Category: Brainstorms

“What’s the difference between nutritional ketosis and keto-adaptation?

Nutritional ketosis is defined as an elevation of blood ketones above 0.5 mmol/L, a state that can be achieved fairly quickly either through fasting or the ketogenic diet. As it turns out however, the longer you sustain nutritional ketosis (i.e. the longer you have ketones circulating), the more benefits you can derive from it by becoming “keto-adapted”.

The human body is incredibly metabolically flexible in its ability to use different types of fuel sources, but transitioning from relying heavily on one to another, such as from glucose to ketones, can take some time since different fuels use different metabolic machinery!

Keto-adaptation, a term coined by low-carb expert Dr. Stephen Phinney, involves many separate pathways that ultimately leave your body optimized to metabolize fats and ketones. It is in this state where the benefits of ketosis can finally manifest. Studies suggest keto-adaptation is associated with spared lean muscle mass, efficient muscle glycogen recovery post-exercise, decreased uric acid clearance, enhanced mitochondrial function, and more!

So, while in the early stages of your ketogenic journey, you may be in nutritional ketosis by definition, keto-adaption can take weeks to months. Be patient…it’s worth the wait!

Join us in January to learn more about keto-adaptation at The 3rd Annual Metabolic Health Summit!www.metabolichealthsummit.com!” @metabolichealthsummit

-Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

Grateful to have met @isaacstegman & taken a leap of faith to move away from BMX competition & performing full-time to starting my own business supporting others on their health & wellness journey.

In taking the risk of leaving my comfort zone of BMX after over a decade, I’ve hit the 1 year mark of a successful profitable business owner. I’ve manifested my own income & the ability to pay others for their support in the business.

I’ve also began speaking to share my story, beliefs, & the things I’ve implemented into my life in an effort to inspire new perceptive & actions taken in the lives of others in order to create the healthiest, happiest, & most successful versions of ourselves.

By taking opportunities like attending these @kaizenprocoaching business/personal masterminds, I’ve been able to connect with other successful people, contribute value, & grow as an individual in personal areas as well as with my business.

What’s amazing to me if how far I’ve come mindset wise. I started with the belief that in order to earn a great income, I had to work hard, not fully enjoy what I do, be capped with a fixed salary dictated by others, &/or couldn’t pursue a passion to earn an income I envisioned.

I’m just a kid from Cape Cod who grew up with just enough in my life to build a dream & envision a life I desired with the work ethic to play the cards I was dealt to the best of my abilities. No upper hand, no financial help (actually I grew up living pay check to pay check and it’s amazing I was given a bike by my dad & that my mom ushered me all around the country for BMX), no education other than a GED, & actually a ton of adversities (5 brain tumors, depression, abuse, living out of my car, closets, and on couches, and blowing out my knee to name a few).

I share this so others can see the possibilities for their lives, no matter how many odds are stacked against them.

If I can manifest my dreams to become a reality, and so much more, so can all of you.

-Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

“Words mean nothing. Actions mean something. Patterns mean everything.” Isaac Stegman

We’ve all verbally shared what we aspire to do or who we aspire to become. Some have taken action. Few have created patterns of actions that align with their words.

I’ve been there many times as I’m sure we can all relate to.

New Years “Resolution” ring a bell, anyone?

Through my experiences, I’ve built a belief around walking my talk or it’s just that. Talk, which is easy for us to do. What separates those from talking about goals & dreams and those who crush their goals and live their dreams is DOING.

Not just DOING but DOING with purpose and clear intent, and creating habitual patterns. Doing the hard things we know will benefit us.

“Doing hard things defines & refines character. Character is who you really are” Isaac Stegman

One of the patterns I’ve created that’s brought such profound benefit to my life is a morning routine.

Isaac shared “the Miracle Morning” with me as a way to “win the day” by noon and one of the acronyms from the book is “SAVERS”.

S-ilence

A-ffirmations

V-isualization

E-xercise

R-ead

S-cribe (write/journal)

By creating discipline in my life, I’ve seen profound transformation in my health, time, and business ultimately having a more profound impact on others.

This approach to “win the day” before noon also sets me up to be in integrity with myself, which allows me to show up as my true authentic self around others.

Today’s workshop has shown me that we all experience pain one way or another: through discipline or regret.

I’d rather not regret what I could have done.

How about you?

-Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

What is your PURPOSE and do YOU have STRUCTURE around it?

Maui @kaizenprocoaching Mastermind 2018 Day 1 is a wrap.

It’s 530am (my normal wake time bank home) but we’re 6 hrs behind our here and I went to bed at 8pm and woke up at 3am the first time 😂

I’m here with @david_goodall for @isaacstegman Kaizen Coaching Mastermind to learn and grow as an individual and business owner.

Yesterday’s workshops was powerful and a mix of eye-opening material, reminders, and very real, authentic, and powerful moments of collaborative growth.🌀

Yesterday’s topics were focused on PURPOSE & STRUCTURE. 2 pieces of my life that I’ve been chasing (as all is is are at some level of consciousness) and gaining more clarity on over the last 8.5 years of my life after being told I was facing death at the young age of 21.

I turned that suggestion from the doctor into fuel to find and execute my PURPOSE while creating more and more structure in my life while pursuing my BMX career, which led me to taking adversities and the knowledge along the way and turn it into a business supporting others. 🙏🏼

A quick overview on PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE to me:

PURPOSE= your truth & beliefs and comes with many methods to achieve your purpose. Purpose gives us something to PURSUE that is calling us. “Move towards what moves YOU.”🙌🏼

STRUCTURE= a blueprint for your life & business. Start by choosing with end in mind (purpose/legacy). Create boundaries, eliminate choices that don’t align with PURPOSE, foster “strategic ignorance”, turn it into a habit, and build a fence around it.

-Josh P. 💚🧠✌️