by patbarone
In the 16th century, people believed their kings were chosen by god, and were not fully human.
In the 17th and 18th century, people thought cancer was a curse from god for evil thoughts and was contagious.
In the 20th century, people believed diets cured excess weight.
Every one of these beliefs robbed human beings of their natural power in life. And, in every case, science proved these beliefs untrue and noted that the belief prevented proper treatment.
Permanent Weight Loss Requires a New Solution
No one can blame us for what we didn’t know then. But, now we know.
In 1996, I knew something was wrong with my previous approach to weight loss. I knew because the weight just kept coming back every time I lost weight (and it always brought an extra 10 lbs with it!).
My doctor gave me the hard science.
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by patbarone
As you know, I’m a baseball fan, and a New York Yankees fan. When I was young, we only got baseball on TV on Saturday afternoons (imagine that!). I lived in an area that did not have a major league team, so who was on TV?
The Yankees.
Later, I moved to New York for graduate school and lived the life of a “real” fan. Today, the owner of the Yankees, George Steinbrenner, died. It’s been really interesting to see the reaction and the old clips of him on TV.
He wasn’t liked by everyone. He was often mean, demanding, arrogant and perfectionist. He bought and traded players and hired and fired managers at will. He drove us fans crazy with his changes and tinkering, and he traded our favorite players away often.
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by patbarone
Ever have one of those weeks when the timing is just OFF?
Missed connections. Rescheduled appointments. Frustration.
Then, my son had a car accident. No injuries – WHEW! Lots of details take my attention. I make space for it.
Then, the internet goes down!
And doesn’t come back with simple fixes. Hours on phone with Earthlink.
Internet still down. More hours on the phone with Earthlink.
Extreme frustration!
I plan an escape. Off to the pool to work on editing audio recordings for my next educational product.
As kids we had the energy to play all day.
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by patbarone
Here in the U.S., we’ve just celebrated Independence Day. Freedom of thought and speech are huge cornerstones of our country’s government, but do we really use those freedoms?
Thinking for ourselves is so important… after all, we are people, not sheeple! Although I mindlessly followed the crowd of yo-yo dieters, procrastinators and the denial-prone for many years, I realized it forced me into a decidedly unexciting existence: overworking, never complaining, stressed and unhealthy. Uncle Sam might have been happy, my boss was happy, my doctor was happy as I marched with my little white prescription to the pharmacy… but I was not.
We are people, not sheeple!
Huge amounts of money are spent every day in an attempt to get us to think one way or another.
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by patbarone
I love this quote by Bill Gates:
“If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?”
I differ from many weight loss experts since I’ve accomplished permanent weight loss. I learned my lessons down in the trenches, instead of in a book, and my experiences smashed many of the widely accepted tenets of weight loss.
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