HI everyone 

It's that time again when we award our member of the month. This month it's Diane Stephenson who has lost an amazing 12 stone, 168 pounds

She is an inspirational lady and you can listen to her in her own words in the pod-cast below as she explains how she did so well and some of the secrets of her success.

Please make any comments you have below and I will pass the onto Diane.

Diane

Pete Cohen played a big part in my twelve stone weight loss. I love the on-line programme, it's really easy to use and has a nice accessible and realistic approach. I found it motivates and inspires me to continue to look after myself so I stay slim, fit and healthy for ever.

 

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Hi everyone

Let me please ask you a question, “What do you think you could achieve in six weeks? Is it possible that you could break some habits and become even healthier, fitter and slimmer?”

Petecohen.tv has gone from strength to strength and we now have more and more success stories and a great community of bloggers who are all positively supporting each other.

I know that people can achieve so much in this time frame and are likely to do it, if they do it with others, and are supported along the way.

What this will involve is getting as many people to start the programme from day one on Monday 15th of June and to go through the 21 days twice. I would encourage you to blog as much as you can using your on-line journal, as you allow yourself to support and be supported by others.

For more details listen to this short pod-cast below

Lets make this Summer special, where we are all feel better about ourselves, have more energy and look great. I personally dare you to do this, whether you’ve never completed the whole programme or you’ve been through it lots of time. Even if you don’t want to follow the 21 days, you could still decide some tools to use and just go for it.

So the question is, "Are you up for it?"

If you are and you are not already a member of petecohen.tv then click here to visit the site and sign up. If you are member just activate your calendar to start on the Monday the 15th of June. 

Take care and lets all have a go

Pete

 Dear Friends,

I've got some really exciting news for you. I have been working on a series of fantatsic new audio products focusing on different areas of your life to give you all-round support in helping you have the life you want.

In these turbulent times - we all need a bit of support and encouragement to help us achieve our goals and overcome those things that are holding us back.

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I'd love to hear what you think of them so please do leave a comment on this post and let me know

All the best,
Pete.

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Hi everyone,

I have another pod-cast for you to listen to about health and fitness. In this pod-cast I'm interviewing Health and Fitness Professional, Carl Benton.

Let us know what you think and if you find it useful.

Many thanks,
Pete

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My top five tips that'll keep you motivated to kick start your healthier new life:

1) Change Your Mind
Use the magic number of 21. It takes around that many times of doing things for them to become second nature and for us to form new habits.

For example; go for a walk everyday for 21 days, make sure you drink a certain amount of water for 21 days, exercise everyday for 21 days and then after that time, it will become part of your life-style.

2) Feel Good Fitness
Most people don't like exercise and that's why they don't do it. What you need to do is ask yourself the question, 'What's in it for me?' Take a moment to focus on the feeling you get when exercise is finished. With that feeling in mind, just go and do it.

After exercise the body releases endorphins and serotonins, which can also suppress appetite and can stop you from snacking later.

3) Separate eating from other activities
If you want to lose weight have a go at separating eating from other activities. If we eat whilst doing something else, we never really know when we have had enough.

It takes 20 minutes for the stomach to tell the brain that it's full, you need to really focus on what you are eating. If you can do this '21' times it will become habit.

4) Do you like it enough that you want to wear it?
You eat the food because it tastes good and it makes you feel good- but before you eat it you have to really ask your self- 'Do I like it enough that I would want to wear it?' and focus on that before you eat it.

5) Measure and celebrate your success
Rather than just using scales, as that measures your whole body weight, use a tape measure as you will see more results that way. Measure your success by how active you are, how slowly you eat, write it in a notebook.

If you note down everything you are eating, this will stop you from over-eating because you won't want to write it down in the book. And when you do something well, and you have lost a few pounds, celebrate like you have just scored a goal!

For more information and advice take a free trial of my weight loss programme.

Pete Cohen’s ‘Sort Your Life Out’ Weight loss programme.

Over the last 20 years, I have helped many people lose weight. My formula has been tried and tested, so whether you want to lose just a few pounds or you have a substantial amount of weight you want to lose, my programme is for you.

I am going to be running the programme at the Olympos Leisure Centre, Haywards Heath in West Sussex. It’s an eight week course, running every Tuesday, from 17th March to 5th May, for 1 ½ hours.

The cost of the program for members of Olympos is £70, and non-members £95.
To book a place on the programme call 01444 457337.



