James Tansell

When it comes to losing weight, sooner or later we all need to rise to the challenge by making a significant change in our lives.

For example, if your diet is high in calories, high in processed foods and saturated fats, then the action of losing weight will require changes to your diet.  Similarly, if you consider your diet to be well balanced but too high in calories, then you need to either reduce your calorie intake or rev up your metabolism through exercise.

There are different components that go to make up the ideal diet or exercise programme but there comes a time when decisions need to be made to go that step further.

Whatever you choose to do will require effort on your part.

This why I use my ‘Evaluate your Progress’ form. This form breaks down the various aspects so that you can assess your efforts.

Therefore, if your weightloss goals are not being met but you are continually avoiding exercise, then this might be the challenge for you. Instead of thinking or pondering over it, decisions have to be made to act.

In order to break the chains that enslave us, it is up to us to act.  Action requires effort, commitment and the creation of a new desired habit. There is no room for laziness, no room for complacency. The results you are looking for will require effort and consistency.

Start today by breaking the chains that enslave you and see yourself moving forward.

So, step up to the next level, get serious and hold yourself accountable today.
Start by filling in my ‘Evaluate your Progress’ form and begin creating some new habits.

Bye for now

James

Hi everybody,

Research shows that one of the key reasons as to why many people are getting sick with “modern-day” diseases like heart disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes is their reliance on processed food as their primary form of nutrition.

In America alone, ninety percent of foods purchased every year are processed foods, and food marketers are doing a masterful job at making it seem like fast foods and junk foods are the obvious choice.

Yet nutritionists will state the these processed foods are dead and devoid of any natural nutrition. The fact that they taste good is the culmination of a profitable science of artificial flavours and additives, without which most processed food would taste and look like cardboard.

This is really disturbing when you consider the high proportion of society who relie on processed foods.

But what the food industry neglects to tell you is that there is a heavy price for consuming this terrible diet. For the sake of convenience or good taste now, you are trading one of the most valuable assets that you have, your health.

One of the “side effects” of eating a largely processed food diet is that you’re also consuming foods that are loaded with high-fructose corn syrup.

Research is showing that high-fructose corn syrup is becoming the single greatest source of calories in people’s diets.

Some nutritionists believe that this food ingredient alone is enough to completely wreck your health, and it is only one of the dangerous ingredients in processed foods.

So, are you addicted to a deadly diet?

Processed foods are typically chemically altered to increase the appeal to your taste buds, so they can override your body’s signals that would otherwise tell you it’s time to stop eating.

These foods are pumped full of unnatural amounts of sugar, corn syrup, salt, MSG and many others, which radically increases the likelihood of becoming addicted to them.

Understand now why it is difficult to get our kids to like something healthy?

Breaking the chains that enslave us to processed foods requires commitment to making informed decisions to alter what we eat.

In one study, when rats were fed a diet containing 25 percent sugar, they became anxious when the sugar was removed — displaying symptoms similar to people going through drug withdrawals, such as chattering teeth and the shakes.

So what effect is a high sugar diet having on us?

Think of it like this. Refined sugar, which is in nearly every processed food out there, because it is inexpensive and improves the flavour of the food, has been proven to be more addictive than cocaine!

This is why, if you regularly eat a diet of processed foods, whole foods seem to lack flavour. You have become conditioned to think that these chemically altered foods are the norm, when in fact the opposite is true.

The unfortunate reality is that when you eat a processed food diet, it leads to an avalanche of negative changes in your body. One of these is elevated insulin levels, and ultimately insulin resistance.

Ideally you’ll want to eat as many foods as possible in their unprocessed state; typically organic foods that have been grown locally, and are therefore in season.

To achieve this, switch to more raw foods gradually.

Many people feel that if they can’t eat their favourite junk foods, they are being deprived. In reality, the sooner you switch your eating habits, the sooner you’ll enjoy increased energy, normalized weight, a better mood and improved health overall.

Knowing this, many initially succeed at implementing an improved diet, but then fall back into old habits… and therefore, the “old” body.

To avoid this, you make the changes to your diet gradually, starting with making one meal a day raw, then increasing from there.

Don’t forget to use my ‘Evaluate your Progress’ form daily to assist you with your efforts.

Have a great week!

Bye for now

James
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Hi everybody,

You have probably heard it said that it is better to eat smaller more regular meals to assist with revving up your metabolism.

Is this really true or false?

Well, according to some recent studies this above statement might not be true.

