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ARTArticleDo You Often Say"I Hate My Body Shape?"If the title describes you, there's hope. Recognizing that something isn't the way you want is the first step to changing it. That change seems hard, of course. It often is. But facing reality already puts you ahead of the game.
So, what's the next step to getting the body shape you want? Learn, learn, learn. That is, explore what started you eating more than you need. Discover what evaluations keep you chained to overeating. Find out where and how you can get guidance to help you change.ARTArticleDo you sincerely want to lose weight?Here is one popular myth of diets, weight and eating that prevents millions people worldwide from conquering overeating and achieving their ideal weight forever:" My overweight problem is genetic; I have a tendency to be fat."
As myths are usually opinions perceived to be true, and to which we usually say, "Yes, that's so!" I would like to make the following suggestion: please shelve your skepticism for a moment, and read the following with an open mind — because there will be some things here that I will discuss that may sound illogical or impossible.ARTArticleDo You Suffer From a Compulsive Eating Disorder?That question bears repeating: do you suffer from a compulsive eating disorder? If so, you are not alone. You do not have to face your trial unaided. There is treatment available that really does help, and plenty of it.
A "compulsive eating disorder" can cover a wide range, but usually refers to overeating. Binge eating is the most common form. It consists of long sessions of stuffing in as much food — often high in fat and sugars — as possible.ARTArticleDoes Fasting for Weight Loss Work?If you have tried every diet there is and still cannot seem to lose weight, you may be tempted to resort to unhealthy dieting habits. Fasting is an extreme diet that is commonly used to lose weight. Fasting for weight loss involves not eating for a period of time. This is not a healthy way to diet because your body does not get the nutrients it needs. One of the best ways to start losing weight is to use a non-diet approach.ARTArticleDoes Infidelity Deserve a Second Chance in Marriages?This is a difficult question and you must answer after carefully weighing all facts. A marriage is a commitment between two people. However, if know for a fact that your spouse cheated, should you stay together? An affair does not necessarily foretell the end of a relationship. But how to determine should you cut your losses and move on?
You will need to ask yourself several things in order to determine if your cheating partner and your marriage deserve a second chance. A few important ones are:
• Is this the first time that your spouse cheated on you, or is it a pattern?ARTArticleDon’t Give Up on Getting Fit!I spoke to a patient of mine today, who has struggled with her weight for years. The interesting thing is, when she has gotten committed in the past and she has all of her oars in the water, so to speak, and she is exercising daily and following the nutrition plan which she knows brings her the results she wants, she is able to consistently get down to her ideal weight.
When she gets there, there is not a happier person on the planet. She feels great, can wear the clothes she wants to wear and she says she has energy to accomplish anything she wishes, with some to spare.ARTArticleDon't let diabetes cost you an arm and a legIt is shocking to learn that somewhere in the world, a limb is lost every 30 seconds because of diabetes. If you are diabetic, you will probably be surprised to discover that a simple magnesium supplement will not only help you manage your disease, but it may well save you from losing one of your extremities. This under-estimated mineral is not only responsible for lowering blood sugar but also for nerve conduction, heart health and preventing atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries).ARTArticleDon't Listen to Those Who Tell You EVERYTHING is Your Fault: When this Happens, It's Time to Walk Away!“Everything that happens in your life is either because you subconsciously wanted it to happen or it is a mirror of your own inner beliefs.”
The absurdity of this statement, and others like it, were not realized until Rachel was scribbling her Last Will and Testament. There was no option—death was the only answer to protect those she loved; she just needed to find a way to make it happen.ARTArticleEat Healthy — Myth or Truth?Most people tell you that eating healthy is the truth; it is the right thing to do.
However, let’s ask the following question: What does it mean to "eat healthy?"
