What Did That Say? I Ate What?!

What Did That Say? I Ate What?!

What Did That Say? I Ate What?

While I was out and about today, I wandered over to a popular end cap. It was shiny and full and lots of people were heading over to it checking it out.

Fancy, Shiny, Squishy Bag of "Food"

Now, since being on RealW8 and changing to a healthier lifestyle, I no longer eat anything from bag, box, package. But, call it temptation, call it curiosity, call it courage, I took a LOOK, a peek. I picked up the somewhat soft squishy package of spaghetti sauce, turned the package over to read the label. Look at what I saw?!

Check Out This Label!

Can You See All The Chemicals on this Label?

What is Some of This Stuff? Is That Food?

Water
Sugar
Tomato paste (tomato, water)
Modified starch (corn)
Iodized salt
Artificial beef and sausage flavors
Parmesan cheese
Butter
Chili
Black pepper
Oregano
Bell pepper
Acetic acid
Monosodium glutamate
Onion
Garlic
Sodium benzoate (as preservative)
Aspartame
FD&C yellow no. 5
FD&C yellow no. 6
FD&C re no. 40

phenylketonurics: contains phenylalanine

What Does That All Mean?

What?! No way!
Ingredients are listed by volume, so, start at the top to see what it has MOST in it.

Sugar

Water and SUGAR!
We now know sugar is not our friend and is tied to diseases and health issues.
Read more here:
http://www.asantae.com/Web/ww/en/products-drlundell.dhtml

Starch and Salt

But what about
Modified starch (corn)http://alifelesssweet.blogspot.com/2009/05/because-you-askedmodified-food-starch.html
Iodized salt
http://www.cncahealth.com/health-info/general/the-truth-about-salt.htm

Those aren't good for us!
Artificial beef and sausage flavors
Do we even WANT to look this one up. Maybe it's best we NOT KNOW what artificial beef and sausage flavors are.
YUK!!! And that salt!!!

Chemicals

How about these CHEMICALS?!
Acetic acidhttp://www.drugs.com/pro/acetic-acid.html
Monosodium glutamate
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/21/msg-is-this-silent-killer-lurking-in-your-kitchen-cabinets.aspx
Sodium benzoate 
http://www.naturalnews.com/033726_sodium_benzoate_cancer.html
Aspartame
http://aspartame.mercola.com/
phenylketonurics: contains phenylalanine
http://www.dreamviews.com/extended-discussion/52863-warning-phenylketonurics-contains-phenylalanine.html

Fake Colors - More Chemicals and Petroleum

And then these fake colors?!
FD&C yellow no. 5http://www.fitnessquests.com/2010/06/what-is-fdc-yellow-5-tartrazine.html
FD&C yellow no. 6
http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/702444/FD%26C_YELLOW_6/
FD&C red no. 40
http://www.red40.com/index.html

Is That Even Food?

I keep thinking, what?
Why would anyone want to eat that?
Do you know what all those horrible ingredients will do to your body?

Make it Up Fresh! 

Why Not Make it Up Fresh? Fresh Food = Healthy Lifestyle

Why not stick with your whole food, real food?
Get real tomatoes, real garlic, real onions, real black pepper, water and a real sweetener, like barley malt and make it up fresh.
No Chemicals.
No Fake colors.
No preservatives.

Better for your body. Healthier Lifestyle.

Simple. Easy. Fresh.

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What a Nut! Pistachios

What a Nut! - Pistachios

Pistachios - roasted

We've all heard about how great nuts can be for us, but when I grabbed for some pistachios, it made me wonder about them and how they differ from other nuts.
 I wondered, 
are they the nut with the most fat? 
The most vitamins? 
The most calories?
 I mean, they are green! That has to make them different already right?

I went searching around and discovered this.

"Try snacking on a serving of pistachios. They’re one of the lowest calorie, lowest fat, highest fiber nuts. Plus, a serving of pistachios gives you 49 kernels – more than any other snack nut!"

I'm amazed by this little nut.
It's such a great nut, it has an entire collection of its wonders at sites like this one:
www.pistachiohealth.com/
And I thought I was just getting a great small snack!