One study carefully looked at groups of overweight men and women who were randomly assigned to very strict low-calorie diets and followed for eight weeks. Each subject consumed the same number of calories per day, but one group took in three meals a day and the other six. There was no difference between them in fat loss, appetite control or measurements of hormones that signal hunger. Other studies have had similar results.

This being the case, then I would suggest that the content of what you eat is one of the next factors to look at.

Get into the habit of avoiding the high calorie foods lacking in nutritional content such as snack foods, sweets, flavoured drinks and the fatty foods.

Use my ‘Evaluate your Progress’ form to keep you on track.

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Also, incorporate exercise in your daily life. Research agrees that exercise is one of better ways to rev up your metabolism with added benefits.

Again, use my ‘Evaluate your Progress’ form to keep you motivated and on track.

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The Weight Wiz software application is also an excellent tool for keeping track of your progress with recipes and tracking tools.

Just go to http://weightwiz.com

Have an overall approach to your weight loss efforts. Think of it like a jigsaw. Place all of your pieces in the correct spots and over time you will see the new you.

Catch you next time.

James

Hi everybody.

We do not need to be academics to understand that diet and exercise are our best defence against illnesses such as diabetes. Yet so many people ignore the warnings and continue to lead inactive lives and eat processed foods high in sugar, salt and saturated fats. The warnings never seem to be enough.

Eventually, people find themselves in the hands of doctors being prescribed medications for the prevention of hypertension, diabetes and stroke.

Healthy people do not normally relie on high doses of medications.

So what does it take to reverse the obesity trends and to get individuals to change their lifestyle habits? T.V advertisements and bill boards portray government scare tactics in an endeavour to reverse the obesity trends, yet the trends do not seem to alter.

I am convinced in my mind that the mechanism for change in our lives lies deep within. Until each individual faces the concept that they are images of something greater than what they portray, then it is likely that we will continue to abuse our health and show little respect for what we really are. From my point of view, when we start to eat a better diet and to exercise, then we are valuing our body. (Some of us look after our pets better than we do ourselves!)

I present these thoughts to you as a challenge so that you will look upon your body as a ‘temple’ that deserves better. Any religious community, be it Muslim, Orthodox, Catholic, Buddhist or Hindu would respect their temples and churches with the utmost respect. By being casual with our eating habits and with our exercise, we are showing no real respect for our bodies.

Look upon yourself differently and reverse the trends of society and never let it be said that you were partly responsible for your future health problems.

Treasure your body with respect.

Respect yourself.

Give yourself the best chance, and value your gift of life by changing your eating habits and your lifestyle habits.

Before you next eat, ask if what you are eating is showing respect to your body. And show respect to your heart and give it the exercise it needs in order to function at its optimum. Let this day be the start of a new attitude towards yourself.

Let’s get moving!

James
http://jamestansell.com

For lots of people, the concept of losing weight can seem such a hopeless task.

Here we are at Easter, three months into the year, and some of us have not even gotten started with a genuine effort to lose weight.

Most of us know what we need to do, but getting started and following through becomes the sticky point.

Society has lots of tempting treats, quick take away meals and convenient processed foods to allure us.

Nevertheless, most of these foods will only have the effect of making our weight loss efforts more difficult to achieve.

As a suggestion, join me in my quest to make our lives a healthier one.

Firstly, subscribe to my 12 Week Weight Loss Challenge emails and challenge yourself on a daily basis to improve your health and weight.

Secondly, download my ‘Evaluate your Progress‘ form, print it out and fill it in daily. Tick off what you achieve on a daily basis as well as record your starting weight and measurements at the beginning of the week.

Thirdly, go to http://weightwiz.com and check out the free trial of WeightWiz.

I recently downloaded the paid version. My wife, Maria and I have started using it. It does involve some effort in terms of planning your meals and entering foods into the data base, but it will give you a clear idea of what efforts you will need in order to reach your goals.

Fourthly, go to http://meditate.com.au and arrange for a free sample of ‘Holosync’ to be sent to you.

Maria and I use holosync recordings to assist us with our lives. Go onto the website and read about it. Our experiences are very similar to others. Ever since using holosync recordings through my IPod, my ability to deal with my day and to achieve my goals are so much easier.

Let’s make this Easter the start of something new.

Remember to introduce new habits into your daily life that you can sustain. Break down your goals and focus on inching your way forward.

Remember, just a quarter of a kilo of weight loss a week would amount to 12 kilos lost after 12 months!

It can be done. Just focus on the activities and better eating habits on a daily basis, and let your body work itself out.

Happy Easter!

Bye for now.

James

There is growing evidence to suggest that diets high in fructose are a leading cause of the obesity epidemic in children and adults throughout the modern world.

