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6/29/2015

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        These two where born with their support system built right in. The rest of us have to search ours out. I cannot stress enough how important having a support system is. From the very beginning I had 3 friends that knew what I was doing, didn't laugh at me, or question what I was doing. They also know about my big picture intention. But two live far away and one has a schedule that rarely meshes with mine. So when I felt a need for support I rejoined an online forum for weight loss. I'd used it years ago and felt at home there. It's a place to go to get questions answered, to have peeps cheer you on, console you, offer ideas, offer information, be inspirations and celebrate with you when you do lose. And it's always there, 24/7. You aren't bothering anyone when you have cravings at 3 AM, or need someone to just listen to what it is you want to eat over.
       I belong to 3 Face Book Groups where you do show your real name, but this first forum I use a "nick name" most people do. I didn't share my pictures until I'd lost over 60 pounds. I still haven't shared my real name. It's one place I can go and talk about anything or one that is bothering me (no names) and know that person will never know what I said. Sometimes you just need complete privacy. The Forum is 3Fat Chicks. When I first used it years ago it was run by the Barnett sisters. They set it up to help themselves lose weight (which they did) and then since I was last there sold it. I believe it's the largest weight loss forum out there. 
     It was great until I just couldn't find many eating mindfully, no one is using the Gabriel Method part anymore and I'll scream if one more person list & talks about counting calories! I tried to get the Gabriel Method message out there. I still check back now & then, see if I can help anyone, but most are set in their beliefs about counting whatever and exercising like a crazy person. I was the first time I used them myself. 
 It's hard to let go of that belief it's been drummed in for so long. So I'm not really recommending them for information anymore. But I do recommend it highly as a private place to talk. I'm going to try to start a new thread for GM & or mindful eating soon. I'll post a quick link at the bottom of this page when I have. Maybe we can get it started again.
      The other forum I belong to is Jon Gabriel's Forum. It cost to belong to it. I think it's worth the price if you can. There is a mountain of information. A lot of folks to help with the GM plan. But even if you are just testing the waters you can upload all his guided visualizations the first month and make your money up right there. No contract or anything. If you are doing GM you really must do this if possible. The one thing that has happened there is that it's like a ghost town on the forum because everyone is over on the private Face Book group. You can join it from the forum and will be glad you did. Tons of action there. On the Forum Jon has frequent "Ask Jon" live events for in depth help. He actually reads & joins in on FB and is a likable, approachable guy.
        That is one of the 3 FB weight loss groups I belong to. The other one  that I use to be more active in is Getting Skinny With Courtney. It's Courtney Luper's group. She's lost over 100 pounds and is probably the biggest FB weight loss group. She is using her page to sell Skinny Fiber. She is polite about it, but does it often and a lot of conversation is about it. I like her tips and other info but am just not a fan of losing weight with supplements. Been there, done that, comes back. You can't stay on them forever. The last FB group I only recently joined and am hanging around the edges until I finish her book. I fell in love with the title of the group and joined before I knew it goes along with a book. Pleasurable Weight Loss Sisterhood is the name. I just love it! It's Jenna la Flamme's group. I'll let you know more once I join in more and finish her book " Pleasurable Weight Loss."
         So there they are-my support. I'd love to hear about yours.
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On My Own Two Feet by Amy Purdy

6/24/2015

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         Why do I consider "On My Own Two Feet" a weight loss book? Because Amy has inspired me, especially when the pain in my knees and hip are overwhelming, to keep going on doing whatever I can to lose this excess weight. One of my goals is being able to stand, move my feet and dance. I have messed up knees and a hip that was getting more painful by the day. I'm praying that losing 170 pounds will alleviate that pain that I might be able to walk and dance with ease. The first 100 pounds down have helped, but I'm not there yet. If the last 70 doesn't, at least I will have lost the required 100 pd. to have knee-hip replacement. Something I don't want to do- something a lot like something Amy faced on her journey. If I do I'll be pulling this book out to help me through.
      I feel that any book that inspires you to stay with your program, or even adapt it as needed (as Amy often had to) is a weight loss book-tool. "On My Own Two Feet; From Losing My Legs to Learning the dance of Life. " by Amy Purdy with Michelle Burford is Amy's autobiography. She includes her story of growing up in a happy home in a Las Vegas suburb. How she became fascinated with snowboarding. Amy was 19 when she lost her lower legs and feet to an illness. This is all in the book. What I love isn't just the story of what happened to her, how she dealt with it-felt about it and ended up with being on Dancing With The Stars. What I loved was the story of her childhood dreams and ambitions. What she desired and with intention went after both before and after her loss. As in so many 'Big Picture Intentions' her life ended up not only fulfilling her dreams of travel, snowboarding and adventure but with a larger stage and helping other people in ways she never could have dreamed for herself. I love her spiritual story as well. Amy is one of those people you just know you'd like to have a nice long conversation with.
       So yes, I recommend this book. A quick read as well. Enjoy it, be inspired by it and take action because of it.
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A Secret Affair

