We’re more than halfway through December and just three days away from the winter solstice.  Soon our gradually lengthening nights and shortening days will reverse in pattern.  For many of us this is good news indeed.  I personally want to eat more and do less during this time of year.  It’s just the way I’m wired and I’ve noticed that many of my clients experience the same.  It used to be generally accepted that I’d put on 5-10 pounds somewhere between Halloween and Valentines Day.  Then I’d make an annual attempt at losing it as spring rolled around.  Some years were definitely more successful than others.  It was my big oscillating pattern of weight management.  In 2003 I put an end to that pattern when I started this program.   

Fast forward to 2008; my genetic makeup remains the same but the habits of health I’ve learned allow me to balance a healthy weight with life, which includes a passion for food that will never cease.  Yet I do not feel deprived.  I thought back then, before this program, that I would have to deprive myself in order to maintain a healthy weight.  It would be like eating salads all the time with low fat dressing on the side and saying no to cookies.  But it’s not like that.  Habits are only difficult up front, then they get easier, then they become somewhat mindless.  Habits can be your best friend as much as they can be your worst enemy.  You get to choose.  Disregard what you’ve been told because you can have your cake and eat it too. 

Losing the weight can be just a “given” if you want it to be.  Once you make the choice it comes off pretty quickly.  In phase one you should be losing between 2-5 pounds each week with low hunger and good energy levels.  If that’s not the case then you need to tell me.  Either by email exchange or phone consult I will personally work with your situation.  I’ve been coaching full time for nearly four years so I’ve seen just about everything. 

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