Lord, today, let my words be like low carb treats which make me healthy and move me toward my goal. Let them not be like the sugary-sweet, fake, unhealthy, over-processed trash which makes my body less than it should be.
I pray this because I often have to eat my words...I prefer them to be healthy for my mind, soul, and body if they need to be taken in a second time.
Amen.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Kimmer Annoys Me
So what else is new? Heidi Diaz, aka "Kimmer" did something that flies in the face of my theory that if you put your mind on something long enough pretty soon your thoughts will motivate you to that goal. Every day for years she was sitting at her computer typing up instructions to people about how to be thinner while she herself wasn't moved at all by her words.
Since I truly believe that what one dwells on mentally results in changed behavior and motivation to seek the images held in one's mind, her (Kimmer's) behavior and what it manifested makes me believe that her goal was never to be thin or to help others be thin but to make money, large money, at any cost.
Aside from her big lie and her big scam on people (which is plenty to be annoyed with her for!), I am mad because she wrote about being thin and succeeding at eating a certain way to be thin while apparently munching on any and everything that didn't munch on her first. How dual-minded is that?
So, among her many transgressions which pointedly ruined the health of others I find her dual-minded behavior one of the many among dispicable behaviors which pricks me personally.
If my theory on visioning and dreaming until you reach your reality is correct, her reality makes me believe that she never had her heart and mind in the right place while she wrote and tutored and cajoled, criticized and, cough, cough, ahem, "encouraged" others to eat to achieve thinness. I believe what a person thinks is what they ultimately achieved...and so to me, I see a crafty, mean woman who just wanted to lift money from desperate people at any cost to them.
Clearly, this woman focused her mind on succeeding at something and it wasn't weight loss. It was focused on scamming people who had weight problems. And, for this morning that's all I am going to say about it because my personal dreaming and driving to a goal doesn't have time for that poop head's behavior.
I don't have a passion for the demise of Scamkins. I want to see her and her scams gone from the internet but my passion is to reach my own goals. So, I salute you, anti-kimmer bloggers! I am thankful for those who have more mental energy than I to write tirelessly to remove this dual-minded, spiteful woman's presence from the internet but I don't think about it with the passion that they do. My passion is to encourage first myself to achieve my weight-loss goals, then by proving my point, to encourage others.
So, though I don't blog about KK or Kimmer daily, just be aware that I despise the way this woman has used her gift of mind focus to prey upon others and I'm only going to mention it on occasion. Her downfall will not move me away from my path...a path to health, but God bless those of you who can both focus on your own goals and removing her from the 'net.
It's time to hit the shower and get ready for another successful day wherein I will change my own destiny by knowing what I seek and moving forward to it...an inch at a time. Baby steps will get me there.
Have a good day everyone. Willa Smith reporting from Texas.
PS: If you want to read more about the lies of Scammer, please visit the following blogs:
3 Fat Chicks: Anatomy of a Diet Scam
About.com Inside Kimkins
Anti-Kimkins
Kimkins Controversy
Kimkins Dangers
Kimkins Exposed
Kimkins Sucks
Kimkins Survivors
Kimorexia
KKatastrophe - KimPossible's Blog
Livin' La Vida Low-Carb
Low Carb Discussion
Pretty Paula's Journey
Slamboard - Kimkins Diet
The Final Escape - EtheralKim's Blog
The Journey - Christin's Blog
The Open Bench - Deni's Blog
Winning Weight Loss - Becky's Blog
Since I truly believe that what one dwells on mentally results in changed behavior and motivation to seek the images held in one's mind, her (Kimmer's) behavior and what it manifested makes me believe that her goal was never to be thin or to help others be thin but to make money, large money, at any cost.
Aside from her big lie and her big scam on people (which is plenty to be annoyed with her for!), I am mad because she wrote about being thin and succeeding at eating a certain way to be thin while apparently munching on any and everything that didn't munch on her first. How dual-minded is that?
So, among her many transgressions which pointedly ruined the health of others I find her dual-minded behavior one of the many among dispicable behaviors which pricks me personally.
If my theory on visioning and dreaming until you reach your reality is correct, her reality makes me believe that she never had her heart and mind in the right place while she wrote and tutored and cajoled, criticized and, cough, cough, ahem, "encouraged" others to eat to achieve thinness. I believe what a person thinks is what they ultimately achieved...and so to me, I see a crafty, mean woman who just wanted to lift money from desperate people at any cost to them.
Clearly, this woman focused her mind on succeeding at something and it wasn't weight loss. It was focused on scamming people who had weight problems. And, for this morning that's all I am going to say about it because my personal dreaming and driving to a goal doesn't have time for that poop head's behavior.