6/20/2015

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          I had a secret affair. A lot of it took place at this very spot above. It also
occurred at the edge of a lot of huge parking lots. Or parking spaces behind hotels-or office buildings looking at a green view. Every park in town. Sometimes, most secretive of all, in my bathroom or walk in closet. The last gave it away didn't it? My affair was with "forbidden" food.
      I'm embarrassed about this. Though I imagine my hubby & kids just breathed a sigh of relief when they read 'food'. They say we are only as sick as our secrets. I want to be healthy and when I read the above this morning in " A Course in Weight Loss" I knew it was time to fess up.
     This affair has lasted from when I first got married. It was easy back then. My hubby was at work all day-I just had to hide the evidence. Like he couldn't look at my body and know. Once my kids were older, I'd do things like Pick up dinner from somewhere and eat an extra serving on the way home-throwing out the container at trash bins along the way. Often I'd lie about where I was going or just take extra time on the way home from meetings or friends homes and go get whatever contraband I wanted and stop by the river above and enjoy eating it. Sometimes now I wonder if part of it wasn't the food so much as the secrecy itself.
      But the worst was when I hid it at home. I felt like an addict hiding my "stash" usually fudge or bakery items and eating them as bath water ran.
Like most affairs, I wasn't happy in my life or healthy with my emotions at the time. The food was my coping. The hiding was avoiding a naturally thin,eat all & what he wants husband's snide remarks and ridicule. I'm not sure why-maybe his own health scare did it- but the last year before I started the Red Color Diet he just stopped doing that- even would bring me the stuff I liked. Actually, come to think of it I think that ,like me, he thought I was dying. I probably was.
      Then the RCD changed all that. I could eat all this stuff right out in the open, knowing I could pull out the book and show them the list if they didn't believe I should eat it. Twenty pounds in and the proof was in. What I was eating was working and no one say's one word about what I eat anymore-except 'Amazing'. I hear that one a lot.
      The secret affair is over with. I'm relieved. Hiding is stressful, lying is stressful and stress is fattening and unhealthy. I have more time and money as well. It's not like they give out junk food for free. I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. OH! Wait! It literally has been.
I still go to the river above. It's one of my favorite places. Only these days I'm with my son and my dog, Penny. I have bottles of water with me- a piece of fruit or nuts. The river feeds my souls these days and I am at peace.
    
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Chocolate With The Fairies And Love

6/18/2015

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        Today I went to the health food store and while picking out other healthy choices I also picked up a small 70% Very Dark Chocolate bar. I had promised myself that when I had lost my first 100 pounds I could have a square of chocolate. A special treat in a special way. I knew I wanted to be in a happy mood, by myself. This is a treat-not a "reward" ( hence 9 days later) not as a mood elevator over feelings ( hence already be happy).
      On the way home I had to stop for a red light at the Louisville bridge. I was waiting there when I noticed a sign eye level across from me attached to a post. It was well made- printed and was white with a red line a few inches inside the edge. In the middle, printed in red was the word "LOVE".
 Nothing else- not who put it there- no advertising at all. Just the word
Love. I smiled. I felt even happier. I wonder how many people have been uplifted at that light seeing that sign? Cudo's to whoever put it there and thank you. The rose in the above picture is the Grandiflora : "Love." another smile for me.
      Once I got home  I greeted all 2 & 4 legged family members & gave them the attention they needed. Then I took 2  squares ( yes approx. 1.2 grams sugar each) and headed to my Fairy Garden. I meditated a while and listened to those that wanted to communicate. I had always read that fairies like Chocolate so I took one of my two squares, went into the woods, and left it where I feel closest to them. I went back to my table-thanked God- closed my eyes and savored my one piece of chocolate.
    Funny thing. It was good-but not the wow I'd expected. I enjoyed it, but have no cravings for more. Is this how the skinny's out there do it? One delicious bite and they are satisfied? I was. I really was satisfied with one square of chocolate. I gave the rest to my son. A rare treat for him as well these days-now that Mom doesn't keep this stuff in the house.
    I send my wishes out that you all have a beautiful experience like I did today. Namasate.
     
