January FAQs

Tracy asks:
Why is it that my desire to be thin again, healthy, stay on track is ALWAYS over-powered by my desire to eat fast food, chips, chocolate? I really, really want my thin healthy body back and I just cannot find it in myself to do what I know I need to.

Need?
Never works...

Want, always does

Want good food
In your body
Want to feel alive
And well
Want to be lean
Strong and healthy

Desire to...

Fast foods
Or
Desire to

Be you?

There's no comparison
When you...
Think about it

Remember
And
Remind, yourself...

It's an exercise...

Susan Powter


Julia asks:
Susan,
I am so glad that you are back and you look amazing, happy belated birthday!!
My question is how to really make the commitment to self, and to stick to discipline. I keep telling myself that discipline is my friend, any thoughts?

Yes, I do
A thought…

Burning fat
Has very little
To do with discipline...

I didn't get
More disciplined
When I lost
Over l30 pounds

I simply started
Doing three things
That I wasn't doing before...

Doing wellness
More than
I was doing
What I use to do...
Which was
No movement
The kind of food
That gets you
To 260...

Habitual...very different
Repetition…the Mother of
The actions...
Eat
Breathe
Move
And
Think…
Weight loss
A given
When you change
The lifestyle...

Susan Powter


Nita asks:
Hi Susan! I’ve been eating well and moving for 2 weeks now, and I feel absolutely fabulous. But the scale hasn’t moved an inch. Will it move or do I need to incorporate something else into what I’m doing? Please help!

The only thing
You are doing wrong
Is the scale...

Did you hear
What you said

I feel fabulous!

Two weeks?

Believe me
When I tell you
Your worst enemy is
The scale and,
There is no way
You are not
Going to burn fat
Increase strength and energy
And
Dramatically change your body

Losing weight
Is a given

Off the scale
Three months
And
See how you look
Feel how you feel
If you like it
Keep doing it..
And, you will..

Off the scale

Susan Powter


Maureen asks:
HELP!!!!! Plagued by a monstrous head cold, even my hair hurts...should I refrain from exercise until I’m well?
Also, what to eat while so under the weather and not able to prep and cook my whole meals?

Neti pot...
Rest
Dream
Warm
A hot water bottle
Nothing like it...

Whole meals
Only means
Real food
Warm baked
Organic apples...
A few minutes
What I had

Last time
Under covers...

Susan Powter


Trish asks:
Susan, I have one minor problem. I am making a huge effort do make this change in real natural foods, HOWEVER it is the organic I have gotten stuck. Went to my local whole foods and outpost, ended up paying TRIPLE what I usually pay. What to do?

Exactly...
Real food
Abundant, Nature is

But...

Thanks to the brilliance
Of the food boys...
More
Expensive
Than the
Total crap
They want millions to eat...

A plan
That should
Have every
Body
Furious…

And, aware
Of the plan…

Meantime,
Co-ops
There are tons
Bulk
Grow your own
Community urban gardens
Abound...
Start your own…

It's real
It's wrong
It's deadly
And,
Now there's one
More person
Who knows it...

Susan Powter


Tara asks:
Susan, r there any “must haves” that u enjoy to keep u healthy & feeling great? (minus whole foods and movement)

Laughter
Freedom
Creativity
Sexuality
Nature
With all
Her smells
Herbs
Bounty

Massage
I need one
Desperately...

Susan Powter


Danielle asks:
Do you think that by practicing yoga everyday, one could lose weight? Yoga seems to be the only activity where I feel better afterwards. I thought if I lose weight by doing that, then I can start doing some cardio.

The yoga
I do
Is
Cardio

Do it
With me

You'll
Do a
Whole lot
More
Than just
Burn fat...

Yes...

Susan Powter


Lyn asks:
Dear Susan,
Your books are an inspiration to me. I need your books and advice them more than ever right now. My question is: Do you believe that older women can lose all the weight we want to or are we destined to be rotund in our middle area?

What has
Much more
To do with

Age
And
Genetics

Is
Lifestyle...

Destined to be
Absolutely not...

I'm 50
And don't...

Fat burns
From the center
From everywhere...

Strength increases

You are
Only destined
To be
Exactly what
You'd like to be…

You, me
All the older Women...
Especially

Susan Powter