What Do YOU Think About Drastic Measures for Weight Loss?

I was chatting to someone recently about weight loss ideas and strategies and she asked me what my thoughts were on bariatric surgery…  I have to be totally honest with you here – the idea of surgery for weight loss horrifies me, in fact I know a number of people who’ve done it and they’ve gained a large portion of the weight back again.

So – here’s why I’m opposed to body weight being surgically removed (or having how much you can eat surgically manipulated)… if you don’t deal with the emotional issues about your body image and don’t change your mindset – I believe that your pretty much guaranteed to have the weight come back on.  
Maybe you won’t – but these problems or issues WILL show up in some other way… perhaps binging in another way such as shopping, hoarding, sex, etc.

I firmly believe that the ONLY way to live a healthy balanced life is to treat all aspects of what you need in life with honor and respect. By that I mean nurturing your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs.
Physical – nutrition, exercise, etc. Emotional – journaling, self-expression, etc. Mental – reading, inner dialogue (how you talk to yourself!), etc. and Spiritual – meditating, visualizing, feeling connected.

Quick fixes may get you where you THINK you want to be, but unless you adopt a holistic approach and realize that a healthy body is NOT a destination, rather – this body of yours is a sacred vessel which allows you to truly deeply enjoy your life experience… this is it, the journey is the gift.

Using the power of words to feel good!

I just got back from a lunch date with a friend whom I had not seen for many years… we had some really great conversations about how we each help clients in a similar way (reminds me of a quote “same same – but different!”).

Part of our conversation was around reframing the idea of having to do something to choosing to do it!

Think about it – how do YOU feel when you have to do something… for me, that energy feels heavy, like a burden – taking away my power of choice and feeling of being in control of what I do.

And yet – when I choose to do something… the energy is much lighter, life affirming and fun – because I’ve taken control and got my eye on what the end result is going to be.

This idea relates to pretty much any part of your life… but let’s look at exercise as an example of something that you may be struggling with doing.  Do you try to exercise from the viewpoint that you have to exercise in order to lose weight (or just maintain a healthy body)?

Would you be willing to start shifting that focus to be that you choose to exercise and move your body on fun ways so you can feel healthy and happy?

I’d love for you to try this out for yourself and let me know how it feels for you!

Weight Loss Gifts Giveaway Offers Best Selection of FREE Health and Wellness Related Products, Services & Memberships

I wanted to let you know today about a Weight Loss site that will allow you to download a ton of weight loss-related gifts. And the best part is that it is absolutely FREE!

If you’ve had enough of plodding along year after year and you want to improve yourself and your health to make this your BEST ever year, then you need to go here: http://weightlossgiftsgiveaway.com/go/26

The Weight Loss Gifts Giveaway will be open only for a VERY LIMITED TIME from October 6th to October 27th, 2011. When you go there you’ll find a multitude of products – all FREE – provided by Weight Loss experts from all over the world. Here is just a small sample of what you will find:

* Divinely Easy Weight Loss – Moira Hutchison
* Angelic Healing Audio – Self Esteem for Weightloss – Lisa Dorey
* Goal Setting Success – Leslie Householder
* Weight loss In A Week System – Terry Phong
* Destroy Weight Loss Self-Sabotage Hypnosis Audio – Michelle Mayur
* Lose Weight and Radiate 21 Day Challenge E-course – Lynn Smith
* 10 Surefire Ways to Jumpstart Your Motivation – Terri Bodell
* Get Wealthy Healthy and Hot Audio – Zoe Routh
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Get all of these and many more here: http://weightlossgiftsgiveaway.com/go/26

The organizers of the event are Carolyn Hansen, Gillian Hood-Gabrielson, Stephanie Mulac & Dr. Joe Rubino.

Stephanie started this style of event in 2006. It’s in the form of a “Giveaway” which is sort of like a giant electronic trade fair where 100’s of experts offer their products free to the public.

Because it has become so popular, this time Stephanie has joined forces with Carolyn Hansen, renowned fitness professional, Gillian Hood-Gabrielson, exercise physiologist and intuitive eating coach, and Self Esteem Expert, Dr. Joe Rubino.

You only have to walk into any book store in any country to see how popular the subject of weight loss is. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry churning out hundreds of new books, audios, CD’s and other paraphernalia every year.

These can be very expensive but at http://weightlossgiftsgiveaway.com/go/26 you can pick this information up completely FREE.

With the year 75 percent over, what better time is there than right NOW to set yourself and your business up for future success? This event is a life-changing experience for those who take it.

Come and join Carolyn, Gillian, Stephanie, Joe and me and see for yourself.

If you want to grab the best collection of weight loss products you’ll find ANYWHERE – all FREE – then go to http://weightlossgiftsgiveaway.com/go/26 NOW and claim your bounty!

Noticing where you ARE!

There is some really major roadwork / highway improvement happening near where I live… it’s been going on for at least two years now.  Road construction has always fascinated me – it is such a massive combination of planning and big picture logistics followed by all of the minutiae that forms the end product.

The reason I’m writing about this here, is – recently there was a large phase of the upgrade completed and now I get to drive on a completely new road which runs parallel to the old one… on the very first day I drove this road – I found that I could not visualize or work out where I was driving in relation to how it used to be.  It was as if the old route never existed for me.

To bring this into the idea of looking after your own health, weight and well-being.  If you look at yourself as you are now, paying no heed to what you have changed and accomplished – it can feel like a never ending battle, to get fitter, feel better, maybe even drop a few more pounds.

So I’m encouraging you to be proud of the work you’ve done on yourself… of course we are all “works in progress” but it is REALLY important to enjoy the journey.  Remember it’s not necessarily about the destination (when you get there – there will always be somewhere else to go!!) – the journey (and detours) are what make the experience tranformational and exciting!