It’s been about 3 weeks since I started the Rise & Vibe mushroom lemonade and it’s quickly become an easy new routine.

The past few years have been tough for me. Between the events of the world, going through loss and grief, and turning to food and alcohol as coping mechanisms, it’s been a challenge mentally and physically.

I lost all confidence, mental strength, motivation, ability to focus, and the brain fog was almost debilitating.

So when I heard about the benefits of the Rise & Vibe combo, I was all in to give it a try – I was ready to try pretty much anything to help pull me out of my slump.

In my first few days, I felt lighter. Happier. More focused. More motivated. More productive. It felt good to FEEL GOOD AGAIN!!

But it’s what happened over the next couple of weeks that really surprised me.

My body is starting to feel more balanced. My gut issues are starting to sort themselves out. I’ve stopped craving coffee, wine and sugar!! (These are HUGE for me!)

And Adam has said to me multiple times. “I finally have my wife back!”?

I’m feeling more and more like me again, with every day!

Sometimes you don’t know how bad you feel, until you start to feel good again.

I’m so grateful for my new Rise & Vibe routine!

I’m a firm believer that when I find something really great that I love, it is my responsibility to share it with others.

My husband, Adam, and I have been taking mushrooms since last fall. Adam had found some research that the Lion’s Mane mushroom was helping people with concussion symptoms. He has had multiple concussions, as a professional mountain bike coach, so he wanted to try it with hopes of finding some relief.

The results from taking a straight lion’s mane supplement were incredible for both Adam and myself!

So when I saw people posting about a mushroom lemonade on social media that contains not only lion’s mane, but also 6 other organic mushrooms, we had to try it!

We have been drinking the lemonade for less than 2 weeks and here is what we have noticed so far:

• Increased ability to focus
• More mental energy and clarity
• Longer attention span
• Increased motivation
• Decreased procrastination
• Better sleep
• Higher productivity
• Brain fog is gone!
• Adam doesn’t need a daily nap anymore to reset his brain!

If you’re like me, your mental energy and mental health have definitely suffered with the events of the last few years. This mushroom lemonade is the first thing that has truly helped me to feel more like myself than anything else I have tried – I’m so grateful to have found it! And even more grateful that is tastes delicious!

If more mental energy, clarity and focus is something you could use more of, CLICK HERE for more info and to order some for yourself. Don’t worry, there is a 30 day empty bottle money back guarantee, if you try it and decide it’s not right for you.

Best wishes and enjoy your mushroom juice!
xo Mariska

If you suffer from anxiety, it can be crippling on a normal day. Throw in a worldwide pandemic, and that can blow your anxiety through the roof, even for those of us who don’t normally have anxious tendencies.

Today I’m sharing a few tips with you to help you manage anxiety during these uncertain times. I have come up with my list, both from my own research, and also from crowd-sourcing on social media to learn what others do to help them manage their anxiety through this global stress.

Distract Your Anxious Mind

When you feel your anxiety building to a point of becoming overwhelming, try this exercise to distract your mind away from your triggers:

1. List 5 things you can SEE
2. List 4 things you can FEEL
3. List 3 things you can HEAR
4. List 2 things you can SMELL
5. List 1 thing you can TASTE

This exercise is intended to distract your mind from whatever thoughts are creating your anxiety by bringing your thoughts back to the present moment. I encourage you to try this when you feel overwhelmed.

Turn Off the News

The worst thing we can do right now is to constantly watch or listen to the news. Fear multiplies fear. Uncertainty breeds anxiety. Watching the suffering of others is only going to magnify the anxiety you are feeling.

By turning off the TV and not focusing our attention on news outlets and sources, we can minimize our triggers.

Move Your Body

Exercise is my number one way to reduce my own stress and anxiety. Every afternoon I take my dogs out for an hour-long walk in the woods. The combination of movement and nature ground me and bring my mind back to the present moment, back to reality, rather than allowing my thoughts to wander and overwhelm me with things that may or may not be real.

If you have trouble getting yourself off the couch to get moving, I encourage you to read The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins. A simplified explanation is that you count down from five and when you get to one, you MOVE!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 — GO!

Journaling

Writing down our thoughts and feelings is a great way to get them out of our heads and to process what we are thinking. If you don’t know what to write about, just spend 5-15 minutes just dumping your brain onto paper. I find it most effective when it’s through pen and paper, rather than through a keyboard. There is something about the movement of putting pen to paper that connects my thoughts more clearly.

