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Yes that is right … I am still fuming!

On the 19th June 2006 USA Today reported that the worlds leading junk food manufacturer, whoops, I mean chocolate manufacturer Nestle was to buy the worlds largest weight loss centres Jenny Craig.

Say what ????

The deal was for a lazy $600 Million.

Even today this still blows my mind. Think about …

Nestle is a company that by any sensible persons reasoning has been a major contributor to the world obesity epidemic through its production of highly adictive and highly fattening product range featuring every ones favourite … CHOCOLATE !!!!

So having been a major player on the world obesity scene they now turn around and purchase Jenny Craig.

Talk about double dipping on profits.

I can just hear the conversations around the boardroom …. Lets make em fat with our chocolate (and other junk food) range, and then turn around and sell them the weight loss solution with Jenny.

What I find disturbing is that there is not more public outrage over this coupling of seemingly unfit bedfellows …

Call me critical … but I do think it is time to get real Nestle!

Here is the link to the USA Today story:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2006-06-19-nestle-craig_x.htm

What are your thoughts? Leave a comment and your thoughts on this. Am I just crazy … or is this wrong, wrong, wrong?

Winner of the Australian version of Biggest Loser, Chris Garling had some fairly impressive results. He lost a staggering 70kg (154 pounds) during his time on the Biggest Loser reality tv show.

Sounds great right?

Well the question you always want to ask about any weight loss is how long has it lasted.

Research shows that 95% of people who lose weight through diets, dieting, fad diets, or starvation style diets will regain all of the weight plus some within 6 months.

Chris recently said …

“After I left the show I put on 30kg because I could no longer train 7 hours a day like I did in the house.”

He is now endorsing a new weight loss solution in Australia.

Now please do not get me wrong … I am not being critical of Chris, in fact I found his determination and focus to be quite inspirational.

My point is that you should not look at shows like Biggest Loser as having any resemblance to real world fat loss … unless of course you have 7 hours a day to train which I highly doubt.

In order to burn the fat in the real world you need a balanced lifestyle where you eat 90% fit foods, you exercise correctly 5 to 6 times per week, and you focus your mind to sustain your motivation over the long term.

Sensible weight loss is approximately 1 to 2 pounds per week (up to 1kg).

It takes time to lose all the weight.

I have always believed that the faster you lose weight the faster you find it again

So be prepared to take your time and enjoy the journey!

Recently I was reading a post by a blogger about his weight loss journey. He is like me, on a fat loss journey and tracking his progress and holding himself accountable via a blog.

This particular person was saying that they were weighing themselves every day and in the last four weeks had made no progress. You can imagine how frustrating this can be when you are trying hard, daily checking your progress but staying stuck in the same place for four weeks.

This reminded me of a time a few years ago when I was stuck in a similar place. Every morning I would get up a get out the scales to weight myself, and every morning I would see no progress leading me to negative emotions and ultimately the destruction of my resolve to burn the fat.

What I discovered is that a huge part of the problem was in the fact that I was weighing myself everyday.

The reason I discovered is this:

1/ Your body is unlikely to change much in the course of 24 hours a day including your weight.

2/ When you weigh yourself each day you see basically the same numbers keep coming up.

3/ This creates a negative feedback loop that affirms your unconscious minds view of your bodyweight ie your self image.

4/ Your now stronger self-image (of being at whatever weight your are) leads you to act in a way that will keep you consistent with it. Your unconscious mind always wants to keep you consistent with the image it has of itself.

5/ Your lack of progress leads to emotions like frustration, despair and disappointment

6/ You emotional eat the wrong foods to comfort yourself which leads to the whole cycle repeating itself.

In my view weighing yourself daily is one of the worst things you can do.

Here is what I started doing to get different results.

1/ I made a promise to myself that I would only weigh myself once a week. This was a difficult thing to do at first as I had weighed myself daily for many years.

2/ After my weekly weigh in session I took the scales and put them in the garden shed (or somewhere else that requires effort to retrieve them). This makes you stop and think about it before just blindly jumping up on the scales.

