How to Start the Greatest Love Affair of Your Life, with Yourself!

This is an encore blog entry for Valentine’s!

I bet there are all kinds of things you love! People, food, places, ideas,
music, sleeping, pets, books, movies, nature, architecture, poetry,
sports….the list is endless. And while none of us loves all things, we
all have things we do love.

Now here’s a question for you. Do you love yourself? Read the rest of this entry »

Resolutions

Welcome to 2010! I wish you all the best for this year!

Since so many people will start out every new year with resolutions about their weight, I thought I would share this light-hearted piece on the topic:

2006: I will get my weight down below 180 pounds.
2007: I will follow my new diet religiously until I get below 200 pounds.
2008: I will develop a realistic attitude about my weight.
2009: I will work out 3 days a week.
2010: I will try to drive past a gym at least once a week.

Any of this sound familiar to you? Too familiar in fact? A friend of mine once commented “I bought the damn gym membership! Isn’t that enough? Do I actually have to go?”

Why is it that although we know what we have to do to shed pounds, we are so reluctant to do it? Why does it seem so hard to cut down on our intake (food) and increase our output (exercise)? Read the rest of this entry »

Be. Do. Have.

Be. Do. Have.

Three little words, that when put into action, can give you everything you ever wanted, including your ideal weight.

You’re probably wondering how can three words, totalling only 8 letters, possibly be so powerful? Let me explain! Read the rest of this entry »

A Year to Live

If you were told you only had one year left to live, how would you spend your time during that year? And what would you do on your last day? That was a question posed to me by my good friend Deb Joy, and my immediate answer shows you just how deep our habits and thoughts can run. Read the rest of this entry »

ZERO Calorie, Yummmmmy Treats!

Have you ever wondered if you really can “have your cookies and eat them too”?  Now you can….read on! Read the rest of this entry »

Haunted by your Halloween Candy?

Regardless of whether your kids brought it home, or you have left-overs from shelling out, now that Halloween is over, are you panicking about having all that candy in the house? If so, here are some great suggestions to help you stay on track! Read the rest of this entry »

Thanksgiving Abundance

This weekend is Thanksgiving in Canada. Our climate is colder than the States’ so our harvest is earlier, hence our earlier holiday.

And regardless of whether you celebrate this weekend, or next month in the US, if you’re like me, you’re day-dreaming about the abundance of yummy, seasonal foods that are about to be served on this holiday and can’t wait to dig in! But are you also feeling a wee bit nervous about how much food will be available, and your ability to control yourself around it all? Well read on for some great food-for-thought before you get into the real food!
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Weight Loss Easy as 1-2-3!

I have lost count of how many times I’ve been asked what the secret to my weight loss success is. I get asked this almost daily. And almost without fail, when I start to explain about what I did, the person looks a bit disappointed. After this happened again yesterday, I decided to ask the questioner why this was, and I got a very interesting reply! Read the rest of this entry »

Fat TV

A reporter recently asked my opinion on the current trend of TV shows featuring plus-sized people, such as “The Biggest Loser” and “More to Love”. One of the questions posed to me was “do these shows reinforce the societal stereotypes about overweight people?” Read the rest of this entry »

7 Levels of Awareness – Where are you?

There are seven levels of awareness in the human mind. You’ve heard the expressions “mass appeal” and “animal magnetism” and these statements were derived from these seven levels. Since we are all about getting to and then maintaining your ideal weight, here are the seven levels as related to weight. Which level do you think you’re currently at? Read the rest of this entry »