excerpt these as I review this site later.

A next section to investigate (and there are so many options, a great site overall) is their Resources section - which is linked at the top of every page.

A really useful link is that "Meal Plans" section above. You select your goal (lose weight or maintain weight), then what type of meal (regular, no dairy, no red meat, lacto-ovo-vegetarian) and then calorie level (1200, 1500, 1800, or 2100). When you click on Get Meal Plan, then a pdf comes up, ready to download.

Recipes and articles are also linked here, only you get right to the "View All" page. 

Up at the top, you can see a "Cinch-U", which is 12 weeks worth of courses that you can take to learn all about dieting and what you need to know to succeed. The first week is open to anyone (who doesn't want to sign up free) and tells you simply how the Cinch Inch Loss diet plan works, plus why you should exercise and how to create SMART goals. And there's a simple test after each one which tracks your progress.

Again, more to tell you about later as we go through this together. (I'll stick to the diet if you keep reading this blog...)

Over further, you'll see the forum. I was intersted to see that this is a pretty active forum, with people signing up every few days. And there are many posts coming in. I see several for this month and a couple just today - as I write this. What's great about the forum is that you can help others and help yourself. Looking through the posts, I see that people are keeping this posting in as a way to hold themselves accountable.

One thing I'd suggest you check out is their Expert Q&A under the Community Section. It's huge.

If that's the only reason for signing up to this free site, it would be enough. All the rest is gravy.

Well, I'd have to give this site an "A" rating. Everything is easy to find and all the questions I can think of right off have been answered (or made easily available.)

I'd suggest you check it out, too - regardless of what diet you are on. Or if you're dieting at all. Might give you a reason to start - and definitely will give you a reason to keep going.

My Cinch Inch Transfomation Kit Arrives - Video!

The Cinch Diet Plan Transformation has Begun!

I got the package in a couple of days ago, but waited to get with my sponsor Scott - and videoed it so we could all get the data.

You have to see in this (other than some editing) this is pretty unrehearsed. (Yes, we both talk this fast in real life...)

The point is to bring it to you so you could see what exactly is in the package - since I haven't found anywhere else online where someone brings this up.

As well, Scott has a wealth of data on this - hard to believe he's been active in Shaklee just over a year or so.  But this is exactly what I wanted - to know how to get started right off and not have to read a bunch of stuff to make it make sense.

So here's where we rolled this out - just for you:

 

Just in case you need them, here's the links for the Cinch Inch Loss Transformation Kit, plus their special Cinch Sampler Kit you can get for free - just for signing up.

Studies of Weight Loss Shakes

Weight Loss Shakes and Studies: Shaklee Cinch Inch Loss Program

With Shaklee's 50-year background in vitamin research and quality-checking, it should be no surprise that when it upgraded it's diet program more testing was involved.

According to Wikipedia: "A landmark nutrition study published in the peer-reviewed Nutrition Journal (October 24, 2007) led by a Nobel Laureate in Nutrition compared users of Shaklee vitamins and supplements with users of leading multivitamins and people who took no vitamins or supplements over a 20 year period. The study showed Shaklee users "to have markedly better health as measured by higher blood levels of key nutrients, more optimal levels of key health biomarkers, and lower prevalence of diabetes and elevated blood pressure." As a group the Shaklee users "were 73% less likely to have diabetes and 39% less likely to have elevated blood pressure than non-users. Also, this group was less likely to have suboptimal blood nutrient concentrations, and more likely to have favorable levels of key biomarkers including serum homocysteine, C-reactive protein, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides than either non-users or multivitamin/mineral users."

It's leading weight control program is known as the Cinch Inch Loss Program, has an emphasis on not just weight, but also inches of fat reduced. Shaklee has long been  involved in sports nutrition, having sponsoreda top-ranked professional cycling team, and its supplements used by numerous Olympic and sports athletes. Shaklee has also supplied adventure teams, such as Jacque Cousteau's and also supplied a customized re-hydration beverage to NASA Shuttle astronauts since 1993 - which continues today.

