Day 1 of my 100 day challenge.
On writing:
When you are writing your own unique story it is important to create your timeline. So my first task is brainstorming about all the key events in my life and putting them on a timeline.
On losing weight: Being still sick today my diet still is a mostly fluid diet.
Each day we sculpture our lives by the choices we make.
Saturday, March 24, 2018
My 100 Day Challenge starting Saturday, March 24th through July 1st, 2018.
I am challenging myself to write in this blog every day and to work on eating and drinking for my health not for convenience.
If you're looking to create radical results in life in 2018, then let's begin with a radical idea.
What do you think would happen if you told me your goals and I followed you around with a camera crew 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the next 3 months?
I bet 3 things would immediately take place...
You would START doing the things you know you need to do:
Examples:
Making good choices with your time!
Making great food choices!
Drinking adequate water.
Getting Quality Sleep.
Increase your physical activity.
Focus on your goals!
You would STOP doing the things you know you shouldn't be doing.
Wasting your time doing trivial things
Eating foods with low nutritional value.
Drinking high-calorie drinks
Grabbing fast food and sodas on the go.
You would focus on achieving your goals!
You would start taking action steps to reach your goals!
THIS WOULD ALL be possible by raising the stakes and enforcing greater levels of accountability.
Accountability serves and protects your character, credibility, and commitments.
It ensures that what you set out to accomplish, actually gets accomplished.
The truth is, you can SMASH every goal you make in record time…
If you keep your focus on the steps to reach your goals.
But I am not going to follow you around. ;-) Yes, you can breathe a sigh of relief ;-) Cancel that police restraining order ;-)
You don't need me to do that. What you need is to have faith in yourself and accountability to your goals.
I hope to inspire you to reach your goals by sharing my 100-day journey with you. I hope you will share yours daily with me as well ;-) Will you join me 100-day challenge? Post you commitment in the comments below.
I am challenging myself to write in this blog every day and to work on eating and drinking for my health not for convenience.
If you're looking to create radical results in life in 2018, then let's begin with a radical idea.
What do you think would happen if you told me your goals and I followed you around with a camera crew 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the next 3 months?
I bet 3 things would immediately take place...
You would START doing the things you know you need to do:
Examples:
Making good choices with your time!
Making great food choices!
Drinking adequate water.
Getting Quality Sleep.
Increase your physical activity.
Focus on your goals!
You would STOP doing the things you know you shouldn't be doing.
Wasting your time doing trivial things
Eating foods with low nutritional value.
Drinking high-calorie drinks
Grabbing fast food and sodas on the go.
You would focus on achieving your goals!
You would start taking action steps to reach your goals!
THIS WOULD ALL be possible by raising the stakes and enforcing greater levels of accountability.
Accountability serves and protects your character, credibility, and commitments.
It ensures that what you set out to accomplish, actually gets accomplished.
The truth is, you can SMASH every goal you make in record time…
If you keep your focus on the steps to reach your goals.
But I am not going to follow you around. ;-) Yes, you can breathe a sigh of relief ;-) Cancel that police restraining order ;-)
You don't need me to do that. What you need is to have faith in yourself and accountability to your goals.
I hope to inspire you to reach your goals by sharing my 100-day journey with you. I hope you will share yours daily with me as well ;-) Will you join me 100-day challenge? Post you commitment in the comments below.
Sunday, July 17, 2016
1. Kick start the day off in the right direction by making a list of your highest priorities in order.
2. Do 20+ minutes of personal development early in your day.
3. Communicate your gratitudes to your creator/universe. Ask for what you need to be successful today!
4. Exercise your body 10+ minutes 6 days a week with high intensity.
5. Do a random act of kindness early in your day.
6. Drink water frequently throughout the day and always 30 minutes before eating.
7. Don't be in a hurry to eat. Have brunch instead of breakfast and lunch. Eat slowly and savor your food.
8. Socialize with fun physical activities. Instead of inviting people to dinner invite them to explore a nearby location and if you like pack a picnic of good for you foods.
