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Kathleen Patient Expert

Bluffton, Indiana
My name is Kathleen and growing up I was never what you would call an overweight child but certainly had some extra love handles that I didnâ??t love as a young girl and on into my early teens and 20â??s. After having two children I decided that I would always have some... Full Bio
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Sailing In Rough Waters by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Achieving weight loss and fitness can be likened to sailing. Wikipedia offers this description: “Sailing is the art of controlling a sailing vessel by changing the ri ... Read on »
Holiday Survival Guide - Week 1 - Planning by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss The holiday season is really only a few days long but it somehow gets extended to 90 days or more.  Nevertheless, it is fast approaching and I thought that a great way for u ... Read on »
Diets Don’t Work by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss I work for Weight Watchers and this is our slogan. It really is true. If we want to lose weight and become fit and healthy we need to stop believing that just by depriving ... Read on »
Traveling and the Phit Lifestyle by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Part 4 - How do I Exercise on the Road? You might think that with traveling comes the halt of all healthy eating and exercise. During our series we have discussed how w ... Read on »
Being the Best YOU by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss I saw a military commercial the other day that talked about how joining the army or some other military branch, could make you better. I'm sure they can do a few good thing ... Read on »
Traveling and the Phit Lifestyle by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Part 3 - Dining out in Phit style Okay you say, packing snacks and small meals are no problem, but how do I handle eating out. I mean you aren’t the chef, right? D ... Read on »
What makes you CHOOSE to live a healthy and fit lifestyle? by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss After 14 days of eating right and exercising while on the road, two of which I really whined about, I started to think about WHAT is it that makes me CHOOSE to live this typ ... Read on »
Your life begins now by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss I was thinking the other day of how many times I hear people tell me that once they lose weight they will be able to do something else in their life and they will finally be ... Read on »
Traveling and the Phit Lifestyle by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Part 2 - Safe bets on food for PhitLife traveling I had about five hours that knew I would be “out of sorts”, in airport terminals or driving to and from the airport to ... Read on »
Sweet Toxicities by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Do you know that an animal could die if it licks or even steps in antifreeze? One would wonder why an animal would ingest something that is toxic enough to kill. It’s beca ... Read on »
Traveling and the Phit Lifestyle by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Part 1 – Planning is everything I’m traveling for a few weeks for business and I really want to return with a couple pounds of fat lost or at least with none gained. T ... Read on »
My Oscillating Life by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss I’m having a really rough day today and I felt that it was important to put these types of days out there just as much as I talk about all the things that we should do. I me ... Read on »
Practically Perfect in Every Way by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss No one can hear these words without thinking of Julie Andrews and Mary Poppins. Ah, if only it were that easy. I was raised in a family where my father taught us to d ... Read on »
THE Secret to Weight Loss and Fitness by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Does this get your attention? I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked, “How did you lose your weight?” or “What do you do to maintain your weight”? People are wait ... Read on »
Family, Friends and Food by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss I just had this huge rush to write. I have a friend who is working towards eating right and exercising more. She has come so far in the last eight weeks and I know that th ... Read on »
Juggling by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss As we approach fall we sometimes have a sense of looking back at where the year as gone. I see this more frequently with individuals that have children in school. School ... Read on »
Looking back by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Looking back into what we used to do or how we used to behave can be depressing or motivational. Perhaps in the past we ate healthier, we were thinner, had a little les ... Read on »
Moving towards the dream by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss After reading my last few posts I thought all of this sounds great, but what do we do to make those dreams come true. I mentioned believing is the first step as if you do ... Read on »
Dorothy and her Friends. by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss My brain is a strange thing it comes up with some of the craziest things and at the strangest times. I wrote yesterday about dreaming and the importance of it. Drea ... Read on »
The Wonderful World of Disney by Kathleen Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Most people have been to Disneyland or at a minimum have watched Disney movies. Walt Disney said " If you can dream it, you can do it" and he did. The Magical Ki ... Read on »