Friday, December 19, 2008

Fat Season?

Are you suffering from too many sweets and too many parties? I am! This time of year is a tough time to avoid putting on extra pounds of fat. When someone gives me a special treat they made or purchased "just for me" I feel an obligation to eat at least some of it--and sometimes when I get started I just don't want to stop. After a few days of this I suddenly realized that I was moving the wrong direction. I knew I had to make a change and fast.

I don't know how it is with you but with me it is easier to discipline myself TO do something as opposed to disciplining myself to NOT do something. So I made this vow for the rest of the holiday season: Never eat anything unless I drink a Slim first. When I made this vow a couple of good things happened. First, the normal benefits of Slim kicked in and I didn't eat so much and I kept those Fat Burning Zones open. Second, I didn't eat as often. I love Slim but I didn't want to drink 15 servings a day. So now when someone gives me a treat I say: "Thank you, as soon as I have my Bios Life Slim I will enjoy some of this." Try it--its working for me.

Have you seen the news lately? Obesity is truly a global epidemic. Read this article for a strong dose of motivation.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/175954

Enjoy the holidays but don't let them destroy your progress--if you start today with your New Year's resolution think how much farther along you will be when January 1st comes! You can do it by making Slim your partner with everything you eat.

All the best,
Stewart

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Japan

We just finished a couple of high powered days in Japan. Every two months we hold a recruiting contest and the top five recruiters for each two month contest are invited to a special Saturday experience. We call it "Secret Saturday" because the winners don't find out where they are going or what they are doing until it happens. Last contest the winners went treasure hunting and were taught how to make pottery from professionals. This time the winners were given a special private dinner at Tokyo Disney World and then got to attend the Cirque Du Soleil. That show is amazing!

Tonight we just finished our Christmas dinner and party with the top 400 leaders. These leaders gathered to Tokyo from all over Japan. We had a great time reviewing the past year and making our commitments for 2009. It was obvious to me that these leaders feel like 2009 is the year for Japan to really breakout. In fact one leader said: "2007 was Thailand's year, 2008 was Europe's year but 2009 is going to Japan's year. Just listening to these dynamic leaders made me feel pretty confident that 2009 will be a great year in Unicity Japan.

The really important question is "What kind of year will 2009 be for you?

All the best,
Stewart

Friday, December 12, 2008

Korea


I enjoyed a great day with our top leaders in Korea on Thursday. We spent time reviewing what it will take for them to rise to even higher levels of success in 2009. We all agreed that 2008 was a great year--in fact it was the best year ever for Korea--but 2009 should be better. One of the resources we studied in our discussion was the principles taught in Jim Collins' book "Good to Great". If you haven't read this book lately I suggest you take time over the holidays to do it. I think it may help you with your 2009 goal planning and setting.

We also enjoyed a wonderful dinner together. As we talked that evening one comment kept coming up: trust. Several of the leaders told me that they beleived their business had grown so well in 2008 because of the increase in trust they had in the company. I was reminded of the new book I had just read called "The Speed of Trust" written by Stephen R. Covey. In this book the author reminds the reader of how slow and hard business transactions can be when there is no trust. He also teaches that with trust everything speeds up. Building trust takes time to do but once you have it everything good starts moving very fast. This may be another book to read over the holidays.

All the best,

Stewart

Monday, December 8, 2008

Burning Desire!

I am in between planes on the way to Asia and decided to share a thought with you. Lately I have been thinking about all the publicity certain self-development DVDs and CDs have been getting in the media. It seems like everywhere I go people tell me about the "Law of Attraction" and how it's going to change their personal world. Now I believe very much in the power of positive thinking but I have learned that this element is just one element in the process of success. It is critically important to think positive but if that is all you do it won't be enough. Along with the Law of Attraction there is another law: The Law of ACTION! Without applying this law your measure of success will be very small and not at all what you might have enjoyed.

Thinking positive--in the right way--will lead to effective action and that action will lead to success. How does one think positive in the right way? It all comes down to creating a "Burning Desire" in your heart. Goals start in your mind but need to be adopted by your heart before you are driven to the kind of action that will lead you to the fulfillment of them. This concept of a burning desire is explained in the classic book on success: "Think and Grow Rich". Don't be confused by the title. This book is not just about money it is about living the life of your dreams. Being "rich" means more than just having money--it means being fully actualized in your personal potential. Get this book (you can find a copy in any library or at any used book store) and read chapter two. Start creating a "Burning Desire" now and watch the "Law of Action" produce the quality life you desire.

All the best,
Stewart

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Feeling Better?

I discovered early in my life that maintaining your positive mental outlook was essential to success. All of us are confronted with challenges and problems on our way to our goals. Some people manage to stay strong and upbeat no matter what challenges confront them. Unfortunately many other people crumble like an old cookie at the first touch of a challenge or problem. Why?

