When was the last time you drank a glass of FRESHLY squeezed orange juice? I'm not talking about the juice that you buy at the grocery store in a bottle or carton. I'm talking about the kind that you've squeezed from the fruit? Have you ever tried the juice of a FRESH pineapple? I don't remember even tasting a slice of fresh pineapple until a few years ago. I'd only eaten it from a can. Growing up we mainly ate a diet made up of mostly processed foods. When I got married I continued the same diet because that is all I knew. But as Maya Angelou once said, "When you know better, you do better." And that is exactly what has happened to me. I'm DOING better!
Only about 10% of the vital nutrients are left in the food once it reaches your dinner table!!! About 10% folks!! The reason is because as these foods are processed they are heated at such high temperatures that most of the vitamins and minerals are killed. (Not to mention that the food may have been sitting in the store for a few weeks as well losing more and more nutrition every day.) It's a known fact that when vital nutrients are deficient in our bodies, THEN that is when diseases start to form in our bodies! With people eating less and less of the foods your body needs to replenish these nutrients, namely fruits and vegetables, and eat more and more of processed foods, NO WONDER obesity, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic diseases are on the rise!!!
I know some of you are thinking, "But I hate to eat my vegetables!" One REALLY good and tasty way to get these healing vitamins and minerals into our bodies is by juicing our fruits and vegetables. You can mix your fruits and vegetables and hardly even know you are drinking them. But don't let those fruit and vegetable juices you buy in the stores fool you into thinking that you are getting lots of vitamins and minerals when you drink them because you are NOT. They add lots of sugar and other harmful ingredients plus they have to heat it as well and that kills most of the nutrition out of it. I would LOVE to teach you how to do this and share the success I've had and others that I have worked with in getting healthy and losing weight. Please visit my website at: www.aspiringtofreedom.com to learn more of what I offer and then go to my "Contact Me" page to set up a FREE consultation with me.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
When was the last time you thought about good nutrution for yourself or your family?
How important is it to eat nutritionally? Have you ever thought about that question? We all know we should eat more healthy but do we know and understand WHY it is so important to eat meals that nourish our bodies? How important is your health to you?? I know as I grow older good health becomes more and more precious. When I talk about good health to my grown children they are like everyone else. They know they should eat more healthy but it isn't really a priority. When I was their age I thought the same exact way. "I feel good, I'm doing fine. Why worry about one more thing. My life is busy enough." But as we age, we don't feel quite so spunky. We aren't quite so limber. We feel a few more aches and pains. We don't see quite as well. We usually put on extra pounds and have a harder time getting it off. We don't sleep as soundly at night. We are a bit more tired. Our minds drift more to worrying about diseases.
I'm learning more and more how VERY important nutrition is!! Our bodies use the food to heal itself and re-build itself with the food we give it. We HAVE to change our mind set! Instead of thinking about food as a way to heal our bodies we think of food as a primary way of feeding our "emotions". When we feel sad, we eat. When we feel lonely, we eat. When we feel stressed, we eat. When we feel like celebrating, we eat. When we feel over whelmed, we eat. Do you get the picture? And when we feel these emotions what do we reach for? Carrots, Apples?? Not likely. We go for the candy bars, the snack cakes, sugary sodas, JUNK FOOD. Instead of mindlessly eating the junk food trying to fill that emotion, STOP for a minute and ask yourself, "What emotion you are trying to feed?" Become more aware! When you are aware, you have more choices. You then can either make a wise choice of food or find something else to do.
When we are filling ourselves with junk food we are starving ourselves of CRITICAL nutrition! How can your body heal itself if you are starving it of the vitamins and minerals it needs? As the years go on and we continue in bad eating habits, then slowly the weight packs on and then disease smacks us in the face. Diabetes, Heart disease, cancers, high blood pressure, etc. all are good possibilities of becoming a big part of our lives. I think that we tend to think, "Well these diseases don't run in my family so I'm safe." But the true fact of the matter is we can all get these diseases. They are not necessarily genetic. Just by eating badly we can eventually inflict these diseases on ourselves!
