Do You Want Body Image Confidence?

March 15th, 2010

What is Body Image Confidence and what does it have to do with the word phat? Did I spell that word wrong? First phat is a young people’s word for awesome/terrific/groovy—phat! Or phat can be a text acronym for ‘Pretty Hot And Tempting.’ It is pronounced “fat.” What a wonderful reversed meaning. So what is body image confidence?

1. It’s like a washed window perspective of your shape and that includes how you see the many parts of your body.

2. Another example is that you can celebrate your unique body shape and your shape has little to do with your character.

3. Be proud of your natural shape and refuse to waste time obsessing on food, weight, and calories.

4. If need be make a goal of feeling comfortable and confident in your body.

So who do you know that is phat? I think of Drew Barrymore with her magic power over guys. She’s real. She has full hips, and real breasts, and a style that’s all her own. What body image confidence and a special spark that captures attention. Drew doesn’t know how to have a perfect body image because there is no such body image. She understands how to ‘kick it’ (her inner critic) because she celebrates the body she has.

So how could you take a typical inner critic statement that you tell yourself about your body image and turn that sentence or word or belief about body image into a positive belief or statement? The first step is to write it down maybe in a journal or other. Then write the question, “What do I say to myself instead?”

The next step is simply listening to your inner intuition that can show you what to say to yourself. Read your question each day expecting the answer. Answers can come to us in many ways. Maybe something is spoken that catches your attention on the radio, or T.V. or even a friend might say something that catches your ears. Yes, be prepared to catch the answer by being on the lookout. Make it fun and stay tuned into your question for answers.

Taking action is the last step to kicking self-criticism. Ask yourself, “What could I say to myself to encourage me to take actions that would help me feel freer about my body image?” Remember you are in charge, and you can break free of the negative trap you’re in by following the above technique. And remember success is one failure after another without losing your motivation.

Phat-Pretty Hot And Tempting

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Not Losing Weight – 2+2 Reasons to Check

March 13th, 2010

What if your weight isn’t decreasing? Check the following four reasons after you have honestly counted all the sneak eating here and there. Keeping a food diary in a small pocket sized notebook can help you see what you are eating.
Life’s little habits can be adding to your food intake. If this sounds like you, then increasing your awareness can help you put a stop to the calorie sabotages.

1. Too much T.V.— a 2006 study published in the journal Preventing Chronic Diseases found that more than two hours of television watching per day was associated with a high body mass index in men and women, which translates to being overweight or obese.

2. Not enough sleep — People who sleep less than 7 hours a night are more likely to gain weight than those who sleep more, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Sleep deprivation causes a cascade of physiological effects, including changes in the hormones that regulate hunger. Research author Sanjay Patel, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio shows that regular exercise helps you fall asleep and stay asleep. (Exercise can help reduce anxiety.)

3. Your spouse or significant other rebels against healthy eating—May be you can’t change another ‘s eating, but you do share meals. Make the meals healthy and ask your mate to exercise with you. Research shows that couples who exercise together are healthier and keep their weight balanced. Any way you look at this, your partner’s eating habits greatly affect yours. University of Minnesota research revealed that married couples share similar body mass indexes. You can make a difference by asking and inspiring change.

4. You continue to skip breakfast— Ann Yelmokas McDermott, PhD, LN, a nutrition scientist at the USDA Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University states, “When you skip a meal you start setting yourself up for starvation mode. Then you start just wanting to grab anything, and you lose that ability to register when you’ve had enough.” Be aware that this style of eating becomes a habit and gabbing food causes a weight gain. Those that have this style often times say when finally ready to eat, “I am starving.” With this attitude overeating follows. 3,000 people who had lost at least 30 pounds according to the National Weight Control Registry, found that they kept the weight off for more than a year by staying with the habit of eating breakfast.

Let Your Weight Fall Away

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The Silver Elephant Brooch Story -A Spiritual Consciousness Point of View

March 5th, 2010

The Silver Elephant Brooch

I was sitting in a class that was addressing the spiritual consciousness of the life cycles of men, nations, and planets—and the concept of memories was brought up, and I announced, “Your memories can be changed.” That very statement brought up a passionate response in one of the attendees. She asked me, “How could they be?”

I proceeded to explain very briefly my answer because I didn’t want to take over the class with a long explanation. I was not leading this class.

