Tag: exercise

Taking Control of Your Weight with Mindful Focus

You have a very stealthy adversary working against you when you try to take control of your weight. Passivity. Working at losing weight can feel like a long, slow, PASSIVE ordeal. The focus is put on what you’re eating–or not eating–and waiting it out until the next time you get to find out if the …

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Fad Diet Friday: The Biggest Loser Weight Loss Program

This week I take a look at a book written by Dr. Rob Huizenga, the doctor you’ve seen on the competition weight loss reality show, Biggest Loser. It’s not actually a “fad diet” but I do consider the program to be a FLAWED diet. We are exposed to a barrage of weight-related messages, admonishing us …

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Developing Physical Focus for Weight Loss

When I was losing weight, finding focus in physical activity was almost as significant a transformation. Looking back over my life, I’d always hated gym class. Even as a kid I couldn’t make it past the first turn on the school track. Attempting to just go out and run didn’t earn me any improvement. Through …

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Bring on the Hard Work!

I’ve survived the week! Here’s the big reveal: I put on weight while I was writing a weight loss book. It’s true! I don’t know how much, I don’t weigh myself very often anymore as I have become very connected to how my body feels. I know from my clothes and how I feel in …

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