Does it seem like you’re constantly on a diet? You’re not alone! You may be surprised how many people feel the same way. These weight loss tips for the constant dieter may be what you’ve needed to finally make the dieting roller coaster stop so you can get off.

Maybe you’ve tried every diet that’s come down the pike. You’ve eaten grapefruit to the point where you can’t stand the sight of them. You’ve given up carbohydrates but still crave sugar, potatoes, and bread. Seeing that it was a losing battle, you gave up on every one.

You may have had some success at losing weight, only to gain it back. Let’s face it, it gets discouraging when you hear that most dieters will regain the weight they’ve lost within three to five years. With those kinds of odds against you, you may wonder why you bother.

The reasons you keep trying to lose weight may vary. You know you need to lose weight to improve your overall health or reduce symptoms of disease. You can’t fit into your clothes or you have a reunion to attend. There could be any number of other reasons.

Regardless of why you want to slim down or how many times you’ve dieted in the past, if you want to succeed at losing weight once and for all, you may be better served by following the example of those who’ve achieved their goal and kept the weight off.

Effective weight loss tactics for those who’ve succeeded include these techniques:

1.      Look at weight loss as a life change rather than the means to a particular end. You’re not merely losing weight; you’re making a commitment to change your eating and exercise habits so your health and life can improve.

2.      Learn all you can about food, the nutrients needed by the human body, and how to provide your body with the fuel it needs, rather than overfilling it with foods that will make it sluggish and unhealthy.

3.      Learn to work through frustrations, loss, and stress without turning to food. In many cases, those successful former constant dieters have turned to exercise as a means to release the stresses that often cause people to resort to their old eating habits.

4.      Recognize when your body is truly hungry. Discover how to recognize your body’s signals to stop eating when you’ve had enough, rather than continuing to eat until you’re stuffed.

5.      Focus on your health and fitness, instead of dieting to look good. Instead of dieting for a short term goal – getting into a bikini or looking great for a class reunion – be more concerned about how the foods you eat affect your health.

6.      Learn to recognize proper portion sizes. Eating correct portion sizes will allow you to eat only the amount of food your body needs.

7.      Acknowledge only temporary failure when you blow it. Rather than giving up when you’ve eaten too much, decide to start again the next day.

8.      Seek and allow support from others. Getting a mentor who’s a weight loss success, joining a support group, or including a friend to hold you to your goals will help spur you on to success.

These weight loss tips for constant dieters are given with the hopes that you can finally find the ideas that will allow you to break the dieting cycle. You don’t have to be one of the many dieters who’ve failed.

You can learn how to make changes in your eating habits to make the weight leave for good. Take your time, learn what your body needs, and then provide the nutrients and exercise to become healthy and happy.

As of this writing, I’ve lost over 40 pounds. An absolute first in my adult life! My goal is 250 lbs. I haven’t even started working out yet!

I’m promoting the Body By Vi Challenge because others need it too. In this economy, it’s also a great way to save money on food, make a little extra income helping people get healthy if you choose to, and perhaps get your car payment covered by Visalus.

This has now become my passion in addition to my music, writing and speaking ministry…. helping people become healed and healthy who choose to go on this journey with me.

Check out my Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge 3 minute video. Click below;

www.TurnItAroundWithAlvin.com

Then check out the 23 min overview (below). It explains the product, how to get it for free and if you’re interested in promoting it and creating extra income.

www.overview.visalus.com

(once there, scroll down and click Watch Video)

Then message me and we’ll connect Let’s see how this may work for you too.

YOU matter,

Alvin

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How to Overcome Emotional Eating

I have a confession to make. Over the past 20 years, I’ve spent many late nights in a hotel room right after an event, eating pizza or sometimes chinese food (depending on who was open after 10 or 11 pm…LOL! … (OK… not funny!)

The problem was that I wasn’t even hungry. So why was I eating comfort food in a hotel room right before going to bed?

Here’s why…COMFORT! Emotional eaters don’t have to be hungry to eat.

I’ve talked to other emotional eaters who were victims of abuse at one time in their life. Others were holding on to some other painful situation that was never dealt with. There were some people whose issues were so deep rooted that they didn’t even know why they ate comfort food even when they were not even hungry.

Eating is a part of life.  Your body gets its nutrients from food.  Sometimes we can go overboard with our eating habits and it can result in gaining weight.  One issue with food is emotional eating.

The problem of emotional eating may end with the scale but it begins in the mind.  Stress takes its toll on your life.  Loneliness…. Depression… Heartache… Low Self Esteem…  Boredom… Confusion…. Fear… Sadness…. Self Doubt…

When your defenses are compromised your health takes a hit and so do your emotions.

