Must have fitness gadgets for 2015….

1.       Nutribullet   £99

Jump on the juicing wagon with this amazing juicer. You can chuck everything in, stems, seeds, skins and end up with an ulta-smooth super healthy drink. Plus its really easy to clean!  The only down side is that it is quite expesive.  We think the nutribullet would be great for mixing up your LotusLite 5:2 Fasting shakes - just add some ice to make them super cool and tasty!

2.       Slendertone Abs Female £149.99

The most advanced abdominal toning belt in the range is clinically proven to give you firmer more toned abs. Use 5 times per week for 4 weeks for best results. We are not sure these will work wonders on their own though - you might need to skip the odd cream cake or glass of wine!  This can easily be done with the help of LotusLite Original - helps to stop those sugary sweet cravings!

3.       Blueanatomy Wireless Smart Body Scale £49.99

A state of the art Bluetooth enabled body scale that connects wirelessly with your smart phone and tablet.  It allows you to accurately measure  and track your weight, BMI, Muscle Mass, Body Fat, Water ratio and even bone mass!  Clever bit of kit!

4.       Misfit Flash £49.99

A versatile and easy to use fitness and sleep monitor, made of soft touch plastic so it is comfortable to wear. It is also durable and waterproof up to 30 metres, syncs with your smartphone, and comes in a variety of colours.Flash tracks walking, running, cycling, swimming, tennis, yoga, dance and other sports. The Misfit app then takes all of your hard work and turns that data into easy to read charts. Seeing your daily stats like steps, calories, distance and sports activities help you visualize where you’re headed and help you get to where you want to be. Flash’s long-lasting battery and automatic wireless syncing means you’ll worry less about charging and more about staying active.

Have an ‘App-y’ Christmas…..

Looking for a quick, cheap, easy to stick to way to kick start your health and fitness regime for 2015?  We have found some life changing app’s to help you do just that!  As our smartphones keep getting better and better we are using more and more app’s to make our lives easier. A recent survey shows that 57% of UK people are looking to health technology to address obesity. Mobile analytics company Flurry says the use of health and fitness apps has increased by a massive 62% this year!!

One of the most important parts of improving your fitness is being able to track your progress and smart phone have made this much easier.  Here is a selection of apps to help you shed those extraChristmas pounds….

1.   HIIT Interval Training Tower - FREE

This app is very effective and easy to use, perfect for timing high intensity circuits or boxing rounds. You can tailor each workout to any specific intervals needed, including work-to-rest rate, preparation and cool down times. (Don't forget your LotusLite T5 to give you that extra boost of energy with for your training sessions!)

2.  Daily Yoga - FREE

This app offer a variety of sessions that consist of Yoga skills, Weight loss, Health and Therapy. Each session has specific videos that you follow, from basic to advanced levels.

Most of the sessions are free but some require you to ‘go pro’ with extra costs.

3.    My Fitness Pal - FREE

This fantastic app is designed especially for weight loss and to keep you on track with the foods that you eat and your daily calorie intake. You fill in your details and tell it how much weight you would like to lose. Every day you enter the food that you eat – you can even scan barcodes on food packaging to make this even easier. The app will then work out your calorie intake and calculated if you have hit your target of your daily limit. You can also enter in any exercise that you do, which it also keeps a track of.

We love this app in the LotusLite Office – it is so simple and easy to use!  Just add your LotusLite Original to curb the hunger pangs if you are sticking to 1200 calories!

  

4.       David Gandy Fitness App   £2.99

This app for Men and Women of all levels of fitness features 3 different sections, lean, cut and bulk. David Gandy demonstrates each exercise himself in a video.

Essentially this app is a personal training guide to help you on your mission to a better body.

5. Moves - FREE

This app is perfect for beginners as it keeps things simple. Moves automatically tracks your everyday exercise for distances walked, ran and cycled as well as calories. It’s easy to check and doesn’t feel like a chore.

6.       Fooducate    FREE

Lose weight with REAL food, track your progress, and discuss with the community. The ONLY APP that looks beyond the calorie and helps you eat healthy and tasty. You can scan a product barcode in the supermarket before you buy it to see what’s really in your food. Fooducate will also suggest healthier alternatives for you to buy instead.

