Julie Rennie - The Metabolic Clock: Speed up your metabolism and lose weight easily

Thank you for your wonderful book it has definitely transformed my life! I have lost a total of 17 kgs (37.4 lbs) and 50 cm (19.5 in) and feel so much better. FIONA SEYMOUR

The metabolic clock offers an insightful and sensible approach to weight management and overall wellness. As a doctor I was certainly impressed with the ease at which the principles outlined in this book can be applied to anyone and everyone. Dr. CRIS MBBS(hons), BBIOMedSc, ACNEM member, P.T.

I love the concept of The metabolic clock and have enjoyed reading your beautiful book. It is so simple and easy to read and even more than that it is easy to implement. JANE BENSTON

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First published in 2011

Copyright Julie Rennie, 2011

Food Photography Brent Parker Jones, 2011

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry

Rennie, Julie.

The metabolic clock : speed up your metabolism
and lose weight easily / Julie Rennie.

1st ed.

ISBN: 9781921878114 (ebook).

Includes index.
Reducing diets.
Reducing exercises.

613.25

Edited by Jody Lee and Megan Drinan
Cover and internal design by Stan Lamond
Food Photographer: Brent Parker Jones
Food Stylist: Lee Blaylock
Food Stylist assistants: Julie Rennie, Gareth Thomas

The Metabolic Clock is designed to get people started on their journey to losing weight and gaining energy.

The author and publishers are not medical practitioners. Their intent is to offer health-related information and strategies to assist you in your journey or work with other health specialists. We recognise that within the health, medical and fitness fields there are widely divergent viewpoints and opinions. As such, we suggest that people applying the strategies of The Metabolic Clock create a network of advisors that they feel can assist them with any health concerns.

The author and publishers do not prescribe that any of this material be used for the diagnosis, treatment or prescription of any illness or medical condition. If this is required, we recommend that you consult the appropriate health professionals. The reader is responsible for their own choices in regards to their health and the implementation of any material found in The Metabolic Clock.

Contents

Step 1

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Step 2

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8 Mind sweep to clear out your disempowering
thoughts

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Step 3

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

A message from the author

As I approached middle age it seemed every year I was slowly gaining more weight. I justified this weight gain and my lack of vitality as part of the ageing process. I would come home from a busy day at work feeling sorry for myself and too tired to cook dinner. I wasnt organized enough to have any healthy food in the house and decided that a glass of wine and some chocolate would make me feel better. This had become a very common lifestyle choice that I was making and it was also making me feel very guilty.

My thoughts went like this: I need to be healthier. Why cant I get motivated to diet? I must stop drinking so much alcohol. I should be exercising. Why cant I get organized? Why am I feeling so bloated and sluggish? And so it went on. I felt frustrated with myself and knew that as soon as my head hit the pillow my negative thoughts would take over, spiralling me into a restless night of self-judgment.

After yet another sleepless night I thought, I dont need another diet, I need a lifestyle that works for me. Diets only work when you are on them and I did not want to be on a diet for the rest of my life. This decision led me to amazing discoveries about my health and wellbeing. At the same time I realized that my lack of motivation came from negative thoughts about myself. So the first thing I decided to do was to learn how to create empowering self-talk, which has become my motivation rocket fuel.

As I started on my journey of self-discovery and empowerment I discovered Ayurveda; an ancient system of medicine and healing that creates harmony between mind, body and the forces of nature. I then applied the principles of this ancient wisdom to achieve balance in my hectic Western lifestyle. And to my surprise, I lost weight without even trying. Quite by accident, I had discovered how to speed up my metabolism and burn off body fat easily.

Delving deeper, I looked into the scientific research that verified this ancient wisdom. In doing so, I discovered that our bodies have natural cycles that control and manage appetite, energy, mood and sleep, called circadian rhythms. When these are out of balance, nothing feels right but when they are in balance, we are at our best.

Paying attention to circadian rhythms really suited my lifestyle and me. I didnt have time to count calories; I had no energy to exercise; and I loved my food too much to drink shakes or go on a diet. Simply adapting my lifestyle to a more natural cycle, I found I had more energy and felt like exercising. I also needed less sleep, which meant I had more time to do the things I enjoyed in life.

This was the beginning of The Metabolic Clock.

My partner was on a diet and eating pre-packaged, portion-controlled meals. He was losing weight but it was a slow process and he was miserable because he wasnt enjoying the food.

One night we sat down to dinner. I had a big plate of food and he looked at his uninspiring portion-controlled meal. He kept looking at my plate and he said, I dont get it. You eat twice as much as me and you eat a piece of chocolate every day. Worse, you hardly exercise. I am sweating it out at the gym six days a week and starving myself on this tasteless food and you are losing weight quicker than me. Whats your secret?

My secret is balance. I had made lifestyle changes that reset my body clock and tuned it into natures rhythms. I had also learned what to eat and when to speed up my metabolism this boosted my energy and I lost weight without being on a diet.

From that moment, my partner decided to use the simple weight loss and wellness secrets of the Metabolic Clock. To his surprise, he shed 22 kilos (48lbs) of body fat easily and started to enjoy feeling more energized, too.

The lifestyle changes that I made were so simple and very natural. Its funny that we dont notice that we are well, only when we are unwell. Thats because being a healthy weight and feeling energized is our natural state: the state your body is most comfortable with. When you make healthy changes towards how you take care of yourself, your body will reward you with a wellspring of energy and you will easily and comfortably lose weight.