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Lose The Last 5 Pounds For Good

Eat Fat-Burning Foods

What you eat really counts when you've got just an inch or so to pinch. “Your metabolism is already working relatively well, so focus on fiber-rich foods that have a thermogenic effect, making your body expend more energy as it breaks them down,” says Pomroy. According to Manhattan weight-control specialist Stephen Gullo, high-fiber foods also form a coating on the intestinal walls that prevents some of the absorption of calories from other foods. A final bonus: When you lose weight, fat exits through the bowel, and fiber aids that exit strategy. Make this your grocery list: dark leafy greens, asparagus radishes, cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, artichokes, zucchini, green beans, hearts of palm, mushrooms, quinoa, raw almonds, and low-sugar fruits like Asian pears, kiwi, and grapefruit. Supplement these fat burners with lean, organic proteins such as egg whites, chicken, turkey, bison, and wild-caught fish.

Forget “Fat Free” and “Sugar Free”

You don’t have to give up dairy, just the fat free variety. “When you take the fat out of a dairy product, the natural milk sugar it contains gets into the bloodstream faster, sending your body into fat-storing mode,” explains Pomroy. “Suddenly that fat-free Greek yogurt is fattening.” Instead, choose organic, hormone-free two-percent dairy. Ditch the sugar-free stud too. “The body can’t process chemical sweeteners, so not only do they get stored in your fat, they impair your body’s ability to release the fat for fuel,” says Pomroy.

Be Calorie Clever

“I tell my clients to treat calories like dollars and avoid paying retail,” says Gullo. That means a get-more-for-your-money strategy of substitutions. Examples: Trade brown rice (around 200 calories per cup) for high-fiber GG Bran Crispbread (12 calories per piece), and rather than a tablespoon of olive oil (120 calories), mix just a teaspoon with balsamic vinegar and lemon juice for salad dressing. “You save calories without sacrificing taste, plus vinegar slows the emptying of the stomach, so you feel more satiated,” he says. For the month, eliminate calorie-dense bananas, grapes, cherries, starchy squash, edamame, potatoes and avocados.

Cut Caffeine and Alcohol

Need motivation? Consider how they affect your body’s inner workings. “Caffeine stimulates the adrenals to produce cortisol, and alcohol both slows metabolism and is readily stored as fat,” explains Pomroy. “So you’re making your body less efficient at doing what you want it to do. If you’re drinking more than two alcoholic beverages a week, you can drop two to three pounds in the first two weeks simply by cutting them out.”

Burn Calories While Drinking

To keep your system humming, down 12 to 16 glasses of water a day (dehydration hinders metabolic function) and drink decaf oolong tea, advises Gullo. “It’s been shown to increase metabolism by 10 percent—even more than green tea,” he says. Before bed, skip the tea and instead have a thermogenic brew made with the juice of one lemon, hot water, a tablespoon of chopped, potassium-rich parsley, and a pinch of cayenne. (Steep for 15 minutes.) “It increases calorie burning while you sleep and prevents water retention,” Pomroy says. “My clients find the depuffing effect encouraging.”

Take These 5 Supplements

1. Probiotics These can help maintain a healthy balance of bacteria in your digestive tract; imbalances have been linked to weight gain. Try Klaire Labs Ther-Biotic Complete ($41; one cap daily).

2. B-Complex “B vitamins lower cortisol production and stimulate metabolism,” says Pomroy. Try Living Beyong Organic B-Complex ($50; one half teaspoon with meals).

3. Calcium “High-calcium diets lead to greater weight loss, particularly in the abdominal area,” says Gullo. (Good news, since that’s where pesky cortisol packs on the pounds.) Try Schiff Super Calcium 1200 ($7.65; two soft gels daily with a meal).

4. Vitamin D A deficiency can make it harder to lose weight. Try Jarrow Formulas Vitamin D3 1000 IU ($7.95; one soft gel twice daily with meals).