So, to kick start your weight loss for 2015, get your LotusLite ready, along side one of these app's and you will be well away!  We have some exciting new products being launched in 2015 so keep your eye out for things to come!

Are you drinking yourself fat?

Over the festive period almost everyone puts weight on......in fact.....the average person puts on half a stone!  OMG!  Now, this is partially to do with the amount of food that you eat, but also the amount we drink!

If you are trying really hard with the food side and eating healthy options but are drinking lots of alcohol then the chances are that you will not lose any weight.  The drink is as bad, if not worse that food!

Booze Vs Food

A large glass of red wine has the same amount of calories as a doughnut! 

                                               

A Pina Colada cocktail contains 450 calories - this is the same as your average cheeseburger!

                                        

Having a G&T is the equivalent as having a Dairy Milk Caramel bar!!

                         

One alcopop contains the same amount of calories as a whole slice of pizza!

                                           


So, some tips for the festive season - try to have a glass of water in between drinks - this will reduce the amount of calories you are having through alcohol.  Spirits are the better option with a low calorie mixer as they have quite a low sugar content.  The worse offenders are the wine and the lager!  Try to steer clear of these if possible!

Enjoy your festive period and don't drink and eat too much!  Then, if all else fails, you still have the LotusLite to fall back on!

What to choose at the Christmas parties....

So, with the party season coming up, who knows what to go for at the buffet table and who doesn't? What are the healthier options to keep you looking good in that LBD?  Take a look.....

Olives V's Candied Nuts

 

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Both olives and the candied nuts do contain healthy fats - so in this case, we need to go on calories! Opt for the olives as the have a lot less calories!  30 calories in 6 large olives as opposed to 170 calories in a small handful of the nuts!

Mozzerella sticks V's Brie and Crackers

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Whole wheat crackers with 1/2 oz of brie have HALF the calories and salt of the mozzerella sticks!  They also contain less fat! So ditch the sticks and opt for the crackers!

Chicken wings V's Pigs in blankets

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Go for the wings!!  The sausages have much more saturated fat than the chicken, then on top of that, if you have the pigs in blankets with the pastry instead of the bacon, the pastry is usually made with white flour which contributes to insulin spikes!

Champagne Punch V's Mulled Wine

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This one surprised us......the mulled wine is the better option!  Usually, when you chose between wine or champagne then its the champagne as the healthier option.  But in this case, because the punch will have added fruit juice, it bumps the sugar content up massively!  Often, ginger ale is added to the punch as well so this also increases the sugar and calorie content!  Where as the mulled wine has very little, if any added sugar.

Spinach Dip V's Mexican Layer Dip

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The Mexican dip has a lot of healthy, nutritious ingredients. It contains beans, avocado and salsa where as the spinach dip just contains one healthy ingredients which is obviously the spinach.

Along side all these choices, don't forget your LotusLite Christmas 3 Step Plan of Attack - using these over the Christmas period will help you keep on track with your weight! 

The best pills to take......

Womens Health magazine have done a guide on the best pills to take......these are not just weight loss pills, they are all kind of health related pills.  The panel was made up of 6 experts:

Dr Marilyn Glenville - an expert in nutrition & womens health - with 13 best selling books to her name!

Paul Chamberlain - an authority in supplements and sports nutrition

Shabir Daya - a pharmacist, natural health specialist & co-founder of wellness company Victoria Health.

Rick Hay - a nutritional physiologist who specialises in obesity, anti-ageing food & fitness fields

Dr Christy Fergusson - one of the only experts in the UK with qualificaions as a psychologist AND nutritional therapist

Sunil Kochhar - the healthcare agony uncle for dearpharmacist.info
 
We were very pleased to see that some of our LotusLite products contain these ingredients!  Lets take a look....

GREEN TEA EXTRACT

"The polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) in green tea makes it a scientifically proven metabolic booster - ideal to help strip fat and show off that well-honed tone."

Green tea extract is one of the main ingredients in our LotusLite Original skinny pill!

