Archive for the "Anxiety & Depression" category

 

Lose That Weight by Losing the Guilt and the Worry

 

Have you ever indulged in guilt because of how you ate, how much you ate, how little you exercised, or because you regained some or all of the weight that you had previously lost? Did feeling guilty help you get back on a healthy path or did it keep you in unhealthy behaviors?
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How “What If” Thinking Can Sabotage Your Weight Loss

 

Are you a “What If” thinker, constantly thinking “what if this happens” or “what if that happens”?
Do you find that your scary, what if thoughts propel you towards food in an attempt to quell your fears about the future?
Week Eight of Attacking Anxiety & Depression
Welcome to week eight in my 15-week series of my self-experiment [...]

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How Being Assertive Will Help You Lose Weight

 

Welcome to week seven in my 15-week experiment on myself with Lucinda Bassett’s Attacking Anxiety and Depression program.
If you haven’t been following along with this series up until this point please go back and read the intro, which is where I explain how this series relates to your health and fitness goals. 95% of the [...]

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Feeling a Bit Angry? Don’t Stuff It With Food

 

Here we are at week six already in my self-experiment series with Lucinda Bassett’s program Attacking Anxiety and Depression.
So far in the past 5 weeks we’ve learned about:
- the symptoms of stress and anxiety,
- that panic attacks might be sending you to the frig,
- that negative thinking is the main downfall of any weight loss [...]

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What You Eat Can Make You Feel Anxious and Depressed – Surprised?

 

News Flash! What you eat can make you feel stressed, anxious, and depressed. On the flip side if you fuel your body with whole foods like you see pictured on the left, you can create an awesome effect in your body! What you fuel your body with has a direct effect on how you feel.
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Drop Your Weight Loss Expectations to Get Better Results!

 

This is week four in my experiment on myself using the Attacking Anxiety & Depression program by Lucinda Bassett.
I started this series of my experience with this program because I have met a very large number of people who are struggling with overeating and overweight who are also depressed. Additionally in my recent poll when [...]

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Negative Thinking – The True Downfall of Any Weight Loss Program

 

Your belief is your biology. With every thought you think, there is an associated chemical reaction and physical affects. – Attacking Anxiety & Depression, week three.
Depending on how long you’ve been a smart reader of The Fit Shack, you may remember that I used to write daily motivational posts.
These posts were focused on your thoughts [...]

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Do Panic Attacks & Stress Have You Running to the Frig?

 

Welcome to week two of my 15-week series in my latest experiment on myself here at The Fit Shack. In this experiment I’m using Lucinda Bassett’s program Attacking Anxiety & Depression on myself.
In this series I’m reporting my weekly experiences with you like I did in my emotional eating experiment, my ban on refined sugar [...]

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