I don't have a passion for the demise of Scamkins. I want to see her and her scams gone from the internet but my passion is to reach my own goals. So, I salute you, anti-kimmer bloggers! I am thankful for those who have more mental energy than I to write tirelessly to remove this dual-minded, spiteful woman's presence from the internet but I don't think about it with the passion that they do. My passion is to encourage first myself to achieve my weight-loss goals, then by proving my point, to encourage others.
So, though I don't blog about KK or Kimmer daily, just be aware that I despise the way this woman has used her gift of mind focus to prey upon others and I'm only going to mention it on occasion. Her downfall will not move me away from my path...a path to health, but God bless those of you who can both focus on your own goals and removing her from the 'net.
It's time to hit the shower and get ready for another successful day wherein I will change my own destiny by knowing what I seek and moving forward to it...an inch at a time. Baby steps will get me there.
Have a good day everyone. Willa Smith reporting from Texas.
PS: If you want to read more about the lies of Scammer, please visit the following blogs:
3 Fat Chicks: Anatomy of a Diet Scam
About.com Inside Kimkins
Anti-Kimkins
Kimkins Controversy
Kimkins Dangers
Kimkins Exposed
Kimkins Sucks
Kimkins Survivors
Kimorexia
KKatastrophe - KimPossible's Blog
Livin' La Vida Low-Carb
Low Carb Discussion
Pretty Paula's Journey
Slamboard - Kimkins Diet
The Final Escape - EtheralKim's Blog
The Journey - Christin's Blog
The Open Bench - Deni's Blog
Winning Weight Loss - Becky's Blog
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Back From the Cruise
I am posting a picture of me and my daughter-in-law, here. My son took this picture on our second night on the trip.
So, while on this wonderful trip of culinary delights how did I do on on my low carb lifestyle? I did pretty good. Only gained one pound which is probably more fluid retention than anything.
I did have a few cheats on the days when we were off the boat in Tulum looking at the Mayan ruins and while we were on shore in Belize. While it would have probably been fine to eat meaty foods in those ports I didn't feel comfortable with it and opted one day to select a piece of pound cake and a cookie; another day I chose to eat nachos. I also drank a few apple martinis (not all at one time!).
But, here's the thing...I found that I desired to continue low carb eating and working on my goals more than I desired to eat sweets. The last night I went to dinner alone by choice. I had vegetable broth and greens because that was the only thing that appealed to me.
It's all in what you WANT for your life. I want a healthy body...a body that allows me to walk for miles without huffing and puffing--which I did on my cruise. I want to feel youthful, to have skin on my legs which isn't dry and cracking from daily sugar overload. I want to be able to tie my shoes without effort, to clean my house without having to take numerous breaks. I want to feel good about myself.
I want to feel in control of my choices and not to be driven by addiction to a momentary pleasure derived from tasting something sweet, or starchy. I want to comfort myself rather than to be comforted by foods.
It felt wonderful to come back to my desk at the office with a little bit of a tan, and not feeling a "too snug" feeling around my waist, or a too-full feeling in my hands and feet puffed up by intake of too much toxic sugar.
I looked in the mirror when I came home and loved what I saw. Each day I look a little more like that "vision" I captured for myself back in February 2007.
Life is what you make it. When I began my low carb journey I had a pretty bleak outlook on things. Since I have captured the menace of food overload I have gained energy, vitality, and a will to live a fuller life than I had. I'm doing it.
50 pounds gone, friends. I want to lose 20 more. I will. Mid-May is my next goal post. My son will graduate from the university he attends with a master's degree in May. (I never finished my under grad degree so this is huge for me!) I look forward to the vision I have when I greet our guests for the after-party. I will be two sizes smaller from my current size 12 status. I will have slightly longer hair...streaks of gray I embrace rather than cover up. I will have a slight tan and glow with health, and I will be almost 50 years old and more vibrant than I have ever been in my life. And, more than anything I will know the lesson I have taught my son by example on that special day. It's never too late to realize personal goals, to improve yourself, to find ways to enjoy life more fully. He'll never forget that on that special day two years earlier his mother nearly waddled up to her seat at his wedding but realizing the error of her ways she corrected it and chose life. If I can do that with so little to work with, he'll know he can do anything he chooses with so much to work with and so many opportunities that his education has opened up for him. 
(Here is a picture of that boy I am so proud of.)
Now, I realize that this might sound like it is all about me, but it is not. Early on my son expressed his concern about my weight and whether or not I'd be around and feel like being a good grandmother to his children. He dredded taking care of a fat, depressed, aging parent. Realizing that my penchant for ice cream and cake was killing me and killing his hope for part of the happiness of his own future was another reason for me to care about my own life and goals.
Refusal to embrace weight loss and healthy body maintenance can overshadow the lives of our children. Refusal to take control of our own destinies can be a burden to those we love.
