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type = « html » > mon dernier post s'intitulait « dans la vie de tous un peu de pluie doit tomber ». Ce thème a continué tout au long de la semaine et dans mon week-end.
Hier, samedi, j'ai conduit dans le bureau afin que je puisse faire quelques tête baissée, sans les interruptions à la maison de codage. J'étais là pendant douze heures.
J'ai pris une pause d'une heure et a conduit au gymnase d'un Bally dans le Kent. Je n'avais jamais été à cette salle de gym avant, mais c'était 5 km de mon travail, donc c'était pratique. Même si je suis dans une une séance d'entraînement elliptique de 30 minutes, c'est probablement la pire salle de gym que j'ai jamais visité. Je me sentais comme si j'allais frapper ma tête sur le plafond quand j'étais sur le vélo elliptique.
Pour m'énerver encore plus loin, il était un gars goofy debout juste en face de moi faire bizarre des exercices d'étirement et d'agiter ses fesses en arrière, dressaient en l'air. Il a fait ces petits exercices d'étirement pendant vingt minutes. Il était très bizarre, surtout depuis la salle de gym était presque vide et qu'il aurait pu choisir un endroit plus privé pendant son parcours obscènes. J'ai ne sont pas restés pour n'importe quel entraînement en force. Je ne pouvais pas sortir de là rapide assez.
Mon travail ces dernières semaines a été un codage plus qu'autre chose. Il est difficile d'expliquer le codage si vous n'êtes pas pas familier avec l'écriture de code (développement logiciel). C'est un peu comme un puzzle de trouver et d'obtenir toutes les pièces à assembler pour créer quelque chose. Parfois cependant, vous ne pouvez juste pas les morceaux si vous essayez de forcer et puis vous vous retrouvez avec un gros désordre laid. Voilà où je me trouvais après douze heures hier. Rien n'a fonctionné.
Hier soir j'ai rêvé de l'écriture de code toute la nuit. J'ai jeté et tourné, essayant de trouver un plan pour corriger le désordre que j'ai créé. Je suis venu avec quelques nouvelles approches pour essayer et après avoir essayé eux aujourd'hui, ils semblent fonctionner, à l'exception d'un seul test scénario que je n'arrive pas à comprendre.
Mon alimentation a souffert beaucoup ces derniers temps. Hier j'ai mangé des bonbons pour la première fois depuis plusieurs semaines. La machine distributrice appelaient mon nom, et j'ai eu l'idée stupide que peut-être un peu de sucre pourrait m'aider à comprendre le problème. Après trois barres Milky Way et deux paquets de biscuits (à 600 calories chaque pour les cookies et ils étaient minuscules paquets), j'étais moins bien lotis qu'avant. Non seulement mon esprit ne fonctionne ne pas à plein rendement (ce dont j'avais désespérément besoin), mais je me sentais malade et coupable.
J'avais apporté des aliments sains avec moi à manger pendant la journée, fruits frais, poitrine de dinde, bâtonnets de carottes, tomates cerises, quelques houmous. Bon, des aliments sains. Je ne voulait pas qu'elle, je voulais juste des bonbons. Quelque chose, n'importe quoi pour me faire sentir mieux.
Il échoua complètement sur moi. Le sucre m'a fait sentir malade, chaud, en sueur, et mon esprit ne fonctionnait pas. Tout ce que je voulais faire était juste pleurer. Enfin, par 21, j'ai renoncé, rentra chez lui, se sentir triste et vaincus.
Après quatre tranches de fromage et un verre de vin, je me sentais encore pire. Mon mari était déjà endormi, il n'y avait personne pour partager ma misère, juste moi et mon chat.
Aujourd'hui, dimanche, a passé un tout petit peu mieux. Après un ménage de marathon ce matin, avec l'aide de mon mari (il essaie d'être super sympa parce qu'il sait que je suis stressé au max dès maintenant), j'ai commencé à travailler sur mon projet à partir de midi. Il va un peu mieux, mais je ne suis pas encore de code complet.
Enfin, j'ai accepté que le monde ne va pas à la fin si je n'obtiens pas ce fait. La vie s'allume.
Mon manger cette semaine dernière a été dans tous les sens. Sain un jour, bonbons, barres la prochaine. Je ne pense pas que j'ai mangé un seul légume hier (j'ai composé pour elle aujourd'hui). Friandises, biscuits et fruits. C'est un jour terrible qui a été a été reflété dans ce que j'ai vu sur la balance ce matin. 188,6. Parler ajoutant l'insulte à l'injure. Je sais que c'est juste un numéro. Je sais qu'il ne définit pas moi, etc etc etc. Toutefois, il est le reflet direct de comment mal j'ai gérer le stress.
Droit maintenant, j'essaie juste de n'oubliez pas de respirer et de faire de mon mieux pour manger sain bien en portions modérées. Moins de friandises et plus de légumes.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Radio
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type='html'>Today I was on a radio show talking about how my lap band went wrong and why I am still the same weight as I was when I was banded. There was lots of back story too, and I was on for 45 minutes. For the entire time I was wanting to evacuate myself. I was terrified. When I finished and got in the car I thought I was going to have a heart attack!!
Anyway, its very funny listening to yourself on the radio and even the presenter didnt sound the same so its actually comforting to know that we dont sound that random in real life! I did enjoy it immensley and I am very happy with my performance. I didnt fluff up and I didnt make an idiot of myself. It was the truth and that was it. Its was my story.
There was a guy who called in from Obesity UK who was very kind and stuff, but obviously didnt quite get what I was saying.
Its a long running topic for me whereby I stay under my calorie intake and dont lose weight... I said my diet is never more than 2000 cals. i.e. I often eat a lot less but thats the maximum and he said "2000 cals in the absolute maximum a lady should eat" so therefore that was why I wasnt losing weight...
hmmm
surely anyone on earth knows that if a lady eats 2000 cals a day she is NOT GOING TO GET FAT.
if a FAT LADY eats 2000 cals a day she WILL lose weight.
The physics must be that a person of 18 stone (like me) must eat about 3400 cals a day to maintain their weight. a 12 stone woman must eat 2000 calories a day to maintain her weight. simples.
so what I MEANT was WHY WASNT I LOSING WEIGHT!!! LOLOLOL
You cant stay fat and eat 2000 cals. Its not possible... BUT I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh the frustration.
Anyway, I didnt get the chance to respond to that on the show because I had already been talking for 40 minutes and it was about to end! Plus I was terrified remember! HAHA
But I think anyone listening would have got it.
I am going to write a series of posts as theres been a lot going on in my life over the last few months so be sure to read them all!
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type='html'>Today I was on a radio show talking about how my lap band went wrong and why I am still the same weight as I was when I was banded. There was lots of back story too, and I was on for 45 minutes. For the entire time I was wanting to evacuate myself. I was terrified. When I finished and got in the car I thought I was going to have a heart attack!!
Anyway, its very funny listening to yourself on the radio and even the presenter didnt sound the same so its actually comforting to know that we dont sound that random in real life! I did enjoy it immensley and I am very happy with my performance. I didnt fluff up and I didnt make an idiot of myself. It was the truth and that was it. Its was my story.
There was a guy who called in from Obesity UK who was very kind and stuff, but obviously didnt quite get what I was saying.
Its a long running topic for me whereby I stay under my calorie intake and dont lose weight... I said my diet is never more than 2000 cals. i.e. I often eat a lot less but thats the maximum and he said "2000 cals in the absolute maximum a lady should eat" so therefore that was why I wasnt losing weight...
hmmm
surely anyone on earth knows that if a lady eats 2000 cals a day she is NOT GOING TO GET FAT.
if a FAT LADY eats 2000 cals a day she WILL lose weight.
The physics must be that a person of 18 stone (like me) must eat about 3400 cals a day to maintain their weight. a 12 stone woman must eat 2000 calories a day to maintain her weight. simples.
so what I MEANT was WHY WASNT I LOSING WEIGHT!!! LOLOLOL
You cant stay fat and eat 2000 cals. Its not possible... BUT I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh the frustration.
Anyway, I didnt get the chance to respond to that on the show because I had already been talking for 40 minutes and it was about to end! Plus I was terrified remember! HAHA
But I think anyone listening would have got it.
I am going to write a series of posts as theres been a lot going on in my life over the last few months so be sure to read them all!
Unfill booked
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type='html'>Right, my next trip to Harley street is on the 10th August at 1:00pm.
That's worked out well actually. we will be on the way back from my mums house on the Sunday anyway, so stopping off at Harley street on the way is purrrfect!
Yesterday was bad news. I got home from the meeting and went to bed with 4 trash magazines, a bottle of wine, a bar of cadburys caramel (not a little bar... the big 500g one!), a box of pringles and 3 packets of Worcester sauce flavour crisps and a 5 pack of kit kat chunky's!
I felt like total crap yesterday, emotionally, physically and mentally. I felt like I needed to go away for a while. I felt like I wanted to be on my own and have my own space for a while, do what I want to do and think about no one else. so it was nice having a couple of hours in bed on my own enjoying rubbish.
However, this morning I feel disappointed with myself. Sue really upset me and I was kicking back at her remarks. She is slim, 60, never had a weight problem and apparently all I needed to do was control my portions. Its easy apparently. I just needed to have a small piece of grilled protein and a salad and I would be fine. Now, I am so upset! Why didn't I just try and stop eating so much? OMG like I never thought of that. I have had a lap band. DEAR ME! Does she really think that I haven't tried EVERY DAMN THING IN THE WORLD.
There is not 1 thin person on earth that understands where fat people like me are coming from. I mean, if you got a bunch of us fatties together in a room, the reasons we all eat are so different from one another that even WE don't know why we do it, so how the HECK does she think she knows. I was furious.
I told her that for me, it was the swallowing part I love and infact it didn't matter what the food was I would just like to eat it. Apparently I was wrong, and I didnt enjoy that at all
She said:
" No, its the taste that makes people eat more. You just have to control yourself. Everyone gets to a point when they are full and they cant eat any more or they are sick. Its just greed"
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
What a moron. I hate thin people who think that we are gluttonous hogs. That is so TOTALLY wrong. I eat because I feel RUBBISH. I eat because I feel good, I eat because I lost weight and because I want to lose more and I eat because I don't lose weight.
Someone needs to find out what the hell is going on in our heads because it is NOT just a case of control.
I gave up fags. If I can do that I think I have pretty damn strong will power.
I cannot control my urge to eat.
So I was real pee'd off last night and felt really vulnerable and like some fat common dumb hick idiot who is just ignorant or something and only has enough brain cells to work a can opener.
She also said "I don't think overweight people realise that if they just have 3 small portioned meals a day that they would lose weight"
And when I said "Of course we do. We have been to EVERY damn slimming group and know all the rules and the do's and don'ts. We can follow it for a time, but we just eventually give up because the desire to eat is stronger than the desire to be slim."
"But its not like you don't care about what you look like, because you do..."
"Yes, I really do care what I look like but I don't care enough to stop eating. Infact I eat more because I look so grim"
"well put a picture of your self on the fridge and that will stop you"
I took her to my fridge and showed her the 2 full sized nude me's. 1 at my fattest and one at 2 stone less. " I have done that. It doesn't disgust me enough to stop me eating."
" Well it should"
WHAT A BITCH. She might as well have looked me in the eye and told me I was a disgrace to humanity and I was greedy and gluttonous and disgusting and ignorant and that I have no control and am basically an animal.
Well, maybe its true. But let me think about that a little more. You live in my house.
That's right, you are a 60+ year old woman living in MY house, in the small box room.
You have no idea the amount of stuff I have been through, or the right to tell me what I should and shouldn't be able to do.
Just as I don't know what stuff you have been through, I don't comment on why a woman of 60+ is living in the box room of a young family, when they have 3 grown up children who were private boarding school educated, are now married and living all over the world with posh jobs etc. You have the poshest voice outside of Knightsbridge. You don't fit in here at all, and your kids don't even care enough about you to give you a duvet and pillow on their sofa.
You are getting back what you gave out.
I know I would choose being a unhappy fatty, dying young of diabetes or something and any day rather than squatting in a room and knowing that my 3 kids do not give a crud about me.
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type='html'>Right, my next trip to Harley street is on the 10th August at 1:00pm.
That's worked out well actually. we will be on the way back from my mums house on the Sunday anyway, so stopping off at Harley street on the way is purrrfect!
Yesterday was bad news. I got home from the meeting and went to bed with 4 trash magazines, a bottle of wine, a bar of cadburys caramel (not a little bar... the big 500g one!), a box of pringles and 3 packets of Worcester sauce flavour crisps and a 5 pack of kit kat chunky's!
I felt like total crap yesterday, emotionally, physically and mentally. I felt like I needed to go away for a while. I felt like I wanted to be on my own and have my own space for a while, do what I want to do and think about no one else. so it was nice having a couple of hours in bed on my own enjoying rubbish.
However, this morning I feel disappointed with myself. Sue really upset me and I was kicking back at her remarks. She is slim, 60, never had a weight problem and apparently all I needed to do was control my portions. Its easy apparently. I just needed to have a small piece of grilled protein and a salad and I would be fine. Now, I am so upset! Why didn't I just try and stop eating so much? OMG like I never thought of that. I have had a lap band. DEAR ME! Does she really think that I haven't tried EVERY DAMN THING IN THE WORLD.
There is not 1 thin person on earth that understands where fat people like me are coming from. I mean, if you got a bunch of us fatties together in a room, the reasons we all eat are so different from one another that even WE don't know why we do it, so how the HECK does she think she knows. I was furious.
I told her that for me, it was the swallowing part I love and infact it didn't matter what the food was I would just like to eat it. Apparently I was wrong, and I didnt enjoy that at all
She said:
" No, its the taste that makes people eat more. You just have to control yourself. Everyone gets to a point when they are full and they cant eat any more or they are sick. Its just greed"
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
What a moron. I hate thin people who think that we are gluttonous hogs. That is so TOTALLY wrong. I eat because I feel RUBBISH. I eat because I feel good, I eat because I lost weight and because I want to lose more and I eat because I don't lose weight.
