We don’t have to be extreme to lose weight. We just have to create a small calorie deficit, by exercising and eating less than our body uses, most days. And don’t overeat on the other days. If we repeat this for enough weeks, we will arrive at our goal weight. We don’t have to be …
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Why Journaling is good for our physical AND mental health
I’ll let you in on a secret: A pen coupled with paper can serve as a powerful self-coaching life tool. The reason for this, is that when we start writing, we access the left brain, which is analytical and rational. And while our left brain is occupied, our right brain is free to create and …
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Motivation hint
When it comes to motivation, here is a process for doing something that takes discipline over a period of time (For example, if we want to start walking every day to get fit). 1. Set a time to do the thing. for example 6 days a week for 3 months. 2. Write the time we …
How to Say “NO”.
Most of us love to help other people. It is a very human thing. The problem arises when we don’t like to say “No” to anyone, about anything. We say “Yes”, even when doing the activity will be detrimental to ourselves in some way. Maybe it will take our time when we are already busy, …
How to Love Ourselves
We are often told that we must “learn to love ourselves.” It’s good advice, but how exactly do we do that? First let’s define self-love. Self-love means that we care about our own well-being, and our own happiness. It means that we unconditionally accept ourselves, with all our past mistakes and all our flaws, as …
Willpower
Willpower does not work for losing weight. Willpower is all about resistance and fighting. We are trying to use it to control our impulses to eat. If we spend all of our time using this kind of energy, we will get exhausted. We won’t be able to stick to our plan. When the world gets …
The Power of Words
There is real power in words. And some of the most important words we will say in our life, are the words we say to ourselves, about ourselves. What are the labels we give ourselves? Did we choose those labels, or were they given to us by someone else? Up-lifting positive words, can change lives …
Mind Your Own Business
If we want to be happier, it is helpful to notice what we are thinking about other people. We often worry about other people and want to help fix their problems. Or we try and change the way that other people behave. Or we have critical thoughts about someone else. None of this is helpful …
7 reasons we crave sugar?
Sugar cravings can destroy our weight loss plans. Here are seven reasons we might be craving something sweet to eat. If we are not getting enough of the following minerals, Calcium, zinc chromium or magnesium we may find ourselves craving a sweet fix according to Laura Kunces PhD. RD in her November 2018 article called …
Is lack of sleep trashing your weight loss goal?
Many of us have a weight loss goal we are struggling with. If we are sleeping less than 6 hours per night, we may be producing hormones that are sabotaging that goal. Here is a simple explanation of why. Less than 6 hours sleep a night can make us; feel hungrycrave carbohydrates such as sugarnot …
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