Past Blog/Videos
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If I somehow unsuspectingly walked into a room and found myself confronted by lights and a camera and a microphone held by the one and only Oprah and she asked me to name the ONE THING that makes the biggest impact on weight management, I know exactly what I’d say.
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It wouldn’t be low car...
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We’d planned to see the giant sequoias over spring break.
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A tiny virus postponed that trip but couldn’t put a damper on our Family Road Trip enthusiasm.
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So we improvised :)
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Instead of 4 days among the trees, we spent 4 hours car-exploring the Pacific Coast Highway (we saw dolphin...
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It’s probably not what you think.
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I won’t be recommending any particular drink or supplements or fasting of any kind.
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As it happens, there’s no need to do anything special to detoxify your body. Miraculously, it does it all by itself. 24/7.
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Thank you liver and kidneys!
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When t...
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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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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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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...
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Plateaus can be sooooo frustrating.
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We’re plugging along, doing our thing, eating well and moving in ways we haven’t before. And it’s working. We’re feeling better and losing weight. We’re motivated to keep on going.
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All is well.
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Then one week when we know we’ve done everythin...
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Last week we talked about Weight Goals (catch up here)—they are milestones on the way to your Goal.
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Today we get to talk about Goal Weight and in particular how to pick yours.
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The term “Ideal Weight” can have a negative connotation. As if there is some magic number that all bodies sh...
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Just to be clear, you already fast.
Every day.
Every time you snuggle in bed for the night, you’re not eating for hours in a row. And then you break the fast by eating . . . well, breakfast.
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So fasting itself is not the issue.
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The trending topic of Intermittent Fasting highlight...
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I just finished Gary Keller’s The ONE Thing.
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It’s a productivity book.
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I’ve been into those lately and I’m surprised by how much I’ve learned from this genre. I consider myself an organized person, but some of these concepts (nothing earth-shatteringly new by the way) have made a ...
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Studies show that people with strong social networks live longer. Check out this cool infographic from WebMD to see how.
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Getting together with a friend is one of life’s great pleasures.
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But all too often, in this day and age, it comes with lots of extra calories. Our go-to get-tog...
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I’m a French Fry Snob . . . well, that actually implies that I might meet a fry I didn’t like. Ha!
I think French Fry Fanatic is more like it (although, steak fries? Really?)
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I was recently at a conference and it was dinner break time. I took myself to a reliable place with the best sh...