Everyone has good days and bad days.  How we deal with the bad ones brings emotional eating into play.  You look for comfort for your hurts.  People who turn to food for comfort find a coping mechanism that won’t judge them, hurt them or tell them no. To complicate the issue, eating pleasurable foods can stimulate the release of endorphins just like exercise.  So, after you eat, you feel better.

Emotional eaters use food to relieve stress.  They hide behind the food instead of seeking solutions to the problems.  This is not uncommon when the stressor is something horrible such as physical abuse or a death.

But, how do you know you are using food in this way?  The first sign is obvious.  You will gain weight if you eat too much.  In light of the weight gain, examine other areas of your life:

* Have you been under stress lately at work or at home?

* Has anything traumatic happened in the last year?

* Are you dealing with a problem but haven’t found a solution?

Answering yes to any of these questions could mean that you are an emotional eater.  You eat but you are not necessarily hungry at the time.  The foods that you choose are what we term comfort foods:

* High fat foods like French fries, fried foods

* High carb foods like macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes

* Sugary foods like ice cream, donuts, cookies, cake

There is help for emotional eaters.  The first step is recognizing that you have a problem.  You’ll experience feelings of helplessness and guilt.  The guilt is over potentially ruining your health and the helplessness lies in the fact that you don’t see a way out.

Secondly, seek counseling.  There are many types of counselors out there that can meet your need.  Emotional eating has nothing to do with dieting or changing your eating habits but gaining control over your emotions.

A counselor might suggest things like visualization, practicing problem solving skills, relaxation techniques and family support.  Visualization helps you to see your problems in a realistic way and not blown out of proportion.  You will also learn to see food as nutrition for the body and not an emotional crutch.

Thirdly, a loved one who truly cares about you can learn your triggers for stress and be on the lookout for changes in your eating habits.  They can help you be aware of the foods you are eating, assist you in making healthy food choices and exercise along with you.  Proper diet and exercise increases immunity, blood flow and positive thinking.

Lastly, pray and meditate. Allow the Holy Spirit to comfort you, guide you and give you peace. Go to youtube.com and watch some  videos by Pastor Joseph Prince. I love His teachings on grace.

I also watch worship videos on youtube.com I love watching people lift their hands and sing to the Lord. I do this almost every day.

I’ve done a lot of journaling as I’ve been on my own lifetime journey. I am an Overcomer! Over the next few days, I will be giving more keys to overcoming emotional eating.

Finding new ways to solve your problems and deal with stress will push food out of the equation.  You’ll feel good about finding solutions which will replace the dependence on food.

Join me on the Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge.

For more information, click here now.

You matter,

Alvin

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Let’s get right to it….. I’m an emotional eater!

I didn’t get to be over 400 pounds because I  have big bones!! (I have a lot of meat on those bones too. LOL!)

I’ve tried dozens of programs and I’ve failed. I’ve also tried some that worked and have been good for me…. for a little while anyway.

Here’s what I know that many programs aren’t telling you… although I knew most every diet plan on the market, I was doomed to fail. Why? Because I didn’t deal with the root cause. My emotions. I knew I had to get a grip on what I was eating, but until I dealt with what was eating me on the inside, I was doomed to fail every single time.

Along with that, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity runs in my immediate family. I’ve lost loved ones to these diseases. Perhaps you have too.

Well family, I’m happy to say that I’ve lost over 35 pounds from my highest weight. I still have over a hundred pounds to go, but with support, the Holy Spirit and this simple program, I will accomplish my goal.

I still have emotional triggers. I just deal with them differently now. I’ll write more about those emotional triggers another time, but for now, I’m on a Transformation Crusade. I’m looking for 100 people who want to join me on this 90 Day Weight Loss Challenge.

Go to www.TurnItAroundWithAlvin.com for more information and then email me. (See my email at the bottom of this note.)

It doesn’t matter if you have failed a hundred times. So have I.

It doesn’t matter if you’re feeling depressed. So was I.

It doesn’t matter if right now you’re eating a ketchup covered twinkie, with a side of gravy and cheese fries with a large “Diet” Coke (but of course)…. (I’m not doing that right now… LOL)…

Still…I don’t judge you.

I’m using facebook, emails, videos and conference calls to build a network of people to inspire one another. You have to understand… I’m not someone who has not walked in your shoes…. I’m walking through this too. Whether you realize it or not, just by you reading this, you’re opening yourself to becoming stronger, wiser and better.