L-TYROSINE

"Struggling with a sluggish thyroid?  Think low mood, dry skin and weight issues. First, see your doctor.  Second, get yourself some L-Tyrosine, the synthetic form of thyroxine, produced by your thyroid."

Our T5 fat burners contain L-Tyrosine - these boost your metabolism and increase your energy!

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN (better known as 5-HTP)

"Er, lets just call it 5-HTP, shall we? Proven to raise serotonin levels to put you in a chipper mood and, unlike St John's Wort, 5-HTP can be taken with the contraceptive pill."

Our LotusBright - natural happy pill contains 5-HTP.  This is the main ingredient in our natural antidepressant.

10 ways to beat comfort eating.....

As we all know, many people comfort eat!  If you are feeling down, had a bad day, if its dark and gloomy outside, had an argument with someone or generally just feeling a bit down, then this can lead to comfort eating.  You snack on the chocolate, carbs etc and it may momentarily make you feel better but in the long run you will probably regret having that extra bar of chocolate or that second helping of dinner!  If this sounds like you, then read on......

This is our 10 step plan to help beat comfort eating.......

1.  Balance out your blood sugar levels by EATING LITTLE AND OFTEN.  If your blood sugar levels are up and down, this can make you crave sugary food which will then lead to comfort eating. Another way to help balance out your blood sugar levels is by taking Green Coffee Bean capsules.

2. Low Vitamin D levels can make your body crave more food and can also be linked with depression.  Try to BOOST YOUR VITAMIN D levels in the winter by eating more eggs, fish and dairy foods.  Vitamin D also comes from the sunlight - so if you can get away on the odd holiday, this is bound to help :-)

3. EXERCISE - a good old cardio session will release "feel good" endorphins that will reduce your desire to comfort eat!  So get on that bike, put on your running shoes and get outside! (if you can exercise outside - even better as this will increase your vitamin D levels too!)

4. Take a HERBAL SUPPLEMENT containing 5HTP.  This will boost your serotonin levels which are linked to low moods and comfort eating.  The 5HTP releases the "happy hormone" that is produced in the brain and enhances the feeling of well being. Try our LotusBright - the natural happy pill - this contains 5HTP along with other great supplements.

5. Eat lots of ESSENTIAL FATS to help support brain function and hormone action.  These essential fats can be found in oily fish (especially salmon, mackerel and sardines), olive oil, nuts and seeds.  

6. SOCIALISE - It is so easy to sit on the sofa and curl up in your onesie, especially when the weather is bad - this then tends to lead to grabbing a box of chocolate and scoffing the lot!  Research has shown that being part of a social network can improve your self-esteem and mood which then will reduce the comfort eating.

7. BOOST SEROTONIN LEVELS naturally by eating food rich in "tryptophan"  such as turkey, chicken, low-fat yoghurt, cheese and eggs.  This will release the happy hormone from the brain.  You can also try Garcinia Cambogia skinny pills - this is a fruit based pill that boosts serotonin levels and helps to stop comfort eating.

8. Get yourself OUTSIDE!  Even if its a horrible gloomy day, being outside for a small amount of time can increase your vitamin D levels. So, have a walk to the shop in your lunch break, or walk to work instead of taking the car - this extra bit of exercise will also do you good!

9. Look into getting a SAD lamp.  In the winter months you miss out on the sunlight and it definitely lowers your mood.  So a SAD lamp wakes you up in the morning just like natural sunlight would do.  This is meant to greatly improve your moods so therefore you won't turn to food.

10.  Write a "GRATITUDE" list.  Throughout the day, if something makes you smile, then make a note of it.  It could be something very simple like a nice text from a friend or a lovely scene on your drive home from work.  When it gets to the evening, sit down and read your list and it will make you smile and think of the happy things that happened in your day.

Our trip to the BEAUTY FORUM in MUNICH

We had a fantastic weekend visiting the BEAUTY FORUM in MUNICH, the biggest international autumn trade fair for cosmetics in Europe.

With approximately 850 companies and brands from the beauty and cosmetic industry present at the Messe München, this made the 28^th year of the Beauty Forum show their biggest to date.  40,000 people visited the show over the weekend from all over Europe.

