You hear so much about dieting failures and how 95% of dieters regain the weight they lose, but does this have to be your reality? Can you keep the weight you lose off? The answer comes down to what you believe is possible for your life. If you believe that dieting is just a temporary fix and [...]
Why do you turn to food when you are upset with your spouse, frustrated by bills or anxious about an upcoming event? Food and emotions seem to be two unrelated things but as most people discover food has the ability to calm a bad mood and dampen an unpleasant emotion; it is similar to a [...]
It would be hard to find a dieter who hasn’t felt that pang of guilt after overindulging on something that was not on their diet but guilt is not a dieter’s friend; in fact it often leads to even more eating because you feel so bad about your lack of discipline. So how do you [...]
Is a thin body really for everyone? Or are there some people more deserving than others? How deserving are you of having a thin body? Now this might seem like an absurd line of questioning at first glance, but a surprising number of people don’t truly feel like they deserve to be thin, or dare [...]
By the time we are 8 years old we have heard “No, you can’t” fifty thousand times. Contrast that with the fact that by the same age we have only heard “Yes, you can” eight thousand times and it becomes easy to see why we feel inclined toward negative thought. To your brain a thought [...]
If 95% of dieters return to their old habits and regain the weight they lost, maybe it is time for some new thoughts on weight loss. Too often you find yourself “going through the motions” of weight loss: you eat less, choose better foods and exercise more. You do all the things you are “supposed” [...]
Starting a diet is exciting – you are finally doing something about this problem that has been bothering you for so long. The first week requires quite a change in diet but the work is worthwhile because you drop 5 pounds! Your motivation is high and you feel psyched about the prospect of having a [...]
What do we want? Do we want to be thin like the Hollywood Stars or do we want to hate them for being so perfect? It is obvious in the society we live in that overweight people are often stereotyped in an unpleasant light and some would say they are even discriminated against because of [...]
“I can’t lose this weight because I am always too hungry.” Have you ever said this to yourself? Hunger is a signal the body gives you to remind you to add some fuel to the furnace. It is in place so you don’t forget to eat and get too low on energy. Hunger is a [...]
If you are completely frustrated because you can’t stick with a diet long enough to see results then what you are lacking is not willpower, it is motivation. Starting a diet is easy, it can even feel exciting at the beginning because weight generally drops quickly the first week. The problems begin in the second [...]