Articles

Welcome to the articles section of The Fit Shack. Below are the articles that showcase the foundation of this blog and represent what it’s all about.

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UPDATE: May 7, 2011

This page was first published on Dec 11, 2007 and last updated on March 19, 2008. This page is a fabulous example of how much has tranformed for me, JoLynn Braley, NLP weight loss coach and certified NLP practitioner, additionally being an intuitive coach, with a twist of LOA (law of attraction).

As far as my own success story of lasting transformation goes…not only did I go from a size 12 to an 8 in my jeans in only 2 months in 2010, maintain my size 8 throughout the holiday season eating without deprivation, dieting, or struggle, and today am a size 6, still without struggle, but also The Fit Shack has transformed.

When I first founded this site on March 7, 2007 becoming sole editor, publisher, and CEO at The Fit Shack, I was pushing against processed food. Hence, much of the most popular posts listed below are on that topic.

I was on a mission to Make Food Wrong and what I learned was:

• Whatever you push against you push onto yourself just as hard.
• You cannot lose weight by fearing, hating, or “wronging” food.
• Food is NOT the problem. It is never the root cause of your unhealthy behaviors, nor is it the root cause of the excess fat on your body.
• The way to permanent weight loss and maintenance is not found in a diet, food restriction, forcing yourself to exercise, or making a resolution to “Do It”.
• To lose weight and keep it off once and for all, no diet, pill, powder, shake, sprinkle, book,
• Motivation can never last as it is not backed by the power of the Universe. It is a force you exert upon yourself.
• Life is supposed to be good for you. You are supposed to live in the body of your dreams, without struggle, and have a peaceful relationship with food.

Today I am continually inspired by the transformations my clients achieve in my weight loss coaching practice. And at one point I even considered abandoning this site, The Fit Shack, in lieu of my new flagship site, Stop Hiding Behind The Fat.

I considered abandoning The Fit Shack due to a thought that the people coming to this site are only seeking band aids (diets, sprinkles, pills, powders, the list of “magical weight loss fixes” is endless, isn’t it) rather than permanent transformation. Permanent weight loss.

I do know the power of the Universe however, and most of my clientele has come through The Fit Shack rather than Stop Hiding Behind The Fat. The Fit Shack does have a great deal more traffic as I have a lot more content that I have created over the years and published here (over 640 articles in the archives).

Going forward I am focused on providing article updates based on permanent weight loss, permanent transformation, and my NLP weight loss coaching practice. As well as the fact that I’m not your “ordinary NLP practitioner” since I do everything with the mindset of Universal Law (LOA, law of attraction, law of allowing, law of creation) as a foundation.

The lists below will be updated with new content listings as I add current, relevant content to The Fit Shack that actually applies to achieving permanent weight loss, which I have done myself and continue to do for others in my NLP weight loss coaching practice. 

In the meantime, while the old list is still available, you are welcome to read through the old posts listed below.

Hint: they are a best match and most beneficial to those who are seeking information rather than transformation and permanent weight loss. If that is where you are currently, you will like checking them out.

If instead, you are interested in and serious about achieving permanent weight loss for yourself now (gosh, who wouldn’t want to rid yourself of the frustrating struggle now!) then click here to learn more.

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You can also browse the archives if you prefer to browse by date, while the articles list below makes it easier for you to get right to the content that is at the core of The Fit Shack.

This list will be updated from time to time as I add more content to the site.

Additives, Sweeteners, and Sugars

• What Is Crystalline Fructose?
• What Is Phenylalanine?
• What Is The Ingredient Natural Flavor?
• What Is Stevia – Is It Healthy and Safe To Use?

Food Addiction

• Are You Addicted To Sugar?
• In-Depth Interview With Author and Food Addict Debbie Danowski Ph.D.
• Series – Ban The Refined Sugar Experiment

Weight Loss Motivation

• What is Your Motivation to Lose Weight?
• 10 Fears That Can Sap Your Motivation To Lose Weight
• How YOU On A Diet Influenced Me To Change
• How to Surrender to a Lack of Motivation

My Recommended Healthy Weight Loss Plan

• The Best Weight Loss Plan Ever – The Six Week Body Makeover

Book Reviews

• How YOU On A Diet Influenced Me To Change (YOU On A Diet by Michael F. Roizen M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz M.D.)
• Stress, Your Appetite, and Food Addiction – Anatomy of a Food Addiction (by Anne Katherine, M.A.)
• Is Life Boring Without Sugar? (Sugar Blues by William Dufty)
• A Secret to Anti-Aging and Longevity – The 5 Rites (by Peter Kelder)

Mind-Body

• The Loving Yourself Thin Series – 31 Days of Loving Yourself Thin
• Do You Deserve To Be Thin?
• How To Use Your Brain To Lose Weight

Emotional Eating

• Series – Emotional Eating Experiment – 12 weeks of Shrinking Yourself Thin
• Is Food Going To Solve It?

Experiments

• Healing Emotional Eating with the Shrink Yourself Program (12 weeks)
• Mono-Dieting to Prevent Breast Cancer (3 days)
• Eliminate all Refined Sugar (30 days)
• The 6-Week Body Makeover (6 weeks)

Popular Posts – Top 11

• Sensa, a.k.a. The Sprinkle Diet – 5 Reasons it Won’t Work
• What Is Crystalline Fructose?
• Are You Addicted To Sugar?
• 23 “Health” Drinks that Contain Crystalline Fructose
• The Best Weight Loss Plan Ever – The Six Week Body Makeover
• Clean Eating Recipes – The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook by Tosca
• What is an Omentum and What does it Look Like?
• A New Earth – Oprah & Eckhart Tolle – Free 10-week Live Webinar
• High Fructose Corn Syrup vs Corn Syrup Solids – What’s the Difference?
• Emotional Eating Experiment – Shrink Yourself by Dr. Roger Gould
• If You Eliminate Sugar From Your Diet, What Exactly Do You Eat?