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happy new year

so many things have happened over the last two weeks....wow.i think the little escape to the beach we have planned for tonite is necessary to regroup and gear up for Monday's NEW BEGINNING.kitchen has been cleared of all that white flour/white sugar poison that invaded by the POUND with the family visiting.was not 100% successful in avoidance.isolate and move forward.i know how to do that. GOAL settingthis time its a little more tricky cuz i...

January 2, 2009 | comments (2) | mental transformation

impersonal/personal

just read clarissa's post again on Letting go of the Desire to Controlread it...sent it to my hubby...put it into practice and had a summer of relative success with it...HOWEVER...now that the grandbaby is here...we are being revisited by this....weighty matter ....weighs us down and causes discord... i have to believe that we are hitting some of the walls again so that we can learn how to do this....control what you can control and stop trying t...

December 28, 2008 | comments (4) | mental transformation

i love lovin' on people..

i greet so many people on here..and i remember little facts about them....and then...as i am doing things in my 3D life i remember these little things and i pray for them...for their success...for their joy to come...problem is...i am forgetting WHO goes to WHAT fact now...and i cant go back and see ...uh...was it hat woman from Iowa who raises Pomeranians that has bad knees? or was it the woman from Colorado that has the bad knees?  GOD? yo...

December 20, 2008 | comments (1) | mental transformation

14 days...

i have 14 days to go in my personal challenge for my 23rd anniversary.i am getting close to my goals for the in-between formal Challenges.i am so excited.i have never ever had this kind of body...with this amount of energy and PEACE.oh..i have been thin before...most of my first 39 to 40 years i was thin......but it was a SOFT thin....this body has muscle. this body has energy. this body has some get up and GO!i am gonna be soooo very ready for J...

December 18, 2008 | comments (2) | mental transformation

peace-filled days

a quiet day for reflecting on the seasons blessings in my life. ok...it started out kinda rough and in a crazy mood but i am gaining control of this day and making it joy-filled and peaceful! new carpet being installed in the guest bedroom upstairs today and this morning early i was left alone, wrestling with removing furniture and "stuff" from that room that i was supposed to have had help with all week...grrr!!! and at the same time ...

December 16, 2008 | comments (2) | mental transformation

focus! i got it back now!

ok...earlier post this morning was negative cry for help...sigh.thanks to Denise i have decided to breathe in and out and live in victory.i have decided to focus on positives.i cannot enable.i cannot have expectations that tie MY ideals to others decisions...it all works for the Good...thanks...just took a hug from a friend and a kick to refocus THE FOUR AGREEMENTS... i will stick to my word and make it impeccable. i will speak in the positive an...

December 15, 2008 | comments (0) | mental transformation

warning...BLAH post...(happy ending later tho)

sometimes transforming isnt fun.sometimes the wrestling with ego is tiring and consuming.and...it tends to hit and the most inconvienent times hoping that you will dismiss it because of other issues going on and thus it wins and gets to stay.i am wrestling.its not fun.i keep tellin myself that it is "low grade anxiety" as i woke up today with heart beating wildly and the churning already in process i heard "who are you kidding...

December 15, 2008 | comments (7) | mental transformation

half marathon? am i crazy?

i am excited.  right now life is very good. last nite, right before lights out, i announced that i might be considering joining the Transformation team in the Denver halfmarathon in October.my husband was surprised...going from a confirmed NON runner a few months ago to possible half marathon??with a smile across his face..."could you have picked a harder city to try it in? MILE HIGH?"i said...i will go a few days early and adapt.....

December 14, 2008 | comments (5) | mental transformation

i am a new creation...transformed

yup...its true.the computer ate my essays.i would have cried.given up.been defeated.oh....but not the NEW ME!!snicker...snort...how can you tell i am a new person? ...i didnt dissolve into tears!  i didnt throw in the towel...oh no!! i took the CHILL PILL...laughed...made another cup of coffee and set to work.it was a way that i had to prove that i was better than that...bigger than a computer error.I am transformed...and thankfull...