Sweetened beverages and processed foods are the main sources of fructose. While fructose is found naturally in fruits, it is also added to many processed foods and beverages to sweetened the flavours.

There is a book written by Dr Johnson, chairman of medicine at the University of Colorado called ‘The Sugar Fix. The High Fructose Fallout that is making you Fat and Sick’.

Fructose is a high source of calories and fruit juices contribute is this. Therefore it is important to control the quanties consumed. As a general guideline, fructose should be kept to under 25 grams per day.
Keep in mind that one orange can have 6 grams of fructose.

It is not the natural fruits that are causing the problems. Rather it is the added fructose to processed foods and drinks that play havoc with our diets. A can of soda can have up to 40 grams of added fructose.

There is growing evidence to suggest that this high fructose diet is playing havoc with not only diets but also with our metabolism.

This effect on our metabolism is making it increasingly difficult for individuals to burn off the extra calories through exercise.

So, check the labels, avoid processed foods, cook from scratch, avoid the sugar free drinks such as diet cokes etc and begin to feel better!

James

Sugar May Be Bad, But This Sweetener Is Far More Deadly:
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Hi everybody,

I hope that your Christmas was a very merry and relaxing one.

If your Christmas was anything like mine, you are probably thinking that you have managed to eat way too many sweets. Christmas would not be Christmas in our society if you did not feel tempted to eat more than you needed. The problem is never really Christmas when it comes to over eating habits and weight management; it is the other 364 days of the year!

Today I would like to offer a couple of suggestions that I have learnt to assist with understanding weight control and health matters.

Firstly, check your waist measurements and ensure that you keep below 80cm for women and below 94cm for men.

These measurements are an indicator for determining whether or not you are carrying too much fat. The dangerous fat is called Visceral fat. This fat surrounds your vital organs such as your heart, liver and muscles and is linked to heart attacks, diabetes and strokes. We can often refer to it as having a ‘pot belly’. Furthermore, this fat can be even present in thin people and they might not even be aware of it. My father had a sudden heart attack in his sixties yet he looked thin!

Whatever your shape and waist measurements, exercise is going to be an insurance and a friend. Exercise is one way that you can manage to deal with Visceral fat in your body. Exercise can have a dramatic effect quickly. Most people have the problem of never really getting started. Don’t let this be you. Start by doing something today. Try a 30 minute walk for starters.

Secondly, improve your diet.

Avoid sugars and reduce the intake of unhealthy carbohydrates such as white breads. Avoid saturated fats found in biscuits, fried foods, processed foods, cakes and take away foods.

To assist you with keeping on track, why not download my ‘evaluate your progress’ form on my blog here at http://jamestansell.com

The link is on the right under the heading of ‘downloads’ or click on this link to start the download.

I have compiled a number of questions for you to fill in on a daily basis to assist you. Your goal is to fill it in and to keep track of your score and to improve on it from week to week. I fill my form in every day and use it to gauge my progress to better health. Join me and do the same. You will be amazed by the results if you endeavour to improve on your performance score.

Get started today and avoid the ‘pot belly’ effect!

Catch you later.

James
http://jamestansell.com

Merry Christmas everybody!

Whatever your situation might be, I want to take this opportunity to wish you a very merry and enriching Christmas.

The lead up to Christmas is always one of those hectic occasions for many of us. Mine was no different. Nevertheless, Christmas is here, and now is a good time to relax, spend some time with family and friends, and to think about the approaching year ahead.

I look forward to sharing some of my insights over the coming year and to assist anybody who wants to manage their weight and improve their health.

So have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.

Regards

James
http://jamestansell.com

Hi everybody,

Day 74

I want to share with you a concept that I have been using to assist others with their weight loss. Over the past 5 weeks I have been using a system of evaluating my weight management progress, and it has been very successful.

From the way I view it, the more you develop a healthier lifestyle, the more likely you are to manage your weight.
This is where my ‘evaluate your progress’ form comes in handy. All you need do is to download my form from my blog, print it out and start ticking off your achievements on a daily basis. Your goal is to better your results from week to week. Simple as that!

For a more detailed understanding of my ‘evaluate your progress’ form, why not join my 12 week Weight loss Challenge by subscribing to my emails at

http:// jamestansell.com

Once you start monitoring your lifestyle habits on a daily basis, and by challenging yourself to do better, you will find it much easier to make the adjustments towards a healthier you. Weight loss and health results follow.

Don’t delay. Subscribe to my emails and lets all work towards a healthier ‘you’.

Regards

James