Losing Weight Is Very Hard - I Am Giving Up!

Trying to lose weight and keeping up with a strict diet regime is really a challenge for most of us. Staying fit and healthy has its positive advantages. You will have a better quality of life, higher self-esteem, lower health risks and sometimes a better career path.

Recently, I made a promise to my family that I will cut my weight down by another 20% and will maintain a healthy BMI. I have been looking around for the best approach to losing weight. I then came across an interesting diet strategy that encourages people to take smaller meals several times a day.

I did a further research and was surprised to find out that even the Singapore Minister Mentor has been practising it for many years.

In fact, it has proven that by taking smaller meals several times a day, our metabolism will be higher and we will burn fat at a faster rate.

So to lose weight effectively, you must be determined to change your diet pattern:
- decide what you eat
- how you will eat
- your behaviour, and
- your activity level.

For a start, you shouldn’t set your target too high. Losing too much weight at a short time will do you more harm than good. You should set a small goal (e.g. 3 pounds; 5 percent of your current weight) that is attainable and easier to stay focus on.

To conclude, there is no magical pill or a quick solution for weight loss. It’s going to take a lot of discipline and hard work.
By Alan Ten

Are Your Kids Getting Fat This Summer?

More and more schools are addressing the problem of childhood obesity with increased activity and better food choices, but here's the problem. What happens when kids leave the structure of school for the summer?

They gain weight according to a recent study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Gone are the days of our childhood, when we were sent out of the house in the morning to play in the neighborhood and returned for meals. We live in a different world -- yet, our kids need to be active.

Here are some tips to keep your kids healthy this summer:

Skip the soda. Kids need water, and lots of it. Soda, powdered drink mixes, and juices add calories your kids don't need and have trouble burning off. If your kids don't like water, try adding a splash of 100% juice or juice flavored ice cubes. If your kids are active outside on days warmer than 90 degrees you might consider giving them a sports drink -- but they don't need the added calories or sodium otherwise.

Structure when they eat. Eat at the table for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Limit snacking to once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Snacks should be small and include fresh fruits and vegetables when possible.

Limit TV time. One or two hours of television or computer/video game time per day is plenty.

Plan something active. Everyday make sure your kids are moving for about an hour. This can be split into two 30 minute sessions or three 15 minute sessions. Walking the dog, mowing the lawn, cleaning up around the house are all good ways the kids can help and be active at the same time. Don't forget about fun games like tag or even playing in the sprinkler. Simply playing at the playground or shooting baskets can get them moving.

Keep out the junk. If the chips aren't in the house, the kids won't eat them. Fill your cupboards and fridge with healthy snack choices.

Of course, all of these tricks will help parent stay healthy this summer too!
By Eliz Greene

How to Achieve Your Goals In Your Sleep

Most people would like to change something about their lives. For some, it's becoming more organized. For others it’s losing weight. But no matter what the goal, making changes in your life can be extremely difficult.

Most personal development specialists, regardless of their field, suggest that the most effective agent for change is the subconscious mind. So wouldn’t it be great if there were a simple way to instruct your subconscious mind to change?

This question haunted Eldon Taylor, who spent over 25 years researching the field of the subconscious motivation. The culmination of this research has been the development of InnerTalk® CD’s. These CD’s are extremely effective and easy to use - you simply play them in the background while you are working, driving, relaxing, reading, playing sports, even sleeping or watching TV. No conscious thought or effort is required to produce dramatic and automatic results.

I know. I know. It sounds too good to be true. But Inner Talk receives thousands of testimonials swearing their products work. Not only that but they offer a money-back guarantee if after using their products for 1 hour a day for 30 days you don't begin to experience a shift in your attitudes or behaviour.

One fan of Inner Talk, Jane Hackett, who runs a PR consultancy in Surrey, England told her story to “The Mail on Sunday, You Magazine” on February 11 2007. She had this to say...
“When, five years ago, a good friend handed me a CD (Inner Talk’s “Weight Loss Now”) and told me it would end my 15-year battle with my weight I almost burst out laughing. Given that every other weight-loss technique I’d tried had failed I could hardly believe that a CD would make a difference. For a start I wasn’t sure I believed in things like the power of subliminal messages.

(But) I was getting desperate and was prepared to try anything, even if it sounded a bit wacky. When I put it on it sounded like banal hotel lobby music, but if I turned it up very loud I could hear a man’s voice whispering positive messages such as ‘I like healthy food’ and ‘I take care of my body’. At normal volume though all you can hear is the music.

I started listening to it in the car every day and in the evening at home too. Within a week I’d noticed I’d gone off junk food. Usually I’d do things like munch on a packet of crisps while doing the supermarket shopping, but I no longer craved such snacks. I also started feeling thirstier and began drinking more water.

Within a fortnight of listening to the CD, I’d lost four pounds. At the end of two months I’d lost three quarters of a stone and friends began to compliment me on my weight loss. My whole diet had completely changed. Suddenly I wanted to eat fruit, vegetables and lean meat.
Still for a long time I was sceptical. Weight loss had always been so difficult and this seemed too easy to be true. Yet it was impossible to deny that the CD was working. For the past for years I’ve maintained my weight at 8 ½ stone and a healthy size 10. I listened to the CD every day for two years, but now I just keep it in the drawer for emergencies.... I just wish I’d got my hands on that CD earlier in my life. I could have saved myself a lot of heartache.”

