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72. Control Over my Blood Sugar: 4 Unexpected Signs + Sugar Mama

• Naihomy Jerez • Episode 72

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Blood sugar stabilization reveals itself through unexpected physical changes and shifting taste preferences that occur naturally without restriction or extreme willpower. I share my personal journey of discovering four surprising signs that indicated better blood sugar control.

• Discovering my sweets were going bad because I was naturally reaching for them less frequently 
• Experiencing dramatic changes in taste preferences and needing smaller portions to feel satisfied
• No longer getting migraines when hungry after developing better metabolic flexibility
• Building trust between body and brain when previous favorite foods no longer tasted good

If you're interested in learning more about balancing your blood sugar without restriction, join my Sugar Mama intensive group program starting April 23rd. Send me an email or book a consultation call to discuss if it's right for you.

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Speaker 1:

Hello friends, welcome back to Wealthy Generation Podcast. So I'm sure you are sick of hearing people talk about sugar including me Like this is how you feel when you're dysregulated, and this is all of the how you feel in your body and the signs and your blood work right and the chronic diseases it leads to and all these negative, negative things that goes on with your blood work right and the chronic diseases it leads to, and all these negative, negative things that goes on with your blood sugar, and all of those things are true and have their place. But I was also thinking to myself what did it look like for me when I felt better in my body, when I started to see that I had better control over my blood sugar? I don't think that that is spoken about enough out here in the streets and I just wanted to share what that has looked like for me. And it's not something that someone told me about, except for one thing I had support on and I'll share it with you. It's going to be part of this podcast, but no one shared with me like these are things you can look out for, these are things you can look forward to. So in this episode I kind of wanted to shine a light in the tunnel I'm not going to say the light at the end of the tunnel, because there is no place that you will get to where you don't have to worry about it, or not necessarily worry, but be mindful about it and make intentional choices and decisions around it. Because as much as you have control over your blood sugar, you can go into a space where you don't.

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And especially women, as we transition into perimenopause and then postmenopause, our blood sugar goes through a lot of transitions on its own because our sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone, are a little bit all over the place. So then insulin goes into a little bit of a loop in there as well and it kind of messes with our blood sugar. But regardless of all of that, what can it look like? What can it feel like in your body? And I'm using my own personal examples that I've noticed, personal examples that I've noticed, and I also say that it's pretty common, because after coaching dozens and dozens and dozens of women, they also experience a lot of these similarities that I'm going to share with you.

Speaker 1:

So I want to again shine a light in the tunnel. Let you see what possibly it can look like, because oftentimes when we're struggling with our blood sugar and we're having these intense cravings and all we think about is sweets and we just cannot like, it becomes this willpower oh my gosh, I don't have any willpower. I need to force myself, I need to restrict myself. Oftentimes I'm like dang. If you just knew that is not necessarily all willpower and your body does speak to you and does make demands and if your blood sugar is dysregulated, it's not a matter of willpower.

Speaker 1:

Is again addressing the root cause of what's causing you to really crave, desire and just have, like this intense craving for things like sweets or carbs, things like that. And then you're blaming yourself Like I can't control myself, when in reality addressing the root cause of finding out more of how your blood sugar works, how it feels in your body, having some tools and gently kind of doing that process of teaching your body how to process the sugar, how to be metabolically flexible, where it goes from sugar burning into fat burning seamlessly, and you don't get any intense sensations in your body. None of that is really kind of brought up but in addition, and so therefore you don't really know that that is available to you and all we know is the diet culture portion of it, whereas restriction bashing really mean you don't have any self-control, that kind of thing. But imagine it being the other way around, where you're like, oh, I can really address this at a much deeper, root level, where it will take a little bit of work, but you get to be a lot kinder and nicer to yourself. And also, at the end I'm going to be sharing a little bit more about my upcoming sugar mama intensive group program. It's going to be a small group of women where we're going to be learning about sugar, learning about how it feels in our bodies, learning how to spot it and how to actually enjoy it in a way where it also has you feel good and it's not giving you all of this negative jargon back and forth in there. So I'll share a little bit more about that later.