Grab a vision and make it happen...even while crusing the Caribbean. Nothing, nothing, nothing tastes as good as successfully re-creating a thinner life feels. Nothing!
Pausing to Thank You
Thanks to those of you who read this blog.
I appreciate every comment posted on it. (If there is an email where I can write the comment-maker back, I do.) Many thanks again.
I appreciate every comment posted on it. (If there is an email where I can write the comment-maker back, I do.) Many thanks again.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Dream a little thin dream of me....
There's no way I can pretend this all happened by diet alone.
I had to get my mind right. Saying "I need to lose weight." told myself exactly that--that I was fat. And, fat I remained as long as I took that attitude.
The Bible says that the tongue has the power of life and death. (Proverbs 18:21) It wasn't until I harnessed the power of my tongue that I became fertile for the change enabled through weight loss.
I started a private journal many months ago where I wrote descriptive paragraphs about how my appearance was changing. As I wrote, I put my mind into the experience of feeling slim, looking slim and the sense of well-being I would gain by making a transformation. (Shucks, I tried to post a picture of a page, but it turned out all blurry.)
I wrote about how if I could lose weight, I could do anything.
I wrote about wearing a size six, wearing a certain type of top to go with a certain type of pants.
I wrote about walking long ways with my dog and feeling the power of change.
I wrote about being successful at my endeavors. I did it daily.
I prayed while I wrote and I wrote while I prayed to God to give me the wisdom and strength of the power of a positive tongue and words.
The more I wrote, the more my subconscious mind took over and I was empowered to eat less, seek support through forums and to find healthy solutions to change my life.
That was last February (2/07). I joined an email support group of individuals who also needed to lose. My journaling and dreaming slipped off as I began to write some of these things to them. My last entry into my journal is in October of 2007. By that time I had a powerful momentum built up and was full steam ahead in positive thinking, positive writing and posting images of myself. And, then there was this blog where I began to share things I thought would (1) help others and (2) continue to enhance my own experience.
Through it all there were two keys:
-Constant thinking about success and
-Positive imaging through words of how I would look at the end of my journey.
If reducing your weight has not been a successful endeavor for you, I would encourage you to stop thinking about dieting and start thinking about how you will look when you are thin.
Experience it through taking time to dream and express what successful weight loss will mean to you.
So far I have lost a solid fifty pounds. Possibly more. Once I instilled an image in my mind of where I was going, there was no stopping me. It took several months of weight reduction behaviors to see results in my clothing size and in the mirror. I am short and the weight loss was very slow.
Somewhere around the ninth month I began to see the success I had desired. I never stopped my thinking, healthy choosing and knowing that soon enough the difference would unfold.
If you can't get yourself into eating less or eating better right now, start dreaming...dream and dream and dream about being slim, healthy and energetic.
Tell yourself "I am going to be so healthy next year at this time. I am getting healthier by the day."
Say, "I will wear white shorts with a red top that shows my arms--they look great! I will have tanned legs, I will have bright red toenail polish on my toenails and enjoy wearing a size eight."
Feel it, feel it, it while you are writing.
Say, "I am so empowered by using my words to reach the success I wholeheartedly desire." (And feel it. Say it out loud.)
Say, "If I can lose weight, I can do anything I want to do." (And feel it.)
Dreaming is a process that you develop. If you are overweight, your dreams may have all gotten lost in the Zinger wrappers and ice cream cartons tossed in the garbage. Mine did. Make new dreams and write them down.
Do it daily. Protect your journaling and dreaming time. Soak it up. Follow the subtle hints of your mind when you dream. You'll find yourself rejecting improper food mentally...act on it. Reject it. Let your dreams send you to purchase an Atkins book, or to join Weight Watchers. Let your dreams motivate you to purchase exercise memberships...or just a pair of good shoes to walk in every day.
I'm dreaming a dream right now...that these words will empower you to be who you want to be.
Write, write and dream, dream. Feel the feelings of a thinner you...until you are on your way.
I had to get my mind right. Saying "I need to lose weight." told myself exactly that--that I was fat. And, fat I remained as long as I took that attitude.
The Bible says that the tongue has the power of life and death. (Proverbs 18:21) It wasn't until I harnessed the power of my tongue that I became fertile for the change enabled through weight loss.
I started a private journal many months ago where I wrote descriptive paragraphs about how my appearance was changing. As I wrote, I put my mind into the experience of feeling slim, looking slim and the sense of well-being I would gain by making a transformation. (Shucks, I tried to post a picture of a page, but it turned out all blurry.)
I wrote about how if I could lose weight, I could do anything.
I wrote about wearing a size six, wearing a certain type of top to go with a certain type of pants.
I wrote about walking long ways with my dog and feeling the power of change.
I wrote about being successful at my endeavors. I did it daily.
I prayed while I wrote and I wrote while I prayed to God to give me the wisdom and strength of the power of a positive tongue and words.
