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Introduction Text I'm still here to improve my physical, mental & spiritual well being and to increase the "joy" factor in my life and lives of family & friends. The SP community and my SP friends have been wonderful! -2/13/2020 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I still find EDRECOVERY's comments below very helpful; GAINING THE WILL POWER TO LOSE WEIGHT. You can lose weight if you set your mind to it! Are you ready to take action to achieve the body of your dreams? The biggest barrier you face is actually your self-discipline and willpower. You may have fallen into a vicious cycle. The cycle starts with eating a poor diet full of fats, carbs, and processed foods. These are the kinds of foods that make you feel tired and lethargic all the time. Then, because your body lacks proper energy, you don't feel much like exercising. What's the end result? You end up with a huge loss of willpower and you feel miserable and hopeless. But there is hope! You can make the change! If you truly want to lose weight, you first have to build the willpower to make it happen. Here's a list of things to consider when boosting your willpower: 1. Don't Wait For Something Bad To Happen. Your willpower is within you and you don't want something bad to happen in order to find it. 1½ We've all heard the stories about someone suffering a severe trauma, like a heart attack, and how that life event leads to a permanent change in their habits. You don't need this to happen to you in order to get motivated! 2. Watch Your Portion Size. This is one tip that can allow you to start small. It's hard to muster up the willpower if you're trying to go from one extreme to another. Decide that you're going to have the same meal tonight that you would normally eat - but give yourself a smaller portion size. 2½ The trick is to use smaller plates so the plate visually appears full. 3. Give Yourself A Cheat Day. It'll be an easier transition for you if you allow yourself some fun once in awhile. Tell yourself that next Saturday you can enjoy that pizza for dinner or that chocolate cake for dessert. You'll be less likely to give up knowing that you can eat some pizza next Saturday instead of "never." 3½ Your "cheat" day doesn't mean "over-eat" day. 3½ Savor the flavors of your food, even if it means having a smaller piece than you're used to. Once you've finished your piece, your willpower should kick in and say "no more!" 4. Take Photographs. You can motivate yourself to lose weight by taking some self-portraits. We usually don't have the best idea about how we truly look until we see ourselves in a photograph. Keep a picture with you and look at it when you feel like giving up. 4½ Update your photo often and compare them as you start to lose weight. 5. Make A Food List. Write down all the foods you enjoy eating, then evaluate whether or not these items are healthy. Chances are there are at least some healthy foods that you actually enjoy eating - such as fruits and vegetables. Make sure you start buying these foods for your home. 6. Exercise In Moderation. Adding exercise to your routine can also be a daunting task if you try to jump in too fast. Nobody is telling you that you need to join a gym and engage in rigorous workouts if that's not your style. You'll actually be surprised at how energized you can feel just by taking a 30 minute walk, three times a week. Set Small Goals No matter how you choose to approach your weight loss, it's important to take small steps and remain in good spirits. Doing too much, too fast will only set you up for failure. Instead, set small, manageable goals like one pound per week. By focusing on the smaller, more attainable goal, you'll actually see results far more quickly. In the end, remember to reward yourself for a job well done. After all, you deserve it! Once you have mustered the willpower to succeed at weight loss, you can succeed at anything in your life! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Also loved: ~INDYGIRL 2/13/20 post "STOP- STARTING & STOPPING so have to share too: Stop, stopping and starting because it just kills your metabolism. We all make mistakes and have blatant slip ups. We just have to keep going. Don’t give up. I just LOVE 💕 making car analogies. When you’re driving to a vacation spot and make a wrong turn, you don’t keep driving. You turn around as soon as possible so you can get to your destination- not tomorrow. ~Beth Donovan When you get a speeding ticket, you don’t break traffic laws the whole day. Why blow the day over a slice of pizza. ~Beth Donovan When you blow a tire, you don’t pop the other 3. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ~INDYGIRL 2/Beth's 8 Tips for Natural Weight Loss 1. Have either motivation OR momentum. "Motivation gets you moving, which causes momentum. Momentum is energy or action," Beth explains. "When you are motivated and you are creating momentum, you create success." If you're feeling like you have no motivation, start with momentum. Take action—do something, anything, to start forming a healthy habit. 2. Find something that motivates you that you want more than food. Burn it into your thoughts by creating an “inspirational memory” of what this will be like. See, feel, touch—involve all the senses in your “memory.” Call it up when you are facing tough times. 3. Form healthy habits. Choose only new lifestyle habits that you can do for the long haul. "Diets are a temporary solution and lead to temporary results," Beth says. "Healthy habits are permanent and lead to permanent results." 4. Forgive yourself for setbacks. "Treat yourself like you would a good friend or a child," she advises. Beth considers tracking food and exercise as essential to that forgiveness, as it serves as a confessor of sorts. "Once you write it down and confess your 'food sin' in your tracker, you are forgiven, so move on." 5. Avoid the pitfall of trying to lose too quickly. "Weight lost [too] fast just comes back," she warns. "You could crash your metabolism and end up with more of a weight issue than you started with." 6. Start living life now. Beth lives by the motto that "life is happening now, not 10 pounds from now." No matter how much you have to lose, it's important to live life today, and not to wait until certain conditions have been met. 7. Take time to deal with emotions. "Generally, emotional eaters use food as a Band-Aid to avoid dealing with the mess," Beth says. "Find time to actually resolve the problem. Sit down when you get appropriate time and make an action plan with baby steps." 8. Empower yourself. "I did not have support for my first 100 pounds because nobody thought I could do this," she says. "In the past, if they brought goodies home, I might eat them out of anger or temptation. Now I request that they be locked up or tucked away out of my sight. Goodies left out go in the trash. You have to be ready to stand up for you." "My goal isn’t a number—it’s an ability level and a feeling," says Beth. "I want to do more each day and feel better. I’m tired of pain and disability, but realize it’s permanent. I can, however, reach for the best me that I can be and inspire people along the way." (Beth lost 230+ pounds! read her story w/pics: https://www.sparkpeople.com/blog/blog.asp?post=how_beth_lost_230_pounds_and_reclaimed_her_life * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * QUOTES I'VE ENJOYEDI: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer posted by 1DAY-AT-TIME has both a spiritual patriotic message. "My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer: Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith. They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph. They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest-until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war. For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home. Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom. And for us at home -- fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas -- whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them--help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice. Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts. Give us strength, too -- strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces. And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be. And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose. With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil. Thy will be done, Almighty God. Amen." * * * * * * * More quotes from SP friends * * * * * * * ++ Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” -Booker T. Washington ++ 'Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.'" -Charles R. Swindoll

-Balanced healthy life -125 lbs

-NEVER GIVE UP ! -PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION !

Born in AZ, served in USN in VA, retired in CA moved to WV 2014. I enjoy getting my hands dirty (gardening, cooking, baking, painting, drawing, playing w/clay.

"Why is it when we talk to God, we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us, we're schizophrenic?" -Lily Tomlin"

Add a Link CHANGE: Dont just talk about it, go out there and do it. Dont just meditate about it, go out there and create it. Dont just pray about it, go out there and take action; participate in the answering of your own prayer. If you want change, get out there and live it." -Steve Maraboli
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