3/ For the remaining 6 days of the week I would do a mental weigh in where I would visualize myself stepping on the scales at 1kg (2 pounds) lighter than my most recent weigh in.

4/ This daily visualization would lead to the formation of a new improved self image. Over time you can re-write your negative self-image with something more powerful.

5/ The new self image lead to taking better daily consistent action.

6/ Which leads to improved results at your weekly weigh in.

7/ Which inspires you to go even further creating positive momentum

So if you are weighing yourself daily and not getting the results you desire then try the plan above. It worked for me and I have no doubt it can work for you by setting up a better mindset for you of success.

It is that time of year when people are busy making new years resolutions or setting goals for the year. Many people who are overweight or obese will be looking at setting their weight loss goals and busy making plans for how to achieve these goals.

Having previously worked with more than 20,000 people teaching them how to set goals I am well qualified to talk on the subject.

In fact I would say the fat loss results I have achieved so far have come about primarily because of the goals I have set, and how I have programmed these goals into my unconscious mind.

Think about this …

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Have you reached a point in your weight loss efforts where you can not seem to make any more progress?

No matter how hard you try you just can not seem to get the fat off your body.

Does it seem like you are working out hard doing lots of sessions at the gym, or aerobics classes, and you have your eating under control but you still can not seem to lose the weight?

If this is you then you may be sabotaging your weight loss success by consuming hidden calories. It is a lot easier to consume excess calories than you think and it may be the reason why you are not achieveing the weight loss success you desire regardless of how good you think your diet is.

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There is so much information out there on how to loose weight it is easy to become overwhelmed and confused.

Bookstores are lined with hundreds of diet books all claiming to have the answers you are looking for. Loose 10 pounds in 7 days is a common catch cry.

Jump online and Google ‘Weight Loss’ and you will be loaded up with millions of web sites trying to sell you millions of weight loss and diet solutions.

It is estimated that in 2006 more than $100 Billion dollars was spent just in the USA on Weight Loss solutions.

What was the outcome?

Little or no change … Obesity rates continue to climb out globally. We are well and truly caught up in the middle of an obesity epidemic.

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Recently I was asked what is the one thing that has made the most difference for me so far in my efforts to burn the fat off my body.

After thinking about it for a moment I answered …

‘Understanding the difference between Fat Foods & Fit Foods’

80% of the results I have produced so far has come as a direct result of shifting my eating from Fat Foods to Fit Foods.

I have just finished writing a special report titled ‘Fat Foods vs Fit Foods’ which I am giving away to subscribers to the Fat Burn Blog.

This 25 page report details exactly what I have done to dramatically change my health, and drop a lot of body fat in a very short period of time.

To get your copy of the Fat Foods vs Fit Foods report simply subscribe to receive updates from the Fat Burn Blog. You will then be given the download link for the report.

To subscribe go here http://www.FollowMyFatLoss.com

Motivation For Weight Loss - Part 1
By Rod Moore
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I have said it before and I will say it again …

Most overweight or obese people already know exactly what they need to do to change their life. Its simple really, just follow these three steps:

1/ Eat less of the foods that make you fat

2/ Eat more of the foods that make you fit

3/ Move your body more

I can already here you thinking …

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Confused about what to eat to create weight loss?

I know I certainly was when I began my fat loss journey.

There is so much information out there on diets and nutrition for weight loss and fat loss, and the worse thing is it all seems to contradict each other.

Walk into any book store and you will find at least 100 books on the latest fad approaches to diets and dieting for weight loss and burning the fat. Most of the information in these books is questionable at best and totally confusing to the average person looking to reclaim his or her health.

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I was watching Biggest Loser the other day and was blown away by the amazing and inspirational weight loss stories of some of the contestants.

Then something interesting happened.

It got my attention and made me start to really think about the reality of reality TV shows like Biggest Loser.

Watch this video to find out why I question if Biggest Loser is healthy for the general viewing public or not:

So what do you think?

Go to the You Tube listing for this video and leave your comments and thoughts. Also if you think this video is of value please leave a rating for it.

The You Tube direct link for this video is:

http://www.youtube.com/v/zCZIPHeoAdU