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Without Exercise!!!

"The Complete System Of Self_Healing - [Internal Exercises]" Review Amazon - Review Good Reads.

My latest project - also soaking oats and beans.



Better digestion ... Less food ... Less exercise ... feeling good!!!

Since having based my routine on a more natural circadian rhythm/natural cycle - natural light, dark room with transitional periods and so on - that combined with sun bathing/natural hygiene ... then movement and dietary changes also based on Natural cycles ... I have been making some good progress!

I am moving away from the "rat in a cage" "exercise concept" and looking more into "movement" on other levels not so commonly view. Activity more inside than out. The best way I could sum up for now is my approach to food being more focused on what function it serves within my body. Since looking at food more that way, I have been spending way more time of food preparation and much much less on actually digesting the stuff.

 

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...admittedly, despite dialing back the "exercise" - I am still doing weights.

 

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Food Psychology

I am feeling rather confident in my stance regarding FOOD. The way in which it's sold, fed and the choices I make. I've written many times before how our abundant society is filled with gluttonous pigs that profess enrichment and prosperity. It's taken a long time to see through all the sugar, salts and spices. I had a LOT of purging to do! Now it's done, I can see an opportunity to write in here about the Psychology of Food and how it relates to the closest food/drug addict.

Today's foods are no more or less akin to the drugs sold in our malls. I think those that cry out "Oh no, I could not do without that" or use the word "deprivation" are no more predispositioned; than those addicts bedding down in our streets. I think It's time to spot light just how this fluffy wuffy approach to food is killing more than it boasts the extra years it gives. The sprinkling of Positive Vibes that make so many sick. The tellings to those who have broken legs to just get up and walk, to take their medicine and enjoy the comfort of food.

Gluttonous pigs living in abundance preaching enrichment and prosperity. Yep - that there be the ticket in which I can see myself giving up food.


NEXT POST ... the way in which they sell such BS and where it leads.

The cold closet veiled in comfort and sold as positivity in order to justify the means. If one really wants to give up food for what it and one has become, then one needs to take the fist step and admit that one is no more or less, akin to the addict the beds in the street.

If you've giving up smoking, drinking and a host of other bad habits in such a light, then perhaps you know that power with making such life changing decisions. Decisions that last a lifetime. Not ones that boast extra years of the living, but more freedom from the suffering in the living. This world is full of BS and sells it well.

I think it's time to start seeing it as it is - it's time to start getting real!

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A good link for later

I have removed the link due to commercial content. My Bad.

Symptom number five at the above link leads to that term others love to use so well - "Deprivation" I think Tofus will answer more questions with no, but still be somewhat misleading themselves. The unhealthy aspect of desire and passion in a world bent on blissful manifestation. Examples ... 80/20 way ... The Secret and so on. Greed that seeks to have more/enrichment from less/cost, as opposed to any thought for sustainability and effect.

Devalue through lack of want. Something that can be owned without certification or segregation. No entitlement ever need be sought. ... there is only you & what you put in your mouth. Be radical - be healthy in a very sick and shallow world.

 

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In the interest of avoiding conflict - I will no longer be using any links other than my own content which aims to sell nothing. I give everything I have to offer for FREE! Step right up - Step right up - BS smells and deceptions floats.

Righto - Moving ON:
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Good Day Today.

I seem to be doing well with juicing my veggies first thing in the mornings. Especially on those morning I intend to get active. On active days, I will feed the body for recovery after burning the fat with rest being my main stay from the previous day. Generally small meals with midday-ish being the main main meal with more texture and easily digestible proteins and healthy fats. Early evening I will do more of a salad with some pre soaked nuts and seeds ... small amount with a little citrius fruit and maybe finish off the night with prunes/prune juice. If I do correctly, I have no need for snacking.

I consider snacking a sign that I am not eating the right foods during meal times or those times I am filling up when it counts (during times I have an empty stomach) Therefore I only snack to make up for something that should of been included previously but was not. Having an empty tummy is important whenever I put anything in my mouth. Being mindful of what foods do what for me is helping me avoid the snacking full stop. This way I seem to have a better absorption rate which allows me to get more nutrient from eating less. The less food means less work for my body which in turn means more healing where it's needed.

Being in the pushing stage to burn through the excess fat, does indeed require healing and recovery - a fine line with rest, nutrition and mind set. My recent stress related injury has now been overcome with such a strategy. I am now doing brisk walks at a little over 6kmh/9:30min per/km. That's quite a pace for someone as short as me. Not only am I short but I have a low inseam which gives me a rather short stride. Good for bearing weight which is the story of my life - SIGH - or used to be ...