5. Omegas Essential fatty acids help stabilize blood sugar and encourage fat metabolism, Pomroy says. Fans of her popular organic flax-oil blend swear it helps fight cellulite too. Try East West Essentials Optimal Fatty Acid Blend ($48; one capsule three times daily with meals). Want to swallow fewer pills? Consider SafSlim, a new liquid supplement said to target belly fat with omega-rich linoleic acid from safflower oil ($29.99; one tablespoon twice daily). “Studies suggest that linoleic acid may aid weight loss by helping with appetite control and metabolic efficiency,” says Gullo.

Sleep 7 to 8 Hours A Night

Otherwise, you may not budge that extra pudge, Research shows that sleeping less than six hours a night not only prevents weight loss, it can lead to an elevated BMI (body mass index) and a higher risk of besity. “When you get too little sleep, leptin, the satiety hormone, decreases and ghrelin, the hunger hormone, increases. People become hungrier and tend to overeat,” says Eve Van Cauter, director of the University of Chicago Medical Center’s sleep-research laboratory and a leading authority on the subject. Lack of shut0eye also raises cortisol, and warns Van Cauter, these hormones can get out of whack if you sleep less for just two days. So wind down early for your best results.

Double Up Your Workouts

It sounds difficult, but even Victoria’s Secret models cop to working out twice a day before the big holiday show. “You've got to slit up your workouts to torch that last bit of fat,” says celebrity trainer Bob Harper. Follow this program every other day; it doesn't even require a gym.

A.M.: “These compound body movements utilize multiple muscle groups and get your metabolism going,” he says. So the circuit three times.

1. Two minutes jumping rope.

2. Twenty sumo squats: With kegs just wider than shoulder width and toes pointing slightly outward, slowly lower your body into a squat, keeping weight in your heels and drop your butt just lower than 90 degrees (so fingers touch the floor) before slowly raising up.

3. Fifteen burpees: Stand upright, feet hip width apart. Drop down into pushup position, kicking your legs back and out. Do a pushup, then pull legs back under you as you push off the floor, and hop to a standing position.

4. Ten traditional pushups.

P. M.: “Pump up your calorie burn by doing cardio at the end of the day, when your body naturally wants to rest,” says Harper. Get outside and run for 30 to 45 minutes. Or do run-walk intervals for the duration, running for four minutes and then walking for one.

Try An Alternative Therapy

If you've hit your late 30s or 40s, when your metabolism can get sluggish, your body may need an extra nudge. “Acupuncture has been shown in studies to stimulate metabolism, lower cortisol, and improve thyroid function,” says Los Angeles acupuncturist and antiaging specialist Mao Shing Ni. “One treatment a week can easily help you lose five pounds in a month, even if you’re not strenuously dieting and exercising.” How it works: During a 30-minute session, you lie down comfortably and close your eyes. Painless acupuncture needles are inserted into designated points (on the head, arms, hands, belly, and legs) that regulate metabolism, hormone production, digestion, elimination, and satiety. How’s that for effortless weight loss?

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What Nutritionists Really Eat

Haylie Pomroy

Location: Los Angeles and Fort Collins, CO
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 128 to 132 pounds
Clients: Confidential, but range from Grammy and Oscar winners to Super Bowl champs and Olympic athletes.
The tab: $125 to $285 for in-office visit. $2,000 to $5,000 per day on location.

Fitness regimen: Rides horses three days per week, which "really helps work my core, glutes, and thighs - all my trouble areas!" Interval running on a treadmill two times per week.

Indulgences: Ice cream, organic whipped cream, and French toast.

M.O.: "I cleanse at least twice a year with the Optimal Cleanse by East West Essentials and have 10 days of food prepared for me via a program I work with called Paleta. This is my way of taking care of myyself anf releasing toxis. I view food as my number one form of medicine. For example, if I wake up and feel like I'm getting a cold, I'll avoid dairy and focus on high vitamin-C-rich foods, like spinach and strawberries."

Core advice: "With a lot of my female clients, I focus on foods that will help establish the body's hormone balance. Balancing blood sugar throughout the day can make a huge impact on mood, energy, and even sleep. Midsections or sudden weight gain is a sign of something being out of balance. Also, if it says fat-free, sugar-free, or nonfatm don't but it. These will crash out your metabolism."

