Get Ready for 1-1-11

I'm starting to think about some habits and patterns to change for the new year.


I'm preparing my mind to embrace and hold tight to thoughts I have that will increase my health and wellness.

2- 1/2 weeks  .... oh ya..... 21 days to PREPARE to CHANGE!  Perfect

So every day for 21 days 

I will walk myself through this change.  

I will reinforce in my Mind the change.  

I will see in my mind the change.  

I will feel in my spirit the change

I will become the change by ... walking, thinking, seeing and feeling the change.

One thing is to READ a book a week (commit every day 30 or more minutes to reading)
I WILL do 30 minutes a day of activity:  stretch, jog, weights
I WILL ....

I'll think today of some more things that I believe will strengthen me - physically, spiritually and physically.  I will WRITE them down today!

Ciao

(what's in your wallet?.... ok, what's in your head?)

Holiday Song: "I don't want it, don't need it, it's not good for me"

Yes I know..... No blogging for the past week.  It's not that I didn't have the desire but I was very happy and busy entertaining .... Long day's!  Although, it shouldn't have been an excuse, it was mine.

As I have said many times. Healthy Patterns and Habits that are rooted in a balanced life should sustain continue no matter what flies your way.   But, no should have, could have, would haves will be spoken.

I caught parts of the Dr. Oz show while  watching TV on a plane the other day. "loved it"
Dr. Oz and I are truly on the same playing field when it comes to the pragmatic aspects of health and weight management.

I guess he had a program that supported people going on a "just ten" challenge.  Just Ten pounds to lose through provided suggestions and advise.  This particular show was about the maintanance to NOT gain back the weight.   Statistics are 9 out of 10 people who diet to lose weight re-gain their weight back. OUCH!  But, I knew that is true... that's why I harp on NO DIETS!   Lose weight and gain health and wellness by CHANGING lifestyle habits!

I googled his show and here is some captured concepts:
http://www.doctoroz.com/

 Tips of Maintenance to "keeping the weight off"

1.  Do not eat after 8 pm ( avoid Mindless eating)
2.  At home Eat and Drink ONLY at Kitchen Table
3.  No Snacks bigger than the fist
4.  Snacks should contain 3 grams of Fiber -To assist with "feeling full"
5.  10 minutes of Cardio and 10 minutes of Strength Training daily
6.  Enlist a Friend to support  you- "keeps you accountable"
7.  Do not drink or eat any thing that list Sugar (any type of sugar) as  one of the
     first 5  ingredients

Our Mind is a powerful tool!  So when we speak words our MIND and BODY and SPIRIT  hear those words and RE-ACT.

This holiday season..... be aware of what you SAY about food, eating, snacks.
Even though you  "just LOVE"  to eat a traditional holiday dessert.  DON'T for heaven sakes say the words  "oh, I love those cookies"!  Even though you may.... SAY
"I don't need them, I don't want them, they are not good for me".  FREAKIN SAY IT!
even if your tempted to reach into the platter, face first..... and eat one or two.

Your mind will tell your body "hey, what the heck are you doing"  THEN, to have the Power to not eat them..... pull deep from inside yourself and your spirit to quote a scripture verse that empowers you to "take control over your lust of eating".

Ok, I hear you (even though your not in the room)  "So, what... it's the holidays".
Right!  Is that why your over 20 pounds over weight.... because you only cave in to splurge during the "holidays".  GET A HONEST BONE in your Pudding head.

You C A N enjoy the holidays and not feel your depriving yourself of the pleasures.
When you see Sugar and Food for what they are and should be you'll eat and be satisfied.
You'll not gain weight and increase your cholesterol and screw up your pancreas.

TAKE this season to "love God's Temple"

Re-Gift yourself back to your creator

Be the Best so you can Give the Best   

Speak the WORDS  "I don't need it,  I don't want it, It's not good for me" when you see a table laden with Sweets.

