Archive for the "Weight Loss" category

 

Your Weight Loss Goals - Are You Lying to Yourself?

 

Here’s something for you to think about today: are you lying to yourself about your weight loss goals? In other words, are you continually telling yourself that you want to lose weight, that you will lose weight, that you can lose weight, but you don’t change how you eat or how you exercise?
Do You Really [...]

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Does Obsessive Thinking Drive You to Overeat?

 

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 [...]

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Healthy Weight Loss or Weight Loss at Any Cost - What’s Your Choice?

 

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 [...]

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A Secret to Weight Loss - Setting Healthy Boundaries

 

When you hear the word “boundaries” you might not immediately think of “weight loss” - I know that I usually don’t.
However if you want to be successful at creating a healthy lifestyle to get fit in body, mind, and spirit so that you lose the weight and keep it off, you’re going to want to [...]

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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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Happy Labor Day! And the Holiday Season Begins …

 

Happy Labor Day! I trust that you had a wonderful long weekend, enjoyed your friends and family, the good times outdoors, and that you treated your body with love, kindness and respect by eating the whole, healthy foods and getting plenty of fun exercise.
If you’re not and you’re actually reading this post after the Labor [...]

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Why You Need a Bigger Goal than Weight Loss

 

It’s great fun to lose weight, to see the numbers on the scale moving down, to get into smaller sized clothes and to see muscle definition forming from your toning exercises.
All of this is fun and motivating but there is a danger lurking in your weight loss goals, something I’ve done in the past and [...]

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Lizard Spit for Weight Loss - No Joke!

 

A few weeks ago I was listening to Richard Simmons on Sirius Satellite radio, which is my normal Sunday routine - I listen to Richard while I’m doing my cooking for the week.
One of his callers shared that she had lost some weight because she was using lizard spit! This is not a joke but [...]

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