December 8, 2008 | comments (3) | mental transformation

gah! my computer swallowed my essays!

i have worked very hard on my Challenge essays.writing...revising...re-revising....finally had them in a form that was sendable!  Printed a copy of them to look at, in print, for a day or two and make any last changes and saved the document and then i shut down for the nite. didnt look at them for a day or two...today i  try to open that file to print and send them.can't.my computer will not allow me access to that file that was somehow...

December 8, 2008 | comments (3) | mental transformation

another big heart pounding step for me

ok folks...this transformation thing is kinda startling me a bit.for years i have had an online presence...sometimes several blogs and things. no big deal.i had my real life in 3D and my internet life.no...i am not gonna tell you i had some seedy thing goin on...hhaahabut it was as though i kept part of my life portioned off from the rest.if you met me in real life you would probably only see PART of me.if you met me online you would probably kno...

December 3, 2008 | comments (4) | mental transformation

finalizing my answers

i am writing my essays and finalizing the answers. making sure they sound like me...with the exact words i really want to convey.in going through THIS process there has been a great measure of healing and AHA moments so...if you have done the 18 weeks and finished but havent done the questions yet...DO THEM!even if you are not going to send them in...do the questions and dig for the answers.it is truly there that i got some of the pieces of AHA! ...

December 1, 2008 | comments (3) | mental transformation

today's big brown truck delivery...

since i have taken up the practice and discipline of running i have heard lots of people talking about this book.  CHI RUNNING  a revolutionary approach to effortless, injury free runningmy  husband saw the subtitle....EFFORTLESS?"the only way to run effortlessly is to lay in bed and dream about it"..haha  we shall see...one thing i do know is...the UPS delivery guy must have read this. this time of year they have 2 ...

November 26, 2008 | comments (1) | mental transformation

i ran with my husband!

seriously...this is the first time in 23 years that i have run with him. (run with ANYONE, actually!) He has taken up running on and off over the years and has always dreamed of me running with him.i hid in my excuses...bad knee...bad ankles...cant keep up...cant go your distance...as i am learning to face the "excuse-maker" in my mind and call it a liar and prove it wrong during my Transformation Process........TODAY I ran.and...this i...

November 25, 2008 | comments (1) | mental transformation

very interesting find today

i have been working on my Transformation Challenge #1 packet. the answers that i have been digging deep for are coming up in differing emotions. its very interesting.healing and some are uncovering more to be healed. i decided this morning to go back over family photos that journaled the last 3 years of my life as it was the last 3 years that completely burned me out emotionally and physically...and although there was alot of spiritual growt...

November 25, 2008 | comments (0) | mental transformation

its a big deal

it might just seem "ordinary" to you...but for me to actually be able to post my avatar such as i have for the holiday of Thanksgiving...its a big deal. for so long my image that i portrayed in pictures had to be a certain way.over the last year some of that freedom has been occurring...i dont have to be perfect, sexy...whatever...i can be me.i can just have fun with me.my husband was a bit surprised when i showed him my newly created a...

November 24, 2008 | comments (4) | mental transformation

be transformed...change your mind's way of thinking

the world will tell you "this is as good as it gets"...."this is your lot in life"..."its all downhill from here"...."its all falling apart"..."there is no hope"The writer of this Scripture points us to NOT conform to THAT way of thinking but renew our minds...CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK...and discern...what is GOOD...ACCEPTABLE...PERFECT.Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be tr...

November 22, 2008 | comments (2) | mental transformation

ok...enough tears....now i'm sobbing...joy

feel like i have been crying all day...up/JOY!...down/sad...up/JOY!....wow! i have promised my friends that i would send the dvd of what i have been part of for the last 18 weeks..and i missed taping the Transformation show this morning..couldnt get the machine to work in time....but hey!! the show is HERE  CLICK HERE  or go to the upper right part of this website and click on the WATCH NOW! boxi just watched it on my computer right now...

November 21, 2008 | comments (3) | mental transformation

and tears again

i am learning to choose words wisely. almost frightened someone off because of something i wrote being read wrong. i know that most people would read what i wrote and understand it...but this particular sweetheart was here testin it out to see if this really was all it sounded like on the TV Show this morning.  Is this really a safe place to grow and be all that she can be? is it a place to be vulnerable and broken and gain healing and ...