In my next post I will share with you a great way to get your fruits and vegetables in a fun and DELICIOUS way!
I'm learning more and more how VERY important nutrition is!! Our bodies use the food to heal itself and re-build itself with the food we give it. We HAVE to change our mind set! Instead of thinking about food as a way to heal our bodies we think of food as a primary way of feeding our "emotions". When we feel sad, we eat. When we feel lonely, we eat. When we feel stressed, we eat. When we feel like celebrating, we eat. When we feel over whelmed, we eat. Do you get the picture? And when we feel these emotions what do we reach for? Carrots, Apples?? Not likely. We go for the candy bars, the snack cakes, sugary sodas, JUNK FOOD. Instead of mindlessly eating the junk food trying to fill that emotion, STOP for a minute and ask yourself, "What emotion you are trying to feed?" Become more aware! When you are aware, you have more choices. You then can either make a wise choice of food or find something else to do.
When we are filling ourselves with junk food we are starving ourselves of CRITICAL nutrition! How can your body heal itself if you are starving it of the vitamins and minerals it needs? As the years go on and we continue in bad eating habits, then slowly the weight packs on and then disease smacks us in the face. Diabetes, Heart disease, cancers, high blood pressure, etc. all are good possibilities of becoming a big part of our lives. I think that we tend to think, "Well these diseases don't run in my family so I'm safe." But the true fact of the matter is we can all get these diseases. They are not necessarily genetic. Just by eating badly we can eventually inflict these diseases on ourselves!
In my next post I will share with you a great way to get your fruits and vegetables in a fun and DELICIOUS way!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
What do you consider SUCCESS?
What do you consider success when it comes to weight loss? Are you just interested in losing weight? Every single program I went on, losing the weight was the main focus! Is that what you consider success? Just losing 10, 20, 50 lbs.? I can't tell you how many times I lost the SAME 50 lbs. I tried diet after diet. They all had about the same focus, control what you eat and exercise, but they had a little different approach. Each time I would join one of these programs I would pray and wish that "This time was the LAST time I have to go on a diet!" But every single time the weight came right back on.
Einstein said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." I know that there are some of you reading this blog post that want to lose weight but you don't want to try losing weight again out of fear of failing again. There are some of you that have gotten the courage to try it one more time and joined another weight loss program hoping that this will be the "last time" to have to diet again. Well I'm here to tell you that there is a way to get off that road to "insanity"! There is a BETTER way! There is a way to take it off that is much less painful and stressful and you can keep the weight off forever!
When you are taught to count every point, every calorie, every fat gram, every carb you put into your mouth and you have to live that way for the rest of your life in order to keep the weight off, THAT is CRAZY to me! You become consumed with food! What you put in your mouth becomes a full time job! Then there is the shake diets and the diet pill diets and the starve yourself diet and every other kind of crazy diet that you can think of out there! BOTTOM LINE: You will lose weight with these other diet plans BUT you will have to count whatever FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE to KEEP the weight off! Or you will have to drink those shakes, take those pills, starve or what ever FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE to KEEP the weight off! If that doesn't make sense to you, if that is something you find you can't do for the rest of your life then you have to ask yourself , "are you starting that program to just lose that weight temporarily? Or are you wanting to lose it for the LAST time?
Tomorrow I will tell you how I help you lose the weight for good! Stay tuned!
Einstein said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." I know that there are some of you reading this blog post that want to lose weight but you don't want to try losing weight again out of fear of failing again. There are some of you that have gotten the courage to try it one more time and joined another weight loss program hoping that this will be the "last time" to have to diet again. Well I'm here to tell you that there is a way to get off that road to "insanity"! There is a BETTER way! There is a way to take it off that is much less painful and stressful and you can keep the weight off forever!
When you are taught to count every point, every calorie, every fat gram, every carb you put into your mouth and you have to live that way for the rest of your life in order to keep the weight off, THAT is CRAZY to me! You become consumed with food! What you put in your mouth becomes a full time job! Then there is the shake diets and the diet pill diets and the starve yourself diet and every other kind of crazy diet that you can think of out there! BOTTOM LINE: You will lose weight with these other diet plans BUT you will have to count whatever FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE to KEEP the weight off! Or you will have to drink those shakes, take those pills, starve or what ever FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE to KEEP the weight off! If that doesn't make sense to you, if that is something you find you can't do for the rest of your life then you have to ask yourself , "are you starting that program to just lose that weight temporarily? Or are you wanting to lose it for the LAST time?