Once you have written your entry, read it and re-read it to help you think about and process what’s going on in your mind.

Practice Gratitude

Our minds cannot focus on worry and gratitude at the same time. By listing off the things we are grateful for it distracts our minds from the things we are worried and anxious about.

Some ideas are to do a gratitude rant – set your phone’s timer for one minute and rant out loud, “I’m so happy and grateful for ____________! I’m so happy and grateful for __________! I’m so happy and grateful for ___________!” Until your timer goes off.

Keep a gratitude journal, and everyday write down the things you are grateful for. It doesn’t matter if it’s the same things everyday, that’s ok! As you do it more and more, you will notice that your list will begin to expand.

Humour!

If you find yourself bogged down by all the darkness and negativity surrounding the current global pandemic, hop on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video and search for your favorite comedy. Laughing is a huge stress reliever, and we all need to be laughing more!

L-Theanine Supplement

L-theanine is an amino acid that is said to help reduce stress, anxiety and even sleeplessness. When paired with caffeine, it has also shown to improve mental clarity and focus.

L-theanine can be found in green and black tea as well as in some mushrooms, or is also available as a supplement. Personally, I drink a collagen coffee (USA coffee link) that contains L-theanine every morning to help manage stress and boost my mental focus and clarity. And if I feel my anxiety creeping in in the afternoon, I drink a delicious natural energy drink (USA energy drink link) that contains L-theanine to help keep it in check. — If you have questions about either of these products, please do reach out.

I hope these simple strategies to reduce anxiety are helpful for you. If you have your own to add to this list, I would love for you to share them in the comments!

Wishing you a happy and anxiety-free day!

Did you know that many health conditions stem from our gut health?

It kinda makes sense, if you think about it. Our gut is where the nutrients from our food is digested and absorbed. And depending on what we are putting into our body, our gut health reflects that. 

Research in the past two decades has shown links between gut health and the immune system, mental health, mood, autoimmune issues, skin conditions, endocrine disorders, and even cancer.

Our “gut microbiome” consists of about 300 to 500 different kinds of bacteria the our digestive tract. Some are very beneficial, and some can be harmful to our health. Having a wide variety of the good bacteria in our gut can enhance our immune system, improve symptoms of depression, help against obesity, and many other benefits.

What we eat has a dramatic impact on our gut microbiome. So if we eat a lot of processed foods, high sugar foods, take a lot of antibiotics, this can negatively affect our gut health, and in turn our overall health.

So what are some symptoms of an unhealthy gut to indicate that it might be time for a change?

Symptoms of an Poor Gut Health

1. Stomach issues like gas, bloating, heartburn, constipation or diarrhea
2. Sugar cravings – If you’re eating a lot of process foods and sugars, this can decrease the good bacteria in your gut, which can cause cravings. High amounts of refined sugars (particularly high fructose corn syrup) has been linked to increased inflammation, which has been linked to several diseases and even cancer. 
3. Unintentionally gaining or losing weight without changes to your diet or exercise habits can be a sign of an unhealthy gut.
4. Insomnia and poor sleep leading to chronic fatigue can be a symptom of poor gut health. Most of the body’s serotonin (a hormone that affects mood and sleep) is produced in the gut.
5. Skin irritations like eczema may be related to a leaky gut. Inflammation in the gut caused by a poor diet or food allergies may cause increased leaking of certain proteins from the gut into the body, which can irritate the skin and cause skin conditions.
6. More and more research is linking the impact of gut health on the immune system. An unhealthy gut can cause inflammation which can lead to autoimmune diseases where the body attacks itself.
7. Food intolerances (not to be confused with food allergies) are the result of difficulty digesting certain foods. The theory is that food intolerances may be caused by poor quality gut bacteria, which can lead to difficulty digesting the trigger foods and unpleasant symptoms like gas, bloating, abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhea. 

Are you experiencing one or more of these symptoms? If so, it may be time to make some changes to your health habits to bring your gut back to a healthy place.

How I’ve Balanced My Gut Health

I have found an all-in-one pre/pro/postbiotic that has really helped me get more balance in my gut health. It has reduced my bloat and stomach issues, improved my sleep, and my husband says my mood has also improved! Hah! You’ll find more information about this Trebiotic HERE for CANADA, and HERE for the USA.

