Category: Healthy Weight Loss

Okay, I know this is a big issue for many, and there’s tons of information, ideas, and products promising all kinds of results.

So here I’ll share a few key thoughts with you, and then refer you to two powerful programs that have made a big difference for people I’ve known or coached.

First, let’s start with a couple assumptions. I’m going to assume that:

1) You’re reading this because you want to lose weight.

2) You want to do so in a healthy way.

3) You want to feel good and even “enjoy” the process if possible

4) You want the results to last

Does that sound like what you’re looking for?

Okay, well right off the bat, let’s shift your focus.

From now on, don’t focus on “losing weight.”

Focus rather on the way you want to feel.

Do you want to feel energetic, enthusiastic about your life, and great about how you look?

All right, terrific!

Let’s start there.

Develop a mental picture, and a feeling, of how you want to look and feel.

Start to imagine that, live in that, and celebrate already how good it feels.

Next, find something you can use as an emotional “anchor” to immediately “tune into” whenever you’re feeling “blah” and wanting to eat just because you don’t feel good about anything else at the moment.

Find something to get excited about.

Maybe it’s a book you’re reading, a business you’re starting, a new hobby, music you love, or a new relatiionship.

The key here is to choose something that you can consciously use to “feel better” instantly, and that’s not dependent on someone else’s behavior.

So if what’s exciting you is a relationship or friendship, choose something that makes you feel good–writing a note, giving a compliment, making a friendly reocmmendation–and that’s not dependent on the other person’s repsonse, but rather where the good feeling you get on your end is complete in itself.

Okay, we got side-tracked on the relationship tangent for a moment…

Now, some have called this practice “flip-switching”–learning to shift your focus and thereby “flip a switch” to feel better instantaneously.

And this works best when you already have something picked out ahead of time that makes you feel good…so whenver the “blah’s” come on, you can immediately think of that and “tune in” to better feelings again.

Okay, now for a couple physical steps:

1) Practice savoring your food, and how good you feel and the energy you gain as you focus on “quality” and savoring rather than mere quantity. For more on this, and a couple pracitcal examples, listen to the 10 minute audio here.

2) Along these same lines, practice eating less at any one time–stop a little before you’re full. And you can make this easier by knowing you can eat again in a little while if you really want to…

This practice will give your body a chance to register what you’ve just eaten–often you’ll feel fuller in a few minutes even without eating anything more, and especially once your attention gets shifted to something you’re interested in—and eating smaller amounts more frequently rather than large amounts all at once can be a great trigger to rev up your body’s metabolism or rate of calorie burning and energy production.

A great tip from the FatLoss4Idiots guide (which I recommend below) is this: the next time you’re at a restaurant, take home half your meal or at least your dessert, and eat it a couple hours later. That way you spread your calories out and again trigger your metabolism to burn rather than store…

Now, before I recommend a couple great tools, you want to be sure to anchor “the one key barrier you must release to heal” from lesson two of the 7 day free e-course Your Road Map to Health With Dr. Ben . If you don’t, you can get caught up in the frenzy of chasing after one weight loss fad after another without ever achieving the internal peace and external results you’re seeking.

In fact, most peole will never need anything beyond what’s contained on this page, and the resources pointed to here, if they really take to heart and apply what they learn here, and especially if they build this on a complete foundational wellness program.

Remember, this is all about changing your patterns with daily practice to create a new…and lasting…result.

So now for the tools, or “programs”.

The first is purely “informational”, but I call it a “tool”, because it really equips you with practical steps, and even a complete 11 day meal plan if you wish, to begin shifting your metabolism and releasing unwanted weight. (And the meal plan is customizable from a list of foods with a special online “calculator” that’s fun and easy to use—the “calculator” does the work for you.)

The program is called FatLoss4Idiots. It’s very reasonably priced—just a one time purchase, and is something you can learn and use right away to make a difference in your weight and how you feel this week. (You have an option to get a more “complete” package at the time of purchase, and that’s what I’d recommend—the extra tips and guidelines you get for a few extra bucks are well worth it and are easy to learn and apply.)

My only caveat is to avoid the artificial sweeteners and diet sodas mentioned in this program (these aren’t essential to the program, and are better avoided for other health reasons). You can read a further review of the program here.

