Did you know that a motion major picture out right now is about emotional eating? There is….it is Kung Fu Panda. It is a very touching story that you can take at face value as a great animated film. You will enjoy it. Or, like me, you can be touched at the deep messages brilliantly [...]
Archive | June, 2008
The Past Is The Past; Today is Yours
by Cathy on 27. Jun, 2008 in Believe In Yourself!
“There’s nothing you can do about the past. But you can do a great deal about your future. You don’t have to be the same person you were yesterday. You can make changes in your life—absolutely startling changes—in a fairly short time. You can make changes you can’t even conceive of now, if you give [...]
See the WOWs in the Now!
by Cathy on 25. Jun, 2008 in Motivation and Inspiration
WOW Moments are the things that you could or could not do before you lost weight. Some examples are sitting in an airline seat without the necessity of an extender, wearing an item of clothing that you haven’t worn in years, or crossing your legs. As you develop healthy habits to replace the old habits [...]
Go Grocery Shopping Regularly
by Cathy on 24. Jun, 2008 in Nutrition
One of the best ways to lose weight is to grocery shop regularly. As a former junk food addict, if I didn’t have anything at home that I wanted to eat or prepare, I ate out. I drove my way through 147 excess pounds! If you depend on restaurants, fast food places, or junk snack [...]
American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
by Cathy on 23. Jun, 2008 in Weight Loss and Maintenance
The American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS), now The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) is a fabulous organization. It is THE society for bariatric professionals and allied health members. They just had their Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. I’m sure they’ll have some information from the most recent conference soon. In the [...]
Be A Light Unto Yourself
by Cathy on 20. Jun, 2008 in Believe In Yourself!
Visualize that you are a beam of light. Shine and be an example for others. Live your fullest, best life. People will be drawn to your light. Focus on people’s strengths rather than their weaknesses. Focus on what is good in your life rather than what is wrong. Be a problem-solver rather than dwell on [...]
Have a Headache…Try Exercise
by Cathy on 19. Jun, 2008 in Exercise, Movement & Activity
If you often have tension headaches, here’s some motivation to get fit. Research shows that headache sufferers that improve their level of aerobic fitness and muscle tone generally have fewer and less severe headaches. This may be partly due to the fact that exercise causes the brain to secrete more endorphins, which help to lessen [...]
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
by Cathy on 18. Jun, 2008 in Weight Loss and Maintenance
Once we’ve made the decision to have weight loss surgery, or have had weight loss surgery, we want to lose our excess weight NOW. With the many clients I’ve coached, this is one of the most common concerns all of have. Remember, you didn’t gain the excess weight in a week or a month, and [...]
How Long Will It Take For Exercise Results?
by Cathy on 17. Jun, 2008 in Ask Your Coach Cathy
With the permission of my client, I share the following: Dear Cathy, I’ve been exercising for what seems like forever. How long do I have to exercise to lose weight? What are the results from exercising? ~Client First, consider changing what you’re doing from “exercise” to “moving” and being “active”. For many of us, “exercise” is something we had [...]
Take Charge and Rule
by Cathy on 16. Jun, 2008 in Believe In Yourself!
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within. ~Earl Nightingale Have you ever thought of giving your power away to a cookie or bag of chips rather than keeping your resolve on your eating program? When I think of it in terms of a food choice [...]
