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Magic numbers that keep you healthy

You certainly know about keeping an eye on your health numbers such as cholesterol or blood pressure. But here are some numbers that can actually protect your health every single day.

These all involve a little counting. But you don’t need to worry about your math skills because all of them are simple and easy to remember. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Self Care

Mother’s Day – stop making it about you

Carol dreaded Mother’s Day!

Last year, as the holiday was approaching, she told me that she anticipated the same story as always. Her three grown kids would be extremely busy and wrapped up in their own lives.

If she was lucky, she might get a couple of cards, although they’d probably arrive a day late. What Carol really yearned for each year was that her kids would call and actually wish her a happy day. But… they rarely did. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Long-term Success

Steps for Doing Joy Work

From the previous post, you learned that joy work describes the steps and actions you take to stay on the path to your goals.

Start looking for places where you can slip joy work into your day. Then notice how much stronger you become as you strive to reach your weight-loss goals. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Long-term Success, Motivation

How to do Joy Work

Laughing girlIt was a beautiful day. As sunlight streamed through her windows, Janet pulled her favorite outfit from the closet. The black pants zipped easily at her waist and the silky jade top showed her toned arms and her nearly flat stomach. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Motivation, Weight Loss Joy

Getting unstuck and motivated

Are you feeling stuck in your diet or weight-loss efforts? When motivation leaves, it’s easy to get stuck and lose hope of things ever being different.

Perhaps you keep promising you’ll change, but you never follow through. Maybe you set goals, but can’t seem to ever get started on them. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Motivation

The “edge” will boost your weight loss

Last Saturday, it was a dark, cold day here in Iowa. I had planned to exercise by walking on the treadmill in my basement, but as the day wore on, I kept avoiding doing it. It was winter, I was tired and I simply didn’t feel like it. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Long-term Success

Conquer emotional eating – Make it last

Many years ago, authors Colvin and Olson interviewed thousands of people who had successfully lost weight and kept it off.

After attempting dozens of diet plans and programs that never brought lasting results, most of the people they interviewed reached the same conclusion. In describing how they achieved success, they all used some variation of the phrase, “I had to figure out what worked for me, and then I had to do it.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Emotional Eating, Long-term Success

Conquer emotional eating – Grief and healing

How do I “get over it?”

As she drove home from work, Lynn was thinking that life was good. In the past few months, she’d moved into a new townhouse, received a promotion, and started dating a wonderful man. But just as she turned onto her street, the radio began playing an old Michael Bolton song that pushed open her memory bank.

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Filed Under: Emotional Eating, Message from Linda

Podcast on Emotional Eating

Discover How Emotional Eating May Be the Real Culprit in Your Battle to Lose Weight

I was a guest recently on a wonderful podcast hosted by Dr. James Polakof. Listen here

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Filed Under: Emotional Eating, Message from Linda

Conquer emotional eating – Lesson 15

How to stop stress eating

When people list reasons for emotional eating, stress is usually at the top!

In this lesson, you will explore how to view stress as a piece of your day, not a way of life. By focusing on areas where you can exert some control, you can prevent stress from contributing to your eating struggles. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Emotional Eating, Long-term Success

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