Speaker 1:

So I'm going to get into the signs that I saw after a long while actually in my wellness journey. It kind of caught me off surprise, like I surprised myself. It was light bulb moments for myself and it was pretty much like after maybe two years into my wellness journey even three maybe that I was like, oh, these shifts are happening and things are changing and I didn't even notice that they're changing. And I'm also going to read you a message that one of my former clients left me about the same topic, where the intensity kind of just really dwindles down and you just feel a sense of calmness, more peace, more in control. But it's not because you've all of a sudden gained more willpower, it's because you've been working hard at communicating with your body, at training your body and also your mind, because that has a lot, a lot, a lot to do with this whole process as well. But we oftentimes isolate it to just one thing, and it's your, basically probably your taste buds and this uncontrollable urge, and when we build the connection it just works a lot better.

Speaker 1:

Okay, so the first sign where it was a real light bulb moment for me and it caught me off guard was that my sweets were going bad. I know, I know who in their right mind doesn't eat their sweets or lets them go bad. So when I was in my health journey I still am actually Well, I should say like the beginning right. So in the beginning I always had to have cookies after my lunch at work, or chocolates, and at my corporate job there was a whole pantry full of sweets and they had the snack sizes of Chips Ahoy, which were my absolute favorite, and they had candy jars all over the office full of chocolates and candy, and they had Justin's peanut butter cups in there, or dark chocolate, like the Little Hershey's almond chocolate bars, which were my absolute favorite as well. So I always had a bag of cookies or a chocolate.

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Now in my journey, when I was working with my nutritionist, she recommended other brands for me to enjoy because they were a lot less sugar, a lot cleaner ingredients, and they were the Simple Mills cookies. So Simple Mills has been around for quite a few years, because this was back in like 20, right at the beginning of 2017. And she told me about this brand that wasn't really that well known. It was brand new to Whole Foods and there was a Whole Foods near my job and she's like oh, I recommend that you get these cookies. So I went over to Whole Foods and I bought a box of these cookies and I tried them and they were like oh, they're okay.

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Guess what I did next? I bought like three boxes. I bought all the different flavors. I got all the boxes and at that time I had a desk with a deep drawer and that drawer was like my pantry, so I put the cookies in there and again, every time after lunch I would have some cookies. When I was stressed out at work I would have some cookies. When I was on my period I had a little extra cookies and it was like my little pot of gold stash of sweets. And I also at that time had she had recommended to me Lily's chocolates, because Lily's chocolates are sweetened with stevia, because, remember, I had cookies and chocolates. So she was providing me with cookies and chocolate and I had two to three chocolate bars in there. So it was cookies, chocolate, cookies, chocolate, and yes, they were lighter in sugar, they were cleaner ingredients.

Speaker 1:

But still, what I want you to start to learn how to differentiate is this still deep desire for sweets, no matter if it's good sweets, lesser quality sweets, whatever it is is this intense desire and craving which I feel? To me they're two separate things. So, lo and behold, one day I went to go grab one of the cookies and they were stale and I was like, why are my cookies stale? And my chocolate had kind of gone bad too. It was like white. It had this white film in it. It just didn't taste fresh anymore. And I was in shock because I was like how in the world did these cookies go bad?

Speaker 1:

I used to have them all the time and it just so happened that I had spent such a long time without reaching for cookies and chocolate consistently that it had gone bad. And I was like, I was in disbelief because I was like how is this possible? It was such a thing for me and it happened without me even noticing, because it wasn't like I wanted the chocolate and I wanted the cookies, and it was like no, naomi, you cannot have any today. No, naomi, you will not have none. You, you're not allowed. That's being, you're going to ruin your progress. Blah, blah, blah. They were there for me to have as much like when I wanted them. So, because it just so happened that I wasn't even reaching for it and I didn't even realize it, it was shocking to me.

