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My brother recently came across the following quote from Jack La Lanne and sent it to me.
“There are more gyms now than ever, and all kinds of crackpot diets, too,” he says. “It seems like they’re all out to make money. This stuff is so simple. Like I’ve always said, exercise is king, diet is [...]
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When we severely restrict calorie intake our metabolism slows down and our body holds on to its fat to protect it self from a perceived famine situation. According to Martha Beck, author of The Four Day Win: End Your Diet War and Achieve Thinner Peace, “When you diet in a highly restrictive way, or [...]
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How many times do we need to be told that restrictive diets don’t work before we will believe it and give up all the fads? I still find myself perking up and tuning in when I hear about a new “diet” someone is trying or see a new “diet book” on the shelves even [...]
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Changing your thoughts is a critical step in the slow sustainable weight loss journey. We cannot lose weight when we focus on how fat and unhappy we are. It just won’t work. We will end up beating ourselves up and binging before any real change is accomplished.
It really is true that what [...]
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I have survived Thanksgiving and Christmas and now just have New Years to go! I don’t know about you but I have definitely indulged in more sugar in all its insidious forms–cookies, eggnog, and champagne–than I needed and am feeling the effects. I also succumbed to a nasty cold several days ago, [...]
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Have you ever noticed that the better your life is going, the fewer food-related issues pop up? I have. When life is good, food becomes fuel that I need, not a crutch to support my destructive tendencies. When my work is going well, when I am involved in healthy relationships, when I [...]
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