In their studies of athletic performance, a key amino acid (building blocks for protein) was found to help maintain muscle mass of athletes and so maintain their condition - leucine. Researchers had noted that diets for weight loss were remarkably different than diet top athletes used for routinely high performance.

To understand how leucine works, it's important to first take a closer look at this dreaded diet cycle. You know the drill. You go on a diet, and since most diets are nutritionally inadequate, you generally feel hungry and have no energy.

But worse than how you feel, is what's happening to your body. When you significantly reduce your calorie intake, it triggers what's called the "famine response." Your body thinks it's starving and goes looking for energy anywhere it can find it - including your muscle. So not only do you feel bad, but instead of just losing fat, you are losing muscle too.

Now, why is that a problem? Well, muscle is the core of your metabolism. It burns more calories than fat, so the more muscle you have, the higher your resting metabolism and the more calories you burn in a day. Less muscle means a lower metabolism and fewer calories burned.

And things only get worse when you go off your diet and go back to your old eating habits. Because your metabolism has been lowered by this loss of muscle mass, you regain the weight you lost, AND you don't get all that muscle back. The weight that you regain is body fat.

With each successive diet you actually end up shrinking your muscle mass and your calorie-burning capacity. And each time you stop dieting, you usually gain back more fat. So, your metabolism keeps getting lower and your body fat keeps going higher. Does this sound familiar? Remember that muscle equals metabolism, and it's so important to preserve your muscle mass as you reduce your calories to lose weight. This will maximize your body's calorie burning potential.

And that's where this remarkable program from Shaklee comes into the picture. The Cinchﾮ Inch Loss Plan is powered by a proprietary blend of protein - enhanced with leucine - that is designed to help you break the diet cycle.

Leucine is an amino acid that directly stimulates muscle protein synthesis. This means leucine helps you retain muscle mass.

Researchers have been studying leucine's role in muscle metabolism for over 30 years. And body builders have used supplemental leucine to help gain and maintain muscle mass. However, more recently, leucine has been evaluated for its role in weight management because of this function in preserving lean tissue during periods of reduced calorie intake.

The research sounded promising, but to be sure the Shaklee science team ran its own research, a pilot study in the Fall of 2005 to specifically test the Cinchﾮ Inch Loss program. The study participants followed our program for 12 weeks and the results were even better than we expected.

Participants lost over 15 pounds, and 4.1 inches around their waist and 2.6 inches around their hips on average. But the best part? The study subjects showed 100% preservation of fat-free muscle mass.

Now, there's more to the Cinch Inch Loss Plan than just weight loss shakes. The point is to keep you feeling full, with enough energy to do whatever you want while your body adjusts to less mass intake. There are teas, food bars, and a vitamin supplement. But that will need to be the subject of an additional article.

More information about the Cinch Inch-Loss Diet Plan can be found as linked below:

 
Learn about the real science behind the Cinch Diet Plan | Introductory sampler now available.

Related Weight-Loss Articles:

• Finding the Best Weight Loss Diet Program

• Comparing Weight Loss Plans

• Weight Loss Shakes

• Cinch Weight Loss Supplements

• 10 Healthy Fat Loss Diet Reasons

• Healthy Diet Plan FAQs

• Healthy Recipes for Weight Loss

• Weight Loss Centers - Advice

• Weight Loss Programs for Men

• Video Success: Tasha Starr

• Cinch Diet Plan Webinar

• Obesity Treatment

• Home-Based Business?!?

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Weight Loss Supplements and Shakes

Cinch Inch Weight Loss Shakes, Smoothies, and Supplements

As you've been following these articles, we've covered that all diet plans have to deal with reducing calorie input, while increasing calorie burn-rate, meanwhile providing enough nourishment as well as mental re-training and social support. If any of these are missing or skimped, the program fails.