The power behind RealW8 helps each of us to make better choices. You'll find yourself craving healthy food choice, like pistachios instead of sugary treats! Part of The RealW8 Way to a healthy lifestyle.

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Better Than Ice Cream?

What Could Be Better Than Ice Cream? The Acai Bowl!

Through our RealW8 support team, we help people create new habits by encouraging  small, easy, changes towards better choices. Next time you are looking for an ice cream shake or a mountain of ice cream scoops, try an Acai Bowl instead. We gave it try. Here, in Hawaii, we have  Down to Earth organic and natural store. Your neighborhood whole food, organic, natural food type store may also serve it up! What's in an Acai Bowl? Well, each vendor may concoct their own secret recipe, but there seems to be some basic ingredients for the general Acai Bowl, fozen acai, fruit, and granola. Yes! Simple, yet so tasty! Here's the Down to Earth Acai Bowl Acai, Bananas, Apple Juice, Agave and French Vanilla Almond Granola Acai bowls are incredibly refreshing, naturally sweet, and a great natural energy boost. It's just like having a berry ice cream!  Easy Ice Cream Replacement Give it a try! It's a simple, easy, small choice towards better choices, Acai Bowl instead of Ice Cream. You can do it! ——————————————– If you’d like to begin your RealW8 weight loss journey, or if you’d like to become a coach and help not only yourself, but your family and friends as well, or if you’d like to become business partners and learn how to earn money while losing weight email me at Islandgirl.a@gmail.com friend me on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/alicia.delosreyes.hankins or Use the contact tab here on this website. I can get you started RIGHT and on your way to success!

RealW8 and Water, Saying Bye to Cellulite

Got Cellulite? How RealW8 and Water Work Together to Reduce Cellulite

The proof is in the pictures! In our Fitness Teams and support groups, we see so many photos of everyone shrinking in the right places, back fat gone, hips smoothing out, thighs thinning!

We see it.
We know it's happening.
 We love it.
Here's the secret.

Listen to the replay of a Weight Loss Wednesday call

Click on the link below to hear more about RealW8 and how it shrinks those fat cells!

Weight Loss Wednesday Call
What's in it, how does it work and more!!!

Here's the Link to the Replay Page:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=35801481

Photos of Real People with Real Results

We have an awesome product,  RealW8.
We also have an awesome system too!
We house hundreds of photos of real weight loss results in our Fitness Teams.
If you want to see more,  contact me or the person that shared this link with you. I can add you to our fitness group, where you can see so many people saying BYE to cellulite!

RealW8

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begin your RealW8 weight loss journey,
or if you’d like to become a coach and help not only yourself, but your family and friends as well,
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email me at
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Can anyone tell me about how this reduces your cellulite appearance and makes your skin look better? I have been noticing that, has anyone else?


Adipose tissue, inflammation and water stuck in a fat cell + cellulite. RealW8 lessens inflammation, stabilizes blood sugar which helps your body utilize the adipose tissue for fuel (burn fat) and you're drinking tons of water so your body feel safe to let go of the retained water! Plus, you don't crave all the bad food so those fat cells finally have time to shrink down. Yay for RealW8!