Tomorrow I will tell you how I help you lose the weight for good! Stay tuned!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Can you be carrying around 5-10 lbs of "False Fat"?
One of the GREAT benefits of learning to slow down while you eat is that you also learn to hear or feel signals that your body is telling you. Your body will send you signals that you really never caught before. It's super important to start listening to it and recognize what it's telling you!
Since I've been eating much more healthier, I've noticed a few things that my body has been telling me and I never made the connection. I read an article the other day that was talking about food sensitivity. We can store from 5-10 extra pounds or more because of the reaction our body has to some foods. That's a LOT! I noticed in the last few months every time I ate anything with a lot of sugar in it, my stomach would just burn. You can also feel bloated caused by swelling or inflammation. In the article there was a list of the 7 most reactive foods that cause the most sensitivity. Here it is:
dairy
wheat
corn
sugar
soy
eggs
peanuts
I have a definite reaction to sugar and peanuts. I can't eat either one without my stomach just feeling like it was on fire. So you might want to pay attention when you eat any of these foods and if you have a negative reaction to them, they might be causing you to carry around extra weight!
If you would like some help in training yourself to listen to what your body is telling you, please contact me through my website: http://www.aspiringtofreedom.com/
Since I've been eating much more healthier, I've noticed a few things that my body has been telling me and I never made the connection. I read an article the other day that was talking about food sensitivity. We can store from 5-10 extra pounds or more because of the reaction our body has to some foods. That's a LOT! I noticed in the last few months every time I ate anything with a lot of sugar in it, my stomach would just burn. You can also feel bloated caused by swelling or inflammation. In the article there was a list of the 7 most reactive foods that cause the most sensitivity. Here it is:
dairy
wheat
corn
sugar
soy
eggs
peanuts
I have a definite reaction to sugar and peanuts. I can't eat either one without my stomach just feeling like it was on fire. So you might want to pay attention when you eat any of these foods and if you have a negative reaction to them, they might be causing you to carry around extra weight!
If you would like some help in training yourself to listen to what your body is telling you, please contact me through my website: http://www.aspiringtofreedom.com/
Monday, June 13, 2011
How are taking care of the weeds in your mind?
I truly hope that you are living a life with dreams and desires. Just living life from day to day with out hopes and dreams is living and only seeing things in black and white. There is no richness, no color, no emotion, no excitement! It's definitely worth taking that leap of faith!!
I want to give you something REALLY important to think about! I have a really GREAT question I want you to think about and then answer to yourself: Are you getting to the "Root" of your weight loss issues or are you continually fighting the battle by just cutting off the top of the weeds??? What happens in a garden when you go in and just cut the tops of the weeds without pulling the entire weed, root and all out? They continue to grow and to spread and make new weeds. So you are fighting more and more to keep them from stealing the nutrients that your vegetables need. Eventually the weeds starve out your vegetables and all you are left with is the weeds. You give up on the fight because the weeds have won and you lose out on all of the wonderful fresh vegetables. This is another reason why "diets" don't work. We are programed to work on getting off the weight. We all KNOW what we need to do to lose the weight but we aren't taught how to get to the "root" of what got us to the weight issues we have now. That is why we all experience the yo-yo dieting. "Dieting" is temporary! I have been trained and have the tools that will help you to find the "root" of your weight issues and dig them out so that you can make your next weight loss journey the LAST. Please go to http://www.aspiringtofreedom/ to learn more and get a hold of me from my "Contact Me" page and we will work together to end your battle with weight for the last time!
