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Weight Loss, Anti-Aging and Fat Prevention By Thomas Goode, ND T he Holistic Guide to 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 No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher except where permitted by law. Disclaimer The information contained in this book is intended for general reference purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional advice. Guidelines and strategies are meant to acquaint you with procedures currently available and the manner in which they can be carried out. We cannot take responsibility for any diagnosis or treatment you may make on the basis of the guidelines in this book. Product trade names or trademarks mentioned throughout this publication remain property of their respective owners. Full Wave Breathing and Full Wave Breath are trademarks of Inspired Living International, LLC www.InspiredLivingInternational.com www.FullWaveBreathing.com www.InspiredParenting.com Book Design & Publishing Assistance by Thomas Goode, ND 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 Guide enters 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. iii The Holistic Guide To Weight Loss, Anti-Aging and Fat Prevention 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! iv Thomas Goode, ND 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 9 Psychological Satisfaction 47 v The Holistic Guide To Weight Loss, Anti-Aging and Fat Prevention 10 Vanity 52 11 Thirst 57 12 What Is Going On? 59 13 The Solution 64 14 Use Your Lungs 71 15 Drink Water 75 16 Food for Thought 79 17 What Can We Eat? 87 18 Exercise 109 19 Yeah And … 117 20 Meditation 119 vi Thomas Goode, ND Introduction The Holistic Guide to Weight Loss, Anti-Aging and Fat Prevention offers 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? Of course 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! 7 The Holistic Guide To Weight Loss, Anti-Aging and Fat Prevention 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 8 Thomas Goode, ND 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 9
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