First of all I have to say congrats to the Heartbreakers!! 45 pounds lost this week! All the teams did well.

Ok, I have alot on my heart today and two info emails to share.

How is everyone? I am doing ok, feeling a little down. Seems I hurt a friend, and that tears me up. Tis was not my intention. I think people who have been overweight are very sensitive people and we get hurt easily. I think this was all a big part of what happened. To that friend, I love you and am sorry I hurt you.

Anyways, as for yesterday…yes I got upset, we all want everyone to be as healthy as possible, and the subject of diet aids, really makes my blood boil. I have seen so many people get seriously sick with them, myself included.

So you know how I and others feel. Also, I always will support Nancy, I have learned so much from her.

Anyways, I did ok eating yesterday, but at dinner I had a taco salad with chicken from Taco Bell, not sure of the calories, need to look it up, and then I munched out on some trail mix again, I seem to be addicted.

Did do my Jillian troublezones workout, and alot of walking. Went to the dentist, and I have to go back this Saturday for deep cleaning and fillings, then eventually to get a crown put on my broken tooth. Good thing for good insurance!

Determined to kick butt this week. Went to Sprouts Friday nite, and stocked up on fresh fruits and veggies ,and some steel cut oatmeal, dried cranberries, and  some other stuff. Really trying to revamp what I buy to get away from alot of additives, will be a gradual process though.

Love you all, and here are the 2 emails I promised:

7 Steps for Avoiding Mindless Eating

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The reason it can be difficult to eat healthily is that “hidden persuaders” can lead you into bad eating habits, says new research. Try these tips to avoid mindless eating:

• Be aware of the size and shape of containers. It’s the amount of food that counts, not what it looks like.
• Use smaller plates and bowls. Empty plates and bowls, even those of a smaller size, cue some people to stop eating.
• Read nutrition labels, paying attention to the serving size listed. Consider the facts; don’t guess at how many calories you’re eating.
• Look past the packaging. The wording on a food’s package or the language on a menu can influence you to actually like a food better, increasing your risk of overeating.
• Keep visual reminders of how much you’re eating. Keep wrappers, empty containers, bones, and other reminders of how much you’ve eaten nearby.
• Think about eating a meal that’s healthier overall. Don’t just focus on separate parts of the meal.
• Control your impulse purchases. Don’t let signs encourage you to buy more than you need.

Last Updated: 06/01/2007

A good friend called me all upset. You all know her. She is the own who makes us face ourselves, and thank God she does. Nancy I love you girl! You have made me face so many things in me and I am grateful. But you are so honest and I love it. So strong in your beleifs. and I want everyone to know I support you. C’mon people, diet aids can kill and make you very sick, You all are adults and have good minds and should know better than to put that crap in your bodies. Some of you may think I am being judgemental too. But honestly, how can you expect me to be happy for your weight loss if you are hurting you self in the process? Let’s get real! God put enough healthy foods and tools for us to use to be healthy, any thing  man made to substitute for that is pure crap!!

I don’t support diet drugs, pills shake or anything false. I did it without, Nancy and alot of others did too. So if you want to say that is judging, then so be it. I love you guys and want you to be healthy, and Nancy does too.

Ok, I gotta go. but had to put my two cents in.

Hi, I need to get something off my chest. I am so upset right now. I have been made to feel like I know nothing about nutrition. I admit, I don’t know it all, and I AM more than willing to learn, but why do some people feel that they have to pounce and point out loudly my every mistake? I know I should not drink diet soda, but I do not drink alot of it, and it is something I hope to get away from someday. I have one glass a day, after I drink my 100 oz of water.

I know there are other alterntives to eating alot of turkey, but I do like it, and hey I lost 91 pounds eating the way I do, and I got off all my meds, too. My dr thinks I am doing great. I do want to get into more clean eating, and I am trying to convert over. That does not mean I will never screw up. But to have it called out like “see!! You did that wrong, and you know it is not good for you!” I mean what are you, my mother? Ugh. There is a right way and a wrong way to do this, and a right way and a wrong way to guide someone.

Plus, don’t come to me and try to correct me when I know what you have really been eating. You can’t have a weekend full of junk, and not know why you gained. And then turn around and tell me what I am doing wrong. It is like do what i say and not as I do.

