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[Video] How to get past weight loss overwhelm to experience lasting results

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Rose McAvoy | 0 Comments

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by what it takes to finally regain control of your weight? Maybe you feel this way right now. If you’ve ever felt that way or you’re feeling that way right now, you’ll want to hit play on this video. A story within a story At first, the story I’m going to share sounds like I’m…

No prayer will make you thin but faith in action can

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Rose McAvoy | 0 Comments

Truly prayer changes things, yet, lasting personal transformation does not come from faith alone – we must also put our faith into action. Faith is not magic Every night from age 12 through high school, my bedtime prayer was to grow two feet overnight and wake-up height/weight proportionate. Then I prayed my obesity would be linked to a medical finding –…

Diets don't work! The truth about how to succeed at a diet - What you believe to be true about who you are TODAY will make the difference between a diet's success or failure.

The no BS truth to why diets don’t work

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Rose McAvoy | 0 Comments

I’ve been getting a series of marketing emails this week. A popular meal plan program is promoting their new multi-week diet reset. Today’s email came with a very compelling subject line, “why diets don’t work.” This headline caught my eye and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I happen to know why diets don’t work. I have spent the…

Foods that stand between you and the healthy weight you desire lose their temptation when you make peace with emotional discomfort.

The most important step to be the healthy weight you desire

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Rose McAvoy | 0 Comments

The hardest part about losing weight is letting go of comfort and stepping into the unknown. For a long time I was desperately afraid of what food I would have to give up or hunger pain I might feel. Very soon into the process I realized those fears were just smoke and mirrors. To achieve forever weight loss you have…

You are going about your day when suddenly it strikes - a craving. Cravings are treated like something to be managed. What if that was not the case at all?

How to indulge your cravings and not gain a pound

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Rose McAvoy | 1 Comments

We have all been there. You are going about your day, minding your own business when suddenly it strikes – a craving. In general, cravings are treated like something to be banished. The word makes us uneasy. A craving can mean you are on the verge of undoing your weight loss efforts. But what if a craving did not mean…