Exercise is a reward, not a punishment for eating. Do you see exercise as something you have to do to burn off calories? Change your mindset to view exercise as a fun hobby. Plus, it’s a gift: There are so many disabled or injured people in the world who cannot move as freely as they.. Read more →
I had a friend once that, whenever I walked into his house, would ask me if I wanted a beer and then proceed to open one for me regardless of my answer. Even if I stated that I didn’t want the beer, he’d place the open beer on the table and say something like “you.. Read more →
If is easy to stick to a plan when you FEEL like it. But the greatest successes come to those who stick to a plan when they don’t feel like it, but rather act on principle instead of emotion. There will be days when even the idea of doing the plan feels like drudgery, but.. Read more →
So here’s something that goes hand in hand with the “I’ll start my diet on Monday” phenomenon… A lot of people go out and treat their weekend prior to beginning a diet as a “last supper” where they eat everything in sight and typically do so in painfully large quantities. Don’t do that. Rather, consider.. Read more →
We talk often here about the obstacles that limit people from achieving their goals, but what is frequently forgotten is that success brings about eventual failure sometimes as much as obstacles. Have you ever noticed that once you’d reached your desired level of leanness that it felt harder to maintain it? Have you noticed that.. Read more →
Last week I had a client email me and state that she wasn’t going to be able to be solidly on plan for a couple days because she was going to be at a business meeting and didn’t want to “break out the Tupperware” in front of her boss. I reminded her that she most.. Read more →