Does Your Diet Need a Bailout?
on Nov 20, 2009Imagine for a moment that you've been given a 1000 dollar gift certificate to spend as you wish. How you would spend that money. Would your purchases reflect your ‘needs’ such as items for your home and family or would you treat yourself...

Stopping Self Sabotage: Thoughts vs Truths.
on Nov 13, 2009 in Real people, professional feedback. Emotional Set Backs Here is Carrie's Insider Story. Like all Insider Stories, you will see my personal feedback as the first comment below. Carrie's story is well worth the read, but if you are short on time see the high lights in bold. I seem to self sabotage allot. &n...

Today, the quitting side of my brain is winning.
on Nov 5, 2009 in Real people, professional feedback. Set Backs Below is this weeks featured Insider story. Each Insider story includes my reply as the first comment. ~ Drew Today I am probably as close to quitting as I have ever been and I honestly can't really pinpoint why.  The last 72 hours I have just...

Finding Your New Normal
on Nov 2, 2009 in Inspiration and Motivation The other day I was watching a movie when I heard a phrase that really hit home. A woman in the film was speaking about something completely unrelated to healthy active living (sadly, the death of her child), and she said “I just had to find a...

Inside the Minds of Ex-Dieters Like You
on Oct 30, 2009You may be trying to shed diet baggage, but diet thinking patterns are routed deep. The on/off, good/bad, fat/skinny and happy/sad way of thinking is not only difficult to shake, these thoughts seem to creep in when you are most vulnerable. Wouldn&rs...