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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 – 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 – Using our brain’s Higher Power
Taking control is about conscious thinking; using the brain muscle just above the eyebrows, our Higher Power, and using that to guide our behaviour rather than the primitive child-reptile in the deeper recesses of our mind. Our Higher Power is (more…)
Enjoy Life – By being thankful for the good things in our lives
One of the surest ways of enjoying life is to become more thankful for things in our lives. Eating favourite NEEDNT foods can bring about a short-term feeling of pleasure and comfort but it doesn’t last and, as we all (more…)
Eat Well – Eat plenty of lettuce
There is almost nothing better than a lettuce salad for lunch. Lettuce is low in calories, and relatively high in micronutrients – folate, zinc, potassium, iron, Vit A, Vit C – and of course is also a good source of fibre. It is (more…)
Persist – By allowing ourselves to become genuinely hungry before eating something
Here is a really important persistence exercise to try, which if we can suss will take us a good three steps forward on the long happy journey. It’s about learning to withstand the Beast grumbling inside us. When the (more…)
Eat Well – Chew every mouthful thoroughly before swallowing
As we become more conscious of our eating behaviours we might be amazed at how we eat. A mouthful of food, a couple of chews and then, instead of chewing the food thoroughly we swallow, or perhaps shovel in another (more…)
Get Active – Leave the car in the garage
Isn’t it great to have a car – it’s so comfortable and convenient. However, along with TV, the private motor vehicle is one of the most obesigenic of all the human technologies. It takes a bit of planning and (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 engrained we do it without thinking. That needs conscious thought on a daily basis while the new behaviours (more…)
Enjoy Life – By being thankful for the good things in our lives
One of the surest ways of enjoying life is to become more thankful for things in our lives. Eating favourite NEEDNT foods can bring about a short-term feeling of pleasure and comfort but it doesn’t last and, as we all (more…)