Today I'm going to ask you to consider saying NO to restrictive diets and cleanses and detoxes and all other lose it fast schemes - forever. There is this new and some might say radical approach to weight loss. Let’s call it the Sensible Diet. sen·si·ble adjective (of a statement or course of action) chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence; likely to be of benefit. I hear you. But that sounds SO boring Robyn! It will take forever to lose weight being sensible. So and so expert says if I want to lose weight, I can’t eat sugar – ever again. And I have to count every calorie. And limit them to 1200. And there’s this new diet - where I can lose 20 pounds in 10 days. And I should avoid all “bad” foods – so I can have a flat stomach and … [Read more...] about The Sensible “Diet”
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How to Process Negative Emotion (without food)
I think there's a misconception out there that we're supposed to feel happy all the time. Think happy thoughts. Stay positive. Turn that frown upside down. There is room in this life for every emotion. It's healthy and normal to experience negative feelings. Nevertheless, many of us go to great lengths in order to avoid anything that feels uncomfortable. We choose distraction via food over feeling - time and time again. We think feeling our negative emotions will be so unbearable that we're willing to risk our health. Push it down. Cover it up. Resist. Distract. Pretend. Binge. Pass the wine. If you do nothing else but make the decision that you will be willing to feel your feelings instead of eat, you will lose weight. Let that really … [Read more...] about How to Process Negative Emotion (without food)
Why Fat Happiness is the Key to Losing Weight
There’s a tagline after my signature on every email I send. It says… You can’t hate yourself healthy. Healthy is a place you get to with love. So many of us want to lose the weight so we can escape the pain of being in an overweight body. But here’s the truth – it’s what I had to really “get” before I was able to lose the weight for good. Ready? You won’t accept your body – no matter how much weight you lose, until you learn how to accept your body right now. Did that kind of blow your mind? Yeah, me too. Let me explain. When we think we’ll be happier when we’re thinner, we block ourselves from enjoying life fully right now. We lock ourselves in a prison and the only way out is to become physically smaller. Can you see how painful … [Read more...] about Why Fat Happiness is the Key to Losing Weight