I am in favor of eating healthy. Good health enables me to make decisions regarding my personal welfare and well-being. But, it can be extremely frustrating when you want to eat healthy and you find yourself suffering from binge eating, ceaseless stuffing yourself with unhealthy foodstuffs —such as candies and junk food —or even uncontrolled eating of healthy food!ARTArticleEat Healthy to be Healthy 365 days of the yearDo you recognise your uniqueness? It might sound a bit of cliché, but seriously we all have different DNA, different body frame, and different mind set. Remember there is no one else like you on the planet. How often do you say to yourself,” I love and adore you, my best friend.” Make sure you do everything to make your life more happy, healthy and loving. It is imperative to fulfil yourself completely.
Needs, wants and craving, are unique to you, as are your likes and dislikes, therefore it is down to you to create YOUR way of living, eating, which is relevant to yourARTArticleEating Disorder Therapy Can Help Change Your LifeYou have the opportunity to change your life today! If you have struggled with your relationship with food then you could be a prime candidate for eating disorder therapy. Eating disorder therapy will not tell you that you need to diet or that you need to be thin. In fact, it is actually the opposite. Eating disorder therapy helps you begin to see what has triggered your negative relationship with food. When we know where the problem began we can work through those feelings in order to develop a healthy relationship with food.ARTArticleEffectively Treating Back Pain With MassageOne of the most common complaints of people seeking massage therapy is back pain. But the most common muscles contributing to back pain are sometimes overlooked during a massage treatment. This is because these muscles are not located on the back but rather the front of the body.ARTArticleEmotional EatingWhat do you lack in your life? What do you not have control over? Lack -- or perceived lack -- often drives our food choices. This comes in two flavors (tee hee) the types and quantities of food we choose.
Some people who crave love tend to overeat sweets. The sugar high and/or some of the chemicals in chocolate can mimic what happens in our body, physiologically, from joy.ARTArticleEmotional Hunger Calls for Emotional NourishmentEmotional hungers you may not even be aware of can drive you to make choices and behave based on emotional need instead of what’s actually best for you. This kind of emotionally-driven behavior has natural consequences, most of them unwanted. To turn this around, there are some constructive steps you can take.
Emotional HungerrARTArticleEmotional Hunger Calls for Emotional NourishmentEmotional hungers you may not even be aware of can drive you to make choices and behave based on emotional need instead of what’s actually best for you. This kind of emotionally-driven behavior has natural consequences, most of them unwanted. To turn this around, there are some constructive steps you can take.
Emotional HungerrARTArticleEnergetic Roots of Back InjuriesOne of our readers wants to know about healing back injuries. Many, if not most, of us have injured our backs, so we know how debilitating it can be have back pain. Before we look at the energetic roots of back injuries, let’s take a look at the prevalence of back injuries that occur.
Consider this information from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/backpain/detail_backpain.htm:ARTArticleEnergetics of FoodMany of my readers meditate, practice yoga, have used EFT, energy medicine or other complimentary healing modalities. They do this to bring about relief from specific symptoms. Something in their system is out of balance and they recognize a need to bring it back into balance.
When we are aware of our imbalances, we can make food choices which aid in the process of re-balancing and fostering health.ARTArticleExercise and CancerThe relationship between exercise and cancer is becoming clearer with each new study that is done. Research continues to show how exercise can play a vital role in cancer prevention and control and lead to the growing number of cancer survivors.
I don't think you can meet a person today who hasn't themselves or know someone who has battled or is battling this disease. I myself have lost my mom to breast cancer and myrARTArticleExercise Tips To Maximize Fat BurningExercise Tips To Maximize Fat Burning
The exercise tips to maximize fat burning explained here is to kick start your fat burning furnance again. Whether you are stuck in a routine or just not being consistent, you can try these exercise tips to maximize fat burning.
