Day 12 - I discovered an interesting feeling

I'm finding this feeling I'm having very interesting... Lately, I’m not as hungry. I’m noticing overall I’m less hungry than when I first started eating this way. When I first started, I remember I was afraid I’d be hungry, so I made lots of food. I didn't want to be hungry! I was actually scared I would be. Now, when I feel hunger, it’s not a panic feeling--just a pang, not a deep scary pang. They say hunger is in the mind. I wonder... I think the ego was telling me I was hungrier than I was. My ego was telling me I needed more food. Now that I’m not listening to the ego, I'm actually less hungry....

Day 11 - What Would of Happened If I'd Listened

Woke up this morning and my ego started talking, It said, “you don’t want to make a salad for lunch today—that’s boring. Just skip the green drink, and your smoothie. It takes too much time to make all that stuff. I made my tea as I always do, I just kept moving ahead doing my normal routine. I opened my lap top and brought up Pandora. I started listening to  some groovy tunes, started moving my hips to the chopping of my knife as I cut the celery. As I kept doing, moving, creating my food, I got happier. I felt free. I felt my body become more energized. By the time I was done getting my food together for the day I had forgotten what the ego was talking about. I just had a thought.... What if I would have listened to the ego?
 How would my day have been?

Great Tip - Great Habits To Make Your Own

Great tips: I’ve studied thin people and they are not thin by accident. They have their habits to staying thin. 1. when eating out, have watery soup or salad before the main course. I love to share my food, soup, salad, main course with a close friend or special honey. This way my mind feels like I ate a lot but I didn’t. And I really like the variety of small amounts of different foods. 2. when you dish up, do a smaller amount of food, then if not satisfied, you can eat more . 3. Eat three main meals. 4 hours between breakfast and lunch, 5 hours between lunch and dinner. with two small snacks in between if you need to 4. When we eat out, portions are normally double what we need. Eat what you like, just less of it. 5. When we’re dehydrated the body can feel like its hungry, when we really are just thirsty. Drink 2 quarts a day. Add lemon, orange, mint, basil or cucumber for a flavor fun! (I like to blend cucumber with maybe orange or basil, then pour it through a strainer into a class and add ice. Yum! 6. Put down your fork in between bites. Its so fun to relax and enjoy my food. 7. Eating in front of the TV could create an auto response every time the TV is on. That auto response of hearing the TV can make you hungry. 8. If I’m going out to a party, I’ll make myself a high fiber protein drink before I go totaling around 200 calories. That way I won’t be hungry and set myself up to listen to my ego, and make wrong choices. 9. Eat within the hour of waking up. This starts your metabolism and prevents your adrenals from firing to bring up your blood sugars. 10. Exercise isn’t everything. 90% of weight loss is diet. 11. Having a meal of hummus, crackers, yogurt, etc., is that these 'snack for meals' often end up being more calories than having a balanced dinner." It just takes planning and a little effort. 12. Eating before bed is futile. You'll sleep deeply on an empty stomach. We don’t need the calories or boost in metabolism if were just going to sleep. 13. Put your snacks (popcorn, apples, soup, nuts, cheese, etc) onto a plate or bowl so you can tell how much you’re consuming, otherwise who knows 14. Artificial sweeteners increase cravings for more sugar and lead to bloating and fatigue. Go for one teaspoon of raw sugar, honey, maple syrup, agave, or coconut sugar. One teaspoon is only sixteen calories. I like xylitol, and stevia (I get these at the health food store, zero calories)

Day Ten - Farmers Market Fun

Got up and turned on my hot water for my tea. Yum! I love what I create for myself every morning. 5 minutes later after the tea has steeped to full flavor maturity, I add a little raw whole milk, little stir with a spoon. Ahhh--that first sip is heaven.

Its  Sunday morning, getting ready, got my cloth carry bags in the car. Now I’m off to collect my fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, beef, chicken and lamb at the Farmers Market. Fresh picked blueberries were there today. Cherries were ripe and red. I also got zucchini, fresh red onions, mushrooms, Swiss chard, asparagus, beets with their tops, lettuce, parsley, cilantro, and lemons. This is my practice to go every week and buy my fresh gifts from Mother Nature. There are two Farmers Market in Sacramento. Saturday's 8-1 20th & J st, (new one) Sundays 8-1 on 5th between W and X Street under the freeway. (all year)

Day Nine - Who is That Talking in Your Head?

