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		<title>6 Week Body Makeover Program To Help You Lose Weight</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who need to shed a few pounds, and others who have a long way to go before their diet goals can be achieved, the infomercial titled &#8220;6 Week Body Makeover&#8221; is a must watch.
The 6 Week Body Makeover is built on the theory that each person has a unique shape that defines his [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-90" src="http://loisurluni.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/11-282x300.jpg" alt="1" width="282" height="300" />For those who need to shed a few pounds, and others who have a long way to go before their diet goals can be achieved, the infomercial titled &#8220;6 Week Body Makeover&#8221; is a must watch.</p>
<p>The 6 Week Body Makeover is built on the theory that each person has a unique shape that defines his or her body in its natural state as it was meant to be.</p>
<p>The assertion that each individual person has a unique metabolism that is specific to his or her body type is another cardinal principle of the 6 week body makeover.</p>
<p>The program is a highly motivational one and centers on a basic idea of individuality.<br />
And it will help you create a diet that is customized to your body shape or metabolism.</p>
<p>Other advantages of the 6 week body makeover includes the development of a unique metabolic system that will enable you burn more weight than in the case of a normal diet.</p>
<p>No doubt, the people behind the 6 week body makeover seem to have to have found an interesting and innovative concept, because studies show many find the program appealing and exciting, due to its focus on individuals.</p>
<p>Just some few steps are required to kick-start your own personalized program. The first one is to identify the right program that would allow you to lose weight in a short time.</p>
<p>The 6 week body makeover helps you out with its lucid instructions on how to fill out a questionnaire that helps pinpoint your specific metabolism type.</p>
<p>After the initial step, the next hurdle is the matching of your shape and general body size to the sample drawings.</p>
<p>If you can match the drawing that best depicts your body shape and size, then you have determined your specific problem areas.</p>
<p>Both your metabolism type, as defined by the questionnaire, and your problem areas as defined by the shape and size drawing are combined together. And it is from this the 6 week body makeover is developed.</p>
<p>The program includes plans where meals are designed to help you feel energized and healthy and a simple body-sculpting workout program that targets your problem areas.</p>
<p>This exciting 6 Week Body Makeover concept still carries the same basic principle of successful weight loss programs.</p>
<p>Whose basic focus is on proper diet and nutrition as well as regular exercise.</p>
<p>We may not really need a program to figure this out, but a program like the 6 Week Body Makeover may push some of us in the right direction.</p>


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		<title>6 Steps to Ending Bad Eating Habits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A client wrote, &#8220;Help me! I thought I was finally getting a handle on my weight issue but the sugar is killing me. I had an awful day. I won&#8217;t even tell you what I ate today because it is just so unbelievable. All I will say is that 90% of my food today consisted [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-84" src="http://loisurluni.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/bad-eating-habits.JPG" alt="bad-eating-habits" width="257" height="198" />A client wrote, &#8220;Help me! I thought I was finally getting a handle on my weight issue but the sugar is killing me. I had an awful day. I won&#8217;t even tell you what I ate today because it is just so unbelievable. All I will say is that 90% of my food today consisted of sugar! I really, really need some help getting past these cravings. I am no doubt a sugar addict. If I could get past this there is no doubt that I will reach my goal.&#8221;</p>
<p>If you see a little of yourself in this message, you&#8217;re not alone. Many describe themselves as sugar addicts. They believe if it were only for that one thing, then they could reach their weight loss goals. If you believe only one thing stands in your way of losing weight, consider this: What if that one thing (an  addiction to sugar for instance) were gone? Do you really believe, &#8220;If I could get past this, there is no doubt that I will reach my goal,&#8221; or is it an easy excuse to stay stuck?</p>
<p><strong>If I told you I could show you a way to stop craving sugar, would you want me to show you how?</strong></p>
<p>Think about that for a moment. Close your eyes and really think it through. You&#8217;ve said if only you didn&#8217;t crave sugar, then you could lose weight, but is that really true for you? Ask yourself these questions:</p>
<p>Would you eat differently, and if so how?</p>
<p>Would you act differently, and if so how?</p>
<p>What else would change, and what would stay the same?</p>
<p>What would you lose?</p>
<p>What would you gain?</p>
<p>Until you know what you want, know you can achieve it, and know what else will change (i.e. how your life may be different), you can&#8217;t discover any obstacles that first must be considered. For instance, you may want to stop eating anything after 7 PM yet your husband doesn&#8217;t come home from work until 8 and he wants you to join him for dinner. That&#8217;s an obstacle.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve got a habit of watching your favorite TV show with a bowl of ice cream, then breaking that habit is another obstacle.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t work out ways to overcome your obstacles perhaps through discussion and compromise with your husband, or habit breaking exercises for your ice cream habit, there&#8217;s bound to be a problem. Just saying you&#8217;re not going to do something any mroe rarely works. Instead determine what might stand in the way of achieving your goals, find a way around them, and you&#8217;re much more likely to actually achieve those goals once and for all.</p>