We chatted to a lot of different people, from beauty therapists to salon owners and nutritionists to distributors, which gave us lots of ideas for new products and business ventures for the future at LotusLite.

With 3 halls of beauty, nails, lashes, cosmetics and dietary supplements to explore we were very busy ladies.

Sally did squeeze in 5 mins to try out the latest technique in home waxing, using eyebrow shaped waxing strips. They were very quick and easy to use and not too painful!

Whilst in Munich we also hit the shops to research the latest European weight loss supplements.  There were lots of dietary supplements on offer but nothing like LotusLite packed full of all natural ingredients.  Watch this space GERMANY!!!

Munich is a beautiful city full of shops, bar restaurants and cafes as well as plenty of interesting things to sight see, worth a visit if you get the chance to go!

Christmas Challenge......3 Step Plan of Attack.....

We are so excited to announce that our 3 Step Plan of Attack is now here!
These are literally flying out the door!

With only 10 weeks until Christmas Day, we want to give you all a chance to fit into your little black dresses and look fantastic by Christmas! So, we have launched our Christmas Challenge! We have money off incentives to get you to the next milestone……

With Christmas now only 10 weeks away, we know how much you will be wanting to try and fit into that little black dress!  At LotusLite, we have worked hard to come up with a great combination of skinny pills that work well together - with this pack, you can lose up to 3lbs a week!  so with one pack, you could be losing 12lbs!  Combining the following skinny pills together is providing fantastic results......

The 3 Step Plan of Attack contains the following:

 

(60 pills)

In a nutshell, the L-Carnitine Fat Burner breaks down fatty acids and turns them into energy.  So, this has two benefits when wanting to lose weight, 1) your body will have more energy, which in turn will get you moving more and 2) your body will not be storing the fat, it will actually be breaking the fat down.  

(60 pills)

The metabolism booster does what it says on the tin!  It boosts a sluggish metabolism and kicks starts your body in to the weight loss process.

(60 pills)

The super caffeine energiser does a mixture of things.  The main point is to increase your energy.  This then works in a few ways - it gives you the energy to then do more exercise, it helps along side the metabolism booster and then caffeine is well know for suppressing the appetite and also aiding weight loss.  

Here is how our Christmas Challenge works…….

* Purchasing the 3 step plan of attack is mandatory
* Simply send us a picture of your starting weight with photographic evidence to contact@lotuslite.co.uk
* Once you have completed the course send us a picture of your finishing weight with photographic evidence to contact@lotuslite.co.uk
* If you have successfully lost 8 pounds then we will send you a 25% discount code
* Repeat steps again and if you have successfully lost 16 pounds (in total) then receive a 50% discount code
* Repeat steps again and if you have successfully lost 24 pounds (in total) then receive a 75% discount code
* Repeat steps again and if you have successfully lost 32 pounds your 5 pack is completely FREE

 

Please remember that you do not have to take part in the challenge if you don't want to - its is optional and is there to give you an incentive and help you along your weight loss journey!  

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Better value......manufactured in the UK....what more could you want?

We know that "diet pills" can be a taboo subject with a lot of people and some people will immediately dismiss the idea just because it is a pill, either because they think that it will not work or because they do not trust what is in them.  We completely understand the trust issue as there are so many "cowboy" companies out there that sell products that simply do not work.  We also hear of companies who end up actually taking money off customers and they never receive any goods. 

Over the years, there has been bad press about certain diet pills containing a substance called Dinitrophenol, this is also known as DNP – a chemical compound used as a herbicide.  This is a banned substance and should NOT be consumed by humans in any form.  It can and has killed people.  We can confirm, that NONE of our products contain anything that could be harmful to humans - they are 100% natural.

At LotusLite, we have researched many different products and manufacturers and we have teamed up with one of the largest supplement manufacturers in the UK.  After a lot of discussions and checks, we decided that they would be the right people to manufacture our LotusLite Original skinny pills.  They have a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in the UK and it is one of the largest and most advanced in Europe.  They manufacture everything using the good food manufacturing principles and guidelines (GMP). 

