Being overweight is no laughing matter. Obesity is on the rise and it is becoming a major health hazard. People are spending too much time in front of the computer or too much time in front of the TV and not enough time getting exercise. It doesn?t help the situation when there is a fast food restaurant around every corner. The conveniences of modern day life has certainly done our health no favors and our expanding waistlines are proof. Read on to discover some great advice on how to lose weight and keep it off.

If you are trying to lose weight, it really is very simple. We just tend to make it hard. First of all, forget all of those fad diets and diet supplements out there. They won?t work for long term weight loss. You may lose the weight initially but you won?t be able to keep it off. weight loss is a mental thing as much as a physical thing. You have got to change the way you think about food to be successful with your weight loss.

Food can be a great comfort and it can be a stress reliever. If you think about it, we have food with every major event in our lives. Marriages, deaths, graduations, all major holidays and any other excuse we can think of. In fact, food has become a best friend for some of us, but it is also our worst enemy.

The only way to effectively lose weight is to change your eating habits and get off the junk food. Start eating six small meals a day instead of three big ones. Start your day by eating a healthy breakfast that consists of oats or cereal with fresh fruit and whole grain toast.

Two or three hours after bre

A couple of hours after lunch snack again. Then eat a healthy dinner of a protein such as lean red meat, chicken or fish accompanied by a side of vegetables and fruit. It is important to remember that one of your best allies in the weight loss battle is plain old water. Drinking six to eight glasses of water can help boost your metabolism for maximum weight loss. It will also make you feel better because it will flush toxins from our body.

So as you can see, losing weight is not that complicated. It takes a little bit of effort in the beginning, but once you see the pounds start to drop off, you will be motivated to continue on. It is a good idea to add exercise to the mix if you want to maximize your weight loss. Stay diligent and you will be a new man in no time!

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In this busy world we live in, it is so easy to go through the day focusing on problems and tasks as they appear. The things that are really important in our lives, such as exercise, family, friends, and most importantly, daily devotion, tend to take a back seat to the mundane everyday chores that we all find ourselves involved in.

Here are some easy methods for you to try which will enable you to devote a small, but important, portion of your day to spiritual renewal and, ultimately, give you a positive outlook on your life:

1. Pray while driving: This may sound a little strange, but I have found that my thoughts tend to flow very clearly when I am sitting in my car with some soothing music softly playing. Also, when you get where you are going, it is much more likely that you will find yourself in a positive frame of mind instead of the normal feelings of stress and fatigue that can sometimes linger long after you finish your drive.

2. Pray at your computer: There are many wonderful web sites that offer short daily devotional messages that are updated every day. Try some of these sites and find one that suits you and then bookmark it. You will find yourself looking forward to seeing the new message that is waiting there for you everyday. This is also an easy way of establishing your daily devotional time as a habit.

3. Pray while walking: A long, relaxing walk, is a wonderful time for spiritual reflection. Try taking a leisurely stroll around the block or through the park. Studies have shown that walking is a wonderful stress reli

A short daily devotion is one of the most rewarding things that you can do for yourself. Get yourself into this habit and you will notice that you approach life differently. The problems that used to appear daunting, will not seem so big any more. The people in your life that cause you stress, will no longer seem so irritating. Life will become simpler and more worth living when you put things into perspective and there is no better way of doing this than with a short daily devotion.

Alan Tuttle

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About the author: Alan Tuttle is a Nashville business owner, musician and church pianist. His web site: www.musicresourcesonline.com provides a constantly changing daily devotional message and past messages are also available. Instrumental hymns are also available on CD.

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Have you had it? Ready to pack it in and start sending out resumes again? Sometimes working for yourselves turns out different than you expected. Don’t throw in the towel yet. Step back and get a new perspective on working.

It’s time to motivate yourself. Don’t throw away what you have accomplished so far. All small business owners get frustrated at some point in time. A lot of small businesses fail due to owner burnout. What can you do to get out of the rut? Here are a few ideas. Being stressed out is a big factor in wanting to quit. Try taking a few deep breaths. Deep breathing relaxes the mind and body. You might want to try some form of exercise daily.

A massage once a week s also a great stress reliever. Maybe it is time to turn the computer off or take a break from your work. Get away for a few minutes or even a few days. Getting out of your element will refresh you. Try a picnic, a weekend camping trip or a few days at the beach. Taking your mind off of business can and will refresh you.

Don’t have the ability to leave home for a while? Try some motivational reading. There are lots of books out there about successful business owners. Exploring how others have overcome their obstacles may help you overcome your own. Reading how others have decided not to quit, can make you decide not to quit, either.

Now is not the time to give up. You could be only one step away from success. Don’t get desperate. Desperation can get in the way of your reasonable thinking. Keep taking those steps. You never kno

Deciding to keep your business is a step in the right direction. You must realize that there is no “quick fix.” Succeeding involves your emotions, desires, thoughts or focus, and your beliefs. Be sure to nurture each of these areas. Each successful business person goes through processes to feed each of these areas. It is up to you to find what successfully feeds each of yours.