Breakfast

- Oatmeal, 8 oz, with rice milk, 4 fl oz, a handful of raw pecans, about 1 oz, and berries, 4 oz, with Stevia and cinnamon sprinkled on top -- 483 calories

Snack

- Apple with 2 tbsp of raw almond butter -- 224 calories

Lunch

- Trader Joe's brown-rice tortilla, hummus, 2 oz, arugula, 8 oz, ground turkey, 4 oz, and avocado, 4 oz -- 746 calories

Snack

- Fage 2 percent Greek yogurt, 7 oz, with 2 tbsp flaxseed, 2 tbsp wheat germ, Stevia, and cinnamon -- 304 calories

Dinner

- Grilled halibut, cubed, 6 oz, with pineapple, 4 oz -- 350 calories
- Vegetable stir-fry (red and orange bell peppers, red onion, and asparagus), 6 to 8 oz, mixed with brown rice, 4 oz, with 1 tbsp Bragg amino acids and 1 tbsp butter -- 289 calories

Total Daily Calories: 2,396

First for Women Magazine

J. Lo's super-speedy slimdown secret

When Jennifer Lopez wants to drop pounds fast, she reportedly turns to East West Essentials Optimal Cleanse ($98, EastWestEssentials.com). This rice protein-based drink is packed with amino acids and antioxidants that enhance the liver's ability to flush fat. Some users have lost 5 pounds in five days.

Life & Style Magazine

Operation Bikini Body

Beach season's closing in! Shape up super fast with these A-list tactics

Summer's so close we can smell it! And if you're still not ready to bare your beach body, don't panic. Try these celeb strategies for quick-fix sculpting and you'll be swimsuit-sexy in record time.

1 Start Clean

Kick off your slim-down the way Jennifer Lopez preps for the red carpet. Start with a five-day cleanse (J.Lo uses Optimal from East West Essentials), and ditch "soy,caffeine, wheat, dairy and corn," her nutritionist, Haylie Pomroy, tells Life & Style. "Caffeine stimulates cellulite, and soy creates bloat, especially in the belly."

2 Eat More, Weigh Less

Rihanna torched 14 pounds by eating five times a day on the 5-Factor Diet, created by nutrition and fitness expert Harley Pasternak,"It ensures that you're always energized and your metabolism is at its peak," he explains to Life & Style. "Skipping mneals causes energy slumps and cravings."

3 Lemon Up

The secret weapon in Beyonce's rapid post-baby shape-up? Downing lots of ice-cold water with lemon juice. Studies show that the ascorbic acid in lemon juice revs the metabolism, while pectin suppresses the appetite.

4 Tap Your Toes

Fergie dropped 7 pounds in a week, her trainer, DB, tells Life & Style, by using the Matrix method he designed for Equinox in West LA. "Each exercise is divided into two movements: One targets cardio and the other muscle. For example, she'll do 30 toe taps alternating with 30 bicep curls. It makes her long and lean."

5 Bounce Back

Fitness guru Tracy Anderson's mini-trampoline workout (available on DVD) "is great for depuffing

Lose 10 Lbs. in 10 Days: Optimal Cleanse on Extra

Hollywood is going crazy for new weight loss trend, Optimal Cleanse, a program that helps you lose weight - and stay healthy! Renowned nutritionist and "Extra" Lifechanger Haylie Pomroy is revealing how you can drop ten pounds in ten days -- just like the stars.

US Weekly Magazine

Fit Over 40!

There's no expiration date on looking hot! US shares the diet and exercise secrets that have helped Jennifer Lopez and Jennie Garth get those enviable bods

Jennifer Lopez

The mother of two -- 4-year old twins Max and Emme -- showed off her traffic-stopping physique at the SLS hotel pool in Miami September 1. Dedicated dieter Lopez, whose summer tour demanded 90-minute shows each week, got road ready with a 10-day cleanse from nutritionist Haylie Pomroy ($196, eastwestessentials.com). The carb-lover also cut out wheat, dairy and soy. Abtastic Lunges and squats aren't the singer's only ammo, "It's the dancing!" says the 5-foot-6 fan of Tracy Anderson's dance workouts. "I've toned up performing."

