Unlike me who often throws myself into things cold turkey, many people find that way too confronting and want to know how to ease into a new diet program with a little more grace and alot less withdrawals, headaches, food cravings and so forth. If your diet has been filled with a whole range of funky things like pizzas, burger buns, twinkies, … [Read more...]
GFE Podcast #58: Stress, Emotions and Emotional Eating
Emotions rule all of our behaviours, particularly when it comes to food. And if you are like many other people, stress often leads to emotional eating, stress eating and binge eating habits you'd rather not have. So in this podcast we cover: The kinds of effect emotions and demands have on us (including myself) How to put your emotions into … [Read more...]
GFE Podcast #56: Why Is Changing Your Diet So Hard?
In this podcast we explore the concept of changing your diet. It's something we all want to do and yet for most of us it is one of the hardest things to do. I also share some inspiring health stories and talk about why it is so important to ask questions of your health professionals. This podcast is definitely going to leave you feeling inspired … [Read more...]
Tuesday Transform: Marge Loses 212 lbs / 96.5 kgs!
My name is Marge Lyse and I'm from Naperville, IL. I was one of 5 women featured in the People Magazine Half My Size Issue January 2012. I'd like to tell you a little about my journey.The RealizationIn 2001 my weight ballooned to 378 pounds/172kg, and needless to say, the scale was headed in the wrong direction. After collapsing while dancing at a … [Read more...]
GFE Podcast #41: The Power of Focus
Once upon a time I came across an acronym for focus: Follow One Course Until Successful. Since then it has become one of my most well used mottos and reminders in life. In this podcast I share some of my insights around focus, especially when it comes to putting healthy lifestyle habits into place. We also talk about weight loss, maintaining … [Read more...]
GFE Podcast #31: Being a Role Model
We can all be role models to our kids, our family members, our colleagues, and everyone around us. One of the best ways to do that is to just look after ourselves because what we do, our actions do impact others in ways we may not realise ourselves. Just do your best everyday to be the BEST version of yourself that you possibly can be! This … [Read more...]
Effects of Media on Body Image
Would you agree that often the concept of body image and the media are intricately connected? It’s definitely not something new. For many years both men and women have been subconsciously pressured by dominant images and ideals portrayed in the media. We have been subjected to seeing those images and the way people act and in turn we begin to … [Read more...]
3 Reasons Most Weight Loss Pursuits Fail
Time and time again we try to lose weight and if you’re anything like me and many other people, you may have spent years of your life yo-yo dieting, taking 2 steps forward and 10 steps back! Thankfully my life has now changed around for good, but a recent chat with my (near) 21 year old daughter got me thinking about this stuff, so I thought I’d … [Read more...]
GFE Podcast #16: Q&A. Weight watchers and health, temptations, being discouraged, and more.
In this Q & A podcast we cover temptation and consistency, weight watchers and health, particularly in relation to adrenals, getting easily discouraged and losing weight when we're older. Temptation and consistency How do we talk ourselves into stuff and what are all those voices in our head? Weight watchers and health Is a low fat diet … [Read more...]
GFE Podcast #8: Goal Setting Strategies
There's lots of goal setting strategies and tips in todays podcast where I share a personal story of my old life full of procrastination and how I worked out an approach that has helped me take my life to the next level. If you're currently treading water, you'll love it. And if you've tried setting goals before and failed, then hopefully this … [Read more...]
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