CNN the other day had an article about how the Japanese in Okinawa live so long. The villagers had an answer. Eat healthily, get outside, socialize and find your ikigai.

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This article fits right in with what I had experienced just that day. At Raw Food Boot Camp, we are talking about all the other aspects of why we struggle with food other than just wanting food and I felt Ikigai was the perfect first step into working on this more in depth.

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I have lost so many women at Raw Food Boot Camp who could have lost 100+ lbs and been living in maintenance by now who quit because of one break to their plan. They called themselves all or nothing types and while into the all dropped weight fast and were perfect in every way. Then they had a fall. One fall. Instead of admitting the fall and learning from it, the quit.

Perfection, the idea of perfection when dieting is a lie we tell ourselves, and excuse we give ourselves to quit.

Until we accept this as a lie, an excuse and learn to be imperfect, we cannot be thin and healthy. Give up the lie and learn that falling is part of winning.

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There are so many diets out there. We tend to listen to the latest guru or fad and jump in thinking we will get the same results as those on the testimony pages. Then three of four weeks in, regardless of our success, or maybe it's at the end of the 3rd month, we give up. We claim we're done. We use the excuse it wasn't fast enough, fun enough, satisfying enough.

Instead of following other people's lead, take time to understand yourself as a long term dieter. Research diets. Find one you believe in and then tailor it to who you are as an individual.

It is better to lose 100 lbs over two years than to lose it in 7 months just to gain it back. Or worse, to lose 30 lbs real fast then throw that away because it was too hard.

Knowledge is the true key to success. Know yourself, research the best diet for you. Then go do it.

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Salt besides how it stirs cravings can destroy your resolve by playing with your scale. Listen to my podcast to see how you can control that better and not have so many ups and downs during your journey.

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Believe it or not, the next day after an event or holiday is oftentimes harder to get through than the actual event. Why? Because during the event we had our guard up, we wanted to prove we were stronger than food, we didn't want others to see us fail. And we tend to do better than we or anyone else around us expected.

But then we wake up the next morning and those strong walls are down and we feel that we deserve just a taste when no one is watching. Just a lick. The cravings and justifications grow fast and we decide we were so good the day before, that all the foods we said no to will cover the foods we say yes to today.

Don't go there. Listen to this podcast and stick it out. Today and possibly the next two are so important to not give into those whispers and cries.

If the cravings get too bad, go to my Don't Feed the Bear 5 Day Series to beat those cravings.

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Dieting is full of struggles. Let Carlene help you understand that struggle better and equip you with ways to move beyond the struggle of dieting and turn them from debby downer moments into learning ones.

The struggle during weight loss isn't all bad. It can better equip you for maintaining the weight loss permanently.

Don't hate the struggle, accept it and teach yourself to get beyond it.

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Yes, you read that right. There are joys to be found in dieting. In my weight loss journey there were many more joys than struggles. Why? Because I wanted the joy. I cherished the milestones. I concentrated on the positives not the negatives and even on those days I felt deprived and tired of dieting I couldn't miss all that I was accomplishing.

In this podcast I explain how joy is right there for all of us. If we look for it.

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