February 2008 Archives

Did you know that music activates the same feel good center of your brain that food does? It's true!

Listen to music: Lose weight. (Wow, that was easy!)

And ... there's more . . .

Fight Off the Common Cold: Listening to music lowers the stress hormone cortisol, boosts the feel-good endorphins and fortifies the immune system by raising levels of immunoglobulin A, a prime defense against upper respiratory infection.

Chase those blues away: There are minor chords and major chords; and while the minor chords tend to bring you down, the major chords can and do raise the spirits. Music sweetens temperament, increases feelings of optimism, calm and joy.

Spin Sister: Listen to music while spinning, running, trotting and your endurance levels will soar. You'll hang in there longer and feel happier for it.

Sleep Baby Sleep: Play 45 minutes of your fav soft music before you get into your comfy bed and you will effectively lower your heart rate, slower your respiration and enjoy a good quality sleep.

What's your favorite genre of music? What gets your booty to shakin'? What calms and soothes? What's your favorite lullaby? Leave a comment or write me.

Forgive Me for I Have Sinned

It's true. Me, Queen of Permanent Fat Removal, was overtaken by a container of chewable Vitamin C.

Knowing that there are experts who feel that taking more than 140 milligrams per day of Vitamin C is 'safe,' because for the most part, more than that amount results in urine containing the vitamin, gave me free license to chew away.

In other words, by chewing a few thousand milligrams of Vitamin C, I effectively created some very expensive urine.

In addition, at closer examination, when reading the label, I found that this particular chewable C, lists sorbitol as its main ingredient. Ugh.

Lesson learned. In the trash it goes! Another 'red light' food!! Chewable C. And next time I have a craving for sweet tarts, I'll have some. 8 sweet tarts = 60 calories!

All Is Forgiven, Move On

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Further my Monday's rant on my inability to find a place in my neighborhood that can make me a poached egg, I came across "Falling Down - I Want Breakfast," a clip from the movie "Falling Down" starring Michael Douglas. It really made me laugh.

How many of us feel like this when we go into a restaurant and can't get what we want???? I hope you relate to it and laugh your way through Hump Wednesday!

See you on the other side of the Hump!

I only just heard someone use the phrase BWM this past week, and I took to it like white on rice. In my humble opinion, we are all entitled to at least one BMW per day.

I invite you to take this opportunity to get whatever is on your chest, off your chest. Go for it!
There are no rules for BMW’s. You can moan about anything you please, and remember – the moan may not sound horrific to the person who has ‘volunteered’ to hear your BMW – and that’s okay. This is for YOU. Having said that … here follows my BMW, which may not sound like a big deal to you, but for me it was! Thank you, in advance, for listening!

My Monday BMW.
I went to a local café yesterday to meet up with some of my friends for an early morning breakfast (8:30 a.m. on a Sunday … what were we thinking?).

The moso is a bamboo plant that grows in China and the far east. After the moso is planted, no visible growth occurs for up to five years - even under ideal conditions!

Then, as if by magic, it suddenly begins growing at the rate of nearly two and one half feet per day, reaching a full height of ninety feet within six weeks.

But it's not magic. The moso's rapid growth is due to the miles of roots it develops during those first five years, five years of getting ready.

Source: The Moso Bamboo Tree
by: Joel Weldon, The Sower's Seed

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How long are your roots? Have 'you' started to grow (spiritually that is) at the rate of 2 1/2 feet per day? How spiritually tall might you get? Comment below or write me.

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Here follows one of my favorite Hump-Day Combos. I LOVE this video. If it doesn't make you smile and shake your booty, I'll eat my linguine! Speaking of which, this linguine recipe is comfort food at its best. Delicious,...

Take A Bach Break: The consensus of opinion is that listening to music by Johann Sebastian Bach can get your creative genius flowing. Take A Walk: Walking/moving always (yes, ALWAYS) gives genius a boost. Take In A Deep Breath:...

Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss, Forgive Me for I Have Sinned I don't know how it happened. Seriously! I had one paper-thin sliver of carrot cake (a vegetable, no less!). And the next thing you know, I was like...

We are off to visit my mother, Queen of Hearts today; she who loves her tarts and has spent a lifetime pondering the existential question, "What is the point of having coffee without cake?" Here follows a 'lower-cal' recipe...

After I did a bit of research on etiquette, I was shocked to learn that my family is made up of a bunch of ill-mannered heathens. And, if I were to be perfectly honest, I'd have to say that I'm...

While you are busy steaming your veggies, how about some positive self-esteem talk? Be sure to compliment yourself at least three times a day! I love my NuYawk accent. Look at me - steamin' and e-steemin'. I am great!...

Create your very first piece of (fun and oh so easy to make) weight loss art! Fun level: 10 / Skill level: 1 Weight Loss Art is something that you create that is about food or the permanent fat...

It's HUMP-DAY, Wednesday ... here's some music to get us through the day! And a healthy and delicious recipe from Our Lady of Weight Loss: Miraculous and Motivational Musings from the Patron Saint of Permanent Fat Removal! Waldorf Salad...

Want to wake up fast? Give your metabolize a boost? And force the toxins and oils out of your skin? Take a cold shower. Yikes! I know, freezing cold is excruciatingly painful. So here’s what to do. Start off with...

Self-love and weight loss go hand-in-hand and thigh-to-thigh, if you will. I know how it feels not to like myself and to lead a life of compromise. It’s a big, fat drag. And now I know how it feels...

Sunday Puzzle Jigsaw Puzzle It has been said that weight loss (a.k.a. Permanent Fat Removal) is puzzling – a puzzlement – a puzzle. Alas, Sunday puzzles are here, complete with a message to inspire and lead you on the Road...

As I was cracking open, sucking the salt off of and munching on sunflower seeds and feeling my lips swell from the salt to the point where lip augmentation is no longer necessary (thus, saving thousands of dollars and...

The Chinese New Year The Year of the Rat is here, and before you run for the hills, STOP! . . .take in a deep breath, clear your mind of any preconceived notions about the rat and consider this....

Who is Our Lady of Weight Loss? Our Lady of Weight Loss is the patron saint of permanent fat removal. She first made herself known to me during one of those group meetings where people obsess about food and...

Oh Boy! Siggy wrote me and asked a very good question: "How did you know it was Our Lady of Weight Loss and not just a 'voice?" Well, at first I thought it was just some random voice, but...

Weighty Confession Forgive Me for I Have Sinned I am guilty. On a sugar Hi - Flying High. Running wild through the supermarket aisles – sampling. And sampling some more. Breaking into boxes in my cart. Tearing open bags...

Hi Everyone ... I am soooo excited to be posting my first blog entry on Beliefnet.com! I thought I'd tell you a little bit about me, and then - please - feel free to tell me about you! You can...