Self-Esteem | The Fit Shack

Here’s something that seriously bugs me - referring to how you eat by announcing, “I’ve been good today” or, “I was so bad today”.
Why does this bother me so much? Because you’re essentially labeling yourself as being either good or bad based on how you eat.
Well I don’t know about you, but I’m much more [...]

Yesterday I shared with you that I had some realizations about my emotional eating patterns when my parents came to visit last week.
Well you know what? That’s all well and good because I need to understand what my motivations have been to emotionally eat, something that Shrink Yourself has helped me with a LOT, however [...]

Has anyone ever said to you, “Why don’t you just get a grip and control yourself so you can lose weight?!” Or if they haven’t said it to you, have you ever heard someone say “So and so is a bit of a fatty but really just needs to exercise some self-control. Why can’t they [...]

I just finished reading a post by Amanda in which she wrote, “I am just wondering how our society became so enamored with the emaciated look that frequents our fashion magazines.” She was sharing how she loves the 1920’s era and thought that at that time in history, there was more of a positive body [...]

Do the ads for diet supplements that promise to help you “lose weight fast and look fabulous!” lure you in every time? They use pictures of shiny, happy people (models or athletes), having fun and loving life; they can really hook you in and make you want to believe oh so much that their [...]

Are you familiar with the teachings of Dr. Norman Vincent Peale?
I first read The Power of Positive Thinking when I was a kid, somewhere between the ages of 10 - 12. I picked it back up again and have been reading it over the past couple of months. Even better is a cassette tape [...]

The secret of creating anything desired: Get happy! - Abraham-Hicks
How motivated would you be to change if you were happy right now? I’ve found that how I am feeling makes all the difference in the world to how motivated I am. But how do you get happy and motivated to make those changes, get healthy, [...]

Yesterday I wrote about the importance of believing in yourself, believing in your ability to accomplish your weight loss goals.
After all, if you do not believe that you can lose weight and keep it off for the rest of your life, how could you expect to be motivated to begin the process of change? Why [...]