Resources
Session One -- Clarifying your Vision
Let's start with a little humor:
Session Two -- Creating a plan
Thought process flowcharts
Blank Planning Calendar
Some resources to determine how much you should be eating:
- Calculate your BMR -- Base Metabolic Rate (what your body needs just to breath, blink, and watch SVU all day).
- Calculate your BMI (Body Mass Index)to see the range for a healthy weight for your height
- Calculate how many calories your body needs each day, based on your BMR and your activity level.
- How many calories do you need each day if you want to lose weight?
- How many calories do you burn engaging in various activites?
Some online tracking sites to help you keep track of your daily calorie intake:
Training guide for beginning runners:
Session Three -- Creating a Mirror Mantra
The importance of intonation in language and why music can evoke emotional responses:
How about some inspiration from the movies:- Home run scene from the movie The Natural
- Closing credits from the movie Slumdog Millionaire -- Jai Ho!!
- Running on the beach -- Chariots of Fire
- Who could forget Rocky!?
My personal theme song:
Session Four -- Recognizing and avoiding rationalization
Many a truth is said in jest:
Books I recommend:
- Diets Don't Work -- Dr. Bob Schwartz, Ph.D.
- Women Food and God -- Geneen Roth
- You on a Diet -- Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz
- My Stoke of Insight -- Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
- You Can Heal Your Life -- Louise L. Hay
- You'll See it When You Believe it -- Wayne Dyer
- The Kaizen Way -- One Small Step Can Change Your Life -- Robert Maurer, Ph.D.
Small changes add up over time.
What can we learn from studying Naturally Thin people (i.e., people who don't struggle with their weight).
An excellent reference for people who have accepted the label of "compulsive overeater" for themselves.
Have questions about what hunger is, and what proper nutrition and exercise looks like?
A Harvard neuro-anatomist describes her experience suffering and recovering from a massive stroke. Excellent description of "life without the left brain."
"The thoughts we think and the words we speak create our experiences."
If you don't believe you can do it, guess what.. you're right!