I don’t get it, I feel like everything I do is on a microscope. Yes I put it out for feed back, but please do it in love, ok? Don’t make me feel like you are gonna pounce.

Plus, the other thing is don’t ask for my help, and then when I offer a suggestion, come up with 50 million ways it won’t work, and then fight me every step of the way getting defensive when I try to help.

This really upsets me, I am so upset my stomach hurts. I love all my friends, I really do, and I want to help, but I don’t think that means to have some act superior over me. I don’t feel superior over anyone else.

Ok, I have said enough and if I hurt anyone, I am sorry. But this is my blog, and my journal, and if you don’t like what I say please move on and read another.

I love all of you, please know that, but I had to get this out.

I am doing so, so. Wasn’t able to workout this morning, was so tired I slept thru all my alarms, and was gonna do some tonite, but I was hot and upset, and don’t want to be up late. So I came on here. Please forgive the rant, but I needed to let it out. Love you guys.

Another good message to share:

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===== Obstacles: When Road Bumps Turn into Mountains

Ah, bumps in the road. We all have them, but have you noticed how
when you decide to make a change, things suddenly start to go all
wrong? People around you suddenly are impatient or demanding, your
spouse may suddenly be unreasonable (oh, right, that never happens),
work is piling up and it just seems like the whole world is crashing
around you. What you don’t realize is: that is life happening around
you.

Things are going wrong and needing to be fixed fairly regularly yet
they don’t loom large in your consciousness when you’re going
about your regular routine. You notice them when you’re making a
change though because everything is huge in your mind right then.
That’s your brain playing tricks. It wants you to knock off this
“change” nonsense.

Your brain wants you to just go back to the way you were when
everything was no nice and easy. That’s why it’s easier to wait,
“I’ll do it tomorrow,” or “I’ll start on Monday,” but that Monday
never comes. You’ll last three days, then “I’ve blown it. I’ll never
take off this weight.”

Be prepared because this happens to us all. If you’re making an
effort to get more work done, the phone starts ringing, if you want
to make your dollars stretch farther you suddenly need new tires
and the water heater breaks. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
Be prepared for these obstacles and your less likely to be side-
swiped by them.

If you are not surprised by the obstacles, then you won’t have as
much trouble stepping around, over or going straight through them.

Many years ago I finally decided to quit smoking. The decision was
made. That first day everything went wrong. At a restaurant the
waitress took forever, then the food never came. Of course you
could smoke in restaurants back then, but not me. Time ticked by
so slowly I could count the seconds. I didn’t know what to do with
my hands. I kept wanting to reach in my purse, but had to stop
myself time and again.

Later at work it was awful, people were upset, orders weren’t done,
everything was coming apart at the seams, and I had to pick that
day to quit! In the movie Airplane, Lloyd Bridges kept popping up
when it looked most hopeless saying, “Looks like I picked a lousy
day to quit …”  No matter what day you choose, it will seem as
if it’s a lousy day to quit.

All is not lost. This is only temporary and if you get through the
first rough spots, you’re going to make it. The sense of
accomplishment the first time you stand fast, say no, and push
yourself away from your temptation, is so powerful. The next minute
you’ll feel stronger, more sure of yourself, knowing since you did
it once, you can do it again.

Build on these small wins until one day you’re looking back at your
old behavior and thinking, “That wasn’t so difficult.” You may
still wish you had your old way of dealing with life’s little
stresses, like food, drink, smoke, whatever. But today, just for
today you’re going to get through it. Tens of thousands of people
every day get through life without too much food–so can you.

Today make a decision right now about how you will handle yourself
the rest of this day (or this hour), and then stick to it. This is
basic training and there is no failure. You will do as you’ve
decided because you’ve decided that is what you want to do.

Tomorrow, decided again. Everyday make as many different, separate
decisions as are necessary, but keep deciding to succeed and you
will succeed. Failures and lapses are meaningless. When they happen
tell yourself, “Big deal,” and then go right back to deciding for
the next moment.

Use EFT to help:

Indecision: When you want to make a decision but you are afraid.

“Even though I’m not sure I want to change, I deeply and completely
accept myself.”

