No More Diets - A Treat?

20th November 2006

Contents

Feature Article:

* A Treat?

Recipe of the Week:

* Mushroom Medley

New posts on the Think Slim Blog this week include...

* Junk the Junk
* Free Workout for Your IPOD
* Eat Salad First
* Book Fat

Hi!

The workmen are still busy in my house.

I have got quite used to them and to making endless cups of tea all day now. They all seem to have two spoonfuls of sugar in every cup but not to eat much all day despite all the work they are doing while I have my porridge and banana, fruit and yogurt, salad and soup and sit at my computer for most of the day trying to concentrate ....

I'm not sure how they don't fade away living on a few spoonfuls of sugar, unless that theory about skipping meals preventing you losing weight is true. Maybe they eat a lot for breakfast and dinner too. I don't know them well enough to do a diet analysis :)

Have a great week

Love

Janice Elizabeth
Personal Weight Loss coach

http://www.SimplySlimming.com

"The friendliest place to lose weight on the web"

P.S. Lose pounds with my 8 week "start any time" (How about now?) coaching program at http://www.weightlosshandbook.com

P.P.S If you've missed any issues of this ezine, you can find all 63 of them on the No More Diets back issues blog at http://nomoredietsezine.blogspot.com

Feature Article : A Treat?

It's very hard when facing temptation not to give in and justify eating something that you know will do your weight loss efforts no good at all. Maybe you feel that you've worked hard and eaten well all week so you deserve a treat. Maybe you've had a real stinker of a day. We all need a treat now and again.

But is sabotaging your weight loss plans really such a nice thing to do to yourself? Do you really deserve such poor treatment?

• You deserve healthy delicious food in just the right quantities to satisfy your physical hunger.
  
• You deserve a fit, supple, ready for anything body that serves you well.
  
• You deserve to be slim and healthy - you really do!

And if you have had a bad day and need a treat then there's even more reason to look after yourself properly. You need to nourish yourself with good food, rest or activity (whatever your body needs) and the comfort of family or friends.

Treat yourself to a good cry, a long phone call with a friend, a comedy show or a long soak in the tub just don't pretend that junk food is going to make you feel better - it won't.

Have you ever eaten chocolate or fries or pizza and then thought "That's great - now I'm no longer bored/unhappy/lonely/stressed out"? I thought not!

You don't deserve to punish your body with food it doesn't need or want or to upset yourself with feelings of regret over what you stuffed down without really noticing by giving yourself a "treat".

I'm all for eating food you enjoy - even food such as chocolate or fries which you would not consider typical foods a weight loss coach might recommend. But I would like you to eat that food as part of planned healthy balanced meals or snacks and not as a spur of the moment "treat". So if you like chocolate and decide to leave room to have a couple of squares after dinner that's great. Stuffing a Mars Bar in before dinner "because you deserve a treat" is not.

If nothing else get into the habit of pausing before you "treat yourself" to junk and just decide whether what you're doing is really such a nice thing to do for yourself and whether you couldn't treat yourself just a little bit better than that.

Copyright 2006, Janice Elizabeth Small

By putting in place my simple system you will lose weight steadily week by week and stay in great shape without dieting for the rest of your life.

Discover the 24 keys to permanent and healthy weight loss at http://www.weightlosshandbook.com

Recipe of the week : Mushroom Medley

Serve this on hot granary toast or as a filling for baked jacket potato.

Serves 4

95 Calories per Serving

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
750g (1.5lbs) mixed mushrooms, trimmed and sliced
1 tablespoon French mustard
2 tablespoons creme fraiche
2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley

Heat the oil in a pan and add the garlic, stirring over a medium heat for one minute. Add the sliced mushrooms and saute until tender (about 5 minutes). Stir in the remaining ingredients, bring to boiling point and serve.

New on the members' site this week

In the Recipes section:

* Spinach and Rice Soup
* Cauliflower and Lentil Dhal
* Sweet and Sour Chicken Noodles

On The Forum ( Exercise and Activity Tips Section)

* Mall Walking Q and A

Have a great week

Love

Janice Elizabeth

P.S. I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments or suggestions for future issues, please let me know.