9. Build lasting memories with your family and friends by going and doing fun family activities.
10. At the end of each day of each day, congratulate yourself as you cross off the things you accomplished off your priority list. Then ask yourself these questions:
What good have I done today?
What good can I do tomorrow?
Am I on track to complete my life's mission?
11. Last thing before you go to sleep at night, think about:
Where you want to go & achieve in your life?
Where you want to be & achieve in 10 years?
Where you want to be & achieve in 5 years?
Where you want to be & achieve in 3 years?
Where you want to be & achieve in 1 year?
Where you want to be & achieve by the end of this year?
Where you want to be & achieve in the next 6 months, 3 months, end of this month, 2 weeks from now, the end of this week, and tomorrow?
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Questions rule my life!
"The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions" ~ John A. Simone, Sr.
All my life it seems like questions have been there. My biggest questions seem to start with Why.
"Why did this happen to me?"
"Why can't I ever lose weight?"
"Why am I always broke?"
"Why me?"
I realize that the why questions I was asking seemed to just send me in circles and the answers filled me with helplessness. I felt like I was setting myself up to fail. I decided to change my questions.
A simple change that makes all the difference in the world.
"Why not me?"
Can I double my income this year? "Why not me?"
Can I win an award for achievement? "Why not me?"
Can I reach my goal weight? "Why not me?"
Can I reach my dreams? "Why not me?"
When things go wrong as they sometimes do then my "What" questions kick in.
"What can I learn from this?"
"What should I change?"
"What went right?"
"What am I grateful for?"
These simple changes allow me to empower myself. They allow me to open the door to my own opportunity.
Since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to write a book. I have articles published, short stories published, but have never achieved my dream of getting my book published. I have submitted in a few chapters. Sparked some interest, but I have never followed through because "life got in the way".
I have wanted to lose weight and indeed I have, but then "life got in the way" and I gained some back.
The easiest way to not have to lose weight is to keep it off in the first place!
I know what to do and what not to do to get and keep the weight off, but walking the walk every day is a lot more challenging than letting the daily events determine what and when I eat or exercise.
Dennis' hospital stays meant long days of sitting by his bedside. Quick meals from the cafeteria were the easy way. I came home on the average of 4 hours a night to grab a quick nap and catch up with essentials. Then once he came home, there were so many things that had to be done. Our bedroom moved downstairs, catch up with everything that I had let slide during his hospital stays. My 2 businesses had both lost momentum while I was away. My book was behind schedule. My training incomplete for my new business venture. Life was overwhelming!
Do you have a favorite excuse? Lol I am afraid that mine is "Life just keeps getting in the way."
It isn't just an excuse it is also just plain fact.
My husband has Kidney and liver failure, he has had multiple strokes and stints in his heart as well as COPD and the list goes on.
I have had cancer 4 times, and have a slew of medical conditions of my own. but recently I watched a video that I am going to allow to change my life. It is about a girl who was born with no legs who was taught to never say "Can't".
So now my question is "How Can I?"
Reflecting on my life brings out questions like:
"Who am I?"
"Who could I be?"
I am a woman who is quickly approaching my ___ birthday.
"Dear, how old am I" I asked my husband and my son. One of them is sure to know! Seriously I never keep track and never know what to fill in the blank with. It is not a big thing to me.
I am also swiftly approaching my 27th anniversary which is on Valentine's Day. No, I did not have to ask about that one ;-)
I am a wife, mother, grandmother, sister (though a lot of my family has disowned me), daughter, business owner, coach, speaker, author, insurance agent, storyteller, life long learner... the list goes on and on.
I have owned several businesses over the years including a seed store, a seasonal card store, 3 newspapers, a rabbit farm, chicken farm, a long haul trucking company, as well as being an associate for several business opportunities.
I am a survivor. Having survived abuse as a child and adult, debilitating accidents and health conditions, 4 marriages and their endings, along with many other things including the death of my daughter. I can tell you that there is nothing as devastating as losing your child.
