Articles by Dr. Becky Gillaspy
3 Tips For Motivating Weight Loss When You Only Have 10 Pounds to Lose -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
If you are at the stage where you only have 10 pounds to lose you understand that the motivation for weight loss changes. The challenge can be that you are already at an acceptable weight and so it can be hard to motivate yourself for...
3 Fast and Easy Weight Loss Motivation Strategies -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Motivation is the key to weight loss success but the challenge is in finding fast and easy weight loss motivation strategies. Well, look no farther because this article will give you 3 such strategies for getting in the motivation mood. 1. Up your exercise. Ughh!...
3 Fast and Easy Weight Loss Motivation Strategies -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Motivation is the key to weight loss success but the challenge is in finding fast and easy weight loss motivation strategies. Well, look no farther because this article will give you 3 such strategies for getting in the motivation mood. 1. Up your exercise. Ughh!...
Easy Weight Loss Without Counting Calories Using the Divided Plate Rule -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
You can achieve easy weight loss without counting calories if you understand what I call the "Divided Plate Rule". You might find it challenging and monotonous to count every calorie that you consume, and besides that, it is hard to estimate the calorie content of...
Weight Loss Sabotage - 3 Ways Your Thinking Must Change Before a Diet Will Work -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Weight loss sabotage is more of a mental issue than a food or laziness issue. You have learned certain patterns of thinking that keep you returning to your old habits and sabotage the progress you have been able to make. This article will introduce you...
Guilt and Overeating - How Guilty Feelings Are Making Your Weight Go Up -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Guilt and overeating go hand in hand, if you are one to fall victim to bad feelings after going off your diet or eating something you "shouldn't" have eaten then you are actually contributing to your overeating problem by layering guilt on top of it....
Do You Have the Right Attitude For Weight Loss? See If You Share These Common Thought Traps -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Having the right attitude for weight loss is every bit as important as having the right diet. The truth is that having the wrong thoughts going through your head will sabotage your results long before any cream-filled donut or bag of potato chips. This article...
Build a Strong Weight Loss Attitude by Eliminating These Common Sabotaging Thoughts -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Having a strong and beneficial weight loss attitude will pull you toward your goal and allow you to work through difficult situations. In order to build your weight loss attitude you will have to watch out for thoughts that sneak into your mind and sabotage...
Your Losing Weight Attitude Will Make Or Break Your Motivation -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
When I talk about a losing weight attitude what I really mean is that mindset you hold that says, "I can do this." Without this positive losing weight attitude you will easily get discouraged and unmotivated. This article shares three common thought traps that will...
Stop Diet Sabotage - The Problem is Your Thinking Not the Food -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
If you need to stop diet sabotage then you need to start looking inside for answers. Sabotaging your diet has more to do with WHY you eat than WHAT you eat. This article helps you understand three common destructive thought patterns that are easy to...
If You Can't Stop Overeating, First Come Up With a Reason Why You Want To -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
The urge to overeat can be powerful and if you can't stop overeating then your first step must be to build an indisputable reason in your head as to why you want to stop. This might sound trivial and I apologize for sounding glib but...
Avoid Diet Sabotage - How Labeling Yourself in a Negative Way Can Destroy Your Weight Loss Plan -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
To avoid diet sabotage think less about how a certain sweet treat is going to undermine you and instead start listening to the way you talk to yourself because when it comes to weight loss how you label yourself is a big factor in whether...
Lose Weight Naturally by Eliminating These 3 Common Destructive Thoughts -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
If you are looking to lose weight naturally then you need to focus on what is going on in between your ears as much as what is going in your mouth. The way you think can push you toward your goal or create a wall...
Help For Overeating - Is Food Your Security Blanket? -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
So many of us struggle with weight and eating issues yet if you find yourself searching for help for overeating you need look no farther than within. You don't have to feel compelled to overeat or eat the "wrong" foods, but you will often feel...
How to Stop Compulsive Overeating - Learning to Stop Eating Your Emotions -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Learning how to stop compulsive overeating can seem like a mountain to climb but you are nearer to the solution than you could ever imagine, in fact the solution is inside of you right now. The reason you are unaware of it is because it...
Why Losing Weight Fast is Actually Easier Than Slow Weight Loss -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
It might sound silly to think that losing weight fast is easier then taking it off slowly but this fact is supported by research. Dr. Dean Ornish conducted research on what motivates people to change and what he found was that rapid improvement can be...
Night Time Snacking - Dos and Don'ts to Prevent Weight Gain When Snacking -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Night time snacking really became a controversial subject a few years ago in the world of dieting. Eating calories near bedtime was thought to pack on pounds because, as the reasoning went, your body's metabolism naturally slows at night and the food is more likely...
3 Common Mental Barriers to Weight Loss and How They Sabotage You -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Mental barriers to weight loss will sabotage your progress much quicker than a hot fudge sundae. They are those quiet little suggestions we hear inside our head that start out quite harmless and then build until we are faced with a seemingly insurmountable craving. This...
Weight Loss and Emotional Eating - Letting Go of the Things That Drive You to the Frigde -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Two things often lumped together are weight loss and emotional eating and for a good reason. If we didn't eat for emotional reasons and instead learned to listen to our body and eat only when it was hungry we wouldn't be overly concerned with weight...
Depression and Emotional Eating - Letting Go of Depression to Dissolve Bad Eating Habits -
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Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Depression and emotional eating are linked for many people and while depression is a very real feeling it is important to understand that it is just that a feeling. It is not a physical part of you it is instead a feeling that you are...
