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I wrote previously in Cut the Yo-Yo String that one’s subconscious mind acts somewhat like a thermostat. A thermostat keeps a house’s temperature around its setting. When the temperature falls too far, it turns on the heater until the temperature reaches its setting. Or, during the summer months, it will behave similarly with an air [...]

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I heard Dr. Paul Jenkins ask the question, “What kind of people get into car accidents?” The answer is, “People who get into cars.” Let’s say that you’re a perfect driver, never violating a single traffic rule. Does that mean you’ll never be involved in an accident? Of course not. The road is full of [...]

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I wrote previously in Cut the Yo-Yo String that one’s subconscious mind acts somewhat like a thermostat. A thermostat keeps a house’s temperature around its setting. When the temperature falls too far, it turns on the heater until the temperature reaches its setting. Or, during the summer months, it will behave similarly with an air [...]

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Today you get a personal story. Last Friday there was an interesting clash in my head. At the outset of my my cholesterol/diet experiment, I determined specific boundaries for food choices during the test period. I’ve worked that into my subconscious mind, and it’s become an instinctive, habitual part of living for me.
I also [...]

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Yo-yo diets. Binging. Rebound. It’s a common experience that going to battle with oneself only exacerbates these undesirable events in our lives. It’s seldom that I hear people discuss where these behaviors come from, and how to effect real change.
I alluded to the secret-that’s-not-a secret in my post Fat Brain? Fat Body. Fit Brain? [...]

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Some people have asked about what I call “the mechanics”. What kind of special diet, exercise regimen, etc. constitute the “secret” of my success considering binging, splurging, or any kind of “falling off the wagon” doesn’t happen to me.
My Formula
Stick to the basics.

Great Purpose
Good Food
Joyful Motion

Great Purpose
I’ve written an introductory bit on the [...]

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Wayne Dyer is credited with saying, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Do you remember stereograms? The crazy, abstract-looking patterns of nonsense that have hidden in them a 3D picture if you look at them right? If that doesn’t ring a bell, click here to see [...]

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