Weight Loss is only one of the hundreds of diverse titles available through Inner Talk. Other topics include: Weight Loss now, Freedom from Cigarettes/ Alcohol, Manifesting Your Vision, Networking For Sales, Fountain of Youth, Ultra Success & Wealth, Business Success, Quantum Younging, Positive Relationships and many more.
Author: Ruth Clare/J Prydie Freelance writer for holistic/alternative medicine Mono Designs Pty Ltd Melbourne Australia

Hypnosis For Weight Loss

Using Hypnosis for Weight Loss is one of the most common ways that people use the power of hypnotism.
It doesn't matter what method you are using for your diet, hypnosis can help you to get rid of those unsightly pounds.
It's simple to do. Just play the hypnosis track on your iPod or whatever. Naturally, make sure that you're not doing anything else at the same time - it would be foolish to put yourself into a hypnotic trance whilst you are driving, for instance. But apart from that simple precaution, it really is a case of sit back and listen, letting the hypnosis weight loss track do the hard work.
So what can you expect?
Firstly, you'll be taken down into a state known as trance. You've experienced it before but probably called it day dreaming.
Then, once you're nice and relaxed, your subconscious mind will be given a series of suggestions. Don't worry, you won't be changed into some kind of lettuce eating freak. The suggestions will be sensible and will help you to live with your diet, rather than it controlling you.
Quite often people fall asleep or doze in and out of consciousness during that phase. That's perfectly normal, so if it happens to you, don't worry.
Finally, you'll be brought back into the real world, feeling refreshed and raring to go. With all the new suggestions to help you with your diet sitting in your mind, ready to come to your aid. That's really all there is to it - check out some hypnosis aids to weight loss now.
By Carl Walker

Easy and Effective Weight Loss Does Not Involve Products, Diets or Foods - It's an Inside Job

It turns out that the best weight loss products may not be products at all! It may simply be a better, healthier use of your time.

The number one reason people overeat is for emotional reasons and the number one emotion is stress. The antidote to stress can’t be purchased; it must be learned. It’s relaxation.

In our world, there seems to be 2 speeds: Pedal to the metal and sleep. We scarcely take the time to go to the bathroom when we need to, much less nourish our bodies and souls. The way to lose weight and keep it off, is to change the underlying issues and not go on another diet! The biggest problem with dieting is that it removes your coping tool—food—and doesn’t replace it. Of course you regain weight after the diet is over. You haven’t learned how to KEEP IT OFF!

Here are ten EASY ways to lose that excess weight and NOT find it again.

1. Eat less. You don’t need separate methods of weight loss and weight maintenance. The tools you use to take the weight off are the same tools you’ll use to keep it off.
2. Eat healthier. Drive by the drive thru.
3. Eat more often. Please don’t be caught by surprise when you get hungry during the day. It has happened to you every day of your life. Plan for it by having healthy food available and take a moment to eat it. Do NOT eat 4-5 small MEALS a day. Eat 5 TIMES a day: An piece of fruit or a small slice of cheese or a few almonds—all qualify as one of the 4-5 times you eat during the day.
4. Go for a walk. If you have no other exercise plan, this is the best, cheapest, easiest way to begin to get into better shape. Walk 10 minutes in a straight line, then turn around and walk back. Twenty minutes is about 1/100th of your day. You have the time. Your job is to make your own health enough of a priority that you take the time.
5. Feel your feelings instead of eat them. When you have the urge to eat quickly ask yourself what you’re feeling. If it’s not hunger, take a moment to feel your emotion, to ask why you’re feeling it and what might you do that will really help the feeling instead of stuffing it down with food.
6. Always leave food on your plate. If you clean your plate, then the food has decided when you quit eating. Do you really want food to have that much power over you? Leaving food on your plate tells your subconscious mind that food is really no big deal anymore.
7. Learn how to “idle.” We do “stop and go” very well. Just sit and listen to music with your eyes closed, learn to meditate, play a hypnosis CD—all of these will help you slow down a bit, which will reduce your stress, which will reduce your stress eating.
8. Try a meat-free day occasionally. Most Americans eat too much meat which is up to 70% fat. Try ordering something vegetarian when dining out. You might just like it.
9. Reduce your sugar and flour intake. White flour foods turn into sugar in your mouth. Unused sugar in your body turns into saturated fat.
10. Don’t take it all too seriously. Laugh more, enjoy life despite your weight, have fun and get interested in something outside of yourself. At least once a day, pretend it’s recess and GO PLAY!

According to author and lecturer, Wayne Dyer, “You can never get enough of what you really don’t want.” For example, if you really want companionship, all the ice cream in the world won’t provide that for you.

Begin to recognize your real needs and fulfill them and you’ll automatically eat less and feel much, much better!

Katie Evans is the founder and CEO of the Living Lite Weight Loss Program, which shows people HOW to create a healthier lifestyle. When you use hypnosis and the incredible power of your subconscious mind, you will never diet again, you will simply learn how to create a new relationship with food. For those who wish to make a living helping people heal their lives so they can lose weight and keep it off, there are now Living Lite Licenses available.This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to own her own business (we accept men licensees, too!) and still have support and guidance in setting up the systems. Ms. Evans is a published author, lecturer and entrepreneur. She also teaches "The Mental Game of Golf" on cruise ships.
By Katie Evans