All Entries Tagged With: "lose weight"
Fed Up With Obesity?
Are you fed up with obesity? You should be. Americans are the fattest people on earth. At a time when our nation is in a financial crisis and is in desperate need for healthcare reform we are making ourselves sicker and poorer with the food that we eat. For most of us, obesity and its [...]
I Like Vegetables
Do you like vegetables or are you one of those who hates them? I am sometimes surprised at the conviction that some folks have in their hatred of vegetables. I’ll admit that growing up I wasn’t much of a vegetable eater. Those mushy things in the can just didn’t do much for me. When I [...]
Mindfulness Key to Losing Weight
Slender For Life™ clients have heard me talking about mindfulness being a key to losing weight for years. Actually, the word that I have used is conscious. Conscious choice. Conscious eating. When you eat mindfully, consciously, you do make healthier choices, you eat slower and you eat less – and you lose weight. I recently [...]
Change Your Brain Change Your Life with Hypnosis
You can change your brain and change your life and hypnosis can help you do that. In this video Daniel Amen explains the that when your brain works right, you work right. When you have a healthy brain you are happier, healthier, wealthier, wiser, more creative, more innovative. When I first saw this video I [...]
Too Fat for the Ferry?!
We are getting too fat to ride the ferry. When do will we stop the madness? Americans are getting so fat that Coast Guard new rules require that our ferry system reduce the number of passengers by 250 people. At Slender For Life™ weight loss hypnosis I have real solutions to the preventable epidemic of [...]
Gout and Diabetes
Gout and diabetes are two common diseases that I see in my Seattle hypnosis and Bainbridge Island hypnosis offices and from around the world with Skype hypnosis clients. Often, the symptoms of gout and diabetes can be reversed with diet, exercise and by using hypnosis to reprogram the body for health and lifestyle changes. You [...]
Weight Loss ~ What You’re Up Against
Do you really know what you are up against when it comes to weight loss? The odds are stacked against you. But, the good news is that with hypnosis for weight loss, you can be successful. The following is from my book, Becoming Slender For Life. What You’re Up Against Americans are among the fattest [...]
Give Thanks
Remember this Thanksgiving to eat slowly and to give thanks for the abundance in your life. I had the honor of giving a talk at to the Biggest Loser group at Health First Fitness in Forks, WA, (sorry Twilight fans, no vampires this trip). We got to talking about celebrating Thanksgiving by remembering that this [...]
Cupcakes May Be Addictive, Just Like Cocaine
I’ve said for years that foods like cupcakes are as addictive as cocaine and there is now a growing body of scientific research to back up this statement. In his book Breaking the Food Seduction, Neal Barnard, MD, president of the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM) writes about the addictive qualities of foods and [...]
Holiday Feasting Without the Guilt
Last Tuesday, November 1, I wrote about Thanksgiving Dinner so I thought the article on Holiday Feasting Without the Guilt was a great way to keep you thinking about how you can set yourself up for weight loss success. At the holidays, it can be tempting to let your healthy eating plan fall by the [...]
Weight Regain IS NOT Due to Lack of Willpower
Weight regain IS NOT be due to lack of willpower. Willpower is a short burst of energy that is used up very quickly. To lose weight and keep it off takes changing your thoughts, emotions and behavior. Seattle weight loss and Bainbridge Island weight loss clients of Slender For Life™ know that hypnosis for weight [...]
Dr. John McDougall and Dairy
I frequently refer people to Dr. John McDougall to learn what he has to say about milk and other dairy products. This week has been no different. I have had new and prospective clients ask questions about milk, calcium and strong bones. And, I have had clients who have been dairy free for only a [...]
Turkey Sub & McDonald’s Oatmeal Among Worst “Healthy” Fast Foods
I frequently hear people tell me that they had a healthy lunch of a turkey sub or ate McDonald’s oatmeal for breakfast - assuming it would be healthy. “NOT SO,” says the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine. PCRM dietitians found that some fast-food items advertised as healthy choices are actually high in fat, cholesterol, sugar, [...]
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