From: The 4 Day Win by Martha Beck Stage 1 ~ Pre-Contemplation ~ The Creature and the Computer Most diet experts tell us to think of the body as a computer programmed to take instructions from the mind. Only the mind acts like a machine, your body is not a computer, it is a creature. Your… Read More
From: The 4-Day Win by Martha Beck Stage 1 ~ Pre-Contemplation ~ Body Whispering If you have ever seen a horse or dog being trained through brute force and punishment you will observe the creature become panicked and frightened. Panicked and frightened animals often lash out and attack those trying to control them. And it… Read More
From: The 4 Day Win by Martha Beck Stage 1 ~ Pre-Contemplation ~ Famine Brain Fact: Your brain is an astonishing complex and powerful instrument specifically evolved to keep you from losing weight. Fact: Because it is an evolutionary imperative, eating is highly rewarding physically and psychologically. Not eating food makes us hungry, but it also… Read More
Introduction to The 4-Day Win by Martha Beck We share a cultural belief that a combination of information and willpower should be enough to ensure compliance with any weight loss program. Eat less, move more, just do it! If this worked, we would all be thin already. Martha tell us that there is something amiss in our… Read More
The Law of Attraction and the teachings of Abraham state that what gets most of your attention will attract more of the same. But is it enough to sit around thinking about getting wealthy and expect the money to come flooding down the chimney without doing anything? Is it enough to sit around imagining my… Read More
Here is the down and dirty video* of the books I’m getting rid of. I decided on $10 a book plus postage [Australia only] except for the last three cookbooks that are in a group for $10. *sorry it takes forever to load and the audio is out of sync in the beginning for some… Read More
An English naval officer was marooned on a remote island in the South Pacific. He had befriended a native man to whom he was constantly trying to prove his superiority. For the Englishman, everything was a contest. This puzzled the native, for whom life was fun, like a game. One day the Englishman, in a… Read More
Enough of the airy fairy feel good whicky whacky shit, today was fucked. This morning I tried on my favourite most forgiving jeans that I’ve been able to wear for the last five years except when they were too BIG, and I couldn’t button them up. Today I am FAT. I know I am not… Read More
There is one thing and one thing only that is keeping you overweight, bingeing or yo-yo dieting. It is the fact that you are struggling. The struggle is what makes you hold on to your fat cells, or quickly regain them the minute you stop dieting. The struggle is not about how you are behaving,… Read More
Feelings Are you a perfectionist, a person who always wants to be in control, an overachiever and/or do you think no matter what you do it is never enough? Do you find that you are always questioning your own judgements and/or actions, and/or do you scrutinize yourself over small faults? Within your family and/or circle… Read More
It is 9.31pm on a Monday night and I have just finished watching the HBO documentary called Thin. Something weird is going on and the best way to get the thoughts out of my head is to write them down. “I was never that bad” I say to myself. “I didn’t make myself throw up,… Read More
Metaphysical thought theorizes that holding an intention (thinking about a specific desire) will result in the manifestation (physical proof) of that intention into your life. I must admit that I am tempted to believe, but not entirely convinced so I thought I would set up an experiment to explore if the intention-manifestation model really works.… Read More
1. He ate carbs and omega 3 fatty acids Mark 6:41 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 2. He had a physically… Read More
