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See It and Be It: How to Imagine Yourself Thinner and Healthier (and Make it Real)

Diets actually work against you as you try to achieve your weight loss goals; but there is a secret weapon for making yourself thinner and healthier: your mind. It might seem ironic, but the key to a thinner and healthier body is, well, all in your head. In fact, it’s virtually impossible to lose weight without having the right attitude and frame of mind. As you have discovered if you read my e-book, Losing Weight Without Losing Your Mind here’s how you can create a “mental blueprint” for weight loss success:

5 MORE Ways Diets Destroy Motivation (and How You Can Finally Win at Weight Loss)

Recently, I shared five ways diets actually work against you as you try to achieve your weight loss goals. But that was only the beginning: there are actually ten ways!

Before we explore these five additional diet traps, let me recap the first five: simply put, diets don’t work because 1) calorie restrictions shut down your metabolism, 2) diets are temporary solutions, 3) diets don’t focus on the reasons why you overeat, 4) people expect diets to fail from the get-go, and 5) dieting leaves you feeling hungry and deprived.

5 Ways Diets Destroy Motivation (and How You Can Break Free of the Diet Trap)

Simply put, diets suck; they don’t work and can actually harm your physical and emotional health. That’s the bad news. The good news is that you can break free of the “diet trap” and retrain your brain to overcome self-sabotage and help you live healthier, happier and with more energy. But first, you’re probably wondering why I say diets are so bad for you. Here, from my e-book Losing Weight Without Losing Your Mind, are five simple, but important reasons to stop dieting so you can start down the path toward healthier living:

Why Am I So Stressed?

Does it seem like everyone is stressed out these days? When you add heartbreaking terrorist attacks, heated political debates, and collapsing world economies to the pile of challenges we normally endure, why wouldn’t people feel anxious?

To make matters worse, the coping mechanisms most use to feel better, (prescription medicine, food, smoking, alcohol, shopping), often leads to further frustration! So what CAN you do to feel more safe and secure in such volatile times?

Knowing Your Strengths!

Over the last several years, I’ve had the good fortune of spending time with management teams in several industries helping them to become more effective leaders and communicators. Whenever I’m in those situations, I consider myself a student as much as a teacher. I don’t come from a corporate background, so learning how $100MM companies operate has been an eye-opening experience.

Finding Your Purpose!

On Indy Style’s (WISH-TV) “Motivation Monday” segment, our success coach, Tim Shurr, MA, offers a simple tool for leading a more fulfilling life. He suggests writing down everything that makes you happy. “What’s most important to you? Not, what’s most important to your parents or friends or what you “think” should be important. Write down everything that matters most to you about life.

Formula for Attracting Success!

I know plenty of people who work hard, yet never seem to get ahead. I used to be one of them. Yet, many years ago I was introduced to the idea that if you spend more time “being” the person you want to be, you’ll attract what you most desire without having to chase it.

What If You Found A Magic Wand?

My business strategist and I have been having long discussions about how to help more people unlock their inner magic and potential. It’s SO frustrating to watch people being pummeled by violent news stories, ridiculous politicians, massive amounts of stress, and paralyzing insecurity. People are being negatively manipulated on a global scale and it’s heart-breaking.

How To Make Exercise (and anything else) Fun!

Feeling those winter blues? This is the best time of year to start a new exercise routine. It will give you a much needed mental and physical boost, especially on those gray days… But what if you hate feeling sweaty or you don’t like going to the gym? Our motivation expert, Tim Shurr, shares unique strategies for “programming” yourself to love exercise.

Indy Star – Hypnosis Helped Me Drop Fast Food Like a Bad Habit!

It all started one late-summer day in Michigan with an issue of Good Housekeeping. I was lounging in my parents’ kitchen flipping through the pages when I came across an interview with the actress Olivia Munn. Expecting nothing but skin care tips for a “girl next door” look, I was pleasantly surprised to find an article about her near-death experience in a plane crash as well as her struggles with OCD and trichotillomania (a hair-pulling condition associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder). In the interview, Munn mentioned seeing a hypnotist as part of her therapy for the disorders. As a bonus, he also hypnotized her to start working out.

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