Surely, spring is a wonderful season. Everything awakes from winter sleepiness, long-awaited sun finally appears and we want singing, dancing, falling in love and flying. Only those, whose excess kilograms prevent them from flying, can argue this. Some of us even cannot take off, not to mention flying.

A well-known picture: opening a window to first spring sun beams, you rush to try on that striking dress, which was an occasion for many dates last summer. After 5-minute glance in the mirror (as a rule, surprised one), you close (and curtain off windows), put dress back in a wardrobe, and it starts seeming to you that it would be better if spring does not come at all. What should you do now?! Take a deep breathe, calm down and reckon although to 15.

1. Keep a food diary

Write down everything you eat during a week. You may be absolutely unaware how many useless calories you consume, until you start paying careful attention to them. In general, a diary is the best way to follow successful passing of planned program. So keep on writing, until you feel confidently on your new life road.

2. Analyze

Think, which of your food habits impede you, and change them. Moreover, think what they may be caused by. Very often people hide their real problems behind food. What makes you reach for the second portion of this divine cheese-cake? Boring work, captious boss, apartment that failed to wait till its lucky hour of repair, boyfriend, showing little attention that is so necessary in spring for you? Find other work, repaint walls of drawing-room in orange, change boyfriend! Finally, spring is time for changing not only in centimeters!

3. Get rid of self-pity

Beforehand, so that this damned pity could not interfere you further. And it is even better to set it on other channel. Necessary one. The thing that makes you fat, - is not a bar of chocolate, which you decided to spoil yourself with, when He did not call you again. And even not half of cake, which you and your friend celebrated the fact that He called at last with. These are your food habits. You need to change them not only to become slender and energetic, but also keep this state. Change for ever.
You sorrow for yourself while refusing from chocolate or vanilla ice-cream? Think! Does not such a good girl like you deserve surrounding men’s wolf whistles? Think better. Motivation is very important. Here you need to determine what is important right now for you. Any, even the most unusual variants, will suit (come to your junior sister’s school party unnoticed and have great fun there; put on that breath-taking short skirt, which you have been dreaming of for the second season already; drive him crazy with a stunning strip-tease). How many unique life opportunities go by!

4. Keep informed

“Keeping informed - means being on top of issues”, - one of popular slogans says. Grow thin sensibly! Quit relying on numerous experts’ opinions, telling you what, when and with what to eat.

Learn the way your organism works, what it needs, and learn providing it with all necessary things. It will repay your kindness with a flat belly, couple of slender legs and a sea of energy. Of course, you need time to learn orienting in the sea of calories, centimeters, physical trainings and hypoglycemic indexes. And you want to be slender right now already. So, add to your armoury basic knowledge:

- Everything you eat can be conditionally divided into proteins, fats and carbohydrates (according to prevalence of first, second or third in them, all three components in pure form are contained only in artificially created products). To imagine which your daily ration should be, draw a triangle on a sheet of paper and call its angles like 3 elements of nutrition. Write down 60-65% for carbohydrates, 30-35% for proteins and 10-15% for fats. Now you have only to read labels on products carefully.

- We all know something about calories. These are some obscure terms, with help of which we value products and divide them into good and bad. In fact, a calorie (to be more exact, kilocalorie) - is an energy, which you need to spend to heat 1 kg (liter) of water on 1

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According to the latest statistics, the obesity epidemic continues to grow worldwide and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. An astonishing 59.6% of Australian and New Zealand adults are overweight or obese, while 30% of Australian and New Zealand children are clinically overweight. More than half of the American population is overweight.

Those who have adequate amounts of protein in their diet, however, may find they’ve escaped being part of this alarming trend. That’s because the latest nutritional research indicates that protein has numerous dietary benefits that give a boost to weight loss and weight management efforts. Lets look at some of the ways you can benefit from a healthy daily protein intake.

One of the principle advantages of protein is that it creates a feeling of fullness and satisfaction in the body that makes overeating much less likely. Besides being filling, protein is a smart addition to any weight loss or weight management programme because of the effect it has on carbohydrate cravings.

As nutritional research has documented, carbohydrates trigger the brain to crave more carbohydrates, leading to a cycle of carbohydrate eating that becomes hard to control. Protein can block that triggering effect in the brain. If you eat protein with a carbohydrate it will reduce the cravings caused by eating the carbohydrate.

Simply adding protein to a meal (including breakfast), provides you with an incredible advantage in your quest to lose or maintain weight. But protein provides more than just weight benefits - it provides you with an important necessity as well. Adequate daily protein intake is essential for building and maintaining lean muscle mass.

It may sound like a term that applies only to athletes, but in fact, everyone has a certain percentage of lean muscle mass in their body. The higher your percentage of lean muscle mass, the more calories you can burn in a day.

Besides determining how many calories you burn each day, lean muscle mass also serves a vital function for those trying to lose or maintain their weight. If your diet does not contain enough protein to build or maintain lean muscle mass, your body will begin to lose weight from the heart, muscle and organs.

