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Apr
09

NCIS CT?

What are your feelings telling you? How can you change them?

When I think back to when I was in my worst shape and at highest weight I was constantly eating unhealthy food. After some self examination I was able to realize that I wasn't eating to fuel my body, rather I was eating to fill an an emotional pain/need that had not been met. So I was eating unhealthy foods (and lots of it!) as an unconscious way to cope with my feelings. Around this time I came across a great book by Cal Banyan called The Secret Language of Feelings. From the great foundation of that book I found great personal success by tweaking his method and forming a protocol that better suited me and I would like to share that with you. 

I call this the NCIS Transformational Self-Help Protocol. NCIS is a protocol to transform your feelings from “bad” to satisfaction and fulfillment. 

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Dec
27

Your Team's Losing....But YOU Might be Gaining!

Weight, that is. Researchers studying US football fans (and French soccer fanatics) found that many sports addicts turn to junk food to help take the sting out of a loss. Fans of a losing team seem to consume extra fat and sugar, using comfort food as a way to deal with their emotions.

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Aug
14

Observations: The real reason diets fail - Part 1

Greed (grēd)

Adult definition:
a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed.  

Kids definition:
selfish desire for food, money, or possessions over and above one's needs

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Aug
11

Observations: The real reason diets fail - Overview

Don't be so hard on yourself if you fail with your dieting efforts.  You were setup to fail before you even started. Saying this is NOT a free ticket to raid the closest pizza joint.  But no matter where you come from or what walk of life you have chosen the fact is we live in a nation that drives us toward perceived success in all things but health.  Our society is built to fail when it comes to living healthy.

That is why more times than not, diets fail. This is the overview of a multi-part blog post to help you see the big picture as to why it is all too easy to give up on living healthy. The goal is to bring about awareness of the influences on your daily lives where desensitization prevents us from succeeding at living a healthy lifestyle.

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Apr
03

Here we are: The Pale Blue Dot

http://youtu.be/3i2y4sEQpRI

I know I owe everyone an update with my weight loss progress, but I have been focusing on the development of this site instead of updating my blog posts. So today's contribution will focus on mental health and stress. Watch this great video and get some perspective on life.

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