Motivation is the driving force to succeeding. You will need to learn to motivate yourself each day. Learn to respect the challenge and invent your energy in your under

taking. Overhaul your beliefs, journal log your experiences and read lots of books on your subject. The biggest thing is to have lots and lots of patience. Believe in yourself and go out and succeed.

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Investors who bought during the top of the frothy commodities rally are now panicking or kicking themselves. Neither activity helps an investor or trader think straight. Below are a few tips in dealing with the current market shakeout.

1. If you believe you invested in the right stock(s), then turn off your computer and do something enjoyable. Exercise is a great stress reliever. The market has already begun its shakeout. If you didn’t get stopped out, or failed to place earlier stops, your best opportunity lays ahead in picking up additional shares at a much lower price. Most of the experts we’ve interviewed tell us the next rally should start sometime between late July and Labor Day. In an attempt to interview the uranium guru James Dines in late May, we were told, “Call back in a couple of months.” That was a helpful clue that the markets were less than exciting. Mr. Dines is often eager to be interviewed, but recently he was not.

2. Do you believe the fundamentals which engendered the commodities boom have changed? If they haven’t, then the bullishness is only taking a breather. We don’t see any fundamental change in the markets. Russia still wants nuclear power, and its oil production may be peaking. China hasn’t announced the end of its nuclear expansion program. India wants to spend $40 billion on new nuclear reactors. If you are invested in uranium stocks, spot uranium jumped another dollar to $45/pound this past week. Hardly the end of the bull market.

3. If you worry about your investment

4. There’s an old cliché that the time to buy is when you feel like dumping everything you own in the category. At the exact moment you want to sell your entire portfolio of uranium stocks, it may be wiser to add to your holdings. This applies mainly to the retail investor. Most of the professionals did dump at the top and are now slowly accumulating the shares of the naïve who waited until the washout to start selling off.

5. Has a major, earth-shattering event occurred? The last bull cycle in uranium ended with Three Mile Island (TMI). The last decent rally in the precious metals markets fell off a cliff after it was discovered Bre-X Minerals had perpetrated a fraud about its gold ‘discovery’ in Indonesia. Something significant and newsworthy always transpires, and it is also far-reaching. That is the trigger. As with TMI and Bre-X, those were the first shots which launched a later chain reaction to end those bull markets.

6. Before pulling the sell trigger, ask yourself: Do I really want to give up these shares to a bargain basement hunter, who will make a killing on my losses?

7. Since most of you will still panic, please review the following basics for any of the uranium companies you’ve read about:

A) How much cash does the company have in the bank? During shakeouts, cash is king. Prescient companies, which completed their financings during the recent and robust rally, are sitting pretty. They can weather the short-term storm and are well-oiled to move forward when this correction bottoms and reverses. Those companies are the strongest ones to check out when this correction looks gloomiest.

B) Has the management remained the same? Unless the top financial and/or technical people blew out the door, in recent weeks, the story probably hasn’t changed much. Companies which built a strong technical team are resilient and powerful. They will move forward.

C) Have the properties come up dry? One of the reasons you invested in a uranium company was because it announced it had “pounds in the ground.” Some companies have more than others. Some went to the expense and trouble of completing a National Instrument 43-101, which independently confirmed the quantity and quality of the uranium resource. If that changed – and the company announced, “Sorry, nothing there after all,” or announced, “Hey, we were kidding,” that’s one thing. If you haven’t heard that, or read a news release announcing that, then the uranium didn’t walk away or move onto a competitor’s property. It’s still there.

Next time, when the markets are racing higher, and you feel like you won the lottery, consider this bit of biblical advice. The old joke goes, “When did Noah build his ark?” The answer of course is: Before it began to rain.

James Finch

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Are you swimming in a sea of sticky notes? They are everywhere: in the car, around the computer, on the desk, in the kitchen, and up the stairs!

Let’s face it… sticky notes are a brilliant way for us to keep information right in front of our faces. The problem is that when there are 100′s of them, they all become a blur. We put important information on small notes and then realize that we can’t find it, or remember where we’ve filed it.The time it takes to retrace our steps and look through files to find the information again is a huge time waster.

It’s time you took back control of your information and use a system that is much more reliable. In fact, it’s so easy, you won’t believe it.

Use a SPIRAL notebook. That’s right. It can be any size (preferably at least 4 x 6).

* Put one next to your telephone for logging in any calls and recording voice mail messages and phone numbers. (At home, train all family members and babysitters to use the same spiral notebook.)

* Keep a notebook next to your computer to jot down web sites, key words, etc.

* When necessary, carry a notebook with you in the car to jot down thoughts, phone numbers, and ideas.

It is best to have only one or two notebooks. It must be a spiral notebook because it is important that the papers are bound. This keeps them from breaking loose. You can keep this book as a permanent log to refer back to. It can be as simple or detailed as you wish.

By creating a simple system with the notebook,

Sticky notes can be wonderful tools, but we must remember to use them sparingly. When we have completed the task on the note, remember to throw it away. This helps to eliminate out of date information that is no longer needed. The more you get into the habit of using a spiral notebook, the more organized, informed and professional you will be. Now that’s a stress reliever!

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