Fat Burning Ice Cream? Get the Recipe for your Success!

Imagine that- fat burning ice cream. Well, its not quite out yet, but I’ll give you a recipe that will satisfy that craving for ice cream and still help burn fat (more later). Sometimes it seems the whole world is against us. Corporations create huge industries around our desire for fat and sugar. So we have a nation of fat, unhealthy people. Many resort to drugs to lose the weight. We crave fat and sugar because these preferences kept our ancestors alive. Today these same preferences are killing us. They also affect our mental health. Thankfully we live in the “Information age” where we can learn and make positive changes in our lives.

Mind Your Mind:
Whatever your goals are- the first friend you need on your side is your mind. Often this is the key to success or failure. Ever notice how that little voice inside your head is usually beating you up? Ok, maybe its just the voice inside my head, or maybe I need to increase my meds. But the fact of the matter is whether you have a voice inside or not- the world is full of people who fail to achieve their goals. And studies reveal that “self-talk”; ideas repeated over and over in the mind, even if we are not aware, shape how we feel about ourselves.

Many of us will work towards our goals, like weight loss or bodybuilding, yet fail to work on perhaps the single most important aspect of who we are: our minds. The impacts are everywhere; the symptoms obvious in broken families, divorce, alcohol and drug abuse. The amount of people on mood altering drugs like anti-depressants is pandemic. People are not addressing their own mental health.

Where do you start? You already did. Just the awareness of this issue will point you in a new direction if you feel the need strongly enough. Self-help guru and infomercial star Anthony Robbins has made the field of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) very popular. NLP works on the brain like the gym works on our muscles: use it or lose it. Our thoughts and feelings are stored in our brain as patterns of inter-linked neurons. Different patterns produce the cascade of neurochemistry that results in our thoughts, feelings and actions. The more we use certain patterns, the stronger the pattern gets. The less we use it, the weaker the pattern gets. Want to lose weight or stop smoking? Just change the pattern. Sounds easy, but it can be very difficult to do on our own. You wouldn’t build a house without tools, so too you cant build a healthy mind and body without tools. NLP is one such tool.

The first step we must do is accept responsibility for our lives. This does not mean blame, responsibility literally means the “ability to respond”. We must own all our choices and actions. One simple step we all can do is to be aware in the moment that these negative feelings or behaviors arise. And in the awareness comes the ability to respond- the freedom to choose what we do. If we are not aware we just react – and there is no freedom in reacting. Bodybuilders do this already while dieting. They are keenly aware of their food choices in order to prepare for contests. But what about getting angry while driving in traffic? Or when our spouse pushes our buttons? Do we just react or do we have freedom to choose our action?

Some negative thoughts can be removed simply by repeating the words “erase” or “cancel” over and over again in our minds. This is like overwriting memory on a computers hard drive. It literally works to scribble the thought/pattern and can make it go away. More advanced techniques such as NLP require elaboration beyond the scope of this article. Another advanced method that is simple to use is Thought Field Therapy (TFT) or Emotional Freedom Techniques. These are based on gently tapping with your fingers key acupuncture points when negative feelings or behaviors crop up. There is a free manual for this available on KiloHealth.com.

Fat Burning Ice Cream: The recipe!

The concept here is substitution; choosing a healthier version of whatever you crave. Bodybuilders have been doing it for years, eating protein bars instead of candy bars for example. Whether your goal is to lose fat or improve your health, substituting better food choices makes a big difference in the long term. If you made the shift from heavy/fatty meals to lean ones, such as Bacon Double Cheeseburgers to chicken breast or a low fat tuna sandwich – you are already on the way. The next jump would be from the chicken breast sandwich (not very nutritious) to chicken breast and a large salad. Even better- wild salmon (most salmon is farm raised and has the same bad fat as beef), organic greens and a healthy salad dressing (flax or olive oil with lemon is the best). The same shift would apply for drinking whole milk. All those ‘Got Milk’ ads brainwash you? Dairy is not a healthy food group. Besides milk leading to Type II diabetes, the homogenization process also makes milk proteins stick to your arteries.1 And recently, a molecule found in milk and beef have been shown in high concentrations in human tumors. 2 So a smart shift would be to gradually taper from:

whole milk to skim milk to a '50-50 mix of milk + soy milk' (or goat milk), or rice milk and eventually to 100% soy, goat, rice or almond milk.(they really dont taste bad at all, but individual preferences vary here.)

Crave ice cream? Here is a great recipe that should satisfy your craving and helps burn fat:
- 8 oz water
- 1 or 2 large cups of ice cubes
- 2-3 scoops of Protein(vanilla, chocolate, strawberry or other)
- 1-2 tablespoons Flax/EFA oil or ground flax seed
- ¼-1/2 packet: Fat Free & Sugar Free Instant Pudding/Pie Filling Mix (same flavor as protein)

1.)Mix the protein, Instant Pudding Mix, and water in a blender.
2.)Add the Flax/EFA, and immediately after add the ice cubes. You can add as much ice as you want- more makes it thicker. So you end up with healthy soft-serve tasting ice cream!
3.) If you really want to boost it up, you can add the potent fat burner, mood enhancer Chocamine (a deep, dark extract of chocolate) to a chocolate version. Or add it to a vanilla version and the result is a delicious Mocha flavor! Chocamine is available at KiloHealth.com. Read more here on this recipe.

How does it burn fat? Protein is thermogenic (meaning it burns fat), and Essential Fats also assist in the metabolism of fat for energy. Combine them together and you get double fat attack!

1. New England Journal of Medicine, July 30, 1992
2. Molecule Found in Meat, Milk and Tumors – Study. Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent. Reuters, 9/29/2003.