Someone needs to find out what the hell is going on in our heads because it is NOT just a case of control.
I gave up fags. If I can do that I think I have pretty damn strong will power.
I cannot control my urge to eat.
So I was real pee'd off last night and felt really vulnerable and like some fat common dumb hick idiot who is just ignorant or something and only has enough brain cells to work a can opener.
She also said "I don't think overweight people realise that if they just have 3 small portioned meals a day that they would lose weight"
And when I said "Of course we do. We have been to EVERY damn slimming group and know all the rules and the do's and don'ts. We can follow it for a time, but we just eventually give up because the desire to eat is stronger than the desire to be slim."
"But its not like you don't care about what you look like, because you do..."
"Yes, I really do care what I look like but I don't care enough to stop eating. Infact I eat more because I look so grim"
"well put a picture of your self on the fridge and that will stop you"
I took her to my fridge and showed her the 2 full sized nude me's. 1 at my fattest and one at 2 stone less. " I have done that. It doesn't disgust me enough to stop me eating."
" Well it should"
WHAT A BITCH. She might as well have looked me in the eye and told me I was a disgrace to humanity and I was greedy and gluttonous and disgusting and ignorant and that I have no control and am basically an animal.
Well, maybe its true. But let me think about that a little more. You live in my house.
That's right, you are a 60+ year old woman living in MY house, in the small box room.
You have no idea the amount of stuff I have been through, or the right to tell me what I should and shouldn't be able to do.
Just as I don't know what stuff you have been through, I don't comment on why a woman of 60+ is living in the box room of a young family, when they have 3 grown up children who were private boarding school educated, are now married and living all over the world with posh jobs etc. You have the poshest voice outside of Knightsbridge. You don't fit in here at all, and your kids don't even care enough about you to give you a duvet and pillow on their sofa.
You are getting back what you gave out.
I know I would choose being a unhappy fatty, dying young of diabetes or something and any day rather than squatting in a room and knowing that my 3 kids do not give a crud about me.
#49) The Magic of intentional THOUGHT (mind)
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Today's blog will attempt to detail how to help yourself get positive when you are feeling down. All of us have "down" days but some folks have lots of down days and their down days are crash and burn days. The most important thing we can do for ourselves is to learn how to shift from negative to positive, what is important is that you feel "better". When you feel "better", you are in a more positive state, you are more effective in your life and you are an asset to your loved ones. When you are down and in a negative state, you are not as effective in your life and you are finding stress and problems all about. The big question is, "how do I shift out of the funk and pivot into a better place using my own efforts so that I feel better?" I am going to show you how, BUT, you have to want to change, as I say, you have to want to "change your mind". When you are negative you are in a state of mind that is polar opposite from that state of mind when you are positive and therefore you will find yourself sarcastic, critical, irritated, frustrated, angry and overwhelmed and confused by any process offered that can help you change. That is the nature of being negative, so understand that you are going to be naturally resistant. So here is how the game is played, I am going to teach/allow you to "baby-step" your way to feeling better.
Lets start with you noticing your breathing, take a deep yet relaxed full breath in, for 3 or 4 seconds and a slow and controlled breath out, for 3 or 4 seconds. When we are stressed we take short choppy breaths and we have periods of actually holding our breath and not even knowing it. We need nice deep relaxed full breaths to oxygenate ourselves and to improve our heart rhythms, it is actually difficult to be stressed when we are breathing nice deep relaxed breaths. Try to continue this type of full breathing and ideally make it a habit, try to imagine your breath in and out, instead of breathing up and down. Imagine that your inhale goes in back towards your spine and when you exhale and breathe out, the direction is out through your chest. (also experiment with breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth.)
Now, find something having to do with your body that you can actually generate some degree of appreciation for, maybe the fact that you are able to breathe, try to feel some degree of thankfulness for your lungs and the vital work they do for you. If there is a body part that does not hurt, go there and show some appreciation for not having any pain in that joint or muscle and just say a sincere thank you to that body part and feel grateful for no pain. Look around and locate a vibrant color that you like and give appreciation for the beauty of colors and for the amazing gift of sight and say to yourself, thank you, thank you , thank you. Now, go back to your lungs and be thankful and appreciative again for your ability to breathe and say thank you for healthy lungs and for the ever abundant oxygen nature provides. And as you do so, generate a feeling of sincere gratitude and then try to give your lungs and the gift of breathe even more appreciation, just a little bit more and say thank you again. Next, go to that same area of your body that has no pain and feel again the thankfulness you have for having no pain and for the function that body part provides for you and feel some gratitude and then try to feel just a bit more gratitude and say thank you... "Baby step" your way to feeling better as you establish more and more sincere appreciation, gratitude and thankfulness at this very moment.
So what you want to do is to become aware of what ever you can pertaining to your body or your immediate environment for which you can find yourself appreciative of and thankful for. Then go back and try to feel that appreciation again and make it just a bit stronger. Notice how your clothes feel against your body and if it feels good, say thank you and if you can hear a sound, say thank you for your ability to hear and if you can see something interesting or pleasant, maybe something in nature, see if you can find some appreciation for what you see and then feel the gratitude you are generating and say thank you , thank you, thank you and feel how good that feels. Then go back and give ever more feelings of appreciation and gratitude to what you just found and make it stronger.
Spend your time focusing on and giving your attention to anything and everything that you can bestow your feeling of appreciation and gratitude and thankfulness for. It could be the sunshine, the rain, the clouds, the breeze, the trees, the birds, the road, the internet, electricity, your family, your dog, your car, your shoes, music, tv, a shower, coffee and folks who grow it for you, fruit and fruit trees and all the people involved in growing and delivering that piece of fruit especially for you, soap, the towel, toothbrush, fresh water, your neighbors, neighborhood, your city... Become creative, there is no limit to the object/subjects of your gratitude and thankfulness.
Understand that the effectiveness of this process is not so much just the "thought" of Appreciation, Gratitude and Thankfulness (A.G.T). The real magic is in the sincere intensity of the "feeling" that is created/generated by your focus and attention to the object/subject of your intentional thought. Soon you will begin to feel as if you are pulsing and radiating this good feeling of (A.G.T), realize this feeling is an energy and it has a distinct vibration and frequency. You will know the distinct nature of this energy by how it makes you feel. Its character can be well differentiated from the feeling/energy of sadness, anger, frustration, anxiety and hopelessness. Bathe yourself in this good positive healing energy and send it to your loved ones and to any area of your life that needs healing or improvement.
What we are doing with this process is we are "baby-stepping" our way OUT of our preoccupation with the past or future-that has gotten us into our current state of funk and we are now actively immersing ourselves INTO the present moment, where we search for anything we can find to appreciate and to be thankful for. If you can continue along this line of thinking and feeling, you will slowly begin to feel better and better and you will find that you will be able to shift yourself out of negativity and into the direction of feeling positively better. You will shift or pivot yourself little by little as if climbing out of a dark dank hole one ladder step at a time.
What we want to do is eventually re-pattern our thinking and feeling nature by intentionally giving our focus and attention to what we want in life and not on the "don't wants" that make us feel bad. What makes us miserable is when we focus and give our attention to what we don't want or to the absence or lack of what we do want. Keep yourself pointed in thought-in the direction of what you want, your desired state, and on the solutions to getting there vs the negative focus on the don't wants in your life and all the problems. It is all a matter of choice and we can make a positive choice of thought that makes us feel good with more peace and calm and joy and happiness or we can choose the misery of a negative focus. I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who once said, "most people are just about as happy in their lives as they make up their mind to be."
The magic of intentional thought is for everyone and anyone who wants to be THE creative force for what they experience in their life. You now have the process of how to make your life better in all ways, as the tone of your inner core resonates with the frequency of positive pure energy. If it all sounds a little "flakey" and "new age-y," give it a try for 24 hours and let me know how you feel. As your "tone" changes and you begin to feel better, you will experience the manifesting gifts of synchronicity, where people, circumstances, situations and events seemingly line up naturally for you in beneficial, meaningful and coincidental ways because you are now attracting them into your experience. Albert Einstein once said, "There are only two ways to live your life. One as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
The DEEP Release Clear Mind Process is instrumental in allowing trapped emotions from negative past events to release-freeing us from the bondage of these entrenched neuro-chemical pathways and reactions within the brain and body. Once the highly charged negative emotions are erased, peace and calm reign and the transition into 4th dimensional thought and feeling is more easily achieved.
May you have greater peace and calm in your life always, until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle.
Dr. Doyle is a chiropractic physician with 37 years of clinical experience and great skills. He is a certified hypnotherapist registered with the State of Washington. He created and find tuned the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process over the past decade .
(Understand that this will be an effective procedure for lots of people but some folks will need professional care with their doctor. If you are depressed or have thoughts of suicide you want to report to the emergency room where you can be helped immediately. Depression should be handled with your doctor and not be dismissed or allowed to persist.)
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Lets start with you noticing your breathing, take a deep yet relaxed full breath in, for 3 or 4 seconds and a slow and controlled breath out, for 3 or 4 seconds. When we are stressed we take short choppy breaths and we have periods of actually holding our breath and not even knowing it. We need nice deep relaxed full breaths to oxygenate ourselves and to improve our heart rhythms, it is actually difficult to be stressed when we are breathing nice deep relaxed breaths. Try to continue this type of full breathing and ideally make it a habit, try to imagine your breath in and out, instead of breathing up and down. Imagine that your inhale goes in back towards your spine and when you exhale and breathe out, the direction is out through your chest. (also experiment with breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth.)
Now, find something having to do with your body that you can actually generate some degree of appreciation for, maybe the fact that you are able to breathe, try to feel some degree of thankfulness for your lungs and the vital work they do for you. If there is a body part that does not hurt, go there and show some appreciation for not having any pain in that joint or muscle and just say a sincere thank you to that body part and feel grateful for no pain. Look around and locate a vibrant color that you like and give appreciation for the beauty of colors and for the amazing gift of sight and say to yourself, thank you, thank you , thank you. Now, go back to your lungs and be thankful and appreciative again for your ability to breathe and say thank you for healthy lungs and for the ever abundant oxygen nature provides. And as you do so, generate a feeling of sincere gratitude and then try to give your lungs and the gift of breathe even more appreciation, just a little bit more and say thank you again. Next, go to that same area of your body that has no pain and feel again the thankfulness you have for having no pain and for the function that body part provides for you and feel some gratitude and then try to feel just a bit more gratitude and say thank you... "Baby step" your way to feeling better as you establish more and more sincere appreciation, gratitude and thankfulness at this very moment.
So what you want to do is to become aware of what ever you can pertaining to your body or your immediate environment for which you can find yourself appreciative of and thankful for. Then go back and try to feel that appreciation again and make it just a bit stronger. Notice how your clothes feel against your body and if it feels good, say thank you and if you can hear a sound, say thank you for your ability to hear and if you can see something interesting or pleasant, maybe something in nature, see if you can find some appreciation for what you see and then feel the gratitude you are generating and say thank you , thank you, thank you and feel how good that feels. Then go back and give ever more feelings of appreciation and gratitude to what you just found and make it stronger.
Spend your time focusing on and giving your attention to anything and everything that you can bestow your feeling of appreciation and gratitude and thankfulness for. It could be the sunshine, the rain, the clouds, the breeze, the trees, the birds, the road, the internet, electricity, your family, your dog, your car, your shoes, music, tv, a shower, coffee and folks who grow it for you, fruit and fruit trees and all the people involved in growing and delivering that piece of fruit especially for you, soap, the towel, toothbrush, fresh water, your neighbors, neighborhood, your city... Become creative, there is no limit to the object/subjects of your gratitude and thankfulness.
Understand that the effectiveness of this process is not so much just the "thought" of Appreciation, Gratitude and Thankfulness (A.G.T). The real magic is in the sincere intensity of the "feeling" that is created/generated by your focus and attention to the object/subject of your intentional thought. Soon you will begin to feel as if you are pulsing and radiating this good feeling of (A.G.T), realize this feeling is an energy and it has a distinct vibration and frequency. You will know the distinct nature of this energy by how it makes you feel. Its character can be well differentiated from the feeling/energy of sadness, anger, frustration, anxiety and hopelessness. Bathe yourself in this good positive healing energy and send it to your loved ones and to any area of your life that needs healing or improvement.
What we are doing with this process is we are "baby-stepping" our way OUT of our preoccupation with the past or future-that has gotten us into our current state of funk and we are now actively immersing ourselves INTO the present moment, where we search for anything we can find to appreciate and to be thankful for. If you can continue along this line of thinking and feeling, you will slowly begin to feel better and better and you will find that you will be able to shift yourself out of negativity and into the direction of feeling positively better. You will shift or pivot yourself little by little as if climbing out of a dark dank hole one ladder step at a time.
What we want to do is eventually re-pattern our thinking and feeling nature by intentionally giving our focus and attention to what we want in life and not on the "don't wants" that make us feel bad. What makes us miserable is when we focus and give our attention to what we don't want or to the absence or lack of what we do want. Keep yourself pointed in thought-in the direction of what you want, your desired state, and on the solutions to getting there vs the negative focus on the don't wants in your life and all the problems. It is all a matter of choice and we can make a positive choice of thought that makes us feel good with more peace and calm and joy and happiness or we can choose the misery of a negative focus. I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who once said, "most people are just about as happy in their lives as they make up their mind to be."
