What Creates Inspiration?

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:57:58 +0000

Simon Sinek: How Great Leaders Inspire Action

She called it ‘discrimination’ – the store owner called it ‘increased cost of doing business’ with fat people!

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:29:29 +0000

I call it a sad state of affairs… Stop the madness!

When will people begin to take responsibility for themselves and deal with the consequences of their actions and choices?

*Umm… this is a sensitive topic… weight. Well, a woman in Dekalb County, Georgia had a pretty embarrassing moment at a local nail salon.

Michelle Fonville got a pedi and mani, and got her brows done. And when she was handed the bill she got a very unpleasant surprise – a $5 surcharge.

At first she was a bit confused about the bill and informed the person in charge, saying there was a mistake made.

She was corrected by the salon manager, who told her it was no mistake. It was a new charge they established for overweight people.

Yes, for fat people. She explained to the customer who nearly broke down in tears, that people who exceeded the 200-pound capacity for the salon chairs were costing her big money to keep those chairs in operation – $2,500 each!

For the entire story, go to http://www.eurthisnthat.com/2010/08/23/video-being-fat-costs-money/#more-15362

Watch this video and tell me your thoughts.

Obesity Is Bad for Your Brain

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:58:45 +0000

Imaging tests revealed that, compared with seniors of normal weight, obese seniors had 8% less brain tissue… and their brains appeared 16 years older, on average, than the brains of peers who were not overweight. Seniors classified as overweight had 4% less brain tissue and their brains appeared eight years older. Affected brain areas included those critical for memory, attention and movement. Implication: To protect your brain health and decrease dementia risk, maintain a normal weight.

Source: Paul Thompson, PhD, is a professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and senior author of a study of 94 people over age 70.

Courtesy of Bottom Line Publications – Healthy Woman

Can you think your Metabolic rate up?

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:33:58 +0000

I lay awake in bed last night wondering if indeed the mind is powerful enough to make my body believe that my metabolic rate is speeding up and that I will soon be burning much more energy and FAT! than I am intaking! I visualized it and kept thinking about it while I lay there. Of course, all the while, feeling my oh-so-doubtful one saying “It’ll never work” in the background!

But I believe we create our reality from our thoughts and I am going to think better thought!

What do you think?

You have to work up a sweat!

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:28:49 +0000

I have been an avid walker for years and as the time continues to roll by, I am well aware that the same old workout is not doing enough to keep my metabolism burning high enough to make being slim a given anymore! It’s time to turn up the heat, pick up the pace and work up a sweat! Who’s ready to go?

It’s as simple as turning a fast walk into a speed walk and watch the beads of sweat begin to form on your forehead. Or you can take it up to a trot or even a run. Whatever get the heart pumping faster and gets you starting to sweat.

I’m confident you will see wonderful results on your scale and in how your clothes begin to feel in a couple weeks!

Let me know…

Take a Walk on the Bright Side!

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:12:33 +0000

Take a Walk on the Bright Side!.

You Have To Make Peace With Where You Are!

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:45:27 +0000

The more we fight against with our un-wanting and frustration and discontent that which we are wanting to change, the stronger it exists in our life!

If you really want a lean healthy body to live in … then you have to start putting your attention on what you want and stop focusing on what you don’t want. Sounds logical right? Simple, not really! Worth the effort, undoubtedly!

It’s really a simple concept to grasp and once you understand this you can apply it to all areas of your life:

That which you put your focus on grows and expands in your life. So if you are focused on how fat you are, how much you need to lose weight and more, guess what you end up with? More of it. More being fat, more reasons to need to lose weight and more pain, anguish and self hatred!

If you start to accept where you are, just come to be at peace with it, you can then change your focus to what you really want to have, do or be. If you can become peaceful about it and then actually start to believe you will be able to get healthy someday, and you will, then you start having more empowering thoughts about your body, your health, your choices and much much more!

Try it! Let me know your results.

Cheers!

Put Some Spring in Your Step!

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:03:31 +0000

Spring has got to be just around the corner so it’s time to start thinking and feeling how nice it is going to be when the sun is shining upon us and the flowers are all bursting with new color and we are out moving our bodies and getting exercise!

Sometimes you must think it before it is so and this is one of the ways you can create excitement around your commitment to better health. Picture it in your mind, smell the fresh air, feel the warm sun and feel how good your body feels in motion, getting stronger and healthier everyday!

Wow, it’s powerful! So much so I have to go for my morning walk now!

It really works… try it!

Ciao!