I also made a decision to promote a program. I wanted something that was truly affordable in this economy (there is even a way to get it for free) … something that tastes good…  is simple to do….. and has a long list of people who have had great success on the program.

I wanted vibrant, relevant company leadership that knew how to reach the masses using social networking and the latest technology along with old school relationship building.

I also wanted a company that has online health tools and a vibrant community of people to connect and encourage  one another.

It was a tough choice, but I finally chose Visalus Sciences.

Along with us working together, I am teaming up with Visalus Sciences to promote the Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge. While we work on our emotions, you also need to get the right nutrition in your brain.

Here’ a secret… when I started putting nutrition in my body each morning (and I’m a picky eater) my brain stopped craving all the junk food I normally craved. That felt like a miracle to me! (Sometimes I ate nothing at all in the mornings… I just pigged out later in the day!)

Over the next few days,  I’ll be sharing tips I’ve experienced and information I’ve learned to encourage and inspire you on your journey, especially if you’re an emotional eater.

So… no more procrastinating and beating yourself up!  If you’re ready to find out more about the 90 Day Weight Loss Challenge that I’m on, click below or see my contact info on my facebook page.

www.TurnItAroundWithAlvin.com

You can do this…. Let’s do this together!!!

You matter,

Alvin

Email me – alvinslaughter90(at) gmail.com

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I wrote the book REINVENT YOUR LIFE and I’ve received so many wonderful testimonies of transformed lives. I’m humbled and grateful that someone could find a path to victory in their life through a story I tell or lesson I’ve learned.

But I’m just getting started!

I’m declaring war on obesity and it begins with ME. I really don’t care about being skinny. What I do care about is spending my golden years in a hospital. I care about being too ill to take care of my self. I care about living my life taking prescription drugs. That’s what I care about!

You see, I’ve been a big boy all my life. When I was a boy, my mother bought my brother’s clothes in the slim or regular dept. Well, she bought mine in the Husky Dept.!  Yikes!

My mother was obese. She had suffered multiple strokes, cancer and diabetes before she died too young many years ago.

My father had multiple cancers and high cholesterol before he died just a few years ago. Other family members have and are suffering some preventable lifestyle diseases and amputations as well. It’s got to stop! Period!

You name the diet, I’ve tried it. Truth is, they all work… if you stay on them. Then usually something emotional happens and …. well the diet can wait until Monday. But you and I know that Monday will come and go… and the diet goes  away with it.

Listen… If diet and exercise were the only answer, then we wouldn’t have an obesity problem here in the USA.

Many people eat to live. Then there is the rest of us who live to eat.

My question for you today is not what are you eating… but what’s eating you? We must deal with food addictions and emotional eating. We’ve got to get spiritually and emotionally filled up in those heavy or depleted areas of our lives — especially if we are going to feel better, live better and look better.

I know… you’re probably saying…. “I’ve tried and failed a million times.”  Well join the club! So have I.

This time, by overcoming the root causes of obesity, you and I will have the victory. We’ll do it together. I’ve already lost 25 pounds. I still have a long way to go, but I have so many people pulling for me and standing with me. We’ll stand with you too.

Click on the link below. Get more info. See if the Body by Vi 90 Day Challenge is right for you.

If so, sign up, I’ll connect with you and we’ll do this together.

www.TurnItAroundWithAlvin.com

I’m looking for one thousand people I can lock arms with through videos, emails and conference calls who are ready to REINVENT THEIR LIVES and become healthier. Is that you?

I’ll start first. Are you coming with me? No judgement. No put downs. But lots of fun, caring and encouragement!

Click below for more info.

www.TurnItAroundWithAlvin.com

You matter,

Alvin Slaughter

P.S. Listen, don’t give up on yourself? I don’t care if everyone in your family has been heavy for the last five generations — or you may have been physically abused — you’re in a bad marriage  — or whatever the situation is — it’s time to take care of you! With some of the most recent research in food and obesity, online support and encouragement, and the power of the Holy Spirit, your life will be transformed.

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I recorded this video a few months ago. I’ve now lost over  42 pounds. I still have along way to go but I’m confidant that with the right program, accountability and God’s help, I’ll reach my goal.

What about you? If not now… when? Make your health a priority today.

Click here to get more info on the Body by Vi 90 Day Challenge. Afterwards, contact me to answer any questions you may have.

If you’re a Pastor or ministry leader, contact me so  I can show you how we can partner together by bringing the 90 day challenge to your church to bless the people physically, spiritually and emotionally …. while at the same time being a blessing to your ministry financially.