Have a guiltless Holiday by replacing Mindless, lustful eating 

with  using your mouth to 

SPEAK healing, comfort and encouragement to Family and Friends.  

Use your mouth to sing and laugh....  

All those things you cannot do when your mouth is stuffed with food.

ok,
Now go to Oz (Dr. Oz web site) and take a look at ton's of fabulous suggestions to
start the New YEAR  (starting today) gaining control of your HEALTH AND WELLNESS



Ciao
Salute! To your Health and Wellness


PS when you're reaching for something to eat and your NOT even hungry
REPLACE food with an activity that is just as accessible as the food in your pantry.
....sounds silly but:
 do 10 jumping jacks, or run in place for 30 seconds, sing a song out loud.... have paper and pencil by the refrigerator and write 5 reason's why you shouldn't eat something ...... before you grab something to eat.

REPLACE  it!  

CHANGE THE PATTERN and HABIT!

Please sit down and let the Maestro conduct

Wake up.... slap a smile on my face..... softly speak words of Gratitude to my Savior, then a few stretches... then up to grab my coffee (organic coffee) and ready to Feed my Spirit!


Needing help from God,  Needing his guidance, Needing his assistance, Needing his intervention, Needing him to move a mountain...   Golly Gee we are "needy" people and I might say.... Rather High Maintenance to God.


I don't want to use God.  Instead I want him to use me.  Wait... Stop  Maybe not entirely. Reverse that ( as Willy Wonka would say)


                                        I do want to use God.  
                                   I want to use him as the Maestro  of my Life 

When I ask for God to intervene in a situation, 

I find myself giving him, well, almost every detail of how something needs to happen.  

Yes, crazy but I find myself telling God (the same GOD that I believe created a hummingbird, which is an amazing creature how it's engineered.... oops I digress )

I find myself trying to tell GOD  "How to do it", like giving God a "honey do list".

                        When someday I can look back over my life.... I hope it plays out like a Beautiful Opera
One that has all the elements of Love, conflict, success, triumph, tension, peace.... ohhhhh how lovely

When was the last time I went to an Opera?.... oh right,  I've only been to one Opera in my life and I think it was in German!

Now I'm totally inspired to go to an Opera.... How about the one in "Moonstruck"  ... yes,
    Puccini's  "La Boheme" !  Oh, boy.... I think that is a story about a women who dies from TB.  Mama Mia!

                                         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-73CqpLsglE

well,  I'm going to have my own unique story line when I'm finished with my life here on earth.
                                               And I want my life to be a  Spectacular Story!

So when things don't turn out the way I thought they should, and I  have prayed... really, really hard...

I must Sit back, shut my big Sicilian Mouth and rest in the knowledge that......
                                           HE did answer my prayers.

It was done in His Will  not mine.

 He will make all things beautiful in HIS TIME and IN HIS WAY.

                                          If I allow HIM,  I will have a Spectacular Life Story.

As for God, his way is perfect.  

The word of the Lord is true.

2 Samuel 22: 31

Salute!  To your Health and Wellness




FYI:

Maestro (English: /ˈmaɪstroʊ/, Italian: [maˈestro]) (from the Italian maestro, meaning "master" or "teacher"^[1]) is a title of extreme respect given to a master musician. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera. This is associated with the ubiquitous use of Italian vocabulary for classical music terms. Composers,performers, impresarios, music directors, conductors and music teachers are all frequently given this title.

In the Italian opera world, the term is not only used for the conductor, but also for musicians who act as répétiteurs and assistant conductors during performances (maestro sostituto ormaestro collaboratore). Even the prompter (maestro suggeritore) can be referred to by this title. (There is no agreement on how to address a woman conductor, as the feminine equivalent maestra denotes "schoolmistress" in Italian.)

Jorge Cruise and Dr. Oz talk about Sugar

Sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening... 

sugar at supper time.... !  

AHHH SING IT Baby!

just don't eat it!   