<p>The statement, &#8220;if this one thing were handled, then everything else would fall into place&#8221; is an &#8220;If Then&#8221; statement and gets people into trouble. They want a fairy godmother to make it all better. A strong belief that one single thing such as, &#8220;eating sugar is my problem,&#8221; sets you up to fail, especially if you really like eating sugary foods.</p>
<p>Getting a handle on your cravings is not an all-or-nothing proposition. You must leave room for occasional deviations. It&#8217;s not the occasional side trip that causes weight trouble, it&#8217;s the road we usually travel.</p>
<p>In NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) a good starting point is the exercise called Establishing a Well Formed Outcome. &#8220;Well formed&#8221; means it meets all criteria of a well thought-out end result.</p>
<p><strong>NLP: How to Create a Well Formed Outcome &amp; Get What You Want</strong></p>
<p>Here are the steps to creating a well formed outcome:</p>
<p>1) State what you want (not what you do not want). &#8220;I want to weigh 135 pounds.&#8221;</p>
<p>2) Determine whether you can achieve it (do you believe it is possible?).</p>
<p>3) What resources do you have and what do you need (time, money, gear, clothes, equipment, coaching, whatever).</p>
<p>4) Check whether anyone else is involved and any potential obstacles that may come up regarding others. Think of everyone involved in your day-to-day life.</p>
<p>5) Picture yourself &#8220;as if&#8221; you&#8217;ve obtained what you say you want and see if that picture fits. Do you like what you see?</p>
<p>6) Put together a plan of action for the achievement of your outcome.</p>
<p>While it may seem like a lot of effort simply to decide what you really want, going through these steps at the beginning helps you find potential obstacles which previously stopped you from moving forward. For example, if you decide you want to join a gym and start exercising every day but you&#8217;ve forgotten you don&#8217;t even own a car and just lost your job, that exercise plan might not work out right now. If you did join a gym, you&#8217;d end up not going and then you&#8217;d think you&#8217;d failed, yet it was the plan that failed, not you. You didn&#8217;t think it through.</p>
<p>A better plan in this instance may be doing exercises at home, or within walking distance (or simply walking for exercise). Later, when you do have transportation, you can rethink the plan and perhaps join a gym then. There are always options.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s better to look at what you want from every angle, then put together a plan you know can and will work. Then when you know what you want, you&#8217;ll also know you can make it happen and begin by taking that first step toward making it a reality.</p>
<p>&#8220;Achieving a Well Formed Outcome&#8221; is one of the sessions in the Ending Emotional Eating 8-Week Workshop. You can also find more information on this popular and well known NLP process by searching for &#8220;NLP Well Formed Outcome&#8221; in your favorite search engine.</p>


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		<title>5 Super Simple Weight Loss Tips</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weight loss is one of those subjects that everyone is always talking about. It seems you can’t go anywhere without seeing or hearing some type of weight loss message. Stories of the dangers of not losing weight appear regularly on the nightly news. Retail outlets and the Internet both are full of weight loss books [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-78" src="http://loisurluni.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/31-300x143.jpg" alt="Young woman doing cartwheel on grass" width="240" height="114" />Weight loss is one of those subjects that everyone is always talking about. It seems you can’t go anywhere without seeing or hearing some type of weight loss message. Stories of the dangers of not losing weight appear regularly on the nightly news. Retail outlets and the Internet both are full of weight loss books and products. Weight loss is discussed in medical centers and at schools and even in the work place. If you’re trying to lose weight, here are a few tips to get you going.</p>
<p>Tip #1 – Stop Talking About Weight Loss!</p>
<p>All that talk about how much you want to lose weight isn’t going to make the weight come off. You’ve got to take action, starting right now. So take this simple advice: Stop moving your mouth and start moving your body! It won’t take long to begin seeing the results.</p>
<p>Tip #2 – Slow and Steady is Best</p>
<p>Slow and steady weight loss is better (and safer) than riding the dieting roller coaster. If you’re looking for long-lasting weight loss results, aim to lose an average of about two pounds each week. In order to lose weight you’ve got to consume fewer calories than you burn. As a bonus, when you combine dieting with exercise, you’ll be reducing your caloric intake and increasing your caloric burn rate at the same time.</p>
<p>Tip #3 – Save Your Money</p>
<p>Don’t spend your hard-earned money on the latest weight loss gimmicks. Pills, fad diets, hypnosis, and extreme surgical procedures are not the answer! These gimmicks won’t slim you down, but they will fatten the bank accounts of those who promote them! Eating a nutritionally-balanced diet of fruits, vegetables, good fats and lean proteins will encourage weight loss faster than any miracle cure you can buy.</p>
