1. Here are some suggestions in order to change your self image long term.

2. Determine HOW you are motivated

3. Determine REASONS behind unwanted behaviors.

4. Develop a great support system

5. Eat for fuel not for taste

6. Keep being active.

More information regarding these areas can be found at www.resolutions.bz

Let me say this. If you want desperately to change your weight and self image, it will take some introspection not a pill. It will take time, not a fast track. If you need some encouragement, get it or contact me. What ever it takes. But remember this:

There is absolutely no one on this earth that has right to take your self worth away from you. However, it is our choice to let them. Chose today to take back your life. Let me help!

5. Trim Visible Fat and Skin. I know, you really love skin--of course you do, it tastes good, it should, it's pure fat. Do you want to get leaner, or do you want to eat fat? You choose. I never eat chicken skin and never eat visible fat hanging off a steak, good taste or no. You have to decide what you want more, second's worth of pleasure of a yummy taste, or a lifetime of carrying around an extra 40 lbs? I know this is counter to low carb crowd's belief that fat is good, carbs are evil, but I've maintained an 80 pound weight loss for 18 years without dieting and I don't eat visible fat or skin. Enough said.

6. Ask for a Doggie Bag at Beginning of Meal. When food is served, immediately portion off some to take home for tomorrow. Most restaurants in US serve way too much. There is no law you have to eat it all. Do this frequently and soon you'll find you're getting an extra lunch out of that meal.

7. Read Restaurant Confidential by Michael F. Jacobson and Jayne Hurley, and start checking out how many calories you're really eating. If you eat out frequently and you carry extra weight, then that's probably problem right there. This little book can help you realize why it seems you don't eat that much yet you can't lose any weight. Hardees recently introduced a new burger that clocks in at just under 1200 calories all by itself! Now that's frightening.

If you really want to get a handle on your weight problem, look first to where you eat, second at what you eat, and third how much you eat. Where, What and How Much? Try these steps choosing one tip at a time, and see how easily you can take some of calories out of restaurant food.

~~Kathryn Martyn, Master NLP & EFT Practitioner, Author, Speaker and Weight Loss Coach brings a fresh approach to weight loss. Her method works when all else has failed. "It's not about the food."