The Big BLOB Weight Loss Blog

I found a great little utility that helps you visulize yourself 20 pounds thinnner.
Here’s the process:

1. Create Your Virtual Model
Enter your height, weight, and body shape. Then tell us your goal weight.

2. Customize Your Virtual Features
Pick out the hair style, hair color, eyes, lips and other features that make you unique.

3. Get Motivated
Print out your side-by-side pictures and tape it to your fridge so you can visualize (and achieve) your weight loss goal. You can do it!

Pretty nifty!

You’ll find it at the Ladies’ Home Journal Website

The Missing Link to Successful Weight Loss (Book and hypnosis cd)

Even though I try other kinds of exercise and fitness programs, I always come back to walking.

Here’s why:
*it is easy
*it is cheap
*I can do it alone
*I can do it with other people
*if I want there are clubs, excursions, and groups to join
*it takes less than a minute to get ready to go (shoes, jacket when necessary)
*I can do it on the spur of a moment

One of the “tools” I have invested in, is a pedometer. Though not necessary, I find that aiming at 10,000 steps a day is very motivating. Steps a day allows me to be slow when I’m feeling lazy, or be fast when I am energized and pumped up. By measuring steps instead of time, I don’t feel guilty about being slow, when I feel like being slow. I don’t hesitate to stop and sit on a bench to watch the world go by, or to take my coffee thermos with me. The goal is the steps, not the time.

Here are a few different types of pedometers from Amazon.
AS SEEN ON TV Acumen JogMate Plus JOGGER WALKER Pedometer NEW!

Omron HJ-112 Digital Premium Pedometer

512MB Waterproof MP3/PEDOMETER

When I was in Mexico I lost a big chunk of weight and reduced my bulk by two clothing sizes. It didn’t seem like I did any dieting or exercising at all … and I was totally surprized when I came home and weighed myself.

My diet consisted of all teh great fresh veggies and fruits in the local markets. There was a surprizing LACK of sweet things which helped me easily maintain a very healthy eating plan.

My exercise plan was even easier. I didn’t have a vehicle, so I took the local bus (an adventure in itself) or I walked. In the area of Mexico I was staying in, the only paved street was the main roadway through town. All other streets were either dirt roads or cobblestone streets.

Even before I left for Mexico, I had heard about a study that indicated that walking on cobblestones could reduce your blood pressure.

A surprising reduction in blood pressure has been achieved in 16 weeks in a group of normally physically inactive elderly men and women who had regular sessions of walking on mats that replicated smooth, rounded cobblestones, Oregon researchers report in the August issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Personally, I think that the lowering of blood pressure is because when you are walking on cobblestones you have to concentrate on what you are doing in the moment. No time to be stressing about other stuff because the moment your attention wanders you could find yourself flat on your face or bum.

All it took to lose the weight and firm up the tush was walking around town for an hour or so a day. Some routes had slight inclines that definitely got my heart pumping.

My challenge after coming home to Vancouver has been in maintaining the healthy eating plan … and the walking plan. It has not been the same walking on all the great sidewalks and paven roadways, which is too bad! I am managing to keep the weight off, but have stalled in the “continuing to loose” quest.

So imagine my surprize when I found an Amazon product that is supposed to stimulate the effect of walking on cobblestone streets.

Cobblestone Mat

The epidemic of overweightedness is rampant in North America. Even kids as young as 10 are developing heart disease and diabetes as a result of being overweight.

Some portions are called “super size,” while others have simply grown in size and provide enough food for at least two people. With this growth have come increases in waistlines and body weight.

To see if you know how today’s portions compare to the portions available 20 years ago, quiz yourself on Portion Distortion I (2003) and Portion Distortion II (2004). You will also learn about the amount of physical activity required to burn off the extra calories provided by today’s portions.

We hope you find Portion Distortion insightful and fun. We also hope that next time you eat on the run, you will think twice about the food portions offered to you.

PORTION DISTORTION SLIDE SHOW AND QUIZZES (This is very interesting and fun!)

Melanie

Super Size Me

HoMedics SC-380 HealthStation Body Mass Index Scale with Memory

The next time you are wondering if you are overweight, check out your BODY MASS INDEX.

Your body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.

You don’t have to accept the BMI as the definitive measure of your personal healthy weight, but it certainly is a good indicator.

Think about what it would be like to not carry around that extra 25 pounds per day. The stress this extra weight puts on your heart and joints is very serious … that’s even before you factor in the possibility of adult type 2 diabetes which is directly linked to being overweight.

CHECK OUT YOUR BODY MASS INDEX HERE (its free)

Melanie

Once of the biggest challenges to losing weight is … ourselves. Yes, the weird thing is that even though we say and think we want to lose weight we sabotage ourselves.

Why?

Because our unconscious minds, for some reason (it could be a good reason, it could be a bad reason) belives that we should NOT lose weight. And since out unconscious mind is FAR MORE POWERFUL than our conscious mind, guess who wins?

YOUR challenge is to convince your unconscious mind that you DO indeed WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT!

This weight loss program used hypnosis to help you convince your unconscious mind to ALLOW you to lose weight. You will listen to the CD’s for 10 to 20 minutes a day for 21 (or more if you like) days. And all of a sudden you will discover yourself, exercising, eating better, eating less, eating healthier … and best of all … LOSING WEIGHT.

Check out the ENJOYING WEIGHT LOSS program. You will get 4 CD’s aimed at losing weight, and 2 free programs that will support you in your quest.

Melanie

PS. This program was developed by Dr. Roberta Temes, who normally works with high profile celebrities and VIP clients. This is the same program she uses with them!

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT … ENJOYING WEIGHT LOSS

CLICK HERE for over $4500 in self-help giveaways.

What’s the catch? All you have to do is sign-up for the self-help newsletter and you can access all the giveaways you’d like.

A sampling of what you can get:

TWO Hypnosis downloads of your choice (super value!)
EFT (emotional freedom technique) manual
250 relaxation screen-savers
Holistic healing secrets
Advanced memory course
Herbal remedy secrets
self-esteme workbook
177 ways to burn calories and MORE

CLICK HERE to get all your wonderful freebies. The self-hypnosis downloads are the BEST … these are the hypnosis programs I recommend to my friends and even to some of my clients!!

You will especially find the two free hypnosis downloads to be a fabulous value … lose weight now!! and be sure to get the EFT (emotional freedom technique) manual because it can help you resolve some of those issues that keep the weight on!

Enjoy! Melanie

PS Right now I’m in Mexico and haven’t been able to get my weekly doses of The Biggest Loser. Can anyone update me?