Chicken Adobo The RealW8 Cook Alicia DR Hankins

Grilled Barbecue Chicken: Great Flavors with Fruit

Grilled Barbecue Chicken: Great Flavors with Fruit   Grilled Barbecue Chicken: Great Flavors with Fruit Chicken, an easy protein to prepare, it flavors well, most people love it, and best of all, it grills up great! We explored non traditional barbecue sauces to help reduce sodium in our diet. One of our small heathy lifestyle changes has been reducing sodium in our diet. We have been able to keep our sodium to less than 500mg daily to support my mom and her salt sensitivity. Once you eliminate most salt, you really never miss it! We now create our sauces for the grill by starting with some fruit, peaches, apricots, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, fruits that will cook down a little and sweeten as they heat. We normally add pineapple to the mix. Some vinegar too. Now, when you try this, you can add molasses, garlic, onion, and spices like tarragon, dill, oregano, basil, pepper whatever your preference. Just bring your ingredients to a simmer in a small pot. Let it reduce down a bit and take your sauce out to the grill. Then, what Grill Guy ( my husband) has started doing is: grill the chicken until it's just about done, then baste the grilling chicken with the sauce using a basting brush. While on our RealW8 journey, we've searched for ways to make small healthy choices and realize that these small changes combined to create a long lasting lifestyle change for better health and wellness. Creating a tasty barbecue sauce for the grill is one small healthy choice. ——————————————– If you’d like to begin your RealW8 weight loss journey, or if you’d like to become a coach and help not only yourself, but your family and friends as well, or if you’d like to become business partners and learn how to earn money while losing weight email me at Islandgirl.a@gmail.com friend me on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/alicia.delosreyes.hankins or Use the contact tab here on this website. I can get you started RIGHT and on your way to success!

Berries! Nature's Sweet Candy Snack

Berries! Nature's Sweet Candy Snack Want a quick sweet snack to go, pick fruit! Why not a berry? Berries are low in calories, high in fiber and they contain vitamins and minerals your body needs to function normally. Best of all, they taste great! Pair your berries with stevia and other healthy snacks from nature. (Read about stevia all natural sweetener here) What kinds of healthy tasty treats do you create with berries? Share you ideas in the comments so we can all give it a try. As a coach beginning your RealW8 journey, you quickly feel the "willpower in a bottle" that these natural weight loss supplements provide. Instead of craving sugars in snacks like cupcakes, pies, and ice cream, you too will be searching your produce aisles for berries and other fruits, nature's candies. Don't do it alone, we're here for you. -------------------------------------------- If you'd like to begin your RealW8 weight loss journey, or if you'd like to become a coach and help not only yourself, but your family and friends as well, or if you'd like to become business partners and learn how to earn money while losing weight email me at Islandgirl.a@gmail.com friend me on FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/alicia.delosreyes.hankins or Use the contact tab here on this website. I can get you started RIGHT and on your way to success!

Health and Wellness Tip: Stevia as a Sweetener Choice

Health and Wellness Tip: Stevia as a Sweetener Choice One small healthy lifestyle choice at a time will lead you to long lasting lifestyle changes. We learn at the start of our RealW8 journey that sugar has many adverse affects on our bodies, has no real nutritional value, adds empty calories to our diet, and at its worst has been implicated in numerous degenerative diseases. After all, it's our sugar addiction that we need to break free from. Lesson: Choose a natural, chemical free sugar substitute. . Stevia iis an herb. It grows wild as a small shrub in parts of Paraguay and Brazil. Stevia is sweeter than sugar. Stevia has none of sugar's unhealthy drawbacks. There are many brands of stevia sweeteners, this just happens to be the one we've chosen so far. Look at what is readily available in your area. Give it a try! -In your coffee or tea -mixed in some yogurt or sour cream -sprinkled right on fruits Do you use stevia already? Tell us what you do with it, leave a comment sharing your stevia secrets. -------------------------------------------- If you'd like to begin your RealW8 weight loss journey, or if you'd like to become a coach and help not only yourself, but your family and friends as well, or if you'd like to become business partners and learn how to earn money while losing weight email me at Islandgirl.a@gmail.com friend me on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/alicia.delosreyes.hankins or Use the contact tab here on this website. I can get you started RIGHT and on your way to success!

Pizza Part 1 Dough, Part 2 Sauce, Part 3 Put It All Together The RealW8 Cook Alicia DR Hankins

Yes! With RealW8, You CAN eat Pizza! and still lose weight! RealW8, Real Food. 

Pizza is a pretty popular food. If you are getting it frozen or even from a fast food outlet, you are probably getting pizza covered preservatives, chemicals and, most likely, an outrageous amount of salt (sodium). 
Why not make it at home, fresh from your oven? 
You'll know exactly what's in it, 
you can make adjustments to the dough, sauce, and toppings to match your needs, 
each person having the pizza can choose their own toppings and
It's a Fun Activity to do with your Circle of Support right there at home!
Give it a try! Let me know how YOUR pizza turns out by leaving me a comment right here, on Facebook, or email. 
Be Creative!
Aloha~
The RealW8 Cook, Alicia DR Hankins

Order RealW8: www.aliciainhawaii.teamasantae.com

RealW8 WORKS!

