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Calm down quickly – get grounded

When you feel anxious or upset, your mind starts going in all directions and soon, your feelings increase and get worse.

Research shows that you can stop those feelings by doing something that makes you feel grounded. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Long-term Success, Self Care

How to never stop on the scale at the doctor’s office

That dreaded doctor’s scale! Most of us, especially women, hate getting on that thing.

During my years of running a weight-loss clinic, I heard tons of stories from people who were upset about facing the scale at the doctor’s office.

Here’s how a client named Margie described it. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Long-term Success, Message from Linda

YOU at your best

best yet to come

Remember that your best YOU is not perfect. It doesn’t have to run a marathon and it doesn’t have to cook a new recipe every week.

If you want to do those things, it’s fine, but decide if they fit into your goals for the year. They certainly don’t match mine!
 
Being your best YOU starts with building a vision of how you want to be and then taking steps toward becoming that. [Read more…]

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Dot Calendar Tracking Plan

The Dot Calendar provides a great way to monitor your weight-loss program. Here’s how to use the Dot Calendar.

At the end of each day, ask yourself:

If I lived every day exactly the same as this one, would I be likely to lose, maintain or gain weight? [Read more…]

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How I SUDDENLY got thankful

A few years ago, I went through a very grouchy time. Like now, the news was full of disasters or gloomy stories about relationship break-ups and people being out of work.

In my own life, lots of things seemed to be going wrong. I was NOT feeling very thankful!
 
Then suddenly everything changed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Long-term Success, Message from Linda

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