Living the Life You Want Starts with this One Word…

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:11:50 +0000

Change…the utterance of this word often sends shivers down our spine…but once we embrace the power that change can bring…we can move forward and create the life we want!

Does change seem like a unreachable dream?

In my own journey to improve my life, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand why it’s so difficult to make changes that add so much to our self esteem, confidence and the quality of our lives.

Here are some of the key components I’ve found that make change possible and more importantly permanent!

1. It starts with taking an honest inventory of where you are right now in your life.

I spent the first half of my life being fat and unhappy about it. Then one day I finally came to the stark truth that I was fat and I was the one who got me there and kept me there!

Now that the truth was out, I could clearly see the starting point of my journey to losing weight. No justifications, excuses or denial attached to it. Rather, the simple yet profound unveiling of the actual truth.

2. Next… coming to terms with the truth of where you are at this moment and accept all the ways it prevents you from having the life you want.

John Assaraf offers helpful guidance in his book Having It All, Achieving Your Life’s Goals and Dreams with his description of your True North. Your True North is exactly where you are this very moment. Just the honest to goodness truth…without any of our defenses bubbling up to shadow our reality.

I have to admit that sometimes the truth hurts…it can be a bit overwhelming. Which leads to the next key step to making permanent and positive life changes.

3. Does the thought of being that honest make you a little nervous?

If you feel uncomfortable right now, you’re not alone. Most people I’ve worked with felt the same way to varying degrees.

But inside this nervous, uneasy sensation is a treasure trove of insights! How you got here, why you have stayed here longer than you wanted and how you’re going to get to where you really want to be.

In my next article, we’ll take a deeper look at how our feelings and beliefs can keep us stuck. But till then…

I’d like to inspire you to accept this challenge:

1. Using a scale of 1 to 10 rate your “True North” in the following areas of your life: Health, Fun, Learning, Environment, Family & Friends, Finances, Career, Goals. Also note any feelings that surface as you identify your “True North” number for each area.

2. See if you can identify what beliefs you may have formed that are contributing to these feelings and the situation you desire to change.

Please don’t take this too seriously! This is not meant to open up an opportunity to beat up on yourself. Just relax into the truth and try to resolve yourself to the idea that this is now, but you have the tools to change it.

For more detailed exercises in this area, you can refer to Chapter 2 in my book, Being Fat Sucks! or Chapter 6 of Having It All.

I welcome your comments or questions!

Be happy and healthy!

Lisa Lewis has gone from life in the FAT lane to life in the FAST lane through a remarkable renovation of the body and the mind. She is a certified Nutrition and Wellness Consultant and an Independent Associate with Isagenix International. Lisa is the author of “ Being Fat Sucks!” and is dedicated to causing a breakthrough in people’s health and well being. Please contact Lisa for more information.

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All heck breaks loose when you lose your password!

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:30:09 +0000

Well, the time came to get a new computer after having spent hours and a few too many dollars wrestling with detecting the problem, virus scanning and ultimately installing a new hard drive during the holiday at the end of 2009. Kept me out of the fridge though!

So here I am in February and the same things start showing up: slowing of the system, “not responding” messages and just plain freezing up! The truth reveals itself to me louder than ever: “Lisa, it’s time to stop spending time and money on fixing it and just buy a brand new computer!”

So I did and I am absolutely elated!

My curiosity is, why does it sometimes take getting hit over the head or another such profound awakening metaphor to make us move in the direction that is ultimately forward? Why are we so quick to fall back into complacency and futility?

Of course I am relating this to weight and health, you know that right?

I was talking with my wonderful partner of 10 years last night and we were pondering why it is so difficult for people to change their behaviours that no longer work for them and adopt new behaviors that are better suited for the current situation including their new dreams and desires for their life. In talking about it I realized that most people just want to stop one thing and begin another the next day. It just doesn’t happen that way!

I'm no good at this game! I can't even hit the ball! This game is no fun and frankly... I quit!

I related it to learning a sport… like golf! It takes a lot of green time (and probably more rough time int he beginning) and a great deal of practice to get good at it. You don’t just try it and say, I’m no good and quit! But that’s what people expect when they try to make changes in their lives about themselves.

My point? Relax and just keep swinging. Know what you want and keep practicing becoming that person. Don’t give up!

Sorry for my absence… with the computer went all of my stored passwords and seems I was lazy in making sure I had ALL of them written down in a safe place.

But I am back so tell me your thoughts, share your insights and give me some interaction!

All my best,
Lisa