The Sugar Freedom Show

1. Catherine shares a book recommendation: Sugar Crush by Dr. Richard P. Jacoby.  Here is the Amazon link:  https://amzn.to/2SnMBow   2.She discusses Jane Brody's recent article on weight loss by portion control.  3. Where is the hidden sugar in the grocery store? Plus a sugar free bouillon to stop keto flu.  Here is the Amazon link:  https://amzn.to/2Ty7hYg    4. Suggested training tips for fat l...

When I first quit sugar back in 2008, I was able to overcome overweight and obesity by cutting out added sugars and nearly all grains.  At that time, I could have small amounts of oat bran and Ezekiel bread without triggering bouts of overeating.  After turning 50 in 2014, I found that I was happier, healthier, and leaner when I pulled all of the grains out of my eating plan.  Recently, I have eve...

The first Monday after the Fall time change gives us an extra hour in the morning.  This can be a good time of year to start thinking about any changes we want to make to enhance our heath and happiness. Catherine shares her top 3 Freedom Foods in the three macro-nutrient categories: Fats, Proteins, and Carbohydrates.  She also talks about the Miss America scandal that broke last December, and how...

Hello Freedom Fans,  This week I was interviewed by a reporter from First for Women Magazine as a follow up to the story they did on my win in a transformation contest.  The interview got me thinking about the most important aspects of permanent change.  I am convinced that the most important part of permanent fat loss is the discovery of the foods that nourish and satisfy you without over stimula...

Sugar Freedom was created to help you end cravings without going hungry.  The Freedom 14 adds the training that helps ensure that any weight loss you experience will come from fat: not muscle.  This helps people who want to maintain their success escape from the "Weight Trap," which is the difficult fact that diets can cause the body to become more efficient at using fuel.  By following a moderate...

Catherine Best Gordon, the author of Sugar Freedom at sugarfreedom.com shares her strategies for recovery from Binge Eating Disorder.  In this episode, she shares the Book of the Week, Recipe of the Week, and Training Plan of the Week.  Note: The Book of the Week is Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, and the edition is from 2002, reprinted in 2009.  You can find out more about Catherine's programs a...

The Spring Training Challenge has begun, and Catherine Best Gordon, ACE-CPT shares the simple breakdown of her nutrition plan and the seven lifts she uses to be sure that her clients are using fat for fuel, not muscle. She describes how she determines her protein requirements, and tracks them at fitday.com.  The seven lifts are: Squat, Push-up or Chest Press, Romanian Deadlift, Row, Bicep Cirl, Tr...

As I begin 2018 the most important question I can ask myself as a Certified Personal Trainer is, "How can I help my clients today?"  If I was starting my fitness journey, what would I want to know?  I have created this list of Ten Things I Would Want To Know About Weight Loss.  Here are the 10 elements in order;  1. Sugar 2. Grains 3. Endurance 4. Water 5. Cooking 6. Simplicity 7. Preparation 8. r...

I have been following a Ketogenic Low Carb Diet ever since 2008, so I have celebrated many holidays, birthdays, and special occaisions while keeping Keto.  Today, I share some of my tips for keeping the benefits of the KLCD (Ketogenic Low Carb Diet) even when sugary, starchy, hunger promoting foods are all around you. Find the Sugar Freedom program here: www.sugarfreedom.com  

These are the three best pieces of advice I have received.  They helped me achieve years of recovery from overweight and obesity.  I hope they help you too.   Sugar Freedom is a lifestyle, and it takes support to stay off of sugar, grains, and starches long term.  Catherine Gordon CPT shares the eating and training plans that are working for her clients and readers now.   Catherine's program is av...

Do you procastinate on the things you love by distracting yourself with food, social media, and other time wasters?  Catherine shares tips and tools to get over perfectionism, procastination, fatigue, and fear, and get on with what you want to do and create. Learn to discover the times in your life when you have been motivated and energetic, and get strategies to bring that energy back into your l...

It Gets Easier:  How staying off of sugar is easier than giving it up.   When you first give up sugar, grains, and processed vegetable oils, the transition can be rough.  You may have to eat different meals than your normal weight friends and family members.  Your energy may be  uneven because you don't know how to deal with the transition from glucose to fat burning.  You may consider a sugar fre...

