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In the last post, I said weight release was like a pot of gold. At the end of a rainbow. Yes, the journey to permanent weight release is … a … rainbow…? Really…? How?
I confess I get stuck – a bit – trying to explain this. I am a wee bit enthusiastic. There are many interpretations of “rainbow.” Here’s what I mean. [Read more...]
Are you ever paralyzed by perfectionism and thus in a state of procrastination? Some of are so hard on ourselves that any deviation from our weight loss program sends us into a tailspin of self-recrimination and diving into a gallon of ice cream.
Perfectionism, Procrastination, Paralysis will doom any attempt to reach our weight loss goals. As we saw in the last blog post, harsh judgment does nothing to support an experience of wellness. Weight loss and an experience of wellness? Yes! That’s the whole point of reaching our healthy weight. We get to experience well-being, joy, delight, radiance, energy. Permanent weight loss is about resetting and recalibrating so that we can live well. It’s not end goal in itself. [Read more...]
Perfectionism, Procrastination, Paralysis will doom any attempt to reach your weight loss goals. Maybe you can relate to Roberta. She was desperate to reach her healthy weight. And she was notoriously hard on herself. This self-brutality extended beyond her desire to live a longer, healthier life. She habitually judged herself. She thought she wasn’t good enough in many areas of her life. She strove for perfection. She judged herself harshly when she inevitably couldn’t live up to her impossible standards. [Read more...]
I recently attended a Health Fair—a phenomenal way to interact with people looking to get information and inspiration to make positive health related changes. As part of their mission, the company that sponsored the Fair has a commitment to Wellness broadly defined—kudos to them!—and includes “financial health. “ So one of the participants in the Fair was a financial planner. [Read more...]
Last week, I introduced you to Gary Taubes, who wrote Good Calories, Bad Calories. His review of the science of weight loss is a game changer. I’ll be sharing more insights from Taubes in future blog posts. Until then, you can learn more by going to his website. For those wishing for an easier read than GC, BC, Taubes has written Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It. [Read more...]
Most people think that the way to lose weight is to eat less and move more. That it’s all about “calories in/calories out and increasing your exercise.”
It isn’t. [Read more...]
I feel like someone who knows the earth is round when everyone I meet keeps insisting that the earth is so obviously flat. Right now, it’s crazy making.
What brought me to this crazy place? First the background, next the crazy making. [Read more...]
Health became my hobby about 15 years ago when I read Spontaneous Healing by Andrew Weil, which was my first exposure to alternative approaches to health and healing. I became very curious and interested in all things “health.” The hallmark of a good scientist is to be open-minded and skeptical, and since then I’ve explored many different ways to create health on all levels—mind, body, and spirit. [Read more...]
Most people dream bigger when they believe that their dreams are possible. Will power is irrelevant. Losing weight and getting healthy is about:
1) Making a commitment
2) Some basic knowledge about how our bodies metabolize food
3) Correcting a few common but wrong ideas about how to lose weight, and
4) A structured approach that produces results fast enough so that you know the changes you are making are worthwhile. [Read more...]
Chances are that your current behaviors are pretty rewarding at least in some ways or else you wouldn’t be doing them.
You arrive at a point of equilibrium. Your current food and drink choices feel good enough—that is, are sufficiently rewarding—so you keep on doing them. However, you have other goals, like maybe losing weight or improving your health, that aren’t being served by your current choices. So maybe you decide to eat more salad, or go jogging before work. But salad doesn’t taste as good as queso dip and after 4 days of jogging at 5am you feel pretty proud of yourself so you sleep in on Friday. [Read more...]