I take this Modere Trebiotic every night before I go to sleep, and I noticed a difference in my overall well-being within a few days. The little beads have no flavor, you can take them any time of day, and you can mix them in with a smoothie or just swallow them with water.

But the best part? The links above will get you a $10 discount on your first order, and it also has a 30 day empty bottle guarantee, so it’s like a full sized sample to see if you like it! And if you don’t, just return it!

THe Trebiotic has really helped me, and now I never go a day without it. My overall health and wellbeing is totally worth it!

Did you know that our immune health starts in our gut? I makes sense, if you think about it, since the gut is where everything we eat gets absorbed. So if we have an unhealthy gut, we may also have a weak immune system.

With this in mind, I wanted to provide some tips to help you IMPROVE YOUR IMMUNE HEALTH BY HEALING YOUR GUT, that you can start doing today to reduce and reverse illness.

1. Take a Probiotic 

Probiotics can assist in rebalancing your microbiome.

I have finally found one that I love and I can actually feel the difference since I started taking it. It comes in a powder pixie stick form. Just open it, pour it into your mouth and it melts away. It’s a yummy sweet cucumber flavor. Click HERE for more info.

2. Eat Fermented and Cultured Foods.

Foods such as kimchi, sauerkraut, and fresh pickles. Not only do these foods contain probiotics, but they are also full of digestive enzymes, which can compensate for your stomach, liver, or gallbladder.

3. Eat Sprouted Vegetables.

Sprouted veggies contain dramatically increased amounts of enzymes compared to their unsprouted counterparts.

4. Eat radishes, artichokes, dandelion, and chicory.

These foods and other bitter greens stimulate the liver to create bile.

5. Try a Demulcent.

Demulcents soothe irritated or inflamed tissues and include foods like almonds, barley, coconut oil, figs, parsley, prunes, and sage.

6. Avoid Alcohol and Coffee.

These substances can adversely affect your microbiome — the balance of good and bad bacteria in the gut.

7. Try Ghee.

Ghee (clarified butter) has been used in India for thousands of years to treat digestive problems. It can reduce inflammation and is high in gut-healing butyrate.

8. Eat More Fiber.

Fiber helps regulate your digestive tract and also acts as food for your good bacteria.

I hope these immune health tips are helpful for you. Personally my best and favorite tip is to add a probiotic to your daily supplement routine.

Stay safe out there, friends – Keep that gut and immune system in good health!

(Source: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/arthritis-and-your-immune-system)

Today, I am doing my best version of “Social Distancing,” due to COVID-19.

Getting my Sunday therapy session in the woods. Sunshine. Fresh air. Peace and quiet. Beasties. It’s all I need to get me through another week for my 14 days of self isolation.

It feels like all the relaxing and rejuvenating I did in Bali for 4 weeks has already unraveled and melted away this past week, with the craziness that’s going on around the world, and in my local community.

I sure am glad to be home, considering the current state of air travel and borders closing and the insane costs of changing flights, etc.

The mass stockpiling of supplies is not something I expected to see when I got home, especially after spending a month in a country where most people are barely getting by, earning the equivalent of just $300cad/month.

I had a bit of culture shock coming home to people lining up before stores even open to literally run and almost trample each other to buy up toilet paper, hand sanitizer and food like it’s some kind of apocalyptic event. (I still don’t understand the toilet paper part…)

I mean, I get it, to a certain extent, but at the same time, not EVERYONE is being quarantined. If you’re not sick, you don’t need a 2-4 week food supply. The stores will remain open, and the supply chain will continue to operate. You can still have stuff delivered right to your door.

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Everything that’s going on around us, for the most part, is precautionary to work toward flattening the curve and avoiding a potential outbreak. We are not at a point where we are all going to inevitably get sick to the point of requiring critical care if we run out of toilet paper. Just sayin.

PLEASE be conscious of others when you are loading your shopping carts. Buy only what you need just like you would for a regular shopping day. Everyone out there needs their weekly food supply.

Think of your parents or grandparents or elderly friends who may be on a fixed income and are only able to grocery shop a few times per month and are only able to purchase what they need. Imagine them going to the store to find empty shelves when their cupboards at home are bare as well because they don’t have the means buy in bulk.

Social distancing is suddenly a thing, but being socially conscious and caring about others, and taking care of others is ALWAYS a thing.

Think of this whole mess as a test of our humanity and social conscience. Selfishly stock piling is not the answer. Taking care of each other and making sure we all have what we need is.