Another aspect came in, based on research into sports nutrition. It was found that a destructive "yo-yo effect" was produced by most diets. When calorie intake is lowered, the body invokes a "famine response", by burning muscle fiber and water first. And then, when the diet is ended, a "feast response" occurs, where extra calories are stored in the fat against the next shortage. The net result is that you lose muscle mass, which is actually needed to keep metabolism high. Low metabolism makes you feel out of sorts and tired. And a frequent reason to quit a diet - because you "feel lousy."

The Cinch Inch Loss Plan is different. It addresses one of the primary reasons why other diets fail. Cinch provides you a plan to lose the right way. Instead of helping you lose weight from fat and muscle, the Cinch Inch Loss Plan is Powered by Leucine^TM to help preserve muscle while you lose weight from fat. Preserving muscle mass also prevents your metabolism from dropping. The Cinch Inch Loss Plan with leucine is scientifically formulated to help you lose weight, lose inches, and break the cycle of perpetual dieting.

The Cinch Inch Loss Plan is designed for real life, so it also addresses the physical and emotional challenges that come along with your weight control efforts. With proprietary formulas, the Cinch products will help you control your hunger, boost your energy, and keep you feeling satisfied. Plus, you'll get healthy personalized menus specific to your body's needs and your individual preferences.  

Benefits

•     Helps you lose pounds and inches

•     Helps you lose weight and inches without feeling hungry

•     Clinically tested leucine formula to help preserve muscle during weight loss

•     Promotes weight loss from fat

•     Provides protein to help control hunger and preserve muscle

•     Offers personalized and flexible meal plan options

•     Provides the support and tools you need to be successful

•     Helps you achieve healthy lifestyle changes

If you would like an alternative to a shake, try the Cinchﾮ Meal-in-a-Bar. You've got two delicious flavors to choose from: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, and a newer addition to the Cinchﾮ product line, Blueberry Almond Crisp. Both bars are packed with 20 grams of protein for staying power and leucine to help you preserve muscle while you lose weight and inches. And, with 6 grams of fiber, they're low glycemic with 260 calories for the Blueberry Almond Crisp and 270 calories for the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip. As always, the bars have no artificial flavors, colors, or sweeteners. It's a real winner for "cinching" your waist and satisfying your appetite.

You can also take a break in the middle of the afternoon to enjoy one of our amazing Cinchﾮ Snack Bars. If you're a chocolate lover, you won't believe the rich flavor of the Chocolate Decadence Bar. Try the Peanut Butter Crunch and Lemon Cranberry bars, and you'll have a hard time deciding which flavor is your favorite. And, of course, the Cinchﾮ Snack Bars do not contain any artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners and have no trans fats.

But these bars don't just taste great. They're 120 to 130 calories, and yet provide you with a full 10 grams of protein, 3 grams of fiber, and are low on the glycemic index. They're good for you and really keep you satisfied. Plus, each bar is Powered by LeucineTM to help you hold on to muscle.

Also included, Cinchﾮ 3-in-1 BoostTM is a multipurpose supplement containing 23 essential vitamins and minerals and features a proprietary thermogenic blend of botanical ingredients, including EGCG, an ingredient from green tea that helps boost your metabolism. Also included are chromium, vanadium, and banaba leaf extract in the formulation to help you retain normal blood sugar levels. In the context of a healthy, high fiber diet, Cinchﾮ 3-in-1-BoostTM helps keep your energy up and your food cravings down.* Cinchﾮ 3-in-1 BoostTM is designed to work in tandem with the Cinchﾮ Shake. Together they provide you with 100% or more of the Daily Value for 19 essential vitamins and minerals.

The final step in the Cinchﾮ Plan is Cinchﾮ Energy Tea, a unique blend of tea that offers a natural alternative to sugar laden snack foods or high calorie coffee drinks. Cinchﾮ Energy Tea contains a unique proprietary triple tea blend that includes rooibos red tea, white tea and green tea extracts including Matcha green tea powder, a special green tea traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies. Also added is the amino acid taurine, which has been studied for its role in physical and mental performance and for promoting a general sense of well being. Cinchﾮ Energy Tea, available in original Unsweetened and juicy, lightly sweetened Pomegranate flavors, is an good way to chase away those mid-morning or mid-afternoon low energy blahs. You can either drink it hot or over ice for a natural energy lift.

