« why Oprah will never keep the weight off… | Home By Jim | February 23, 2009 If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I was thinking the other day about what was truly responsible for the changes that I’ve made in my life. The answer I kept coming back to surprised me. It wasn’t all the books, programs, and classes I consumed, it was more basic than that. I realized that my changes were made possible by one be... Read Full Story

« Limiting Beliefs of Weight Loss | Home By Jim | December 13, 2008 If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Okay, so you probably heard Oprah recently talk about her weight gain. As someone who is constantly studying people who keep their weight down long term, I was fascinated by the recent story about Oprah. I mean here is someone who is obviously successful and focused with personal chefs, trainers, and coaches who has not been a... Read Full Story

« The Anatomy of a Thin Mindset | Home By Jim | September 27, 2008 If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!When it comes to your body, the elephant in the room is your thoughts. How do you think and what are your beliefs about yourself, eating well, exercising, etc.? Before you do anything else, you owe it to yourself to think about this. The good news is that you get the results you believe you can have. If you’re unhappy wit... Read Full Story

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The following is an excerpt from an interview that I did with Scott Tousignant from the MP3 audio program, Unstoppable Fat Loss. If you adopt the mindset that we cover below and apply it to your workouts and nutrition plan, you can expect success and amazing results. Scott: When it comes to the mind, and you teach all the fantastic ways to reprogram it, what are some of the things that people are doing that ar... Read Full Story

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The following is an excerpt from an Elite Body interview I did with Shawn Phillips, author of Strength For Life… Jim:    What are some of the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to exercising? Shawn:    I think the biggest mistake people make in their fitness conditioning and certainly strength training is that they check their mind at the door. They put their work clothes in the locker. They leav... Read Full Story

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!One thing I’ve noticed working with so many weight loss clients is that almost without exception they are too harsh on themselves. Often, it stems from the mistaken belief that they need to be “hard” on themselves, but there is a huge difference between being hard on yourself and being supportive and helpful. One of the techniques I often suggest to instantly illustrate the difference is to i... Read Full Story

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Watch Paul McKenna conduct an experiment that instantly reduces your appetite. (1:54) Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Read Full Story

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The following is an excerpt of an interview I did for The Elite Body, with Vince Delmonte, author of No Nonsense Muscle Building. Vince was talking about how hormones impact muscle growth and weight loss. Jim:    So seeing how hormone’s influence muscle growth and weight loss, what are some natural ways to stimulate those hormones? Vince:    That’s a great question.  Let’s look at three things – training... Read Full Story

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Success leaves clues. My friend Rob Poulos, creator of Fat Burning Furnace just gave away over $2300 to the winners of his New Body Challenge. you can see them here: ==> New Body Challenge Winners The cool thing is that he didn’t just post the pictures of the winners, he also had them explain their motivation in the beginning and what it felt like to successfully create this transformation. As you rea... Read Full Story

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I was thinking the other day about what was truly responsible for the changes that I’ve made in my life. The answer I kept coming back to surprised me. It wasn’t all the books, programs, and classes I consumed, it was more basic than that. I realized that my changes were made possible by one belief; that if I wasn’t getting the results I wanted, it was because I was wrong. Now that may not so... Read Full Story