The magic of intentional thought is for everyone and anyone who wants to be THE creative force for what they experience in their life. You now have the process of how to make your life better in all ways, as the tone of your inner core resonates with the frequency of positive pure energy. If it all sounds a little "flakey" and "new age-y," give it a try for 24 hours and let me know how you feel. As your "tone" changes and you begin to feel better, you will experience the manifesting gifts of synchronicity, where people, circumstances, situations and events seemingly line up naturally for you in beneficial, meaningful and coincidental ways because you are now attracting them into your experience. Albert Einstein once said, "There are only two ways to live your life. One as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
The DEEP Release Clear Mind Process is instrumental in allowing trapped emotions from negative past events to release-freeing us from the bondage of these entrenched neuro-chemical pathways and reactions within the brain and body. Once the highly charged negative emotions are erased, peace and calm reign and the transition into 4th dimensional thought and feeling is more easily achieved.
May you have greater peace and calm in your life always, until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle.
Dr. Doyle is a chiropractic physician with 37 years of clinical experience and great skills. He is a certified hypnotherapist registered with the State of Washington. He created and find tuned the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process over the past decade .
(Understand that this will be an effective procedure for lots of people but some folks will need professional care with their doctor. If you are depressed or have thoughts of suicide you want to report to the emergency room where you can be helped immediately. Depression should be handled with your doctor and not be dismissed or allowed to persist.)
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type='html'>Lost a little bit more. Very peculiar. Weighed in yesterday at 119kgs, so that's pretty good.
Found that this week it's not been that hard to cook every day and leave all the crap out of my diet. If I am basically happy and not too tired I can manage to cook every day, get inspiration to cook and also, most importantly, not snack/end up puking.
Relaxing when I eat has had a big job to play into being ABLE to eat and essentially my emotional well being.
Contrary to practically every other bandster on earth, I seem to do better when I have my dinner on a plate, late at night, in front of the telly, take 3 hours to eat it and drink whilst doing it.
Yep. this is TOTALLY the 'wrong' way to do it apparently but its been brilliant. I think I have found that this is actually the right way for me.
Every day this week I have had soup for late breakfast and lunch then in the evening made dinner with the family. I give myself a plate of dinner too and sit down with them with it in front of me. I have eaten about 3 mouthfuls by the time they have all finished, so I just shove it in the microwave and then wash up, tidy up, get DS to bed, get a big pot of green tea on the brew and prepare myself.
I put a dining chair next to the sofa, put the pot of green tea on it, a cup and my dinner. Then I switch to my favorite programme with DH and we sit and veg. I slowly enjoy my meal, enjoy my tea, and then its time for bed.
This is absolutely freaking PERFECT for me.
It totally cures the "nibble at nightime" thing I used to have going on.
It totally cures the "I can't eat/ *retch*" situation if I try and eat with the family
It totally cures the "they have nice things to eat and I am deprived" emotional turmoil in my head
It makes me relax, take things slow, wind down, spend quality time with DH(ok that can be debated as it is just TV) and also end the day contented and satiated with a minimal amount of calories.
When I was trying to eat my protein first, trying to eat three meals a day etc... it just didn't work and I would puke and then feel rubbish and then eat a slider/chocolate that made me feel happy, full but also fatter.
I have never felt that sweet spot in all the 4 years I have had the band, but I think I've wasted a lot of time looking and to be honest I know I have good restriction. I don't feel hungry. Period. If I ate a bite of bread straight off I would vomit. If I eat too quick/don't chew things to death, I have to either:
1.) Stop and wait
2.) continue above + real deep slow breathing for a minute or two (give a slight buzz!! LOL)
or 3.) Puke
I have been scared as a rabbit in the headlights about breaking my band. After it broke the first time, I have been paranoia central worried about slips and breakage and port rupture etc. I have been so prissy with this thing but using it wrong all at the same time.
If anything it's only this last few weeks since we came back from holiday that I have felt normal. I kind of feel it's OK to be banded. It feels settled, not jerky or sore and I am not scared to eat like I was before in case something got stuck etc. Maybe the easy approach where I just get on with it is actually the best approach for me.
We shall see.
When we came back from holiday I wanted to get a new bracelet. I had one that my dad found in the street. It was pearls and silver plated beads on elastic and it was really nice. The elastic was getting frayed after a few weeks so I asked for it to be put on wire. It came back from our jeweller on nylon with the phrase "this is just as strong" on the bag.
So I wore it, but I really wanted it on silver wire just because it would look better. Anyway after about 3 weeks the bracelet pinged off my arm and showered the car in beads! The little round silver plated beads were very very sharp at the centre as they were made from thin copper and had basically cut through the nylon!
So I gathered up as many as I could and sent them back with a note saying "Obviously not! Put it on WIRE!" on the bag. 6 Weeks later I got it back on some metal wire, which made the whole thing smell like iron or hot pennies and the pattern was wack and some of the beads were even back to front. I think our dog would have made a better pattern match to be honest!
Anyway, although it wasn't the same, I wore it and it was OK I guess, but the ring like clasp they had put on it originally just kept catching on my clothes and whilst we were on holiday it pulled again and the ring clasp pulled all out of shape like a bent paper clip.
I was so disappointed. I had worn it for about 8 weeks out of the 6 months I had had it because of the time it had taken to get it mended (i.e.being for me and not for a 'real' customer) so I just took it off and threw it in the wash bag. I said to DH that when we got back I would make a new one from his Pandora style bead supplier Chrysalis.
So I found all my beads and spacers that I wanted:
And they all of together to make this:
The double chin was of course optional!!
I know it's not a typical Pandora style design that I have chosen but its very close to the original bracelet that my dad found only solid silver and larger. I love all those colourful pretty beads but they just don't look right on me. I nearly had one when we first got the Chrysalis in stock, but it just looked wrong. I also don't like the fact that when you have a few beads on they fall to the bottom of your wrist so you can't really see it. I like them all completely filled up with beads so I can enjoy it too not just the table top!
So I am absolutely thrilled with it. They must have thought we were mental when I said I wanted 9 pearl beads, 7 barrel spacers, 16 Swarovsky Chrystal spacers and a just 1 locket charm!
It's so great having our own shop cos there is NO WAY on this earth I would spend £450 on this bracelet. It cost me £125 trade which I did feel a bit sick at but then it is solid silver and pearl. it will last forever unlike the one my dad found on the street by the playing fields at the back of his house.
The old one was so lovely too, but no one claimed it. It wouldn't have cost that much but it was really nice. they took it to the police and put a card in the shop window but no one claimed it after 3 months so it was theirs. I loved it to bits, literally!! I will keep hold of it as I cant bear to just chuck it, and maybe one day if DS has a little girl she can have it to play dress up with me!
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type='html'>Lost a little bit more. Very peculiar. Weighed in yesterday at 119kgs, so that's pretty good.
Found that this week it's not been that hard to cook every day and leave all the crap out of my diet. If I am basically happy and not too tired I can manage to cook every day, get inspiration to cook and also, most importantly, not snack/end up puking.
Relaxing when I eat has had a big job to play into being ABLE to eat and essentially my emotional well being.
Contrary to practically every other bandster on earth, I seem to do better when I have my dinner on a plate, late at night, in front of the telly, take 3 hours to eat it and drink whilst doing it.
Yep. this is TOTALLY the 'wrong' way to do it apparently but its been brilliant. I think I have found that this is actually the right way for me.
Every day this week I have had soup for late breakfast and lunch then in the evening made dinner with the family. I give myself a plate of dinner too and sit down with them with it in front of me. I have eaten about 3 mouthfuls by the time they have all finished, so I just shove it in the microwave and then wash up, tidy up, get DS to bed, get a big pot of green tea on the brew and prepare myself.
I put a dining chair next to the sofa, put the pot of green tea on it, a cup and my dinner. Then I switch to my favorite programme with DH and we sit and veg. I slowly enjoy my meal, enjoy my tea, and then its time for bed.
This is absolutely freaking PERFECT for me.
It totally cures the "nibble at nightime" thing I used to have going on.
It totally cures the "I can't eat/ *retch*" situation if I try and eat with the family
It totally cures the "they have nice things to eat and I am deprived" emotional turmoil in my head
It makes me relax, take things slow, wind down, spend quality time with DH(ok that can be debated as it is just TV) and also end the day contented and satiated with a minimal amount of calories.
When I was trying to eat my protein first, trying to eat three meals a day etc... it just didn't work and I would puke and then feel rubbish and then eat a slider/chocolate that made me feel happy, full but also fatter.
I have never felt that sweet spot in all the 4 years I have had the band, but I think I've wasted a lot of time looking and to be honest I know I have good restriction. I don't feel hungry. Period. If I ate a bite of bread straight off I would vomit. If I eat too quick/don't chew things to death, I have to either:
1.) Stop and wait
2.) continue above + real deep slow breathing for a minute or two (give a slight buzz!! LOL)
or 3.) Puke
I have been scared as a rabbit in the headlights about breaking my band. After it broke the first time, I have been paranoia central worried about slips and breakage and port rupture etc. I have been so prissy with this thing but using it wrong all at the same time.
If anything it's only this last few weeks since we came back from holiday that I have felt normal. I kind of feel it's OK to be banded. It feels settled, not jerky or sore and I am not scared to eat like I was before in case something got stuck etc. Maybe the easy approach where I just get on with it is actually the best approach for me.
We shall see.
When we came back from holiday I wanted to get a new bracelet. I had one that my dad found in the street. It was pearls and silver plated beads on elastic and it was really nice. The elastic was getting frayed after a few weeks so I asked for it to be put on wire. It came back from our jeweller on nylon with the phrase "this is just as strong" on the bag.
So I wore it, but I really wanted it on silver wire just because it would look better. Anyway after about 3 weeks the bracelet pinged off my arm and showered the car in beads! The little round silver plated beads were very very sharp at the centre as they were made from thin copper and had basically cut through the nylon!
So I gathered up as many as I could and sent them back with a note saying "Obviously not! Put it on WIRE!" on the bag. 6 Weeks later I got it back on some metal wire, which made the whole thing smell like iron or hot pennies and the pattern was wack and some of the beads were even back to front. I think our dog would have made a better pattern match to be honest!
Anyway, although it wasn't the same, I wore it and it was OK I guess, but the ring like clasp they had put on it originally just kept catching on my clothes and whilst we were on holiday it pulled again and the ring clasp pulled all out of shape like a bent paper clip.
I was so disappointed. I had worn it for about 8 weeks out of the 6 months I had had it because of the time it had taken to get it mended (i.e.being for me and not for a 'real' customer) so I just took it off and threw it in the wash bag. I said to DH that when we got back I would make a new one from his Pandora style bead supplier Chrysalis.
So I found all my beads and spacers that I wanted:
And they all of together to make this:
The double chin was of course optional!!
I know it's not a typical Pandora style design that I have chosen but its very close to the original bracelet that my dad found only solid silver and larger. I love all those colourful pretty beads but they just don't look right on me. I nearly had one when we first got the Chrysalis in stock, but it just looked wrong. I also don't like the fact that when you have a few beads on they fall to the bottom of your wrist so you can't really see it. I like them all completely filled up with beads so I can enjoy it too not just the table top!
So I am absolutely thrilled with it. They must have thought we were mental when I said I wanted 9 pearl beads, 7 barrel spacers, 16 Swarovsky Chrystal spacers and a just 1 locket charm!
It's so great having our own shop cos there is NO WAY on this earth I would spend £450 on this bracelet. It cost me £125 trade which I did feel a bit sick at but then it is solid silver and pearl. it will last forever unlike the one my dad found on the street by the playing fields at the back of his house.
The old one was so lovely too, but no one claimed it. It wouldn't have cost that much but it was really nice. they took it to the police and put a card in the shop window but no one claimed it after 3 months so it was theirs. I loved it to bits, literally!! I will keep hold of it as I cant bear to just chuck it, and maybe one day if DS has a little girl she can have it to play dress up with me!
#4) The Real Value
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The real value of losing the weight is not in looking good , even though this is the prime motivator 95% of the time. From my perspective the real value is regaining your health. I will start detailing the health ramifications of folks who are overweight and I will not be grabbing at statistics from journals, I will be providing you with the facts from the individual clients we coach in our 30/10 Weight Loss For Life Bellevue clinic every day.
Obesity is defined as a person who is 20%+ over their ideal weight, maybe your ideal weight is the weight you graduated high school or maybe it is a weight we compute once we know your body fat % and your muscle mass % and your visceral fat rating and we then coordinate these numbers with your age, height and current weight. If you are a 5 ft. 4 inch female and you weigh 155 lbs. and your body fat is 40% and your visceral fat is 13% and you graduated high school at 120 lbs., I am going to guestimate (new word) your ideal weight may be around 125lbs. for starters and therefore you are now 30lbs. over ideal weight which defines you obese. Many folks in this condition will typically be experiencing low energy, poor sleep and a dark cloud mood. You may have heartburn or a burning stomach and some health issues, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, ... You may be taking some medications for some weight/diet related condition and may have been told you have low thyroid or some hormonal/ovarian troubles. Your body/metabolism is messed up you are told . Your doctor may have advised you on the last visit to go on a diet and exercise and you leave his/her office more frustrated then ever. You just figure the stubborn weight gain is a factor of getting older and having kids and genetics, so why try, it is all too overwhelming, so the hell with it. I will take the pills you conclude, put on a happy face and go about my day, feeling sick and tired and depressed and hopeless.
When you enter my downtown Bellevue 30/10 Weight Loss For Life clinic and I sit with you for a consultation and evaluation and if you are a candidate for one of my slim down programs then we can get started right away. I only require that you want to make a change in your life, I cannot make positive changes in you without you having the intention, the desire to become a new you. Your goal and objective must be weight loss for life, a new lifestyle, a new way of thinking. I take away the bad in your diet and we put the good back in. Dr. Nelson and I have co-authored our hot off the press new book, Weight Loss For Life and the emphasis of our program is not reaching a target weight but in creating a lifestyle change that is better and easier and healthier then the one you are living now. Our multifaceted approach to weight loss makes it easy and enjoyable and the process is fast and exciting. People feel so much better when they get those 20 30 40 50 ... pounds off as they delete the bad foods and replace with good foods. It is so much easier than you think , it just requires a person to stop the procrastination and make a committed decision. Procrastination and its good friends "excuse & denial" prevent folks from getting out of the rut. If we continue doing on into the future what we have done in the past, we will continue to get what we got.
Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle.
Dr. Doyle is co-developer of the 30/10 Weight Loss For Life program, women average a loss of 30 lbs. in 10 weeks, men average 50/10, and they love the program and the results. Dr. Doyle is a clinical hypnotherapist registered with the State of Washington and he has created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process. He is a chiropractic physician with over 35years experience and great skill. He understands that 50% of weight gain and weight loss is physical or diet related and the other 50% is mental/emotional/habit and he strives to address both aspects for a goal and objective of weight loss for life.
Obesity is defined as a person who is 20%+ over their ideal weight, maybe your ideal weight is the weight you graduated high school or maybe it is a weight we compute once we know your body fat % and your muscle mass % and your visceral fat rating and we then coordinate these numbers with your age, height and current weight. If you are a 5 ft. 4 inch female and you weigh 155 lbs. and your body fat is 40% and your visceral fat is 13% and you graduated high school at 120 lbs., I am going to guestimate (new word) your ideal weight may be around 125lbs. for starters and therefore you are now 30lbs. over ideal weight which defines you obese. Many folks in this condition will typically be experiencing low energy, poor sleep and a dark cloud mood. You may have heartburn or a burning stomach and some health issues, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, ... You may be taking some medications for some weight/diet related condition and may have been told you have low thyroid or some hormonal/ovarian troubles. Your body/metabolism is messed up you are told . Your doctor may have advised you on the last visit to go on a diet and exercise and you leave his/her office more frustrated then ever. You just figure the stubborn weight gain is a factor of getting older and having kids and genetics, so why try, it is all too overwhelming, so the hell with it. I will take the pills you conclude, put on a happy face and go about my day, feeling sick and tired and depressed and hopeless.
When you enter my downtown Bellevue 30/10 Weight Loss For Life clinic and I sit with you for a consultation and evaluation and if you are a candidate for one of my slim down programs then we can get started right away. I only require that you want to make a change in your life, I cannot make positive changes in you without you having the intention, the desire to become a new you. Your goal and objective must be weight loss for life, a new lifestyle, a new way of thinking. I take away the bad in your diet and we put the good back in. Dr. Nelson and I have co-authored our hot off the press new book, Weight Loss For Life and the emphasis of our program is not reaching a target weight but in creating a lifestyle change that is better and easier and healthier then the one you are living now. Our multifaceted approach to weight loss makes it easy and enjoyable and the process is fast and exciting. People feel so much better when they get those 20 30 40 50 ... pounds off as they delete the bad foods and replace with good foods. It is so much easier than you think , it just requires a person to stop the procrastination and make a committed decision. Procrastination and its good friends "excuse & denial" prevent folks from getting out of the rut. If we continue doing on into the future what we have done in the past, we will continue to get what we got.
Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle.
Dr. Doyle is co-developer of the 30/10 Weight Loss For Life program, women average a loss of 30 lbs. in 10 weeks, men average 50/10, and they love the program and the results. Dr. Doyle is a clinical hypnotherapist registered with the State of Washington and he has created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process. He is a chiropractic physician with over 35years experience and great skill. He understands that 50% of weight gain and weight loss is physical or diet related and the other 50% is mental/emotional/habit and he strives to address both aspects for a goal and objective of weight loss for life.
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Detoxify the body, stop disease, reverse aging and improve health
Type = "html" > all the riches in the world is useless if you are unhealthy. You cannot enjoy your life if your body is weak and unable to function properly. You can miss all the wonderful things offered by our world today. Too exaggerated? Eh, probably not. As much as you want to enjoy your life to the fullest, your body is constantly bombarded with harmful chemicals.
Come from these chemicals come from you could ask for. In you don't know yet, your body is responsible for harmful chemicals which comes from foods, drinks that you've been drinking, things allows you to put up with your daily hygiene, smoke from cars and cigarettes, and many others. Every day, we are exposed to these harmful chemicals found around you.
Although the body has a natural way of healing itself, and freeing itself from these harmful chemicals, sometimes it can not handle the single process. More particularly if the already acidic body build ups. If you have lived an unhealthy lifestyle for many years, you can expect that you have developed generation acid ups, whether you like it or not.
It is high time that detoxify you your body, and the time to act is now. Not postpone for later, or that you will find yourself many symptoms of diseases and other diseases.
If you do not want to further develop a horrible disease or illness, why not buy a book written by Bruce Fife. The second edition of his book on body detox costs no more than $20. If you want to start detoxifying your body, buy now, and you'll have recourse to the expert.
Book of Fife rated high in many comments from consumers. The book is able to communicate is what Detox for your body. Regimens are usually followed by helping you get rid of toxic and noxious your body substances. As you know by now, the toxins can be inhaled in the foods you eat and the air you breathe. Some toxins are also produced within the body, and if the body does not work properly, these toxins may be squeezed out later can cause certain problems of body.
The book contains complete information about the way you go on your detoxification Home program. The natural detoxification system needs some kind of support to work properly, and this detoxification Home program can greatly help to restore the health of the body, stop diseases you have now, and reverse the signs of aging you've met all this time. The body is rejuvenated, and you will be once again alive and well.
A diet which consists of all-natural food is also featured in the book, including the youth among its chapters. The book explains how to go for the young and the other natural way to Detox the body.
However, there are some drawbacks on the book, as the author is a vegetarian. Some of the issues about food consumption only toxins that most people think of as impossible and be a vegetarian himself are reflected in its discussions biased in some chapters of the book.
If you want to try real estate complete body detox, purchase you the book. You'll have lots of help and important information.
-Detox by Bruce Fife
Come from these chemicals come from you could ask for. In you don't know yet, your body is responsible for harmful chemicals which comes from foods, drinks that you've been drinking, things allows you to put up with your daily hygiene, smoke from cars and cigarettes, and many others. Every day, we are exposed to these harmful chemicals found around you.
Although the body has a natural way of healing itself, and freeing itself from these harmful chemicals, sometimes it can not handle the single process. More particularly if the already acidic body build ups. If you have lived an unhealthy lifestyle for many years, you can expect that you have developed generation acid ups, whether you like it or not.
It is high time that detoxify you your body, and the time to act is now. Not postpone for later, or that you will find yourself many symptoms of diseases and other diseases.
If you do not want to further develop a horrible disease or illness, why not buy a book written by Bruce Fife. The second edition of his book on body detox costs no more than $20. If you want to start detoxifying your body, buy now, and you'll have recourse to the expert.
Book of Fife rated high in many comments from consumers. The book is able to communicate is what Detox for your body. Regimens are usually followed by helping you get rid of toxic and noxious your body substances. As you know by now, the toxins can be inhaled in the foods you eat and the air you breathe. Some toxins are also produced within the body, and if the body does not work properly, these toxins may be squeezed out later can cause certain problems of body.
The book contains complete information about the way you go on your detoxification Home program. The natural detoxification system needs some kind of support to work properly, and this detoxification Home program can greatly help to restore the health of the body, stop diseases you have now, and reverse the signs of aging you've met all this time. The body is rejuvenated, and you will be once again alive and well.
A diet which consists of all-natural food is also featured in the book, including the youth among its chapters. The book explains how to go for the young and the other natural way to Detox the body.
However, there are some drawbacks on the book, as the author is a vegetarian. Some of the issues about food consumption only toxins that most people think of as impossible and be a vegetarian himself are reflected in its discussions biased in some chapters of the book.
If you want to try real estate complete body detox, purchase you the book. You'll have lots of help and important information.
-Detox by Bruce Fife
11 and a half weeks since 2nd surgery
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This morning I weigh 17 stone 4 pounds.
2 weeks ago I weighed 17 stone 4 pounds.
I am not happy, but neither am I upset.
I did think with all the exercise I have done over the last few days that I would have lost weight. But then again I did have wine every single day. I know its my secret weightloss killer.
So now I am back home and back to food that I know doesn't have secret hidden calories in (and no wine!) I should start to see some results.
Roll on next Monday.
Next fill is on 10th February with Hospital group. I am then going to see the other guy who bunk mate went to see. Hopefully we should start kicking some serious butt.
Back to the grind then. I am spring cleaning as I cant stand the mess in this house any more. We have gotten rid of over 4000 books, and that's made space for me to get rid of a load of junk from inside, into the garage. Next stop the dump! Hurrah! So I am doing a home cleanse and then going to work. Late night tonight, so must make sure I have a good lunch and a snack for later.
Will update this later
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type='html'>Well, its a little while down the road since my second surgery.
This morning I weigh 17 stone 4 pounds.
2 weeks ago I weighed 17 stone 4 pounds.
I am not happy, but neither am I upset.
I did think with all the exercise I have done over the last few days that I would have lost weight. But then again I did have wine every single day. I know its my secret weightloss killer.
So now I am back home and back to food that I know doesn't have secret hidden calories in (and no wine!) I should start to see some results.
Roll on next Monday.
Next fill is on 10th February with Hospital group. I am then going to see the other guy who bunk mate went to see. Hopefully we should start kicking some serious butt.
Back to the grind then. I am spring cleaning as I cant stand the mess in this house any more. We have gotten rid of over 4000 books, and that's made space for me to get rid of a load of junk from inside, into the garage. Next stop the dump! Hurrah! So I am doing a home cleanse and then going to work. Late night tonight, so must make sure I have a good lunch and a snack for later.
Will update this later
Lapband Fill with pictures (the shame!)
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type='html'>Well today I done got me a cheeky fill!
I now have 6.5mls in my band. I had a little freak out earlier as I glugged some orange juice and it just sat there. ARGHHHHHHHH and for an hour it was sat sitting there and in the end had to barf. Since then all has been well. I vaguely remember that orange juice can have that effect. I think I had had a milky coffee earlier so it could have curdles with it... who knows. But at present its all ok.
Here follows a grotesque (i.e. my guttage) section of photos of me having a fill. it was a bad angle ok????!!! My lovely husband is to blame!
All sorted. I hate having to roll down my trousers to my caesarian scar hang over point. Its so humiliating!! Oh well, never mind. Soon I will be a scrawny bint! YAY thanks Jane!
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type='html'>Well today I done got me a cheeky fill!
I now have 6.5mls in my band. I had a little freak out earlier as I glugged some orange juice and it just sat there. ARGHHHHHHHH and for an hour it was sat sitting there and in the end had to barf. Since then all has been well. I vaguely remember that orange juice can have that effect. I think I had had a milky coffee earlier so it could have curdles with it... who knows. But at present its all ok.
Here follows a grotesque (i.e. my guttage) section of photos of me having a fill. it was a bad angle ok????!!! My lovely husband is to blame!
All sorted. I hate having to roll down my trousers to my caesarian scar hang over point. Its so humiliating!! Oh well, never mind. Soon I will be a scrawny bint! YAY thanks Jane!
Freezing
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Yesterday I went for another fill. I had 0.3mls put in. This takes me to 6.3ml in my band.
I cant say that I feel a whole lot different, but I am not sure...
This is such a surreal thing. I know what 'way to tight' feels like. I know what 'oh so slack' feels like. What I have now is I think different to a few days ago... but I'm not sure.
Hmmm. I will monitor it for a few days and see.
Today's intake:
Breakfast
1 wholemeal pitta with cheese and onion sandwich filler
Lunch
1 bowl tomato soup and 2 slices bread and butter
Dinner
spaghetti carbonara and a green salad.
Snack
Vanilla fromage frais.
I have not been hungry between meals. I feel full and satisfied, but able to complete my meal. I have not been sick.
Hopefully this is it. I am slightly panicky that my band is broken... not because I actually think it is, but because in some strange sense I felt that when I was choking on every meal at least I knew the band was there, whereas now I am eating, albeit gingerly, adequate amounts. I am worried that something will go wrong, I guess because I have put on weight. I have put on 8 pounds in the last 4 weeks. 2 pounds a week since I had my really restrictive fill taken out. That's stressed me out a hell of a lot.
I just hope being back to work, coupled with 0.3ml will sort me out for a while. I don't think I can face another drive to London this month!
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type='html'>Its so cold in this house. My fingertips are blue.
Yesterday I went for another fill. I had 0.3mls put in. This takes me to 6.3ml in my band.
I cant say that I feel a whole lot different, but I am not sure...
This is such a surreal thing. I know what 'way to tight' feels like. I know what 'oh so slack' feels like. What I have now is I think different to a few days ago... but I'm not sure.
Hmmm. I will monitor it for a few days and see.
Today's intake:
Breakfast
1 wholemeal pitta with cheese and onion sandwich filler
Lunch
1 bowl tomato soup and 2 slices bread and butter
Dinner
spaghetti carbonara and a green salad.
Snack
Vanilla fromage frais.
I have not been hungry between meals. I feel full and satisfied, but able to complete my meal. I have not been sick.
Hopefully this is it. I am slightly panicky that my band is broken... not because I actually think it is, but because in some strange sense I felt that when I was choking on every meal at least I knew the band was there, whereas now I am eating, albeit gingerly, adequate amounts. I am worried that something will go wrong, I guess because I have put on weight. I have put on 8 pounds in the last 4 weeks. 2 pounds a week since I had my really restrictive fill taken out. That's stressed me out a hell of a lot.
I just hope being back to work, coupled with 0.3ml will sort me out for a while. I don't think I can face another drive to London this month!
Wednesday's Cruise in pictures
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The 35-year lapel pin. There were company anniversaries from 20 to 40 years (starting with 20 every five years is a milestone with a celebration). Total years of experience of the people being honored was 990 years. My best friend got the most applause because to know her is to love her.
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The day was fun. Good people, good food, good weather..
I ate as healthy as possible on the cruise considering we had to pre-order the food and no nutritional information available. I had salmon, mashed potatoes that were amazing but I ate only about 1/3 cup, and fresh asparagus. There was bread and a little salad before lunch and strawberry cheesecake afterwards that was the best cheesecake I've ever tasted (I had one very tiny bite). My best guesstimate using BodyMedia to log my food was 670 calories for that one meal. I had even left a lot of food on my plate.
