My Short & Long Term Goals

In keeping with my last post, “The Unconscious Mind”, I am setting some short and long term goals. According to Tom Venuto (see earlier post again), a good goal must be specific, measurable, personal (emotionally attached), positive, and deadline-driven. It should be written as an affirmation in the present tense - as if you have [...]

The Unconscious Mind

I have been reading about the power of setting goals in Tom Venuto’s The Body Fat Solution. The unconscious (sub-conscious) mind is fascinating. Our brains are like a goal-seeking supercomputers. Like a computer, we can program and re-program our brains. Because of this, our minds work like a guidance system - like a torpedo that [...]

Free Meal Nightmare!

Last weekend was my son’s 8th birthday. We went to a city about 2.5 hours away so that we could go to the zoo and stay overnight in a hotel. So, that night I decided to have my free meal for the week - I usually save it for the weekend. I was really hoping [...]

The Devil on My Shoulder

Have you ever seen one of those movies or shows where the person is trying to make a tough choice, and they show a little angel self sitting on one shoulder and a little devil self on the other? That about sums up how I feel every now and then.
For example, yesterday I stopped to [...]

It’s not food or anything else. It’s ME.

The majority of this entry was posted on the 3FC forums earlier today. But, as it sums up what I have learned so far quite nicely, it will be my first post here.
July 5, 2009 I started on my final weight loss journey. I know it is the final journey. I have changed dramatically in [...]