Our Lady of Weight Loss

Want to lose weight?  Put a blue light in your refrigerator, as well as in your dining room.  And … dye your food blue.

Why?  Blue food is rare in nature.  Aside from blueberries and blue-purple potatoes, blue foods don’t exist in any significant quantity.  There are no blue leafy vegetables or blue meats that I know of.

Back in the day, when man was out foraging for food, it became apparent – as people gasped for air, dropping dead on the spot   -  that blue, purple or black were ‘colors of warning’ of potentially deadly food.  Therefore, we don’t have an automatic appetite response to blue food.  We may even have a built-in primal avoidance.

So – paint your safe corner or room a cool color so that you can chill!

And test the theory on this 5 Yum, Delish – Blueberry Cobbler recipe.  Not poisonous, but will one slice  suffice?  (Source:  All Is Forgiven, Move On – a book that is chock-a-block with fat busting information, motivation, inspiration and 5 yum delish recipes!)

Blueberry Cobbler
Servings: 6 Ingredients:

6 c fresh blueberries
1 tsp dried rosemary
1 tbsp light brown sugar
1 c whole-wheat flour + extra for dusting surface
1/8 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp baking power
2 tsp butter
2 tbsp fat free sour cream
1/4 c skim milk

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven 400 F
2. Arrange blueberries in a 9 x 13 “ baking dish. Sprinkle with sugar and rosemary
3. In bowl, stir together flour, salt and baking powder
4. In another bowl, blend together the butter and sour cream. Add to flour mixture and stir in milk
5. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and knead dough until smooth. Roll out dough to 1/4 “ thickness.
6. Cut dough into 1” wipe strips and arrange on tope of blueberries at 1/4 “ intervals
7. Bake 30 minutes or until blueberries are bubbly and the dough is golden brown.

Spread the word … NOT the icing,

Janice

————————————————————————
For the best in wellness and weight loss wisdom, visit Janice:
Our Lady of Weight Loss
join the Kick in the Tush Club

Become a Tushkateer!
Tushkateer*  A Tushkateer is a person who receives Our Lady of Weight Loss’s newsletter, called the KICK in the TUSH CLUB!!!  Sign up and receive her weekly e-newsletter with all the news that ‘fit’ to print, and you are automatically a Tushkateer!  How cool is that?

Follow Janice on Twitter @OurLady
Facebook.com/OurLadyofWeightLoss

Need a Weight Loss Success Coach?

Accountability is one of the most powerful principles you can follow in your quest to lose weight, shed pounds, drop the excess, lighten up, declutter, write that novel, or be the best you ever.  

Accountability will keep you on track!
Just knowing that someone is going to ask you about your progress with your goal is often enough to do the trick!

The RULES of ACCOUNTABILITY!  5 Easy Steps to Success.

1.  FIND YE AN ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER: You cannot be accountable to yourself. It NEVER works. You need to partner with someone, a close friend, co-worker, a virtual buddy … someone with whom you set a time and date to ‘account’ to every week.

You don’t have to make a big deal over it. You can e-mail each other; talk on the phone for a few minutes. But this is ONE INGREDIENT in your WEIGHT LOSS Recipe that is a must; no substitutions allowed!

2.  WRITE DOWN YOUR GOALS.   75% of what we write down happens. It sets the brain in motion.

3.  CREATE A WEEKLY ACTION CHECKLIST. What MUST you do to ACCOMPLISH your goals?

4.  DECLARE IT. Tell people what you are going to achieve and by when (be realistic).  If you are adamantly against declaring your weight loss goals to your family and friends, then find a group of people on-line that you feel comfortable with and tell them. Stand on your roof top and yell it to the world. I don’t know how you will declare it, but I trust you will find a way to DECLARE IT TO BE SO.

5.  CELEBRATE YOU.  Jump up and down and celebrate how fabulous you are; how committed you are to yourself.

Spread the word … NOT the icing,

Janice

————————————————————————
For the best in wellness and weight loss wisdom, visit Janice:
Our Lady of Weight Loss
join the Kick in the Tush Club

Become a Tushkateer!
Tushkateer*  A Tushkateer is a person who receives Our Lady of Weight Loss’s newsletter, called the KICK in the TUSH CLUB!!!  Sign up and receive her weekly e-newsletter with all the news that ‘fit’ to print, and you are automatically a Tushkateer!  How cool is that?

Follow Janice on Twitter @OurLady
Facebook.com/OurLadyofWeightLoss

Need a Weight Loss Success Coach?

I stumbled upon a gaggle of  “Healthy Living Quotes” that I found interesting.  Not just because they were profound or struck a personal cord, but rather because the majority of them were said hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years ago, which gives pause for thought.

We have been ‘trying’ to eat healthfully, exercise and be happy for how many years?  When will we learn?  Will we ever get it ‘right?’

Here follow 10 Timeless Healthy Living Quotes …  From Buddha (500 BC) to Persius (50 AD).

1. To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. ~ Buddha, 563 BC to 483 BC
2. Life is not merely being alive, but being well. ~ Marcus Valerius Martialis, 40 AD – 103 AD
3. Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness. ~ Edward Smith-Stanley, 1752-1834
4. A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. ~ Paul Dudley White, 1886 – 1973
5. The body is like a piano, and happiness is like music. It is needful to have the instrument in good order. ~ Henry Ward Beecher, 1813 – 1887
6. The groundwork of all happiness is health. ~ James Leigh Hunt, 1784 – 1859
7. Without health, life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering. ~ Francois Rabelais, 1494 – 1553
8. A healthy body is a guest-chamber for the soul; a sick body is a prison. ~ Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
9. You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good — but your rich foods block the gods’ answer and tie Jupiter’s hands. ~ Persius, 34 AD – 62 AD
10. Health and intellect are the two blessings of life. ~ Menander, 342 – 291 BC

    For more thought provoking quotes, weight loss fun, righteous recipes and more … join the Kick in the Tush Club.
    

Spread the word … NOT the icing,

Janice

————————————————————————
For the best in wellness and weight loss wisdom, visit Janice:
Our Lady of Weight Loss
join the Kick in the Tush Club

Become a Tushkateer!
Tushkateer*  A Tushkateer is a person who receives Our Lady of Weight Loss’s newsletter, called the KICK in the TUSH CLUB!!!  Sign up and receive her weekly e-newsletter with all the news that ‘fit’ to print, and you are automatically a Tushkateer!  How cool is that?

Follow Janice on Twitter @OurLady
Facebook.com/OurLadyofWeightLoss

Need a Weight Loss Success Coach?