Do you ever think about about how life is happening right now as you
read this passage? There is no downtime to life, it just is. I hear
from my clients all the time say, "Once I get my weight down THEN I'll
be able toconquer the world; reach my full potential, have my vision become real.
The truth is, life is happening all around us right now and today is essentially all we know we have so why not right now? What's the worst that could happen?
So, enough with the, "I'll get to it."...when I have enough energy. Energy in fact, can be increased by sharing with others. Think about it.
I've been to enough funerals in my life to realize that it doesn't matter my demographic, we can be taken off this earth at any moment, so live in this moment as if it were your VERY last one.
I challenge you to do 3 bold things today that are VERY much out of your comfort zone.
ie:
Make that phone call you keep avoiding.
Initiate that hug you dread.
Meet a perfect stranger.
Ask someone out on a date.
Get a run in or a gym visit.
I would love to hear ALL of your thoughts....
Monday, January 25, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Happy New Years!
..Okay, so now that the New Year has begun your going to be hearing A LOT from me!!!
*****Tune in to BIGGEST LOSER SEASON 9 Premiering this evening at 8/7central on NBC to support my girl, Jillian; and then she will be talking about her NEW SHOW on Jay Leno immediately following!!!
I'M SOOOOO EXCITED AND PUMPED!!!
Amy Solomon writes: "There's nothing magic about New Year's — you can make the decision to be kinder to your body every day, and each day is a new beginning."
This Weeks Post:
Get up and start moving!!!
*****Tune in to BIGGEST LOSER SEASON 9 Premiering this evening at 8/7central on NBC to support my girl, Jillian; and then she will be talking about her NEW SHOW on Jay Leno immediately following!!!
I'M SOOOOO EXCITED AND PUMPED!!!
Amy Solomon writes: "There's nothing magic about New Year's — you can make the decision to be kinder to your body every day, and each day is a new beginning."
This Weeks Post:
Get up and start moving!!!
Monday, November 30, 2009
A recent Today show interviewing JM, just one week ago!...very helpful reinforcement for all the new-bees out there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl4vjoerxM4
JILLIAN IS ON THE RACHAEL RAY SHOW AT 9AM ON CBS!! TUNE IN AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT.....
ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS:
What are some examples of dark green leafy vegetables and the best way to eat them?
Arugula has a peppery taste and is rich in vitamins A, C, and calcium. Arugula can be eaten raw in salads or added to stir-fry, soups, and pasta sauces.
Broccoli has both soft florets and crunchy stalks, and is rich in vitamins A, C, and K, folate, and fiber. Broccoli can be eaten raw or steamed, sautéed or added to a casserole.
Collard Greens have a mild flavor and are rich in vitamins A, C and K, folate, fiber, and calcium. The best way to prepare them is to boil them briefly and then add to a soup or stir-fry. You can also eat collard greens as a side dish. Just add your favorite seasoning and enjoy!
Dandelion Greens have a bitter, tangy flavor and are rich in vitamin A and calcium. They are best when steamed or eaten raw in salad.
Kale has a slightly bitter, cabbage-like flavor and is rich in vitamins A, C and K. Kale is tasty when added to soups, stir-fries, and sauces.
Mustard Greens have a peppery or spicy flavor and are rich in vitamins A, C, and K, folate, and calcium. They are delicious when eaten raw in salads or in stir-fries and soups.
Romaine Lettuce is a nutrient rich lettuce that is high is vitamins A, C, and K, and folate. It is best when eaten raw in salads, sandwiches or wraps.
Spinach has a sweet flavor and is rich in vitamins A and K, folate, and iron. Spinach tastes great eaten raw in salads or steamed.
Swiss Chard tastes similar to spinach and is rich in vitamins A, C, and K, potassium and iron. It is best stir-fried or eaten raw in salads.
What are some examples of dark green leafy vegetables and the best way to eat them?
