Entries from April 2008

Monday, April 28th, 2008

How to Short Circuit Temptation When You Are On a Diet

There are stages of temptation and if you become aware of them you will be able to short circuit your tempting thoughts before they cause you to act in a way that sabotages your diet.
The first stage of temptation is when ANTS Show Up (stage 1) - ANTS are Automatic Negative Thoughts and everybody has [...]

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Amazing Lecture — A Brain Researcher Describes Her Stroke

If you haven’t had the opportunity to see this video of Jill Bolte Taylor, I urge you to take 20 minutes out of your day. Jill is a brain researcher who woke up one day and realized she was having a stroke. Her description of what happened next and how this experience changed her life [...]

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Do You Know Where You Are Going?

You’ve decided you want to lose weight, you’ve built a strong desire; you believe you are capable of making the change and you are committed to working until the job is complete. Now let me ask you – Do you know where you’re going?
Let’s say you decide to take a vacation to Disney World, you [...]

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Are You a Good Pilot?

Let’s say you were leaving on a cross country flight later this evening, what kind of pilot would you like seated in the cockpit?
Would you want a pilot with a deep Desire to get you safely to your destination? Would you like him or her to strongly Believe in his/her ability to take off and [...]

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

What’s Your Story?

If you want to lose weight and keep it off you need to have a mindset that supports your efforts. I call this your Weight Mindset and it is simply a reflection of the story you tell yourself. Your story is very important because it literally has the power to impact your weight loss success [...]

Friday, April 18th, 2008

You’ve Got to Believe…

If you followed The Biggest Loser Couples on NBC then you were privileged to get an inside glimpse at the power of belief.
The Biggest Loser this year was Ali Vincent but her path to Biggest Loser fame was far from predictable. Ali paired up with her mom for their chance at becoming the first Biggest [...]

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Eat Your Vegetables! Heres Why…

Eat your Vegetables! We hear this advice from every direction but why should you? Whether you hate vegetables or you could eat them all day long you will benefit from reading this article by Jude Buglewicz from Million Dollar Body.com.
6 Reasons to Eat Your Vegetables
By Jude Buglewicz
If you’re like most Americans, you’re probably eating only three servings [...]

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Want to Lose Weight? Get Curious…

If you find losing weight to be a challenge then you might want to try this little trick… Get curious.
Weight loss requires a conscious effort and it is easy to feel frustrated as you travel down the road toward your goal. Sometimes the scale doesn’t move like you expect it to and occasionally you fall [...]

Friday, April 11th, 2008

What’s with the Name Weight Loss without Worry?

     I was recently asked why I named my website Weight Loss without Worry so I thought I would share the answer with you.  To state it as plainly as I can I want people to stop worrying about losing weight — so they can finally lose weight. 
     When you approach the problem of weight loss from a place [...]

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

The Many Names for Sugar

“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”  — Sir Walter Scott
     Do food companies do this on purpose?  I have found a list of alternate names for sugar over at FitSugar.com that is roughly a mile long.  Part of the list appears below, those ending in -itol are usually classified as [...]