Lately, if you read this blog, I have been focusing on losing weight. Not just weight but excess fat. Some people who advise me have suggested more catchy headlines. “People want it now and want it fast and you have got to give it to them.”

OK, if you are that person quit wasting your time with me. I will not perpetrate lies and junk just to get readers or money. I need and want them both, but not that bad.

Weight loss occurs when you use more energy than you consume. Regular activity and conservative eating lead to either negative energy balance if you are overweight or just energy balance if you are at idea weight and body fat percentage.

I emphasize this issue because it will shorten your life. You need to be near ideal weight and you need to be fit. It requires time, energy and a change of habit and actions to do this. Here are 5 Attitude tips and 5 Activity tips to move you toward this goal.

1. Get an attitude of gratitude. Be up about being alive and having an opportunity to be better. Adopt a new habit to celebrate. If you drink less than two quarts/liters of water daily, start. It will make your brain work better, you body less hungry and improve your health. Don’t get hung up on tap vs bottle water. Drink water. Even the tap is better than none. Improve on quality after you establish quantity.

2. Is is unfair that you can’t eat what you want with out guilt or a penalty on your health? No, get over it! The only fair here in N.C. is the state fair and fair weather. Fair is for 3rd grade. It is great you have an intact brain to choose and an intact body to work and shop for yourself. Treat it as good as your car at least. Put in the right fuel. You don’t buy extra gas when is is cheaper and put it in the trunk do you? OK, don’t do that to your body either. Give it some tender loving care - take it for a walk. Get your heart rate up. You will decrease your anxiety, increase your smarts, decrease your risk for Alzheimers and diabetes.

3. Get your self a coach. That is the attitude of humility - meaning you don’t know it all and can’t do it all by yourself. If you could you would be the coach not need one. Get a coach. The coach is for you. They aren’t your boss or the fat police. They are some one you tell the truth to. Every thing you do well, tell them. Everything you resist, tell them. Every time you plan and the plan works tell them. Let them praise you some. Tell them when you do something to correct too, be accountable.

4. Get what you don’t need and can’t resist out of the house. Don’t put temptation before you. Plan your meals, nutritious meals and fix and eat them. Get on a diet plan you can stand and stay on it. Have a second fall-back diet plan in case the first one is too much or too boring. While supper is in the oven, turn on the radio or better the stereo to some upbeat music and dance. Move your body and be happy.

5. Join a group of people trying to do what you are doing. Maybe the local hospital has a group, or weight watchers is near you. Investigate choices that interest you. Consider my seminar. 12 hours on 12 days over 6 weeks. Delivered over web and phone. Visual and auditory. Study guide and notes to take and exercises to do will make it kinesthetic too. See the sign up boxes on the right. If you got this by email or rss, click on the title link to see the boxes. Sign up for my free report and my seminar. There will be plenty of content, before during and after but if you don’t sign up you can’t get the benefit.

Reminds me of a story of a devout man that had a vision he would win the lottery. He served very faithfully, knowing he could give freely because his windfall was coming. He found himself without retirement or means years later after outstanding service. One night he prayed and said he was through, he had done all he could and no lottery winnings. If he didn’t win tomorrow, he was abandoning his faith.

That night in a dream, an angel appeared to him and said, “My son, I need you to give us in Heaven a break. Tomorrow, Please, buy a ticket!”

Give yourself a break, sign up, you won’t be disappointed. Besides it’s free. It will be worth every penny you pay for it.

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