#livealifeyoulove

It has been quite a while since I have had a toxic human in my life that upset me in a way that rocked me to my core.

I’m learning that despite hopes and wishes and long periods of time, some things simply never change. As humans, we just simply clash with some other humans in life.

We may care for them. We may wish things were different. We may have hopes that things will change one day… but in the end, it’s better for our own mental wellbeing to move on, let them go, and walk away.

How to Identify a Toxic Human in Your Life

How do you identify someone who is toxic to your wellbeing? It’s all connected to how you feel when you are in their presence.

Column A:

• Do they speak to you with love and respect?
• Do they treat you with kindness?
• Do they make you feel good about who you are?
• Do they encourage and support you in your goals and dreams?
• Do they make you feel loved and appreciated?

Column B:

• Do they compare you to others and make you feel less than?
• Do they make you feel anxious and make your stomach tie in knots?
• Do they make you feel like you can’t do anything right or like you are always doing things “wrong”?
• Do they criticize and judge the things you do or say, or the choices you make for your own life?
• Do they just generally make you feel shitty? Even with a simple text message?

If you answered mostly “no” to column A, and mostly “yes” to column B, then you are more than likely in a toxic environment that you would be better off walking away from.

It may be difficult.
It may be painful.
It may even be the hardest thing you have ever done.

However, for your own sanity, wellbeing and personal growth, you must distance yourself. Even if it’s someone you have known for a long time, or it may even be a family member you have known your whole life – distance yourself.

Walking away is the only way you are able to grow into the person you are meant to be without being held back by the toxic energy from this person.

You will thank yourself for it in time, I promise you this.

My Experience with Toxic Humans

I have personally had several toxic people show up throughout my life. I will be honest, at first I was blind to it. I had no idea why I always felt drained, grumpy, and lacking confidence and belief in myself while in their presence. Why did I always feel like I had to walk on eggshells, or behave a certain way to make them accept me? It wasn’t until I forced myself to walk away, and the “smoke” cleared, that I realized the connection around why I was feeling that way.

Since then, each time it becomes easier to identify the traits of a toxic human, who I am simply not meant to have in my life, and it has become a little bit easier each time to walk away.

It doesn’t mean I have ill feelings toward anyone. It simply means I am better off to send them love and light, bless and release them and their energy from my life.

If you feel that this post resonates with you at all, or if you have questions, please comment below or reach out to me on Facebook, or by commenting on this post.

You deserve a life you love, surrounded by people who care about you and truly have your best interests and success at heart and speak to you with respect and kindness.

Bless and release. Live a life you love.

Sometimes I feel like this life is a dream. We live in such a beautiful place! I could completely imagine living in some other beautiful places, but I know I will always come back to this island – because it’s HOME!

With spring in full swing, I find myself appreciating this place more and more each day.

And I find myself more grateful everyday that I get to spend my days setting my own schedule and taking full advantage of everything my surroundings have to offer.

Life is good. Life is REALLY good!!

Life Wasn’t Always This Way

Life used to be hard.

It was hard for a long long time. Like 8 years of hard before the storm broke and the sun started shining more regularly again.

Before moving back to my Island, life handed me what felt like one bag of shit after another for a long time.

It all started with a nasty breakup after a 5 year relationship with a man I thought, at the time, I would spend the rest of my life with. He had two little girls who I adored with my whole heart, and it completely shattered me to be blindsided by the breakdown of that relationship and to lose them from my life. My heart was broken into what felt like a billion pieces.

It changed me in so many ways that I didn’t even recognize myself anymore. I saw an empty shell when I looked in the mirror, and it took all I had to get out of bed in the morning and face the world.

I moved house nearly every year after that, to a different part of town each time, trying to find somewhere that truly felt like home. I went from owning a home to never really feeling like I had a home to go back to, except when I came back to my Island to visit my parents in my childhood home.

I had a hard time finding work that inspired me beyond a 6-month period.

My love life and dating were a joke. I had one terrible online dating experience after another. The scenarios were so bad that one of my girlfriends actually suggested I start a blog about it! Thankfully, I can laugh about it all now, but at the time, I cried. A lot.

Then yay! I finally met someone great, or so I thought… And then that imploded too. Twice.

There were some good times mixed into these years too, of course. It wasn’t all bad all of the time. I had great friends, I had a new nephew to love and adore, I did some fun things, I traveled to a new place every year… but life was not consistently good for very long periods of time. Something always seemed to happen to mess things up before too long.

