You’ve heard all the talk (and maybe even said it yourself) about the lifelong struggle with food and weight, the struggle of keeping it all going, of watching what you eat, staying motivated to exercise, etc., etc.?
Well for myself, this isn’t so much a struggle with anything outside of me as it is a struggle [...]
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Have you ever thought that you might actually benefit from being and staying overweight? I know, at first you might think that this sounds crazy because there’s nothing you like about being overweight, but hang in here with me for a moment.
This exercise is simply about becoming more aware of how staying overweight is benefiting you, in fact [...]
I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time. ~ Herbert Bayard Swope
I want you to succeed in reaching your health, weight loss, and fitness goals and I’ve given you many articles on what has worked for me in [...]
That’s right; today’s exercise on Day 13 of Loving Yourself Thin is to thank your fat. Are you thinking that I’m crazy now? If you are that’s OK, just do the exercise anyway.
This is a simple exercise to do but will require some work. Sounds contradictory? This is because thinking of your fat [...]
Today’s exercise on Day 11 of Loving Yourself Thin is to affirm to yourself every time you see your reflection, “I love you and I support you. If you want to lose weight, I will help you, I’m on your side.” Repeat this when you look yourself in the eyes in the mirror, when you [...]
Today’s exercise on Day 9 of Loving Yourself Thin is to identify your greatest fear about losing weight. You don’t have any fears about losing weight, you say? Well, if you have not successfully lost weight and kept it off then do the exercise anyway and you just might turn up some thoughts that have [...]
We’re coming up on the weekend, a time when many people who stick to healthy eating and exercise habits during the week then turn to unhealthy habits over the weekend. If you do this, it could be habit, it could be emotional eating to relieve stress, or it could be because you are forcing yourself [...]
Do you ever feel like you just can’t stop eating? Do you eat and eat until you can hardly breathe? Do you eat when you aren’t hungry, especially when you are experiencing an emotional upset?
If you answered yes to the previous questions, do you know why you are stuffing yourself with food? An even better [...]