I did my best to explain that we all have a time line in our subconscious and that memories are more fluid than we might suspect. By reviewing our memories from a calm and safe position as author, actor, and director of the action- maybe in therapy or in a quiet contemplation; and if they are charged with trauma emotions then this process can change your perception of what happened. Your memory is all that matters for your peace of mind and any healing that needs to take place. Look to yourself for answers.

5 To Does First:


1. Practice the art of meditation or an active contemplation (20 minutes daily and you can start by practicing maybe 3 minutes to begin)
2. Develop a trust in your Higher Power
3. Learn the art of asking the right questions and catching the answers
4. Practice the art of gratitude for all you see, do or think.
5. Know that it may be difficult for some time, or it may be easier-

I have been on my spiritual consciousness path since 1974 and that is 36 years. For you, it would be important to know that the rewards of practice are amazing. I hope you can enjoy and have an insight from the following story.

This is a story that I received during the early morning hours when my dreaming woke me up. However first, I’d like to quote a book called the Shariyat. It says, “Profound wisdom….. does not reveal itself at first glance because it is not a matter of surface knowledge, but a deep realization of the inner self.”

Here is the story of the Silver Elephant Brooch that my youngest daughter bought for me on her Mexico Vacation some 15 years ago. I love elephants and the elephant was an animal totem for her when she was born and is mine too. The elephant represents according to Animal Speak by Ted Andrews, ancient power, strength, and royalty. The Hindu god of wisdom and success, Gamesha, is usually depicted with an elephant head.

I have worn this silver brooch many times during the past 15 years. So last week I wanted to wear it. It is silver, so I polish it each time I wear it. I polish it using a secret substance called toothpaste. I don’t use regular toothpaste myself, so I use my love’s – Jeff’s. I don’t think he knows I do this with his toothpaste. ……..

There I am polishing the silver elephant, and I notice for the first time in 15 years that there is a circular part on its back so that I could wear it as a necklace.

This is where my perception changed in an instant. The memory of wearing this Silver Elephant Brooch was changed forever, now that I had the insight to see it also as a necklace. It can be both a brooch and a necklace.
This concept of changing memories with one’s perception reminds me that when I was stuck in myself-doubts and poor me’s of the past many years, I was stuck in a certain solid like memory of my perception or my own creation.

By having spiritual insights while reviewing my past, allows my perception to change like it did with the Elephant Brooch.

In an instant everything can change and the ‘Aha moment’ or Soul’s Awakening, is when the technique of practicing gratitude comes to fruition. This may take years of difficulty, or it may be sooner. To me the instant I get it; it’s like a bounding loveable dog that runs up to me and gives me a big lick of love on my cheek.

Why not set your sights on the highest possible spiritual consciousness?

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February 26th, 2010

Let's Play

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10 Tips to Play with Your ‘Inner Child’ & to Lift Your Spirits

February 26th, 2010

Are you feeling tired, anxiety, and burned out? Maybe you are stressed from too many responsibilities and sticking to your diet of healthy eating has become impossible. It is time to learn to lift your spirits by checking in with your ‘inner child.’ The ‘inner child’ is the child you were long ago. By connecting to your ‘inner child’ you can begin to recharge your batteries, wake up with energy, and strut your stuff because you found the key to feeling alive

You might ask, “What does that mean to check in with my ‘inner child?’ Let me give you an example.

• You could find a picture of yourself as a young child and/or close your eyes and imagine yourself at a very young age.
• Imagine what your ‘inner child’ is wearing.
• Imagine where your ‘inner child’ likes to be.
• What does the environment look like, what does it smell like, or do you hear any sounds?

Imagining with all five of your senses can make the experience seem very real for you. If you feel sad or any other strong emotion, then contact a therapist, or call my office and I can help you over the phone.

Imagine asking your ‘inner child’ this question. “What do you love to do?” Then ask your ‘inner child’ to tell you all the many things he or she loves to do. Write the answers you have received in a notebook or personal journal to keep, and it will remind you of the ways you can imagine playing with your ‘inner child.’

For example, I had forgotten how I used to love to draw or paint as a young girl. When I remembered, I decided to take a painting class. I can’t tell you how much joy I received from taking that painting class. The positive energy I did receive during my painting classes seemed to last throughout my week. Just remembering each class would bring a smile to my face.

