Best Exercise for Losing Weight The problem when you are first embarking on a weight loss goal if you are not used to the best exercise for losing weight, it can make you hungrier. Many studies have shown that if people start a new exercise program, their bodies begin to pump out much higher …
Habit Change
Resetting the internal programs that have us repeat events.
Running best exercise for brain
Running is the best exercise for the brain. Want to be smarter, fitter & happier… start running. There is a lot of confusion about what type of fitness is the best use of your energy, from intervals to high intensity but research is now showing endurance running is the way to go. As I …
How lose weight: what and when to eat.
According to the latest research, how to lose weight successfully is a function of what you eat and when you eat it. So while the weight loss formula that I recommend is very simple, to eat real food, you might also want to consider the nutrient content of what you eat in terms of the …
Live a Happier Healthier Life
Many people overeat and can’t break free from their bad habits because the habits are serving a purpose.These habits keeps you from dealing with what is underlying it… What we really want- to be happier and find more meaning and purpose in our lives. Research shows that we are not that good at figuring out …
Are you an optimist and why is optimism so important?
In a recent article in The New York Times Jane Brody discussed the merits of being an optimist. Seeing the glass as being half full as opposed to half empty is very much a function of how you see it. An important distinction was made between being an optimist and two other character traits that …
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Want change? Embrace change without needing anything to change
We live in a culture that is full of advertisements that encourage us to seek pleasure and avoid pain. We all want to change or strive to keep things the way they area. What you may be wondering is wrong with that? The messages are subtle: a mother who sits down on a park bench …
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Not all calories are created equal…we have been misled on the weight problem
There is a new documentary about to air The Weight of the Nation. This well researched documentary has come to the same conclusion I have on the weight problem in America. The best way and only way to lose weight and keep it off which to me is the only successful way to lose weight …
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Feeding your creativity. What are you really hungry for?
So how do you ‘grow’ creative ability and lose your appetite for the things that do not serve you in life? So we are born creative, to be creative and then we seem to lose it. To grow and reconnect with the creative spark within you must be willing to make mistakes, and laugh at …
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What does vulnerability have to do with losing weight?
Recently I came across a great Ted Talk by Dr. Bren Brown more on the role of shame as the root of addiction, depression and the tendency to be or feel small in life. Shame is something that is perpetrated by our culture to keep us down. All you have to do is to look …
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Values drive change
Why is it so difficult to change established patterns of behavior especially when those patterns do not serve us? The answer lies perhaps in getting clear about what you value. Recently I made the acquaintance of a website www.kairios.com which has a very helpful interactive way to get in touch with your values. Once you …
Motivation tips for exercise
We all know that exercise is one of the single best things you can do to lose weight, stay at a healthy weight, boost your mood, reduce stress and even sleep better. Exercise is also the best preventive medicine to ward off the life- style induced diseases that are now treated with prescription drugs…high blood …
6 Tips that take off the weight and keep it off
It’s really important that we strike word diet from our vocabulary unless we use it the right way. Your diet means your manner of living, how you live, not a short term fix to lose weight. It is really a disservice to look at losing weight as going on a diet. Once you are on …