The Cinchﾮ Inch Loss plan provides an optimal balance of carbohydrates, protein and fat to help control hunger, promote satiety and feelings of fullness.

When you incorporate all the delicious Cinchﾮ products, along with the healthy meal plan included as part of the Plan, and add regular physical activity to the mix, you absolutely will lose inches and fat as demonstrated by our preliminary clinical trial.

And this is especially important when you consider losing fat, especially around the waist, reduces that waist to hip ratio, which in turn, reduces the risk of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Our preliminary study results showed that participants on the Cinchﾮ Plan were able to keep muscle, burn fat, lose inches, and improve their health at the same time.

In our next article, we'll bring you more information on Obesity and the epidemic it's become in just two decades. Of course, that's the real reason we are taking up this subject - to help you make an informed decision about your diet, so you can reach and maintain a healthy weight.

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1 Pilot study showed participants retained 100% of lean muscle mass while losing an average of:

•  16.3 pounds of fat

•  4.1 inches from their waists

•  2.6 inches from their hips

 More than 90% of participants in a study reported having "very good" energy levels

 Officially tested to have a low glycemic index for a more steady rate of digestion and better weight control

*None of the above statements have been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease.

More information about the Cinch Inch-Loss Diet Plan can be found as linked below:

 
Learn about the real science behind the Cinch Diet Plan | Introductory sampler now available.

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• Finding the Best Weight Loss Diet Program

• Comparing Weight Loss Plans

• Weight Loss Shakes

• Cinch Weight Loss Supplements

• 10 Healthy Fat Loss Diet Reasons

• Healthy Diet Plan FAQs

• Healthy Recipes for Weight Loss

• Weight Loss Centers - Advice

• Weight Loss Programs for Men

• Video Success: Tasha Starr

• Cinch Diet Plan Webinar

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Advice - Weight Loss Centers

Weight Loss Centers: Advice on Weight Maintenance

Many people set up their own local weight loss centers in order to help their friends and family with their Cinch Inch-Loss Plan. There are no particular rules regarding your center. You don't even have to own or rent a building. Any space you can meet and talk freely on a regular basis can be used.

The point is that you meet and discuss things regularly. The leader can even sent out text messages on a regular basis to keep everyone inspired during the week. Calls and emails to each other are encouraged.

What follows was originally written for Canadian Cinch Users and has been borrowed for our American friends and associates.

A CINCH® WEIGHT MAINTENANCE PLAN

Once you’ve reached your weight loss goal with the Cinch® Inch-Loss Plan, it’s time to make the transition to weight maintenance and wellness. Here are some easy steps to follow:
 
1. Re-evaluate your daily calorie needs for weight maintenance.  
Use the CinchCoach™ software that came in the Cinch® Starter Kit or the “free analysis” tool available at CinchPlan.com to calculate your new calorie needs for the weight you intend to maintain. 

2. Use the structured meal plans for weight maintenance found in CinchCoach™ or at CinchPlan.com/. 
Choose the meal plan closest to your estimated calorie needs. The maintenance meal plans incorporate one Cinch® Shake (or one Cinch® Meal-in-a-Bar) and one Cinch® Snack Bar daily and other healthy food choices as meals and snacks to meet your calorie needs. You can also continue to use Cinch® Energy Tea Mix as desired. Follow your maintenance meal plan as closely as possible until you have a good sense of the amount of food and proper portion control that will promote a stable weight for you. 
 
3. Continue to monitor your weight weekly.  
If you find you’re still losing weight, boost your caloric intake just a bit – but do so slowly (add 100 calories a day for a week, then re-weigh) – until you find the right calorie level for maintenance. If you find you’ve gained weight, you may have overestimated your calorie needs. In this case, we recommend you either boost your physical activity or cut back your calorie intake slowly (subtract 100 calories a day for a week, then re-weigh) until you find the calorie intake that keeps your weight stable. 
 
