Popular singer and songwriter Dan Fogelberg died the other day of advanced prostate cancer. I’ve read that the cancer was detected in 2004 although was too advanced for doctors or treatments to help. He spent the last few years of his life enjoying his family, skiing, his new home and friends. One of his last wishes was More on Dan Fogelberg Dies of Prostate Cancer, Didn’t Want Others To Suffer Like He Did
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August 7, 2007
Is Being Fat Contagious?
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that yes, if your friends or those that you surround yourself with are obese, you are more likely to be obese as well. Watch out!
The study included over 12,000 participants and showed that if a subject had a friend that was obese, they had a 57% higher chance of becoming obese themselves. That number went up to 171% if both friends identified each other as strong friends. Friendship seemed to be the strongest correlation and it didn’t matter how far apart the friends were. Influence of siblings was also ranked highly with a 40% higher chance of becoming obese if another sibling was also obese.
The lesson here is one that just like any other goal, surround yourself by those that you’d like to become more like. In your finances for example, you normally make about the average income of your 5 closest friends and this transfers to your health and other parts of your life as well. Want to be healthier? Surround yourself with happy, healthy and positive minded friends and experiences!
Read more about the study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
To your best health!
Mark
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January 17, 2005
Weight Loss: The Two Words That Guarantee Success
Did you know that being successful with losing weight starts with just two words?
Two words will either guarantee you’ll lose weight, or guarantee the you WON’T lose weight. You see, words are very powerful. Especially the words that we say to ourselves… our self-talk.
Whatever we say to ourselves goes directly to our subconscious and is accepted as complete truth.
Did you catch that?
Whatever you say to yourself or others is accepted as a complete truth to your subconscious mind.
How do you describe yourself?
Do you see yourself as healthy, slim and energetic? Or do you see yourself as heavy and overweight? Do you tell yourself (or complain to others) that “you can’t” lose weight?
If you say to yourself….
“I am fat” … your mind says OK, you’re fat and gets to work in the background on taking actions that make (and keep) you fat.
or
“I am healthy and slim”… your mind says, OK, and gets to work in the background on taking actions that make (and keep) you healthy and slim.
[Note: You literally can’t lose weight if you see yourself as overweight… your mind won’t let you. This is one reason so many struggle with losing weight… and keeping it off. ]
Your subconscious doesn’t argue with you, or reason with your statement. It just goes to work following your instructions.
This one, small lifestyle change can make a difference between being successful in reaching your weight loss goals, and continual struggle to lose weight.
It’s simple, just replace your current thoughts and words with ones that support your “new” you starting with those two most important words, “I am”:
“I am healthy”
“I am slim”
“I am fit”
“I am healthy and trim”
“I am at my goal weight of (your goal) pounds”
Saying “I am” gives your mind a statement and command in the affirmative… as if it were already true.
Do this regularly, every day, and watch your thoughts and self talk closely. If you catch yourself slipping, immediately stop your negative thoughts and replace them with those above, or your own “I am” statements.
Before you know it, your actions and results will start taking shape (literally 
). It’s a proven fact, your mind acts on what you tell it, just tell it what you want!
You CAN do it!
About the AuthorMark Idzik is a health coach with a national clientele who helps his clients feel better, release weight and make better health choices. Get his 37 free tips to guaranteed weight loss by visiting here.