Life is a blessing, I am so thankful for the freedom that we are so fortunate to have, in this wonderful country that we live in. God Bless America !
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Happy 4th Of July (a little early)
I hope everyone enjoys a nice long 4th of July weekend. Enjoy your time together with your family and friends. I will be spending my time down the Jersey Shore with my family. I can't wait to just chill out and relax !
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Why do we say this?
When friends tell you how awesome you look, drop the "I still have more
to go" crap. You worked hard and you deserve the compliment!
~Jillian Michaels
This doesn't just have to do with weight loss it also has to do with our clothing, our home or other aspects of our life.
I know that at times, if someone says to me "I like what you did with your home", I usually come back with, thank you, but we are going to do, blah, blah, blah, next. Or, if someone says, "you look nice", I sometimes follow it with, "thank you but ......."
I know sometimes I am my on worst enemy.
My vow is to STOP and just say, Thank You.
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| Just let it all go and just dance. |
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sleep Eating
A while back I went to a hypnotist to help me with an eating problem I had been dealing with for most of my adult life; night eating. I don’t mean eating after 8:00 pm while watching TV. I mean in the middle of the night, while I am sleeping. When I tell someone my stories of night eating, most people laugh, but to me they are a problem. I probably can consume 600 or more calories in one night. It’s always a big contributor to my weight issues.
Most of the time I don’t remember getting up, but in the morning when I wake up I often find clues in my bed to what I ate that night. Sometimes crumbs of cake or chocolate chips. Once I even woke up with pearls from my daughter’s jewelry hanging out of my mouth. That one could have been life threatening. I suppose that night I took a wrong turn and ended up in the wrong room. Anyway….I could go on and on with these stories.
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Back to the hypnotist………after going through the process of being hypnotized the hypnotist reveals the reason I am eating at night, is a result of me feeling deprived of snack foods when I was a child. Here is what I must have remembered. My brother would take all the cookies or other snack foods shortly after my mother would go food shopping for the week. So there were not that many snacks for the rest of the week. So, the rest of my siblings (there were six of us) would not get very many snacks, because he ate most of them himself. He was mean about it too. He would just take fistfuls of cookies at a time. At least this is what was pulled from my subconscious while being hypnotized. I suppose this led to my eating at night, I probably wanted to consume food at night while no one was watching. I just felt like I needed to get my fair share and this was the only way I felt I could do it. It’s a form of food hoarding / sleep disorder. This of course is just her theory.
I am not sure how much I believe that hypothesis, but one never knows. Here is a little tidbit of information I read from another blog that may lean towards this hypothesis being true.
http://www.blogher.com/how-your-past-can-lead-obesity
While we may not be able to recall the specific experiences or details of our childhood that played significant roles in influencing the adults we have become, there’s no denying that childhood is an incredibly impressionable time in our lives. Although people who experience psychological or physical trauma in their childhood’s often try to block them out of their consciousness as they mature, the truth is that the subconscious never forgets. In fact, traumatic childhood experiences often stay buried within our subconscious and influence our behavior long into adulthood. Further, our childhood fears and traumas can manifest as the desire to binge or make unhealthy dietary choices once we’re adults
Even though I didn’t feel traumatized while being a child, maybe for some deep reason, I felt a sense of being deprived. I am still not sure about all this, but one thing I can tell you, it’s a real problem. One I deal with all the time. I am working on this and it’s a difficult challenge considering I am more or less sleep eating. How do you face yourself while you are sleeping?
Most of the time I don’t remember getting up, but in the morning when I wake up I often find clues in my bed to what I ate that night. Sometimes crumbs of cake or chocolate chips. Once I even woke up with pearls from my daughter’s jewelry hanging out of my mouth. That one could have been life threatening. I suppose that night I took a wrong turn and ended up in the wrong room. Anyway….I could go on and on with these stories.
I am not sure how much I believe that hypothesis, but one never knows. Here is a little tidbit of information I read from another blog that may lean towards this hypothesis being true.
http://www.blogher.com/how-your-past-can-lead-obesity
While we may not be able to recall the specific experiences or details of our childhood that played significant roles in influencing the adults we have become, there’s no denying that childhood is an incredibly impressionable time in our lives. Although people who experience psychological or physical trauma in their childhood’s often try to block them out of their consciousness as they mature, the truth is that the subconscious never forgets. In fact, traumatic childhood experiences often stay buried within our subconscious and influence our behavior long into adulthood. Further, our childhood fears and traumas can manifest as the desire to binge or make unhealthy dietary choices once we’re adults
Even though I didn’t feel traumatized while being a child, maybe for some deep reason, I felt a sense of being deprived. I am still not sure about all this, but one thing I can tell you, it’s a real problem. One I deal with all the time. I am working on this and it’s a difficult challenge considering I am more or less sleep eating. How do you face yourself while you are sleeping?
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Wedding
The wedding between my son and his new wife was amazing.
Before the wedding the guys met at my house to get dressed and have pictures taken, as well as to spend some time together. I can’t tell how much I enjoyed having all them there. Even my ex-husband was there and we all got along wonderfully. There was even a point in which my ex-husband and my present husband kicked me out of the kitchen and told me to go rest up my foot (I broke it) while they put out the drinks and cut up some snacks. That cracked me up. There were no worries, just lots of toasting and laughter. My heart will always remember this time together. (Sniff, sniff) I feel like I soaked it all in……my heart was full.
