The key to permanent weight loss is to find what works for you and do that. The only way you’re gonna stick with anything long-term, be it weight loss or something else, is to tailor it so it works for you. I’ve lost over 160 pounds and kept it off for eight years and counting …
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Here’s something that’s true for everybody no matter who you are: there’s something in this world that makes you feel alive like nothing else does. When you do what makes you feel alive, you lose time doing it. You can’t wait to get back to it when you’re not doing it. You wake up excited …
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One of the keys to effective weight loss is to forgive yourself. Maybe you refuse to forgive yourself because you’re not where you want to be in your life at this exact moment in time. Or maybe you made a mistake or lots of mistakes and you can’t seem to get it right no matter …
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I’ve struggled to stop binge eating (& avoid The Quarantine 15) more in the past few weeks than I have in the past few years. It’s partly the state of the world right now; it’s also partly from feeling vulnerable and exposed because of the publication of my weight-loss book. Even after all these years, …
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I’m qualified to talk to you about how to stop overeating because I used to weigh 304 pounds. Now I weigh 130 and I’ve kept it off for 8 years and counting. I’ve struggled more with wanting to overeat in the last few weeks than I have in the last few years. Here’s how I …
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Compassion is what you feel when you see someone hurting and your heart breaks for them and you want to help. Self-compassion is turning that same feeling on yourself. Self-compassion is what you most need to heal yourself. Nobody can grow while they’re being mowed down You may have turned on yourself and berated yourself, …
If you live your life by perfectionism, you probably have an overwhelming fear of making a mistake. And if you do make a mistake, maybe you: let that be an excuse to make a lot more mistakes (well, you didn’t do it perfectly so the heck with this) and/or give yourself permission to abandon yourself …
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Favorite writing advice: “You must allow yourself to fail on the page.” Who said the writing advice about failing on the page: Jaimee Wriston Colbert, fiction writing professor Why: Perfectionism will kill your writing goals. You’ll never get off the ground if you’re afraid to fail. I was afraid of failure, afraid of what people …
