Don’t make grandiose promises to yourself (unless you’ve kept them before).
I don’t advise that you promise to ‘never ever eat sugar again’ or ‘work out every single day’, or ‘never eat when I’m not hungry again’ or ‘stick to my diet until I’m at my goal weight’. By the way, these are all real examples that I have heard this week from my clients. Here’s […]
Do you want to be exceptional?
My nephew, a serious, spiritual and religious teenager, and I were discussing his future. I have a soft spot for this kid – he made me an aunt. He was accepted into a prestigious engineering program, and received permission to defer his studies so that he could spend two years furthering his religious education in […]
What will stop you from checking off that resolution?
I remember the year I decided to stop celebrating New Year’s Eve. I was a teenager on holiday in Cape Town and I didn’t have a boyfriend. At the time I thought this was because I was overweight. Now that I know what I know, I understand that I didn’t have a boyfriend because I […]
Wanna know the third best weight loss secret in the universe?
Make every bite count. Actually, this may be the only weight loss secret you need. Seriously. I have to call it the third best, because I’ve already shared the first and second best, but this may eclipse them all. Make. Every. Bite. Count. Try it today. It’s impossible to overeat when you’re making every bite […]
What do you want to weigh in six months?
I love deciding what I want my future to look like. And then using the power of my mind to make it happen. The Grads and I have embraced a six month challenge. I turn 50 in February, and I am going to weigh 140lbs. This is my natural weight – where I feel completely at […]