“Even though the last time I tried it didn’t work, I deeply and
completely accept myself.”

“Even though I know I won’t follow through, I deeply and completely
accept myself.”

When Everything is Going Wrong:

“Even though I don’t think I can make it, I deeply and completely
accept myself.”

“Even though nothing is going right, I deeply and completely accept
myself.”

“Even though I just want to … , I deeply and completely accept
myself.”

No matter what dips and hills and pebbles in your path, you can
and will move past them.

Until next time,

Yours in good eating,
Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hope this hits home with you like it did me. We all have our “Bumps” what matters is do we let them control us? Or do we turn it around and control it. We all have our obstacles and challenges to face. I don’t think there is anyone of us not strong to find our way over it.

Any how, how are you? It is hot, hot, hot here, supposed to be 116 by the weekend. Was 106 today, thank God for AC!!

I am trying to learn a whole new way of eating. I want to eat as “clean” as possible, as much as my finances will allow. I have my good friends and even Ted encouraging me on this. To get away from the box mixes, and additives and all. Will take time and planning, I know. But I have is full cooperation, and that means so much. I mean, yes I have done well, and lost the weight, and now is all about health.

Thanks for the feedback on my last blog. I am still gonna make the Troublezone workout my basis, but on some days with mix it up with some cardio, too. Plus I want to do some yoga or swimming 2 evenings a week.

So how are you all? Feeling good and empowered tonite, and I love it.

Love you guys!

So is anyone familiar with Jillian Michaels Troublezones DVD? It says on there you should do it 5 days a week for maximum results? I thought you weren’t supposed to do the same one in consecutive days? Thoughts, please. I really love this one the best, and I know it works me hard.

Had a good weekend off, got alot of exercise in, even in the pool. I tried Jillian’s pool workout, and boy that is hard too!

So I feel good, but taking a break today, have to do laundry, and since I have to haul it in this heat, that will be enough, plus gonna do some cleaning if I am not too wiped out.

But thanks for the prayers, yesterday was ok. Abit emotional, but I expected that. I have a movie that reminds me so much of dad. Have you all seen “Meet Joe Black”? Anthony Hopkins in it is just like my dad, all that class, and way of speaking. My dad was not a big businessman like that, but he could have been. But it is the relationship between him and his youngest daughter that gets to me. We were just like that. My dad and I really had a bond. I miss him so much. So I let myself watch it, and let myself cry, but I needed to.

I was gonna find some sparklers or bottlerockets to light for him, but they are illegal here, so I hung a flag in his honor instead, he was a vet. So that felt good, and I told him happy birthday many times.

But I had some fun too, went to Sprouts( a farmer’s market) Loaded up on cherries, strawberries, bananas, avocados, potatoes, spinach, cheese, yummy 11 grain bread, all kinds of stuff.

Then since it was so hot, I came home exhausted, so I took a good nap. then got up and made us some guacamole(a treat) with some organic chips, and a healthy taco salad with ground turkey. Was awesome!

Then we had watermelon while we watched fireworks on tv( Tooooo hot to go out).

So it was nice. Not wanting to go back to work tomorrow, lol.

How are you all?

I love having 3 days off, did a killer workout with Jillian today and planning on hitting the pool later.

How are you all? Bet you are suprissed to see me here on a Friday!

I lost a pound even after not being able to workout as much! I was surprised since I indulged in a bowl of ice cream last nite.

Well as some of you know, tomorrow will be kind of hard for me. Dad would have been 87 tomorrow. I can’t help but think back to last year. We were all together. So much has changed in a year, and to be honest, it really hits me hard sometimes. But I will get thru it.

We aren’t doing much, too hot, plan on watching fire works on TV in the ac, that now works,  Yay! And I got a watermelon to cut up.

I plan to really hit my workouts this weekend too. Want to make up for lost time.

So pray for me tomorrow, k? This is bothering me worse than Mother and Father’s day combined. I am sure it will be the same in September, on mom’s BD.

So today, I am eating healthy all day, and we will have pizza as a treat last nite.

I got some unexpected money. I had overpaid the IRS, by like $115 and they sent it back! So I have a little to play with this weekend

Any hoo, I am doing good today, need to go check my mail. Love you all!