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Leftovers On The Plate

6/16/2015

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          I so agree with Jon Gabriel 's quote above. Every person's body is different. I wrote earlier that I'm doing The Gabriel Method my way & I admit I am a tad obsessive about it right now I believe in it so much as the place for people to start, esp. people who are Yo-Yo dieters like me. I no longer care how long it takes to get healthy just so long as once I do I can stay healthy. Would I like it to be yesterday? OF COURSE-who wouldn't?But not as much as I want it to be healthy and permanent.
      I keep coming across gems in this book and on his forum that resonate like crazy. I thought I was being different -doing it my way- maybe 10% different at this point and was afraid I'd be off putting to the folks on his FB page. Only I found out, bit by bit, that I'm not the only one. I also am on a major forum and founds lots of folks talking about the same thing.  Our weight loss journeys are personal to our bodies. In fact if I believe anything It's that your journey needs to fit your body and that no weight loss program out there is 100% right for anybody.
       Investigate! Investigate! Investigate! Be obsessive about what you want to do to get healthy. Yeah, it's nice to fit that dress by a wedding, but then what? It's wonderful that Jon and so many others have done a lot of the scientific research for us-but we have to gather it all together and apply it to our lives. Like he says there is too much else at play and that has to be addressed. Especially our emotional and spiritual selves. And at my age (64) I'm addressing the mental as well. It all ties in if you want to stay healthy and fit once you get there.
       OK! After that rant-where did I start? Oh!  Yeah, The leftovers on the plate. The other day I made a tasty lunch that was healthy and involved work and money. I ate 1/3 of a small serving to begin with and was stuffed. It was so hard to leave them there. It tasted so good and cost so much I didn't want to "waste" it. Yep, there is Mom, in my head. I almost used my body as a trash can when I realized what I was doing. I was stuffed to the gills (eating nutritious meals does that to you). I also wanted the yum to continue(yes, usually the last to leave a party) when I saw that I could take a lot of those yum parts, and serve in a different way  for lunch the next day. There really was only one item I couldn't save. I call this the empty plate syndrome. So many of us baby boomers have it. Remember all those starving kids in China? I wonder what country Mom's use today? My mom stood in food lines as a child for hours just to get a mealy apple and a church lecture. I get why she felt that way. But I have had all the food I ever wanted- so I don't have that excuse. WAIT! I literally just thought of what I need to do for a healing with this issue. Remember the "Script" from Karol Truman's book dealing with DNA healing? Time for me to pull that out. And there is why I blog- It really helps me "tune" in.
       So see ya later alligator! Go learn something right now!
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The Gabriel Method My Way