November 21, 2008 | comments (2) | mental transformation

if life gets any better...

if life gets any better than it is right now.......LOOK OUT!i just might explode from sheer joy and gratitude.    hubby asked me out on a DATE!! added later:someone on the forums mentioned the same "combustible joy" feelings the day after i wrote this and Bill coined the term  and called him a "Weapon of Mass Elation"that describes it...Joy exploding everywhere and getting on everyone around me...bwaha...

November 17, 2008 | comments (5) | mental transformation

I won this Challenge!! really!!

the last post was all pics of the weight area in my "barn"i have another room in my house that i have a treadmill and a Pilates machineand another area that i can do floor/mat work to DVDsi live in the outskirts of town so i have lovely neighborhoods to run in for any length of distance or time that i care to. the reason this is important to me is because although i have had all these resources at my disposal for years i have done ...

November 15, 2008 | comments (1) | mental transformation

i am learning....

making time today to add to my list...so it is being added to all day long...but...here is what i have on first try...in celebrating my birthday...   At 45 years of age….I AM LEARNING….  To say “no” gracefully. To pass on making judgments about situations or people’s intentions To play violin To understand the Greek and Hebrew meanings of the Scriptures in context of the culture in which they were spo...

November 12, 2008 | comments (4) | mental transformation

18 more days...

as i joined the official CHALLENGE on the last days...i have 18 more to go.i am pleased with the changes goin on in my life.i am not the same person....i have expanded my borders of love and peace...i have expanded beyond the usual fear that limited me beforei have faced my own sets of challenges and cliff-dives in my emotional/personal life and i have to believe that i am better for it all and i am still here, moving forward.new president-elect....

November 5, 2008 | comments (4) | mental transformation

on pause ...again

things were going so well. 10 pounds scale weight change. a new love of running and lifting weights.it was all going ok but now...hmmm i feel a certain sense of PAUSE in my life on many levels.in all areas.like i have stepped into a room and i am not sure how i got here...and i dont know if i need to stay or leave.not good. not bad. here.  in between. paused.spending the day, evening, nite and morning tomorrow alone at the beach listening to...

October 31, 2008 | comments (5) | mental transformation

its also the little things...

earlier today i wrote a blog about the POSITIVE small things that i am noticing about the changes in my physical body...the lack of bellyroll when i sit, the missing pad of back fat-flab and now there is muscle and ribs...as i went thru the day i came across another thought about the small things...on the OPPOSITE side...the NEGATIVES of the small things ideaits the one missed workout....the missed cardio session...the extra helping of whatever.....

October 18, 2008 | comments (3) | mental transformation

its the small things

wont be a long post...but its the smallest of things that make me smile about my physical transformation...the being able to sit up in bed and NOT have the tummy roll anymorethe reaching around to scratch an itch on my back and not feel that familiar back fat blob there...i feel muscles and ribs instead.the pleasure of muscles that ache from a good work outjust little things....but....they keep me going. ...

October 18, 2008 | comments (4) | mental transformation

obviously someone's been prayin...

obviously someones been prayin for me...my energy is backmy creative side is bloomingthe sun is out again in my emotional world... yay!! woohoo.... THANKS! ...

October 1, 2008 | comments (3) | mental transformation

assignment 12 A

towards the end of November, at the end of my T-challenge 18 weeks, I will look and feel and think differently than I did the first 44 years of my life. I will begin year 45 with a renewed sense of confidence and commitment. I am daily renewing my mind to see things in more positive ways. I look for others around me that need a dose of positive-ness in their day.I look like a new woman! I have fought thru and won the battle of the middleaged pudg...

September 28, 2008 | comments (1) | mental transformation

i did something amazing

today i sat in my hotel room in charlotte and did NOTHING but read magazines and look at the rainy view out the window.i did yoga and drank coffee and then i made my way to the workout room and did my HIIT cardio.i am proud of me...i resisted the pull to go online all day.i know...the scavenger game is happening..but i am enjoying being unplugged.only reason i am on is we are in the lobby with free wifi and hubby wanted to be on.dinner is served....

September 26, 2008 | comments (2) | mental transformation

i will have joy

in spite of the negativity and sickness and death and grief and sadness around me now...i will choose lifei will choose joyi will choose productivityi will choose healthi will choose lovei will choose peacei will choose to remain happyi will choose to share all of this with everyone i have to  GET TO encounter in the doctors/hospital and the funeral homes over the next couple days.  my biggest challenge now? NOT going for a second ...