I'm not going to "sugar coat" this blog.... but here is some great info on "Sugar"






 I LOVE  Dr. Oz's  7 minute talk and hope EVERYONE can see this clip.  I was googling info Jorge Cruise after hearing from Friends and Family, their success on this diet.   But, Jorge's diet is not that  new or unique... it's just promoted and marketed well.

Because..... I had already heard something similar this past year.
....while  I was flipping channels  on TV,  I caught  an interview on CBN with this man Doug  Varrieur .

   I heard him saying that all his life he was severely overweight.  When his Doctor told him he had developed diabetes, he ask what that meant.  The Doctor told him, that means he has too much sugar in his blood.  So being a simple man he sought out to  remove "sugar" from his diet.

He discovered some astounding facts about how sugar is  "hidden"  in our food.
(I may have already blogged this past year on this,)  It's worth repeating.....

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Sugar adds up

Doug Varrieur lost more than 100 pounds eight years ago and kept off the weight by drastically decreasing the sugar intake in his diet. Varrieur said people are surprised when they find out how much sugar is in every-day foods:

Breakfast

• 2 cups of corn flakes: 12 teaspoons of sugar
• 1 normal-size banana: 6 teaspoons of sugar
• 2 pieces of toast: 8 teaspoons of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of jelly: 7 teaspoons of sugar
• 4 ounces of milk on cereal: 1.5 teaspoons of sugar
• 6 ounces of orange juice: 5.5 teaspoons of sugar

Total sugar intake: 40 teaspoons

Fast food lunch

• French fries: 12 teaspoons of sugar
• 24-ounce soda: 19 teaspoons of sugar
• Hamburger Bun: 6 teaspoons of sugar

Total sugar intake: 32 teaspoons

Pizza for dinner

• Half a supreme pizza: 7.25 teaspoons of sugar
• 24-ounce soda: 19 teaspoons of sugar

Total sugar intake: 26.25 teaspoons

That is over a cup of sugar in a day!  

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This is how I feel about  going on a "DIET":   

You can train for a marathon,

and then run in a marathon.... 

but you don't live a marathon.

Why do you think there is always some "new diet" that is the "answer".....  

Check out this list of about 100 diets!   

Some had their day in the sun! Just like Jorge's  diet is right now. Go to:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diets

Again don't misunderstand what I'm saying..... Jorge Cruise is "right on"  about counting "sugars" / carbs...  but there is still a fundamental problem with DIETS.    

THEY never address the ROOT problem.   Like, why did you gain the weight in the first place?  I'm not talking to someone who needs to lose weight after having a baby.  I'm talking to the people (me included) that gained weight over time.  Slowly creeps up.... until your sporting a size 16!

As a Registered Nurse in Family Practice/Internal Medicine,  I will always say...

   PLEASE LOSE THE Extra WEIGHT!

That is a priority for your health.  

Yet.... losing weight is only a PART  in  obtaining  HEALTH and WELLNESS
Your body can survive,  but it will be weak and suffer illnesses and diseases when it lacks the proper nutrition:  Vitamins and minerals 
Many symptoms can be linked to  vitamin or mineral deficiencies 

You can lose the extra 30 pounds and still be suffering with an ulcer.  

You can get to the perfect size Jean and still battle depression.  

You can  Look Fantastic and get looks as you walk down the street and still have Migraines


             get my point?

You can change the foods you eat, 

but how about changing the food you give your mind! 

Or the food  your spirit is craving  for but doesn't get. 

How else can I say it?   .... ok..... how about this :  BALANCE yourself 

Because it's about "Balance"  
           of our Physical, Mental and Spiritual being that brings us Health and Wellness.  


When you discover a new attitude towards eating for "nutrition" and not just pleasure 
When you discover the freedom and energy  that Exercise and activity brings you
When you discover the peace and joy of getting in touch with your spiritual being


                 You'll lose weight!  effortlessly 

Ok,  now.... "get off the sugar!"

Ciao 


Salute! To your Health and Wellness


PLEASE send this "You Tube"  of Dr. Oz talking to a friend or family member, do it for their Health... do it because you care.