Exercise lacking yesterday but I made up for it today (StairMaster).
Doctor appointment in the morning to review my lab results.
Too tired to write anything else (with my one hand).
What we saw when we got off the chartered bus from our corporate office.
From onboard the boat from the dining room.
From the top deck.
More from the deck
The top deck.
The 35-year lapel pin. There were company anniversaries from 20 to 40 years (starting with 20 every five years is a milestone with a celebration). Total years of experience of the people being honored was 990 years. My best friend got the most applause because to know her is to love her.
Had 3 meals today!
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type='html'>For breakfast I had half a pancake.
For lunch I had some Hungarian 'Gnoccedly' and 'Perkerd'. Y U M! I have absolutely NO idea how to spell these, so they are phonetic versions of what we were served up. Gnoccedly is a kind of homemade pasta put through a utensil that looks like a blunt cheese grater straight into boiling water. The result is a kind of pasta that looks like mini cumulus clouds... like the italian Gnocci but smaller and very tasty. This is then covered in this stuff called 'Perkerd'. Its chicken drumsticks cooked in an onion puree with pepper and paprika, tomato and sour cream sauce. Its wonderful. I managed a bowl of the pasta and a little of the sauce on it. I didn't even bother with the chicken.
For dinner I had a full Sunday Roast. 1 sprig of broccoli, 1 spoon carrots, 1/2 slice beef, 1/2 roast potato and a Yorkshire pudding smothered in gravy and horseradish served up on a tea plate. It was delish!
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type='html'>For breakfast I had half a pancake.
For lunch I had some Hungarian 'Gnoccedly' and 'Perkerd'. Y U M! I have absolutely NO idea how to spell these, so they are phonetic versions of what we were served up. Gnoccedly is a kind of homemade pasta put through a utensil that looks like a blunt cheese grater straight into boiling water. The result is a kind of pasta that looks like mini cumulus clouds... like the italian Gnocci but smaller and very tasty. This is then covered in this stuff called 'Perkerd'. Its chicken drumsticks cooked in an onion puree with pepper and paprika, tomato and sour cream sauce. Its wonderful. I managed a bowl of the pasta and a little of the sauce on it. I didn't even bother with the chicken.
For dinner I had a full Sunday Roast. 1 sprig of broccoli, 1 spoon carrots, 1/2 slice beef, 1/2 roast potato and a Yorkshire pudding smothered in gravy and horseradish served up on a tea plate. It was delish!
Leaving on a jet plane...again and again and again
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type='html'>For the third time in almost six weeks I'm sitting in the airport waiting for my flight to Fairbanks. Thanks Google for the free wi-fi at SeaTac.
This trip is going to be a hard one, but what I have to do is necessary. Ethically and morally I don't really have any other options. I can't go into details right now, but I'll post about it after it's all over.
58 days of tracking
I was inspired by Tony's post, Kim Kardashian 72 Day Trim Down. I have also needed to get back to tracking my food. Since my sister's stroke almost six weeks ago I haven't tracked a single day, not even one meal. I have a plan for this trip, I'm going to track all my food. It's the start of the Diana 58-day Trim Down plan. There are 58 days until 2012.
I would love to get to 160 by 2012. It sounds like a reasonable goal. Two months and 13 pounds. It's not a crazy number, although it is the holidays. Add in that there's going to be a lot of pressure on me the next few months. I guess that's why it's even more important than ever to really keep on top of what I'm eating and to keep up on the exercise. I could see myself easily gain a bunch of weight. Well, it's not going to happen if I can help it.
When I get back home I'll get back to using my BodyMedia. I haven't use it at all the last six weeks. I just didn't have time for such a luxury (ah...the good old days when all I had to worry about was the size of my pants). For now I'll just use a little notebook I carry in my purse and track my food and exercise.
Luckily my room is a suite this time at the Westmark (my favorite Fairbanks hotel). I'll have a microwave and fridge so I can heat up a few things in my room and not eat out for every meal. That will not only save money, but save calories too. I'm really sick of eating out.
Well, it's time to head on over to my gate. Boarding is in ten minutes. I hope to have time in Fairbanks to read a few blogs and actually comment. I miss you guys!
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type='html'>For the third time in almost six weeks I'm sitting in the airport waiting for my flight to Fairbanks. Thanks Google for the free wi-fi at SeaTac.
This trip is going to be a hard one, but what I have to do is necessary. Ethically and morally I don't really have any other options. I can't go into details right now, but I'll post about it after it's all over.
58 days of tracking
I was inspired by Tony's post, Kim Kardashian 72 Day Trim Down. I have also needed to get back to tracking my food. Since my sister's stroke almost six weeks ago I haven't tracked a single day, not even one meal. I have a plan for this trip, I'm going to track all my food. It's the start of the Diana 58-day Trim Down plan. There are 58 days until 2012.
I would love to get to 160 by 2012. It sounds like a reasonable goal. Two months and 13 pounds. It's not a crazy number, although it is the holidays. Add in that there's going to be a lot of pressure on me the next few months. I guess that's why it's even more important than ever to really keep on top of what I'm eating and to keep up on the exercise. I could see myself easily gain a bunch of weight. Well, it's not going to happen if I can help it.
When I get back home I'll get back to using my BodyMedia. I haven't use it at all the last six weeks. I just didn't have time for such a luxury (ah...the good old days when all I had to worry about was the size of my pants). For now I'll just use a little notebook I carry in my purse and track my food and exercise.
Luckily my room is a suite this time at the Westmark (my favorite Fairbanks hotel). I'll have a microwave and fridge so I can heat up a few things in my room and not eat out for every meal. That will not only save money, but save calories too. I'm really sick of eating out.
Well, it's time to head on over to my gate. Boarding is in ten minutes. I hope to have time in Fairbanks to read a few blogs and actually comment. I miss you guys!
Will lost
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type='html'>Ahhh guys, I really am struggling.
I was this morning 119kg, so no losses, and a bit of a gain since I bothered last time, but I am my own worst enemy.
I spend each day pretty much thus:
wake,
drink jasmine tea or black tea or black coffee
Possibly have lunch - maybe mashed potato with cheese, maybe a sandwich (prawn cocktail extra sauce on the side to help it down) maybe chicken noodle doodle packet soup. Usually nothing.
Mon/Tues/Wed
go to work, come home around 10pm order takeaway (current favorite, korma sauce for starter, followed by chicken madras and mushroom rice) or have a jacket potato with cheese and coleslaw + wine.
thursday/friday/sat/sunday
no work, so usually something I have made, but I rarely eat with the family. I like to wait, relax, take my time and eat at my pace on the sofa watching telly. I get myself a nice big pot of jasmine tea, my dinner, my favorite show that has been recorded on the sky+ and watch it.
Some meals I have made recently:
curry
spanakopita (spinach and cheese pie - greek dish, filo pastry etc)
waffles, beans, eggs & gammon
sausage & mash
jacket spuds
chicken salads
oh man its so depressing.
I don't know why I am even bothering to write this tripe down.
I am in a rut, know I have to change but just simply can't be bothered. Yesterday for instance I had 3 cadburys crunchie bars, 1 bowl of chickpea curry (homemade), 2 fishcakes, and a bag of prawns in cocktail sauce and half a bottle of red wine.
Why did I pick those things? I dunno. They didn't make me feel any better, I wasn't eating them because I felt bad/emotional/happy/sad I just ate them as that was what was around.
I got fish and chips for my son and his mate who was sleeping over, DH got his own thing when he went out in the evening to a show, Charlotte had dinner at her mates house, and I made the curry with rice for Al. I had a bowl of that whilst he was eating his cos it was tasty but that was it.
I later made myself the prawn thing and sat down and watched Dirty dancing: Havana nights (sweet film).
I am not feeling particularly hungry, but if I try hard enough - and you girls know what i mean i am sure - I can get a large meal down me.
I have never got this restriction word. Like actually understood it. Is restriction when you eat it stops in your throat, or a full feeling? I mean it's 9:20am. I have had nothing to drink and am straight out of bed so if i got a slice of toast/mouthful of porridge/rusk/cornflakes or even yogurt it would go GLUNK and sit there for ages. Is that restriction??
If I have a jasmine tea or 2 and then a mouthful of toast/porridge/rusk/cornflakes or yogurt it will go down. I will feel it - like "is it, isn't it hmmm" kind of feel it and then I will be able to have another bite 2 minutes later etc.... Is that what I should do?
Cos you know, I can never be bothered. Cos its such a flaming palaver, I just don't bother. I am not hungry, so why eat? Is this the mistake??
I get peckish around about 11am and normally will get something - a biscuit, or soup or something safe. Maybe I just know this band too well and know its weaknesses and its loop holes.
I am still heavier than I was at my operation date which is nearly 4 years ago now. It will be 4 years in February.
Oh man that just makes me wanna cry. I am still paying off the loan that I took out to have this surgery. I only have another year of that and then it's gone. It just feels like money for nothing.
I dunno if it's me, whether I am just not cut out for the band and I should have had the bypass, or what. I know we had a chat with the surgeon and he asked me all the questions to see which would suit me and there were several in our 'production line' Belgian weightloss surgery package club who were advised to have RNY. But not me. He said it would be fine.
I think I am just born to be a a fattie, but I worry about so much stuff right now that this is one thing I don't think I can look at. I have ruined hair, clothes that don't fit me filling my draws and a 2 week holiday looming down on me which is all inclusive and I have nothing to wear on and no money to change the situation with.
I am getting to the point where I really really do think that this isn't going to work for me now. I had hoped after unfilling my band for those 4 months would re-open the window of opportunity but it's not doing it the same as before. I just don't know what to do. Should I have another fill so that I am tighter than a ducks bum and only able to 'eat' fluids??
Should I be following some kind of diet?
Everyone higher up (fill nurse, doctors and even Dr. Dillemans) says that you just eat normally. I don't know what normal is. I don't seem to be able to control myself to eat the right things.
Maybe if I had a RNY I would get my act together because of the horrible side effects if I didn't. But maybe I would just find the loop holes again.
I really don't know which way is up. I don't really want placitudes, or hope, or help, I just needed to tell you all that this is the situation right now.
If I had £6k I would be on the way to Belgium I think. The only thing is, I am really scared of RNY surgery because my dad had bowel cancer and the stitches came undone inside him when they put his bowel back together and he nearly died by defecating inside his body cavity (see older posts). Apparently this is common.
Now I know RNY is not the bowel as such, but they do chop a bit and stitch it somewhere else right? What if it came undone?????????? this is what I am worried about. I would also want Dr. Dillemans to do the surgery in Belgium as I think its so much cleaner etc, but it's Belgium and if I had a problem what would happen???
I might go and visit my doctor and ask her. I mean people emigrate all the time so they cant like refuse to treat you right?
Or am I just chasing a dream that is unrealistic. Does it really matter? I have a son and husband who love and adore me and although my legs are starting to mottle with broken starburst veins from my lupus.... I am not going to die too young am I?
From Lupus information sheet:
Heart disease is more common than expected in patients with lupus and affects up to 10% of patients. Overall it is a factor in 30% of deaths in patients with lupus. Studies suggest that women aged 35-44 years with SLE are 50 times more likely to have a myocardial infarction (heart attack) than healthy women of the same age. Risk factors should be addressed eg stopping smoking, losing weight. High blood pressure should be lowered and any other contributory factors (such as the anti-phospholipid antibodies which cause 'sticky blood') treated.
I have systemic lupus and also anti-phospholipid syndrome. I am also 34 years old.
The outlook is pretty darn bleak.
Ok, I am gunna stop now. I don't seem to be able to keep my will strong and pro the cause long enough to make a difference and I don't know how I can change my inner drive so that it will stay the course.
Mind transplant?
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type='html'>Ahhh guys, I really am struggling.
I was this morning 119kg, so no losses, and a bit of a gain since I bothered last time, but I am my own worst enemy.
I spend each day pretty much thus:
wake,
drink jasmine tea or black tea or black coffee
Possibly have lunch - maybe mashed potato with cheese, maybe a sandwich (prawn cocktail extra sauce on the side to help it down) maybe chicken noodle doodle packet soup. Usually nothing.
Mon/Tues/Wed
go to work, come home around 10pm order takeaway (current favorite, korma sauce for starter, followed by chicken madras and mushroom rice) or have a jacket potato with cheese and coleslaw + wine.
thursday/friday/sat/sunday
no work, so usually something I have made, but I rarely eat with the family. I like to wait, relax, take my time and eat at my pace on the sofa watching telly. I get myself a nice big pot of jasmine tea, my dinner, my favorite show that has been recorded on the sky+ and watch it.
Some meals I have made recently:
curry
spanakopita (spinach and cheese pie - greek dish, filo pastry etc)
waffles, beans, eggs & gammon
sausage & mash
jacket spuds
chicken salads
oh man its so depressing.
I don't know why I am even bothering to write this tripe down.
I am in a rut, know I have to change but just simply can't be bothered. Yesterday for instance I had 3 cadburys crunchie bars, 1 bowl of chickpea curry (homemade), 2 fishcakes, and a bag of prawns in cocktail sauce and half a bottle of red wine.
Why did I pick those things? I dunno. They didn't make me feel any better, I wasn't eating them because I felt bad/emotional/happy/sad I just ate them as that was what was around.
I got fish and chips for my son and his mate who was sleeping over, DH got his own thing when he went out in the evening to a show, Charlotte had dinner at her mates house, and I made the curry with rice for Al. I had a bowl of that whilst he was eating his cos it was tasty but that was it.
I later made myself the prawn thing and sat down and watched Dirty dancing: Havana nights (sweet film).
I am not feeling particularly hungry, but if I try hard enough - and you girls know what i mean i am sure - I can get a large meal down me.