I was working with a client who wanted to release weight and be a size 8 again. I asked her on a scale of 1 to 10 how much she wanted to be a size 8 again? She replied, “10”. I also asked how willing she is to do whatever it takes to get there? She said “10”. This was her true spirit, her hearts desire answering those questions.  Then, it was time to begin the daily fun of honesty and accountability. I asked her to email me her food for the day. This way she could be accountable to someone and plan ahead all of her food choices to win at our game of releasing weight.
The next day she emailed her food choices for the day before our deadline of 8:00 AM.
The next morning I didn’t hear from her. Later that evening she called and said, this just isn’t going to work for me. Her ego voice got to her. The ego doesn't want her to change anything. The ego had her right where it wanted her, getting everything it wanted just like a spoiled brat child. The ego threw a fit when she wanted to change. The ego yelled and told her all the reasons why she couldn’t release the weight and have a better life.  Remember, there are only two voices you hear--that of the ego or that of God. What ever you chose to call the higher power or spirit, it’s of Love, it’s of your true hearts desire. It is a choice to change your mind, to say NO to the ego, and do what you want, to have your hearts desire, to have energy all the time, to be happy, to be free, to be at peace, to look wonderful, to feel great, to be your perfect weight!


Day Eight - How are my pants fitting?

My regular pants do feel looser on me today. I’m not going to weigh until June 1st, which is one month from when I started my fun adventure of releasing weight.  This is what I did when I released over 100 pounds back in 2008. I have discovered that the body will hold onto weight and even go up in weight slightly before it releases more weight again. That is why I choose to only weigh once a month. If I were to weigh weekly and didn’t release any weight that week, I know my ego would have a field day telling me that I should be losing more weight. And what if I happen to weigh on the day the scale goes up, before I release weight again? I will surly be informed by my ego that its all a waste of time, and that all of my efforts are in vain. It might say, “your too old to lose weight, your metabolism is slower, your in menopause, why do you want to lose weight anyway, you look great as you are, just go have a cookie, a candy bar, some chips, or ice cream and be happy”. My ego, of course, also thinks I should drop weight fast, that I should release 10 pounds in 10 days. Losing that much weight that fast is possible yes, but highly unlikely, and of course the ego is unrealistic and insane anyway! So again, I just change my mind. I decide that I’m having fun releasing weight. I’m having fun eating such yummy food.
 This change of mind and thinking keeps my ego quite.....

Day Seven - Bought Pants Still Too Small

I ordered some cute pants online, size small. They came in the mail today. When I put them on they were very tight. My ego said, “see--your fat, you’ll always be fat, and you’ll never fit into those pants, and it was a waste of money buying them.” I told my ego, “its not true. I have my hearts desire. I weigh my perfect thin weight. I see my thin image in my minds eye”. The ego stayed quiet.


Day Six......I had a mishap

I had to do a lot of errands today. I left home with some food in hand. I was out later than I anticipated and didn’t have enough food. I made my green smoothie, but didn’t have my salad. When I got home I was starving, all evening I felt like I just couldn’t get enough food. I stuck with my plan though, and it was difficult. My ego, wanted me to grab whatever was close…I felt like I was in a panic. The ego was enjoying my missed planning and urging me to just eat whatever I could get my hands on. My ego said, “your starving. you could die if I don’t eat”. The ego kept nudging me. I felt afraid and out of control. I just took a deep breath (several actually), drank some water, and crunched on a few celery sticks. I ate all the right foods but I ate more than I usually would. Next time, I’ll plan and make sure to bring all my food in a cooler with some ice so I can keep in the car and If I get hungry its there for me. 

Day Five - Keeping the ego quite

I went out to the movies tonight with my daughter and a friend. I ate dinner before I went. Afterwards my friend wanted to go out to have some frozen yogurt. My ego, said, “you’ll hurt his feelings if you don’t go, its a social pleasure to eat dessert together, you’ve been very good for five days, my daughter would like to have some too, just have a couple of bites. I said, “I’m good, but I’d be glad to sit with you while you have some.” We ended up not having any. It felt good to decide to keep my word. Keeping my word shuts the ego right up. The firmer I am with the ego, the quieter the ego is.

Day Four - The Trick of Regular Meals

I prepared my daily food. I felt great all day, and I had so much energy!! When I ate my salad for lunch I couldn’t finish it all. I saved it and ate it as a snack before dinner. I notice that having food available to eat all day, that after I eat dinner I’m satisfied for the whole rest of the evening. After dinner has been my weakest part of the day. I tend to want more food if I haven't taken the time to eat regularly during the whole day. I eat dinner between six and seven pm.

