Weekly Messages
Take Control – Rewards work
Rewarding ourselves for doing something we are finding hard to initiate and/or keep doing is a great “Take Control” strategy. The “thing” could be weight loss itself, or it could be any number of things we know will work for (more…)
Enjoy Life – By turning off the stress
Being on the journey of permanent weight loss takes a lot of energy; conscious energy. And sometimes it feels like too much energy is required to keep going. So what can we do when the stress gets to breaking point? (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 keeping the ultimate question in mind
There is only a certain amount of conscious-ego-energy to go around and when other stresses come upon us, the amount left over for obesity recovery can easily get squeezed out of the door. During these times it is important to (more…)
Eat Well – Pause before eating – say Grace
An important aspect of Eating Well is to slow down our eating. This way we are likely to eat a little less, which is necessary to recover from obesity. A great way to get a meal off to a good start then is to (more…)
Get Active – Five minute stretching every day
Is there anything stopping us from spending five minutes each day undertaking a set of stretches? Making the time to do just five minutes of stretches every day is an excellent thing to add to our new recovery lifestyles. Five (more…)
Take Control – Get serious
New Year is the classic time when people make resolutions about various personal issues. Many people make New Year’s resolutions about weight loss. However, most of these resolutions will be abandoned within a couple of months. Why? The main reason (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 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 a long-term view, but live one day at a time
Focussing on the big picture needs a good dollop of persistence and patience, while we continue to work on weight-loss, one day at a time. Like everything else that is practiced over and over, it gets easier with time. When (more…)