Wanted to share something I read today:

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===== Cleaning up Stinking Thinking

In my mad rush getting ready this morning I realized I was chanting,
“It shouldn’t be taking this long. I should be able to get things
done quicker,” and other things relating to my current work, getting
this month’s newsletter completed, and other things. As soon as I
realized what I was doing with my “stinking thinking” I changed my
thoughts to, “How could I streamline this process?” and “What could
I do to make this easier on myself?”

Asking better questions gets you better answers. Your brain loves a
puzzle. When you feed your mind nothing more than whiny, why me
questions, you’ll get back nothing more than justifications. You’ll
tell yourself this is true because that happened, and that always
happens because this is true. It’s a vicious circle that helps us
get nowhere fast.

Far better to simply catch yourself when you say something negative
and rephrase it: “Why can’t I eat like everybody else?” becomes
“What can I eat that will make me feel great?”

Remember there are literally millions of people trying to lose some
weight. You are not the only one struggling with this issue, so stop
thinking in terms of other people somehow having it easier or better.
It’s simply not true. Sometimes it will be easy to change your
questions and other times you may have to really stretch your
imagination to come up with something. It’s so easy to be negative
with ourselves, and far more difficult to think up good questions,
isn’t it? Work at it, and it becomes easier.

My point? We all use negative self-talk regularly, me included. As
much as I pay attention to this, and generally don’t use it in
regard to myself or my appearance, I still catch myself doing it,
and when I do I think of another thing to say instead. That ends the
mind chatter, and gives your brain a question to ponder that could
produce a good response. “What can I do today to make myself feel
really good,” is going to give you much better ideas throughout the
day than, “Why do I always have to do this?”

Make an effort to catch yourself in any negative self talk and then
do some EFT on the original question. For example: “Why can’t I
eat like a normal person?” becomes “What can I eat that will make me
feel great?”

“Even though I can’t eat like a normal person, I deeply and
completely accept myself.”

“Even though no one else has it this bad, I deeply and completely
accept myself.”

Why EFT Focuses on Negative

Remember we state the negative in the EFT phrasing because you want
those electrical pathways (neuro pathways) in your brain firing in
the exact manner they do when you think these thoughts. By saying,
“Even though I” and stating exactly what you believe or think is
the trouble causes your brain to fire that specific neural pathway,
i.e. your pattern.

The EFT then knocks this pattern for a loop, after which that
specific pattern cannot replay in exactly the same way ever again.
That is why you’ll feel less intensity on an issue right away — the
path has been forever altered. Do this repeatedly on a stubborn
problem or issue and many times it will eventually knock that
train right off its tracks, never to run again.

You’ll still be able to think of the problem, you won’t suddenly
develop a memory blank. That “issue” or memory of an issue will
still exist but that emotional intensity that used to be attached
is gone. That is what you want the EFT to accomplish — a lessening
of emotional attachment or intensity.

EFT for Why is This Taking So Long?

“Even though I think it shouldn’t take so long, I deeply and
completely accept myself.”

“Even though I know other people can get things done faster, I
deeply and completely accept myself.”

“Even though I don’t always finish what I start, I deeply and
completely accept myself.”

Have fun today, enjoy the moments.

‘Til next time,
Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP

This hit me like a brick. I spend way too much time in negative talk. Alot of us do. I thought this would be helpful.

As for me, AC should finally be fixed, the chiller has to cool all the water off first. Let’s hope, no workouts all week except for the one in the pool last nite. Thanks, Bette Jo for the workout list!

Want to try to do Jillian in the morning, we will see. Need to get back on track, Dinner tonite was steak and baked potatoes, Ted offered to cook, and I was so hot and tired I let him. Not the best diet dinner, but really good.

I did something stupid tonite, was on the phone and trying to empty the dishwasher at the same time. Well a glass slipped, hitting me hard in the nose, and then hit the floor and shattered, I was afraid to move, because I was barefoot. But I managed to get out of there, and clean up, but now I have a headache and a sore nose. Can we say klutz, lol?

Any ways, hanging in there. Thanks MJ, for asking about the ac and your bf’s advice, I just saw that today. I still ask.

Well love you guys, need to check my mail!