Jennie Garth

After losing 20 pounds following her March split from hubby Peter Facinelli, the actress shaved an additional inch off her waist (she's a 25!) in just three weeks. She flaunted her new string bikini -- worth body September 1 at Las Vegas' Azure at Palazzo. The skinny The 5-foot-5 Garth says she's eating less: "Greek yogurt in the morning, salads and proteins the rest of the day, and maybe a cupcake." Sweat therapy Shannon Stewart trains Garth at thrice-weekly 90-minute circuit sessions -- and daughters Luca, 15, Lola, 9, and Fiona, 5, box with her!

People Magazine

Her Diet

"I pretty much just regulate myself," says Lopez, who does not count calories, " I'm not an overeater, I just eat a little but of anything I want." Several times a year, she'll do a five-day Optimal Cleanse when she wants to look food for a special occasion.

Breakfast:

"Cereal with lots of fiber. I'll have a little bit of decaf coffee because I don't like to drink caffeine. I like Penta water. It's oxygen flat."

Lunch:

"Anything from a grilled-turkey-and-cheese sandwich to a salad to chicken breasts."

Snack:

"I'm not a big snacker."

Dinner:

"A lot of rice and beans meat and salads. Marc is Puerto Rican too, and that's what we were raised on. We try to keep it very traditional."

Life & Style Magazine

Secrets of a Hollywood Body

J.Lo is in her best shape ever thanks to a regimen of cleanses and customized workouts with Tracy Anderson. "She loves a five- or 10-day Optimal Cleanse from East West Essentials," Jennifer's nutritionist, Haylie Pomroy, tells Life & Style. "It's a combo of food and shakes that enhances metabolism and detoxifies the body," Adds Anderson, "We do leg and butt-lift exercises that change every 10 days, so nothing gets neglected."

Star Magazine

Stocking Up

Before her Emmys presenter gig, Jennifer Love Hewitt stopped by the Kari Feinstein Style Lounge in L.A. on Sept. 17, where she made a beeline for the GNC gifting suite. "Love the Be-Wholesome Vitapak," gushed the Ghost Whisperer star.

GENLUX Magazine

The Optimal Cleanse is a 10-day nutrient-based whole-body detoxification program that incorporates targeted foods, powerful rice-based detox shakes, and step-by-step instructions. "Designed to feed the liver and target fat, this program promotes the efficient elimination of toxins and the boosting of the metabolism," says celebrity nutritionist Haylie Pomroy, who helped develop the program. 10 day supply, $196, eastwestessentials.com

Good Day LA News: Celebrity Diet Secrets

Helping people create healthy lifestyles and eating habits has become nutritionist Haylie Pomroy life's work... she's designed healthy meals for several celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Lopez.

'Dancing's' Ashley and Edyta Do Detox

Haylie Pomroy is helping "Dancing with the Stars" couple Ashley Hamilton and Edyta Śliwińska get fit for season 9 of the hit show. The duo tried out the 10 Day Optimal Cleanse to lose weight and stay healthy!

http://www.extratv.com/2009/09/17/dancings-ashley-and-edyta-do-detox/

People Magazine

Nutritionist

Five days prior to an event, the singer follows nutritionist Haylie Pomroy's Optimal Cleanse by cutting wheat, dairy, and soy from her diet, downing half her body weight in ounce of spring water each day and drinking up to five healthy carb shakes a day. And if there's a chance she'll be showing off her legs. "she'll stop having soy of dairy 14 days before to help reduce cellulite production." says Pomroy.

In Touch Magazine

American Idol Stars The Body Winners

Their fit figures are just as amazing as their singing chops!

J. Lo's body is ideal
From her debatable nip slip at the Oscars to her romance with Casper smart, 24, Jennifer Lopez knows how to make headlines. But nothing garners as much attention as the American Idol judge's enviable body. "She looks sexy and feminine," Jen's trainer, Tracy Anderson, tells In Touch. She meets with Tracy's team four times a week for at least an hour of dance aerobics and muscular structure work. In addition, Jen, 42, is known to do the Optimal Cleanse detox. "I tell my clients to ditch dairy, which helps reduce the appearance of leg cellulite," says nutritionist Haylie Pomroy of East West Essentials, who has worked with Jen. Well, whatever she's doing, it works!