If my Fairy Good-Sister came to me and said, "I will give you the body you need to fulfill your life purpose, guaranteed, but you can only eat 30 grams of carbohydrate per day for the rest of your life," do you know what I would say? "I'll do it." I am so passionate about training, coaching, dancing, sininging, and choreogrphy that I would not hesitate to give up sugary starchy foods for the rest...

Catherine explains how eliminating sugar and grains can "Quench" your appetite. Finally allowing you to lose excess fat for good.

Even with everything I know about staying off of sugar and grains, sometimes I lose my mind and go down the sugar hole.  The path to sugar is usually paved with hunger or stress.  Thankfully, I have utritional straegies to share with you for getting back off of suagr, and easing any guilt you may have. We must learn to manage our thinking in order to prevent overeating in the first place.  I will...

How do you stop eating sugar?  Eat something else.  Seriously, the evidence is piling up about the aging, fat storing effects of a diet that's high in sugar, grains, and processed vegetable oils. if you're ready to get the benefits of a real food low sugar lifestyle, Catherine can help.  She has been sugar free since 2008, and she has helped hundreds of her clients and readers lose fat and feel fa...

What's even better than losing a significant amount of excess weight?  Keeping it off for good, that's what.  Catherine kicks off her "Longest Loser," series with Business Vision Catalyst Stephanie Calahan. We'll discover how Stephanie transformed her health and fitness, and how she maintains her success. I'll ask how she changed her eating, training, and mindest to get her results, and we'll find...

Kristy Jo Hunt, Certified Personal Trainer and Fitness Nutrition Specialist shares her four step formula for lifelong health and fitness.  Discover how mental discipline, nutrition, exercise, and accountability combine to create a fitness program that works for life. Catherine asks Kristy Jo to share her best tips for meal planning, cooking, training, and motivation.  As always on the Sugar Freedo...

Last weekend I went to see "Money Monster," starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts.  Directer Jodie Foster Does a wonderful job creating the hyped-up show biz world that is inhabited by Clooney's Character, Lee Gates.  As a theatre director, I know that Foster has considered everything that her lead charater does very carefully.  The clothing he wears, his hairstyle, the way he moves, these all...

The ultimate, permanent weight loss secret is this: You must find a plan that allows you to get nourished and satisfied within a reasonable energy deficit.  Then you must follow that plan to completion, and return to it if you begin to re-gain.  Catherine Gordon, the author of Sugar Freedom at www.sugarfreedom.com , has helped her clients lose literally thousnads of pounds and inches for good.  No...

Do you need new ideas and motivation for reaching your health and fitness goals?  Catherine brings you insights from Limerick, Ireland with fitness trainer and gym owner Andrew Beattty.  Find out what's working now in fitness for busy people who want to get results with out spending hours in the gym or on a treadmill.   We'll cover training, nutriton, and mindset to get you ready to meet your cimi...

Catherine interviews Coach Jody Petronella about his major fat loss victory, his Primal/Paleo lifestyle, and his strategies for helping his clients reach their goals. If you have been holding yourself back on achieving your goals, today's episode is sure to inspire you to keep going, in spite of the excuses that pop up along the way.

It's Monday, and it's also a holiday in the U.S., and that's got me musing about bodyweight and career success.  What is a successful weight?  Tooo often it has very little to do with health.  Even worse, weight discrimination starts with being less than 15 pounds overweight for women according to BMI.  As a fitness studio owner and food writer, I know that we need to be aware of forces that may b...

On the Sugar Freedom diet, it usually takes three days of eating less than 30 grams of total carbs to get into fat burning mode.  Once you do, appetite drops and energy surges, but what then?  Catherine anwers your questions to keep fat burning going strong. Plus, how picking the right exercise program can skyrocket your weight loss in combination with a low carb, moderate protein diet.

Do you want to lose weight and get in great shape?  Why?  A transformation program is more effective when your reason for changing your eating and training habits  is in alignment with your life purpose. After leading hundred of in-person clients and on-line readers  in transformation challenges that have helped them lose thousands of pounds and inches, Catherine Gordon, author of Sugar Freedom, c...