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This also happened at home, because I loved having ice cream after dinner, okay, and my favorite ice cream was Edie's chocolate. Uh, no, cookies and cream, ice cream, and I would have a bowl of that after dinner. So, again, my nutritionist was like at that time Halo, top had just come out. Woo, high protein ice cream. Now they're like a zillion brands, but back in the day it was like Halo Top and one other brand. So I was like, bet, I'll get Halo Top. What did I do? I bought every single flavor to try it out. What were my favorites? I remember my favorite was like strawberry and I don't know, but I had like three that were my absolute favorite. So again, especially when they were go on sale, because those little freaking ice creams were so damn expensive. So whenever they would go on sale I would buy like five pints and I was like, oh, I can eat this whole pint and it has the same amount of sugar and calories as half a cup of Edie's. Yes, and it took a little bit of getting used to because obviously it didn't taste quite the same. But there were some flavors that were very, very delicious and I would sit there with my pint of ice cream and I would eat half a pint at a time. I was like, yes, and then one day I go into my freezer and all my freaking ice cream has freezer burn and I was like how in the hell does all my ice cream have freezer burn? And there were some pints that were like half eaten, some that were brand new, and I was like why? How did all my ice creams now have freezer burn?

Speaker 1:

I had naturally stopped going after ice cream every single time after dinner and again it was the same situation with the cookies, where it was not like Naomi, you can't have it. You're being such a bad person. Look at you, you can't control yourself. Nope, nothing, I would just. I was just not going for it, and I remember I also would have Edie's in there, because I wouldn't let anybody touch my ice cream. I was like that's my ice cream. Y'all have that ice cream and you know your kids always be wanting your stuff and I still, every once in a while, did want Edie's. So what I would do was I would take a spoonful of it. I would take one spoon and I would fill it up to the brim, and that used to be enough for me, and I'm going to get into that later too. So when you start to notice that you're sweet, like all of a sudden your cookies are all the way in the back of the counter, or you find something stuffed in your bag and things are going bad, and you're like what? Like my stuff is going bad, because it really doesn't even have to be that dramatic.

Speaker 1:

Friends, when you are taking a gentler, loving, graceful, educational, mindful approach to wellness, it can be a lot more gentler. And I'm not going to say that I did not miss my chips of and I did not miss my Edie's cookies and cream, and I did not miss any of this. I there, genuinely, is this morning period with food and I don't want to make light of it that I was so easy. It's so easy to just give these things up and switch it for something that's better for your health. No, I'm going to be dead honest with you. There's a mourning period with these things. Can you adjust Absolutely? Is it going to last forever? Not really. Are you going to find things that you love again? Absolutely? This is why I'm here now sharing these stories with you.

Speaker 1:

So, in the beginning, yes, there's going to be this morning frustration, transition period, but that goes into the mindfulness right. Like any process that you've gone through is like that. Like, if you think back to every transition moment that you've had, like graduating a school, graduating college, moving, becoming a parent. Like you mourn the shit out of your past life, not parent life. Anybody that tells me that that's not true. I don't know, because a lot of people I've spoken to even transitioning from one kid to multiple children, like there are transitions. So there's going to be the same kind of transition when you're just used to certain foods or eating certain things, especially if it's stuff like all the way from your childhood. There's going to be these transition moments.

Speaker 1:

But I will say just in my first example of just your sweets going bad, where eventually it's going to feel better, all right, with that said, which is pretty obvious now, number two sign that I had more control over my blood sugar is that I really did have a reduction in cravings and on top of that, I wasn't even enjoying sweets the same way I was before. Let me tell you something there were times where I would grab a sweet and this is going to go hand in hand with your mind body connection with them, which I'm going to touch on later. So there were times where I would grab a sweet and I would have a bite or two, because my brain was like you want this, you always have this, this is what you do, right? Like this is what you do. You always have a sweet after lunch. You always have a sweet after dinner. So I would have a bite too.

Speaker 1:

And then I did not have the same dopamine hit as before. My brain wasn't ecstatic. My palate, my tongue was like what the fuck are you doing? This isn't this, isn't it right now. And it would shock me. I'm like what? Like the second, I would eat this. It would light up the light bulbs in my brain and I would feel this deep satisfaction and take a deep breath and enjoy every single little lick and bite of this sweet. Sound familiar, right, yeah, I know. And it just wouldn't happen. It would be a big ass flop and I was like what? And it would be so freaking disappointing.