Arugula has a peppery taste and is rich in vitamins A, C, and calcium. Arugula can be eaten raw in salads or added to stir-fry, soups, and pasta sauces.
Broccoli has both soft florets and crunchy stalks, and is rich in vitamins A, C, and K, folate, and fiber. Broccoli can be eaten raw or steamed, sautéed or added to a casserole.
Collard Greens have a mild flavor and are rich in vitamins A, C and K, folate, fiber, and calcium. The best way to prepare them is to boil them briefly and then add to a soup or stir-fry. You can also eat collard greens as a side dish. Just add your favorite seasoning and enjoy!
Dandelion Greens have a bitter, tangy flavor and are rich in vitamin A and calcium. They are best when steamed or eaten raw in salad.
Kale has a slightly bitter, cabbage-like flavor and is rich in vitamins A, C and K. Kale is tasty when added to soups, stir-fries, and sauces.
Mustard Greens have a peppery or spicy flavor and are rich in vitamins A, C, and K, folate, and calcium. They are delicious when eaten raw in salads or in stir-fries and soups.
Romaine Lettuce is a nutrient rich lettuce that is high is vitamins A, C, and K, and folate. It is best when eaten raw in salads, sandwiches or wraps.
Spinach has a sweet flavor and is rich in vitamins A and K, folate, and iron. Spinach tastes great eaten raw in salads or steamed.
Swiss Chard tastes similar to spinach and is rich in vitamins A, C, and K, potassium and iron. It is best stir-fried or eaten raw in salads.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
What makes me so hungry, I wanna feel full!!!
Okay, so I’m not a person who goes out and indulges in a big chocolaty brownie because I know that I will want to eat the whole batch, if I do. In fact, I am the healthiest, most disciplined person I know. "So I thought…"
I always thought I was only keeping weight on because I was eating too many calories worth of healthy foods and not pushing myself hard enough in the gym. Well, this was partly true, but there is a WHOLE other side of the equation.
The actual root of the problem was that my body wasn’t producing enough grhelin and I had too much leptin. Grehlin, being the chemical hormone in the brain that signals us when we are hungry and leptin the hormone that tells us we are full. Okay, hang in there with me. I know this is getting a little too technical.
So, I think I am doing all the right things except I just need to control my calorie-intake right? Wrong! I was hungry all the time because my T4 , one of the three thyroid hormones, was too low and when any of your hormones are off, the entire body is off. My "hormonal symphony,” as Jillian Michaels puts it in “Mastering your Metabolism” was not balanced and therefore one thing threw off EVERYTHING!
At this point, I am so frustrated and confused I began researching, visiting and questioning every doctor under the sun and finally it hit me!
First off, the “mind-body connection” is so powerful that you literally cannot function properly without them both in harmony. There is a cause and effect thing happening between the hormones in the brain that directly correlate with your thoughts and emotions and so on. At this point, it was “God help me before I peel over!”
I slowly began taking control of what Icould have control of at that very moment which were my thoughts. In the mean time my physician insisted that I see her for blood tests every month. My doctor slowly began increasing and tweaking the perfect formula to have my hormones symphonizing the most heavenly melody you can imagine. I never gave up; I remained DETERMINED and PERSISTANT, with the process and it paid off…BIG!
I had no idea how much suffering I had caused the people around me with my relentless emotional roller-coaster but I steadily began clearing any emotional harm I had caused by explaining the circumstances and asking for forgiveness.
Today, I am so relieved to tell you that there is relief to this madness and it’s NOT completely out of your control. You just have to be willing to get up and change! First off, read “Mastering
Your Metabolism, for the love of Pete, and I got you covered with the “emotional baggage stuff.”
Here are some suggestions:
Find joy out of the small things like watching old 80’s movies and sipping hot tea with your love-interest or just yourself.
...Learn to enjoy being with you.
Read a good book. Make a four course meal for yourself. Take a long walk down a path you have never been to. Take a long luxurious bubble bath. Treat yourself to a facial, massage or mani/pedi.
