Breaking the shame game
What do you do when you don’t feel like it, but yet you have made the commitment? Or maybe you do feel like it, but committed not to. Does your mind send you all sorts of convincing arguments as to why it is ok? Some […]
Category: Weight Wellness
Forest for the trees
Are we in a situation when we can’t see the forest for the trees? We have dug-in deep on all the details of weight loss strategy. For diet, just look at the number of articles and research that have been done. Low fat vs. low […]
Letting go for doers
A part of weight wellness is releasing weight that we no longer need. This release is more than just excess stored energy in its physical form. It is the releasing of the extra protection, the surplus of fear, and the excess of scarcity thinking. In […]
Why you shouldn’t set a goal weight. Yet.
Do you have a goal weight? If so, how did you determine what the number on the scale should be? Is it the number you weighed in high school? When you got married? Is it what it says on the BMI chart? Is it what […]
Problems with typical weight loss approaches (Part 1)
Imagine you are planning your wedding. You set the date for the wedding. You figure out what you are going to wear, you arrange a caterer and plan the menu, you design the cake, get a photographer, etc. You have spent many hours on planning […]
Don’t forget the Rest of the story
I am tired. Right now, literally, as I write this. I perhaps should have written this earlier this week when I had more active brain cells and more energy. It has been a busy week with business travel and I just got home yesterday. Glad […]
Are your goals aligned with your vision?
Weight loss endeavors have generally been very goal oriented. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Goals can be good. Except when they are not. I feel like sometimes we launch into goals without really considering if they align well with our vision. When I say […]
Navigating the in-between spaces
Have you ever experienced the in-between space? A time in your life where you aren’t where you were, but not quite where you are going, and not sure what lies ahead? I don’t know about you, but I find these in-between times unnerving. I am […]
The unexpected weight loss mind/body disconnect
Recently I did a little survey of women who are working on losing weight. This was an informal survey with a small number of people, but it still revealed something I found very interesting. In one question I asked, “What do you think are the […]
How I’m doing with my weight journey
On this week’s post, I thought it would be a good time to give you an update on how things are going on my personal weight wellness journey. Why now? Because it was seeming to me that things have been in a holding pattern. For […]