Have you struggled with your weight for so long that you can’t remember a time when it wasn’t an issue in your life? Has being overweight become your norm? Is it part of your identity?
If you would like this to change you must start asking yourself some different questions, it is no longer enough to [...]
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” to [...]
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 their [...]
We are so blessed to live in an environment where food, a basic element of survival, is so abundant yet because of this abundance food has taken on a meaning beyond merely helping us exist, in fact by some it is viewed as a cure for all that ails.
If excess weight is an issue you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It is sometimes hard to stay motivated when trying to lose weight but the problem has a simple solution - feed off of the things that truly inspire you. Researchers have shed light on what does and does not motivate you to drop old behaviors and replace them with new.
What Does Not Effectively Motivate You?
Knowledge [...]
