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The way we do one thing is the way we do everything.
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Nothing has been more true.
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And the best places to witness this for yourself is in our eating and shopping behaviors.
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- Do you put yourself on budget restrictions until you just can’t take it anymore and splurge on a big purcha ...
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Americans reportedly consume, on average, 3000 calories during the Thanksgiving meal—and that doesn’t even include appetizers and cocktails!
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You, my friend, are not the average American.
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You are awake to and aware of all your food and you’ve planned your food week to include this ...
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Voila! The rest of the new and noteworthy tidbits of info I collected from ObesityWeek 2019.
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Impress your friends with facts about fat cells, a hunger hormone, and weight gain in pregnancy and after surgery (or just forward them this update and have a stimulating discussion!)
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Vegas, baby.
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I recently spent 5 days with some of the most dedicated obesity researchers, clinicians and surgeons on the planet.
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Rest assured there are people looking for the answers to weight gain and sustainability and they’re making progress.
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Over the next 2 weeks, I’m going t...
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Here’s the recipe for getting anything accomplished:
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- Total faith
- Non-judgmental action/practice
- No timeline
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The best example of this is a baby learning to walk.
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First, he has complete faith that it will happen—“everyone around me is walking, I’m sure I can too!” It never...
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Happy Halloween!
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There are 9 weeks between now and the New Year.
Nine weeks.
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We call these weeks The Bermuda Triangle of Weight Gain—Halloween through Thanksgiving then onto Christmas and New Year’s.
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Starts with candy and ends with champagne, with lots of pies in between.
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Halloween’s just a week away.
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[Hopefully you haven’t bought your candy yet –see The Best Day to Buy Halloween Candy].
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The phrase, “Don’t Invite the Enemy In” always comes to mind around this time of year.
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Pre-Halloween it’s about the Costco-sized bags of candy that haunt you from...
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Language matters.
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Louise Hay, one of my favorite teachers, is a stickler for language. She teaches that thoughts (language in your mind) impact your environment.
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Positively worded thoughts create positive feelings and negatively worded thoughts create negative ones.
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Try it out...
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I’m terrible at meditation.
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I’ve been doing it every morning for almost a full year and yet . . .
I haven’t reach enlightenment.
I don’t feel blissful after my sessions.
I’m missing those epiphanies that come with perfect stillness.
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And you couldn’t pay me to stop.
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It’s easy to measure success in weight loss—it’s measured in pounds lost.
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Measuring Maintenance is a different story.
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It’s only in retrospect, really. It’s measured in time—6, 12, 24 months at the same desired weight.
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But on a daily basis, Maintenance is measured by the absenc...
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Are you a once a week weigh-er or an every day weigh-er?
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I hope you’re at least one or the other.
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Multiple studies show that regular weighing increases your chances for success with both losing and maintaining weight.
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I recommend once a week if you’re in weight loss mode.
It ...
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Last week we talked about the cost of food Joy, out of proportion desire and the benefits of True Joy (read all about it here).
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Today we start getting you that True Joy.
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True Joy is the key to losing weight and keeping it off.
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If the only joy you have in your life is food, then l...