<p>Tip #4 – Weight Loss is a Way of Life</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the issue of weight is something that most people will struggle with throughout life. Excess processed foods and a sedentary lifestyle are the two biggest contributors to this constant struggle. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you’ve got to change the way you think about food. It should be thought of as a source of fuel, not a passion. Successful weight loss really is about making lifestyle changes, including making the right food choices, and then sticking with those choices throughout life.</p>
<p>Tip #5 – Weight Loss is More Than a Number</p>
<p>When you’re dieting, don’t become a victim of the dreaded scale. When the numbers go down, happiness goes up. But when the numbers stay the same or go up, it is easy to give up and give in. Remember that even if your weight isn’t changing as you would like, your body is. You’ll be taking better care of your heart. You’ll be lowering your cholesterol levels. You’ll be sporting a leaner body and your clothes will begin fitting more comfortably. When you learn to find joy in these other benefits, you’ll want to keep on being a loser!</p>


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		<title>10 Tips to a Healthy Football Season</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the word go, the Football season seems provide a plethora of reasons to eat badly. It starts near Labor Day, and goes right on past to New Years. Typically during this time of year our eating habits include foods and drinks that are so delicious, yet carry negative effects.
So I thought how could someone [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-75" src="http://loisurluni.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/flag_art-300x225.jpg" alt="flag_art" width="240" height="180" />From the word go, the Football season seems provide a plethora of reasons to eat badly. It starts near Labor Day, and goes right on past to New Years. Typically during this time of year our eating habits include foods and drinks that are so delicious, yet carry negative effects.<br />
So I thought how could someone have a fun football (holiday for the Ms.) season, and still fit in their clothes that they wore during pre-season. Below are 10 that could possibly help you reach that goal they may seem like no brainers, but if you take heed you will survive another year without moving to the next waist size. Enjoy the season.</p>
<p>1. First things first, don’t even think about dieting during the holiday season. That is, don’t start a new diet. Your biggest goal during our most favorite season is to maintain your weight. This way you can partake in your favorite beverage and snacks without any guilt.<br />
2. Another good way to avoid packin’ on the pudge is to stay seated, and far away from the food table.<br />
3. Something simple and delicious. I would recommend bringing a light dip with either multigrain or wheat bread, so you have something that is somewhat healthy to munch on. There is a company (I think it has the title of chef in its name) that sells dips and breads that anyone can make, and are a healthy alternative to normal snacks. Just ask your wife, girlfriend, or any woman where you can find a beer bread mix.<br />
4. The beverages tend to favorites for many during this time of year, so be wise in your selection. If you must have a mixed drink, try something like a clear liquor and diet soda, a light or ultra light beer, or a nice glass of wine. I know wine doesn’t scream manly, but it is an alternative. Remember this shouldn’t be painful, just well thought-out.<br />
5. Good or bad, football games tend to be lengthy, use this to your advantage, and take part in the eating and drinking at a slow pace. The slower your intake, the better chance you will fit in those size 38’s come spring time.<br />
6. Chase the kids, or take a walk, whatever it is, make sure you keep up on some type of activity other than couch coaching, and channel surfing. Winter time is hard enough for many people with the cold and darkness, so some activity will help you gain or maintain physical and mental acuity.<br />
7. Eat at home before you head to the football stadium, or over a buddies house. This should help prevent a complete submersion in to the food and drinks. Believe me when I tell you, you will feel much better knowing you don’t have to drive home with your pants unbuttoned, either because of pressure or an untimely stomach pain.<br />
8. Eat some chicken wings, not the entire chicken. I think that’s clear, and best of all it applies to all food! And anyway, who wants to get stains all over their new Dallas Terrell Owens jersey.<br />
9. If you have the chance to host a football game, stack the odds on your side by putting veggies, and light snacks out rather than the pizza and wings. I mean really, do we as men pay any attention to what we eat while we are watching a game. So long as the drinks are cold, and our food crunches, we are in heaven.<br />
10. This rule applies all year long. Stay far and away from fast food joints. It may seem like a good idea while you’re on your way to the game, but we all know it’s not filling, and it’s to exit.</p>


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		<title>5 Simple Steps to Losing Weight</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are carrying around a few (I use that term loosely) extra pounds like most of us are, you all know all the reasons why we should take the weight off. It will reduce stress on our heart, reducing the chance of heart disease, cancer, possibility of diabetes; feel better, look more attractive, etc.
