IN THIS BODY 4 LIFE ISSUE

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1. WHAT IS A BODY 4 LIFE?
2. ENTER OUR SHORT STORY COMPETITION
3. YOUR FREE BODY-4-LIFE GIFT
4. RESULTS OF OUR POLL... and our winner is....
5. SPECIAL SECTION: THE POWER OF TOUCH

• What are the benefits of massage therapy on a body 4 life?


• What is a Watsu water massage?

"Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. ( Caryn Leschen)

What is a body 4 life?

• What does it look like?
• How and where do I get ONE and
• What do I have to do to keep it?

(And by the way - many of us have spent our life battling our bodies - enter our SHORT STORY CONTEST here, tell your story, get published and WIN)

Many of you may have heard of a program called 'Body 4 Life." A few years ago I went through a spate of seeing previous diehards who'd signed up for this heavy-duty exercise program combined expensive supplements.

The stories were very similar. They'd all joined up to lose weight, they all had and they're all felt fantastic. But then one of a couple things started to happened: either their:

• motivation died
or,
• they became fixated with the right way to exercise or the amount of exercise they were doing.
• In some cases, it even became a full time obsession . (Thanks for allowing me to share your story Natz)

I'd define a body for life as one that I can fit into comfortably without spending hour and hours at the gym. If it has to be a sculptured, taut body - that's unsustainable for Ms Average so it's NOT what I would think of as a body 4 life. It merely has to be

• a body I feel alive, comfortable and healthy in.
It has to be a body that you'll take
• for a swim,
• feel OK about others touching
and that
• you'd never miss a social event because you felt self-conscious 'wearing' it.

So how does one get such a good and healthy body to live in? It's not dieting because dieting usually only leads to more dieting. But it IS about making self-loving, healthy choices and going on a mental diet.

That's the fastest way to get a body 4 life is to do some activities to improve your self image. One of the most powerful ways to do that is to take just 3 minutes from your day for the next month and do the visualization exercise I've recorded for you. Last month I told you about this and then promptly had a hiccup - I apologize, it's now up and working.

In a nutshell - how do you get a body for life:

Self-loving healthy choices when it comes to eating, being active and resting + our fabulous vizualization.

YOUR FREE BODY 4 LIFE GIFT TO PLAY FORWARD

Our free healthy weight loss tips are a great start to getting a body 4 life . And pass this body 4 life e.gift on to your friend so they can benefit too.

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And as for all those fastest weight loss products - they're no way to get a body 4 life either.

Talking of which.. you know those ridiculous weight loss ads on the ditch diets site? Well your opinions have been very interesting to monitor. As of now 49 people have taken the poll, and 40.8% of you are bothered by them. And the winner for this period of a copy of the Joy-Filled Body is Jill from South Africa.

Jill wrote: "Before I saw this poll I was just thinking how unethical (and bizarre!) it was to have Google ads on "how to lose 10kgs in 5 days" on this website."

Despite the fact that majority of my visitors aren't bothered by these ads - I have to admit that even though I want to respect that people have a choice, they do kinda bug me. So I'm going to be experimenting with some changes over the next few months - so please keep taking my poll so that I can monitor your opinions and make this into the most visitor-friendly but also financially viable site.

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SPECIAL SECTION ON THE POWER OF TOUCH

When we're overweight, touch is something we tend to avoid because we feel self-conscious. But our skin is the largest organ of the body - with numerous nerve-endings and when we can get our minds out the way - the. healing power of human touch can be enormous.

I'm doing a research project on how the touch of massage can help us improve our body image. You can read here about my incredibly powerful experience having my first ever water massage called watsu.

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THE CHILDREN'S BOOK

My first batch of words is due at the publisher on 1 November - so I'm working away furiously. I'm fascinated by the path the book seems to be taking. I'm always amazed how book writing seems to take on a life of it's own. And just like Mind over Fatter: Learn to feel great without ever dieting, it's turning out to be way wiser than any knowledge I personally hold in my head!

I'm just in awe of the process and the incredible research that seems to fall into my lap. Expect a really special book to be the result!!!

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Here's where you can: Check out our freebies, our quizzes, join our fabulous online forum, our free e.courses and give us feedback

Watch out for our ongoing Mind over Fatter workshops, and read our latest diet poems or publish your own right here and be credited as the author.

Don't forget to check out our fabulous products

With warm wishes for a body 4 life!