Do you do better or worse at losing weight if you weigh yourself regularly? Is a scale your friend or foe? Research shows one thing, but personal experiences differ.
Can life really exist without fresh-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies, or salty, crunchy, spicy chips? Is emotional eating part of your routine? Can you imagine finding pleasure in life without food? Having pleasure without guilt? If your answer to one or more of these questions is ‘No’, then most likely you eat when you’re not hungry, and then feel guilty later. The more you eat, the worse you feel about yourself, and the worse you feel about yourself, the more you eat.
Is there a way out of this vicious cycle? Read more
Most people who gain weight don’t overeat at meals. Rather, they snack between meals, and often at night. That’s when the workday is done and it’s time to relax. You can now reward yourself for a hard day of work. Sound familiar?
Stop evening snacking in its tracks by creating a fasting zone. Read more
Do you eat large amounts of food when you’re not even hungry and then feel fat? Or maybe you eat just a little bit of extra food every day that you really don’t need, or even want? If so, you may be unconsciously driven by a need to protect yourself.
Have you used your imagination to lose weight? Which would you say is more powerful, will power or imagination? Read more
Do you engage in nervous eating without even realizing it? Do you see food in front of you and eat it without even thinking? And then regret it later! If so, here’s a tapping script that can help you pay more attention to when you engage in nervous eating.
Here’s how you can make healthy popsicles, quick and easy. In a recent blog I showed you how to make healthy banana ice cream. If you liked that recipe, you’ll probably like this one too. This recipe is for raspberry vanilla cream popsicles and is quite yummy. It comes from Pure Fresh Daily (www.purefreshdaily.com). Here’s what you do…
How often do you weight yourself? Some people weigh themselves every day. Others weight themselves once a week. At the other extreme, some people are afraid to ever get on a scale, because they think they’ll be highly frustrated and discouraged when they see the number.
How often should you weigh yourself for getting good results? Read more
Breathing for weight loss is so effective because mindfulness is necessary to lose weight. The more attention you pay to your body, breath, thoughts, emotions, feelings, memories, images, etc. the easier it is to gain mastery over your actions.
With that in mind, here’s a breathing experiment to try out. Whenever you have a desire to eat something that you know you don’t need to eat, stop and do the following: