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No More Rabbit Food

Weight Loss Tips For People Who Love Food

May 1, 2009
Issue 27

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A Note from Liz: Fantastic Telesummit

Feature Article: Are You Sabotaging Your Diet Through Fear?

Liz Recommends: Happy, Healthy & Wealthy Telesummit VIP Downloads

**Recommend No More Rabbit Food

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A Note From Liz

Hello Tracey, welcome!

So we had a fantastic telesummit last week with brilliant contributions from Lisa Nelson, Cindy Prosor and Brenda Adelman. It was a privilege to be interviewing such wonderful speakers and it was lovely to hear from listeners all over the world.

My talk was Over Eating Every Evening? Easy 24-hour Strategies to Stop Your Night-Time Diet Sabotage. The VIP package of downloadable recordings and bonuses can be found here and is well worth a look.

I will be planning more telesummits in future so if you have any favourite topics that you’d like covered let me know.

Best wishes,

Liz

P.S. Advance notice – I am going to be producing an eBook on diets, The Best Diet for You – how to choose the right diet for you, your loves and your lifestyle. If you have any favourite diet books that you would like me to review and cover in this book, let me know.

Connect with me:

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Feature Article

Are You Sabotaging Your Diet Through Fear?

Do you ever get the feeling that you are taking one step forward and two steps backwards?

You lose a little weight then it all gets a bit scary and you stop dieting? And then all the weight mysteriously comes back.

Or you stick to the diet all day but then in the evening you crave and long for food? And not just any food but the naughtiest, most calorific combination of foods.

Or you stick to the diet all week then go out at the weekend and find you overeat at a family gathering... then all the rest of the weekend?

All this is because your mind is trying to do two things at once. It wants to give you the pleasure and comfort of overeating, while at the same time it knows this isn’t good for you and it wants you to eat healthily and be slim.

In my recent Wellness Telesummit, I talked about night-time overeating and what can be done about it. But whether you’re specifically bothered by night-time overeating or if you are more of a weekend guzzler, it can be very dispiriting when you are good most of the time but then fail disastrously.

And you should NOT have to use massive willpower to eat well.

But perhaps the reason for falling off the dietary wagon goes way beyond food.

For example are you afraid of losing weight? Possible reasons are:

When you become slimmer you’ll get more attention from admirers and you don’t feel secure enough in yourself to handle that.
You’ve promised yourself (or someone else) that when you shed the 40 excess pounds you’ll also take up hangliding/master world class origami/ shed the husband. And this is taking you into scary places so it’s safer to stay overweight.
You’ve lost weight before, but when you got to that weight, it no longer felt like you. If you see yourself as a slim person who has excess pounds, its easier to shed the weight because you probably don’t think of that excess fat as part of you. But if you see yourself as a fat person who has accidentally got slim the slimness may not last very long
To you the world is a big scary place with too much to deal with, but food is always reliably there to help you out. Being overweight is a small price to pay for this safety.

What is your fear around weight loss?

Try this exercise:

Go into a quite place where you can be alone with your thoughts and just be quiet and in touch with your inner self (some of you will be scared already but hang in here)
Ask yourself “what do I gain by staying fat?” Stay quieter for a while and listen to the answer.
Ask yourself “What is the fat doing for me?”
Now acknowledge the feelings and emotions that come up for you. Just rest in being you and love yourself, in this moment, for what you are.
And end this exercise by making a promise “I will find a way of acknowledging and dealing with the fear in a way that aligns my feelings, emotions and my physical body”.

The Food & Joy Coaching Process addresses exactly these issues, showing you how to work through the fears to a better place, so you can be truly you, without hiding behind the fat. And when you are able to do this, there is no need for the fat, you can simply let it go!

But whatever method you chose to deal with this, I wish you the best for your physical and emotional wellbeing.

Liz Recommends

Healthy, Happy & Wealthy Telesummit VIP Downloads

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forgiving the unforgiveable to gain perfect freedom
shedding the inner and outer clutter - so you can have love, health and financial abundance
be heart healthy and live long
overcoming the number one diet-sabotage habit so you can be the shape of your dreams

Plus life-improving and life-affirming bonuses!

So go here to take a look.

About Liz

I have been looking after people’s health for over fifteen years.

With a background in biochemistry I was initially interested in how to boost metabolism to promote weight loss and how to feel satisfied after eating – what the nutritionists call “satiety”. All of these things are important for weight loss but for many people the biggest change comes about when they conquer their emotional eating.

I know this because as a child I was stocky, and then became chubby, then fat! I hated exercise and loved food. And my love of food went way beyond physical hunger.

I still love food, but now I know how to enjoy and how to set limits around it – all without feeling deprived.

With a training in coaching and NLP as well as my knowledge of biochemistry and nutrition, I am ideally placed to solve your problems with emotional eating.

Liz’s credentials…

Degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge (that’s where I get my biochemistry knowledge).
Degree in Nutritional Therapy (that’s where the nutrition knowledge comes from).
Module leader in Masters Level Module Tackling Obesity at the Centre for Nutrition Education & Lifestyle Management. On this module I lecture on the biochemistry of eating and starvation, satiety mechanisms, stress and obesity and emotional eating.
Fifteen years experience as a herbalist and health coach.
Practitioner level qualification in NLP, Coaching and Stress Management.

And, most importantly, a love of food and a passion for health, wellness and vitality!

Image of Liz drawn by Helen

The information in this newsletter is not intended to replace medical advice. If you feel you need to lose weight and you have any medical problems please consult your doctor before starting a diet.

You are on my list because you signed up for one of my programs or via my website.

Sign me up for this ezine!

Weight Loss Success Tips

Add One Food to Your Diet

Yes, I want you to eat more!

Over the next few weeks I’m going to tell you about foods you should eat more of. And if every two weeks you make these changes to your diet you’ll soon be eating healthy, filling, nutritious, delicious foods.

I call it dieting by stealth.

So this week for your evening meal I want you to add ONE extra vegetable to your plate. Chips don’t count; it has to be healthy-ish. It can be cooked or as a salad but I want you to have one more vegetable than you already have.

If you do this every day, by the time of the next newsletter you’ll be well on the way to a new eating habit.

Tasting Notes

Foods to Eat This Week

I like giving tips on good foods to eat, as I believe we should be able to eat and enjoy good food all the time, whatever our weight. Hey, I am the Food & Joy Coach! So here are some food suggestions for you...

At their best in the UK:

Salad greens such as lambs lettuce and pak choi are available and can be combined with Cornish mackerel or sardines, radish, peppers and salad onions. This food combination is great, grill the fish while preparing the salad and you have no complicated cooking to do.

For dessert, early raspberries are available and you can try rhubarb – but not as a crumble!

If you are in the U.S. take a look here to find local produce that can be ordered online (warning – they put some of their naughtiest offerings, cookies and chocolate, on the home page. But the wild Alaskan salmon looks great!).

As for Australia, how can I give recommendations for a whole continent? But I was tempted by Greek lamb with fennel and parsley as a satisfying moving-into-winter recipe.

Happy eating!

Read More Of Liz's Articles...

Give Something Back

www.circleofwomen.org

Take a look at the work of the Circle of Women – Reach and Teach Across Borders. A group of Harvard undergraduates have got together to raise funds for a girls’ school in Afghanistan.

When so many of us have benefited from education it’s difficult to comprehend how limiting women’s lives can be without it.

The school list is already oversubscribed and it’s not even built yet, so they need your help! Take a look at their website. And give generously.