Let’s do this together!

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When I started in music ministry years ago, I didn’t do it because I wanted the world to hear my music.

I didn’t do it because I thought I had this amazing gift.

I was insecure (although I didn’t show it).

I was shy (but I worked through it).

I didn’t like my voice (but for some reason others were blessed).

I didn’t have any money, manager or record label.

I DID do it because I loved to make people feel encouraged and inspired and it was where I found God’s favor.

So in the middle of all the noise, distractions, disappointments and overwhelm, I did (and still do) seek to know and follow God’s plan for my life. Where His plan is… you will find favor.

What I DID have was an open door.

I didn’t have to force doors down. (You will have to ask sometimes and you will have to fight sometimes).

I didn’t have to beg someone to ask me to sing.

I simply followed the “star” and the doors that should have opened did and the ones that should have closed … closed.

I did have to overcome fear. I did have to take action. I did face disappointments. I did take responsibility for my own failure or success. I did have to grow and personally develop. But God never leaves us to figure it out by ourselves… never!

The question is…. are you open? Are you willing to learn from the past and grow?

The wise men followed a star. For you it may be a lamp unto your feet… a light to your path.

A connection. An unexpected opportunity. Are you ready for it or are you getting ready?

Yes, I love what I do.

Maya Angelou said, “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.”

So for 2011, stop struggling to make your way. Refocus and reinvent… and follow the star.

Wise men (and wise women) still seek Him.

The book I wrote entitled REINVENT YOUR LIFE (how to turn your life around – rediscover the fire of your faith – and get your power back), might just be for you. To get more info click here

The re-invention continues….

You matter,

Alvin

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Hey Fam,

One word from God can transform your life.

However, since we know that’s true, what’s hindering you?

There’s an old country song that says, “It’s hard to be humble when you’re perfect in every way.” Funny…

Genuine Christian humility means that you are honestly and truthfully aware of your own shortcomings and 100% dependent on God’s grace, wisdom, mercy, guidance, and strength.

If you have low self esteem or shame because of what you’ve done or even something that has happened to you, it can block your faith in believing and receiving God’s glorious plan for you.

My question is… Do you have low self esteem or do you think that you are just being humble? There is a difference.

Click this great article below to see where you stand…..

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/self-esteem/MH00128

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Why not pray this prayer with me today from your heart….

Father God, teach me Your way.

I yield my will, my mind, my heart to you right now.

Through your Holy Spirit I forgive those who have harmed me.

I repent for those I have harmed.

I receive your love today…

Help me to be strong in You and the power of Your might

I touch and agree with Alvin today. Thank you that we are set free….

In Jesus’ Name…. Amen!

YOU matter,

Alvin

P.S. I’ve spent my life being an emotional eater. Too many carbs, late night snacking, not enough exercise….

Not anymore! I’ve lost 30 pounds so far. I’m still on my journey…. What about you? Let’s do this together.

Go to www.SuddenlySlim.com/AlvinSlaughter

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Hey  fam!

Don’t let anything steal your joy today!

And if you’ve already lost your joy, here are a few ways to get your joy back:

A. Carve out a space and a place to read something inspirational (ever read REINVENT YOUR LIFE? LOL) I love reading the book of Proverbs. There are action steps there to grow in wisdom.

B. Talk with someone who loves God, loves people and doesn’t have a critical spirit. It will refresh you. Toxic people and circumstances drain you and can’t always be avoided. Your job is to find a church, a small group or ask God to lead you to someone who can be encouraging without being patronizing.

C. Encourage someone else. The secret to my longevity in ministry is that through my own trials, hurts and failures, I have never ceased to sing, preach, write and share God’s love whether on stage or one on one. As you minister and give to others, God always ministers and gives back to you in various ways.

D. Change your priorities. Seek God’s Kingdom above ALL else!

E through Z. And then most importantly, talk to God. Then wait…. and let Him speak to your spirit. If you don’t know anything else, grow in grace and clear the clutter so that you can know His voice.

Father God, thank you for guiding us as we seek you.

We need your guidance. We need your peace. We need your strength.

Would you open the eyes of our hearts? We want to see you in everything we do.

Your will be done. In earth. In me.

Thank you for fresh faith.

Thank you for fresh fire.

Thank you for hearing us.

In Jesus’ name… Amen

You matter!

Alvin

Here’s a great way to connect with people, build business and touch someone’s life.

Got to www.AlvinSlaughter.BodyByVi.com

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How to turn your life around, rediscover the fire of your faith, and get your power back!

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