The best definition of self-discipline is ‘positive action’ – something to feel good about”. If you’ve decided to lose weight then you should be feeling good about that. Self-discipline is a form of self-control which we exercise consciously. Self-discipline is very im...

Goal setting is a very powerful process for focusing your attention on what you really want from life. Without goals, life can lack purpose and become directionless. By understanding what you want and what you want to achieve, you know where you have to direct your eff...

There are some pretty scary statistics coming out about the dangers of being overweight or obese. What is alarming is how few people are aware of those statistics. One recent survey put it as low as 30% – and that’s very worrying. There is one very obvious risk which s...

You can imagine the scene from an old black and white movie. It’s Main Street in some town in the mid-west. There’s a smartly dressed man wearing top hat standing on the back of an open topped wagon selling his cure all elixir. An eager crowd listen intently as he desc...

As primates, example is very important to us. We copy and mimic, and we learn. We are always looking for new ways to do things and looking at those ‘in the know’ to give us new ideas that will assist us in our main aim in life – to survive.

Example is also a very powerf...

he word ‘cancer’ is the one word people don’t want to hear. It has become so synonymous with death and suffering that it is seldom mentioned or even discussed – unless there is very good reason. This is despite the fact that there have been huge advances in the detecti...

New reports come out all the time, but one that has just been released from the Harvard School of Public Health, has shed new light on how effective some of our most popular diets are. Effectively they found that all the diets ended up by producing very similar results...

New reports come out all the time, but one that has just been released from the Harvard School of Public Health, has shed new light on how effective some of our most popular diets are. Effectively they found that all the diets ended up by producing very similar results...

Have you thought what it’s going to be like when you’ve been successful in achieving your weight loss goal? What are the reactions of your friends and colleagues going to be to your weight loss, to the ‘new’ you? You will have to sharpen up your powers of empathy if yo...

If you’re overweight, here are a few questions to ask yourself:

• Would you like to lose weight and feel better mentally and physically?

• Would you like to significantly reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke?

• Would you like to protect your heart and liv...