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So there has been times where I would put the ice cream back in the wrapper. This is when I have paletas y'all, and I still do sometimes. I would put the paleta back in the wrapper, the popsicle or whatever, and I would put that thing back in the freezer. Or I would leave a cookie bitten and I wouldn't finish it. Because what's the point, right, like the point of that food, of treats, of sweets, is pleasure, it's fucking pleasure. It lights up all your little senses, like that is the point of it. And that was not happening. So it was like all right, I don't even want this, no more. Like you, don't do it for me like you did before, boo Right. So yeah, that's another sign where you just do not. You're not into it the same way anymore. The cravings don't come as often, hence your sweets going bad, and then you don't enjoy them in the same way.

Speaker 1:

Another part to this is that I also was. Even if I did enjoy the first bite, I noticed that I was satisfied with a lot less Before. I needed a whole cup and I needed all that jazz and I needed a whole bag. And then I would notice that I would have a little bit and I'd be like, oh, that was so good, and then I would have a little bit more and I'm like it's not as good anymore. What happened? I was satisfied with so much less, and that pisses you off. It would piss me off because I was satisfied with so much less and that pisses you off. It would piss me off because I was like I want to have more. I want to have more of this pleasurable experience. Why can't it last longer? And it flops again. And I was like you know what? And that's when my brain started to learn and I'll be an annoying that I didn't need that much. I did not need that much to satisfy my sweet cravings. Okay, number three was I didn't even notice myself and it was shocking to me. Okay, let me tell you the story and it was shocking to me. Okay, let me tell you the story Number three. I'll tell you the the.

Speaker 1:

I guess the title of it or the point of it was that I didn't have any more migraines. And this is when I really noticed and proved my body proved to me that it was metabolically flexible, and I'll tell you what happened. So, when my body was struggling with blood sugar, I was that hangry person. I was that person that needed granolas in my bag, I needed cookies in my bag, I needed nuts in my bag. I needed to stop and go through a drive-through to get some snacks. I needed to go to a bodega and grab something. I was that person who, if I became hungry, I was extremely unpleasant. I was so unpleasant and then I would get mad because I knew that if I ended up being very hungry for a while, I would end up with a migraine and once I got that migraine, it was over. It was over. You guys, if you know the Spanish term jaqueca, I had bad ass jaqueca.

Speaker 1:

Migraines I didn't even know that was the word for migraine in Dominican Spanish. I don't know if that's the Spanish word for migraines. In didn't even know that was the word for migraine in dominican spanish. I don't know if that's the spanish word for migraines in all dialects, but in dr it's called a hakeka and I thought it was 100 normal. You know why? Because my mom struggled with the same thing and whenever it would happen to me she was like oh, si eso, si eso es, porque no he comido en mucho tiempo? Yes, my fucking blood sugar is so dysregulated and this can happen at such a young age. It was happening to me as a freaking teenager and my dear mom did not know, as I did not freaking know, that that's a sign of blood sugar dysregulation, because nobody fucking tells you this shit, okay, anyway. So I was like oh, I'm just like that, I just need to eat, I can't last a long time without eating. And now I get a freaking hakeka.

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And there's been times where the hakeka and the headache has been so bad that after I eat something I go throw up and I puke because my body is so fucking dysregulated, is out of control. So that's why I would panic too and I would want to eat something, because getting these migraines was terrible and they wouldn't go away until the next day. Like I had to eat something and then I fucking would throw up and then I would have some Advil or whatever. Uh, tylenol or what's the other one I keep thinking of Midol, but there's Motrin. I would have one of those and then I would have to lay down and go to sleep. What a fucking waste of a day like. Porque why I don't like that? And I did not know that it was because my blood sugar was dysregulated, anyway. So what would end up happening is that I would eat and I would panic, eat and I would carry snacks with me. So to avoid that from happening.