I am also an emotional eater. I put on 100 pounds in the year following my daughter's death and have struggled with the weight loss yo-yo cycle. Lose 20 pounds and gain back 30. Now I am not asking:
"Why me?" or even "Why can't I ever lose weight and keep it off?"
Instead I am asking "What can I learn?"
I have known for years that I am an emotional eater, but I never really have dealt with that aspect of my weight loss. I found some books on it like Eating with Heart by Laurel Inman. However binge eating is not my problem. I don't binge eat. I just choose not quite so healthy foods that are comfort foods. However the questions I ask can help me learn how to control my weight loss destiny.
Questions like:
Why do I give into emotional eating? What plan can I come up with to avoid this in the future?
When do I use emotional eating? What can I do instead?
Most often my emotional eating has to do with my family members being ill, hospitalized or me feeling helpless to protect them. Unfortunately this also ties into times when my activity level is at an all time low. I have never felt that exercising in a hospital ward room is a good time.
So what plan can I come up with ...
That question haunted me. Staring at it. Brainstorming only works if you can actually come up with something to write down! ;-)
Suddenly the right question came out of the blue...
What can I do?
Fresh fruit and veggies can be indulged in at hospital bedside without much effort.
Though I must admit - that I never considered that while at the hospital. I generally don't think about food. Then I get over hungry and over eat. Portion size goes out the window and those comfort foods like cheese cake, hot chocolate, and cookies are the ones I reach for. Grabbing a quick meal from a fast food joint coming and going to the hospital adds to the problem.
However next time I will be more prepared. I did some looking for grocery stores near the hospital and found that they were as close as the fast food places are. Plan 1 in place.
Exercise: This one is a little harde. However, I can do squats in the restroom every time I need to go.
What can I do to deal with the helplessness. - Write of course! My book is way behind schedule and it is something I can do as I sit and stew. Now I can go and do!
"Go and Do, don't Sit and Stew!" ~ John Byetheway
All my life it seems like questions have been there. My biggest questions seem to start with Why.
"Why did this happen to me?"
"Why can't I ever lose weight?"
"Why am I always broke?"
"Why me?"
I realize that the why questions I was asking seemed to just send me in circles and the answers filled me with helplessness. I felt like I was setting myself up to fail. I decided to change my questions.
A simple change that makes all the difference in the world.
"Why not me?"
Can I double my income this year? "Why not me?"
Can I win an award for achievement? "Why not me?"
Can I reach my goal weight? "Why not me?"
Can I reach my dreams? "Why not me?"
When things go wrong as they sometimes do then my "What" questions kick in.
"What can I learn from this?"
"What should I change?"
"What went right?"
"What am I grateful for?"
These simple changes allow me to empower myself. They allow me to open the door to my own opportunity.
Since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to write a book. I have articles published, short stories published, but have never achieved my dream of getting my book published. I have submitted in a few chapters. Sparked some interest, but I have never followed through because "life got in the way".
I have wanted to lose weight and indeed I have, but then "life got in the way" and I gained some back.
The easiest way to not have to lose weight is to keep it off in the first place!
I know what to do and what not to do to get and keep the weight off, but walking the walk every day is a lot more challenging than letting the daily events determine what and when I eat or exercise.
Dennis' hospital stays meant long days of sitting by his bedside. Quick meals from the cafeteria were the easy way. I came home on the average of 4 hours a night to grab a quick nap and catch up with essentials. Then once he came home, there were so many things that had to be done. Our bedroom moved downstairs, catch up with everything that I had let slide during his hospital stays. My 2 businesses had both lost momentum while I was away. My book was behind schedule. My training incomplete for my new business venture. Life was overwhelming!
Do you have a favorite excuse? Lol I am afraid that mine is "Life just keeps getting in the way."
It isn't just an excuse it is also just plain fact.
My husband has Kidney and liver failure, he has had multiple strokes and stints in his heart as well as COPD and the list goes on.
