Weight Loss and Diabetes Prevention

Almost everyone who has ever tried to lose weight has experienced the disappointment of trying to exercise and not seeing the scale budge.   Or worse yet – the number keeps going up!   We have been told for years that the way to lose weight is to exercise and burn more calories.   Society has a stigma that people who are overweight are lazy and just don’t exercise.   Yet we have all seen overweight people out exercising, or we have been those people ourselves and have not lost weight.   How can this be?   Personally, I have always been fairly active, exercising on a regular basis.   After having kids and getting into my late 30’s I was gaining weight.   Naturally, I thought the answer was to increase the amount I was exercising.   I ran several half marathons, and finally a whole marathon (mainly a bucket list event!) but ended up actually gaining weight during that time. I was incredulous – running for 1-3 hrs per day for sev...

In his book  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , Stephen R. Covey describes the difference between Abundance Mentality and Scarcity Mentality. “ Most people are deeply scripted in what I call the Scarcity Mentality. They see life as having only so much, as if there were only one pie out there. And if someone were to get a big piece of the pie, it would mean less for everybody else. The Abundance Mentality, however, flows out of a deep sense of personal worth and security. It is the paradigm that there is plenty out there and enough to spare for every body … It opens possibilities, options, alternatives, and creativity .” How the Scarcity Mentality Relates to Food The scarcity mentality is a very common mindset with regards to food.   Research has shown that when you do not have something, your brain starts to fixate on that item and you end up thinking about it more, and the intensity with which you desire it increases. ...