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So a few years ago I went to a conference and it was early in the morning and guess what? I brought with me Some fucking crackers with queso, because I was like I know they're going to serve lunch at this conference, but I don't know when. So, and then I had to run out of my house with just the protein shake in my system and I was like there's no fucking way I'm getting a fucking jaqueca in this conference when it's an entire day and I want to be present and not feeling sick. And guess what I did? I posted that on Instagram and one of my friends who's a metabolic health coach she's actually been on this podcast on wealthy generation. Her name is, and our episode was the bomb, so I highly encourage you to check it out. I'll put it in the show notes.

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She was like hey, friends, can we talk about this? And I was like, yeah, what's up? And she goes are you like, are you struggling with your blood sugar? This is I'm not quoting her words because I don't remember exactly what she said but she basically was asking or telling me like that's a sign of blood sugar dysregulation. And I was like what? I thought my blood sugar was good and my A1C is looking fine and all of that.

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So we hopped on a call and she was like, yeah, like getting migraines if you don't eat for a long time is a sign of blood sugar dysregulation. And I was like what sign of blood sugar dysregulation? And I was like what? So I decided, oh. So then she was like are you eating that food because you're getting a migraine and you're hungry, or are you eating it for preventative reasons? And it was such a freaking good question and I was like, for preventative reasons, I feel perfect right now, I am not hungry, I don't have a headache, I feel just fine, I'm just eating just because I want to avoid this. And she's like, yeah, friends, like you might want to not do that because you might be just fine. So I was like you know what? I'm going to put this to the test. I love, I love me a freaking good ass challenge man. I was like I'm going to put this to the test. I'm going to see how flexible my body is.

Speaker 1:

So that weekend okay, we are going to go to a restaurant to eat I was already hungry. It had been already like four hours that I had not eaten anything, hungry. It had been already like four hours that I had not eaten anything and I was starting to get hungry and I was starting to panic because that meant hot kick out was coming. Okay, so then we're at this restaurant. Oh, we get to the restaurant and the restaurant is like there's an hour wait and I was like what An hour. It's been four hours. I don't have any freaking snacks. I don't know, maybe I probably did have snacks with me. I actually did have a snack with me and I was like I don't know if I can make it another hour without food.

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And everybody else that I was with because I was with friends and my family they were like yeah, it's okay, we're going to wait, because it was beautiful outside and there was a spot to hang out, and they were like yeah, we're going to, that's okay, we'll wait the hour. Oh my God. So I was like Naomi, you're not going to eat anything and you're going to see what happens. Can I tell you that I was just fine. It was my brain freaking out because your brain loves to do that and I'm going to get to your brain in a second and when I really calmed my body down, I was like body, we're just going to do this test, we're going to see what happens, we're probably not going to get a migraine.

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I went into the restaurant five hours, almost six hours later, of not eating anything. I was able to enjoy a regular meal and not binge eat, because that also happens, right, you're starving and then you eat and you eat, and you eat and you eat and then you make yourself sick that way. So I was able to eat a regular portion and I did not get a migraine. I felt just fine. I was waiting for it. I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. I was just waiting for it and I was waiting for it and I kept waiting and there was no freaking headache and I was like, wow, thank God, my friend reached out to me and told me that because I would have been eating the mass and not trusting my body and giving it stuff when it didn't need it, like food and probably snacks that I rather not eat, and actually reverting my metabolic flexibility, because your body has to practice that it doesn't necessarily want to do that.

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Like that's hard work for the body. Like why should you so if you train it to always give it glucose all the time, to always give it sugar and snacks and all that? It's like I don't need to go into fat burning. Like they give me stuff all the time. Why do I have to work so hard when Google is so easy? Look at this, I just get energy, just like that. I just need to throw a little tantrum, let her think that she's going to get a migraine and she's so hungry and then boom, she gives me food. Why do I need to go into fat burning for See what I mean?