I have had cancer 4 times, and have a slew of medical conditions of my own. but recently I watched a video that I am going to allow to change my life. It is about a girl who was born with no legs who was taught to never say "Can't".
So now my question is "How Can I?"
Reflecting on my life brings out questions like:
"Who am I?"
"Who could I be?"
I am a woman who is quickly approaching my ___ birthday.
"Dear, how old am I" I asked my husband and my son. One of them is sure to know! Seriously I never keep track and never know what to fill in the blank with. It is not a big thing to me.
I am also swiftly approaching my 27th anniversary which is on Valentine's Day. No, I did not have to ask about that one ;-)
I am a wife, mother, grandmother, sister (though a lot of my family has disowned me), daughter, business owner, coach, speaker, author, insurance agent, storyteller, life long learner... the list goes on and on.
I have owned several businesses over the years including a seed store, a seasonal card store, 3 newspapers, a rabbit farm, chicken farm, a long haul trucking company, as well as being an associate for several business opportunities.
I am a survivor. Having survived abuse as a child and adult, debilitating accidents and health conditions, 4 marriages and their endings, along with many other things including the death of my daughter. I can tell you that there is nothing as devastating as losing your child.
I am also an emotional eater. I put on 100 pounds in the year following my daughter's death and have struggled with the weight loss yo-yo cycle. Lose 20 pounds and gain back 30. Now I am not asking:
"Why me?" or even "Why can't I ever lose weight and keep it off?"
Instead I am asking "What can I learn?"
I have known for years that I am an emotional eater, but I never really have dealt with that aspect of my weight loss. I found some books on it like Eating with Heart by Laurel Inman. However binge eating is not my problem. I don't binge eat. I just choose not quite so healthy foods that are comfort foods. However the questions I ask can help me learn how to control my weight loss destiny.
Questions like:
Why do I give into emotional eating? What plan can I come up with to avoid this in the future?
When do I use emotional eating? What can I do instead?
Most often my emotional eating has to do with my family members being ill, hospitalized or me feeling helpless to protect them. Unfortunately this also ties into times when my activity level is at an all time low. I have never felt that exercising in a hospital ward room is a good time.
So what plan can I come up with ...
That question haunted me. Staring at it. Brainstorming only works if you can actually come up with something to write down! ;-)
Suddenly the right question came out of the blue...
What can I do?
Fresh fruit and veggies can be indulged in at hospital bedside without much effort.
Though I must admit - that I never considered that while at the hospital. I generally don't think about food. Then I get over hungry and over eat. Portion size goes out the window and those comfort foods like cheese cake, hot chocolate, and cookies are the ones I reach for. Grabbing a quick meal from a fast food joint coming and going to the hospital adds to the problem.
However next time I will be more prepared. I did some looking for grocery stores near the hospital and found that they were as close as the fast food places are. Plan 1 in place.
Exercise: This one is a little harde. However, I can do squats in the restroom every time I need to go.
What can I do to deal with the helplessness. - Write of course! My book is way behind schedule and it is something I can do as I sit and stew. Now I can go and do!
"Go and Do, don't Sit and Stew!" ~ John Byetheway
Sunday, August 2, 2015
11 Things in My Life that are in Abundance Today
An Attitude of Gratitude not only gives you a heightened awareness of your blessings, but also opens the door for more blessings!
- Love - My life is full of love. Love from a man who has shared my life as my husband for over 26 years. Dennis is my rock and he is always there to walk beside me.
- Laughter - My life has an abundance of laughter. The laughter of my grandchildren, my husband, my children, and myself.
- Friends - My life has abundance of friends.
- Opportunity - My life is filled with opportunities!
- Food - My life is filled with food as our garden harvest is being gathered and fresh fruit and vegetables are in abundance!
- Self Growth - My life is centered around self growth and personal development as part of my business we are continually focused on growing my writing abilities and my skills.
- Wonder - My life is abundantly full of wonder. Our grandchildren open our eyes to so many wonders that we often had overlooked but now we are more in tune with.