This type of dieting is unsafe and can prove fatal. So, how much protein do you need every day? Women need approximately 80-100 grams daily,* while men need roughly 120-150 grams.*

But as you incorporate protein into your diet, remember that not all protein is equal when it comes to calories. For example, a serving of prime rib has 1,500 calories! That’s why it is important to source your protein from healthy, lean protein sources such as fish, the white meat of chicken and turkey and very lean sources of beef. If you can see the fat…cut it off before you cook it, and don’t eat it.

Kim Beardsmore M.B.A. (H.R.M.), B.Sc. (Biochemistry) is an independent Herbalife distributor, weight loss coach and creator of the online weight loss & health magazine Weight Loss Health. For a free weight loss consultation, newsletter and resources to help you lose weight and keep it off forever, visit http://weight-loss-health.com.au Your online Herbalife store at http://weightlosshealth.herbalcoach.com The Herbalife home business opportunity visit: http://free2liv.com

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As another New Year approaches it always happens, I start hearing the ‘R’ word more and more. In this case, the ‘R’ stands for resolution, as in New Year’s resolution. You know the routine, people everywhere will promise / swear / guarantee that this year they will finally; lose weight, quit smoking, get a better job, etc. They usually then add something to the effect of “And this year I mean it too. No excuses this time. I’m going to do it !!!”

So can you guess what the top two New Year’s resolutions usually are?

- Lose weight / get in shape

- Quit Smoking

While I commend them on choosing better health, why do so many of these sincere people fail?
It’s not due to a lack of information, resources, or products. After all, how many ads
for diet / smoking cessation products do you see a day? If any of the products worked
half as well as they claim they do it’s amazing anyone is overweight or smokes anymore.
Maybe the answer doesn’t lie in some new diet or wonder drug. Maybe the answer is your
attitude towards losing weight. Unfortunately, marketing gurus have figured out that if
they can blame your problem on someone / something else they can sell you something.

They tell you it’s not your fault you’re overweight:

- It’s your diet so try this NEW diet

- It’s your metabolism so try this NEW pill

- It’s your DNA so blame your parents. AND try this new diet or pill.

I guess their justification is that at a minimum, if you’re going to be unhappy about your weight,
you could at least be happy it’s not your fault. The fact that they’re making money on that isn’t so bad. Is it ?
But wait, I’ve got an idea. How about we take responsibility for being overweight and
actually do something about it.

Here’s a good starting point:

CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE INTO A POSITIVE ONE

Instead of thinking negative thoughts like
I’ll never lose weight - or - I gain weight easily

Try these positive thoughts

I can lose as much weight as I want - or - I control my weight easily.
Athletes have used this to improve their performance for decades. Instead of thinking
about missing a foul shot or dropping a touchdown pass, they focus on ‘making’ the foul
shot or ‘catching’ the touchdown pass. You don’t think attitude makes that much of
a difference? Let’s try this scenario:

You are the coach of a basketball team that is losing a game by 1 point. You
have one chance left to win the game so you call a timeout to talk to your 5 players.
Of those 5 players:

- 1 knows he can make the shot

- 2 think they can

- 2 aren’t so sure they can

Who do you want taking the shot?

Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, always wanted to
take the last shot. Did he make all of them? Of course not, but look at where
his attitude took him. The Hall of Fame.

When it comes to losing weight, which type of player are you? Are you sure you can
lose weight, thinking you can, or not so sure? Think about it. Losing weight is
not easy, but if your attitude isn’t right, how far will you get?

If you want to improve your attitude, try this 3 step approach:

Step 1

Starting tomorrow morning, I want you to notice every time you say or think
something negative about yourself and write it down. At the end of the day, read
your notes. If you have nothing written down, congratulations! If you do, look
over what you have written down. As you look over your notes, pretend someone
else wrote them. Now, ask yourself, do you think that person will lose weight?

Step 2

Starting the following morning I want you to notice every time you say or think
something negative about yourself and write it down. This time I want you to
try and write something POSITIVE underneath it. For example, if you have written down:

I have no will-power.

Write I have GREAT will-power.

At the end of the day, review your notes. Now look at your positive notes.
That is what you should be thinking, so start telling yourself that is what you WILL BE thinking.

Step 3

Starting the third morning you will start using your POSITIVE language.
Eliminate the negative. If you catch yourself thinking negatively, stop it,
and change it into a positive thought.

I want you to think of yourself as the Michael Jordan of weight loss.
You want to take the shot. You know you can make it. Remember, that may
not always be true, but in the long run, if you continue to work towards your goal,
think positively, and always believe in yourself, you’ll be in the Hall of fame.
Good Luck !!!

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Bill Schuchman, ACH, EFT-ADV

Bill Schuchman is the founder of Personal Mastery Inc specializing in personal growth products. He is a Certified Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, he has earned the EFT Advanced Certificate of Completion and he is a Subconscious Motivational Therapist.

Member:

* National Guild of Hypnotists
* International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association
* International Association of Counselors and Therapists
* National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists
* American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists

* American Board of Hypnotherapy

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