The Diet Guy

Book Review - The Diet Delusion

I have for many years now been fascinated and commented many times on how in 2011 when we have more diets, more gyms, more exercise products, more healthy eating advice, more information and better healthcare than every before have we got more overweight and obese people than ever before.

If all of this worked then surely we would have less overweight people ? The fact the diet and health industry does not create long term success is something we all know and we all know that most people regain all of their weight and more but somehow this seems to be missed as the next fad diet or dance fitness routine comes along.

This book by Gary Taubes in my opinion is spot on, he analyses the same issue that I have talked about in how can we all continue to try the same old diets and not get results everytime and yet be stuck in the lifestyle.

This book is both blunt and to the point and may be too much for some people who want to believe that eating an apple at lunchtime really is going to help them stay slim long term.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants to look beyond the fluff and the TV adverts and actually look at the science of whether diets really work.

The Diet Delusion is a fantastic informative and eye opening book and can be purchased from Amazon at The Diet Delusion

Quotes For Success

Believe You Can, Believe You Can't, Either Way You'll Be Right

When You Expect Success, Your Mind Focuses On Success – Anonymous

It's Kind Of Fun To Do The Impossible - Walt Disney

Thoughts Become Things So Choose The Good Ones - Mike Dooley

All That We Are Is The Result Of What We Have Thought – Boedha

Life Isn't About Finding Yourself, Life Is About Creating Yourself - George Bernard Shaw

It's Not What You Look At That Matters, It's What You See - Henry David Thoreau

Nobody Knows What They Can Do Until They Try – Sorus

You Cannot Teach A Man Anything, You Can Only Help Him Discover It Within Himself - Galileo Galilei

You Were Born To Win, But To Be A Winner You Must Plan To Win, Prepare To Win, And Expect To Win - Zig ZiglarIf

Opportunity Doesn't Knock, Build A Door - Milton Berle

The Best Way To Make Your Dreams Come True Is To Wake Up - Paul Valery

Failure Is Success If We Learn From It - Malcolm Forbes

The Greatest Thing In The World Is Not So Much Where We Are, But In What Direction We Are Moving - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Happiness Is Not A Matter Of Events, It Depends Upon The Tides Of The Mind - Alice Meynall

The Only Way To Predict The Future Is To Have The Power To Change It - Eric Hoffer

For Last Year's Words Belong To Last Year's Language And Next Year's Words Await Another Voice - T.S. Eliot

Success Does Not Consist Of Never Making Blunders, But In Never Making The Same One A Second Time - Josh Billings

Strive For Excellence, Not Perfection - H.Jackson Brown Junior

Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm - Ralph Emerson

Human's Are Like Tea Bags, We Don't Know Our Own Strength Until We're In Hot Water - Sister Busche

The Person Who Gets The Farthest Is Generally The One Who Is Willing To Do And Dare, The Comfort Zone Boat Never Gets Far From The Shore - Dale Carnegie

A Kiss Is A Lovely Trick Designed By Nature To Stop Speech When Words Become Superfluos - Ingrid Bergmam

A Strong Positive Attitude Will Create More Miracles Than Any Wonder Drug - Patricia Neal

Your Current Safe Boundaries Were Once Unknown Frontiers – Anonymous

If Your Ship Doesn't Come In, Swim Out To It - Jonathan Winters

Insist On Yourself. Never Imitate - Ralph Emerson

People Rarely Succeed Unless They Have Fun In What They Are Doing - Dale Canergie

Be Kind To Your Body - It's The Only Place You Have To Live - Jim Rohn

You See Things And Say Why, But I Dream Things That Never Were And Say Why Not? - George Bernard Shaw

It's Not What You Eat, It's Why You Eat That Really Matters - Mike Scott

Success Is Determined By How Determined You Are To Succeed - Anonymous

Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge - Albert Einstein

If You Do What You Have Always Done You'll Always Get What You Always Got – Anonymous

What Progress, You Ask, Have I Made? I Have Begun To Be A Friend To Myself – Hecato

You Will Never Find The Time For Anything, If You Want The Time You Must Make It -Charles Buxton

If You Cannot Solve It, It's Not A Problem, It's Just The Reality - Barbara Coloroso

I Am Not Afraid Of Do Not Anticipate Trouble, Or Worry About What May Never Happen. Keep In The Sunlight - Benjamin Franklin