- Mission - I have a very strong mission which allows me to have a wonderful business in a wonderful way. I simply invite others to join me in my journey and help them reach their goals along the way!
- Clothes - I have abundance of clothes! Having more clothes than I can wear! Some I am shrinking into and then as they become to big I am able to pay it forward by giving them away ;-)
- Exercise! - My life as a grandmother gives me frequent opportunities to chase my grandchildren!
- Blessings! - My life is abundantly full of blessings, but not just in blessings, but also in awareness of my blessings!
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Change your BELIEFS - Change your LIFE!
You lost 20 pounds. That felt so great! Then one day you realized that you gained it all back plus a couple of pounds ;-(
You have found yourself going in circles of circumstances and now you are right back to the beginning. Now you are upset with yourself, your body, your life. You ask yourself what went wrong? Your diet, exercise, genetics, thyroid, hormones, medication, which of these are to blame? Maybe all and maybe something you have not looked at .... your beliefs.
When we evaluate our lives to see where things are going wrong - we seldom if ever look at our beliefs or believe that we need a belief change. We tell our children they can do anything they want to but fail to teach them how to believe that they can do anything they want to. It is not enough to want something, or even be passionate about something you want. You have to BELIEVE that you can do it, experience it or have it!
We often find that we keep repeating the same all to familiar cycles in our lives: we lose 20 pounds and gain back 25; we got a new exciting job that pays more - but within weeks we find our paychecks are still not stretching to the end of the month; and we find ourselves dreading to go to work again.
We just can't seem to realize that when we tell ourselves we are lazy, fat, boring people, never going to have enough money, can't make the bills, or have a career that we love... Those words we tell ourselves MATTER! As this is what we are planting in our fertile brains! In our subconscious mind.
Think of your subconscious mind as a willing slave who is happy to give you exactly what you ask for. You want to lose weight. Great! Send that message to your subconscious mind and it will heighten your awareness of opportunities to lose weight, or get a better job, opportunity to travel, whatever you tell it you want. But if you tell it that you are fat, lazy, poor, etc. It will help you focus on that as well.
The words we tell ourselves are so powerful! What we think about and talk about - we bring about. However it is not just the words we tell ourselves, but also the beliefs we feel in our heart that matter. If you honestly believe what you are telling yourself and feel passionate about it in your heart and are willing to grab ahold of the opportunities to change - truly nothing will hold you back!
What words are you telling yourself today?
You lost 20 pounds. That felt so great! Then one day you realized that you gained it all back plus a couple of pounds ;-(
You have found yourself going in circles of circumstances and now you are right back to the beginning. Now you are upset with yourself, your body, your life. You ask yourself what went wrong? Your diet, exercise, genetics, thyroid, hormones, medication, which of these are to blame? Maybe all and maybe something you have not looked at .... your beliefs.
When we evaluate our lives to see where things are going wrong - we seldom if ever look at our beliefs or believe that we need a belief change. We tell our children they can do anything they want to but fail to teach them how to believe that they can do anything they want to. It is not enough to want something, or even be passionate about something you want. You have to BELIEVE that you can do it, experience it or have it!
We often find that we keep repeating the same all to familiar cycles in our lives: we lose 20 pounds and gain back 25; we got a new exciting job that pays more - but within weeks we find our paychecks are still not stretching to the end of the month; and we find ourselves dreading to go to work again.
We just can't seem to realize that when we tell ourselves we are lazy, fat, boring people, never going to have enough money, can't make the bills, or have a career that we love... Those words we tell ourselves MATTER! As this is what we are planting in our fertile brains! In our subconscious mind.
Think of your subconscious mind as a willing slave who is happy to give you exactly what you ask for. You want to lose weight. Great! Send that message to your subconscious mind and it will heighten your awareness of opportunities to lose weight, or get a better job, opportunity to travel, whatever you tell it you want. But if you tell it that you are fat, lazy, poor, etc. It will help you focus on that as well.
