It takes a whole lot of courage to make change in your life; it’s why many people don’t take action to change. Even though things may be very painful – your body could be in pain because of the extra weight and your life may be suffering in many different areas because of this - but [...]
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Here’s a great topic that has come up at The Fit Shack before and that’s that there’s a big difference between wanting to lose weight and being ready and willing to lose weight .
It’s easy to tell yourself that you want to change but the real test comes when you’re in the moment and have to make [...]
We’re at week eleven in my self-experiment with Lucinda Bassett’s Attacking Anxiety and Depression program. Just a couple more weeks and I’ll have completed this program although just like any area of self-growth and self-improvement it never really “ends”, but rather when you learn healthy life coping skills then you’re in a position to continue [...]
So, have you ever engaged in obsessive, scary thinking, telling yourself all kinds of things that got you all worked up, scared, and worried?
Have you ever found yourself turning to food to try to quell those scary, obsessive thoughts and feelings?
Week 10 – Attacking Anxiety and Depression
Wow, we’re already at week 10 in my 15-week experiment [...]
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?
Have you ever [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]