Excellence Is To Do Something Ordinary In An Extraordinary Way - Booker Washington

No Matter Who You Are, No Matter What You Do, You Absolutely, Positively Do Have The Power To Change - BIll Phillips

What We Think, We Become – Buddha

Your Greatest Self Has Been Waiting All Your Life, Don't Make It Wait Any Longer - Steve Maraboli

People Who Enjoy What They Are Doing Invariably Do It Well - Joe Gibbs

If You Can Never Manage With Where You Are At, You Will Never Be Happy With Where You Go - Phillip Bennett

Let Your Star Shine Brightly High In The Sky, It Shines Even Brighter In The Dark – Anonymous

There Is Only One Success, To Be Able To Spend Your Life In Your Own Way - Christopher Morley

What Lies Behind Us And What Lies Before Us Are Tiny Matters Compared To What Lies Within Us - Walt Emerson

Life Is A Big Canvas, Throw All The Paint On It You Can - Danny Kaye

If Your Success Is Not On Your Own Terms, If It Looks Good To The World But Does Not Feel Good In Your Heart, It Is Not Success At All - Anna Quindlen

Live Life Fully While You're Here. Experience Everything. Take Care Of Yourself And Your Friends. Have Fun, Be Crazy, Be Weird. Go out And Screw Up! You're Going To Anyway, So You Might As Well Enjoy The Process. Take The Opportunity To Learn From Your Mistakes: Find The Cause Of Your Problem And Eliminate It. Don't Try To Be Perfect; Just Be An Excellent Example Of Being Human - Tony Robbins

The Wisest Men Follow Their Own Direction. – Euripid

Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts, And Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted - Albert Einstein

Every Wall Is A Door - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let Nothing And Nobody Stand In Your Way Of Being Who You Really Are - Mike Scott

Those First Few Songs I Wrote, I Was Taking Notes At A Fantastic Rock Concert Going On In My Head - Jim Morrison

First Say To Yourself What You Would Be, And Then Do What You Have To Do - Epictetus

Believe That Life Is Worth Living And Your Actions Will Confirm It - William James

You Can Because You Think You Can - Virgil

To Accomplish Great Things We Must Not Only Act But Also Dream, Not Only Plan But Also Believe - Anatole

It's Easy To Make A Buck, It's A Lot Harder To Make A Difference - Tom Brokaw

Let This Coming Year Be Better Than All The Others. Vow To Do Some Of The Things You've Always Wanted To Do But Couldn't Find The Time -Ann Landerse

Life Is Like Riding A Bicycle,  To Keep Your Balance You Must Keep On Moving - Anonymous

You Don't Get To Choose How You're Going To Die. Or When. But You Can Decide How You're Going To Live Now - Joan Baezidin

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful - Albert Schweitzer

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally - David Frost

You will never find time for anything. You must make it - Charles Buxton

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enthusiasm is the steam that drives the engine - Napoleon Hill

Live out your imagination, not your history - Dr. Stephen Covey 

Begin with the end in mind - Dr. Stephen Covey 

Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose - Dr. Stephen Covey

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten - Tony Robbins

You just can't beat the person who never gives up - Babe Ruth

 

Never let your memories be greater than your dreams - Anon

 

Don't be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams

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How Do You Make Someone Realise They Can Change?

When I work with people 1-2-1 one of the first things I try and do is help them realise that they can actually change and can achieve what they want.

So many people who have dieted for years and years start a diet already having decided that they are going to fail on it, or they have decided that they will do it for a short set period before then going back to the lifestyle and food choices that they made before.

Now that is fine, if someone wants to eat too many calories and put weight on and they are happy to do that then I certainly won't tell them not to but when you chat to people and they are being honest then usually they will admit that they hate and are bored of the diet lifestyle and would love to never have to diet again.

But do they truelly believe it ? Do you actually believe it ?

Do you really believe you can trim a few pounds off, get slim and then never have to diet again ?

Or do you think you are stuck dieting and are destined to diet and struggle with your weight for the rest of your life as it is in your genes ?

Because I did ! I really thought that I had to be big for the rest of my life as that was who I was...but it isn't true. At anytime you can stop dieting and just be slim...if you don't believe me then ask yourself why you don't ?