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Take Control – Grow a stronger take-control-brain
Taking control is the starting point for overcoming obesity. You say to yourself “enough is enough” and begin to put into place wise strategies that over time result in sustainable weight loss based on a new recovery lifestyle. But the (more…)
Enjoy Life – Doing things money can’t buy
We live in an intense consumer-based world in which we are bombarded daily by advertising aimed at getting us to acquire as much as possible and consume like there’s no tomorrow. Of particular relevance to us is the recreational food industry (more…)
Eat Well – Eat three, small, nutritious, HOMEMADE meals a day
Three small nutritious meals are easy to imagine. But homemade meals are a bit different. Homemade meals have almost become a quaint idea; something very old people used to do last century. But the tide is turning, as processed, (more…)
Persist – Don’t give in to the wild cats
What do you do when the craving for certain foods comes on? The more we give in to those urges and “feed the wild cats” the more they will continue to thrive and give us hell. Conversely, the more we (more…)
Eat Well – Leave food on the plate
The thought of throwing food away goes against the grain for many of us, but especially those of us who place a high priority on food – yes, us foodies prone to obesity. It is not easy to throw surplus (more…)
Get Active – Fill the day with movement
We don’t have to become elite sports people to lose excess weight. But we do have to become more active in our daily lives to lose excess weight permanently and become healthier. Sitting and lying around is a killer. What we’ve got (more…)
Take Control – Set short-term weight goals
.One of the most important ways to Take Control is to set goals and be committed to them. It is easy to have grand plans for the future, but these can soon fade in the hurley-burley stress of life. Making (more…)
Enjoy Life – Put gratefulness at the core of your recovery lifestyle
Recovery from obesity is only possible with a new sustainable lifestyle that has been assembled carefully through various experimentations, and then practiced and practiced until it becomes second nature and happens without conscious thinking. This process is what is (more…)
Eat Well – Eat much less sugar
When we reduce the number of foods on the NEEDNT Foods List, we automatically eat much less sugar, because sugar is a very common additive in processed food. Sugar can be a strongly addictive substance which sparks compulsive overeating in (more…)
Persist – Take little steps everyday
The long and happy journey can seem an impossible journey at times; especially when unexpected life stresses come along. Another way of making it seem an impossibility is constantly focusing on the end goal and contemplating the substantial amount of (more…)