You have been on the go all day. Assignments due, meetings to attend, phone calls to answer, commitments calling, errand to run. You can barely catch your breath. This is the best time to use the 5 Breath Rule to slow your body down and de-stress. Here is what is happening. When we are in […]
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How many times have you said to yourself, “That’s it. Something has to be done!”? Your pants are too tight. The muffin top is unsightly. You feel tired and sluggish. The mirror is not your friend. Forget wearing a bathing suit and feeling great in it. Are you finally ready to kickstart yourself into action?
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That’s an interesting question, can God help you lose weight. What would your answer be? At first glance, you would think, of course, God can help us with any problem or struggle. Scripture tells us this, such as in Joshua 1:9, “Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord
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OK, I know there are a lot more than five excuses for not losing weight. But these are the five I hear most from my clients. Here we go: It’s too hard. Yes, this is number 1 and it encompasses a bunch of excuses, but fundamentally people don’t like to do what’s hard. They may
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It’s Friday afternoon at 3 :30 p.m. and you are trying to finish an assignment by 5 p.m. Suddenly, you have a craving for peanut M & Ms to get you through the rest of the day. Or you are watching TV in the evening and suddenly you have cravings for some Oreos and milk.
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Last week I talked about recognizing emotional eating. When something happens at home or at the office that upsets you and you then reach for something to eat off your plan or you know that is not helping you – cookies, candy, chips, you name it. Anything to soothe you. Paying attention to what thoughts
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So you’ve had a pretty good day. You have been very careful to eat whole foods and to stay on your eating plan. You are very proud of yourself. But it wasn’t so easy when you got home. Your husband is short with you. He makes a comment about what you prepared for dinner. No
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It’s 9 p.m. and you are hungry. Yes, you ate a normal dinner at 6 p.m. You don’t want to snack. You are trying very hard not to eat again. But that gnawing feeling has started in your stomach and you know it’s a long time until breakfast. It’s not helping that your partner may
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So you are rocking along having a good week staying on your eating plan, then suddenly cravings hit. Hard. You see a doughnut you want in the break room, or you are at the movies and the smell of popcorn is making your mouth water and you are drifting towards the concessions, or you just
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I have heard from clients, friends and colleagues that they really want to lose weight and they have tried before, but losing weight is just too HARD. Is that what you are thinking? It’s too hard to lose weight. Nothing has worked in the long term. I would like to offer three reasons why you
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