September 21, 2008 | comments (0) | mental transformation

takeoff or landing?

yesterday in the mail i got a MORE magazine ad.in the little letter it had a quote that the editor posed to the board meeting:"Are you getting ready to Land or to Take-Off?"  I got excited!!  yup....That is what the Transformation has done for me.you see, i am 44.  I have been married for almost 23 years now to a man that i love and he cherishes me. He has a fantastic career that we still pinch ourselves when we stop and ...

September 9, 2008 | comments (2) | mental transformation

gettin it...finally?

have spent about 4 weeks tryin this thing out....failing and falling and missing the point in many ways.Overall, i get it. but just this past week certain parts of this started to really fall into place and make sense.a post today about "THIS MEANS WAR" was excellent for me.if one of my soldiers sits down and doesnt do his job, my fight will not win.  if i slip up and overeat this week and not pick up the cardio or lifting to compe...

August 23, 2008 | comments (0) | mental transformation

lowest level habit

ok..i could list all the habits that Bill posted about...procrastination, sabotaging...whatever... my REAL lowest level habit that is GREATLY hindering this physical transformation is my LACK OF TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS and discipline. so......that is the area i will work on.what can i cut out of my daily schedule so that i can ADD the things that honestly bring LIFE and get me to MY GOALS?internet.  first thing to get cut back. we w...

August 20, 2008 | comments (2) | mental transformation

grrr

i seem to be trying hard to do this but so much stuff gets in the way.i cook food ahead of time for myself and my family but seem to NEVER be here to EAT any of it.i have BFL Beef Stew, PorkChops and Brown Rice and Green Beans, homemade Spaghetti sauce...salad stuff for days...veggies, fruits...and i get "so...do you want to go out to dinner?" NO DANGIT! I DONT. Thanks for making the arrangements with the friends without thinking about...

August 20, 2008 | comments (4) | mental transformation

96 days

my little timer dealy thing in my profile says 96 days til the new me yowza!! i better get crackin with this stuff, eh?yearly physical this afternoon...i am actually excited to get the bloodwork done to see how much of a change i can make over the next several months.i need to seriously begin to remove this fat and flab from my life...i think my hubby and i are finally gonna do this thing togethersome of the summer hubbub is quieting down s...

August 19, 2008 | comments (1) | mental transformation

organized

great..so...everyone keeps harpin on how you need to PLAN this stuff out. yah...so part of my brain is jumpin up and down cause we are good at making plans...part of my brain has dragged its heels cuz we are NOT good at KEEPING the plans but...here i am at week 4(i think) (if i had written this all down i would be able to open the calendar and peek and say YUP...Week 4 day 5 or something like that...but nooooo happy go lucky here isnt s...

August 14, 2008 | comments (3) | mental transformation

like little tiny snowflakes...

my life is always sort of FAST FORWARD or PARK...there doesnt seem to be much in the way of rambling or toodling along.i want that.i want those moments that just happen with grace...with peace...and.......as a part of this transformation I AM MAKIN IT HAPPEN MORE AND MORE for myself.i like it.i am in probably my 4th week of this and i keep messing up because i have travelled so much and so much is going on...but i AM PROGRESSING!  I am doing...

August 14, 2008 | comments (1) | mental transformation

its not easy...

oh its not easy...to change your life while at the same time flying down life's highway above the legal speedlimit.my family has NEVER done things in a normal, peaceful fashion.when there are some projects going on at our house there are usually more than one and they require lots of workmen running thru the house. we have 2 going on now. total A/C replacement/repair and a total screened pool enclosure.and another trip out of towndid a bunch of...

August 8, 2008 | comments (4) | mental transformation

My first week of Transformation

i am really very excited to be a part of this community.i have always been "thin" but never "in fitness shape"as i approach middle age i am noticing that what worked to keep me in my clothes isnt working anymore. Also i am seeing older folks and what they suffer as a result of not taking care of their bodies and i dont want those things to happen to me.i have just reached a stage in my life where i realize...its an hour a day....

July 26, 2008 | comments (3) | mental transformation

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