There [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-57 alignleft" src="http://loisurluni.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/mainbeforeafter-main_Full-300x266.jpg" alt="mainbeforeafter-main_Full" width="270" height="239" />If you are carrying around a few (I use that term loosely) extra pounds like most of us are, you all know all the reasons why we should take the weight off. It will reduce stress on our heart, reducing the chance of heart disease, cancer, possibility of diabetes; feel better, look more attractive, etc.</p>
<p>There are 101 reasons why, but it can be a real pain to finally get that weight off. You push really hard, make a little progress, get side tracked, and bam you are heavier then you started.</p>
<p>It’s maddening.  Enough with that hassle, I have put together 5 simple steps to actually losing weight and keeping it off. These steps can be applied to anything, but we are focusing on weight loss here.</p>
<p>1.    Know What You Want<br />
2.    Know Where You Are<br />
3.    Track Your Results<br />
4.    Make Course Corrections<br />
5.    Being held Accountable</p>
<p>Now all your extra weight will effortlessly melt off.  Yeah right! A simple list of 5 items is not going to do it, so let me explain the intricacies of the 5 items and where the hang up normally occurs when applied to losing weight.</p>
<p>1.    Know What You Want</p>
<p>This one is dead simple. Most people that want to lose weight have an idea of how many pounds they would like to lose or how they would like their body to look.</p>
<p>I think we can safely say if your body started looking the way you wanted it, you would know, even if you didn’t have it completely mapped out and detailed.</p>
<p>2.    Know Where You Are</p>
<p>This is the big trip up. It is almost always overlooked and is the number one reason for the up and down Yo Yo effect we experience with losing weight. We are unhappy with how our body feels and how it looks and it is painful to zoom in and get an accurate picture of where we are. Unfortunately, we have to know where we are, to be able to accurately judge the results we are getting.</p>
<p>You are on a trip to San Diego, California. You would like to start your trip from Phoenix, Arizona, but you really don’t know where you are. No problem.  You get an Arizona/California map and find that a simple 6 hours trip west on interstate 8 will get you to San Diego.</p>
<p>6 hours later, you have no clue where you are and it is definitely not warm San Diego.  You feel defeated and you want to give up!  Do you blame the car? The stupid maps? San Diego? Yourself?</p>
<p>Now what if I told you, you were actually in New Your City, not Phoenix, Arizona. A 6 hour car ride west from New York City will never get you to San Diego.</p>
<p>If you took the time to accurately find out where you were, you would have been able to choose the appropriate means to get to San Diego and have an expectation as to how long it would take.</p>
<p>This is the same with weight loss and our personal physical condition. In our minds, we think we are starting in a different physical condition then we really are. When the results don’t follow the illusion in your mind, we get upset.</p>
<p>3. Track Your Results</p>
<p>This is conceptually simple. If we have no clue as to WHAT we are doing, how do we know what is working? It might be a simple to do, but is also simple not to do. In the end, most people never track their results.</p>
<p>4. Make Course Corrections</p>
<p>We love to do this one. We have it hands down. It is like step 1 of knowing what you want. We try the new food diet, the super sit up machine, and the cardio hip hop power energy yoga fat burner class.</p>
<p>We might be great at switching it up, but without knowing where we are starting from and a history of tracked results, we have no clue as to what we should change or even which direction we should go.</p>
<p>5. Being held Accountable</p>
<p>No, not accountability! That is an evil word. I don’t want someone to know what I am doing, or more importantly what I am not doing.</p>
<p>So, why do we resist accountability, your secret weapon to weight loss?  Because it works!  If you know someone is going to be watching, you would follow through or at least feel very uncomfortable not following through.</p>