To see more Weight Loss Successes, contact me. I will invite to a private group to view many more stories.

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All of these people have awesome weight loss success because they have RealW8, an online support community 24/7, and a In Real Life Circle of Support

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Want to lose weight? Need to lose weight?

So, you want or need to lose a little or a lot.
You're here because you're seeking safe weight loss.
You're looking for the thing that will work.
You want easy,
effortless,
no gimmick weight loss.
It's here.
You've found the right place,
at the right time,
with the right person.
It's all about The Power of You.

You can be the next weight loss success story. I can help you, with your "Willpower In A Bottle"

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With "Willpower in a Bottle", you can have easy, effortless weightloss. Organic, natural, safe.

We have AMAZING 24/7 online support!

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Whenever you've ever tried this before, you may have had some success in the beginning, then for some reason felt down and out, failed, gave up, got frustrated, and quit.
We've found that those downs can keep you from ever getting to your goal!
We make sure you succeed by giving you a great online community 24/7 and we help you in your In Real Life day to day support by helping you create your Circle of Support.

Let's face it, You eat with friends. You eat with family. You eat with co workers. You eat with you spouse/significant other. You eat with clubs, You eat with community groups you belong to. You eat, with other people around you. All the time.
You can lose MORE weight if you have those people around you doing RealW8 lifestyle changes with you!
Ask any one of us that is a weight loss success story!
We know!
You can lose more weight, more easily, when all the people around you follow what you are doing, taking RealW8 to help give them willpower, making healthier lifestyle changes, and cheering and celebrating each and every one of those changes and successes.
RealW8 Asantae has given us an outstanding, generous program to allow you to get 4-5 friends in your Circle of Support and get you your RealW8 FREE.
You need your Circle. Think of 4 people that eat with you, play with you, work with you.
It's that simple.

Call 808.699.6311, Message me, I will help you.
Click on the "Send me more Info" tab. I'll get back to you right away.
You have nothing to lose, but Weight!
AliciaInHawaii/Alicia DR Hankins, The RealW8 Cook

RealW8 Food Shopping

Fresh, Whole Food

Back from a trip to the store. We buy fresh, eat fresh. It's the greatest thing to be able to LOSE WEIGHT while eating eating eating! Off to the side is some meat... we always get a variety of chicken and beef, sometime pork. 
Now we have our array of ingredients to create new snacks and meals!

Enters RealW8

The "Thing" We've All Been Waiting For!!! RealW8 - Organic Supplement 

We've learned that with the Power of RealW8, we take 2 capsules before lunch, 2 capsules before dinner and drink at least 3L of water a day, we can not only LOSE weight, but we can MAINTAIN our new weight. 

 Safe. Easy and Effortless. 

Easy, Effortless Weight LossNo Shakes. No Meal Replacements. We EAT REAL FOOD!!! (Check out the FOOD tab on the left) We use RealW8 and have lost weight and maintained our weight loss with it. My mom has lost a tremendous amount of weight, reduced or eliminated her medications for High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, and water retention. She can walk 'swiftly' now...and can get around with much more ease. We've coached her and helped ourselves add YEARS to our lifespan! I'm sure! We are Healthier, Happier and LOVE IT! 

 Helping Others 

We have faith and trust in RealW8 after all it's done for us. I have now coached several friends and relatives to successful weight loss too. They, in turn, are now coaching THEIR friends and relatives... We are together, as a team, changing the lives of people around us. One Circle at a time. It's a POWERFUL change!  

Enjoy!
AliciaInHawaii

Alicia and John's Blackberry Chicken

Alicia and John's Blackberry Chicken

Chicken Thighs-remove bone

Sauce:

Handful of Blackberries (about 1-2 Cups) 
Vinegar (about a 1/4 Cup)
1/2 Stick unsalted butter
3 packets Stevia 

Place Blackberries in pot on stove. Mash the berries with potato masher. Add vinegar, butter, stevia. Heat, low, on stove until sauce thickens. Use as baste. 