Day 3, Having Fun

I woke up with a headache. It went away during my morning tea. I made my food for the day. I love how it felt that I had all this food to eat and I wasn’t hungry. I felt calm and in control of myself. Even when I felt a little hungry just knowing I had lots of food to eat made me calm. My ego said, “I’m going to get bored with this food. I need more than vegetables, fruit and meat” I just listen and ignored my ego.... I, la la la la la la la'd to myself, I told myself I’m having so much fun releasing weight.

Day Two

Got up as usual, made my food for the day. I noticed I was tired today, not hungry, just tired. I feel my body is detoxing. I had a headache. I remember Herrings law of cure. We heal from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet. From the inside of the body to the outside of the body and in the reverse order as symptoms have appeared.  What that means is I’m healing my top, which is my head. That’s why I have a headache. I know to go with it and just go to bed early.  I know my body is working perfectly to rejuvenate itself, release weight, and be healthy. 

What Did The Scale Say When I Weighed Today?

May 1st, 2013… I weighed myself today. My ego said, No!!!! Don’t weigh yourself, you don’t want to know the truth. But I needed to know the truth. My ego doesn’t even want me writing this because it wants me to hide and feel bad, ashamed, and guilty. I told my ego to shut-up because I know the ego wants me to hide, so it will have control of me. I know for me to feel back in control, I must know the truth!  Right then and there I got up and I got onto the scale and saw that I was 34 pounds over what I was two years ago. The ego started talking right away, yelling, telling me that I’ll never release this weight. I’ll be fat forever, to just accept yourself for who your are.  I remember feeling those feelings when I weighed 250 pounds. I know what I did to put the weight on. I had started eating flour and sugar again.  I also know that I was being unconscious of what I was eating and I was not being honest and aware of me gaining. I just didn’t get on the scale.  I decided right then and there that I’m as thin as I desire to be. All I have to do is change my mind!!! That’s the only thing I can change anyway. I also took responsibility for creating this added poundage so I could experience what I needed to experience to grow as a spirit.  Taking responsibility for my weight gain gave me a feeling of power and freedom. Then I decided I was going to play a game with myself to see how happily I could release this weight. I was going to be excited about all the healthy foods I was going to eat!  I know the ego is going to have a lot to say about me being free, happy, thin, expansive, and unlimited. I’ll just change my mind a day at a time. I’ll keep you up-dated. 

Taking Your Life Back

I had a client come in and she was probably 50 pounds overweight. She said she didn’t know how she gained the weight, it was just there all of the sudden. She continued, “If I just look at a cake I gain weight.” She said she goes to the gym everyday and she just can’t lose the weight.  I said, “It’s simple, it is just physics, you gain weight when you eat more calories than your body can burn.” She shook her head and said, “its my hormones, it’s my age, I have a slow metabolism, I inherited it from my mother, I think it could be my thyroid”-- excuse after excuse. This is what the ego wants us to believe. We are victims of circumstances out of our control. This is NOT TRUE!!! If we are not happy with our life or our weight, we choose it. There are no victims. We chose to be a victim. When we’re a victim, then we have NO POWER!  All we have to do is first be honest, and then simply change our mind about it. Let’s say she took responsibility for her weight gain and really started getting honest with herself about what she was eating. For example, lets say she wrote down everything she ate. There is an old saying “honesty will set you free”. I know this to be true. When I’m honest, my ego shuts up. I can now make honest decisions about my food. I’m in the drivers seat, not my child ego. The ego wants what is wants, when it wants it, with no regard for the circumstance. Its a spoiled child run amuck. I give my ego rules and stick to them, or else the ego will start running the show. Would you let your 6 or 8 year old run your show? Your ego is not your friend--its the early destruction and death of yourself, your relationships, your happiness. The ego is something I change my mind about everyday. The more I do it, the better I get at it. I decide the night before or in the morning what I’m going to eat for the day. I stick to my plan. The minute I start saying to myself, “well.....I could just have a little more of this or that” then the ego “the child” starts with all the words of insanity. You deserve it, only a little, that voice will increase and increase in my head driving me insane- its like I just want to take a bite to shut it up!!! I have to set up the rules and follow through just like you would a child. Give your “child” boundaries and rules.  Your mission, if you chose to accept it, involves YOU taking complete responsibly and taking back your life!