Try attending Inspirational, encouraging, uplifting, eye-opening, experiential events.
Attend a Self-discovery seminar like:
M3 Education
Landmark
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
or a Women's seminar and/or Convention.
...Your friends and loved ones will thank you and you will finally be able to look in the mirror and genuinely love what you see.
You have to fall in love with yourself again and rediscover your self-worth if you want to make an emotional, behavioral and EVEN physical change.
I always thought I was only keeping weight on because I was eating too many calories worth of healthy foods and not pushing myself hard enough in the gym. Well, this was partly true, but there is a WHOLE other side of the equation.
The actual root of the problem was that my body wasn’t producing enough grhelin and I had too much leptin. Grehlin, being the chemical hormone in the brain that signals us when we are hungry and leptin the hormone that tells us we are full. Okay, hang in there with me. I know this is getting a little too technical.
So, I think I am doing all the right things except I just need to control my calorie-intake right? Wrong! I was hungry all the time because my T4 , one of the three thyroid hormones, was too low and when any of your hormones are off, the entire body is off. My "hormonal symphony,” as Jillian Michaels puts it in “Mastering your Metabolism” was not balanced and therefore one thing threw off EVERYTHING!
At this point, I am so frustrated and confused I began researching, visiting and questioning every doctor under the sun and finally it hit me!
First off, the “mind-body connection” is so powerful that you literally cannot function properly without them both in harmony. There is a cause and effect thing happening between the hormones in the brain that directly correlate with your thoughts and emotions and so on. At this point, it was “God help me before I peel over!”
I slowly began taking control of what I
I had no idea how much suffering I had caused the people around me with my relentless emotional roller-coaster but I steadily began clearing any emotional harm I had caused by explaining the circumstances and asking for forgiveness.
Today, I am so relieved to tell you that there is relief to this madness and it’s NOT completely out of your control. You just have to be willing to get up and change! First off, read “Mastering
Your Metabolism, for the love of Pete, and I got you covered with the “emotional baggage stuff.”
Here are some suggestions:
Find joy out of the small things like watching old 80’s movies and sipping hot tea with your love-interest or just yourself.
...Learn to enjoy being with you.
Read a good book. Make a four course meal for yourself. Take a long walk down a path you have never been to. Take a long luxurious bubble bath. Treat yourself to a facial, massage or mani/pedi.
Try attending Inspirational, encouraging, uplifting, eye-opening, experiential events.
Attend a Self-discovery seminar like:
M3 Education
Landmark
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
or a Women's seminar and/or Convention.
...Your friends and loved ones will thank you and you will finally be able to look in the mirror and genuinely love what you see.
You have to fall in love with yourself again and rediscover your self-worth if you want to make an emotional, behavioral and EVEN physical change.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Am I WORTH it?
YES!!! Take a look in the mirror!
You have got to believe in yourself and know, for a fact, that you deserve a hot, sexy, lean body! This factor is precisely what's going to keep you motivated and persistent to your goals. First off, you cannot workout for any one's approval but your own! Trust me, you won't make it if you have this false mentality, and even if you did you wouldn’t maintain it for long because a positive body-image requires self-love and self-worth. It is a mind, body apparatus, therefore your mind must think positive, sharp and clearly on the outcome or goal you plan to achieve.
I CAN'T stand it when I see people walk through those gym doors everyday and bust their butt's on a cardio machine and they maintain the SAME weight after months of vigorous training. The discouragement this creates is what set's people off and turns them away from exercise!
Before you hit the gym, you must have a clear picture of what you want and an exact plan of execution. And also know that you have to maintain a healthy, clean diet to have the energy and weight loss you seek! Without this key factor, no amount of hours on that elliptical will get you to your goal weight. (And you can not crunch your way to ab's either, by the way).
I suggest starting out slow and gradually, and try and up your game, each time you set foot in that gym! Make short terms weight loss goals, each week and in the three months, tops, you can literally transform your entire body.