We felt that having our product made in the UK would provide our customers with peace of mind that what they are buying is actually what they will be receiving and that the products do actually work.  Our clients lost up to 8 times more weight using our flagship super-strength skinny pill.


Another bonus for our customers, is, by mass producing LotusLite Original and having it made in the UK has meant that our costs have been reduced.  Therefore we can now offer our customers 90 skinny pills for the same price as 60!  That is 50% extra for FREE!  90 LotusLite Original are now £39.99!

We are so confident in our product that we offer a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE on our 60 & 90 pill packs.  This means that if you are not happy with the product, you can return it to us and get your money back!  Just take no more than a weeks worth of pills and if you are not happy then return the rest of the product.  (We do have to charge a small admin fee for the processing of the refund.)

LotusLite trial study - Lose up to 8 times MORE weight!

At LotusLite, we believe in trialling our products in real men and women to make sure they are effective. As a result, we are so confident in our products that we’re able to offer a money-back guarantee.

We are very excited about the results of our latest LotusLite study, which has shown that up to 8 times more weight loss is possible with our flagship super-strength combination skinny pill!

Our 12 triallists lost up to 8 lbs in the 4 week study, whilst the 10 volunteers who took a placebo pill experienced a small gain in their weight, on average.

All of our triallists agreed that LotusLite Original was easy to use. The majority didn’t make a conscious effort to change their eating habits, as the trial took place in the run-up to Christmas; however many noticed immediately that they felt fuller and found they were eating smaller portions – in fact 83% agreed that they felt confident that the product was having an effect during the trial.

The appetite-suppressing effects of the Garcinia Cambogia and Green Tea extracts is clearly noticeable in the first few days of taking LotusLite Original - all of our triallists agreed that their appetite was reduced and the majority noticed that they were eating smaller portions. One triallist remarked “I have noticed I feel fuller and I stop eating, even if I have some of my meal left”.

Thanks to the Green Coffee Bean extract in LotusLite Original which balancesblood sugar levels, 83% reported that they just didn’t think about food as often as they normally would, and two thirds agreed that they didn’t crave unhealthy food, with the same number agreeing that they felt motivated to eat healthy food. As one user commented: “I’m very happy with the loss of sugar/chocolate cravings! Overall my blood sugar is much more stable than before.”

The cleansing and slimming effect of the Fu Ling and Daikon Seed extracts was noticeable, with half of LotusLite Plus users reporting feeling less bloated during the study. In fact one user said: “I suffer from bloating and it worked amazingly to stop it – I would take it just for that in the future”.

As we all know, exercise can help to accelerate weight loss, and the Lotus Leaf extract in LotusLite Original raises the metabolism and increases energy. Half of our triallists felt that they had more energy whilst taking LotusLite Original, and a third felt that this gave them extra motivation to exercise.

92% of our LotusLite Original users lost weight during the trial, and two thirds lost measurable inches thanks to the targeted fat-burning effects of the Green Coffee Bean and Garcinia Cambogia extracts. This was summed up by one triallist who said: “I felt so much slimmer, and even after putting a bit back on over Christmas, people have said I look slimmer - and I haven’t told them!”

The positive mental-health effects of taking control using a slimming pill are clear, with the majority of triallists agreeing that they felt betterduring the trial. At the end of the trial, all agreed that they felt motivated to continue losing weight, and that they felt confident they could achieve their weight-loss goals. The fact that LotusLite is 100% natural was also important to most users – two thirds felt safer using LotusLite than any other product they had used before.

At LotusLite we pride ourselves on supporting our users every step of the way. In the trial, of those that had used slimming pills before, all agreed that the support from LotusLite was better than other companies.

At the end of the study, over two thirds of triallists said they would repurchase LotusLite Original, and all said they would recommend to a friend – in fact, some had already done so! One triallist summed it up: “What a fab product – I won’t bother trying any others from now on – this works!”

The results of this study are very exciting, demonstrating that using LotusLite Original to super-charge your weight loss, you can lose up to 8 times more weight than with diet and exercise alone.

Source: Proprietary study into the weight-loss effects of LotusLite Plus versus placebo in 22 healthy volunteers. Copyright LotusLite Ltd 2013.