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How I lost 50 pounds
Once upon a time, I thought I knew everything there was to know about being healthy and losing weight. I had tried every plan, pill, and program out there but I was still carrying an extra 50 pounds on my body. I finally decided I had had enough! So, I stop dieting and forcing myself to run 5 miles every day (something I hated), and I started listening to my body. I began untangling the emotional ties I had to food and my extra weight I learned to feel my feeling instead of eat them. I learned to manage my mind. I stopped listening to what my brain was telling…
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May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor
Would you gamble on your money, your life, your health, and your happiness if you only had a 2% chance of winning? I would “bet” (pun intended) that you would NOT and that you’d stay as far away from Vegas as you could. Throughout the year, and especially at the beginning of a new year, there are millions of people, 108 million+ of them in fact, that decide to risk it anyway, and hope that the odds will be in their favor. **fingers crossed** These people go on a diet, a weight loss plan, a program, or a “lifestyle change” with the hopes that this will be the last one.…
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Health Refined – Pillar Four: Joyful Movement
This is the fourth and final post in a four-part series. You can find Part One HERE , Part Two HERE, and Part Three HERE The last pillar I believe creates a “Joyful You” is Joyful Movement. Joyful Movement can go by other terms such as: exercise, physical activity, and any other word that means to move your body. Our body’s were created to move. Movement is good for our overall health -spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically, BUT it has to be enjoyable in order for us to get the most benefits from it. I refuse to use the term work-out. If it feels like work, it’s more likely…
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Exercise
This was me, 4 years ago. I had spent all Spring and Summer running 5 miles a day. I was attempting to follow the standard prescription for weight loss “Eat Less, Move More”. I had not yet learned that carrying extra weight is a hormonal not caloric disorder. I was trying to outrun a bad (or should I say S.A.D. (Standard American Diet diet), and this just doesn’t work. By the way, I did lose a whopping 2 pounds by running 5 miles/6 days a week during those 6 months. Exercise is amazing. It is great for mental…
