Weight loss tool product launch – 19 May 2009

Which of the following challenges stop you from achieving your  healthy lifestyle or weight loss goals?

Self sabotage,  not being able to get your mind right,

giving in to negative self-talk, emotions 

Think it’s impossible to change?

Not anymore!

Read this blog on

19 MAY 2009 for the

LAUNCH OF A NEW INNOVATIVE, PRACTICAL AND EMPOWERING

WEIGHT LOSS TOOL

 to turn all those excuses around!

No gimmicks or quick fixes rather a healthy way to

change your mindset and keep negative thoughts and habits at bay.

 

 

Newsletter – January ’09 – The Gift of Health

Tired of making New Year resolutions and setting goals?
Although Christmas and Chanukah are over
giving yourself gifts is not (over)!

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THE GIFT OF HEALTH

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More about the Weight Loss Kit

    

Weight Loss Kit

 

Weight loss is not just about the food your body needs. Losing weight (and keeping it down) requires more than knowing what to eat. To lose weight and be successful you need to feed your mind, body and soul.

 

Over the years, I found that assisting clients with a healthy eating plan alone is, in itself, not enough. I wanted to use the tools and skills that I acquired during my weight loss journey to inspire and motivate other people so that they may gain insights into the barriers that are preventing them from achieving their goals. I also wanted to share the skills and insights I learned in the hope that their weight loss journey would be shorter than mine and that by regaining their self-esteem and confidence they could lead the life they choose.

 

This prompted me to create and design interesting lifestyle products not only to help people lose weight, but also to help them achieve optimum all round, mental and physical health. The result is a unique and exclusive Weight Loss kit. It includes a book, “Low fat food for your mind body and soul,” 42 deal-a-meal recipes cards, 44 inspirational cards, a journal and fridge magnets.

 

All the products in the Weight Loss / Healthy Lifestyle Kit were designed so that they could be used in conjunction with any healthy eating programme – not just Unique Lifestyle’s. I want as many people as possible to benefit from the products. So whether you do your own thing or follow any one of a range of healthy eating plans that are available you can still use the products in the kit. It can also be used by dieticians, nutritional counsellors / coaches, lifestyle coaches as practical tools to be used in conjunction with the healthy eating programmes they provide their clients

 

CONTENTS OF WEIGHT LOSS KIT

BOOK

Low fat food for your mind, body and soul

by Sandy Goldberg

There are so many “diet” and self-help books on the market, and so many gimmicks about how to lose weight. Most of these contain conflicting and confusing information. I wrote the kind of book I wished I could have read during the 9 years I struggled to lose weight. I wrote the book to motivate and inspire people with weight problems, as well as to offer tools to help them change their thinking. It is a combination of inspirational messages and self-help techniques along with practical tips and advice.

The book is divided into four parts – something like four courses. It begins with my personal story of weight loss. It tells of my nine-year long struggle with 21 kilos of excess weight and how the struggle ended when I discovered mind, body and soul balance that helped me slip back into a bikini, a fitted evening dress and a pair of blue jeans.

 

Low Fat Food for your Mind, consists of a set of practical exercises that are designed to help unlock your mental barriers to losing weight. The main course, Low Fat Food for your Body, gives practical advice on weight loss, food choices and cooking. And for dessert, Low Fat Food for your Soul provides inspirational snacks for the soul to help maintain the balance you need in order to lose weight healthily.

  JOURNAL

Journaling has been said to be “therapy for the soul”. I believe using a journal is a self-discovery tool. I learnt an enormous about myself – patterns of behaviour that I only became aware of when I reread the journals I had kept over a period of time. It enables a person to record their, thoughts, experiences and feelings and often helps people to get to know themselves better, and to gain insights about themselves. Whether one chooses to write about food choices or moods and emotions doesn’t matter – what is important is that each individual writes about what is important to them. Just a few pages a day is all it takes. The insights it provides are invaluable.

 

SOUL SNACKS PACK

 

If people want to empower themselves they need to believe in themselves – believe that they can do it. Many people look at outside sources for inspiration and motivation. What they need to realize is that the power to change comes from within. However sometimes people need a spark to ignite the motivation and inspiration within them, to achieve their goals and dreams. It was with this in mind that I created “Soul Snacks” – a pack 45 cards containing inspirational and motivational quotations

 

DEAL-A-MEAL PACK

 

No weight loss kit would be complete without recipes. I found most of my client’s were looking for delicious, quick and easy recipes. Being rushed or tired at the end of the day and not having the correct ingredients often leads people to making the wrong choices. How often have you rushed into the shops on the way home, to buy ingredients for supper, only to find you’ve forgotten an  important ingredient?