4. Switch to other Shaklee supplements. 
Although we highly recommend you continue using Cinch® Shake Mix (or Cinch® Meal-in-a-Bar) as a healthy meal replacement, and Cinch® Snack Bars as desired as a healthy snack, your basic supplementation program can now switch from the use of Cinch® 3-in-1 Boost™ to a combination of other Shaklee wellness products. 
 
To promote lifelong health and vitality, replace 3-in-1 Boost with Shaklee Vitalizer™ (with or without iron) and add Shaklee OmegaGuard® and NutriFeron® into your daily routine. Heart and immune function health are critical to overall wellness. OmegaGuard is your source of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil and helps reduce the risk of heart disease. The botanical blend in NutriFeron stimulates the body’s natural production of interferon, a key component of your immune system.
 
5. Don’t forget to stay active.  
Engaging in regular, daily physical activity is essential for long-term weight maintenance success, so we highly encourage you to continue with regular exercise as part of your normal daily routine. Continue to wear your Cinch® pedometer and be aware of how many steps a day you need to maintain your weight.

6. Visit CinchClub.com from time to time.  
There are some great articles in the resource section that can be helpful in many aspects of successful weight maintenance. With determination and a positive mental attitude, you’ll maintain the weight you worked so hard to achieve.   We know you CAN do it!

More information about the Cinch Inch-Loss Diet Plan can be found as linked below:

 
Learn about the real science behind the Cinch Diet Plan | Introductory sampler now available.

 

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Weight Loss Shakes Recipes

Healthy Recipes for Weight Loss Shakes

Cinch Inch-Loss Plan Recipes

Have you tried Cinch®? Best breakfast, lunch, and snack on the planet! 

Even if you’re not interested in losing pounds or inches, there are some great reasons to enjoy Cinch any time of the day. Each serving of Cinch Shake Mix soy formula is packed with 24 grams of hunger-fighting protein* and six grams of good-for-you fiber. Cinch shakes have a low glycemic index and contain leucine, which helps retain lean muscle mass. And Cinch has a full line of great-tasting shakes, bars, and teas that are perfect for breakfast, lunch-on-the-go, or just a quick snack. Feeling creative? Add your own fruit, flavors, and spices to Cinch shakes and teas to create customized smoothies.

For an even easier option, crumble a Cinch Snack Bar into your favorite yogurt to make a sensational snack. 

For more inspiration, visit CinchClub.com to see all the ways nutritious Cinch products can be part of your day.

Raspberry Chocolate Dream Shake

Serves 1
Ingredients:

• 2 scoops or 1 packet Cinch® Chocolate Shake Mix

• 1 C fresh or frozen raspberries (unsweetened)

• 1 C nonfat milk or low-fat soy milk

• 4–6 ice cubes

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. Pour in a tall glass and enjoy!

Nutrition Information: Calories: 284 Protein: 24 g Carbohydrate: 49 g Fat: 3 g Fiber: 13 g

Peanut Butter Yogurt Treat

Serves 1
Ingredients:

• 1 Cinch® Peanut Butter Crunch Snack Bar

• 6 oz. fat-free vanilla yogurt (or 4 oz. frozen yogurt)

• 1/2 tsp. mini, semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:
In a small bowl, break a Cinch Peanut Butter Crunch Snack Bar into small pieces. In a separate, small serving dish, scoop 6 oz. of fat-free vanilla yogurt (or 4 oz. of frozen yogurt) into the center of the dish and sprinkle with peanut butter bar pieces. Garnish with mini chocolate chips.

