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Free Your Mind From Obsession of Weight!

11/7/2013

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It's true, there is an obesity epidemic worldwide.  It's also true that the more anxious and worried our society is about becoming "Fat," the more people are becoming overweight and obese.  

I believe that if we, as a society, were kind to our bodies, our bodies would naturally respond.  By moving our bodies as the human body was intended to move and nourishing them appropriately, our body will naturally settle at a healthy weight.  By incorporating things to reduce life's essential stress and decrease the amount of non-essential stress in our lives, we are able to hear our body's needs more clearly.  By engaging our body and mind in things that increase natural endorphines the craving for food to meet emotional needs will decrease. This theory is applied where there is not a biological explanation for one's current weight or weight gain.  

The human body was not designed to be sedentary, starved, or gorged.  Rather, the human body is a "miracle machine" that our society has forgotten to read the "Food and Nutrition" section of the "Human Body Manual."  It's a simple section and it states: When you are hungry: Eat a variety of food that will meet your nutritional needs and when you are full: Stop.  

Oversimplified?  Perhaps.  But it's not out of your reach.  The reality is that no specific food causes weight gain, but eating too much of it, eating chaotically, not moving your body, and yo-yo dieting will cause weight gain.  The reality is that no specific food causes weight loss. The science behind weight loss is simple:  Eat enough calories to fuel your body, but less calories than your body burns.  The behavior implications of this simple science are far more complicated.  It is that part of weight loss that I want to help you with.  

This isn't easy, but it's certainly within your reach with a little bit of help. Call me today!

Balanced Nutrition can help!

What if you could accept you, for you,  just as you are today?  I didn't say "settle for.." I said "accept."  What if you trusted that your body intuitively knew how to lose weight, rather that it has been your mind getting in the way of it doing it's job for all these years?  What if you found other things to comfort you in times of pain, to give you something to do in times of boredom, to distract you in times of worry, and to help focus you in times of stress?  What if you didn't have to turn to food to get pleasure?  What if food wasn't the only consistent thing in your life?  

The reality is that no specific food causes weight gain, eating too much of it, eating chaotically, not moving your body, and yo-yo dieting- does cause weight gain.  The reality is that no specific food causes weight loss. The science behind weight loss is simple:  Eat enough calories to fuel your body,but less calories than your body burns.  The behavior implications of this simple science are far more complicated.  It is that part of weight loss that I want to help you with.  

This isn't easy, but it's certainly within your reach with a little bit of help.  Call me today!

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What if you could accept you, for you?

11/6/2013

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What if you could accept you, for you just as you are today?  
           I didn't say "settle for..." I said "accept"- as in embrace.  

What if you trusted that your body intuitively knew how to lose weight and that it has been your mind getting in the way of your body's ability to do it's job for all these years?  

What if you found other things to comfort you in times of pain, 
           to give you something to do in times of boredom,
                      to distract you in times of worry,
                               to help focus you in times of stress?
  
What if you didn't have to turn to food to get pleasure?  
What if food wasn't the only consistent thing in your life?   

Intrigued?

Give the first step a try:  Treat your body with respect this week.  

When you eat for physical nourishment, 
            eat slowly, 
                      taste your food, 
                                  notice the texture,
                                                breathe in between bites. 

When your body says you are full- stop eating.  
            Is it tempting to eat more despite this cue?
                       Ask yourself, "What am I looking for besides nourishment from this food?"

This is a difficult question to answer.  

I can help you.
           I can help you to identify the differences between emotional and physical hunger 
                   I can help you to identify the sources of your emotional hunger 
                               I can help you to develop alternative coping responses to emotional hunger cues                                                                            I can help you to learn how to treat your body with respect.

Let the obsession with your weight go: 
The person that you have tried to become through dieting, has always been inside of you.  


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Live the Life you love.

11/5/2013

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Besides your weight, what else is different about your life at your goal weight?
             How are you filling your time?  
             What are you doing that makes you happy?  
             What are you doing that contributes to your health? 

Take a moment: Visualize your answers to these questions. 

How can you begin to incorporate these things today? 

Embrace who you are. 

Stop waiting for the pounds to come off to start living a life you love. Live your life the way you want to today-It's a self fulfilling prophecy- your body will follow suit. 

What change will you make today?
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