Then onto the ceremony……… It was so cute to see the flower girls holding their baskets as they walked. My granddaughter needed some help going in the right direction (thanks Aunt Debbie)……she was so adorable. I just love her! Both the flower girls looked as beautiful in their dresses, as did the bridesmaids in theirs. My daughter was a bridesmaid and she just looked lovely. She walked down the aisle with her husband (he was a groomsmen) and you can see how much they love each other. The colors of the wedding worked wonderful together. Champagne and chocolate…..very nice.
When my son was standing at the altar, I couldn’t stop crying, I was so proud of him. He is such an incredible person. I know he is going to make a wonderful husband.
Then when the bride walked down the aisle, I lost it again. She was absolutely beautiful. Her hair and dress were gorgeous. She looked perfect. As she began to walked down the aisle, she just looked at my son and their eyes locked, and you could see how much they loved each other. You could tell when they were saying their vowels to each other, it was truly coming from their heart. They both had tears of love in their eyes.
It was a simple yet still spiritual ceremony and it was performed by my son’s high school friend, who now is an ordained minister. The minister knew them both, so he personalized the ceremony which was so nice. The mother of the bride read a reading from the bible. I then read an “Apache Wedding Blessing”, it was very moving. Then my step son sang “Ave Maria”. He is an incredible opera singer. He sang the song beautifully.
The reception was so fun, everyone danced and really enjoyed themselves………..after it was over, no one wanted to leave. Everyone just hung out talking on the dance floor. I supposed no one wanted it to be over. It’s nice to know that the bride and groom will have a strong support system with their friends and families.
The entire week was very remember able and will be cherished in my heart forever. Life is Good!
Before the wedding the guys met at my house to get dressed and have pictures taken, as well as to spend some time together. I can’t tell how much I enjoyed having all them there. Even my ex-husband was there and we all got along wonderfully. There was even a point in which my ex-husband and my present husband kicked me out of the kitchen and told me to go rest up my foot (I broke it) while they put out the drinks and cut up some snacks. That cracked me up. There were no worries, just lots of toasting and laughter. My heart will always remember this time together. (Sniff, sniff) I feel like I soaked it all in……my heart was full.
Then onto the ceremony……… It was so cute to see the flower girls holding their baskets as they walked. My granddaughter needed some help going in the right direction (thanks Aunt Debbie)……she was so adorable. I just love her! Both the flower girls looked as beautiful in their dresses, as did the bridesmaids in theirs. My daughter was a bridesmaid and she just looked lovely. She walked down the aisle with her husband (he was a groomsmen) and you can see how much they love each other. The colors of the wedding worked wonderful together. Champagne and chocolate…..very nice.
When my son was standing at the altar, I couldn’t stop crying, I was so proud of him. He is such an incredible person. I know he is going to make a wonderful husband.
Then when the bride walked down the aisle, I lost it again. She was absolutely beautiful. Her hair and dress were gorgeous. She looked perfect. As she began to walked down the aisle, she just looked at my son and their eyes locked, and you could see how much they loved each other. You could tell when they were saying their vowels to each other, it was truly coming from their heart. They both had tears of love in their eyes.
It was a simple yet still spiritual ceremony and it was performed by my son’s high school friend, who now is an ordained minister. The minister knew them both, so he personalized the ceremony which was so nice. The mother of the bride read a reading from the bible. I then read an “Apache Wedding Blessing”, it was very moving. Then my step son sang “Ave Maria”. He is an incredible opera singer. He sang the song beautifully.
The reception was so fun, everyone danced and really enjoyed themselves………..after it was over, no one wanted to leave. Everyone just hung out talking on the dance floor. I supposed no one wanted it to be over. It’s nice to know that the bride and groom will have a strong support system with their friends and families.
The entire week was very remember able and will be cherished in my heart forever. Life is Good!
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| The Newlyweds |
Life is Good!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Wedding Fun
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| My granddaughter helping get the supplies for the basket making. LOL |
Monday, June 6, 2011
Wedding Bells are Ringing
My son and his fiance will be married this upcoming Saturday, June 11th. We are so excited.
Lot's of fun and craziness will be instore for this week. For me, I go to pick up my dress this morning. I pray I like what the seamstess did with it.
I am going to try to capture some pictures of the prewedding activities.
Lot's of fun and craziness will be instore for this week. For me, I go to pick up my dress this morning. I pray I like what the seamstess did with it.
I am going to try to capture some pictures of the prewedding activities.
Let the fun begin.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
To feel validated ! It truly matters.
There is something we all have in common, something that runs through all of our blood. It's the need to feel validated. We all want to feel heard, we need to be loved and we need to know we matter in this life.
We need to know we are here on this earth for a reason. We all want to know, do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say matter?
Validate your loved ones, your friends and your neighbors. Let them know, you see them, you hear them and what they say matters? We all need to know this. We need to feel validated. You can also look in your mirror and tell yourself, you matter, what you say to others and to yourself matters. Then tell yourself you are beautiful, inside and out. (Thanks Sister Debbie for this one)
Do for others what you would want done for you. Make others feel validated and it will comeback to you. Whether it be a small child or an elderly neighbor, remember to listen to what that person says. They matter, for they are here. You are here and you matter.
We need to know we are here on this earth for a reason. We all want to know, do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say matter?
Validate your loved ones, your friends and your neighbors. Let them know, you see them, you hear them and what they say matters? We all need to know this. We need to feel validated. You can also look in your mirror and tell yourself, you matter, what you say to others and to yourself matters. Then tell yourself you are beautiful, inside and out. (Thanks Sister Debbie for this one)
Do for others what you would want done for you. Make others feel validated and it will comeback to you. Whether it be a small child or an elderly neighbor, remember to listen to what that person says. They matter, for they are here. You are here and you matter.
PS. and yes, I did watch the last Oprah show.
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