So what was your ‘inner child’s’ favorite thing to do?
You can incorporate some of these 10 tips into your daily routine, or if you like, you can mix ‘em and match ‘em, depending on your lifestyle. Whatever you choose, get ready to wake up to your day refreshed, looking and finding more joy in your life!

1. Practice extreme craziness (in private) and let out your emotions sometime each day.
2. You can make animal sounds until you can laugh.
3. Sing, chant, hum, dance, prance, bang your drums, run in circles, skip, and/or walk backwards. Shake the down feelings out until you are laughing.
4. Wear whatever you want and even the colors you want. Red is wonderful to lift your spirits; so put on something red. Put on a red tie, scarf, nail polish, red socks, or whatever you choose.
5. Watch a funny movie with a friend. Laugh and laugh, or even make yourself laugh while acting silly if need be, to get yourself laughing. Laughing decreases certain stress hormones.
6. Go for a walk. This can calm you and increase certain neurotransmitters in your brain that help you feel more positive.
7. Draw a picture of a stick figure, even if you can’t draw. This is not about art. Then put a dialogue box above it and write in a few sentences. Make it fun!
8. Go boating/fishing, or swimming, or hiking, or skating, or camping even a picnic to enjoy the outdoors.
9. Watch a sunset or sunrise from a special outdoor place.
10. Play dress up, or go on an adventure.

Practice imagining that your ‘inner child’ is doing these favorite things with you and your perspective will certainly change. Your spirits will be uplifted as you give yourself permission to have fun. Especially think of a few loving praises you can imagine saying to your ‘inner child’ as you play. These 10 tips to play with your ‘inner child’ are some of the best self-improvement tips.

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Love Your Body Image Through Your Guy’s Eyes

February 25th, 2010

Look into the Mirror & Practice Loving Yourself

The woman turns away and says under her breath, “I hate that my thighs are too big and my butt has cellulite.” From my 18 years of private practice specializing in Eating Disorders and dysfunctional behaviors, I’d like to reveal the 3 Secret Mirror Tips that women can easily implement to learn to love their body image. Men can apply these too by changing the mirror tips in a creative way. If you commit to practicing these tips each day, by the end of the first month your self-improvement will show in a higher self esteem or self-confidence.

First Secret Mirror Tip:
Imagine a little girl playing dress up. She’s in front of a large mirror; she’s dancing to her favorite tunes while loving herself and her life’s possibilities. (You may have a memory like this.) Use your imagination to play dress up and dance to some romantic music and fall in love with yourself. That’s the first secret mirror tip. Don’t be fooled by how easy it sounds. Make it fun and practice it so you feel relaxed and natural.

Second Mirror Tip: Imagine you are your guy. You’re standing in front of a full length mirror. Close your eyes and imagine you put his hands on your hands, put his eyes in the place of your eyes, and put his thoughts in your mind. He then tells you three things he especially loves about your body. Now while still imagining you are seeing through his eyes, tell the image in the mirror those three things:

1. I love your — (fill in the blank)
2. I love your — (fill in the blank)
3. I love your — (fill in the blank)

Really hear yourself speak his words from the heart. Imagine feeling the words of love and tell yourself you deserve to hear those loving words.

Third Secret Mirror Tip
Use your imagination. You have a secret admirer, and he has written you a love letter. What would he say to be romantic? Ask yourself what he wants to do with you? Then write down what he might say in a love letter form to you. Address it to my Dearest (your name). Next mail this love letter to yourself. When it arrives treasure it, then put it in a special place so you can read it often with an open heart while telling your mind to be still and quiet.

Dr. Fuller reveals the 3 Secret Mirror Tips for women to implement and to learn to love their body image. Commit to practicing these tips on a daily bases and you will have the secrets for your self –improvement. If you want to make money online along with furthering your self-improvement, you can do both.

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10 Question Quiz for Conditioning Your Body Image For Those That Work Out or Want to Self Improve

February 25th, 2010

Imagine the Best for Yourself

The 10 Question Quiz for self improvement is for those of you who want to get in shape by addressing your body image through conditioning. It encourages you to approach conditioning in a balanced way. If you want to become fitter then these suggestions are from the pros.
Answer each question in this quiz using your intuition and choose a number from 1 to 10 for each question. Ten being the highest number you can choose. This is done by reading the question and letting the first answer pop into your mind. If you are in the habit of second guessing you are being dishonest with yourself. Many times as women or men too, we have been taught to “be nice” and so we have learned to second guess ourselves and to push our real feelings down to please others. This is one explanation of the origin of self doubt that can rob us of our intuition.

