I tell my clients to eat anything they want 10% of the time. It's known as Joy Eating. It's eating for taste, fun and pleasure.Most diets "fail" because we give up. We get sick of feeling deprived. We're hungry. We're cranky. We want to go back to the way things were. Before there were rules.Can you see the dilemma here?We've convinced ourselves that the only way to lose weight is through starvation, deprivation and/or punishment. Is it any wonder we don't stick to our diets?We read diet book after diet book until we find a shiny new set of rules. We think, this is the diet that's going to work!That's a lie. Stopping telling yourself lies.It's just the same old diet philosophy with a new name, wrapped up in a pretty new cover … [Read more...] about Cleaning Up My Act
Weight Loss Coaching
I Should Look Like Her
Sometimes people ask if I can fix them. First of all, I can't "fix" anyone or make them lose weight. Only YOU can inspire change in your life. I simply provide the tools, experience and encouragement.Secondly, we don't need fixing. When you feel like you need to be "fixed" it implies that you think you're broken. We're not TV's or toasters, we're human beings and you ARE NOT BROKEN.The tools I teach my clients are tools they will use for as long as they want to continue to learn, heal and grow. Self "work" doesn't end like a 30-day sugar detox - and that's a good thing.I was at the gym the other day and found myself comparing my body to another female trainer. Let's call her "Amy". Amy is maybe 5'7" with very long legs. She is a yoga … [Read more...] about I Should Look Like Her
Fat People Are Not Lazy
This post was inspired by two separate articles I read today on the science of obesity. The old, "fat people are just lazy" ideology is being debunked right and left. Sadly, society hasn't kept up with the scientific research.Think about it. Making fun of someone because of their IQ, disability, religion, race or sexual preference is generally not acceptable. Making fun of fat people - well that's just fine. Especially fat kids, they're hi-lar-i-ous. Just watch a few hours of TV or listen in on the conversations around you.Disgusting isn't it? It's bullying. It's discrimination. It's hate. And it's devastating to children AND adults. Even if they're laughing along with you. Honestly, what do you expect them to do?Some folks never … [Read more...] about Fat People Are Not Lazy
The Weight Loss Journey
We take years, sometimes decades to gain our weight.One day we decide we want it gone.NOW!We google "lose weight fast".We ask Aunt Mary about that shake she's been drinking.We starve. We overtrain. We cry. We beat ourselves up.We spend lots of money.We lose a few pounds.We gain it back.This is the classic diet mentality.Why do we do this to ourselves?Again and again...Because we're impatient.We want a quick fix.We don't want to change our habits for good.It takes too long.Every time we crash diet, we lose fat AND muscle.Losing muscle over and over slows the metabolism.Restrictive eating does the same thing.It gets harder to lose the weight with each diet.There is another choice.To go slow.To … [Read more...] about The Weight Loss Journey