The only thing that saved me and kept me sane and gave me a purpose was my Roxidoo, who showed up in my life about 4 months into this whole situation. Roxie has helped me through so much. She was my one constant. My rock. My beastie. My best friend. My love. Roxie is my Soul Dog.

Time For a Change

Then, one day in September 2013, I decided that I had had enough. I felt like Vancouver had chewed me up and was ready to spit me out. I decided to move back to my Island. My home. I needed a fresh start. A clean slate. In a place where I didn’t really know anyone. I grew up there, but I didn’t know very many people anymore outside of my family and a few close friends.

So I just decided one day. Just like that. And 2 days later, before I could talk myself out of it, I gave notice to my Vancouver landlord, sold almost all of my stuff (except some of my clothes, my bed and my car), and a month later I upped and left Vancouver without a second thought.

It Wasn’t Easy

It was hard at first. It was wayyy outside my comfort zone to make such a drastic change without some kind of plan. But something had to happen if I was going to snap out of the cycle of bullshit that life seemed to be consistently throwing my way. I needed a complete change of scenery.

It was like the universe was trying to tell me something. That I didn’t belong where I was. And it would keep throwing more shit at me until I listened.

So I finally did. I listened. I made a decision. I sold my stuff. And I picked up and moved to Vancouver Island.

I found a job and a place to live, and soon Roxie and I met a man and his dog, who would one day become my husband and blended fur family.

Of course much happened in between, but those are stories for another day.

What I’m trying to tell you here is this:

YOU ARE JUST ONE DECISION AWAY FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LIFE!!

If life keeps throwing you shit, it might be the universe telling you that it’s time to make a change. Its pushing you in a new direction, all you have to do is be open and listen. If you don’t, chances are the shit will just keep raining down on you, like it did for me.

One single, quick decision completely changed my life. It’s up to YOU to make YOUR decision to completely change YOUR life.

What are you waiting for? It’s your time to shine, my friend.

Happy New Year, Friends! 

With a new year, a new DECADE, and so many new visitors to my page, I thought it a good time to re-introduce myself. I’m Mariska Richters, and this page is where I share my life adventures, travel addiction, my loveable fur babies, Roxidoo and Cash, health/wellness and positivity tips & all the delicious food my husband, Adam, cooks for me. 🙂

I’m a Dutch/Canadian, a Leo, a wife, a daughter, a sister, and a beastie mama of two. I love to travel, love food and wine (especially pink wine with bubbles) and am passionate about location independent business.

Why a Freedom Lifestyle?

One of the reasons I’m so passionate about creating a freedom lifestyle is because I have an allergy to bosses, daily commutes, and being told when I am allowed to eat, nap and pee. 

I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit. I grew up in an entrepreneurial family, and it has always been my dream to earn my living from anywhere – like a beach!

About 3.5 years ago I stumbled into an online business opportunity that opened my eyes to a whole new way of earning income. I dove in and I haven’t looked back… I never imagined that sharing my story and passions on social media would allow me to help so many people while allowing me to live life on my own terms. It has been an absolute game changer, and now I can’t imagine living life any other way.

I’m a woman that just wanted to find my purpose and live a freedom lifestyle where I was not stuck commuting 2+ hours per day to work in a stuffy windowless cubicle for the rest of my working life. I was sick of feeling guilty for leaving my Roxidoo home alone for 10+ hours a day.

So I found a way to create the freedom lifestyle I always wanted through an online health & wellness business, where I teach busy working women (like you) with no experience how to earn extra cash online by leveraging social media. I help them find their purpose, which creates an online marketing machine! I also love helping people achieve their health & wellness goals, allowing them to live their best and most energetic life.

My goal for 2020 is to support women reclaim their freedoms and power, step into their greatness and to help them create a life they love!

Fun Facts About Mariska Richters

• My biggest loves in life are dogs, travel, wine, fitness and sunshine.
• My biggest fears are heights and water splashing in my face.
• I have a rosé and prosecco addiction. 😉
• I have solo traveled through Thailand, Costa Rica, Bali, Europe, and Morocco.

I started my journey in Online Marketing in 2016 just wanting to pay for my health products – today, I have fired my boss and this business is my main income gig.

Please, be curious!! Ask me about online marketing, how to start a business from the ground up with zero experience, health tips, fitness, travel, how to get back on track after a setback and how to step into your courage when you’re scared shitless!

