Ever feel like you're eating against your own will? It's most likely because of a thought error. You've been thinking the thoughts so long, you have no idea you're even thinking them. The good news is, it's never too late to change the thoughts that are causing unwanted desire and unwanted action.
Read MoreYou may have heard "ditch the sugar and flour" many times, but not understood exactly why. Information is key to making empowered choices for yourself, so I'm going to educate you a bit on the "why".
Read MoreSo, you polish off a bag of chips in front of the TV. You're left with an empty bag, a physically sick feeling, and the thought, "what the hell just happened?"....not to mention the guilt that's now been added to the situation, because you ate the chips you decided weren't "in your best interest" a long time ago.
Read MoreMany of our eating intentions get sabotaged when we step into a restaurant. ”Diets“ go off the rails when people eat out. Temptation happens in bars and restaurants around other people eating. But, what I promote isn't a "diet"- I teach people how to live life at the weight they desire. So how can we navigate eating out and staying true to our goals?
Read MoreDo carbs make you fat? The simple answer is, "yes, if you eat carbs in high amounts your body uses carbohydrates as its primary source of energy and stores fat". The tricky part is figuring out what the "high amount" threshold is for you. It's all about insulin response and everyone's insulin response is different. If you are insulin resistant, carbohydrates are producing a powerful anabolic effect on your body.
Read MoreWith any goal, including weight loss, the question is- "who am I becoming through striving for this goal?". That's the point, right?....not the destination, but the journey.
Read MoreOne of the most powerful thoughts we have but don't even know we're having is, "I want that". It seems like such an innocent, little thought, but even just a little thought like that perpetuates feelings of desire, and we don't even notice we're thinking that thought. Why? Because we've programmed it into our bain and repeated it so many times that it's going on beneath our conscious awareness.
Read MoreFat adaptation is the normal, preferred metabolic state of humans. That's why we have fat- it's a reliable source of energy. However, because we eat high glycemic foods and eat too often, most of us are "sugar burners", which leaves us hungry, drained, dependent on food, and unclear in our thinking.
Read MoreThe amount of excitement we choose to get from food is entirely up to us. What matters is whether the level of excitement we're choosing is serving us, or not. When we habitually think about about food in a way that makes food seem amazingly fun and special, it can leave us in an emotionally charged trance of sorts. If we don't like the results that state is creating, we can think about it differently.
Read MoreWhen we contemplate weight loss, we want to examine the difference between living for false pleasure vs. living for the feeling of well being. We get to choose which is most important to us- immediate relief from unwanted emotion and instant gratification, or reaching our long term weight goals. If you've been living for instant gratification/ immediate relief, I want you to know you are completely normal. Your primal brain is wired for survival, so our natural instinct is to live for these things. The good news, is that we are human, so we also have a prefrontal cortex that can override those primitive urges. It takes awareness and deliberate action, but living for long term well being can become your new "normal".
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