Grill de-boned chicken til 'almost done' 

Then baste with sauce last few minutes of cooking. :)

Enjoy!

AliciaInHawaii

Starting A Team

Creating Your Circle of Support

Get Your Friends 'On the Line'

A team is a group of your closest friends and/or relatives. 


That's where it starts. 
It's simple.


I got 5 of my friends ON THE LINE to call 808.699.6311.

 I created my circle with them...and the rest is history.

We started off encouraging each other daily to  take our RealW8, drink our water and eat great food.

Real Food. 

We tell great stories, have fun, laugh, share our lives.
We rely on each other to celebrate each and every pound we lose and each and every inch we abandon!

We have a GREAT time!

And... We're LOSING WEIGHT. And people notice.

And then they ask us... 

What are you doing? They not only notice our weight loss, they notice our Happiness... our Spring in our Step... our Positiveness! 

After sharing,  my friends now have their own circles, and those now have friends that want their own circles. So we ALL have become coaches, cheering and celebrating everyone's weight loss and renewed outlook on life.

As we journey this path, there are powerful, wonderful changes happening. 

We not only help you  lose weight, we help you to become the person you've always wanted to be. 
Through friendships, support, family,  camaraderie, we form bonds. 
Bonds that transform lives.
 Become a leader... gain independence, confidence... shine as a winner! 
Make a difference in someone's life. 
Be that difference.

One of our coaches said, after only HOURS of being a coach,...

I FEEL ALIVE

!LIfe. Changing. Moments.

Join us! 
email: 
islandgirl.a@gmail.com
 or comment here

We'd love to have you join our Circle of Supportand we'd love for you to have a weight loss success story of your own! 

Alicia and John's Zucchini Snack

Alicia and John's Zucchini Snack

Zucchini, sliced
dipped in egg
lightly fried in olive oil 

Dip:
Sour Cream
(add flavors to your sour cream if you want)
like: garlic/chives/basil etc

No Starch No Sugar


Enjoy!
AliciaInHawaii

Weight Loss - Where to Start

So, You Want to Lose Weight...

If you're here, then you've already started. You have to begin somewhere...and where it all starts is in your mind...and in your heart. Congratulations...you've taken Your first step to a new, healthier you. :)

Where We Started with Weight Loss

The Heavy...

First off, let me post our pictures now so you don't have to read any further and wonder if we are successful with weight loss and maintenance. My mom has lost OVER 140lbs. and I've lost over 70lbs. :) And we celebrate it EVERY DAY!

For me, the short story is:
My husband and I were living in New Orleans and lived through Hurricane Katrina. As a result of that evacuation, we ended up living in a Hotel for a full YEAR. Eating where ever and when ever we could in a nearby city with limited resources. We both gained a lot of weight and frankly, didn't mind because we were grateful to be alive.
When we returned home, to Hawaii, we were just happy to be here. No matter what our weight was.
But, our weight loss journey began... out of need, for someone ELSE.

When we got home, my mom, at her heaviest on the right here, was wearing compression stockings on her legs. Her blood pressure was out of control. She could barely walk from short, short distances without stopping to rest or give her aching knee some time to stop hurting.
We were all just 'dealing with it'. Mostly because, well... you know how it goes. We had all, in our past, TRIED IT ALL!  You name it, we'd tried it... and basically, we were all grateful to be alive and to be together... so we had just resolved for it to be our 'fate'.

Weight Loss Help

Something had to give. My mom's health was just too rocky. We started on the Wellnessbridge plan and were successful with it.  But, in January, we got a call from our Coach, Brandy, to tell us about RealW8. We made the commitment, as a family- Mom, Dad, Me, Husband, and my Adult Son, to all do this together. To be our own circle of support to my mom. To help her get to her goal- which is Health and Wellness.
Now, I am so lucky and honored to be coaching others to their weight loss goals and teaching them to coach THEIR family and friends to weight loss goals. :)

Enjoy!

AliciaInHawaii