Mind Body Connection | The Fit Shack

Hey, join me on my free telecall, Jan 07 at 6pm EST when I will reveal the #1 thing you Must change to lose weight to make it easy, fun, and effortless. Fun stuff!Here’s something for you to think about today: are you lying to yourself about your weight loss goals? In other words, are [...]

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 [...]

One thing that I think should be very evident to you if you’ve been a smart reader of The Fit Shack for a good while now is that I advocate creating a healthy lifestyle, not only to get that weight off but also to keep it off for life.
After all if a prescription for a [...]

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 [...]

If Not Now, When? - Primo Levi
I heard this quote this weekend and it applies so well to our topic of health, weight loss, and fitness here at The Fit Shack.
You see it’s so very easy to tell yourself that, “tomorrow I’ll start eating better”, “tomorrow I’ll start exercising”, or the ultimate, “I’ll start over [...]

Do you ever feel like you’re “falling behind” in your weight loss or feel like you’re not doing all that you can do to achieve your goals?
If you do, here’s what I think: you can never “fall behind” when it comes to losing weight. Why? Because it’s always a brand new moment!
In every moment you [...]