by OneMoreBite | Oct 29, 2004 | Just for Fun
You just never know when they may make a comeback and I’d rather be prepared.
Do not blame me if you follow links on that site. I am not familiar with anything outside of the page I mentioned above for those of you considering cinching yourself up anytime soon.
by OneMoreBite | Oct 27, 2004 | Food News
Try Bumblebars
They say the Original with Almonds is their best seller, but I think they all are delicious. They have a Halloween special if you buy $100 worth, (about 100 individual bars) you get $15 off your order. Give these bad boys out for Halloween and next year you’ll have them lined up around the block. They are that good!
Visit BumbleBar.com
by OneMoreBite | Oct 23, 2004 | EFT Weight Loss
“I can determine the cause of any potential weight gain. 2-3 lbs gained steadily over a month, where I have been “behaving” – PANIC TIME ! That might mean my body fat is truly increasing and I’d better reverse the trend!”
That’s exactly what I do — notice the trend, and reverse it if I’m getting a bit too comfortable at a higher weight (body fat) than what I really want. Granted, the difference is pretty subtle. Most people aren’t going to notice, but my clothes fit better, my disposition is better, I feel like I’m in control, etc.
Last winter I put on the normal four or five “holiday” pounds and then come late January I noticed they were still there. Normally they’d just come right back off as I got back into my usual eating habits. I scratched my head and went about my life, eating about the same, exercising about the same, and then in March I was, “Hey, what’s up with this?” because I still was up on the scale (144 vs. 137), about seven pounds, and I could not for the life of me figure out why.
I started to consider everything I could think: menopause? eating more than I realize? exercising inconsistently? I’d grown more muscle? bad karma? something I’d done in a previous life? what could it be?
Come summer 2004 I was unhappy to find I looked like crap-ola in a bathing suit (my opinion anyway), but so friggin what? I’m pushing 50 here, give me a break, so I just went about my business but I also found that I could eat half a sandwich and be satisfied, and I could eat half a baked potato (when before I’d always eat a whole large) and I WAS drinking a lot of calories, and I wasn’t doing a lot of weight lifting. Small things, but they add up.
So ultimately, I made some changes. I stopped the alcohol calories cold turkey, started to eat a bit less by portion control (having half a sandwich or baked potato instead of always having the whole even if I’m already satisfied). I also got more aggressive with my weight lifting and switched from my one body part a day to a four-day split which basically added about two hours a week to my exercise.
I had always been pretty consistent with my bike, getting about 3 1/2 hours a week on it.
And now I find I’m back at 136, looking good, feeling good. The changes are slight but it made all the difference and it turned out not to be anything except that I’d gotten too lax. I’m not talking strict here either. My habit of late is chocolate cake and ice cream nearly every night during the week. I buy a single slice of sheet cake (they sell them at Safeway), split it into thirds and have one-third plus one-quarter of a pint of Haagen Daz. It’s satisfying to me (I’m already more or less full from my dinner), but before I would have eaten the entire slice all at once!
So, little changes, big results. Now, coming into the holiday season that won’t happen this year because I’m aware. I’ll eat what I want and really enjoy the season, and maybe put on a few pounds, but come January I’ll get right back to the habits I’m using now and they’ll come right back off, just like they have nearly every year before. It’s not so difficult to maintain, but it can be difficult to stay aware. 😉
by OneMoreBite | Oct 21, 2004 | Beliefs
It begins with a belief that you can succeed. Nothing will happen until you strongly believe–no adamantly believe that it will. You can learn any new skill until you decide you are going to learn it.
So, start with your self-talk. If you say, “I can’t lose weight,” just immediately say to yourself, “Oh, yes I can.” Then give yourself a little pep talk: “I can do whatever I really want to do and nothing is going to stop me.” “I am woman, hear me roar,” that kind of thing.
Don’t believe your self talk? Think about that for a moment. You are a combination of your body, soul and mind, and you control the whole deal (outside of any beliefs you have about a higher power). You do decide if you are going to be a good person or not. Before you start sending me messages about how not everyone gets to decide; those with mental illness, etc., yes, but I can’t speak for the whole world. I’m talking about regular, basically mentally healthy folks who may just have a screw or two loose, okay?
If you feed yourself lousy food you get a lousy result, so why would you think feeding your mind lousy thoughts would be different? It’s not.
“Even though I just don’t believe any of this, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
If you are not familiar with EFT, here’s some info on how to use EFT specifically for weight loss. Read all three pages and you’ll find the worksheets with instructions.
No matter what’s come before, if anyone else has ever lost weight, then so can you and it starts with a belief that you can.
by OneMoreBite | Oct 14, 2004 | EFT Weight Loss
A client wrote, “This program (One More Bite 8-Week Workshop) has helped me a lot with some of my anger and my fear but I just can’t get over the shame of my body.”
My reply: Oh, yes you can. Just write that down as one of the issues you’re going to work on. “Shame of my body.” Use one of the One More Bite EFT worksheets, (included in the 4 pg. handout from Session 1). Rate the level of shame you feel from 1 to 10, and for the next week, do a round of EFT, morning, noon and night, for at least a week straight. The worksheet is helpful for tracking changes, so if you rate it as a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10, and later you rate it as a 4, that shows you are making progress. Later you may see how a big issue has turned into a small one, or disappeared completely.
Ideas for EFT Statements for Shame
“Even though I can’t get over the shame of my body, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
“Even though I really mean it! I CAN’T GET OVER the shame of my body, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
Here’s an option: Instead of the “Even though,” you can simply start talking: “I feel so horrible I can’t stand it; I choose to feel lighter. First say the problem, then what you’d rather have, be or do. “I _____, I choose _____.”
“I feel a deep sense of foreboding like something awful is going to happen if I let go of my shame. I choose to release this shame.”
“I feel dread like I’m in a deep well ad can’t get out. I choose to climb the invisible ladder to freedom.”
“Even though I feel so horrible I can’t stand it, and I choose to feel lighter.”
You said, “I just can’t get over the shame of my body.” Think of the shame of your body as a hurdle to get over. Picture yourself running towards this hurdle and wham–you run straight into it. Now, notice other runners are adjusting their hurdles to the height they can jump, so you do the same, only you are going to adjust yours to be just a couple inches off the ground. Baby steps. Now, run at it again. Hop right over it this time, and then look back and see, you did get over it, didn’t you. 😉
When you’re ready, adjust the height of your hurdle a bit higher, and go at it again. You’ll still make it. You can get over this hurdle. Just close your eyes and imagine this scene, once, twice or more.
Most of us had flying dreams when we were kids. Mine were spectacular in that I could run from danger and then just take off into the air. It made me feel quite powerful and safe, and even though I knew it was a dream, it still gave me a knowing smile during the day. Sometimes I tried it while awake too, just in case it was true.
Tonight before you go to sleep, tell yourself, “I can get over any obstacle I choose,” and don’t forget you have options. Perhaps a tunnel can be dug through it, perhaps you can go around it, or under it. You’re not stuck with going over, if you don’t want. Keep your eyes open to possibilities and magic can happen.
Give yourself a chance to imagine, “what if I could get over it?” till next time eat well, be happy, enjoy life and send in your questions and comments, at any time.
While looking for stretchy, see-through fabric to make Halloween costumes (anyone know where I can find some, let me know), I found this ultra-handy instruction page for how to lace a corset. Scroll down for the Corset section, and then go to Lacing a Corset.
