Lose Weight Find Life

I must admit, if I didn’t have to exercise to maintain my weight, keep healthy, and continue the habits of my lifestyle, I would not exercise.  Nope, I don’t particularly love it.  I didn’t carry around 147 pounds of excess weight for the majority of my life by enjoying exercise.  However, what I do love is [...]

It is hard to make a decision.  I’m fearful of making the wrong decision.  Do I have all the information I need?  The fears go on and on.  Do you have struggles with making decisions?  If so, I’ll share something that has helped me.  The first thing I do is to make a pros and [...]

“Whether you are a man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage.  It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”  ~James Lane Allen With courage, be honest with yourself.  What are you willing to do to have what you say you want to have.  What is REALLY [...]

“Take the word victim off of your person – out of your vocabulary.  It reeks with the old energy and does not suit your magnificence.”  -Kyron When we take charge of our lives and our habits of turning to food, we become victims to food, emotional eating, emotions, and external circumstances.  You have all the [...]

We have a bad storm with lightning, thunder and lots of rain. Soon, it will be over and the bright sunshine will come through. The bright sunshine with the beautiful blooming flowers, fresh air, and budding trees were all made possible and more brilliant because of the rain. Roses are a beautiful flower. As beautiful [...]

When a person falls off a bike, what do they do?  They get up and get back on moving forward.  As the person gets better in riding a bike, the falls are less frequent.  The same is true with dieting.  We’re going to fall off from time to time.  In mastering a bike or a healthy diet [...]

All of us have troubles, problems, and challenges.  When we use those adversities as lessons, we develop the art of truly living fully.  Choose today to use your difficulties for your learning and personal growth.  As you think of the things in your life that are challenging for you right now, ask yourself “What can [...]

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.  So, throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbor.  Catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore.  Dream.  Discover.”  -Mark Twain, Author Do you have a list of things that [...]

When we emotionally eat, we are trying to change the way we feel.  We feel uncomfortable with a situation or an emotion.  We look to food to alter our emotions. Rather than emotionally eat, try these natural, healthy highs:  When you have one of those challenges, when the refrigerator is calling your name, when the gallon of ice [...]

Do you give to yourself as much as you give to others? Before a plane takes off, the flight attendant always tells us to place the oxygen mask over our own face before helping anyone with theirs.  Does that go against how you live your life?  Are you taking care of others more than yourself?  [...]