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So anyway, I was so happy because actually, not snacking, obviously, if you know you're not going to eat, and whatever like there there's space for everything. So there is freaking space for snacks and all of that. I'm just saying there are some moments where I know I'm going to eat, like dinner's waiting for me, lunch is waiting for me, I know when my next meal is coming and I don't need to have a snack 30 minutes before, an hour before. I don't need to do that because my body can handle the extra time with no fuel, because there's plenty of juicy fuel inside of me already. Okay, so that was like the crown on top moment that that proved to me how much my body had changed in such a short amount of time and how much more I had to learn about how much my body had changed, because we're just used to feeling what we felt before and our body protecting us in that sense. So when we're training it in a new way, we just have to give ourselves, our minds and our bodies the opportunity to create new evidence of how much you've evolved.

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Okay, the last one number four of when I knew that I had better control over my blood sugar, is tying back to the rest of these especially. Number three is when I built that trust with my body and I didn't put that much emphasis on my thoughts. This is what I mean. Like your brain is always telling you or giving you information or leading you into things about your past. Like you used to love these sweets. You love these sweets. You love this margarita, you love the chips. Ahoy, you love this, you love that.

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And every time I went back to those things, I freaking hated them. They did not taste good to me anymore, they did not feel good in my body, they made me feel sick. And it was this disconnect between my body and my brain, because my brain is like what the fuck? What is wrong? Like we used to love this. And this is going back to the disappointment and the mourning, because now you're going to have to find those new things.

Speaker 1:

But what ended up happening is that I had to really rely and trust my body and give that as proof to my brain as to why these things weren't working for us anymore. Because I would just do, I would just have the things my brain would tell me I loved so much over and over again that I was sick and tired of feeling so sick I was like I'm done with this shit, I'm done. So give yourself the opportunity to build that evidence too, because I would go back and back and back to the same things. And it would be funny because I would ask the restaurant I'm like, did you guys change the recipe to this margarita? And they'd be like no, did you guys change the recipe to this sauce or this chicken or whatever? And they'd be like no, okay. And I'd be like what the fuck? Like what changed? It was me that changed.

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It was my taste buds that changed. It was my intolerance for high sugars, for fake ingredients, for low quality foods that had completely changed. It was my intolerance for high sugars, for fake ingredients, for low quality foods that had completely changed. And I would have things like Kit Kats, because I love Kit Kats and I love Twix and I love peanut butter cups. And every time I would have some I'd be like this is not as exciting anymore, like I would eat a full bar of Twix or Kit Kat and be so freaking happy and now I can eat, you know the minis, like the mini minis, not fun size, the minis. If I want something like that, I'll have a mini and be good Again that I'll have a mini and be good Again.

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Going back to, you're just satisfied with a little bit. If I have more than that, it tastes gross, it's too much and I get a headache. Then I get a headache because it's too much sugar and my brain and my body's like what in the world are we supposed to do with all of this right now? And it puts my body into a panic and a frenzy and then it doesn't feel good for me anymore. So it can work either way, right. So that connection when I started really trusting my body and giving that proof to my brain and just leading, like dealing with those emotions that come up and finding new things that really bring me joy, because now I know exactly the chocolates I want to have, the ice cream, the margarita, the food it's taken a little while and it's taken exploration and it's taken flops and wins to learn. But there's just some things where I'm like no, if I see store-bought cookies, store-bought cakes from like freaking Costco or BJ's and stuff, no, thank you, I don't want any of that. I know I'm not really going to like it and what I usually do is I'll try a little corner to see if I like it or not. If I like it, then probably I'll take more, and if I don't, then I don't.

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Dominican cake okay, dominican cake. At the birthday parties, some Dominican cakes are the bombcom. Other Dominican cakes are no thanks. So I usually take one spoon and I have one bite and I'm like is this cake worth it? Is it worth my while? If it's yes, I have one bite and I'm like is this cake worth it? Is it worth my while? If it's yes, I have some. If it's no, I'm completely okay leaving that cake there. I'm completely okay telling people. No, I don't want to take cake home If it's 10 PM at night, because you know how we be doing.

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The party lasts forever and people don't want to cut the cake because then people are going to leave. I probably won't have some. Why? Because it's 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock at night. This is given that I'm going to go home soon. My body don't need that much energy. So if I really want this cake, I'll probably take it home and have some in the morning time when I have more room to digest it or I'll have just a little bit there.