I have never got this restriction word. Like actually understood it. Is restriction when you eat it stops in your throat, or a full feeling? I mean it's 9:20am. I have had nothing to drink and am straight out of bed so if i got a slice of toast/mouthful of porridge/rusk/cornflakes or even yogurt it would go GLUNK and sit there for ages. Is that restriction??
If I have a jasmine tea or 2 and then a mouthful of toast/porridge/rusk/cornflakes or yogurt it will go down. I will feel it - like "is it, isn't it hmmm" kind of feel it and then I will be able to have another bite 2 minutes later etc.... Is that what I should do?
Cos you know, I can never be bothered. Cos its such a flaming palaver, I just don't bother. I am not hungry, so why eat? Is this the mistake??
I get peckish around about 11am and normally will get something - a biscuit, or soup or something safe. Maybe I just know this band too well and know its weaknesses and its loop holes.
I am still heavier than I was at my operation date which is nearly 4 years ago now. It will be 4 years in February.
Oh man that just makes me wanna cry. I am still paying off the loan that I took out to have this surgery. I only have another year of that and then it's gone. It just feels like money for nothing.
I dunno if it's me, whether I am just not cut out for the band and I should have had the bypass, or what. I know we had a chat with the surgeon and he asked me all the questions to see which would suit me and there were several in our 'production line' Belgian weightloss surgery package club who were advised to have RNY. But not me. He said it would be fine.
I think I am just born to be a a fattie, but I worry about so much stuff right now that this is one thing I don't think I can look at. I have ruined hair, clothes that don't fit me filling my draws and a 2 week holiday looming down on me which is all inclusive and I have nothing to wear on and no money to change the situation with.
I am getting to the point where I really really do think that this isn't going to work for me now. I had hoped after unfilling my band for those 4 months would re-open the window of opportunity but it's not doing it the same as before. I just don't know what to do. Should I have another fill so that I am tighter than a ducks bum and only able to 'eat' fluids??
Should I be following some kind of diet?
Everyone higher up (fill nurse, doctors and even Dr. Dillemans) says that you just eat normally. I don't know what normal is. I don't seem to be able to control myself to eat the right things.
Maybe if I had a RNY I would get my act together because of the horrible side effects if I didn't. But maybe I would just find the loop holes again.
I really don't know which way is up. I don't really want placitudes, or hope, or help, I just needed to tell you all that this is the situation right now.
If I had £6k I would be on the way to Belgium I think. The only thing is, I am really scared of RNY surgery because my dad had bowel cancer and the stitches came undone inside him when they put his bowel back together and he nearly died by defecating inside his body cavity (see older posts). Apparently this is common.
Now I know RNY is not the bowel as such, but they do chop a bit and stitch it somewhere else right? What if it came undone?????????? this is what I am worried about. I would also want Dr. Dillemans to do the surgery in Belgium as I think its so much cleaner etc, but it's Belgium and if I had a problem what would happen???
I might go and visit my doctor and ask her. I mean people emigrate all the time so they cant like refuse to treat you right?
Or am I just chasing a dream that is unrealistic. Does it really matter? I have a son and husband who love and adore me and although my legs are starting to mottle with broken starburst veins from my lupus.... I am not going to die too young am I?
From Lupus information sheet:
Heart disease is more common than expected in patients with lupus and affects up to 10% of patients. Overall it is a factor in 30% of deaths in patients with lupus. Studies suggest that women aged 35-44 years with SLE are 50 times more likely to have a myocardial infarction (heart attack) than healthy women of the same age. Risk factors should be addressed eg stopping smoking, losing weight. High blood pressure should be lowered and any other contributory factors (such as the anti-phospholipid antibodies which cause 'sticky blood') treated.
I have systemic lupus and also anti-phospholipid syndrome. I am also 34 years old.
The outlook is pretty darn bleak.
Ok, I am gunna stop now. I don't seem to be able to keep my will strong and pro the cause long enough to make a difference and I don't know how I can change my inner drive so that it will stay the course.
Mind transplant?
Good food for tight bands
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type='html'>I have had to create some nice mushy, healthy and nutritious foods to eat whilst very restricted.
The first is an especial favorite of mine - Bubble & Squeak. I used the cabbage from Sunday's Roast dinner and some mashed potato. I fried some garlic in a little olive oil and then mixed it into the plain mashed potato, added black and white pepper for a good 'ole kick, and then chopped the boiled red cabbage into small bits and dry fried it all in a very heavy pan.
Here's the mixture:
Now then, I know that we are to stay clear of mushy foods... but not when you are on a mushy diet on purpose! I am very restricted after infamous fill #13, and am NOT going to work with it. this means that I have liquids most of the day - protein drinks, soup, yogurt, jelly etc. then in the evening, I have a little soup to start my band off and let my tummy know food is on the way, and then a mushy meal cooked low fat, and in a healthy way. This is a lovely tasty dish that gets the taste buds watering, is easy to chew thoroughly and always stays down.
So here is the golden, lovely result:
Now, this concoction makes about 20 bandster portions, and i froze them all ready. it defrosts beautifully, and also purees with ease, so if you feel its not going down, then puree away and its gorgeous. It also means you can add a little water and it makes a good soup too!
So there we go, some little things to try. I will update this a bit later and I am off to work now.
Bye for now
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type='html'>I have had to create some nice mushy, healthy and nutritious foods to eat whilst very restricted.
The first is an especial favorite of mine - Bubble & Squeak. I used the cabbage from Sunday's Roast dinner and some mashed potato. I fried some garlic in a little olive oil and then mixed it into the plain mashed potato, added black and white pepper for a good 'ole kick, and then chopped the boiled red cabbage into small bits and dry fried it all in a very heavy pan.
Here's the mixture:
Now then, I know that we are to stay clear of mushy foods... but not when you are on a mushy diet on purpose! I am very restricted after infamous fill #13, and am NOT going to work with it. this means that I have liquids most of the day - protein drinks, soup, yogurt, jelly etc. then in the evening, I have a little soup to start my band off and let my tummy know food is on the way, and then a mushy meal cooked low fat, and in a healthy way. This is a lovely tasty dish that gets the taste buds watering, is easy to chew thoroughly and always stays down.
So here is the golden, lovely result:
Another of my favorites at the moment, the ultra healthy, low carb, Ratatouille. everyone makes it differently, but here is my recipe for yumminess:
4 or 5 courgettes, 3 aubergines, 1 red, 1 yellow & 1 green pepper, 20 pitted olives, 1 can of chopped plum tomatoes, 2 large white onions, 3 veg stock cubes, salt and pepper and 1/2tsp chilli flakes. Add 2 litres of water and simmer for about 2 hours. The water reduces, and the onion and aubergine kind of disappear making a thick sauce. This made an absolute vat of ratatouille, prompting my lodger Sue to ask "Did you happen to work in an army kitchen in a former life?". I do tend to be able to produce MASSIVE portions of meals, and my freezer is stocked full of little plastic bags of leftover something or other! It's great if you ask me!
Now, this concoction makes about 20 bandster portions, and i froze them all ready. it defrosts beautifully, and also purees with ease, so if you feel its not going down, then puree away and its gorgeous. It also means you can add a little water and it makes a good soup too!
So there we go, some little things to try. I will update this a bit later and I am off to work now.
Bye for now
#32) Slim Down from the Inside/out
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Last week I weighed in 10 of my Weight Loss for Life clients who had just completed their first full week on the program. A total of 6 men and 4 women and all the men began with an entry weight of over 246 pounds each. Each man lost 12 pounds their first week, with one gentleman dropping 12.8 pounds. They were all excited and enthusiastic about the program and amazed how easy it was. I expect for week two they will lose 8 to 10 pounds and then if they do as I advise they will continue to easily lose 5 to 7 pounds a week for the next 10 weeks of their slim down program.
The four women ranged in weight from 160 to 240 pounds and we had one drop 3.5 pound, 4.5 pounds, 5.5 pounds and 6.2 pounds for their first week. Their second week will be equally good and then they should average 3-5 pounds a week if they do as I advise.
I make the slim down program really easy and clients don't get hungry and the program is not hard but the program is precise. I incorporate some hypnosis as I am a clinical hypnotherapist. I also have my clients enjoy a 20 minute infrared sauna in our clinic, in conjunction with specific taped hypnosis sessions several times a week that begins to emotionally "shift" them as to how they look and feel about food and lifestyle issues.
I believe or should I say I understand that 50% of weight gain and weight loss is diet related and the other 50% is mental/emotional/habit, and both sides of this complicated equation must be addressed to achieve desired results, which is, weight loss for life.
The transformation we see in our clients is dramatic and inspiring, not just the physical transformation as the body slims down but the amazing transformation in their health profile. Energy returns, sleep is improved, acid reflux is history, activity level increases, moods are changed, libido returns, and medications are reduced or discontinued by their physician.
After a client reaches their ideal weight we have them come back for no charge weekly accountability weigh-ins that progress to bi-monthly weigh ins and then monthly weigh ins. We will not abandon you as we know the importance of support and accountability after the initial weight loss goal is achieved. The real goal for every 30/10 Weight Loss For Life client is weight loss for life and we will support and encourage you through out this lifetime process. It is easier than you think, you just have to be ready to take the action step that will allow you to slim you down from the inside (mental/emotional/habit and behavior) out.
Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle
The four women ranged in weight from 160 to 240 pounds and we had one drop 3.5 pound, 4.5 pounds, 5.5 pounds and 6.2 pounds for their first week. Their second week will be equally good and then they should average 3-5 pounds a week if they do as I advise.
I make the slim down program really easy and clients don't get hungry and the program is not hard but the program is precise. I incorporate some hypnosis as I am a clinical hypnotherapist. I also have my clients enjoy a 20 minute infrared sauna in our clinic, in conjunction with specific taped hypnosis sessions several times a week that begins to emotionally "shift" them as to how they look and feel about food and lifestyle issues.
I believe or should I say I understand that 50% of weight gain and weight loss is diet related and the other 50% is mental/emotional/habit, and both sides of this complicated equation must be addressed to achieve desired results, which is, weight loss for life.
The transformation we see in our clients is dramatic and inspiring, not just the physical transformation as the body slims down but the amazing transformation in their health profile. Energy returns, sleep is improved, acid reflux is history, activity level increases, moods are changed, libido returns, and medications are reduced or discontinued by their physician.
After a client reaches their ideal weight we have them come back for no charge weekly accountability weigh-ins that progress to bi-monthly weigh ins and then monthly weigh ins. We will not abandon you as we know the importance of support and accountability after the initial weight loss goal is achieved. The real goal for every 30/10 Weight Loss For Life client is weight loss for life and we will support and encourage you through out this lifetime process. It is easier than you think, you just have to be ready to take the action step that will allow you to slim you down from the inside (mental/emotional/habit and behavior) out.
Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle
blog awards
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I am really amazed that I got an award from Tina and also Barbara, thank you peeps!
I am amazed because I am the crappiest blogger right now and the baddest, fattest arsed bandster on the planet (any one want to challenge me on that? I dare ya!!)
But thank you.
So I am not quite sure wot I have to do, but I will give it a go.
Apparently, I have to place my award proudly on my page (will do that in a mo)
and then do the following.
2.) I am a trained cobbler. Not your mister minute variety, but a proper snobber - nails in mouth glue covered fingers and high on fumes. I have not practiced my art for some years, but if you needed a pair of shoes fixing and gave me the materials, then you would be impressed. I started a job at a shoe repair shop called R. Rhodes & Son for 8 hours a week when I was 13. I got paid a fortune of £1.50 per hour which gave me £12.00 to waste on sweets, magazines and junk every week. At first I worked in the shop taking in shoes and bags to mend, selling the shoe polish and shoes and plimsolls and keeping it tidy and stuff. When it was quiet, I used to go out the back and sit on the steps to the workshop while Old Mr Rhodes (who was older than God) ripped of soles, soaked boots in the water tub, and then realized he was doing the wrong job on the wrong pair of shoes and the younger Mr. Rhodes would sigh in despair at his poor old Dad, then we would all had a good laugh about it and talk about the world and how to put it right. The smell of the glue, the leather and the new shoes is still a delight to me. Then, gradually over the 4 years I worked there he would ask me to do little bits and bobs. It started with pricing the shoe repairs, which meant I had to learn the types of leather, heels and soles and all the different things so that I could price it right. Then he would ask me to trim the threads of the stitching repairs, then it would be skiving a bit of leather for a patch, then actually sticking the patch on, or repairing a dog chewed shoe with it, then a little bit of light hammering, then ripping the old soles off, then trimming the rubber heels with a knife and then when I had been preparing for about 2 years, I finally got to finish a pair on the machine. I wasn't aware that I was being trained, or anything, and if the little bell tinkled in the shop, I had to drop what I was doing and race up the steps, through the bead curtain and serve the customer, then go straight back to the job I was doing in the workshop. I loved being there, and was so upset when I had to leave because I started college. The money was rubbish, but the chat was rich, and I would have happily paid to work there. My brother took my job when I left, also aged 13 and he now has his own cobblers shop. Funny what happens huh!
3.) I have a basic education level, will die young and live a pretty mundane menial life according to the Office of National Statistics. The hard facts: I finished school at 16, took 9 GCSE's. I was married & pregnant in my teens. Sounds pretty grim. You get the idea - I should be barefoot and pregnant living in a caravan or council house with a filthy carpet and the place should be filled with that horrible sweet/sour smell from old chip fat and fag ends, have greasy hair with 1 inch bleach blonde root growth, have several teenage spotty children with at least 2 having an ASBO, time in juvenile detention or possibly in care, smoke, drink and go down the local pub daily with my benefit money. Hilarious! Although I went to college and university I have no other qualifications that I left school with - 9 GCSE's. On paper and in statistics I am qualified for nothing. In reality I have been running my own business for 14 years and own a large detached house, have no credit cards and a live with my husband who I have been with for 15 years on April 14th, we have 1 child (without an ASBO at the moment in time, or spots!) born well into wedlock. LOL
At college I did 14 A levels over the course of 4 years and I have completed 2 years of 3 degrees. Time and unforeseen occurrence befall us all, as the good book says, and this was the case. I have no need for a degree now, and no intention of getting one as I cant be bothered, but I learned a lot through the 2 years of each one that I did complete. The first one I dropped out of as we moved house. The second I left as I broke my knee cap and had too much time off. The third one I left because DS needed home schooling. It was then that I decided I was only getting a degree for the sake of having one, but also that it would be of no real use to me seeing as I fully intend to be a housewife, full time, as soon as I humanly possibly can.