 

Whether you are single or married, working in an office, or at home the Deal-a-Meal recipe cards make it really easy to follow a healthy lifestyle. They are small enough to fit into your purse, or shirt pocket. You can pick a card before you leave home, pop it in your pocket and shop on the way home. Once home stick it on the fridge with a magnet (included in the pack) and make a delicious dinner that is quick and easy.” 

TO ORDER / PRICE

The Weight Loss Kit is available directly through the Unique Lifestyle. For further information on how to order and prices click on this link https://sandygoldberg.wordpress.com/weight-loss-kit/

All products (besides the journal) are also sold separately and can be purchased directly through the Unique Lifestyle. For further information on prices and ordering, please look at the individual tabs at the top of the page

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE DON’T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME

 sandy@uniquelifestyle.co.za

 

How fast can I lose weight?

This morning I came across a quote in the newspaper, which I found inspiring. I’d like to share it with you.

 

“In business, as in life, we succeed not because we guessed the future correctly, but because were inspired by our dreams and had the courage to pursue them.”

Muzi Kuzwayo –

CEO TBWAHuntLascaris

South Africa

 

How does this relate to losing weight and dieting? Well have you given any thought to how much time you spend trying to predict the future regarding your weight? Questions like

 

·         How fast can I lose weight?

·         How much am I going to lose each week?

·         When will I reach my goal weight?

·         How long will it take me to lose _ kgs?

·         Which “diet” is going to work?

·         Am I going to fail?

·         Will I succeed this time?

·         When will be the perfect time to start?

·         Can I lose weight faster than my friend?

 

Often we spend so much time questioning how things will work out that we lose

our focus and our dream. So rather than wasting precious time trying to predict

the future

 

Be inspired by your dream!

 

·         Visualize yourself at the weight you would feel happy at.

·         Visualise

§  how you will look,

§  what you will be doing,

§  what you’ll be wearing,

§  who you’ll be with,

§  how you’ll be feeling

·         Run through your dream every day

·         Whatever you focus on consistently happens

·         Focus on the thinking positively and on your strengths

·         Today is all you have – so do what you can today and stop worrying about yesterday and tomorrow

·         Recognize your achievements and reward yourself

·         Have courage to pursue your dream!

 

 

Defusing your Diet Danger Zones

Yesterday I posted a blog to help you identify your Diet Danger Zone/s. Today’s post gives you tips on how to Defuse your Diet Danger Zones.

For Meal Stuffers….Design a Different Dinner

• Preplate the high-calorie foods in the kitchen and leave the leftovers there.
• Use smaller plates and taller glasses
• Manage the pace. Slow down, so appetities can catch up with what’s been eaten.
• Aoid having too many foods on the table. The more variety there is, the more people will eat.
• Get into the habit of leaving something on the plate
• Eat fruit for dessert.
• Adopt the Half-Plate Rule. Half the plate is filled with vegetables and the other half is protein and starch.

For Snack Grazers… Avoid Snack Traps

• Keep all foods that are not good for you and that constantly temp you at the back of the fridge or freezer.  Keep these tempting goodies wrapped in aluminum foil.
• Do not keep snacks in the house for some future occasion. If you must buy snacks for the family buy snacks you don’t enjoy.
• If you get a craving, think of a substitute. Ask yourself what it is you are craving? If it’s ice-cream that is smooth and creamy, rather select a yoghurt. Crunchy rather select pop-corn or fruit.
• Only eat at the table – the one in the kitchen or dining room. Don’ t wolf things down while you are standing over the sink or in front of the fridge.
• Keep tempting foods out of sight and out of mind. Store them at the back of cupboards or in containers you can’t see through.
• Instead of having biscuits in a jar, display fruit in a  bowl on the counter top.
• Never eat directly from a package. Always dish up into a bowl or plate so that you are aware of the quantity you are eating.

Party Bingers….Party less Harty

• Find a place to stand and chat that is away from the snack bowls and buffet
• Go and see what is on the buffet table without taking a plate – look at what is on offer and decide what it is you are going to select. Then take your plate and dish up.
• Dish up only once at Buffets and restaurants that have special offers “eat as much as you want” for a particular price.
• Focus on partying and not on eating
• Have a salad or soup before you leave home.
• Fill up on healthy food – vegetables and salad.
• Arrive late.

Restaurant Indulgers…. Develop Restaurant Rules

• Use the Rule of Two: Limit yourself to two of the following: a starter, dessert or a drink 
• If you don’t want to eat bread – tell the waiter not to bring any of pass it to the other end of the table.
• Order 1/2 portions or lady’s portions.
• Ask for water for the table and alternate drinking water with whatever else you are drinking.
• Use the person who eats the slowest as the pacesetter. Put your knife and fork down after everybite.
• If you want dessert, see if someone will share it with you.