Speaker 1:

I have no shame taking two bites and throwing the rest out because again, it's pleasure. All right, I'm not going to hurt my brain and my body and feel like absolute shit because, sorry, I'm banging my jewelry on stuff because, okay, I don't want to make people feel bad. Because I have built that inner trust with my body. And now, the more times you do this, the more times you're going to see how it feels in your body and then what your brain has to deal with, with the stomach ache, with the bloating, with the not feeling okay and is this whole internal conversation that leads to more mindful decisions and choices? And before it would be, the peer pressure would creep in and be like, oh yes, I'll have some and all that. And then I'm like damn, like I feel like crap again. And what would happen to me is that I wouldn't just feel like crap for that day or that night. It would be like two or three days of me feeling like absolute shit and I'd be like, nah, I can't keep doing this to myself because I just do not like how this feels. Okay. So I've weaned myself off slowly.

Speaker 1:

I've built that trust within myself of how does something feel, what's worth my while or not, especially when it comes to sweets and drinks and things like that, because I love feeling so good in my body. Once you start to feel good in your body again, you probably don't even remember what that feels like, because your eating is all over the place, your blood sugar might be dysregulated, you're stressed the hell out, you have brain fog and fatigue and all these other things going on and you're like man. I don't even remember what it feels like to be myself. And it was so cute because that's what one of my clients said today. She was like. She basically said, let me see, I closed off her notes, but she was basically like I feel like myself again, I feel like the old me and I love that and I don't want to mess that up. Okay, so you can feel and this client is in her early 40s, okay, so I'm not talking about somebody that's in their 20s and it's like, oh, I'll just drink more water and feel better like you're able to feel really good in your 40s. It just takes a little bit more knowledge and skill building and habit building and practicing that and getting to know yourself, getting to know yourself.

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I have another client who just recently turned 50. She's a former client but she sent me this message this week actually the week that this is going live and she said hold on. She said I decided not to have sweets for Lent. It is now 13 days later and I have not had sweets, meaning I'm not reaching for cookies, chocolate, ice cream, no sugar in my coffee. I don't know what it is the shift. I don't know what the shift is, but any other year or attempt on day one, I would mess up and say F it.

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I attended a party Saturday and did not go to the candy bar. No cake, no gelato. I did not have drinks. I'm known for having sugar. I know I'm having sugar elsewhere in my food, but I am focusing on sweets. This is so long-winded and I wanted to let you know earlier for accountability and I said to myself I wanted to figure this out myself. So I asked her how did this feel in her body? And again, she is restricting because of religious reasons. She is doing it for Lent because of religious reasons. She's doing it for Lent.

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Usually, christians or Catholic, during Lent season, which is about 40 days, they give up something that they love, okay, in the name of Lent. So for her it was the sweets, and she would have them often. So I was like and she would have them often. So I was like how did this feel for you? And she said I have felt calm is the best description. My mind is not racing about what I can't do or I want something sweet. I'm not even thinking about it. Shoot, maybe acceptance, I don't know what shifted, but I'm certain it has to do with what I've done with you and that's why I wanted to share with you.

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Okay, and I know that this is a shift in her metabolic flexibility and how her body processes sugar. And this was one of the pieces that was missing, which is the mental piece, because your brain always tells you that you need to have it, that you love this, that you cannot resist this, that you find so much joy in this. And again, it's not about restriction. I love me some sweets, I can recommend you sweets, but is this whole idea of do you actually need it right now, the way you think you do the brain, the way your brain tells you so? When she said that every other year on day one, she gave in and was like F. It is because every other year she has had dysregulated blood sugar, for the most part, right, I don't know, I'm speculating here because obviously, um, but my hypothesis is that every other year her blood sugar was not as regulated and her body calls for. This made the urge really strong. So it wasn't just her mind, it was also her body demanding the sugar which makes it harder, and therefore it was like forget this, it's really hard this year.