My 14 A level courses came about because I joined a course, finished a year of it, and then changed course. If I had taken these courses these days, I would now have 14 AS level qualifications. That's how they work them now. You do one year and you get half an A level, and then you top it up to a full one in the second year. As it is, I did them between the age of 17 & 23 when you had to complete the full 2 years to get recognition for any of the work you did. That's my luck all over. So in reality I am a fully functioning adult, but statistically I am a drop kick waste of space. Cool.
4.) I want to be Asian. I really REALLY want to have been born Indian. I don't know why, but I wish I could become one. I like the way they dress, I like their culture and their sense of family and community and I enjoy being with my friends Rhuta and Gagan immensely and forget that I am white. Its always very disappointing leaving them and coming back to the English me.
5.) I love the programme Home and Away. I have watched it from the very first episode which aired here in the UK on a Saturday with Sally moving into the house with the Fletcher family. I know all about it, read up in advance and the day I sit down to watch it is the highlight of my week. I record the omnibus edition on Sky+ every Saturday morning while I am at work, and then I tease myself with it all week knowing its there for me to watch, like a chocolate mud pie in the fridge, and then when I cant stand it any more, I sit and watch the whole 2 hours in one hit with a bottle of wine and various treats.
6.) I am an excellent cook. I have no idea why, or how this happened, but I realized over the past year or so that I could totally wipe the floor with people in Master Chef. I never sing my praises, but this is one time I will. I can be given 3 ingredients and told to rustle something up, and I will. It will be tasty, nutritious, and I will know what went into it, the calories and all kinds of other stuff about it without having to think very hard at all. I can eat a meal at a restaurant and come home and reproduce it exactly. Today I had nothing in the fridge apart from 1 courgette (the other two were totally gone home with mould), some chicken, potato and cheese. I managed to create a Chicken and Potato gratin. I will post the pics on the next page but I freaking astound myself! I love cooking, love making lots of it and feeding the 5000 and just wish I could have had a massive family to cook for. I have to make do with 2 lodgers though, who polish it all off with aplomb.
7.) I won a competition to design a birthday card for the Queen when I was 10. So that would have been 1986 or 1987. It was her 60th Birthday - not sure if it was her real birthday, or the official birthday, but I won it nonetheless. It was a picture of a calculator with 60 on it. really boring and the competition was run by Wimpy restaurants. I got a letter from her and a cup commemorating it.
Ok, so that was really hard and took ages to write, and now onto my blog nominations:
This is very hard, because I like looking at a lot of blogs.
I feel I want to give special mention to some bloggers close to my heart, and rather than simply just nominate them back, just give them a great shout out as they just know that they would be instant nominees...Its pretty obvious I think that these 3 would be my first 3 choices anyway, so lets funk it up a bit....
So Tina - http://tinasweight-lossjourney.blogspot.com/ you are good for my soul and you have also had bumps along the way. But unlike me, you seem to get on with it, and I wish I had your strength. I am chuffed that you read my blog and help me with a good kick in the ass now and then. I know we will be firm friends when we get together in June! We got a lot in common hun, and I am really kind of please you are going to reopen the Home Ed thing again too. And also to Cara aka The Dash - http://carasquest.blogspot.com. I know you wont mind an especial mention - another wonderful blogger who takes the time to leave comments (i am a real slacker on that) and uplifting thoughts to let you know that writing the blog is worth it because someone is reading. Knowing that someone is reading makes typing until your fingers bleed so much more worthwhile. Your journey is also inspiring and your heartaches in family life are raw and full of emotion. And Caroline, you sweet things http://lonicera53.blogspot.com/ another of my homies (as I affectionately refer to you 3) i love your blog and think its full of very interesting stuff, not just about bands, but about travel and exoticness that I long for. I appreciate your comments on my blog and how you think my posts are funny! Sometimes when I read them a year later I laugh myself too!
Thanks to all three of you, truly.
So to be a little more random and unpredictable - here are the blogs I am gonna nominate for a BB award.
1.) H @ http://wlsgastricbanding.blogspot.com/
2.) Stardustic @ http://stardusticsjourney.blogspot.com/
3.) Dizrant @ http://dizrant.blogspot.com/
4.) Shaggs @ http://daggs2shaggs.blogspot.com/
5.) Erica @ http://mylapbandblog.blogspot.com/
6.) Robyn @ http://robyn-improvinglife.blogspot.com/
7.)Dee @ http://5incisions1bandandabdy.blogspot.com/
You are all GAWJUS LAYDEEZ and I love reading your blogs. Dee is the only blogger I have met in real life and gave me some serious help one time on a damn grim choke when I didn't know how to deal with it. I thought I was gunna die. We met and had the same shifty treatment from Dr. Dovey in London. Dee and I shared a starbucks or two, and some excellent convo's before she went back to Oz. Haven't heard from her in ages, but she surfaces now and again and has also had some problems, but faced them on the nose/chin whatever unlike me who is just a sniveling wretch. Erica is a little ahead of me in the game, but we've kind of been on the journey together. She is now preggers with a band baby and that's just so cool. Shes done really well, and was a source of real encouragement to me in the early days too. Robyn is simply rockin. I enjoy her posts. Shes nearly at her 1 year bandiversary and lost 50lbs. Wowza! Star, Diz and Shaggs have been around my blog for a few years too, and I like their blogs immensely. Diz makes me die laughing at her stress busting rants. An excellent release valve, although less releases in the last year or so... Keep em coming hun! Star is really inspirational too and I like her openness and good sing song nature. Shaggs is another mayhem magnet and love her blurts and funny turns of phrase. And H, a fellow UK bandit and a relatively recent gem of a find. Absolutely lovely hunny, funny, witty, empathetic and I am absolutely over the moon glad to have made contact with her.
This took like 4 HOURS to write. OMG. You guys better just know how special you all are ok. And that goes for all the rest of my followers too. You all deserve an award just for following this poxy blog!!! HAHAHA
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I am really amazed that I got an award from Tina and also Barbara, thank you peeps!
I am amazed because I am the crappiest blogger right now and the baddest, fattest arsed bandster on the planet (any one want to challenge me on that? I dare ya!!)
But thank you.
So I am not quite sure wot I have to do, but I will give it a go.
Apparently, I have to place my award proudly on my page (will do that in a mo)
and then do the following.
• Thank the person who nominated you for this award
• Copy the award and post it in your blog
• Link to the blog of the person who nominated you
• Tell seven interesting things about yourself
• Nominate seven bloggers
• Post links to the blogs of your nominees
So here goes:
Tina and Barbara, THANKYOU! I must admit I have not had a read through Barbara's blog until today when I noticed she has obviously been reading mine (i did mention that I am really slack right?) so tonight I am gunna catch up on who Barbara is and give her a good reading! From the few pages I read earlier, she seems to be really determined and also very upfront about her lap band and I love all the pictures. It makes it all real. So, thank you Barbara truly! And Tina, wow, you are a good person for me to know. You give me really good advice that I don't want to take, but know I should ;-) and you comment on my blog when I write about my appalling lack of drive and commitment to my lapband and I know you want me to experience the same success as you. You are a great blogger and enjoy reading your exploits about bike riding... and btw.. if you take the saddle off it might make it lot more fun!! HAHA
So thanks to both of you. It made my day.
7 things about me? Wow.
1.) I had a past life (which i actually don't believe in!?!) or what I prefer to call an inherited memory. I remember from an early age (about 3) that I had a picnic in a field with my Mum, Dad, Aunt, Uncle and Brother and another person. My 'Mum' was not the same as my Mum today, but everyone else was the same. We pulled up in an old motor car at the side of a road on a summer day, and walked across the little back and into a field of corn. In the shade of the oak trees we spread out a picnic blanket on the corn. It was balanced on the ears of corn and my brother and I jumped on it to flatten it down. We sat, ate our picnic, and I was wearing an apron thing over a dress, petticoats and boots and I would hazard a guess that it was about 1910 or thereabouts. I had dark brown long hair (as opposed to the blonde of reality) and we were very happy. After the lunch we walked through the field and up to a large manor house in the distance. It had a red brick wall around it with a 5 bar gate. At the gate there was a working man with horses and a cart and oxen loaded with a yoke. There was a huge fountain at the front with water pouring from little urns into a big pool. The man waved us through and we ran up the path of the house. It had a pea shingle path and was crunchy under foot which I liked. We went into the big house through a small conservatory and I remember running down the big hall/corridor in the house with the sun blaring through the big windows casting little wedges of light as it came through the door and the dust motes in the air in the sunlight. We were making a big noise and laughing and I was about 8. I don't know whose house it was, but we knew them, and were acquainted with them.
When I was 16 in my English Language Examination, I had to write an entry for a magazine about a place called Waddeston Manor in Buckinghamshire. As I read about it, I knew that this was the place that I had the memory of. As it was before the internet, I couldn't google it, but finally did so in about 2001 when I thought about it again and was surprised to see it was the exact same place that I have the memory of. I grew up in Sussex about 100 miles from this place. I have absolutely no idea how I know intimate details about this place.
• Copy the award and post it in your blog
• Link to the blog of the person who nominated you
• Tell seven interesting things about yourself
• Nominate seven bloggers
• Post links to the blogs of your nominees
So here goes:
Tina and Barbara, THANKYOU! I must admit I have not had a read through Barbara's blog until today when I noticed she has obviously been reading mine (i did mention that I am really slack right?) so tonight I am gunna catch up on who Barbara is and give her a good reading! From the few pages I read earlier, she seems to be really determined and also very upfront about her lap band and I love all the pictures. It makes it all real. So, thank you Barbara truly! And Tina, wow, you are a good person for me to know. You give me really good advice that I don't want to take, but know I should ;-) and you comment on my blog when I write about my appalling lack of drive and commitment to my lapband and I know you want me to experience the same success as you. You are a great blogger and enjoy reading your exploits about bike riding... and btw.. if you take the saddle off it might make it lot more fun!! HAHA
So thanks to both of you. It made my day.
7 things about me? Wow.
1.) I had a past life (which i actually don't believe in!?!) or what I prefer to call an inherited memory. I remember from an early age (about 3) that I had a picnic in a field with my Mum, Dad, Aunt, Uncle and Brother and another person. My 'Mum' was not the same as my Mum today, but everyone else was the same. We pulled up in an old motor car at the side of a road on a summer day, and walked across the little back and into a field of corn. In the shade of the oak trees we spread out a picnic blanket on the corn. It was balanced on the ears of corn and my brother and I jumped on it to flatten it down. We sat, ate our picnic, and I was wearing an apron thing over a dress, petticoats and boots and I would hazard a guess that it was about 1910 or thereabouts. I had dark brown long hair (as opposed to the blonde of reality) and we were very happy. After the lunch we walked through the field and up to a large manor house in the distance. It had a red brick wall around it with a 5 bar gate. At the gate there was a working man with horses and a cart and oxen loaded with a yoke. There was a huge fountain at the front with water pouring from little urns into a big pool. The man waved us through and we ran up the path of the house. It had a pea shingle path and was crunchy under foot which I liked. We went into the big house through a small conservatory and I remember running down the big hall/corridor in the house with the sun blaring through the big windows casting little wedges of light as it came through the door and the dust motes in the air in the sunlight. We were making a big noise and laughing and I was about 8. I don't know whose house it was, but we knew them, and were acquainted with them.
When I was 16 in my English Language Examination, I had to write an entry for a magazine about a place called Waddeston Manor in Buckinghamshire. As I read about it, I knew that this was the place that I had the memory of. As it was before the internet, I couldn't google it, but finally did so in about 2001 when I thought about it again and was surprised to see it was the exact same place that I have the memory of. I grew up in Sussex about 100 miles from this place. I have absolutely no idea how I know intimate details about this place.
2.) I am a trained cobbler. Not your mister minute variety, but a proper snobber - nails in mouth glue covered fingers and high on fumes. I have not practiced my art for some years, but if you needed a pair of shoes fixing and gave me the materials, then you would be impressed. I started a job at a shoe repair shop called R. Rhodes & Son for 8 hours a week when I was 13. I got paid a fortune of £1.50 per hour which gave me £12.00 to waste on sweets, magazines and junk every week. At first I worked in the shop taking in shoes and bags to mend, selling the shoe polish and shoes and plimsolls and keeping it tidy and stuff. When it was quiet, I used to go out the back and sit on the steps to the workshop while Old Mr Rhodes (who was older than God) ripped of soles, soaked boots in the water tub, and then realized he was doing the wrong job on the wrong pair of shoes and the younger Mr. Rhodes would sigh in despair at his poor old Dad, then we would all had a good laugh about it and talk about the world and how to put it right. The smell of the glue, the leather and the new shoes is still a delight to me. Then, gradually over the 4 years I worked there he would ask me to do little bits and bobs. It started with pricing the shoe repairs, which meant I had to learn the types of leather, heels and soles and all the different things so that I could price it right. Then he would ask me to trim the threads of the stitching repairs, then it would be skiving a bit of leather for a patch, then actually sticking the patch on, or repairing a dog chewed shoe with it, then a little bit of light hammering, then ripping the old soles off, then trimming the rubber heels with a knife and then when I had been preparing for about 2 years, I finally got to finish a pair on the machine. I wasn't aware that I was being trained, or anything, and if the little bell tinkled in the shop, I had to drop what I was doing and race up the steps, through the bead curtain and serve the customer, then go straight back to the job I was doing in the workshop. I loved being there, and was so upset when I had to leave because I started college. The money was rubbish, but the chat was rich, and I would have happily paid to work there. My brother took my job when I left, also aged 13 and he now has his own cobblers shop. Funny what happens huh!