Nutrition Information: Calories: 283 Protein: 19 g Carbohydrate: 46 g Fat: 3 g Fiber: 3 g

Cinch® Holiday Shake

Serves 1
Ingredients:

• 2 scoops or 1 packet Cinch® Vanilla Shake Mix

• 3/4 C nonfat milk

• 1/4 C light eggnog

• 1/4 tsp. rum-flavored extract

• Dash of nutmeg

• Dash of cinnamon

• 4–6 ice cubes

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until frothy. Sprinkle with additional nutmeg.

Nutrition Information: Calories: 305 Protein: 24 g Carbohydrate: 44 g Fat: 5 g Fiber: 6 g

Pom-Berry Morning Smoothie

Serves 1
Ingredients:

• 2 scoops or 1 packet Cinch® Vanilla Shake Mix

• 1 C nonfat milk or low-fat soy milk

• 1/2 C fresh strawberries

• 1 stick Cinch® Energy Tea Mix Pomegranate Flavor

• 4–6 ice cubes

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until creamy.

Nutrition Information: Calories: 300 Protein: 24 g Carbohydrate: 48 g Fat: 3 g Fiber: 7 g

Piña Colada

Serves 1
Ingredients:

• 2 scoops or 1 packet Cinch® Vanilla Shake Mix

• 1/2 C nonfat milk or low-fat soy milk

• 4 oz. fresh, chopped pineapple

• 1/2 tsp. coconut extract 4–6 ice cubes

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until well mixed and smooth. Garnish with a fresh strawberry and serve immediately.

Nutrition Information: Calories: 309 Protein: 24 g Carbohydrate: 47 g Fat: 3 g Fiber: 7 g

Apple Cinnamon Spice Energy Tea

Serves 1
Ingredients:

• 1 stick Cinch® Energy Tea Mix Unsweetened

• 6 oz. hot water

• 2 tbsp. unsweetened apple juice

• 1 tsp. orange juice Dash of cinnamon

Directions:
Heat water and mix with one stick of Energy Tea Mix Unsweetened. Add apple juice, orange juice, and cinnamon. Stir and sip.

Nutrition Information: Calories: 22 Protein: 0 g Carbohydrate: 4 g Fat: 0 g Fiber: 0 g

Nel’s Peach and Mango Cinch Indulgence

Serves 1
Ingredients:

• 2 scoops or 1 packet Cinch®

• Strawberry Shake Mix

• 1 C frozen peaches (unsweetened)

• 1 C frozen mangos (unsweetened)

• 1 C water

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in blender and blend on low speed until fruit is blended in. Pour in a tall glass and enjoy!
A SPECIAL NOTE FROM NEL: “You may have to periodically stop the blender and mix in the fruit so it’s well blended and in small chunks. It should look like sorbet with small chunks of fruit. It’s my favorite Cinch indulgence!”

Nutrition Information: Calories: 357 Protein: 18 g Carbohydrate: 70 g Fat: 3 g Fiber: 12 g

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup

Serves 1
Ingredients:

• 2 scoops or 1 packet Cinch® Chocolate Shake Mix

• 1 C nonfat milk or low-fat soy milk

• 1 tbsp. natural, creamy peanut butter

•  4–6 ice cubes

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until creamy.

Nutrition Information: Calories: 380 Protein: 28 g Carbohydrate: 42 g Fat: 11 g Fiber: 6 g 

*When prepared as directed.

These recipes ©2009 Shaklee Corporation.

More information about the Cinch Inch-Loss Diet Plan can be found as linked below:

 
Learn about the real science behind the Cinch Diet Plan | Introductory sampler now available.

 

Related Weight-Loss Articles:

• Finding the Best Weight Loss Diet Program

• Comparing Weight Loss Plans

• Weight Loss Shakes

• Cinch Weight Loss Supplements

• 10 Healthy Fat Loss Diet Reasons

• Healthy Diet Plan FAQs

• Healthy Recipes for Weight Loss

• Weight Loss Centers - Advice

• Weight Loss Programs for Men

• Video Success: Tasha Starr

• Cinch Diet Plan Webinar

• Obesity Treatment

• Home-Based Business?!?

• Still Got Questions?

• Need Help to Get Started?