New You Magazine

Hot Summer Slimmers

In the season of body-baring looks, a Spartan regimen isn't the only way to looks and feel lighter. These simple diet and beauty tricks will help you get your sleek on.

Just Say No To Artificial Sweeteners

It's tempting to spike your iced tea with it in an effort to save calories--but don't. "The chemical substances in fake sugars are too difficult for the liver to process, so they end up undigested in your lower intestine, which puffs your belly out," says Los Angeles nutritionist Haylie Pomroy, founder of East West Essentials. Try a natural calorie-free sweetener like Stevia instead.

Get A Faux Tan

A tan instantly makes you appear more trim and toned -- and a spray tan that's a touch darker on the outer portion of yours arms, stomach and legs creates a subtle optical illusion. "Adding a bit more shading to these areas highlights muscles and draws the eye in so you look thinner," says Ona Spa esthetician Golee Kheshti, who spray thans Cameron Diaz. Ask your pro to do the same or try this trick with self-tanning wipes at home. The first night apply as usual, the following night use another wipe on the sides of your torso, inner and outer thighs, blending as you go. Try L'Oreal Sublime Bronze Self-tanning Towelettes ($8, drugstore.com).

Sweat It Out

Sure topical caffeine creams can temporarily tighten, but what if you want to shimmy into a form-fitting dress tonight? A circulation-boosting capsaicin cream will step up the water loss thanks to warming cayenne pepper. "Apply the cream to your abdomen, hips and bottom and then wear neoprene shorts and do a work out," says Pomroy. "The shorts creat compression and the cream makes you sweat out excess water, so you end up looking and feeling leaner," Try Capzasin HP Arthritis Pain Relief Creme ($14, drugstore.com) and GoFit Neoprene Shorts ($16, Amazon.com).

Accent Your Angles

Creating a highlight in certain spots will enhance the effect above, says Kheshti. Her recommendation: Rub a touch of dry oil or shimmer lotion between your palms and stroke it along the top of your collarbone, your shoulders and down the center of thighs and shin bones to give these bones a reflective shimmer. Try Votre Vu Amore D'ore Multi-Vitamin Dry Oil ($49, votrevu.com).

Ok Magazine

Ali Dropped 9 Pounds In A Week With This Cleanse

When Ali Fedotowsky wanted to shed some weight fast, she did The Optimal Cleanse program for East West Essentials and Sunfare. Created by Haylie Pomroy, most clients lose 10 pounds in 10 days. Check it out at eastwestessentials.com

Fertility Today Magazine

Haylie Pomroy, BS, WC

Has been a Wellness Consultant and Nutritional Counselor for the past 13 years. She specializes in nutritionally supporting reproductive and fertility needs. Haylie currently practices in Southern California and has office in Beverly Hills, Calabasas and Burbank. Haylie currently sits as the Vice President of Clinical Research and Development for East West Essentials, an Optimal Fertility Supplement company specializing in supporting reproductive needs, (www.eastwestessentials.com) You can contact her at : (800) 914-0919 (310) 209-8262 cmpnd@aol.com

Access Hollywood Live: Tips to get you in shape

East West Essentials' nutritionist Haylie Pomroy shares some simple tips that can have a major impact on your overall health. Plus, what are some products that you need to give up in 2012 to get off to the right start?

Natural Fertility Booster: East West Essentials Success Story

East West Essentials was founded more than a decade ago by Dr. Jeanne Wilson, Ph.D, L.Ac. With a doctorate in Chinese Medicine, Dr. Wilson understood how her Eastern medicinal knowledge complemented Western infertility treatments.

Access Hollywood Live: 7 Foods for 7 Days

Nutritionist and creator of East West Essentials Haylie Pomroy shares tips with Access Hollywood Live guest co-hosts Michelle Beadle and Holly Robinson Peete about foods that they can eat to help burn fat.