The more I wrote, the more my subconscious mind took over and I was empowered to eat less, seek support through forums and to find healthy solutions to change my life.
That was last February (2/07). I joined an email support group of individuals who also needed to lose. My journaling and dreaming slipped off as I began to write some of these things to them. My last entry into my journal is in October of 2007. By that time I had a powerful momentum built up and was full steam ahead in positive thinking, positive writing and posting images of myself. And, then there was this blog where I began to share things I thought would (1) help others and (2) continue to enhance my own experience.
Through it all there were two keys:
-Constant thinking about success and
-Positive imaging through words of how I would look at the end of my journey.
If reducing your weight has not been a successful endeavor for you, I would encourage you to stop thinking about dieting and start thinking about how you will look when you are thin.
Experience it through taking time to dream and express what successful weight loss will mean to you.
So far I have lost a solid fifty pounds. Possibly more. Once I instilled an image in my mind of where I was going, there was no stopping me. It took several months of weight reduction behaviors to see results in my clothing size and in the mirror. I am short and the weight loss was very slow.
Somewhere around the ninth month I began to see the success I had desired. I never stopped my thinking, healthy choosing and knowing that soon enough the difference would unfold.
If you can't get yourself into eating less or eating better right now, start dreaming...dream and dream and dream about being slim, healthy and energetic.
Tell yourself "I am going to be so healthy next year at this time. I am getting healthier by the day."
Say, "I will wear white shorts with a red top that shows my arms--they look great! I will have tanned legs, I will have bright red toenail polish on my toenails and enjoy wearing a size eight."
Feel it, feel it, it while you are writing.
Say, "I am so empowered by using my words to reach the success I wholeheartedly desire." (And feel it. Say it out loud.)
Say, "If I can lose weight, I can do anything I want to do." (And feel it.)
Dreaming is a process that you develop. If you are overweight, your dreams may have all gotten lost in the Zinger wrappers and ice cream cartons tossed in the garbage. Mine did. Make new dreams and write them down.
Do it daily. Protect your journaling and dreaming time. Soak it up. Follow the subtle hints of your mind when you dream. You'll find yourself rejecting improper food mentally...act on it. Reject it. Let your dreams send you to purchase an Atkins book, or to join Weight Watchers. Let your dreams motivate you to purchase exercise memberships...or just a pair of good shoes to walk in every day.
I'm dreaming a dream right now...that these words will empower you to be who you want to be.
Write, write and dream, dream. Feel the feelings of a thinner you...until you are on your way.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Doncha wish...
your girlfriend was a phreak - like - me....hm...hmmm....hmmm....doncha...ta...ta..ta..taaa...
Oh! Hi there. You caught me singing my theme song in my low carb battle to good health, wealth, beauty and power. Well, maybe not the three latter, but certainly the first: Health.
I have more energy and Jack LaLanne-type vitality than I have ever had. Okay, again I've lied...I am no Jack LaLanne but I plan to be when I am a little older and fitter.
Yesiree, I'll be over forty years old in September...didn't say HOW old, just that I'll be over forty. DON'T ever settle on obesity because you think you are too old to lose weight. This morning I talked at length to my sister about losing weight. She's getting geared up for doing it in the New Year. Here's my thoughts on it...even if obesity doesn't steal some years off your life it will surely steal some of the joy. 
Who do you think is happier, the gal in black (18W), the gal in white (Size 16), or in blue (Size 14/16), or in the brown size 12 pants and blue flip-flops?
It can be done on Atkins, high fat intake, and plenty of protein, cottage cheese and veggies.
Forget the Magic Chicken Dance, er, Diet...forget the high-priced Kimmer Scam and buy an Atkins book. I got mine from Half-Priced Books here in Little City, Texas.
Eat healthy, cut out ALL the sugar, ALL the starches and eat like you love yourself. Plenty of protein, fat and low sugar/starch veggies. Get your carbs from carrot sticks, cottage cheese and other healthy foods that will not immediately turn into blood sugar.
In a year you'll be singing..."Doncha wish your girlfriend was a phreak like ME???" No, folks, I'm no phreak...just a happy post-menopausal gal with lots of energy, hope, and a week-long cruise next week.
Though the cruise came after the decision to lose weight...I think the singing woman in the blue flip-flops will have a lot more fun than the heavier ones pictured above.
Ketosis on, Garth!
For an eye-opener on the scam diets that will ruin your health, start here:
Cream Cheese and Cherry Sweet Treat
Take two ounces of cream cheese and heat them up in the microwave for 15 seconds. Add a couple of drops of Almond Extract and lots of Equal; mix it up really good. Now, grab a sugar-free jello cup in Cherry flavor and dump it in. Mix well. 200 calories. Oh, so delightful.
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