Think Your Way to Weight Loss

As anyone who has ever been on a diet knows, changing your eating and exercise habits can often feel impossible. You succumb to every nutritional and fitness fad and hope the promise of a quick fix changes your life.
In Coach Yourself Thin, professional weight loss coaches Greg Hottinger, MPH, RD, and Michael Scholtz, MA, offer unique strategies to help you end this futile cycle.

Here are some selected bits of weight loss wisdom from the book that will help you create realistic fitness and nutrition goals, awaken your intuition to listen to your body’s needs and regain balance in your everyday life:

1. Beware the Quick Fix Mindset
We have noticed a common way of thinking that we call the Quick Fix Mindset; we see it often among our clients who are struggling to lose weight. This mindset was born alongside the increased prevalence of labor-saving devices and the move away from home-cooked meals and to packaged products.