Exercise Tip #1: Build Lean Muscle and burn FatARTArticleFalse ExpectationsI want to talk about expectations. We live in a society that has been led to believe that if we group 'food' into some endless array of fashions and then we give that manner or pattern of eating a fancy name or better yet, name this way of eating after a person, place or a Doctor, we can then eat the '__________'Diet, just like the stars do, and the weight will simply disappear, never to return again.ARTArticleFinally...A New Model for Understanding Depression and PainFINALLY…A NEW MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING
DEPRESSION AND PAINARTArticleFix erectile dysfunction before it breaks youErectile dysfunction is truly a nerve- wracking disorder that can take you to the blues. However all the doors are not closed and it does have many cures. The present development in the field of science has endowed us with so many ways to get oneself treated with ease.ARTArticleFour Times A Year Better Than Two for OsteoporosisMore is not always better, but in the case of professional dental cleanings and menopausal women, visiting the dentist four times a year may assist in keeping bones healthy.ARTArticleFrom Whose Plate Are You Eating?I wonder what you're really looking for when it comes to information about food. Are you looking for expertise? Reasons why you should/could eat what you love? A partner who is also making mistakes and letting you know about his/her journey?
I recently read the story of a very well known health leader who is also a young man. He bounced from following this guru to that guru and "my life and my health fell apart." His gurus were also simply experimenting and making serious mistakes with their health - which they later admitted. They thought they were doing the right thing at the time.ARTArticleGetting Rid of the Self-Defeating Voice in Your HeadLet's talk a little bit about that voice in your head. Now I'm not trying to insinuate that you're any kind of crazy or that you're hearing things. I'm talking about the voice that we all hear that just LOVES to degrade us and make us feel rotten. This voice might say things like:
• "You're not good enough"
• "You're too fat"
• "You're stupid"
• "You're ugly"
• "No one likes you"
• "Who are you to being doing ____?"
• "No one will ever love you"
Now do you get the voice I'm talking about?ARTArticleGoal Setting: RIGHT words = successHow is your goal setting progressing? Are you celebrating some, feeling guilt over others?
If there are goals you set a month or few weeks ago and haven't made progress on, then it's a great time to explore what's going on. As clients work with me and learn to set themselves up for success, they learn how to march (with confidence) towards their goals. By resetting our goals in a way that measures qualitative and quantitative aspects, we can fulfill our desires and feel wonderful about it.
So what happened? Are you making progress? Are you making joy?ARTArticleGood Diets are Designed for Permanent Weight LossPeople who want to lose weight often ask themselves how to know whether they have found a good diet to follow. A good diet is one that allows you to maintain your goal weight for life. Many current diets do not allow people to lose weight permanently. Good diets usually have two important components; they do not limit food, and they help you improve your self-image. To find a good diet, we must first look at why fad diets do not work.ARTArticleGot Stress? Think Beyond Blaming the BossStress, a cascade of physical reactions to an overload of the hormone cortisol, can wreak all manner of damage on the human body. Your best defense? Understanding what causes it (and there are many triggers) so you can take steps to prevent those negative effects.ARTArticleGuy loses 216 poundsajc Atlanta Weatherr
Alex Respess, 25, of Duluth, lost 216 pounds
Enlarge photo Family photo Alex Respess weighs 243 pounds in this photo from June 2011. The 25-year-old dropped 216 pounds in an unusal way -- by competing in the ABC show "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition/"
Enlarge photo Family photo Alex Respess was 20 years old and 450 pounds in this November 2006 photo. Respess reached his turning point after his mother's passing just a few months before this photo was taken.
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21 deaths now linked to listeria in cantaloupeARTArticleHandling the food addiction: What to do when slip-ups happenHe was celebrating four years of sobriety. When I asked how he knew it was time to initially seek help, he said, “I finally realized I had no control over alcohol. I thought about it all the time. I couldn’t wait to drink. I was obsessed with it.” As I listened, I thought, “Substitute the ‘food’ for ‘alcohol,’ and that’s me.” It was one of the triggers in getting me to lose my weight.
It was also the instant I realized that overeating is every bit as much of an addiction as drugs or alcohol.