Last week I worked with a client who had an amazing break through. Her core issue was not forgiving herself for making mistakes in her second marriage, which led to divorce. She has been very hard on herself for seven years because she thought she asked all right questions and should have known better. I did chakra work with her and message was loud and clear…..FORGIVE YOURSELF. (Incidentally, I will explain chakra work in another lesson).

Now, while looking into mirror, take your right hand and form a fist and rub over heart and repeat out loud:

Even though I have had issue of not forgiving myself, I deeply love and accept myself and this issue is healed. Divine Love floods my whole body with light and every cell is filled with love. Say this ten times.

In addition, while mirror is in front you, tell yourself, “You look marvelous, baby!!”

How do you feel? Stupendous! Awesome! Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious! (Okay, I am a fan of Mary Poppins and I love that word).

Practice! Practice! Practice! (Affirmations, Rapid Eye, Emotional Freedom Techniques, gratitude, forgiveness). The more you do it, more it just becomes natural to bring in all positives and surround yourself with them. Your ideal weight is already here. Believe it! Know it! Expect it!

I appreciate you and your efforts and am so grateful that you’re part of my life. I am sending you pink light energy. Hug yourself with this light and be surrounded in love.

Love and hugs,

Tami Close http://www.tamiclose.com http://www.closekeptsecrets.com http://www.tamiclose.isagenix.com

Of course, Jakicic's findings also support that other factor crucial for successful weight loss -- cutting calories.

The 200 women he evaluated, typically 5-foot-4 and weighing 192 pounds when his study began, all cut their calories to 1,200 to 1,500 a day and fat intake to no more than 30% of total calories consumed.

"In this study, they cut calories by almost one-third their previous levels," says I-Min Lee, MBBS, ScD, of Harvard Medical School, who wrote an accompanying editorial to Jakicic's study.

"It's a balance issue. You can exercise very little but eat nothing and still lose weight. It comes down to how much you are willing to sacrifice, in terms of what you eat and what you do to burn it off. Most people don't want to cut their food intake by too much."

Still, Lee tells WebMD that this study shows that a little exercise, done consistently, can do a lot of good.

Pump Up Your Fitness, Too

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The researchers also found that all four levels of exercise had same effect on improving fitness level. Looking at increases in oxygen consumption -- a measure of how well body uses oxygen for energy -- researchers found that all four groups had similar improvements after 12 months of exercise.

The Greatest Weight Loss

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"You will get greatest weight loss from changing your caloric intake in short run," says Jakicic. "However, it appears that without exercise, initial weight loss is less and long-term maintenance of weight loss becomes extremely difficult. So, diet without exercise will make maintenance of weight loss very difficult."

Conversely, he says that exercise without dieting makes weight loss slow and probably less effective -- especially if you're looking to drop serious poundage.

His recommendation for ideal combination: "If an individual reduces their current level of intake by 500 to 1,000 calories per day and exercises 30 to 60 minutes a day, weight loss will be around two pounds per week, on average."

Source: WebMD