I guess the long and short of it, is don't bother comparing this or that pace with what works or not - Just go by what your feeling. I can't overstate that enough when it comes to what foods do what for one when seeking to know works or does not. Many say seafood is bad ... too high in cholesterol ... yadda yadda and whilst that may be bad for some ... the fact remains that when eating locally caught prawns, my body feels amazing and if at anytime I am feeling unwell, eating prawns seems to make me right. So I now look to be mindful of others foods that either work similarly of not ... some make me feel like crap while those same ones seem to be right for me wife.

Again - I am pleased with the way my weight is dropping. This last kilo had less fluctuation. I seem to be in a good spot with the fat burning and managing my nutrition to aid in such. Resting every second day, with two off where pain rears its ugly head. During the off days, I challenge myself with honing my new found skills with deciding what and when to eat.

I carry lots of water when we head out of the house. I also take an Esky to keep from eating the garbage they sell in those drive though troughs. ... The Malls are just as bad. Pretend health food wraps with cheap dairy and all sorts of sugary rice, crumbs, bla bla bla ...

Adios until next post.

 

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STEADY STATE

It's been a while by my standards since I have written anything in either thread. I think this session is best being a combination of both subjects. Weight loss/Obesity/Sickness & Mental Instability. Part and parcel in an imperfect world. I smile to think of the last cliche as I find it characterizes denial and more often used as a poor excuse than any kind of valid reason. Such lack of reasoning is constantly projected 24/7 through invasive advertising that never stops. A world that runs 24/7 designed to fuel thoughts and mold perception as one sleeps.

So powerful is this incessant imprinting ... that despite the obvious stench protruding from those calling the shots; people continue to row whilst deluded by self-fulfilling and perpetual dreams, patented off as some kind of progressive and idealistic goal setting that knows no end. A bit like reaching ones weight loss objective, but then living ones life addicted to maintenance with very little focus left for the actual living. The body is tuned, but the mind is not or the mind thinks it's in tune whilst the body is not - or both are synthetically achieved in the most unnatural of ways and whilst both may appear to be in sync; fear continues to see such shallow lives unlived.
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The steady state that I have often heard about, relates more to an even keel rather than a never ending matter stream. An attribute to obtain that seeks not to gain. A steady pace that brings about relief in a world that cares little for those who can't keep up and or out of time. Now comes the cry from the bowman to his partners who lay flat on their backs, "Quick quick, throw those no longer rowing overboard, before our BS no longer floats!"

WTF has any of this got to do with weight loss? Everything! Irony to be found with those flashy little adverts above this or that post; in this here ... my supposed little space with which to foster words meant more as a means of therapy rather than just gibberish rants. I remain unbounded by any attempt to have others enforce theirs, or some others, "will" upon me. Yet here we sit, living under advertisement designed to govern the way we write, feel and think. I now cry back to the Bowman and all his cronies - "Let the F*&#ING BOAT SINK!"

"Oh how Gandhi would be proud of such dropping of the ores." Let them have their little control fits and sink within that pile of S*#T. One can now begin with dealing what matters most. Getting the *&^ off such a miserable ship!

Don't think for a moment that when that weight comes off, that all that self empowerment, the achievement, ambition and whatever the *&$# else those adds pump one up with is going to sustain one in a world of S*#T. Coming to fully comprehend ones reality is the only way to truly arrest those barriers that forces one to go down with the ship.

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The pounds are dropping ... however there is an internal battle that rages with instability that often ends up caving in beneath a pile of S*&T. Typical leads to some form of recurring depression resultant of "take a pick" - All the above can be likened to some form of negative projection coming from myself and no doubt such an assumption would be right. Because whether right or wrong, the only way off the wheel is to pull the power plug or change the view. Better yet, live in a world that knows no wheels. Kind of makes one rethink about the wonderment of such inventions.

Back later to install a more able wheel - one to educate and inspire a sustainable will. One that buffers BS adds and cuts through the Waft!

To know and do is one angle - but make what one does count so there is no coming back to only complete the same ol bs cycles. Be the cycle rather than the readout; such only knows how to count. Tick Tick Tick as the wheel spins ...

Time to get some mild sun and let this dumping take effect.