For Desktop and Dashboard Diners….Change Gears

• Stock your desk or fridge at work with yoghurt and cans of tune. Protein can take the edge off a snack attack.
• Pull the car over or turn the computer off while you eat. If you focus on eating you might discover that you don’t really enjoy food from a vending machine or convenience store.
• Make rules for yourself – you have to eat fruit, drink a glass of water before you eat a snack. If you do have a snack you must walk around and eat it.
• Replace every soft drink with water. We often think we’re hungry when we are thirsty. Keep a full jug of water at your desk.

Defusing your Diet Danger Zones is an exerpt from Brian Wansink’s book, Mindless Eating

The power of choice – will you chose to lose?

During the time I struggled to lose weight I used every excuse in the book for why I was overweight, until one day……. I ran out of excuses! It took me 9 years to realize that I held the power in my own hands. I had the power of choice. I could choose to hide behind the excuses and stay overweight or I could choose to make some changes. Having run out of excuses I only had one choice left! Having made the choice, what had for years seemed like an insurmountable wall just crumbled away. It took me 6 months to reach my goal.

 

Most of us want our cake and we want to eat it! So many of us want to lose weight / lead a healthy lifestyle but  the price of giving up the food we love or learning new habits is often a price we’re not willing to pay. It is so much easier to wish away our weight. We wish we could lose it all in a week. We wish the next diet we find will be THE answer. We wish that we could have surgery. Basically we wish that what has taken years to put on would disappear overnight. The reality is that our bad habits have become an integral part of our behaviour and to learn new ones takes time, practice and patience.  It is so much easier to blame circumstances and make excuses rather than accept or take responsibilty, for the consequences of our choices.

 

Each one of us has the freedom to make choices. These choices determine our future and our success.

 

The choices that you have for your body are:

 

• The choice of a healthy lifestyle or a quick fix “diet”
• The choice of health or ill health (diseases such as diabetes, stroke, heart attacks, high blood pressure, high cholesterol are often as a result of an unhealthy lifestyle)
• The choice of how much food you eat.
• The choice of what food you eat.
• The choice of how your food is cooked.
• The choice to exercise or not do any exercise.
• The choice of how often you exercise.

Assuming the consequences of your choices are currently negative – imagine the positive impact on your life if you changed some of your decisions by making different choices. The impact of making different choices does not just affect your weight it also affects your energy levels which in turn has positive consequences on your health. It’s YOUR CHOICE – you can chose to stay the same or chose to lose!

Healthy Lifestyle vs. Diet

With so many diets on the market why do so many people still struggle with leading a healthy lifestyle and weight problems?

I believe is because the weakness with most weight loss programmes is that they only focus on eating healthily.

A healthy lifestyle depends on a number of factors

• stress
• diet
• weight
• exercise
• hereditary factors

If we only focus on what we eat, our weight usually see-saws because all we are doing is “dieting” and to many people the word diet is synonymous with deprivation.

We need to stop thinking about diets equally deprivation but rather look at health, wellness and happiness.

In other words to improve our health we need to modify our lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle cannot guarantee health, however it can reduce the risk of

• high blood pressure,
• heart attack,
• diabetes,
• bloating,
• lack of energy etc

Often when illness strikes we rely on our doctors to “cure” us. We get medication to take but often the medication is treating the symptom and not the cause. What we fail to realize is the role we can also play in the cure.

I always find it so sad when one hears about people who on hearing that they have a serious health problem, change to a healthier lifestyle. Often when it is too late. We have to go back to basics and take an active part in the maintenance of our health. We need to look at preventing illness and promoting our health.

The solution is to lead a healthier (and more balanced) lifestyle.

To lead a healthier lifestyle (for your body) you need to look at

• Nutrition – the food you eat (the choices you make and the quantities you eat)

      And

• Exercise – Diet cannot be looked at in isolation, we also need physical activity. You need at least 20 minutes of aerobic exercise 3 – 4 times a week.

So rather than going on yet another diet change to a healthier lifestyle! It’s much more fun – and has so many health benefits!

Making Healthier Choices More Often

Having struggled myself for so many years to lose weight, I really do understand the process and how difficult it is to begin. Life is not about perfection – So don’t set yourself up to fail by trying to be perfect. Your main goal should be to

MAKE HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE CHOICES MORE OFTEN.

Here are some practical steps to help get you started.

DO

• Set yourself small achievable goals
• Make healthier lifestyle choices more often
• Exercise – walk the dog, do something you enjoy
• Focus on a healthy lifestyle not just on diet / food
• Practice saying NO (The more you practice the easier it gets)
• Learn a new technique to alleviate stress

DON’T

• Aim for perfection
• Skip meals
• Weigh more than once a week
• Eat fast and allow interruptions during a meal
• Read and eat
• Make excuses

If these lists look daunting then pick just one point from the Do list and focus on that for a month. Write the point down and put it in a prominent place where you will see it every day. Focus on that point daily and practice until it’s a habit! Then start on the next point.