I want to give you something REALLY important to think about! I have a really GREAT question I want you to think about and then answer to yourself: Are you getting to the "Root" of your weight loss issues or are you continually fighting the battle by just cutting off the top of the weeds??? What happens in a garden when you go in and just cut the tops of the weeds without pulling the entire weed, root and all out? They continue to grow and to spread and make new weeds. So you are fighting more and more to keep them from stealing the nutrients that your vegetables need. Eventually the weeds starve out your vegetables and all you are left with is the weeds. You give up on the fight because the weeds have won and you lose out on all of the wonderful fresh vegetables. This is another reason why "diets" don't work. We are programed to work on getting off the weight. We all KNOW what we need to do to lose the weight but we aren't taught how to get to the "root" of what got us to the weight issues we have now. That is why we all experience the yo-yo dieting. "Dieting" is temporary! I have been trained and have the tools that will help you to find the "root" of your weight issues and dig them out so that you can make your next weight loss journey the LAST. Please go to http://www.aspiringtofreedom/ to learn more and get a hold of me from my "Contact Me" page and we will work together to end your battle with weight for the last time!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Sunday moments (NEW)
I usually "rest" from my labors on Sundays. But I enjoy blogging so much that I thought I could blog about something positive I learned on Sunday or what ever my thoughts and feelings take me. So this is going to become a regular posting for me.
Today was a such a great day! I truly look forward each Sunday. Today I was pleasantly surprised because one of our young men is going to serve a church mission. It was his farewell. The meeting was filled with beautiful music that just made me cry because it was SO beautiful. Plus we got to hear his parents, brothers speak and then he spoke. I truly felt the Spirit so strong! I'm very happy for this young man and I have no doubts that he will do much good on his mission! He will be volunteering 2 years of his life to the service of the Lord. What an honor! The church was packed today with everyone friends and family from miles around to support him and wish him well. I know that he will be richly blessed and his family will as well. When our son served on his church mission our family never was blessed more! It was amazing!
I love our Savior, Jesus Christ with ALL my heart! I know he lives and loves each and every one of us. He cares deeply about each of us, even in the little things. He gave his life so that we might live again with Him, Heavenly Father and our families. I know that God lives and that he is our Heavenly Father. I'm grateful more than words can express that God allowed us to come to this earth and live as families. I'm grateful for my wonderful husband and our children and grandchildren. Life with out them would be a totally sad and lonely way to live. They are my best friends. I'm so grateful that we are so close. When we get together it is a very special time for me. I hope and pray that you had a very special Sunday as well! Talk to you more tomorrow!
Today was a such a great day! I truly look forward each Sunday. Today I was pleasantly surprised because one of our young men is going to serve a church mission. It was his farewell. The meeting was filled with beautiful music that just made me cry because it was SO beautiful. Plus we got to hear his parents, brothers speak and then he spoke. I truly felt the Spirit so strong! I'm very happy for this young man and I have no doubts that he will do much good on his mission! He will be volunteering 2 years of his life to the service of the Lord. What an honor! The church was packed today with everyone friends and family from miles around to support him and wish him well. I know that he will be richly blessed and his family will as well. When our son served on his church mission our family never was blessed more! It was amazing!
I love our Savior, Jesus Christ with ALL my heart! I know he lives and loves each and every one of us. He cares deeply about each of us, even in the little things. He gave his life so that we might live again with Him, Heavenly Father and our families. I know that God lives and that he is our Heavenly Father. I'm grateful more than words can express that God allowed us to come to this earth and live as families. I'm grateful for my wonderful husband and our children and grandchildren. Life with out them would be a totally sad and lonely way to live. They are my best friends. I'm so grateful that we are so close. When we get together it is a very special time for me. I hope and pray that you had a very special Sunday as well! Talk to you more tomorrow!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
Since I've started this weight loss journey in Feb. I've has SO many really exciting "Ah-Ha" moments. It's been so much fun for me and the way I look at weight loss and my life on this journey has just taken a 180 degree turn. That is what truly motivates me to want to help others with their weight issues! Through out the last 30 years when I would start to think about losing weight, first I would have to work myself up to start the battle again and then the number on the scale would be my main focus along with the "counting" of points, calories, carbs or what ever else I was suppose to be counting. It drove me CRAZY for about 5-6 months until I reached my goal.