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On the other hand, she has her body's metabolic flexibility on her side, and now it was just this mental game of well, I'm choosing not to have it because I'm giving it up for Lent. And now her body's not demanding it. Right, her body's like we good, we good, sis, we don't need all these things in the first place. And her brain is like what, what's happening? So calmness is such a beautiful thing, your mind not racing about these things. And that is exactly what starts to happen when you start to regulate your blood sugar. This is another light in the tunnel where now, when she probably comes out of Lent, her brain is going to have a lot more evidence of oh, I don't even need to have. If I really want it, I'll have it. If it tastes really good, I'll have it. If it's worth it, I'll have it, and if not, there's no biggie. I'm not missing out on Cool. I love that for her and I want the same for you as well.

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So this is where I want to talk to you a little bit about my upcoming intimate, intensive group program that's called sugar mama, where you get to enjoy your sweets without putting your body through the struggle bus and you get to understand how much sugar is you're actually having, even if it's healthy food, because a lot of you are like oh, but I don't eat cookies and chocolate and ice cream and drinks and all of that, I'm good. No, ma'am, probably there are hidden sugars everywhere, and a lot of healthy food that's marketed as healthy actually has a lot of sugar inside. And it's not just the sugar, right, there's also other foods that can be contributing to this. So sugar mama in sugar mama, we're going to identify hidden sugars in the foods that you might be having and that might be spiking up your blood sugar and making you crash and feel tired. We're going to audit your sugar intake and how it affects you, and then we're going to learn how to have sweets and carbs without no extreme restrictions and getting to know yourself in that way, Right?

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So this program is going to be six weeks long. It's going to run from April 23rd to May 28th. We're going to have weekly zoom calls that are going to be 60 minutes long, on Wednesdays at 6.30 pm Eastern Time. There will be replays available for each session. You will also have a group chat for support and coaching and all that good stuff. There's max eight participants that I'm going to be accepting into the program. There is an attendance policy If you miss two calls, you will be exited into the program. There is an attendance policy If you miss two calls, you will be exited from the program. And if you need to miss a call for whatever reason, you can just let me know ASAP. I would just like everybody to really be present for the integrity of the group.

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Okay, so the last day to sign up is April 9 9th, all right and I just want to share with you a little bit of what each week is going to look like so and what you're going to be learning in sugar mama. So the first week we're going to learn how you actually feel. We're going to track the patterns in your energy and your craving, in your mood. As I said in my last point, that is one of the biggest, best connections that you can start to create for yourself, because it is that last link, missing piece to tie everything together in your wellness journey, in your wellness journey. On week two, we're going to see what the roles of protein, carbs, fats, veggies are, because all foods have a purpose and you actually really do need carbs. Week three, we're going to deep dive into sugar and insulin. Why is blood sugar balance key for your energy and your hormones and how does it actually work in your body? Week four, we're going to learn how to read food labels so that you can spot hidden sugars and actually make informed decisions and choices about your food. Number five week five, we're going to build balanced meals. We're going to learn how to anchor your carbs. You're going to learn what that means, because they really are not our enemy, but we need to learn how to time them and balance them better. And week six, we're going to put this all together. There's going to be reflections, coaching, final tweaks and whatever you want to talk about. We're going to celebrate how far you've come and what you've learned Again, this is really not a diet program.

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This is all real life approach to food, your cravings, your energy. It's actionable tools that tie your mind and your body together. Okay, you do not need any special diagnosis to want to join. You can just be interested in learning more about food, about sugar. Maybe you've been feeling a little off. You've never considered this to be affecting you in the past. You have a family history of diabetes and things like that. It can just be literally an informative time that you are with us.

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Okay, so that was a little bit about the program. If you want to join, feel free to send me an email or book a quick consultation call so we can talk about it. All the links are going to be in the bio. The investment for this six weeks sugar sugar mama program is $355 a single payment. So I cannot wait to hear from you. I cannot wait for you to join the program. I hope that you have been learning more and more about sugar and how it looks like when you're a little bit more balanced and what it might look like when your body's showing signs where it needs a little bit more support. Okay, so I cannot wait to see you there. If you have questions, if you want to join again, reach out to me and we can get the process rolling. Okay, I'll talk to you soon. Bye.