Weight Loss Guru

You'll never guess what happened to me?  My house burnt down. Ok, well maybe not 'burnt down', but I came back from filming the launch of GMTV's Inch loss island to find the inside of my house had gone up in smoke. It's really made me stand back and think to myself how lucky I am to be alive. If it had started with me in the house then I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be here any more.

Please send donations to... No never mind - I've got insurance!... marvelous stuff this insurance. It's amazing that there was this fire - in my house - and no-one noticed, it went out of it's own accord when it became starved of oxygen.

The fact is, pretty much everything that was in the house can be replaced. It's actually quite humbling to only have the clothes on your back for a little while. It's made me realise just how much stuff I have that I don't actually need. This is the same for many people and their relationship with food as so many of us eat more than we need. Take some time to have a look around your home and see just how much stuff you have that you don't need or use.

See if you can apply this thinking when you eat and try only eating to the point were you've had enough. Don't eat any more than you need - this behaviour ends up with us carrying around more weight than we need!

So, my golf clubs weren't damaged, and now I'm living in a golf club... so every cloud has a silver lining!
Shame about the bloody weather :)

You know one of my Big Things is to try and get as much exercise as possible out of daily life... today I found some research that really backs this up. Just merely 'standing up' is better at fat-burning than sitting. The big muscles of the legs and back are not engaged whilst sitting and therefore the body's ability to deal with fat virtually shuts-down. The article suggests "Just get up and putter" - whatever that is! I'm guessing it's American for "potter"...?

ABC News: "Scientists have found intriguing evidence that one major reason so many people are overweight these days may be as close as the seat of their pants. Literally. According to the researchers, most of us sit too much..." more

Thanks for taking part in the survey

There's been a huge interest in the free weight loss survey so, firstly, thank you to all of you who took time to really appraise your feelings and attitudes towards losing weight. Hopefully some of you will have emerged with an understanding that you need to do some things differently in order to succeed at losing weight and keeping it off. After all, that's what my weight loss programme is all about.

So far, 1296 people have taken part.

Here are some summary results from the study - just the figures that really 'stand out'. Take a look and you may find that you're not alone...

Vitals

Targets

Age and Gender

Eating Habits

Activity Habits

Weight-loss Thoughts & Experiences

So, if you haven't done it already...

Take the weight loss questionnaire now, you may find that you're prepared for a new approach this time.

You can take a free trial of my weight loss program too. Enjoy!

How to achieve your goals

Hi, I've got something for you to try:
Imagine stepping out of your front door not having a clue where you want to go.
Try it...

I'd probably just stand there for a bit, feeling vacant and not knowing which way to turn, maybe I'd wander aimlessly round in circles a bit (if no-one was watching) before slipping stealthily back indoors (if anyone *was* watching)

Now, is this a slightly mad thing to do? Maybe, yet so many of us amble through life in this way without any kind of direction or purpose. You can let life 'take care of itself' and you may well be OK; but most people would like a bit more of a guarantee that life will not only be OK - but that it will be great!

So, you know that when we focus on something, we are much more likely to get it - whether it's a job, house, car, weight loss or even a relationship. By sending a message of desire to our brain, we start to make pictures of that and, in turn, we do what we have to do to make it happen.

But, unfortunately, not all of us are focused on positive outcomes. Most people are obsessed by what's wrong with them and what's missing from their life - why is that!? They don't put their attention on what's great, what's working and what resources they have to create even more happiness and success.

Shameless plug: I've got a new Corporate Showreel (if you like that kind of thing! :)
http://www.petecohen.com/showreel/

Here's how you do it.

1. Go to a site called Gravatar.
2. Follow the instructions by entering your email (make sure it is the same email address that you use for your weightlossguru.com comments!).
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4. On Gravatar you can then crop and edit your picture.
5. Make sure you rate your picture as G (General)!
6. After a few hours, all your comments should have your avatar attached.

Enjoy :)

There was a fire in my house. No-one is dead or hurt... So phew!
It's going to take some sorting out though! My crystals are ok - they can withstand extreme heat it seems :)

More on that soon... 

Breaking your Habits is as easy as learning them.

Walking was probably one of the first habits you mastered. Even though you didn't succeed first time, and probably fell over, you didn't give up, you kept going. Consider how many people give up trying to break a habit when something goes wrong and they go back to old ways. If we had that attitude when we where learning to walk then none of us would have got up, we would all be on the floor sucking up fluff!

Hi all,

Here's a link to the page on gm.tv where you can register you interest in being one of the 4 women who'll be on Inch Loss Island with me in January 2008...  Closing date for all applications is 30 November.

GMTV: "...The lucky four will be put through a gruelling diet and fitness regime by our ruthless Inch-loss experts - life coach and motivator Pete Cohen, top nutritionist Amanda Hamilton, Jordan's fitness instructor Mark Anthony and, of course, our very own Dr Hilary Jones, who'll be overseeing the general health of the party..."

Good Luck!