1. ________How’s your commitment level for a better body image?
2. ________What do you really eat?
3. ________Are your nutrients balanced?
4. ________What is your metabolic type for carbohydrate & Protein Balance?
5. ________At what times do you eat?
6. ________Do you do the right kind of exercise for a better body image?
7. ________Have you checked your hormones?
8. ________Checked for food allergies?
9. ________Checked for Gluten Intolerance?
10. ________Checked for Chronic Candida Yeast
Commitment for a better body image- If you are serious about self improvement you’ll say, “I’ll do whatever it takes.” For some you’ll need to build calorie burning muscle by lifting weights. Others will need to add an extra session or two doing something that increases your heart rate using a monitor.
This is the best way to find out what you truly eat every day. Keep a food journal for the week and write everything you put into your mouth. You’ll be surprised.
Are you nutrients balanced? Completely eliminating all carbohydrates isn’t the answer. Most people will benefit from letting go of processed wheat breads, pasta, or gluten high grains. Adding more proteins and natural carbs like brown rice, millet, are a few grains that will by pass any food sensitivity you might have.
The Metabolic Typing Diet (which gives you a test to determine your type) suggests for protein types 30% carbs, 30% fat, 40% proteins. The good quality fats are cold-pressed vegetables, olive oil, or coconut oil for cooking, nuts, avocado, oily fish oils. For Carbo Type, it’s 60% carbohydrates, 15% fats, and 25% protein. The mixed type is 50% carbohydrates & 30% protein with 20% fats.
What times do you eat? So often I hear someone say, “I got used to skipping breakfast so that I could cut down on the calories to lose weight.” For whatever the reason you may have convinced yourself, skipping breakfast backfires in many ways to sabotage your conditioning and body image. In terms of conditioning, even if you eat a low fat, balanced diet, if you eat most of your food in the second half of the day you are unlikely to burn off excess fat deposits. The body is busy digesting the carbs, and proteins and is not going to get to burn the body fat deposits before you eat again the next day.
So it’s not a good idea to reward yourself with treats or dessert after a long day. It is just adding to the fat storage that nature automatically activates for your survival. If you must have an occasional treat do it for breakfast.
Do you do the right kinds of exercise for a better body image? To be an effective conditioner, you need to have your heart rate elevated for certain amount of time, with no breaks. If you are used to an exercise then step up to a couple of hard sessions or weight sessions to get your heart rate up. This increases the metabolic rate.
Have you checked your hormones? Something that directly impacts ones weight and body image is insulin resistance. This insulin resistance condition is where the body has difficulty handling the carbohydrates because the hormone insulin which breaks down these types of foods isn’t working properly. The symptoms of insulin resistance include difficulty losing body fat despite concerted efforts, skin pigmentation, fatigue, bloating, and a family history of diabetes type 2 or infertility.
Why check for food allergies? This is one of the most important points that can lead to poor health, weight gain, and body image problems. The five big offenders are: wheat, dairy, corn, soy, and yeast. The three to add are alcohol, sugar, & caffeine. Many people are suffering from the addictive/allergic response. What this means is a person can be allergic to the foods that they crave, and they have to eat these foods to stay off the withdrawal symptoms. This is a deadly dance of deception.
Why check for Gluten Intolerance? There are four known culprits for your duodenum: gluten, casein, soy, and corn. The gluten comes from the gluten grains: wheat, barley, and rye. Casein comes from cow’s milk products and is mostly absent in goat’s milk. Adhesives are made from these four foods. Powerful, industrial-strength glues are made from gluten, casein, and soy. Corn is also used to make adhesives. The glycoproteins from these foods are clearly very sticky by nature, and it should be easily understood why they adhere to tissues of your duodenum (the first section of the small intestine.)
Why check for Chronic Candida Yeast? This yeast feeds on carbs. and sugars. It can quickly proliferate and in its fungal form it causes fatigue and sugar cravings. When this overgrowth is under control, these sugar cravings decrease and the body can then use up fat deposits for fuel.
So this is your 10 Question Quiz for self improvement in a nut shell. Each of the 10 points is crucial for your body image conditioning and ultimately for your good health. I suggest you take the time to look into each one and your body image and your energy will dramatically improve.
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February 23rd, 2010
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Change Your Brain, Your Eating Disorders Genes, In Three Quick Steps -With the New Science of Brain Exercises