P.S. Know anyone else who would like a copy of this ezine? Please pass it on. If you received this from a friend you can get your own copy at http://www.SimplySlimming.com Look for the link to "Free report".

Legal and admin

Copyright 2006, J. Small All Rights Reserved.

This newsletter provides information for general purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical or health advice from professionals. The accuracy, completeness and suitability of the material for your needs has not been assessed or verified and cannot be guaranteed. This disclaimer also applies to any recommendations or links within the newsletter. You bear responsibility for your own health research and decisions. Please consult with a professional health care advisor before embarking on a weight loss or exercise program or making any personal health decisions. No liability can be accepted for the use made of any information contained within the newsletter or obtained by following any links or recommendations within it. If you do not wish to accept the above conditions you may not use our materials.

No More Diets - Diet or No Diet

14th November 2006

Contents

Feature Article:

* Diet or No Diet

Recipe of the Week:

* Kiwi, Pineapple and Apple Smoothie

New posts on the Think Slim Blog this week include...

* Don't Get Too Skinny
* Winter Workout
* Side Effects of Weight Loss

Hi!

Thanks for all your comments on the new look newsletter - I think you liked it!

One thing that the new version lets me see is how many people actually open the ezine. I was quite dismayed at the percentage until I saw the industry average! It seems more than half just collect emails in their inboxes and don't read them...

But anyway if you are reading this at least you are trying to do something about your weight unless you are there at your computer instead of out running or something :)

Have a great week

Love

Janice Elizabeth
Personal Weight Loss coach

http://www.SimplySlimming.com

"The friendliest place to lose weight on the web"

P.S. Lose pounds with my 8 week "start any time" (How about now?) coaching program at http://www.weightlosshandbook.com

P.P.S If you've missed any issues of this ezine, you can find all 62 of them on the No More Diets back issues blog at http://nomoredietsezine.blogspot.com

Feature Article : Diet or No Diet

I have long believed that diets are not the answer for most people to losing weight. But I also know from your emails that many of you still try to lose weight through dieting and so I try and make this ezine appropriate for you too.

And the truth is that diets do work for some people. They work when you have the determination to stick with them to the bitter end and more importantly to carry on with them after you lose weight (if they have a maintenance program you can follow).

What absolutely does not work is

a) not sticking with the diet until you reach your target weight (the problem for most people) and
b) reverting back to your old eating habits after your diet (the problem for nearly all the rest)

But if you want to go on a diet, don't let me stop you. Though I would like to see the end of weight loss diets, it's unlikely to happen in my lifetime so feel free to go ahead with your plan of choice. But please also think about applying some of the "no diet" principles and tactics you learn here at the same time. Most of the strategies will complement your diet rather than go against it. Whatever you do:-

• Choose some healthy changes you want to make in your lifestyle and start making them a habit alongside your diet.
  
• Continue with your healthy habits no matter what happens with your diet. They will serve you for life.
  
• Keep gradually improving your lifestyle and habits on an ongoing basis and you will eventually find that you never have to diet again even if you never lose the weight through whatever diet you are on this week or month.

Weight loss diets are, by their nature, temporary. But you have to change the habits that are making you overweight permanently to make any kind of weight loss a permanent feature. If you think about it nothing else makes sense. We'd just like to think it would be as easy as a month or six of restricting our eating so that we can get back to "normal" but normal eating doesn't make you fat - only overeating does that. So you have to get out of the habit of eating too much for your level of activity to stay slim for the rest of your life.

If you look at any group of people you will see that their size is not a reflection of whether they have been on the latest miracle Dr Whatever diet. It is a reflection of their habits - simple as that. What is your size saying about your habits?

Copyright 2006, Janice Elizabeth Small

By putting in place my simple system you will lose weight steadily week by week and stay in great shape without dieting for the rest of your life.

Discover the 24 keys to permanent and healthy weight loss at http://www.weightlosshandbook.com

Recipe of the week : Kiwi, Pineapple and Apple Smoothie

A refreshing drink bursting with vitamins and minerals.

