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The way we do one thing is the way we do everything.
Nothing has been more true.
And the best places to witness this for yourself is in our eating and shopping behaviors.
- Do you put yourself on budget restrictions until you just can’t take it anymore and...
Americans reportedly consume, on average, 3000 calories during the Thanksgiving meal—and that doesn’t even include appetizers and cocktails!
You, my friend, are not the average American.
You are awake to and aware of all your food and you’ve...
Voila! The rest of the new and noteworthy tidbits of info I collected from ObesityWeek 2019.
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...
Vegas, baby.
I recently spent 5 days with some of the most dedicated obesity researchers, clinicians and surgeons on the planet.
Rest assured there are people looking for the answers to weight gain and sustainability and they’re making progress.
Over the...
Here’s the recipe for getting anything accomplished:
- Total faith
- Non-judgmental action/practice
- No timeline
The best example of this is a baby learning to walk.
First, he has complete faith that it will happen—“everyone around me is...
Happy Halloween!
There are 9 weeks between now and the New Year.
Nine weeks.
We call these weeks The Bermuda Triangle of Weight Gain—Halloween through Thanksgiving then onto Christmas and New Year’s.
Starts with candy and ends with champagne, with...
Halloween’s just a week away.
[Hopefully you haven’t bought your candy yet –see The Best Day to Buy Halloween Candy].
The phrase, “Don’t Invite the Enemy In” always comes to mind around this time of year.
Pre-Halloween...
Language matters.
Louise Hay, one of my favorite teachers, is a stickler for language. She teaches that thoughts (language in your mind) impact your environment.
Positively worded thoughts create positive feelings and negatively worded thoughts create negative...
I’m terrible at meditation.
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.
...
It’s easy to measure success in weight loss—it’s measured in pounds lost.
Measuring Maintenance is a different story.
It’s only in retrospect, really. It’s measured in time—6, 12, 24 months at the same desired weight.
...
Are you a once a week weigh-er or an every day weigh-er?
I hope you’re at least one or the other.
Multiple studies show that regular weighing increases your chances for success with both losing and maintaining weight.
I recommend once a week if...
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).
Today we start getting you that True Joy.
True Joy is the key to losing weight and keeping it off.
If the only joy you have in your...