Since learning that "dieting" will most always be a temporary fix and causes people to continue to gain weight over the years, I have learned so many wonderful truths! Some thing that has been life changing to me is that I have learned NOT to focus on the weight loss or the number on the scale but to focus on my habits. I know some of you may say that is a no brainer. But for those of you that have struggled with weight, you know what I mean. When I would get on the scales and the number didn't go down or even went up, that would totally crush me! It would take me several days to pull myself out of the slump. I would feel like such a failure and sometimes tell myself, "Well since I messed up again I might as well eat that candy bar." Then for a few days I would really struggle to get back up on the wagon. THAT is what I mean by "dieting" is just a FIGHT for me! I really hated it! Negative thoughts were something I lived with off and on through out the dieting. All the guilt, deprivation, feelings of being a failure, losing hope at times just haunted me.
This year I have learned that I truly need to have a clear goal of size and weight BUT not to have that ALL I think about or focus on. I now focus on my HABITS. I am thinking often about ways that can help me reach my goal. I don't put a time limit when I'm going to reach my goal because I don't want the added pressure. Because what I've come to learn is that when I work on and conquer my habits THEN my body's natural response will be to let go of the weight. I've learned to totally let go of the numbers and focus on the habits and then just wait and be patient with my body as it lets go of the weight. This was FREEDOM to me!! I can't tell you how freeing that was. I do still weigh myself 1-2 times a week but there is NO guilt no matter what the numbers are! This is not a race for me! If it takes a year to lose the weight I want then that's just fine with me. Making this my absolutely LAST time I go down this journey and getting healthy is WAY more important to me than how fast I can get the weight off! This is one of the big lessons in making this a lifestyle and keeping the weight off for GOOD! I've lost 20 lbs. and I know without a doubt that this 20 lbs will never come back again because I totally think differently. If you are having a hard time trying to lose weight and are needing someone to help keep you accountable and guide you, please get in touch with me. I'd be happy to help! For more information on how I can help you or finding out how to contact me please visit my website at: http://www.aspiringtofreedom.com/
Since learning that "dieting" will most always be a temporary fix and causes people to continue to gain weight over the years, I have learned so many wonderful truths! Some thing that has been life changing to me is that I have learned NOT to focus on the weight loss or the number on the scale but to focus on my habits. I know some of you may say that is a no brainer. But for those of you that have struggled with weight, you know what I mean. When I would get on the scales and the number didn't go down or even went up, that would totally crush me! It would take me several days to pull myself out of the slump. I would feel like such a failure and sometimes tell myself, "Well since I messed up again I might as well eat that candy bar." Then for a few days I would really struggle to get back up on the wagon. THAT is what I mean by "dieting" is just a FIGHT for me! I really hated it! Negative thoughts were something I lived with off and on through out the dieting. All the guilt, deprivation, feelings of being a failure, losing hope at times just haunted me.
This year I have learned that I truly need to have a clear goal of size and weight BUT not to have that ALL I think about or focus on. I now focus on my HABITS. I am thinking often about ways that can help me reach my goal. I don't put a time limit when I'm going to reach my goal because I don't want the added pressure. Because what I've come to learn is that when I work on and conquer my habits THEN my body's natural response will be to let go of the weight. I've learned to totally let go of the numbers and focus on the habits and then just wait and be patient with my body as it lets go of the weight. This was FREEDOM to me!! I can't tell you how freeing that was. I do still weigh myself 1-2 times a week but there is NO guilt no matter what the numbers are! This is not a race for me! If it takes a year to lose the weight I want then that's just fine with me. Making this my absolutely LAST time I go down this journey and getting healthy is WAY more important to me than how fast I can get the weight off! This is one of the big lessons in making this a lifestyle and keeping the weight off for GOOD! I've lost 20 lbs. and I know without a doubt that this 20 lbs will never come back again because I totally think differently. If you are having a hard time trying to lose weight and are needing someone to help keep you accountable and guide you, please get in touch with me. I'd be happy to help! For more information on how I can help you or finding out how to contact me please visit my website at: http://www.aspiringtofreedom.com/
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