6/11/2015

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         So that was fun. Loved all the praise over the hundred pounds. Now it is time to live the Gabriel Method-my way and watch the last 70 pounds drop off. It's not that I change anything he says or leave things out-but that I add other things in to make it unique to me. my body, my lifestyle and life circumstances. I hope everyone understands that I'm just offering up the smorgasbord of what I've done and will be doing for you to choose what might help in your weight loss journey.
     If you've been reading my blog lately you know that A friend recommended Jon Gabriel's Visualization for Weight Loss , I read it, bought the visualization mp3 downloads to use and have been following advice from the book ever since.
    He offered a free month trial of belonging to his Forum and I took that as well. I just love it and of course, the power of intention just gave me the  monthly fee for the next 5 months from somewhere I never expected it. After reading everyone at the forum I finally got my answer that the peeps at Amazon didn't answer. Yes his first book "The Gabriel Method" does have needed information that is not in the visualization book. No I've never met the guy, have no vested interest in him, I just really believe what he's discovered and is sharing. BTW On the forum he often has " ask Jon" Q&A live and he actually reads the private FB group and joins in.
     I see why my friend thought I'd resonate with him. She had read my blog, knew what I was doing and could probably see that a major part of what I've been doing is The Gabriel Method I just didn't know it. Read his book and you'll see why I say that.
     I also didn't know why I did a lot of it. It has to do with our caveman " survival" brains. I knew the fight or flight & that when our bodies think we are starving they hold on to fat for dear life. I just had no idea how to counteract that. Jon does. He does it with his SMART program above. It's how he lost over 200 pounds and how people all over the globe are losing with it as well.
     Anyway, I'm sure you'll hear all about how I use his program as we go along, but let's get back to what I'll do different now the first 100 pounds is gone. I still have that 70 to go. The thing is I now know that I'll need to eat & exercise-move my body the way I will the rest of my life right now. I don't see an "end game". I see a life long healthy lifestyle nourishing my body, mind, emotions and soul. The Gabriel Method fits with that. Just because I came late to the game with it (after 77 pounds released) doesn't mean I can't use it now.
     What does that mean? What do I change? First, starting today-I'm letting go of the 3x a day-5 hours apart meals only that I have been doing and switch to -Is my body physically hungry- type of eating. I'll continue eating mindfully (no distractions like TV-Books) till just short of full & per Gabriel method I'll continue adding in as much fresh "live" foods, especially with high protein & omega 3's among other things. Nutrition is the name of the game for me more than ever now. I already recently changed how I exercise- changing to every other day which ever DVD I choose that day and now I use really fun, personal workout mp3 playlist to go with them. Another change I've decided on is only weighing in on the 9th of each month. A little scary for me-but I was stressing out way too much over those numbers. No more timed goals- just a destination that is also flux. I won't really know until I get there where my body wants to be now. The 70 pounds is just getting out of the "overweight-unhealthy range." My body is changing so much from where it holds weight at this time in my life that I'm clueless where my "perfect" weight is.
      All my GM friends will know why I used the picture I did above. I look forward to not only running-swimming on that beach (my sisters) in my visualizations but in real life next summer.



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100 Pounds In 9 Months! Not Bad For A Lady 64

6/9/2015

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               This weight loss journey started for me 9 months ago. I still have another 70 pounds to go to reach my healthy weight destination, but today is a real milestone day of joy for me. If you've been following me you know that in May I decided to reach for this goal by June 9th because that's 9 months on the 9th. My number thing again. Actually I'm kind of surprised it wasn't 99 pounds for 9 on the 9th. Universe heard my affirmation 100 pounds and there it was this morning.
          The thing is that like for all journey's I had to pack and prepare first.
 So really I began this weight loss journey long before I turned on that first red light bulb or threw away the sugar. I had used tools you will find under "tools" to work thru most of the last dredges of emotional baggage. As usual, every book, or friend, even long lost relatives showed up with the perfect messages when I needed them. I was over 2 weeks into a 21 day Reiki Retreat I do every year at home, A very spiritual and healing thing I do every August that I was so in the energy flow I'm not surprised Linda Goodman's book with this wacky Red Color Diet showed up. Now with all I've read and learned these last 9 months I no longer see it as wacky as I once did, but also don't believe it's for everyone. It was just a jump start for me that led to a gradual adding in of nutritious food to the point where I'm just not that hungry anymore. I really do eat only when I'm physically hungry and follow my body's clues on what it needs that day.
           Also I was not looking for a diet. I had given up after one last prayer to God that if He wanted me to lose the weight to a point where I am physically able to be of service in the way I know He wants me to be it will have to be easy, It will have to be fun.  I have had the time of my life doing this. I threw every energy modality I could into it. Everything that is fun from my pendulums, essential oils, and Tai Chi to creating this blog with my quotes on my photos. My friends have all congratulated me today on my willpower and hard work- and I just smile and know will power had nothing to do with it. I've been having fun and it's been easy.
           For all my peeps from GM my next post will be all about the last three months following the Gabriel Method from where I was when I found Jon Gabriel ( yet another synchronicity) & how what I was doing fit in so much with his ideas and where I go from here not only for those last 70 pounds  but the rest of my life. I plan on going on this fun, joyful path as long as possible.
           
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