To listen to the pod-cast about the event, click on the play button below:

Hi Everyone

Here's another pod-cast  for you. In this one, I'm being interviewed by nutritionist, Lucy-Ann Prideaux. She talks to me about my work and I offer some practical help and advice to people on their quest to a slimmer, fitter and healthier future.

Let us know what you think and enjoy. 

Pete

"Blogging helped me lose 6st"

After years of fad diets, Annie Garcia's life revolved around food and desperate efforts to lose weight. But all that changed when she found the support she needed online... Check out Annie's amazing story in ZEST magazine (click for the PDF).

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You can read entries from our Member's Weight Loss Journals on the Blog here.

I have recently returned from a trip to the deep South of the United States, visiting Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. I know America gets bad press these days but I am a big fan. However, they really love food,  portion sizes are massive and fast food outlets are everywhere.

It’s funny how our lives have changed and how years ago people used to hunt to live and survive. This obviously involved blood, sweat and tears. These days, especially in the states people hunt in their cars and there is drive-in everything, drive-in fast food, drive-in pharmacies, drive-in banks, drive-in supermarkets. In fact people don’t really have to move these days because if you don’t go out hunting in your car someone will bring everything to you.

I couldn’t believe how many overweight people I saw, people of all ages and backgrounds. It’s such a big problem and I am sure we are catching up with our American cousins as us Brits’ waist lines are ever expanding.

In fact, in the plane on the way home I read in a recent survey that almost three-quarters of Britons believe they are overweight and have vowed to start a health campaign in the New Year. This got me wondering as to just how many of these vows will result in success.

Despite almost 70 percent of Britons saying they want to get healthy, experts said other evidence into people's behaviour suggests that repeated warnings about the dangers of obesity is falling on deaf ears.

Perhaps this is highlighted by McDonalds who recently revealed it had recorded growth rates close to their peak of the 1980s -- with 88 million visits to its outlets in the UK last month alone!

It is estimated that obesity causes 9,000 premature deaths each year in England and costs the NHS about one billion pounds annually.

A recent government study predicted that half the population could be obese within 25 years and Colin Waine, chairman of the National Obesity Forum charity, said the country's obesity crisis was "quite dire".

While it appears people want to tackle obesity, evidence such as the sales figures revealed by McDonalds, paints a markedly different picture.

The government is desperate to do something about this situation and in October, they unveiled a strategy where parents of severely overweight children may be sent letters warning them of the health dangers involved.

Do you think this will make any difference? I am not sure but I know that my weight loss programme is making a difference to many people.

The following is from Sue one of our many success stories:

"I am now 4 stone lighter, and have made the most incredible lifestyle changes since joining back in June"

If you want to see the progress people are making then have a look at our blog and check out our updated video of some of our amazing case studies.

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When I was at school, our biology teacher told us a story of what happens when you put a frog in boiling water. I have no idea why he did, but it’s interesting from a behavioural perspective. In the same way as if you or I were put in a bath of boiling water, the frog will jump straight out. He will then be petrified of going anywhere near the water because he knows how hot and uncomfortable it is, which is understandable. So how do you get a frog to stay in boiling water, assuming you have a good reason for doing that? Well, you put the frog in water of a comfortable temperature and then gradually heat up the water: the frog gets used to the rise in temperature so stays there even when the water is at boiling point. Unfortunately the frog is unlikely to be able to survive and will die but doesn’t jump out because he doesn’t realise how much danger he’s in because he’s got so used to it.

With the hundreds of people with whom I’ve worked, I see a similar pattern in how people look after their health: people collect unhealthy habits, none of which seem that bad in isolation but over time they add up to be really painful. Just as the frog doesn’t realise how the temperature of the water is getting dangerous, many people don’t realise how their gradual decline in health is dangerous. For example, someone may start by putting on a bit of weight; then their excess weight makes it harder for them to breathe; this is followed by high blood pressure; and they then end up with Type 2 diabetes. At each stage, it’s ‘one more thing to cope with’, ‘a bit of bad news’, or, simply, ‘bad luck’: but, rather like heating up the water one degree at a time, this person eventually finds themselves in boiling water but doesn’t realise how serious it is. If they had suddenly gone from fine to poor health overnight, they would have noticed the significant change in how they felt: but because their health problems have been gradually building up, they don’t realise how far removed they are from perfect health. The good news, however, is that, even when you’re sitting in boiling water, many health problems can be reversed simply by changing your behaviour