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Eat Well – Deliberately limit portion sizes
To lose weight we have to eat less. Exercising more can do it but we’ve got to do so much exercise to burn off excess food, like 40 minutes of brisk energetic walking for just one small chocolate bar. It (more…)
Get Active – Thank goodness we don’t have become marathon runners
We don’t have to become marathon runners to lose weight, although if we did become a marathon runner we would probably lose a lot of weight. The problem is that if we chose this strategy we would then have to (more…)
Take Control – Consciously develop a new anti-obesity lifestyle
To develop a new anti-obesity lifestyle is to start undertaking it on a daily basis. Then bit by bit it becomes so ingrained we do it without thinking. That needs conscious thought on a daily basis while the new behaviours (more…)
Enjoy Life – Don’t get it mixed up with pursuing pleasure
Striving to enjoy life is relevant for everyone – fat, skinny and in-betweens. But it is a particular issue for us who love food; we whose enjoyment in life can become distorted and dominated by the quest to consume pleasurable (more…)
Eat Well – Eat to live by dealing with NEEDNT foods
A fundamental issue about what food to eat is summed up beautifully in the age-old question: “living to eat or eating to live?” Like breathing, eating nutritious food is a deeply satisfying necessity of life. But like drugs, NEEDNT foods, (more…)
Persist – Replace procrastintion with action
We can all improve our natural persistence ability by practicing being determined, and replacing procrastination with completing something we’ve been putting off doing. In fact we can start doing this today. – Pick something small that you’ve been putting off (more…)
Eat Well – Deliberately limit portion sizes
To lose weight we have to eat less. Exercising more can do it but we’ve got to do so much exercise to burn off excess food, like 40 minutes of brisk energetic walking for just one small chocolate bar. It (more…)
Get Active – Deliberately build in more activity
When you think about it, we New Zealanders live pretty inactive lives. Just walking three blocks can seem a long way to many people. But our bodies need movement and our hearts love to pump it up a bit. We (more…)
Take Control – Routines and reality
There’s something very real about standing on the scales and checking our weight. Becoming overweight requires a certain neglect; and part of this neglect is being dissociated from the reality of slowly putting on unnecessary fat. Becoming overweight requires (more…)
Enjoy Life – Practice being positive
One of the best strategies for enjoying life is thinking positively about all the little encounters and occurrences which make up our daily life. Positive people are constantly on the lookout for the positive angle in situations and people. But (more…)