Serves 2

about 115 Calories per Serving

2 ripe kiwi fruit, peeled and chopped
3 rings pineapple, fresh or from a can, chopped
1 green eating apple, peeled, cored and chopped
about 100ml (half cup) apple juice

Blend the ingredients (using half the apple juice) together until smooth. Add more apple juice until you get the consistency you like. Chill and serve.

New on the members' site this week

In the Recipes section:

* Peanut and Vegetable Noodles
* Lebanese Fish and Rice
* Sweet Potato and Cumin Soup

Ask Simply Slimming Section

* Giving Up for the Day

On The Forum ( Exercise and Activity Tips Section)

* Which Stage are You At?

Have a great week

Love

Janice Elizabeth

P.S. I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments or suggestions for future issues, please let me know.

P.S. Know anyone else who would like a copy of this ezine? Please pass it on. If you received this from a friend you can get your own copy at http://www.SimplySlimming.com Look for the link to "Free report".

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Copyright 2006, J. Small All Rights Reserved.

This newsletter provides information for general purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical or health advice from professionals. The accuracy, completeness and suitability of the material for your needs has not been assessed or verified and cannot be guaranteed. This disclaimer also applies to any recommendations or links within the newsletter. You bear responsibility for your own health research and decisions. Please consult with a professional health care advisor before embarking on a weight loss or exercise program or making any personal health decisions. No liability can be accepted for the use made of any information contained within the newsletter or obtained by following any links or recommendations within it. If you do not wish to accept the above conditions you may not use our materials.

No More Diets - 6th Nov - Waiting for 2007?

6th November 2006

Contents

Feature Article:

* Waiting for 2007?

Recipe of the Week:

* Light Lemon Cheesecake Crunch

New posts on the Think Slim Blog this week include...

* Which Way to Lose Weight?
* Steady Weight Loss
* Obesity and Excess Hair

Hi!

I decided to try a new look for the newsletter this week and if your email program reads html format emails you should be able to see the new version with graphics and all.

Not sure whether I'll keep doing this so let me know what you think - I do read and respond to all emails (at least I do if the pesky email filters let them get through to my inbox).

Have a great week

Love

Janice Elizabeth
Personal Weight Loss coach

http://www.SimplySlimming.com

"The friendliest place to lose weight on the web"

P.S. Lose pounds and look your best for New Year and the party season with my 8 week coaching program at http://www.weightlosshandbook.com

P.P.S If you've missed any issues of this ezine, you can find all 61 of them on the No More Diets back issues blog at http://nomoredietsezine.blogspot.com

Feature Article : Waiting for 2007?

Please get real. This time of year so many people put off losing weight "until after the holidays". You tell yourself you need a fresh start, that you'll "do it right from January 1st"

This means that you will have wasted another eight weeks without taking action. In fact for most people it means you'll make the most of all the opportunities available to eat and drink too much at this time of year and end up a whole five or more pounds bigger than you are today before you start.

And the worst thing is that come January 1st, you won;t have changed. You won't suddenly find the willpower to eat like you think you're going to, to visit the gym 3 times a week for the rest of your life. You're still the same person with the same busy life. A fresh start marked by a New Year won't change that.

How many times have you said to yourself that on Monday you'll start afresh. How many New Year's Resolutions have you made in the past?

What will be different this time?

Now I'm not saying that it can't be different and that you can't do it. I'm just trying to tell you that based on past performance and human nature it's not that likely.

So what do I recommend instead? Am I advising you to go miserably through the festive period on a diet?

No, of course not! I just want you to think about trying this....

Instead of expecting perfection from yourself after a particular target date you've set in your mind (whether it be Monday, New Year or after your business trip) why not start to gently change your habits one by one right now?

Start with portion sizes. Cut down the amount on your plate a little. Stop eating when you're full. Start becoming aware of How MUCH you're eating. Can you do that right from today without any real hardship? Of course you can!

Once you're OK with that, start thinking about what it is you're putting into your mouth. Could you make your food more healthful? Could you find some recipes that are both delicious and good for you? Could you make better choices when you do the grocery shopping? Of course you can!