The words we tell ourselves are so powerful! What we think about and talk about - we bring about. However it is not just the words we tell ourselves, but also the beliefs we feel in our heart that matter. If you honestly believe what you are telling yourself and feel passionate about it in your heart and are willing to grab ahold of the opportunities to change - truly nothing will hold you back!
What words are you telling yourself today?
Monday, January 12, 2015
There are many in our lives who inspire us, but there are a select few, who just by caring for us make us want to be more, do more, and live more. When these people touch your life - it is not a touch that is brief and then gone forever. Rather it is a touch that lingers on leaving it's fingerprint on each thing you do in your life.
When you are struggling - you feel them right there alongside of you - pulling for you, silently cheering you on so consistently that your heart can feel them even when they are not with you.
When you do your best they make you want to do better, to learn more talents, acquire new skills, achieve new heights, help more people and pay it forward daily.
These select few become your life long mentors even after they have journeyed on to the other side of the veil. They are the one's who you turn to for advice - by asking yourself, "What would he or she do in this circumstance".
They leave you a legacy rich in their acceptance of you in whatever stage of life you are in. They also leave you with an unconditional love, for you can feel their love in every fiber in your body. It is there in the quiet moments of the morning when you think about the tasks at hand and a quiet voice says - "You got this!" It is there in the moments when you are rambling on trying to make sense of something and you hear a quiet voice say, "Shut up and just do it!" It is there in a quiet moment of shared memory of lingering to watch the ocean waves, a fishing trip, the water swirl in the rushing creek, the flames leaping in a campfire, the streak of dawn or dusk across the sky or the blinking star in the darkest nights.
You sense that they share every joy, or the wonder of watching your newborn child or grandchild, feel your pain, understand your confusion and your loss. These people are always with you, even when they have went on in their journey across the veil. There are countless times when your thoughts will unexpectedly turn to them and a feeling of warmth of that love will tingle through you and lift a smile in memory. These are the ones who were PRESENT for you in a way that few are.
How can we better honor these than to be mentors for others in just such a way? Paying it forward by being present, seeking to understand rather than judge, to inspire rather than doubt, to love unconditionally, to listen without an agenda, to accept with love even if we don't understand and to know that LOVE is enough as long as it is given freely. If your life has been touched by a mentor the best way to thank them is to pay it forward every chance you can. Seek to inspire.
When you are struggling - you feel them right there alongside of you - pulling for you, silently cheering you on so consistently that your heart can feel them even when they are not with you.
When you do your best they make you want to do better, to learn more talents, acquire new skills, achieve new heights, help more people and pay it forward daily.
These select few become your life long mentors even after they have journeyed on to the other side of the veil. They are the one's who you turn to for advice - by asking yourself, "What would he or she do in this circumstance".
They leave you a legacy rich in their acceptance of you in whatever stage of life you are in. They also leave you with an unconditional love, for you can feel their love in every fiber in your body. It is there in the quiet moments of the morning when you think about the tasks at hand and a quiet voice says - "You got this!" It is there in the moments when you are rambling on trying to make sense of something and you hear a quiet voice say, "Shut up and just do it!" It is there in a quiet moment of shared memory of lingering to watch the ocean waves, a fishing trip, the water swirl in the rushing creek, the flames leaping in a campfire, the streak of dawn or dusk across the sky or the blinking star in the darkest nights.
You sense that they share every joy, or the wonder of watching your newborn child or grandchild, feel your pain, understand your confusion and your loss. These people are always with you, even when they have went on in their journey across the veil. There are countless times when your thoughts will unexpectedly turn to them and a feeling of warmth of that love will tingle through you and lift a smile in memory. These are the ones who were PRESENT for you in a way that few are.
How can we better honor these than to be mentors for others in just such a way? Paying it forward by being present, seeking to understand rather than judge, to inspire rather than doubt, to love unconditionally, to listen without an agenda, to accept with love even if we don't understand and to know that LOVE is enough as long as it is given freely. If your life has been touched by a mentor the best way to thank them is to pay it forward every chance you can. Seek to inspire.
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