<p>Accountability when used wisely is the ultimate turbo booster to your weight loss. Since you are going to be accountable anyway, you might as well get something out of it.</p>
<p>Using accountability up front, you can achieve the body of your dreams. If you let your body hold you accountable, it will throw on fat in places you don’t want it to be.</p>
<p>The biggest obstacle to weight loss is not taking any action. It doesn’t matter how good the plan is, it is worthless if you don’t follow it. So what do I do now?</p>
<p>First and foremost get Accountable.</p>
<p>Forward this article to someone you respect and care about and tell them I want to be accountable to finally taking off my extra pounds. When they agree to support you, start working through Steps 1 – 5.</p>


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		<title>10 Diet Rules You Can Break</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are actually diet rules out there that are meant to be broken? Yes, recently many dated diet guidelines and myths are up for speculation. You’ve probably heard all these silly rules before, but experts weigh-in on the worthiness of these supposed truisms &#8211; most of which won&#8217;t help you lose weight or make dieting [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-54 alignleft" src="http://loisurluni.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Lose-10-Pounds-Fast_full_article_vertical-253x300.jpg" alt="Lose-10-Pounds-Fast!_full_article_vertical" width="202" height="240" />There are actually diet rules out there that are meant to be broken? Yes, recently many dated diet guidelines and myths are up for speculation. You’ve probably heard all these silly rules before, but experts weigh-in on the worthiness of these supposed truisms &#8211; most of which won&#8217;t help you lose weight or make dieting any easier.</p>
<p>10 Food Rules You Can Ignore:</p>
<p>1. Eating at night will pile on the pounds. The total calories you consume over a 24-hour period or over a week is what causes you to gain weight, and when you eat these calories doesn&#8217;t matter.</p>
<p>2. It&#8217;s best to eat at the same times every day. Eat when you&#8217;re hungry, not when the clock says it&#8217;s time to eat.</p>
<p>3. Dieting with a buddy always makes weight loss easier. Common goals may pay off but weight loss is a personal journey.</p>
<p>4. Dietary fat keeps you feeling full longer, so you&#8217;ll eat less. Fat does take longer to digest, but it will not help you control your appetite. Foods likely to fight off hunger the longest are protein foods, followed by carbohydrates, then fats.</p>
<p>5. When you blow your diet, you might as well wait until the next day to get back on track. Nothing could be farther from the truth- always try to get right back on track with your next meal.</p>
<p>6. Refusing food at a party or when visiting is rude. Turning down food that you know will blow your diet is socially acceptable.</p>
<p>7. Skipping a meal every now and then will help you lose. Skipping a meal means you will be so hungry at the next meal that you are likely to overeat. This can also  help lead to a slowdown of your metabolism.</p>
<p>8. Bread is fattening, nuts are fattening, pasta is fattening. Whole-wheat bread/pasta is a great source of nutrients, and it won&#8217;t make you gain weight more than any other food with the same number of calories.</p>
<p>9. All calories are equal. This is somewhat true, however; you&#8217;ll get more nutrients from a 100-calorie apple than from a 100-calorie portion of white bread. Choose healthier items if you are losing weight, or controlling your hunger.</p>
<p>10. If you don&#8217;t clean your plate, you&#8217;re wasting food. If you just don&#8217;t feel right leaving the table until you&#8217;ve cleaned your plate, underestimate your hunger and put less food on your plate to begin with, or you may overeat.</p>
<p>Don’t believe everything you hear! Much of it is just superstition. Now you can tell your friends the real truth. In the end, nutrition experts say, many of the food and dieting rules we hold dear are meant to be broken &#8211; without guilt!</p>


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