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If you舗re not at peace with your environment or emotions then you shield yourself from your inner and outer worlds. You stop listening to your body and repress your feelings. The Yin and Yang of taekwondo symbolise universal harmony and balance, in which the passive and active, the feminine and the masculine, form one whole. It舗s when this balance falls out of whack that problems arise舒like putting on weight. Chi is the vital energy force inherent in all things. According to traditional Chinese medicine, a balance of negative and positive chi circulates in the body and is essential for health and happiness.

A fighting-fit body begins with a supple, flexible mind. When you make over your mind you will transform your body and change your life. So, weightloss warriors, where do we start? Every warrior needs a weapon. You can舗t fight, let alone win, any battles unarmed. Without the power of self-renewal the body becomes weak, the mind mechanical, the emotions raw, the spirit insensitive and the person selfish. One of the warrior舗s greatest weapons is an approach I call Sharpening the Sword. When you balance your health habits you equip yourself with the razor-sharp weapon of self-renewal, which creates growth and produces change, giving you the power you need to stick to the warrior code.

Let舗s not sugar-coat the truth; the success of the sixty-billion-dollar diet industry thrives on the inevitable failure of the Diet Devotee. The diet industry understands the starvation response all too well, knowing you may lose weight initially, but when you 舖break舗 (which you will) you舗ll regain the weight you lost plus more. The next time you go on a fad diet your body will be armed with an extra 5 kilos! One sure way to keep a Dedicated Dietess devoted is to make her fatter. Ninety-nine per cent of all fad diets fail, yet the diet industry has never been in such great shape舒unlike us!