I used to think it was in the DNA. I thought that those who could keep their "Game Face" on and work their way through their problems were somehow different than those who didn't. Thankfully I learned that this was not true. All of us have the capacity to maintain a positive mental attitude and to do what is necessary to reach our our most desired goals. How? It's simple--just understand that while feelings can influence actions, actions can also influence feelings. And it is far easier to 'act' yourself into feeling better than it is to 'feel' yourself into acting better. Try it--you will love the sense of control you will get over your own feelings.

More to come...

All the best,
Stewart

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Thanksgiving!

In the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving Day each year on the the fourth Thursday of November. So tomorrow, November 27th, is our Thanksgiving Day this year. I think most other nations around the world also have a day set aside to remember all of the good that has been given to them, a day to express gratitude.

There is no doubt that most of us have much to be grateful for this year. Certainly success in business is important and can provide many wonderful blessings, but in a deeper and far more fundamental way our hearts turn to blessings other than money and worldly things. Our families, our deeply held beliefs, our health and our opportunities to serve others and to be served by others. These and other considerations are on our minds when we think about gratitude, appreciation and thanksgiving. During this special time of year I think about these great blessings that have been given to me.

One of the more special blessings is my association with each of you. Over the past few years I have made so many new friends and hold those friendships very dear. I have strengthened old friendships and also treasure those associations. My sense of our purpose as a company creates a sustainable source of energy for me and I am very grateful for that. I hope you can feel my appreciation for you and all that you do to make life better for others in your sphere of influence.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Stewart

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Simply Slim Part 2 of 4

As I shared with you in my last posting, our Global Marketing Department is creating some great information to help you share Bios Life Slim with your family and friends. Below is Part Two of how Slim can help you burn fat. Stay tuned for more. Slim continues to sell well in every market in which it has been introduced. I hope you are taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see your business explode!


All the best,
Stewart


Part Two of Four—How a modern diet and lifestyle has transformed the body from a fat burning machine into a fat storing machine.
See if this sounds familiar…
You get up in the morning and want breakfast. Maybe some pancakes with syrup, or some cold cereal with milk. Add some toast with butter and jam. If you’re in a hurry you grab a doughnut or a Pop Tart.
Have you eaten stuff like that for breakfast?
When that breakfast enters your body it’s converted to glucose and rushes into the bloodstream—the more sugary the breakfast, the faster and higher the blood sugar or glucose level rises in your bloodstream.
Your pancreas senses this spike in glucose in your blood. It responds by pumping out insulin and creating an insulin spike in response to the spike in my glucose level.
That surge of insulin works the way it’s supposed to—it opens up the doors to your cells allowing the glucose to enter and feed them—then the excess glucose is stored in your fat cells. Since your cells are feasting on glucose and the extra is being stored away, the glucose level in your blood falls.
But insulin takes a longer time before it detaches from the receptor site and leaves the body. Insulin is a long-chain polypeptide—and is a more complex molecule than glucose. So, it takes more time before it can leave your system. Glucose takes an hour to an hour and a half to spike up and come back down, but insulin takes three to five hours to do that.
In the meantime, your cells need nourishment 24-hours-a-day. However, with lots of insulin in your body, your fat cells can’t release those Free Fatty Acids to feed your cells—even if those cells are starting to want more food.
So what happens an hour or two after breakfast? You start feeling a little irritable, you can’t concentrate, you get tired, and then, the cravings begin! Do you get that way about mid-morning?
There you are, low blood sugar level, you can’t use your stored fat because insulin is still there blocking the way out, and you probably won’t wait 3 to 5 hours in order for your insulin to go away so you can feed your body with my stored fat.
So unfortunately, the obvious answer is to eat something to make your hunger go away and to feel more energetic, and so you grab whatever is around—maybe a Snickers bar from the candy machine. Have you ever done that?
Now, your glucose level spikes back up, which causes your body to release more insulin, which pulls that glucose back down into the cells, and the extra gets stored away in your fat cells again.
But because the insulin level is still high, you’re not able to burn any Free Fatty Acids. In other words, you’re adding to the fat storage, but never taking any out.
Now it’s noon, and you’re really hungry but swamped at work. You grab something quick for lunch. The fast food you eat forces your insulin level back up and the cycle continues into the afternoon!
You end up bathing your body in insulin the entire day. You understand that insulin is important; you have to have it in order to get the glucose out of the bloodstream and into the cells to feed them. But when you have too much insulin in your body for too long, it can create problems.
Your pancreas is straining to produce all that insulin, and that stress is bad. If it gets bad enough, you can develop adult onset diabetes—which nowadays you don’t have to be an adult to get—it’s even happening to children, and is called type 2 diabetes.
Month after month, over a period of years, this sort of cycle can wear out your pancreas, or your body becomes less and less sensitive to insulin so you need more and more of it in order to open the doors of your cells.
What’s more, your body keeps getting fatter and fatter because it’s storing fat at almost every meal but not able to burn much, if any.
That’s how the modern diet and lifestyle works with your body without Bios Life Slim.