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So, I promise some pictures of the things I am doing on this new journey into a healthier me.  Today, the sandwich.  I think it is important to start with a good bread.  I love Dave's Killer Bread for that.  If you can't eat an entire loaf in a week this bread freezes really well.  It is great as toast with a little almond butter, but today it's the base for a sandwich.  *Note -I buy the thin sliced for less calories. To make a sandwich filling to the tummy layer!  Layer and layer good healthy stuff on it.   First I started with Salsa, (hot for extra zing) and 1/2 of an avocado sliced. Bread  - 120 calories Avocado - 70 calories *Heathly Fat Salsa - 10 calories   Next a nice meaty slice of tomato and lots of spinach  Tomato - 5 calories Spinach - 5 calories   Let's add protein - today I used and egg. Egg - 72 Calories and TA DA - and big healthy sandwich worth sinking your teeth into. Grand total - ...

Okay - brush my self off and start over for the billionth time. But what is the alternative?  Right - DO IT until I GET IT RIGHT! First two things I am doing - Journaling and drinking my water. This morning I got up with swollen fingers, an indication of too many pretzels with salt yesterday. Last night I listened to the cookies that called my name. Dammit.  Today a little better.  No candy, no pretzels - no snacks.  Woo hoo I had a sandwich at lunch and an orange - a fiber one bar for breakfast - not the healthiest but I am doing my shopping list now and have much healthier alternatives on my list. Tonight I will get my usual Turkey Hoagie at WAWA which I know the calorie count by heart.  Skip the chips - which I love and the candy bar.  (DANG) All I know is the weight is coming on ridiculously fast - faster than I have ever seen.  My weight is going up up up.  STOP the madness - let me off this stupid merry go round. I still ne...

I been listening to Joyce Meyer on my way to work and she was talking about listening to God when he tells you something. Well,  what happened was my weekly health call lady sent me some information and I didn't even bother opening them for days.  Disgusted with myself I guess.   But then I had a nagging voice in my head today- open it - how are you going to help yourself if you don't.   Most of the stuff she sends is good - but this - was great. Entitled - How your Beliefs can Sabotage your Behavior (and what you can do about it) - What - timely right? https://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-clear/how-your-beliefs-can-sabo_b_8760140.html There is the article if you want to read it - the beginning part is the most important to me. If you believe things about yourself like... “It’s hard for me to lose weight.” “I’m not good with numbers.” “I’m not a natural athlete.” “I’m not creative.” “I’m a procrastinator.” It’s pretty clear that...

I am at war - constantly with myself.  You can't see it on the surface but it is there.  I feel that this is one of the major things holding me back to any kind of success in my life.  My battle with my weight, with anxiety and that sense of not fulfilling what God wants me to do.  So how do I start-how do I find peace and harmony in my life. He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world.” ~Marcus Aurelius Great words - but where are the instructions. I started googling because that's what I do best, and there are a lot of good instructions out there on finding peace but none seem to speak totally to me.  I think that it probably a problem for a lot of people.  We are all individuals and we are all different journeys.  We have different feelings and we see things differently.  So how do I following a how to list that really isn't going to help me. Maybe inner peace is not what I need - maybe I need balance - or may...

Good Day my readers.  Today I share some feelings I am having - they make me feel midnight blue.  I decided to go to the crayola sight and look a hues of blue to determine my mood, LOL; and midnight it was. Midnight blue I need to get a grip on my emotions, they are currently all over the place and if I can't get them under control I can't get my weight, my life and even my work in order. I feel that I need to ground myself, center myself in my space.  I need to heal from the inside out, become whole again.  I am a Reiki Master, and I know how to do these things, but life gets in the way.  It is just like finding time to read the Bible, to pray  and to meditate on God's word.  All these things get kicked away by meetings, problems, commitments and plain old laziness.  Time to stop making excuses. But why do I feel midnight blue.  I feel unloved.  Intimate love.  I have the love of friends and God. I have the love of the ...

<a href="https://www.tomoson.com?code=TOP1d1dc0bc9d84df2e255558b8cecf1471" rel="nofollow" style="display: none;"></a> One thing I have learned in all the years of dieting is that you need to write it down.  If you don't you go way over calorie wise.  I learned this at Weight Watchers, but I don't want to go back but I need to loose over 100 pounds.  So I decided to start writing it down and guess what - I have lost 6 pounds so far. Yup! 6 pounds.  Of course it hasn't come easy - did you know that my favorite corned beef hash is 400 calories. First - I recommend finding out how many calories you need to loose weight - a great online calculator is  http://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html  Next - write it down - I recommend committing to 12 weeks with the handy Food & Fitness tracker - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1939754917 Now that I think I got it right - watch out for some of my healthy recipes! Once you kno...

In the past I have use hypnosis apps that have helped with hunger for a bit so I was looking around for an app that would hypnotize me into thinking I had a gastric bypass.  I know - that sounds dumb, but guess what - there is.  Also there are apps for virtual gastric bands.  It is hypnosis but they cost money.  I am not one to spend money.  But then I came across two interesting articles.  One was Dr. Weil, it talked about a woman who was reading about gastric bypasses on how the food went directly out of the body faster causing weight loss.  Next thing it started happening to her and she started loosing weight without having it done. Our bodies are funny things - sometimes - let me tell you what I am doing. I read an article about virtual lap band and it had and interesting thought:  To  make your brain think you have had gastric bypass surgery is to eat one measuring tablespoon of dietary fat–specifically almond butter–30 minutes befor...