How to overcome your greatest fears and doubts about relentless weight loss. The greatest fear most people have about losing weight is that they won't lose as much weight as they want to, after all their effort. They fear that they will begin  and not finish their weight loss journey. Part of the reason is that after the initial enthusiasm spurred on by health or social concerns, doubt begins to creep in. Here a few tips and strategies to help you overcome fears and doubts about losing weight and keep it off.

Have confidence that you will actually lose weight and keep it off when you follow the relentless weight loss program. Why? Research has shown that effective weight loss depends  80 % on what you eat and 20 % on how much you exercise.  While you can explain to me that you did not have time to gym, you always have time to decide what you will eat and how much you will eat. Have the confidence that your you can control what you will eat at any time of the day.

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You need to make strategic adjustments that would help you lose weight and keep it off. You need to take set strategic life goals that you know can help you feel more  positive and fulfilled.  even when you encounter set backs sure as not losing as much weight as you would like to, you still have to remain focused on the path to get there. Here are 3 key adjustments to help you meet your weight loss goals.

First, if you haven't doe so, do your 72 - hour food audit, please do it know. Get pen and paper and write down your pattern of eating, food triggers and emotional triggers in the past 72 hours. The key to making a good adjustment is making changes to your eating habits based on your food audit findings. You have to be prepared to do make changes. After doing my latest 72 -hour food audit, I discovered that I was not doing enough portion control with regards to carbohydrates and vegetables. What was the problem? The problem was that I needed to further reduce more my...

Taking good care of your health and your body is pivotal to your wellness and well-being. What are some of the ways you can take care of your health every day? You can improve your daily wellness by losing weight and  making good healthy choices. Here are 3 ways to improve your daily wellness.

The first way is eating well. Eating  smart and well should be a  big part of your daily  wellness, but there are other components that are just as crucial. Eating smart means more fruits and vegetables in your daily meals. It also means  eating a rich variety of fruits and vegetables. Eat apples, oranges, mangoes and lime. Regularly drink lime and warm water or lime and green tea. if like coffee, drink it in moderation. 

Eating well means focusing on food while eating. This means not eating while watching TV. Eating at regular intervals. Chewing food thoroughly before swallowing and drinking plenty of water with your meals.

Make nuts  a regular part of your...

As we begin the new year hoping to achieve our goals and fulfill our dreams for a more optimal health and greater success, it is important that we recognize how we can make better decisions. How do you deal with the uncertainty involved in making decisions? Here are 5 keys to making better decisions.

The first key is to compare the outcome of your decision against your goal. Think before you speak. Stay focused on your values and priorities. How will what you see or the information you share affect your goal or relationship with others? Don't argue for the sake of argument. Does the choice you make bring you greater wellbeing and success? 

The second key is to consider your options. Your options in any decision making process will depend on how much time and resources you have. Gather information then look at situations from different angles. Don't hesitate to ask others for their input so that you can learn from their experiences and wisdom too.  While it may be...

Are you thinking of how to lose weight and keep it off, now that the holidays are over? Here are a few tips on how you can lose weight and keep it off through the variety in the food that you eat. First you need to make sure that the food that you eat contains a good percentage of carbs, fat and protein. What is a good percentage ? An example is 40 % carbs, 40% fat and 20% protein.

To sustainably lose weight, you have to aim for a healthy variety of food that contains adequate but moderate portions of fat, proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins. Eat enough food to fill full, when you eat. If you don’t feel full after a meal you will find yourself eating too much sugary snacks in between meals to make you feel full. This will make you gain back weight you may have lost. If you feel hungry between meals, snack with small portions of almonds, cashew nuts or peanuts. Almonds will make you feel less hungry and still boost your metabolism.

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Conflicts can sometimes arise in relationships because of differences in expectations. At home this could be because of the differences in expectations between parents and children, or between siblings or spouses. If a parent expects his child to take school seriously and strive for   grade A in all his subjects , but the child thinks that school is boring and unnecessary, seeds for conflict have been sown. Why? Parent and child have different expectations. Unless  these expectations are modified or properly managed conflicts  will arise. You can  use expectations to manage conflict in your relationships by managing expectations. This is part of the process of self-mastery  and relentless transformation.

 Almost everyone has expectations of what they want for themselves and for those around them. These expectations are part of the fabric of the relationship between husband and wife, sisters, brothers, parents and children, friends, co-workers and...

As we begin the new year with resolutions and plans, we need to make sure we have the leadership skills to actualize them. Leadership is about making decisions, taking actions and managing conflicts. Do you have the leadership skills that will help you make better decisions in the different situations or environments that you will encounter throughout the year?

In a work environment you are faced with different personalities, attitudes, work ethics and much more. Because you are viewed as the leader you need to have the ability to deal with people who might be extremely stubborn.  The problem is that  if you do not know how to deal with challenging and stressful situations, the conflict that results will derail your ability to either carry out your new year resolutions or to get the results you desire under pressure.

Here are a few tips and strategies you can use to manage stubborn or just rude people in different situations:

1. Look for an opportunity to  state...

How can you support your loved one who wants to quit smoking?

 When your loved one quits smoking, everyone benefits. Why? This is because becoming  smoke free can reverse some of the health damage they’ve experienced while reducing your risk of second-hand smoke, and maybe even freshen up your home. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) many smokers try to quit about every 2 to 3 years, but seldom use the most effective methods available.

To help your loved ones quit smoking the NIH recommends offering brief and tactful advice on a frequent basis, along with practical assistance to overcome the barriers to quitting. Here are a few tips and strategies you can use:

1. Respect their choices. While your intentions are good, remember that it needs to be the smoker’s decision to quit. This is primarily about them and what they want to do. Reminding them that their decision to quit would also help the kids and the family, may not be a bad idea...

Be prepared  to overcome obstacles once you make a decision. Don’t expect that when you make the decision to lose weight everyone around you will become supportive. Some people will support you but others will say you are pretending. Others will want you to fail either because they have failed or because they want you to find out that it is not easy to lose weight and keep it off. The good news is that opinions are not facts. their thoughts and wishes cannot determine your outcome , unless you allow their words to take away your confidence and ability to act.

When you take regular action, the results will follow. Taking action includes telling people "No" at the Christmas party when you are offered soda and cake. This is part of the process of self-mastery. It also includes not getting into arguments about what you will eat, when you have already made a decision that cake and soda won't be part of your relentless food options for the day. Making decisions and following...

 If you truly want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to develop simple and easy to implement steps and that fit your lifestyle and your eating pattern. Whether you want to lose weight because of a medical condition like high blood pressure, diabetics, gout, COPD or arthritis, you have to begin taking control over your daily action.

Despite the struggle to find time to exercise or acquire the taste for more healthy food, you can overcome the challenge of relentless weight loss by taking greater control over your life and time. Why is this important?   Those with control over their lives and their time are able to take action on a consistent basis. Consistent action will lead to consistent results.

Though time is hard to manage, we have to remember that we all have 24 hours a day. The more you become action oriented the more you will be better able to gain greater control of your time. If you have only 5 minutes to exercise, do it. Don't postpone it for TV or...