Note: You’ll also learn something just from visiting the site.

I’ve gotten great feedback from people I’ve coached who’ve used this program, because they feel “in control” in a way they’ve never felt before, and the program is so simple and doable, you can get results right away.

If you’d like to read Natalie’s detailed comments and experience of the program, you can review her comments here.

The second program I recommend is a bit more “involved” and requires an ongoing monthly investment—but because of the money you save on food, and the extra “snacks” you’re no longer craving and therefore no longer spending money on, the feedback I’m getting is that most people come out about even dollar-wise with this program, too.

This second program is called “My Victory”, and before I send you to the site, here’s some info you’ll want to know.

First, My Victory comes from a very reputable nutritional company that I’ve marketed to pateints and coaching clients for years because of their excellent research and high quality control. The My Victory program itself uses all natural ingredients that balance your cravings and support a healthy metabolism and energy without any “controversial” factors.

The key ingredients are divided between the supplements and the shakes, so you get the most complete effect using both, but I know people who’ve gotten great results with just one or the other, too.

A unique factor about the My Victory program is that it also uses very fancy technology, normally only available in a specialized lab, to enable you to measure your personal calorie burn each day—just by wearing an armband and then hooking it up to a computer once a day.

So every day, you can actually see whether or not you’ve burned more calories than you’ve eaten or consumed, and you can celebrate a “victory” every day as you walk down a “weight-releasing” trend.

And the feedback I’m getting from My Victory users is that they’re losing weight without feeling cravings or feeling like they’re depriving themselves, and their energy level is great.

Lastly, My Victory has just partnered with a novel “podfitness” program where you can choose from a variety of trainers and download workouts–with your own music–to your i-pod to developo your own personalized fitness program each day.

To learn more aboutt My Victory you can visit www.myvictoryplan.com . When you’re ready to register, just go here and follow the directions. Oh, you’ll likely be asked for a sponsor code. If someone has already referred you to this program, you can get a sponsor code from them. Otherwise, you can use US9479090.

So there you have it.

Remember to focus on how you want to feel.

Learn to live in the vision and good feeling of what you’re creating every day.

Learn the lesson of “the one key barrier you must release to heal” from lesson two of Your Road Map to Health With Dr. Ben.

Savor your food and divide your eating into smaller portions throughout the day.

Find an emotional “anchor” you can focus on to feel good in any moment.

And then if you’re ready for a specific “program” to further equip you on your weight-releasing and physique-enhancing journey, consider the excellent and fun to use FatLoss4Idiots program with it’s inexpensive one-time fee, or the My Victory program with it’s comprehensive support system. (Click on the “Get started” tab at upper right, and get a sponsor code from the person who referred you here, or use US9479090 if you don’t have one.)

With either program, you’ll be well on your way to looking good and feeling great!

And as always, I look forward to hearing about your own experiences, questions, and feedback in the comments below.

Your friend and partner in health,

Dr. Ben

As we enter more Holidays and the New Year, I know you might
be thinking – at least for a moment — about your weight,
your energy, or your metabolism.

Well, I have a question for you.

What if you could still enjoy some of your favorite foods over
the holidays with one slight change, and not gain weight–
perhaps even lose some?

Here’s an idea that will take you 30 seconds to learn, is simple
to do, and can make a profound difference for you:

Your metabolism responds more to calories per meal than calories
per day.

Huh?

Well, what this means is, even if you ate the same amount of
food in 24 hours, if you split it up into 4-6 different “snacks”
or “meals” during the day instead of 2-3 “big” ones, you’ll
trigger your metabolism to burn more rather than get stuck in
a “storage” mode.

So how do you do this without simply eating more?

How about dividing your meal into 2 portions and saving some
for later?

How about stopping just a little before you’re “full” knowing you
can still enjoy some more of that turkey or pie a couple hours
later?

Simply spread the same amount of food you would normally eat
throughout the day instead of eating it all at once.

Try it, and see how your energy shifts…

…all without feeling you have to “deprive” yourself or grit
your teeth…

…and as you’re feeling better with more energy and your
metabolism revs up, you may find yourself choosing foods and
portions that further contribute to your feeling good.

