The Holistic Guide to Weight Loss, Anti-aging and Fat Prevention

142 Pages·2005·2.23 MB·English

by  Thomas Goode

T he Holistic Guide
to
Weight Loss,
Anti-Aging and
Fat Prevention
By
Thomas Goode,ND
The Holistic Guide To Weight Loss,Anti-Aging and Fat Prevention
The Holistic Guide To
Weight Loss,Anti-Aging and Fat Prevention
ISBN 0-9767032-0-3
© 2005 by Thomas O.Goode
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Author’s Note
I wrote The Holistic Guide to Weight Loss, Anti-Aging and Fat Prevention as a
holistic health management program because I want you to feel better physically,have
more energy and resilience,and enjoy personal success and happiness.Repeatedly,I
have seen that health is the underlying wealth of our life. One of the most effective
ways to improve your health is enhancing your relationship with your body.Learning
how your body operates and how to live in accordance with its nature are two of the
best things you can do to achieve good,and even great,health.
Weight loss,anti-aging and fat prevention are one subject because weight gain is one
of the signs of premature aging.In addition,when most of us speak of losing weight
or becoming younger, we really desire to lose fat. Plus, there is an almost limitless
amount of information about weight loss; yet little that goes beyond food and
exercise.
The Holistic Guideenters the picture to give you what you need – to explore how you
function with respect to your food intake.Using this holistic approach includes and
integrates physical, emotional, mental and spiritual perspectives. My program will
help you learn more about achieving your ideal weight and discover practical action
you can take to feel and look younger.
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Motive to Action
My job is to give you information and help you take action.Just picture how your life
will naturally become vital,even easier and more loving,as you take action.Welcome
to a new you!
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Table of Contents
1
The Four Pillars of Health 19
2
Full Wave Breathing 21
3
Only Three Steps 25
4
Two Choices 29
5
Rebuild Your Health 33
6
The Cure for Being Overweight 35
7
Fuel 37
8
Taste 41
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Psychological Satisfaction 47
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Vanity 52
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Thirst 57
12
What Is Going On? 59
13
The Solution 64
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Use Your Lungs 71
15
Drink Water 75
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Food for Thought 79
17
What Can We Eat? 87
18
Exercise 109
19
Yeah And … 117
20
Meditation 119
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Introduction
The Holistic Guide to Weight Loss,Anti-Aging and Fat Preventionoffers solutions for
society’s overweight epidemic and details how you can personally achieve and main-
tain a healthy weight while having greater energy and feeling more relaxed. You’ll
learn how to view weight management as an important aspect of your overall health
and take small,doable steps that will produce big results.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Would you like to enjoy the best health possible? Ofcourse you would! But that brings
us to the next question,which may have a more complex answer.
EFFORT REQUIRED
Are you willing to make the effort necessary to manage your lifestyle according to the
mind-body’s natural development? Most of us would like to keep doing what we’ve
always done,hoping that somehow the results will be different next time.We become
addicted to doing the things we have always done.Yet repeating the same patterns will
only yield the same,and most likely undesirable,results.You must change for the out-
come to change.There is no other way.
There are no pills, potions, procedures or prayers that can replace investing YOUR-
SELF into your life.You simply have to participate if you want to make progress.You
already know that this is true in your job and in your relationships with others.It also
applies to managing your health and weight. I can make it simple for you and even
easy.Yet if it is to be,it is up to thee!
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SELF LOVE
Can you love yourself enough to take action that is in your health’s best interest?
Good! Your willingness to take action is the key to your success.It is the first step to
living a longer,livelier,more abundant life.
EGO DESIRES
Our egos prefer pleasure and the status quo.The ego reaches a certain comfort level
and then locks into it, at times even convincing you that change is futile. This takes
place on a biochemical level and is usually happening beneath the level of your con-
scious awareness.
OWN PARENT
You can change your body’s habits as you would change the habits of a young child –
gently encouraging and reinforcing daily.Doing so,over time,will create a new habit.
Your body will then reach a new level of comfort and lock into it – for your benefit.
REINFORCEMENT
The new habit will replace the old one. As this takes place, you will feel better.
Remember, this is a process that takes place very naturally. Because you like feeling
better,you are then motivated to continue improving.
LOW ENERGY STATE
The body,usually allied with the ego’s preference for comfort and ease,resists change.
Part of the reason this occurs is that the very habits we have developed keep us in a
sub-optimal state of low energy.This low-energy state can then make it seem impos-
sible for us to do the things needed to make the changes we say we desire.
CONSIDER
As soon as we make a change – for example, eliminating toxic foods – we feel dis-
comfort as the mind-body system rebalances its chemistry. If a long-time smoker
stops smoking, withdrawal occurs. The smoker experiences cravings and may feel
anxious. When you likewise stop eating toxic food, you may also experience with-
drawal symptoms, including aches and pains. What happened is that the body has
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gradually accommodated the toxins and now depends on them to feel normal. This
happens even though “normal”may be compromising your health.
NORMAL TENDENCY
When we don’t feel very good, even thinking about doing something for our health
can be overwhelming.We most likely decide to discontinue any change and resume
or continue,perhaps with minor modifications,the same health-disabling behaviors
as before. Maybe you know people addicted to soft drinks, candy, coffee, or some
other drug.For them,the very thought of giving up that item will produce stress.
IF THAT PERSON IS YOU
Do you worry that starting a fat-loss program means being deprived of your favorite
foods? If so, focus instead on being in an optimal state of health. Substitute that
empowering thought for the one of loss.Feed yourself this new thought throughout
the day,visualizing yourself as active and healthy.
SHIFTING OUR STANCE
It’s helpful to know beforehand that any positive alteration in diet is going to produce
a result and our body will make adjustments that may initially create discomfort.It’s
no different than starting a new exercise program.At first,your muscles may feel sore.
But as you continue with your program, becoming stronger and fitter, the soreness
vanishes. In the same way, it’s important to maintain a new food regimen until the
changed biochemistry is recognized as the new “normal”by your system.
STAY THE COURSE
We must put up with minor, interim discomfort for the long-term gains we seek.
Fortunately,the discomfort doesn’t last very long as the body adapts quickly.You can
help with this process by trying some of the activities and suggestions you’ll find in
this book.
VICTIM OR VICTOR?
To help us choose the best health possible for ourselves,we have to realize that taking
no action is the same as choosing to be overwhelmed by our past and our
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