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Some folks — we call them Blitzers — love New Year’s resolutions, because they are always up for a challenge.  And the bigger the goal the better!But you may not be a Blitzer.  If you don’t like change and if big goals are intimidating to you, you may be a baby-stepper. If you are, you…

God didn’t make us with a cookie cutter.  Every single one of us is different.  Your New Year’s resolutions should fit YOU and your personality.  We’ve talked before about ways the different personalities can approach losing weight and getting fit. People tend to be either Blitzers or Baby Steppers. Click here to read about Blitzers. Blitzers…

“I can never keep my resolutions to lose weight,”  my young hairdresser told me. “I can’t stay on diet, so I’m not trying any more.” She’s off to a bad start — giving up on being a healthy weight before she even reaches the child-bearing stage of life, or the troublesome middle age where the…

How can you actually keep your resolutions this year? We talked yesterday about the importance of preparing physically.  Begin eating healthier and start weaning yourself off sugar to give yourself a better start. You can also start preparing yourself mentally.  Write down all the reasons you want to lose weight and get in shape.  If…

A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other.  Anonymous Making resolutions is easy. Keeping them sometimes seem hopeless.  But it’s not impossible!  You can reach your goals, if you do some preparation ahead of time. Losing weight and getting fit consistently are in the top ten New Year’s…

Kind friends often give me suggestions to include in my blog.  Some of them are great — but every now and then I get a real dud.  Like this one: “When I know that I’m going to be going to a party where there are lots of goodies, I just compensate,” a friend told me.…

Don’t make lingering goodbyes.  We’ve talked about that before, but this is the season of “goodbyes” to goodies.  People say, “I’m going to start a diet the first of the year, so today I’ll eat fudge.  This is my last candy for a long time.” The trouble is that it isn’t just about one piece…

Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth.  (Colossians 3:2) Can’t stop thinking about food?  Maybe that’s a signal to you that you need to change your focus.  The more you set your sights on the Lord and think of Him, the less you will be tied down to the things…

Here’s an interesting idea.  Use flash cards to lose weight! Pretend you are studying for a test and use the 3X5 card method.  Write down all the reasons you want to lose weight on  flash cards.  Read the entire stack every morning.  Then pull them out when you are at a low spot in your…

Why don’t overweight people have big muscles?  If a person is carrying around 50 lbs. of extra weight in fat, why isn’t that like a super workout which burns lots of calories?    Just lifting the weight out of a chair should build some muscles.  It looks like a certain amount of fat would make…
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