An entire lifestyle change MUST take place for this process to be efficient and with out drama. If you truly believe you are worth every bit of sweat and tears you create, YOU too can have that lean, sexy bod that you envy, so much.
You have got to believe in yourself and know, for a fact, that you deserve a hot, sexy, lean body! This factor is precisely what's going to keep you motivated and persistent to your goals. First off, you cannot workout for any one's approval but your own! Trust me, you won't make it if you have this false mentality, and even if you did you wouldn’t maintain it for long because a positive body-image requires self-love and self-worth. It is a mind, body apparatus, therefore your mind must think positive, sharp and clearly on the outcome or goal you plan to achieve.
I CAN'T stand it when I see people walk through those gym doors everyday and bust their butt's on a cardio machine and they maintain the SAME weight after months of vigorous training. The discouragement this creates is what set's people off and turns them away from exercise!
Before you hit the gym, you must have a clear picture of what you want and an exact plan of execution. And also know that you have to maintain a healthy, clean diet to have the energy and weight loss you seek! Without this key factor, no amount of hours on that elliptical will get you to your goal weight. (And you can not crunch your way to ab's either, by the way).
I suggest starting out slow and gradually, and try and up your game, each time you set foot in that gym! Make short terms weight loss goals, each week and in the three months, tops, you can literally transform your entire body.
An entire lifestyle change MUST take place for this process to be efficient and with out drama. If you truly believe you are worth every bit of sweat and tears you create, YOU too can have that lean, sexy bod that you envy, so much.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Illuminate the way to Happiness!....
As you probably know, dopamine is a natural, vital chemical in the brain for experiencing joy and contentment. It's the "happy" juice that our body is supposed to naturally release, but some people, like me, don't get enough of it. This can ultimately lead to a major depression. So, in this case, on top of what I'm about to tell you, go to your physician and get blood work done to determine if you need to be medicated or not.
It is also crucial that you learn how you can naturally lower your serotonin levels, the unexplained belly bloat, and it's not rocket science, people!
The following is your daily prescription to good health:
• Sleeping at least seven solid hours a night
• Exercising for at least 30 minutes a day
• Laughing as often as humanly possible!
• At least five minutes of meditation or yoga
• Spend time with friends and family
• Doing things you enjoy (hobbies, interests, groups, movies, etc...)
And here’s a list of other things you may be interested in trying:
scrap-booking, gardening, joining a book club, a good play, an art show or gallery, a symphony, the opera, spend a weekend at a nearby city, an early-morning boot-camp, practice your photography, journaling, poetry, playing with animals, a cooking class, cake decorating class, volunteer work, church functions, etc…
I’ve noticed that TV-watching, celebrity-gossip paraphernalia, internet-surfing and this new twitter-world stuff, as a hobby, ultimately makes me feel like I'm on the sidelines while I watch someone else’s’ extravagant life pass me by. It’s virtually a mimic of reality and that’s exactly why producers produce it, because it SELLS! It may be a good way of shutting your brain-off after a long day at work, or school, but as far as improving your mental state....completely ineffective.
I learned that I must be pro-active in my own life if I want anything to change for the better. This doesn’t just happen on its own, as nice as that may sound. I make a conscious effort every single day to have five minutes of "quiet time," meaning no self-talk. Next, I make a "to-do list" and I am sure to make at least three accomplishments towards one of my goals each day; even if it is as small as making a phone call or leaving a message to an old friend to clear things up. For my own sanity, I took this challenge; I took the risk; I took a chance and, I’ll be honest, it feels very rewarding for the first time.
There is no ultimate destination or end-result to anything. "Life is a process,” as my Dad puts it. There are no end-results or destinations, there are only small and large footprints made by me, for the world, by each short and long-term goals I set out for myself. When I finally discovered and processed that little bit of information, I gained enormous relief from all of the anxiety and tension I had been holding on my shoulders, for years.
