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My Food Journal

I was never a food journal kind of gal. After all, why would I want to write down what I ate? I already knew; after all, I ate it, right? Then I decided to write a book. And in that book I decided to conquer my weight issues. So I started a food journal. You can start a food journal any day of the week. It’s not part of any particular diet. You don’t have to use fancy paper. Just buy a spiral notebook and simply jot down on a piece of paper what you eat each day. When I … Continue reading →

Setting Positive Goals for Weight Loss

We’ve talked about losing the negative self-talk here. About how we need to learn to be nicer to ourselves and to think better and we also need to recognize that we aren’t perfect. Perfection is nice in theory, but if we pound ourselves into the ground with the need to be perfect, we will sabotage ourselves before we can even get started. But let’s say we let go of the perfection hang-ups and the negative self-talk – what are some other positive goals we can work towards to help our weight loss? At the top of the list should be … Continue reading →