             

Still to much of me or Straw that Broke the Camels Back

........... I came here from Provence, alone, uneducated. 

For 8 months - no more than that - a year, 

I sat in a café, I drank coffee, and I wrote nonsense in a journal.

 And then somehow, it was not nonsense.

 I went for long walks and met myself in Paris. 

You seem embarrassed by loneliness, by being alone. It’s only a place to start

A line from the Movie - SABRINA

Sometimes it does take a stressful situation, a change of events... 

the unexpected -  for us to reach out for answers.  

And when we come up empty

                          we hopefully turn and  reach into our soul to find the answers.

Reach deep into our soul - for only we have our answers.  

 It takes 21 days to form a habit.... So when you desire to make a change in your 

life start with going in reverse.  Do you recall the expression :

The Straw that broke the Camels Back

I see the straws on the Camels back as:
      1.  poor/bad  habits and behaviors that we have developed
      2.  commitments and responsibilities that we are saddled with.
It's a wonder some of us can even "walk".

Take one thing you'd like to change or one thing you'd like to start doing and commit to doing it for 21 days in a row.    Just one thing!  

One thing at a time  

One straw at a time  

One habit at a time  

One pound at a time  

One behavior at a time  

My title is "still to much of me".  


This is the thought  I had today that pierced me  at my core.  I was  dealing with a stressful situation and I  felt my emotions take hold of me physically (as they  will ALWAYS will do).  
 I heard myself say (chronic self monologue going on)

 "hey, it's still ME reacting like I've always done"

  

And there I was  attempting to justify my reaction.... 
    No matter what reasoning I had to justify my reaction...  right or wrong..
    the domino affect occurred:
    my mind, my body and my spirit went into a tail spin -  I was out of balance!

I want to be more like "HIM" and less like "ME"

  

When I balance me in Him..... then I will find ME in HIM!
I will find my peace and "act" in a situation.... not "react". 
               I will discover the person I was created to be.


I've been attempting since Last Year to find  the "real me"
                  .... A little like the line in the Movie "Sabrina".


The Me that I feel has been sat on, yelled at, dis-respected, turned down, rejected... faced a million tons of rocks in the road and walls to climb... (waaa, waaaa, waaa.... can you see me playing my tiny violin?)  Freak, I have had my share of troubles!  I have my scars to prove it.... that's why it's a challenge to change my thinking, behaviors and direction. 

                        I WILL NOT ALLOW MY PAST TO DICTATE MY FUTURE


What I truly, truly found is.....  "I need to balance"   then and only then, can I have love, success and peace.   


And to balance something is to first recognize what is OUT OF BALANCE.   


It is kind of like tires on a vehicle.  Gotta find which one's are out of balance so it can be fixed.  Well, Missy.... this gal had to get a Re-alignment! 


 So, I choose this journey that started officially January 1, 2010....  




I think the sign on my forehead should read:

If I look back over the past year of blogs and "21 day thing"  I've done many, many times,
I can see how I have had  to take one straw at a time off my back....  

the weight of the bad or poor habits  

I had developed over the years  

that have weighed me down much toooo long. 

I'm still removing straws on my back so that the
                 "one more straw" won't make a difference and cause me to fall (aka Fail).


Still plugging away.... oops!  I mean Still blogging away..... 

Don't forget....... 

             Mangi

                       Passeggiata

                      Amora 

Salute!   To your Health and Wellness


I believe everything God created is and has an energy.  
(learned this in science class that all matter is an energy)


When we need to stop a bad habit, we must replace it with a good habit.  
Because, the energy of the bad habit must be replaced with the energy of a good habit.  

Nature will "always" fill the void.... That is because the energy that has left must  and WILL be replaced.  


That is not your choice... it will be replaced with something.

But,  it is your choice that allows the void to be refilled with

 the old habit (that is why habits are so difficult to stop) 

or replace the old habit with a new habit.  

Food for thought.....