Sadly, most of those who lose weight with a diet of some kind gain their weight back within 2 years, and 99% gain it back within 5 years. The reason for this is dieters tend to feel the diet time is over and they do not maintain the healthier eating and exercise habits that they adopted to achieve their weight loss goal. I have found a program that helps you to integrate new healthy eating habits into your lifestyle, permanently. I am so excited with my results and the results that many, many others are having. The coaching program associated with it helps encourage continuing exercise programs as a lifestyle change. These permanent lifestyle changes are what make the difference in maintaining a healthy weight and general good health.

The nutritional cleansing programincorporates "cleansing days" on a weekly basis. The rest of the days you replace 2 meals with a delicious nutrient dense, low calorie shake. As you reach your weight loss goals you cleanse every other week rather that every week and replace only one meal with the nutritious shake each day. To maintain your weight you can add in an extra cleanse day as needed as well as replacing an extra meal here and there. I have loved using the shakes and also a great meal replacement bar that to me tastes as good as a candy bar!

This nutritional cleanse is different from other cleanses I have tried. Over the years I have tried different programs (such things as a lemonade cleanse or a high fiber colon cleanse) and juice fasts. My main goal with these was to help my body detoxify. I'm sure I received some benefit from these but I usually would feel quite a bit of weakness and other negative side effects. Certainly not something I would look forward to doing on a regular basis.

The products in the nutritional cleansing program are loaded with nutrients that nourish the body with an emphasis on supporting our body's natural cleansing processes.

As a result, you get the detoxification benefits but don't have the starvation side effects. The organs get to rest from processing food but still are provided with an abundance of highly digestible nutrients. It is brilliant! The cleansing drink uses herbal teas that have traditionally been recognized as supportive of our various organs that are part of our body's natural cleansing system.

The liver is the body's major fat burning organ. It breaks down fats, carbohydrates and proteins for immediate energy and also for long-term storage. Another of its major functions is to detoxify everything that comes into our bodies, including medications, pollutants, chemicals, and even foods. Other organs also work to protect us from the impurities we are exposed such as our kidneys, and lymphatic system. Our liver and other organs are overworked and require a lot of nutrients. One thing this nutritional cleansing program will do is help to provide all the necessary nutritional elements to maintain a healthy liver and other organs. It is designed to protect our lean muscle.

Recent research suggests that our fat cells actually enrobe harmful substances to protect us. This could be one reason it seems so hard for our bodies to let go of the fat. They are trying to protect us!

Waterlogged tissues can cause a great deal of weight gain. Low water intake or low protein intake can cause you to retain water in your tissues. Nutritional cleansing helps to minimize the causes of these obstacles to weight loss and make sure you aren't overloaded with water. Additionally, meeting our body's protein requirements helps kick start the metabolism.

Optimal nourishment involves more than eating the right amount of fat, protein, and carbohydrates. These must also be in the forms our bodies can use. This nutritional cleansing program provides your body with usable forms of organic protein and ionic minerals along with other needed nutrients.

Decide how much weight you want to lose and when you want to start. Get your nutritional cleansing program and prepare your cleansing drink and have shakes on hand. I recommend that you follow the cleansing program as closely as possible until you reach your weight loss goal. If you "mess up" on the program just keep on going with it. Start fresh the next morning. There is really no way you can ruin it completely unless you stop using the products. Once you have met your first goal, you can always aim for a new one or set a goal to maintain. As with any goal in life, it is helpful to plan, visualize yourself at your goal, and plan a reward for yourself.

If you drink a lot of coffee or carbonated drinks, start cutting down. You can begin to make a lot of healthy change by just eliminating beverages with caffeine and sugar.

Add two 8 oz. glasses of water between breakfast and lunch and again between lunch and dinner. For added benefit, squeeze a little lemon or lime into your water.

If you rarely exercise, a great way to change that is to start walking. Start with 15 minutes and work your way up to 30 minute walks. Two or three short sessions of walking are just as beneficial as one long one, so do what works for your. You can add in more activity and even muscle toning with weights as you begin to feel more strength and energy.

I have lost 40 pounds on this program and am seeing weights and wearing sizes I seen since high school - and that's a long time for me. I have seen hundreds of people lose weight on this program and I've seen them maintain it for years now. Open our mind to the possibility that you can create that success for yourself. It can happen!