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Food is an instant fix – Day 52

We all know food provides an instant fix.

In our culture of fast-food restaurants and microwave ovens, you can always get your food cravings fulfilled instantly. [Read more…]

What is emotional eating? – Day 51

Why are you eating?

Think about how many times you eat for reasons other than to fuel your body. [Read more…]

Ten-minute solution – Day 50

Yeah! You got started!

But as you know, getting started is only half the battle. [Read more…]

Just do something – Day 49

Every day, you tell yourself that you’re ready to get started on your diet or exercise plan.

But it doesn’t happen. Days or even weeks go by, and you still haven’t done a thing. [Read more…]

You gotta want to… – Day 48

If you’re serious about making changes in your life, you may have to work on your “want to” skills.

The next time you’re tempted to say “I can’t,” substitute the words “I don’t want to.” [Read more…]

Kick the can’t – Day 47

I can’t…

These two little words will almost always keep you from being successful. [Read more…]

If not food, then what? – Day 46

Once you decide to label a lot more of your food as being unimportant, you may have to replace it with something else.

Take out a piece of paper and write the numbers from 1 to 10 down the side of the page. [Read more…]

Food – important or not? – Day 45

How much do you think about food?

A little? A lot? Most of the time?

Do you finish one meal and immediately start planning what you’ll eat next? [Read more…]

It’s not the right time – Day 44

I guess it wasn’t the right time!

When you struggle with staying on your diet plan, it’s easy to excuse your bad behavior by deciding that it simply wasn’t the right time. [Read more…]

Choose to, not “have to” – Day 43

At some point, I’m sure you’ve uttered the words, “I have to lose weight” or “I have to exercise.”

The real truth is you don’t actually have to do anything. This includes going to work, cleaning the house, or even feeding the dog.

You choose to do these things because you don’t like what might happen if you don’t do them. [Read more…]