No More Rabbit Food Weight Loss Tips For People Who Love Food May 1, 2009 Issue 27
In This Issue... A Note from Liz: Fantastic Telesummit Feature Article: Are You Sabotaging Your Diet Through Fear? Liz Recommends: Happy, Healthy & Wealthy Telesummit VIP Downloads Recommend No More Rabbit Food Find this ezine valuable? Why not recommend it to a few friends? If you know of a friend or colleague who'd enjoy this newsletter, simply click on this link to tell them, and I'll send you a gift! Forward-to-a-Friend A Note From Liz Hello Tracey, welcome! So we had a fantastic telesummit last week with brilliant contributions from Lisa Nelson, Cindy Prosor and Brenda Adelman. It was a privilege to be interviewing such wonderful speakers and it was lovely to hear from listeners all over the world. My talk was Over Eating Every Evening? Easy 24-hour Strategies to Stop Your Night-Time Diet Sabotage*. The VIP package of downloadable recordings and bonuses can be found here and is well worth a look. I will be planning more telesummits in future so if you have any favourite topics that you’d like covered let me know. Best wishes, Liz P.S. Advance notice – I am going to be producing an eBook on diets, The Best Diet for You – how to choose the right diet for you, your loves and your lifestyle. If you have any favourite diet books that you would like me to review and cover in this book, let me know. Connect with me: http://profile.to/lizcopeland/ Become A Fan http://twitter.com/foodwithoutfear Feature Article* Are You Sabotaging Your Diet Through Fear? Do you ever get the feeling that you are taking one step forward and two steps backwards? You lose a little weight then it all gets a bit scary and you stop dieting? And then all the weight mysteriously comes back. Or you stick to the diet all day but then in the evening you crave and long for food? And not just any food but the naughtiest, most calorific combination of foods. Or you stick to the diet all week then go out at the weekend and find you overeat at a family gathering... then all the rest of the weekend? All this is because your mind is trying to do two things at once. It wants to give you the pleasure and comfort of overeating, while at the same time it knows this isn’t good for you and it wants you to eat healthily and be slim. In my recent Wellness Telesummit, I talked about night-time overeating and what can be done about it. But whether you’re specifically bothered by night-time overeating or if you are more of a weekend guzzler, it can be very dispiriting when you are good most of the time but then fail disastrously. And you should NOT have to use massive willpower to eat well. But perhaps the reason for falling off the dietary wagon goes way beyond food. For example are you afraid of losing weight? Possible reasons are: When you become slimmer you’ll get more attention from admirers and you don’t feel secure enough in yourself to handle that. You’ve promised yourself (or someone else) that when you shed the 40 excess pounds you’ll also take up hangliding/master world class origami/ shed the husband. And this is taking you into scary places so it’s safer to stay overweight. You’ve lost weight before, but when you got to that weight, it no longer felt like you. If you see yourself as a slim person who has excess pounds, its easier to shed the weight because you probably don’t think of that excess fat as part of you. But if you see yourself as a fat person who has accidentally got slim the slimness may not last very long To you the world is a big scary place with too much to deal with, but food is always reliably there to help you out. Being overweight is a small price to pay for this safety. What is your fear around weight loss? Try this exercise: Go into a quite place where you can be alone with your thoughts and just be quiet and in touch with your inner self (some of you will be scared already but hang in here) Ask yourself “what do I gain by staying fat?” Stay quieter for a while and listen to the answer. Ask yourself “What is the fat doing for me?” Now acknowledge the feelings and emotions that come up for you. Just rest in being you and love yourself, in this moment, for what you are. And end this exercise by making a promise “I will find a way of acknowledging and dealing with the fear in a way that aligns my feelings, emotions and my physical body”. The Food & Joy Coaching Process addresses exactly these issues, showing you how to work through the fears to a better place, so you can be truly you, without hiding behind the fat. And when you are able to do this, there is no need for the fat, you can simply let it go! But whatever method you chose to deal with this, I wish you the best for your physical and emotional wellbeing. Liz Recommends Healthy, Happy & Wealthy Telesummit VIP Downloads Get all the audio downloads of the telesummit for forgiving the unforgiveable to gain perfect freedom shedding the inner and outer clutter - so you can have love, health and financial abundance be heart healthy and live long overcoming the number one diet-sabotage habit so you can be the shape of your dreams Plus life-improving and life-affirming bonuses! So go here to take a look. About Liz I have been looking after people’s health for over fifteen years. With a background in biochemistry I was initially interested in how to boost metabolism to promote weight loss and how to feel satisfied after eating – what the nutritionists call “satiety”. All of these things are important for weight loss but for many people the biggest change comes about when they conquer their emotional eating. I know this because as a child I was stocky, and then became chubby, then fat! I hated exercise and loved food. And my love of food went way beyond physical hunger. I still love food, but now I know how to enjoy and how to set limits around it – all without feeling deprived. With a training in coaching and NLP as well as my knowledge of biochemistry and nutrition, I am ideally placed to solve your problems with emotional eating. Liz’s credentials… Degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge (that’s where I get my biochemistry knowledge). Degree in Nutritional Therapy (that’s where the nutrition knowledge comes from). Module leader in Masters Level Module Tackling Obesity at the Centre for Nutrition Education & Lifestyle Management. On this module I lecture on the biochemistry of eating and starvation, satiety mechanisms, stress and obesity and emotional eating. Fifteen years experience as a herbalist and health coach. Practitioner level qualification in NLP, Coaching and Stress Management. And, most importantly, a love of food and a passion for health, wellness and vitality! Image of Liz drawn by Helen The information in this newsletter is not intended to replace medical advice. If you feel you need to lose weight and you have any medical problems please consult your doctor before starting a diet.
		You are on my list because you signed up for one of my programs or via my website. Sign me up for this ezine!
		Weight Loss Success Tips Add One Food to Your Diet Yes, I want you to eat more! Over the next few weeks I’m going to tell you about foods you should eat more of. And if every two weeks you make these changes to your diet you’ll soon be eating healthy, filling, nutritious, delicious foods. I call it dieting by stealth. So this week for your evening meal I want you to add ONE extra vegetable to your plate. Chips don’t count; it has to be healthy-ish. It can be cooked or as a salad but I want you to have one more vegetable than you already have. If you do this every day, by the time of the next newsletter you’ll be well on the way to a new eating habit.
		Tasting Notes Foods to Eat This Week I like giving tips on good foods to eat, as I believe we should be able to eat and enjoy good food all the time, whatever our weight. Hey, I am the Food & Joy Coach! So here are some food suggestions for you... At their best in the UK: Salad greens such as lambs lettuce and pak choi are available and can be combined with Cornish mackerel or sardines, radish, peppers and salad onions. This food combination is great, grill the fish while preparing the salad and you have no complicated cooking to do. For dessert, early raspberries are available and you can try rhubarb – but not as a crumble! If you are in the U.S. take a look here to find local produce that can be ordered online (warning – they put some of their naughtiest offerings, cookies and chocolate, on the home page. But the wild Alaskan salmon looks great!). As for Australia, how can I give recommendations for a whole continent? But I was tempted by Greek lamb with fennel and parsley as a satisfying moving-into-winter recipe. Happy eating!
		Read More Of Liz's Articles...
		Give Something Back www.circleofwomen.org Take a look at the work of the Circle of Women – Reach and Teach Across Borders. A group of Harvard undergraduates have got together to raise funds for a girls’ school in Afghanistan. When so many of us have benefited from education it’s difficult to comprehend how limiting women’s lives can be without it. The school list is already oversubscribed and it’s not even built yet, so they need your help! Take a look at their website. And give generously.
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No More Rabbit Food

Weight Loss Tips For People Who Love Food

May 1, 2009 Issue 27

May 1, 2009
Issue 27