3.) I have a basic education level, will die young and live a pretty mundane menial life according to the Office of National Statistics. The hard facts: I finished school at 16, took 9 GCSE's. I was married & pregnant in my teens. Sounds pretty grim. You get the idea - I should be barefoot and pregnant living in a caravan or council house with a filthy carpet and the place should be filled with that horrible sweet/sour smell from old chip fat and fag ends, have greasy hair with 1 inch bleach blonde root growth, have several teenage spotty children with at least 2 having an ASBO, time in juvenile detention or possibly in care, smoke, drink and go down the local pub daily with my benefit money. Hilarious! Although I went to college and university I have no other qualifications that I left school with - 9 GCSE's. On paper and in statistics I am qualified for nothing. In reality I have been running my own business for 14 years and own a large detached house, have no credit cards and a live with my husband who I have been with for 15 years on April 14th, we have 1 child (without an ASBO at the moment in time, or spots!) born well into wedlock. LOL
At college I did 14 A levels over the course of 4 years and I have completed 2 years of 3 degrees. Time and unforeseen occurrence befall us all, as the good book says, and this was the case. I have no need for a degree now, and no intention of getting one as I cant be bothered, but I learned a lot through the 2 years of each one that I did complete. The first one I dropped out of as we moved house. The second I left as I broke my knee cap and had too much time off. The third one I left because DS needed home schooling. It was then that I decided I was only getting a degree for the sake of having one, but also that it would be of no real use to me seeing as I fully intend to be a housewife, full time, as soon as I humanly possibly can.
My 14 A level courses came about because I joined a course, finished a year of it, and then changed course. If I had taken these courses these days, I would now have 14 AS level qualifications. That's how they work them now. You do one year and you get half an A level, and then you top it up to a full one in the second year. As it is, I did them between the age of 17 & 23 when you had to complete the full 2 years to get recognition for any of the work you did. That's my luck all over. So in reality I am a fully functioning adult, but statistically I am a drop kick waste of space. Cool.
4.) I want to be Asian. I really REALLY want to have been born Indian. I don't know why, but I wish I could become one. I like the way they dress, I like their culture and their sense of family and community and I enjoy being with my friends Rhuta and Gagan immensely and forget that I am white. Its always very disappointing leaving them and coming back to the English me.
5.) I love the programme Home and Away. I have watched it from the very first episode which aired here in the UK on a Saturday with Sally moving into the house with the Fletcher family. I know all about it, read up in advance and the day I sit down to watch it is the highlight of my week. I record the omnibus edition on Sky+ every Saturday morning while I am at work, and then I tease myself with it all week knowing its there for me to watch, like a chocolate mud pie in the fridge, and then when I cant stand it any more, I sit and watch the whole 2 hours in one hit with a bottle of wine and various treats.
6.) I am an excellent cook. I have no idea why, or how this happened, but I realized over the past year or so that I could totally wipe the floor with people in Master Chef. I never sing my praises, but this is one time I will. I can be given 3 ingredients and told to rustle something up, and I will. It will be tasty, nutritious, and I will know what went into it, the calories and all kinds of other stuff about it without having to think very hard at all. I can eat a meal at a restaurant and come home and reproduce it exactly. Today I had nothing in the fridge apart from 1 courgette (the other two were totally gone home with mould), some chicken, potato and cheese. I managed to create a Chicken and Potato gratin. I will post the pics on the next page but I freaking astound myself! I love cooking, love making lots of it and feeding the 5000 and just wish I could have had a massive family to cook for. I have to make do with 2 lodgers though, who polish it all off with aplomb.
7.) I won a competition to design a birthday card for the Queen when I was 10. So that would have been 1986 or 1987. It was her 60th Birthday - not sure if it was her real birthday, or the official birthday, but I won it nonetheless. It was a picture of a calculator with 60 on it. really boring and the competition was run by Wimpy restaurants. I got a letter from her and a cup commemorating it.
Ok, so that was really hard and took ages to write, and now onto my blog nominations:
This is very hard, because I like looking at a lot of blogs.
I feel I want to give special mention to some bloggers close to my heart, and rather than simply just nominate them back, just give them a great shout out as they just know that they would be instant nominees...Its pretty obvious I think that these 3 would be my first 3 choices anyway, so lets funk it up a bit....
So Tina - http://tinasweight-lossjourney.blogspot.com/ you are good for my soul and you have also had bumps along the way. But unlike me, you seem to get on with it, and I wish I had your strength. I am chuffed that you read my blog and help me with a good kick in the ass now and then. I know we will be firm friends when we get together in June! We got a lot in common hun, and I am really kind of please you are going to reopen the Home Ed thing again too. And also to Cara aka The Dash - http://carasquest.blogspot.com. I know you wont mind an especial mention - another wonderful blogger who takes the time to leave comments (i am a real slacker on that) and uplifting thoughts to let you know that writing the blog is worth it because someone is reading. Knowing that someone is reading makes typing until your fingers bleed so much more worthwhile. Your journey is also inspiring and your heartaches in family life are raw and full of emotion. And Caroline, you sweet things http://lonicera53.blogspot.com/ another of my homies (as I affectionately refer to you 3) i love your blog and think its full of very interesting stuff, not just about bands, but about travel and exoticness that I long for. I appreciate your comments on my blog and how you think my posts are funny! Sometimes when I read them a year later I laugh myself too!
Thanks to all three of you, truly.
So to be a little more random and unpredictable - here are the blogs I am gonna nominate for a BB award.
1.) H @ http://wlsgastricbanding.blogspot.com/
2.) Stardustic @ http://stardusticsjourney.blogspot.com/
3.) Dizrant @ http://dizrant.blogspot.com/
4.) Shaggs @ http://daggs2shaggs.blogspot.com/
5.) Erica @ http://mylapbandblog.blogspot.com/
6.) Robyn @ http://robyn-improvinglife.blogspot.com/
7.)Dee @ http://5incisions1bandandabdy.blogspot.com/
You are all GAWJUS LAYDEEZ and I love reading your blogs. Dee is the only blogger I have met in real life and gave me some serious help one time on a damn grim choke when I didn't know how to deal with it. I thought I was gunna die. We met and had the same shifty treatment from Dr. Dovey in London. Dee and I shared a starbucks or two, and some excellent convo's before she went back to Oz. Haven't heard from her in ages, but she surfaces now and again and has also had some problems, but faced them on the nose/chin whatever unlike me who is just a sniveling wretch. Erica is a little ahead of me in the game, but we've kind of been on the journey together. She is now preggers with a band baby and that's just so cool. Shes done really well, and was a source of real encouragement to me in the early days too. Robyn is simply rockin. I enjoy her posts. Shes nearly at her 1 year bandiversary and lost 50lbs. Wowza! Star, Diz and Shaggs have been around my blog for a few years too, and I like their blogs immensely. Diz makes me die laughing at her stress busting rants. An excellent release valve, although less releases in the last year or so... Keep em coming hun! Star is really inspirational too and I like her openness and good sing song nature. Shaggs is another mayhem magnet and love her blurts and funny turns of phrase. And H, a fellow UK bandit and a relatively recent gem of a find. Absolutely lovely hunny, funny, witty, empathetic and I am absolutely over the moon glad to have made contact with her.
This took like 4 HOURS to write. OMG. You guys better just know how special you all are ok. And that goes for all the rest of my followers too. You all deserve an award just for following this poxy blog!!! HAHAHA
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type = 'html' > I'm still in Fairbanks, getting ready to pack up my suitcase and flying home to Seattle later today.
I've had a great seven days with my sister. I'm so very blessed to have her in my life. Even though there's 17 years difference in our ages (she's 72, I'm 55), we have a very close connection.
It's funny that we are so close now, but we barely had a relationship at all for the first 47 years of my life. We lived in different states, she was married with four children. I didn't marry until I was 33, and I never had children. We thought we had absolutely nothing in common.
Then our mother, that we both adored became ill about eight years ago. We spent three weeks together, taking care her. Just my mom, who was very sick, my sister and myself.
We discovered a lot about each other during that time and realized we have a lot in common. In fact, it's almost like we're the same person. We have the same sense of humor, the same view of life, and the same struggles with our weight. We think the same and like an old married couple, we often finish sentences for each other because we know what the other is thinking.
We've had a great visit, actually getting some time where it was just the two of us. I love my brother and my two nieces and their families, but sometimes I just want to talk with my sister. This is the first visit since my brother-in-law passed away that other people didn't stay at the house while I was here. They were over during the day, but they went home at night. My sister and I stayed up after midnight most nights just talking. I'm so blessed to have her in my life.
I leave on the 5:15 p.m. flight, non-stop to Seattle. It's a three and half hour flight. I'm eager to get home, but at the same time, sad to leave my sister.
The good thing is I'll be back in July when my brother's daughter and her family fly in from New Jersey. I haven't seen her in over twenty years. We're all a little nervous since we lost contact for several years (my brother divorced her mother about 33 years ago). I think it'll be a good visit. I've talked to this niece on the phone lately and she seems like a really sweet, dear person. It'll be fun to get to know her better, along with her husband and 10-year old daughter that none of us have ever met.
Tea diet & exercise
I've been doing my usual of eating at night. Perfect all day, then raiding the refrigerator at night. My sister sleeps upstairs and my room is right off the kitchen. My favorite food of choice lately is Tillamook extra sharp cheddar cheese. My sister keeps a 2-pound block of the stuff in the fridge. She eats about 1/2 ounce a day. I've been eating about six ounces a day. Add in some of the grand-kids candy I've been snacking on in the middle of the night, and I'm sure I have a weight gain.
Exercise has been non - exist. My sister is still a little sick from the pneumonia she had a couple weeks ago and hasn't been going to the gym. She normally does water aerobics five days a week and never misses a class unless she's ill, which is almost never. The pneumonia really knocked her down hard, and although she's almost well, she was still too sick to exercise.
I walked down to the Tanana river with one of my nieces one day (about three miles round trip), but that's been it for my exercise. There's the treadmill upstairs that I could have used, but honestly, it's like we wanted to squeeze in as much visiting time as possible. I didn't want to go upstairs by myself and exercise. It just didn't seem right and I didn't want to do it.
Tomorrow I'll get back in the exercise routine, and I'm just itching to get back to the gym. I can honestly say I really miss it. Today I'll eat lightly and healthy, since there won' t be any more cheese in my life. :)
More, I haven't read any blogs all week, and I miss you guys! I've barely been on the computer at all, which is really weird for but me at the same time, sort of refreshing. It turns out I can live without spending hours on the computer (although I really do sort of miss it).
type = 'html' > I'm still in Fairbanks, getting ready to pack up my suitcase and flying home to Seattle later today.
I've had a great seven days with my sister. I'm so very blessed to have her in my life. Even though there's 17 years difference in our ages (she's 72, I'm 55), we have a very close connection.
It's funny that we are so close now, but we barely had a relationship at all for the first 47 years of my life. We lived in different states, she was married with four children. I didn't marry until I was 33, and I never had children. We thought we had absolutely nothing in common.
Then our mother, that we both adored became ill about eight years ago. We spent three weeks together, taking care her. Just my mom, who was very sick, my sister and myself.
We discovered a lot about each other during that time and realized we have a lot in common. In fact, it's almost like we're the same person. We have the same sense of humor, the same view of life, and the same struggles with our weight. We think the same and like an old married couple, we often finish sentences for each other because we know what the other is thinking.
We've had a great visit, actually getting some time where it was just the two of us. I love my brother and my two nieces and their families, but sometimes I just want to talk with my sister. This is the first visit since my brother-in-law passed away that other people didn't stay at the house while I was here. They were over during the day, but they went home at night. My sister and I stayed up after midnight most nights just talking. I'm so blessed to have her in my life.
I leave on the 5:15 p.m. flight, non-stop to Seattle. It's a three and half hour flight. I'm eager to get home, but at the same time, sad to leave my sister.
The good thing is I'll be back in July when my brother's daughter and her family fly in from New Jersey. I haven't seen her in over twenty years. We're all a little nervous since we lost contact for several years (my brother divorced her mother about 33 years ago). I think it'll be a good visit. I've talked to this niece on the phone lately and she seems like a really sweet, dear person. It'll be fun to get to know her better, along with her husband and 10-year old daughter that none of us have ever met.
Tea diet & exercise
I've been doing my usual of eating at night. Perfect all day, then raiding the refrigerator at night. My sister sleeps upstairs and my room is right off the kitchen. My favorite food of choice lately is Tillamook extra sharp cheddar cheese. My sister keeps a 2-pound block of the stuff in the fridge. She eats about 1/2 ounce a day. I've been eating about six ounces a day. Add in some of the grand-kids candy I've been snacking on in the middle of the night, and I'm sure I have a weight gain.
Exercise has been non - exist. My sister is still a little sick from the pneumonia she had a couple weeks ago and hasn't been going to the gym. She normally does water aerobics five days a week and never misses a class unless she's ill, which is almost never. The pneumonia really knocked her down hard, and although she's almost well, she was still too sick to exercise.
I walked down to the Tanana river with one of my nieces one day (about three miles round trip), but that's been it for my exercise. There's the treadmill upstairs that I could have used, but honestly, it's like we wanted to squeeze in as much visiting time as possible. I didn't want to go upstairs by myself and exercise. It just didn't seem right and I didn't want to do it.
Tomorrow I'll get back in the exercise routine, and I'm just itching to get back to the gym. I can honestly say I really miss it. Today I'll eat lightly and healthy, since there won' t be any more cheese in my life. :)
More, I haven't read any blogs all week, and I miss you guys! I've barely been on the computer at all, which is really weird for but me at the same time, sort of refreshing. It turns out I can live without spending hours on the computer (although I really do sort of miss it).
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