I get PUMPED to share my hacks of what drove me to create the successful business, impact, positive mindset & freedom lifestyle.

One thing I have realized throughout this journey, is that we REALLY do create our own reality through our thoughts and our language. And I truly love helping others come to the same conclusion, help them shift their mindset and as a result: Change Their Life!

I finally found a way to break out of the hamster wheel of the monday-to-friday 9-5 grind, feeling lost and having no real purpose. So it’s now my mission to help other women do the same.

Now it’s your turn:

• Tell me one fun fact about YOU below!
• Share fur babies’ names with me (and your human kids too, haha!!) 

Fasting has been a norm for humans for centuries. Throughout history, people did not eat 3 meals a day at set hours, plus snacks in between. Today, our eating habits are very different. We no longer have a need to hunt for food, it is readily available and we can pretty much eat any time we like. More recently, intermittent fasting has become a popular topic in health and wellness conversations (especially in the keto realm), and has shown to have many benefits.

What Is Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting is where you cycle in and out of periods of eating and not eating.

Although people do experience weight loss with intermittent fasting, it is not so much a diet plan but more of a lifestyle choice to take advantage of some incredible health benefits, some of which are listed in the section below.

Types of Intermittent Fasting

• 5:2 – eat normally five days a week, and then the other two days you are fasting, although you do still eat between 500 and 600 calories per day.
• Eat-stop-eat – You restrict all food for 24 hours, once or twice a week.
• 16/8 (most popular) – You eat all of your daily meals within typically 8 hours, and then you fast for the remaining 16 hours. You can do this every day, or just a few times a week. It can be any 8 hours you choose – a typical schedule could be 11am-7pm, or 12pm-8pm.
• Keto Coffee Intermittent Fasting – resembles the 16/8 method, but with one difference: you drink a cup of keto coffee. (coffee link for Canada)
• in the morning. It’s a clever hack to keep your hunger at bay while still staying in the fasting state.

5 Benefits of Intermittent Fasting

• Helps with Weight Loss and Reduce Belly Fat
  • When you are in the fasting state for an extended period of time, your body goes into a ketogenic fat burning state, where it burns your body’s fat for fuel instead of the food you would otherwise eat.
• Reduces Inflammation
  • Inflammation is at the root of many health conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s disease. Fasting for prolonged periods, coupled with drinking lots of water and proper hydration, can help eliminate inflammation in the body.
• Boosts Brain Function
  • What is good for the body is often good for the brain as well. Intermittent fasting improves various metabolic features known to be important for brain health.
    IF may improve mental acuity and concentration. According to Johns Hopkins Health Review, IF can improve connections in the brain’s hippocampus and also protect against amyloid plaques, which are found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
• Reduces Insulin Resistance and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
  • Case studies have shown that intermittent fasting has helped people with type 2 diabetes to limit their insulin intake, dramatically lower insulin levels and significantly improve insulin sensitivity, as well as significantly lower blood pressure.
• Simplifies Life and Saves Money
  • When you eliminate the number of meals you eat in a day or week, you will find that meal prep becomes much easier, YAY! During eating windows, you can simply eat your regular food and then drink water, tea, coffee, or bone broth while fasting. Easy, right?! This saves you both time and money on food.

How to Survive Your Fasting Hours

There are a few tips and tricks I can give you to survive your intermittent fasting hours. I have learned these over time, as I went, because my stomach normally wakes up before my brain does and I normally need to eat as soon as I wake up.

These tips will help you ease into intermittent fasting, if you are just getting started:

1. You can drink tea and COFFEE!! Just make sure you are drinking either black coffee or keto/bulletproof coffee. (Are you in Canada? click here.)
2. Drink LOTS of water. This will help you feel full and will help keep your hunger at bay. You can add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to it as well.
3. You can drink bone broth. It contains numerous minerals and vitamins and is quite ‘filling’ in terms of reducing hunger pangs. The other benefit is that you can add a good amount of sea salt to it, which will help you stay hydrated.
4. Hunger will often increase into the second day. After that, it gradually decreases – many report a complete loss of hunger by day 3-4.
5. Stay busy to keep your mind off of being hungry and the countdown to your eating window.
6. IMPORTANT: Don’t binge after fasting! This will only counter the benefits and will make the next day more difficult.

I hope this post been helpful to you. If you are interested in joining a super fun informative group filled with challenges, prizes and more, please shoot me a message!