At the same time find every opportunity you can to move a little more. Not by going for a full gym program if that's not something you relish doing for the rest of your life but by moving more at home, in the office, at lunchtime and getting yourself out and about at the weekend.

Nothing drastic there - no major shift in LBD to LAD (Life before diet to life after diet) but a gradual setting yourself on the right path and getting into habits you can keep up for the rest of your life no matter whether its November, December or January.

Who knows, by 2007 you may not even have to bother with a weight loss resolution. You can just carry on gradually adapting your lifestyle into a healthier slimmer future for the rest of your life.

Copyright 2006, Janice Elizabeth Small

By putting in place my simple system you will lose weight steadily week by week and stay in great shape without dieting for the rest of your life.

Discover the 24 keys to permanent and healthy weight loss at http://www.weightlosshandbook.com

Recipe of the week : Light Lemon Cheesecake Crunch

Sometimes it's nice to have a light but nourishing meal (maybe a healthy soup or something like that) so you have room for a little dessert.

Serves 4

265 Calories per Serving

6 small ginger biscuits roughly crushed
300 ml (1/2 pint) low fat natural yogurt
200g (7oz) low fat cream cheese
finely grated rind and juice 1 lemon
2 tablespoons sugar

Divide the biscuit crumbs between 4 serving dishes. Beat the yogurt, cheese, lemon and sugar together and divide between the dishes. Decorate with fresh fruit or lemon slices.

New on the members' site this week

In the Recipes section:

* Bean and Herb Dip
* Thai Beef, Pork or Chicken
* Rice is Nice

On The Forum ( Healthy Eating Section)

* 127 best weight loss foods

Have a great week

Love

Janice Elizabeth

P.S. I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments or suggestions for future issues, please let me know.

P.S. Know anyone else who would like a copy of this ezine? Please pass it on. If you received this from a friend you can get your own copy at http://www.SimplySlimming.com Look for the link to "Free report".

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Copyright 2006, J. Small All Rights Reserved.

This newsletter provides information for general purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical or health advice from professionals. The accuracy, completeness and suitability of the material for your needs has not been assessed or verified and cannot be guaranteed. This disclaimer also applies to any recommendations or links within the newsletter. You bear responsibility for your own health research and decisions. Please consult with a professional health care advisor before embarking on a weight loss or exercise program or making any personal health decisions. No liability can be accepted for the use made of any information contained within the newsletter or obtained by following any links or recommendations within it. If you do not wish to accept the above conditions you may not use our materials.

No More Diets - What Will Burn Fat?

31st October 2006

Contents

Feature Article:

* What Will Burn Fat?

Recipe of the Week:

* 2 Minute Frozen Yogurt Dessert

New posts on the Think Slim Blog this week include...

* The Insomnia Diet
* Weight Loss Struggles

Hi!

I just spent two days at the Inspire Scotland 06 and Inspire Internet conferences here in Edinburgh and they were ....truly inspirational.

From the guy Richard McCann whose childhood was marked by his father's violence and his mother being the first victim of the Yorkshire Ripper (an infamous serial killer here in the UK) to the guy who turned over a million pounds ($1.8m) last year selling chocolate fountains on the internet - every single person had a tale to tell and a lesson to learn - truly fascinating and empowering.

And if Richard can get over murder, violence, drug addiction and a prison sentence and turn his life around then we just have to understand that there's a similar power within all of us - the human spirit. We can turn our own situation around no matter what we are battling with and we certainly ALL have it in us to lose a few (or a whole lot of) pounds.

Have a great week

Love

Janice Elizabeth
Personal Weight Loss coach

http://www.SimplySlimming.com

"The friendliest place to lose weight on the web"

P.S. Lose pounds and look your best for New Year and the party season with my 8 week coaching program at http://www.weightlosshandbook.com

P.P.S If you've missed any issues of this ezine, you can find all 60 of them on the No More Diets back issues blog at http://nomoredietsezine.blogspot.com

Feature Article : What Will Burn Fat?

