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Yvonne McCoy on December 13th, 2009

Feeling out of it I admit I was feeling down and a little sorry for myself. I wanted something. Translation – I wanted comfort food and I was hungry.  I stopped at a really good supermarket. One that is not close to my home. This is usually the recipe for disaster. Luckily, what makes this [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on December 6th, 2009

Call me Crazy but…. I just realized that I have spent hours this week measuring and special mixing food for Monk, my puppy. He is has been sick:-(  I never spend this much time doing this for myself! In the end, I put Monk on rice and bananas and extra walks. Oh, I’ve heard pumpkin [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on November 18th, 2009

Think About It They are both unstructured time with many “ought to’s & should do’s”.  You wake up and before you can think about what you need, the loving demands of others intrude.  That’s why people are always starting over on Monday. There is structure in place to help keep you on track. How can [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on November 17th, 2009

What’s the most you have lost? Here is a quick exercise. Look at all the times you have lost weight.  What is the most common, comfortable amount of weight that you have lost in a healthy manner? It could be 10lbs, 20lbs or 25lbs.  It is important that the amount is one that you have [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on November 11th, 2009

Sounds Like a Strange Question Years ago, this question was asked in a teleclass I attended on building my business. And to my surprise, I started to cry.  What was going on?  This question really tapped into something buried deep. Why this and why now? The year 2009 is coming to an end and 2010 [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on November 3rd, 2009

The 10-Minute Solution How many times during the day do you have 10 minutes that you wasted? If you have 6 of them, than you have lost an hour. But what difference can 10-15 minutes make?  A big one. Ideas I highly recommend that you develop a toolbox of 10-minute rituals. They help you get [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on October 28th, 2009

If you plan.. During a discussion on meal planning, it came out that take-out is many times the default solution to a meal. Guess what? If you do your planning in advance, this doesn’t have to be the worst choice. Besides total depravity never works. Some strategies We all have favorite take-out.  So here is [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on October 27th, 2009

Don’t think so? Women’s Health quoted a poll of over 6,000 people, conducted by the Institute for Medicine and Public Health that we spend an average of 56hrs a week sitting! That’s 1/3 of our time. Add another 50+ hrs for sleeping and you have only 60 hours left to be active and have a [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on October 25th, 2009

Why is it important? If someone asked you to explain your guiding principles to a healthy life could you answer in a clear concise way? Have you ever thought about it? Maybe you should if you want to increase your results. How does it work? Everyday you are faced with new information and new choices. [...]

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Yvonne McCoy on October 23rd, 2009

Interesting Quote I saw this quote today by Dan Sullivan:  “If you spend too much time working on your weaknesses, all you end up with is a lot of strong weaknesses.” And it made me think. How many times do we focus on what we are bad at, instead of what we are good at? [...]

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