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PATIENCE IS THE PATH TO PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS

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It took me 3 years to get from 176 lbs to my ideal weight of 135 lbs, from a size 16 to a size 6.

Most people bemoan the truth of what it really takes to lose weight permanently, and simply won't take the long road.

It’s been more than 10 years, and I am still a size 6.

If you want permanent weight loss, you must prioritize progress and accept plateaus as part of the path, because they simply are.

Personally, I didn't even care when months went by without losing even a single pound. I was just h…

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WHY YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO UN-DIET SCHOOL

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The first step to permanent weight loss is transitioning from the SAD (standard north american diet) to a natural whole foods diet.

After you put the whole foods foundation in place, it's time now to deepen your knowledge of weight loss physiology and the hormonal basis of obesity - so that you are not tempted to revert to counting calories, dieting, avoiding fat and exercising the wrong way and for the wrong reasons.

The second step to permanent weight loss is learning EVEN MORE.

Knowledge is the …

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How to use your weight loss challenge as a positive catalyst to change your whole life.

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The path to permanent weight loss without dieting, is prioritizing what is going on inside of you - before prioritizing your reflection in the mirror.

The shifts happen from the inside out, not from the outside in - or in other words NOT FROM pushing and shoving and forcing your body to lose weight in ways that are driven by willpower, pain and deprivation - which create only temporary reflection changes in the mirror anyway.

This is how you release weight without counting calories and all that ot…

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Do you feel futile about your weight, like nothing will work for you? 

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YOUR STATE AND YOUR WEIGHT - 17 THOUGHTS AND CONSTRUCTS THAT LEAD TO FUTILITY

You are not alone if you struggle with your weight and feel futile about it.

If you've been dieting in the conventional sense (temporarily cutting calories and excessively exercising), well then you've been set up.

Set up to permanently struggle with your weight.

No wonder it feels futile.

Calorie counting does not result in permanent weight loss.

The…

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PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS IS NOT THE RESULT OF DIETING

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This is for you if you want to stop worrying about your weight and un-learn the diet mentality.

The first step is to stop “watching your weight” and learn how to eat in a balanced way that harmonizes your hormones.

Permanent weight loss is NOT the result of dieting, it’s a natural good side effect of optimal health.

All weight loss with “dieting” is temporary and destroys your metabolism.

The only permanent result you get with “dieting” is more ‘future weight gain’, along with a plethora of nutrit…

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Questions worth asking before you "go on another diet".

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I used to think that the only way to lose weight was to go on a diet and commit myself to lifetime of salad! I believed that to attain and more importantly maintain my ideal weight, that I would have to starve myself (like I did in my grad photo attached).

A few years later, I found myself sick with mono and had to do a complete revamp of my kitchen to exclusively natural whole foods. My system had become so weakened, that I couldn't even eat a drop of sugar or a cup of coffee - without crashing…

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Being overweight is NOT the cause of your problems, it is an EFFECT of them

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LOSING WEIGHT IS HARD WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET AT THE 'EFFECT' (extra body fat), WITHOUT PULLING THE CAUSE OUT AT THE ROOT.

If you can't lose weight, you are probably focused on your fat, which leads to a whole bunch of inner talk that commands your body to stay fat (your body follows your mind).

Conventional diets based on eating less and moving more are designed for short term results. In the long term they deprive you of nutrition and slow down your metabolism.

If you don…

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Time Starved in the Kitchen (it's really an issue of energy)

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I think it's fair to say that most of us feel like we are short on time - and at the same time, we all have the same 24 hours in a day.

What differentiates us, is our personal responsibilities and priorities.

To get at the root of this time problem, we have to go beyond "time management" to overcome the feeling of being time starved - and instead do the deeper work of dropping what drains our energy and gets in the way of our basic need for nutrition and self care.

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The downside of quick weight loss.

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Everyone wants to lose weight fast because quick results gives us the motivation to keep going, right?!! That's all well and good and everything, but there are at least 4 downsides to fast weight loss.

Here's why fast weight loss is not a great idea:

  1. Most people's experience with fast weight loss, is ONLY based on excessive exercise and being in a calorie deficit - just eating 'whatever'. These 'whatever' foods can wreak havoc on hormones.

  2. The approach is not based in nutrient dense WHOLE f…

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