A good life, in my eyes, seemed impossible because my expectations were impossible to reach. Sound familiar? I am true perfectionist and I purposely created impossible outcomes so that I can further prove my point and anguish over “what isn’t” and self-sabotage the present and future; Exhausting to say the very least.
Weekly functions are also vital, especially for people with levels of OCD, depression or ADHD, like me. Make Friday night, “girls night-out, and Saturday evening your “date night;” Plan weekly meals with your family or close friends; look forward to continuous enjoyable outings or events with others.
And lastly, DON'T forget to be a KID, again! And if you have a difficult time grasping that inner-child, play with your pets and small children who never experience worry or fear; they simply live in the moment and have unconditional love EVERYDAY of the week. This is the key to overcoming a depressed, anxious or mundane state-of-mind.
PS: Go out and invest in a book, called "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi...it is definitely worth reading!!!!
Next Week's Post: "What makes me so hungry, I wanna feel full!!!"
It is also crucial that you learn how you can naturally lower your serotonin levels, the unexplained belly bloat, and it's not rocket science, people!
The following is your daily prescription to good health:
• Sleeping at least seven solid hours a night
• Exercising for at least 30 minutes a day
• Laughing as often as humanly possible!
• At least five minutes of meditation or yoga
• Spend time with friends and family
• Doing things you enjoy (hobbies, interests, groups, movies, etc...)
And here’s a list of other things you may be interested in trying:
scrap-booking, gardening, joining a book club, a good play, an art show or gallery, a symphony, the opera, spend a weekend at a nearby city, an early-morning boot-camp, practice your photography, journaling, poetry, playing with animals, a cooking class, cake decorating class, volunteer work, church functions, etc…
I’ve noticed that TV-watching, celebrity-gossip paraphernalia, internet-surfing and this new twitter-world stuff, as a hobby, ultimately makes me feel like I'm on the sidelines while I watch someone else’s’ extravagant life pass me by. It’s virtually a mimic of reality and that’s exactly why producers produce it, because it SELLS! It may be a good way of shutting your brain-off after a long day at work, or school, but as far as improving your mental state....completely ineffective.
I learned that I must be pro-active in my own life if I want anything to change for the better. This doesn’t just happen on its own, as nice as that may sound. I make a conscious effort every single day to have five minutes of "quiet time," meaning no self-talk. Next, I make a "to-do list" and I am sure to make at least three accomplishments towards one of my goals each day; even if it is as small as making a phone call or leaving a message to an old friend to clear things up. For my own sanity, I took this challenge; I took the risk; I took a chance and, I’ll be honest, it feels very rewarding for the first time.
There is no ultimate destination or end-result to anything. "Life is a process,” as my Dad puts it. There are no end-results or destinations, there are only small and large footprints made by me, for the world, by each short and long-term goals I set out for myself. When I finally discovered and processed that little bit of information, I gained enormous relief from all of the anxiety and tension I had been holding on my shoulders, for years.
A good life, in my eyes, seemed impossible because my expectations were impossible to reach. Sound familiar? I am true perfectionist and I purposely created impossible outcomes so that I can further prove my point and anguish over “what isn’t” and self-sabotage the present and future; Exhausting to say the very least.
Weekly functions are also vital, especially for people with levels of OCD, depression or ADHD, like me. Make Friday night, “girls night-out, and Saturday evening your “date night;” Plan weekly meals with your family or close friends; look forward to continuous enjoyable outings or events with others.
And lastly, DON'T forget to be a KID, again! And if you have a difficult time grasping that inner-child, play with your pets and small children who never experience worry or fear; they simply live in the moment and have unconditional love EVERYDAY of the week. This is the key to overcoming a depressed, anxious or mundane state-of-mind.
PS: Go out and invest in a book, called "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi...it is definitely worth reading!!!!
Next Week's Post: "What makes me so hungry, I wanna feel full!!!"
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