Add some walking or movement each day, and you can actually
release weight over the holidays and feel great!

For more great tips and a complete 11 day program to really
get things going, hop on over to:

Keeping the Holiday Weight Off

As a special holiday gift, for everyone who gets the program
and emails me their receipt or confirmation by January 1st, 2008, I’ll email you
my Foundational Wellness Program ebook free and give you 10
minutes of one-on-one coaching by phone where you can ask me
any question you want.

So give yourself this gift–simple ways to change your energy,
metabolism, and physique–get my Foundational Wellness Program
as my free gift to you to complete your journey to wellness,
and ask me any question you want by phone:

Hop on over to:

Keeping the Holiday Weight Off

Order your program, then email me your receipt or confirmation
and your phone number.

To a blessed and prosperous New Year,

Dr. Ben

P.S.  If you recently purchased the above program via
Dr. Ben’s Health Insights or here on the blog,
email me your receipt, confirmation, or log in, and I’ll send
you my Foundational Wellness Program and give you 10 min’s of
phone coaching as well! 

(If you can’t find your confirmation, email me anyway and I can
look you up!)

I just finished listening to a fascinating seminar on obesity and wanted to quickly share with you three keys of successful “weight loss maintainers” that you can apply right away.

But before I do, did you know that obesity is increasing worldwide, even in Asian countries, and is now considered a worldwide epidemic just like AIDS and is killing millions of people yearly? 

If you’ve ever struggled with your weight or body image, here are a few characteristics you can probably relate to: 

A feeling of lack of control–for “serial dieters” this feeling can be overwhelming leading to feelings of hopelessness and futility.

Trying many programs and products–more than 10 is common.

Yo-yo weight loss…where the “lost” weight comes back…(this is where changing your vocabulary to “releasing” rather than “losing” weight can have a powerful effect.)

Blaming yourself.

Poor self-image and self-worth.

Now, want to know 3 secrets of those who have been successful not only at “losing weight” but at maintaining a healthy body shape long-term?

Here’s 3 that jumped out at me from the seminar today:

1)  They eat regular meals–they actually DON’T allow themselves to get “ferociously hungry” and they focus on choosing high quality foods rather than on quantity

2)  They accumulate physical activity throughout the day rather than in intense workouts.  This includes simply walking across the parking lot, taking the stairs, and even “fidgeting” per a Mayo Clinic study–anything that burns calories–and they recognize that little steps throughout the day add up and create powerful results.

In fact, during actual 24-hour calorie-burning measurements in one study, the days when people burned the most calories were the days when they were just “doing lots of stuff”–active and moving throughout the day–NOT the days when they did an intense workout!

3)  They celebrate the steps that lead to success–not just weight loss itself, but the actual steps such as those above that lead to healthy body transformation!

Now pause a moment and ask yourself, how can you apply 1 or more of these steps consciously and intentionally to your day today!

Done?

Okay.  Now want to know an additional secret to healthy weight loss?

One of the breakthrough keys to the Healthy Weight Loss program called FatLoss4Idiots is the concept of focusing on calories per meal rather than calories per day–and that eating the same number of calories a day, but spreading them out between 4-6 meals rather than 2 or 3 can actually trigger increased metabolism–increased fat burning–in your body.

A very simple, but powerful concept.

And you can actually do this without counting calories or reading labels!

If you’d like to learn more, and experience gaining back control of your body’s metabolism with simple, healthy steps that you can start today and at a one-time price that virtually anyone can afford, go straight to:

Burn Fat, Turn Up Your Metabolism, and Release Weight with the Healthy Weight Loss Program.  (click here for “FatLoss4Idiots”)

Now if you want to take an additional step, and use cutting edge technology never before available for personal use at home to actually measure the calories you’re personally burning each day, you can email me directly at drben@doctorbenlo.com and I’ll fill you in on new technology just released this week called “My Victory”.

Here’s to your health, and to transforming your life!

Dr. Ben

P.S.  Are you getting your own Dr. Ben’s Health Insights by email?  You can get yours here:  https://doctorbenlo.com

P.P.S.  Leave your own comments, questions, and personal victories with “releasing weight”, healthy weight loss, and personal transformation by clicking on “comments” below.