February 23rd, 2010

As a role model for active eating disorders brain and genes change, Sherry is magnificent. Sherry an active bulimic with thoughts of tantrum rage like “screw you” and “I’m going to let go and do for me.” Her purging behavior was eliciting feelings of doubt, shame, guilt and the undoing was loss of self control along with fear of loss. Her life got to a point in her forties of going down the drain so to speak. This prompted or madly drove her, at forty-four, to begin focused psychotherapy with brain exercises specifically from an eating disorders specialist. She worked once a week in session, while doing her daily workbook/playbook brain exercises and techniques using her full attention.
After only six sessions Sherry noticed considerable positive changes and the bulimic deterioration that brought her to therapy began to reverse. It is no wonder that Sherry is a lifelong self-educator and that she engages her mind in something like classes or seminars, because she gives it her full attention. This was the exact ingredient to became successful at changing her brain
In the book reference, according to psychiatrist Norman Doidge one needs to give what one is learning full attention to create change in the brain. That’s counter to what multi-taskers or book readers who quickly devour the information in a book do. In his book, “The Brain that Changes Itself,” Doidge powerfully points to the discovery that thoughts can change the structure and the function of one’s brain. This applies to old age as well. What a breakthrough and it’s being called the most important in neuroscience in four hundred years. Examples show eighty –year- olds renewing their memory functions to the level of a person twenty years younger. Doidge calls this a great example of adult plasticity or malleable brain that can and does rewire itself when it is damaged.
The question to ask is how can you apply this concept of changing your brain to be free of eating disorders, brain patterns, negative behavior triggers or any eating issue? It is documented by Doidge that brain exercises in some situations are more effective than medications. Furthermore talk therapy as in psychotherapy is known to work in changing the brain as much as any medications do for depression and anxiety. Those mental conditions are certainly a challenge for those suffering from any eating disorder or disordered eating.
To help let’s look at another application of focused attention that changes the brain. In using specific workbooks, playbooks, brain exercises/techniques, and the commitment to continue, a trained eating disorders therapist can help facilitate those positive brain changes. Psychotherapy supports the individual in processing and letting go of negative feelings and negative thinking so that one can continue to be committed to using their focused attention. Sustained effort needs to be encouraged by supportive safe others such as one’s therapist, accountability partner in learning, a sponsor, or support group etc.
Would you ask yourself to begin an exercise program of running ten miles from the start? Or would you be more successful if you started a walking program to build stamina and slowly increased it incrementally to running a one half mile then to one mile and so on. Then you would find you are growing by following this plan of action.
The idea of a flexible brain and its possibilities has been slow to make it’s ways in the traditional belief system about the brain. If the past belief has been that the brain is like the heart and is only mechanistic, then if one function and location is damaged, this rules out change. This past belief has been called neurological nihilism. In other words this past belief said, “You’re stuck with mental limitations for life.”
Science got it wrong. That is neural science. The truth today is the brain has plasticity and you can use that knowledge to change your brain in many ways.
What might be the plan that can help eating disorders & brain change? We learn that our thoughts can switch our genes on and off, altering our brain anatomy. We then learn to use our imagination as a tool to “make it so” with this new brain model.

Books that begin with an initial eating disorders quiz can help you to find your weak areas. These weak areas are then given specific tools and exercises for strengthening. You can find a workbook, playbook, journal, study guide and step-by-step approach that will give you the means to change your brain. There are so many ways to heal that no matter what your old beliefs are, many of new brain exercises can help you.

The many myths regarding weight loss need to be put to rest that continue to tease society into complacency and victim-hood. After confronting those past “weight loss’ myths, you can look for authentic clear cut actions that support personal empowerment plus the actual changes in the brain. Could this lead to healing on every level? Is this truly the breakthrough action formula for proven brain change for all ages? Yes.
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February 20th, 2010

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