I had a question from a reader this week saying that she needed to burn a few pounds of fat and had seen a few different weight loss pills promising great results but she was confused about what she should take.

My answer is, as always, not to put any faith in the type of products that are advertised as helping you to lose weight without having to do anything.

They will not work - simple as that!

Yet Americans waste over $40 billion a year on weight loss products which do not work. What is it that makes us put our faith in an advert, an unknown pill rather than what we know. The ads are selling false hope, an impossible dream - reaching a goal without having to do anything other than hand over a sizeable sum.

But you can't buy success in weight loss. An expensive gym membership won't do it. Any of the thousands of books at the bookstore won't do it. And supplements certainly won't do it. Whatever you buy needs input and action - sometimes a lot of action from you.

Even with the weight loss medication you get from a doctor you have to do something - you can't just continue stuffing in the food and expecting a pill to do all the work. Life doesn't work like that.

If you want a particular result - in this case losing a few pounds of fat - you just have to do what it takes.

And what it takes, no matter which way you look at it, is eating less unhealthy food, eating a moderate amount of great healthy food and moving your body a bit more.

It's not rocket science - it really isn't - but we seem intent on making it as complex as can be - by pretending that the weight will shift if we just find the "right solution to losing weight". Yet the magic solution is right there staring you in the face. It's in what you put in your mouth and what you do with your body.

You could start today turning your body into the sleek, slim, powerful body of a dancer or an athlete, you could decide that an average slim shape is fine or you could carry on shovelling in the same old junk and moving as little as possible, staying overweight and searching for the latest weight loss "break-through". Those are options we all have.

Make the effort and you get what you want or waste your money on potions and pills and wait for things to change (they won't!). What will you do?

Copyright 2006, Janice Elizabeth Small

P.S. I had more than the normal rate of unsubscribes last week when I talked about weight loss being all about the healthy choices you make or don't make. It's an unpopular message that you have to make an effort to be slim but I'm not going to lie to you - there's no magic pill and instead of wasting your life looking for it, be one of the successful ones and take action on those things which you know will have an effect.

I have a simple system which helps you lose weight steadily week by week and stay in great shape without dieting for the rest of your life but you do have to make changes even if they are simple step by step ones to a healthier you, a healthier life. Are you ready to make a little effort in the right direction? Use any system for losing weight healthily or use mine - I don't care - just do it!

Discover the 24 keys to permanent and healthy weight loss in my simple system at http://www.weightlosshandbook.com

Recipe of the week : 2 Minute Frozen Yogurt Dessert

An easy and healthy dessert. Can be kept in the freezer until required - and if you can wait ...

Serves 4

130 Calories per Serving

450g (1lb) mixed frozen red berries
450g (1lb) low-fat Greek yogurt
1 tablespoon icing (confectioner's) sugar

Process the ingredients together in a food processor until smooth.

New on the members' site this week

In the Recipes section:

Focus on lunches this week...

* Avocado Chicken Wrap
* Lentil and bacon salad
* Butterbean and Broccoli Soup

On The Forum (Exercise and Activity Tips Section)

* Get in Shape Using Exercise Bands Poster
* How to Choose Athletic Clothing


Have a great week

Love

Janice Elizabeth

P.S. I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments or suggestions for future issues, please let me know.

P.S. Know anyone else who would like a copy of this ezine? Please pass it on. If you received this from a friend you can get your own copy at http://www.SimplySlimming.com Look for the link to "Free report".

Legal and admin

Copyright 2006, J. Small All Rights Reserved.

This newsletter provides information for general purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical or health advice from professionals. The accuracy, completeness and suitability of the material for your needs has not been assessed or verified and cannot be guaranteed. This disclaimer also applies to any recommendations or links within the newsletter. You bear responsibility for your own health research and decisions. Please consult with a professional health care advisor before embarking on a weight loss or exercise program or making any personal health decisions. No liability can be accepted for the use made of any information contained within the newsletter or obtained by following any links or recommendations within it. If you do not wish to accept the above conditions you may not use our materials.