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Recently, two co-workers of mine were discussing their weight loss efforts and part of that conversation stuck with me. One of them said, "It sure is a lot harder to lose weight than it is to gain it." The other one answered, "Yeah, thats because gaining weight is fun." I laughed with them, because there is some truth to that statement.

Yes, it can be fun to eat with abandonment and not think about whether what you are eating is healthy or not; it is only the consequences that are painful. Examples of shorter term consequences are pain in your stomach, indigestion, and sluggishness. The longer term consequences are high blood pressure, heart disease, and shortness of breath. Seeing your appearance change for the worse is painful too. Focusing on these consequences is key to developing self-discipline.

Discipline is necessary to achieve your weight loss goals and any goal that you want to achieve in life. after all, you dont have to employ discipline to do those things that you enjoy. For example, I wouldnt have to discipline myself to eat chocolate bars because I enjoy them, however I do have to discipline myself to limit them in my life. How do I do it? Discipline requires two skills: Desire and diversion.

Desire means that you have to want the goal that your discipline will help you achieve more than anything. For example, I wanted to lose weight and get healthy more than I wanted the chocolate bars. Each time I desired the chocolate bar, I had to remind myself of the alternate goal and make it real and vivid. I had to see myself with that goal already achieved and experience the pleasure of it. I had to make that pleasure more intense than the pleasure I imagined I would receive from eating the chocolate bar.

The second skill is diversion, which is simply engaging in an activity that diverted my attention away from the undesirable activity. In the chocolate bar example, I had to either give myself something that I would enjoy eating that was healthier for me or perform an alternate activity that would help me better meet my needs. For example, if I was angry, eating a chocolate bar would not help me, but taking a long walk to cool off likely would.

My co-worker was right: For many of us, losing weight is harder than gaining it. But we need to remind ourselves that, although it is harder to lose weight, it is not impossible. It is also worth the effort. Then we use our key of discipline to help us achieve what we want. It is the only way to get the body that we deserve.

A Registered Nurse for many years, Kimberly Floyd battled obesity for much of her adult life. She achieved her ideal weight and has written a new book entitled 'Moneywise Weight Loss' which teaches others how to lose weight and save money--at the same time.

Kim has written articles for the georgia Nurses Association publication and nursing Spectrum online. now a technical writer, she has written training programs for corporate clients, including IBM, U.S. Bank, and Cingular.

Kim also teaches an online course called 'Goodbye to Shy'. This course is distributed to over 1100 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and Australia through Thomson Learning. An accomplished speaker and trainer, she delivers presentations on health-related topics to enthusiastic audiences.

Are you looking for downloadable PSP games online? Its a fact that while the PSP is a great portable gaming device by Sony, there really isnt a lot of content available for it at this time.

One of my biggest complaints people have on the PSP is the lack of content available. By content, I mean videos, psp games, music etc.

It is also expensive not to say the least. A new PSP game will cost about US$49 and a PSP movie title can cost anywhere from US$12.99 to US$29.99. You could spend hundred of dollars a month just buying a few games and movies titles.

While there are free downloadable psp games on the internet, most of them are homebrew games. They are elementary and simple and usually designed by PSP amateurs and enthusiasts as proof of concept. That is to show others how to program games on the psp.

Sony so far has only released demos of the latest games. However, they have recently unveiled a new service where you can download old PS1 games and play them on the PSP. Its similar to the Xbox live. With thousands of PS1 titles already available, it can no doubt add value to the PSP.

The problem is that Sony announces you can only download the games from the ps3 and then transfer it to the PSP. Also, the downloadable PSP games is not free and will most likely a couple of bucks each.

Personally, I wonder the rationale behind such tactics. So what options are there left?

Well, there are fortunately some downloadable PSP game sites that boast you can legally download full PSP games for a one time cost. Usually it cost less than 50 dollars and you can download unlimited psp games, movies, music etc for a lifetime.

It sounds good but do beware that some downloadable psp game sites are illegal or have poor download speeds that isnt worth it.

You might need to do some research to find which are the best downloadable psp game sites.

The Clive Barkers Jericho demo is finally available on the xbox Live and PlayStation network. In terms of storyline, the game transpires in a location called Al Khalid. Al Khalid is imbued with all sorts of clairvoyant activity. When the United States discovered information regarding all these supernatural occurrences, they sent in a team known as the Jericho squad to investigate. In the demo, there are various characters that have uncanny powers that they can manipulate.

These powers can range from teleportation to firing projectiles. One playable area in the demo was a dark and gloomy cave. There are odious looking adversaries scattered throughout the area, so make sure your hand is on the trigger. The demo begins with three people from the Jericho unit. There is Franks Delgado, and he is equipped with a gatling gun and can utilize fire. Another character is Abigail black, and she is a sharpshooter with her sniper rifle. Furthermore, Abigail can use telekinesis to move objects and foes around.

The gameplay applies navigating through places with your teammates. Gamers can switch to different characters on their team with just a push of a button. Orders can be given to your teammates as well. For instance, telling the team to hold position will result in the team holding their position. Your teammates do what they are told to do, and the ally artificial intelligence works eerily similar to Socum. Moreover, individual orders can be set to each team members at will. There are some contact sensitive moments in the game (ala God of war and Heavenly Sword) as well.

The graphics and audio were solid. From the looks of the demo, the game seems to be more than a rudimentary first person shooter. Although the game was not frightening, it did have some engrossing gameplay elements. Clive Barkers Jericho is slated for an October 23, 2007 release date.