 

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Reading between the lines

I'm doing well on the physical front as too watching what I put in my mouth. No real need to motivate myself in that, however I am struggling with a lot of the clinical approaches to projected fear with the selling of this or that. It's good that weight loss media seems to be giving more acknowledgement to the impact of Mental Instability currently plaguing our so called Developed Nations and thus, how that alone affects the ever growing obesity crisis. Taking in the wider picture can easily lead to a cynical view, however even the most optimistic of views would surmise that our current values systems present to be quite an ethical dilemma. Alas, it's much easier to SELL than it is to take stock.

It's no easy task to sift though so many well put together strategies and techniques. Not only is Psychology now called upon to battle obesity, but many elements of spirituality are also now employed. If things were not complex enough. Given the condition that drives the human mind, it would seem a perfect market to drive the "economy" which in all 1st world countries is consider more valuable than life itself. A bleak perspective that seems to match the fear and advice we are so often lead to believe are true.

If it were so important to eat healthy, then why is it that devolved nations sell food that makes it's people sick? Hell - they even war on other countries they deem unfit then next thing you know - BINGO - McDonalds coming to a province near you! You know the story ... The movement makes its people sick, the sick feed the health industry and the pharmaceutical companies get rich. Same with most every other branch since the second world war. BOOM went to BOOMERS and it's now kind of reaching point in which can no longer be sustained. None the less - New Markets are created.

Rave rave ... I'm repeating myself, but the outlook is getting better, moreover clearer.

HOW DOES ONE CRAWL OUT FROM UNDER THE BLURP. --- number one ... don't buy into everything that's written in this or that book.

This diary for one is a good place to start ... and is why I now cut and past my response to some poor soul that was rejected for not fitting in to some motivational teachers class. Those details I leave out - but my response I want to log. I know I am struggling with my view. The world really sucks and no matter what bubble I conjure up ... I'm not liking the blinkered views that many self help teacher preach. But reading between the lines is starting to help. In other words, I am not throwing away the books but still having a read. I'm not only coming to discover the same deceptions used through my earlier years as a brainwashed Charismatic Pentecostal christian that are now employed in many of these weight loss books, but also my own deceptions - as I continue to read between said lines. I'm still struggling as much with myself than any kind of enlightenment that I would attempt to claim just because I can see through the shit. Such means nothing if I'm still disabled. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm -

The above a struggle in itself, but the agenda feels right! - Now for my perspective and what I deem as an encouraging and revealing reply:
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From reading once through, I would say don't blame yourself. I've been going over the whole fad of manifestations of late. I'm seeing such an approach used in a lot of self help books, including weight loss which I am currently into. The Motivational Ramping Up reminded me of a lot of speakers employed by various employment agencies to boost self esteem and promote wishful thinking. Usually I smile when coming across such irony, however I laugh out loud to think of just how blinded these bright lights really be. Of course my laughter is as much a barrier as those who preach the way they do.

Unfortunately this ability to summon up great visions of our better self and project bolts of never ending energy from our but is something not so easily achieved; nor is it ever sustainable for any length of time. It's the agenda that ruins what would otherwise be a very enlightening lesson. The value that's placed upon the outcome often exceeds the person being taught. It's a greed thing.

NOW - I find this hard to deal with and it leads to my cynical side. I acknowledge that. I must. Until I can overcome the depression, resentment and any number of other negative traits that I allow to fester in me, I will never be able to see past the fallibility of others. I'm clutching at straws here with such a revelation.

Others are always quick to tell someone else what it is that they need. I'm reading in between the lines simply because my extensive history with brainwashing and preaching allows me to see much of the same methods used with the promoting of such "products." These promotions speakers and their techniques are no different to products given the agenda to drive, performance, production, markets and money! Books and Websites are often ascribed to the same things ... it's the deception, certification and gloss and promises that win over people to live pumped up on wishful thinking.

Srry to ramble so much, but if anything out of that, please understand that you are not as broken as they would have you think. It not so much the concepts they present, but the agendas that often do more to damage than any kind of good. Even those that go away all fluffed up and make more $$$ find that such popularity and attraction is short lived.

I think to now go on about the testimonials, the projected of fear mongering ("You too scared to change!") - and on and on. However - I am coming to see some just how powerful I already as I make an effort to read between the lines. I've always been visual and very intuitive. In many ways, I would say the extensive abuse that I have overcome is less of a barrier in having to live in a world that sells so much shit.

I'll encourage you with this ? Those of us that walk away from such facades, later come to be better positioned. Not through the striving as they would sell it, but simply through having endured the experience. You will come to have a unique perspective that sees way further than any would be pumped up TED TALK presenter. You will come to appreciate the most of insignificant things, yet the power you find in that will not only be exceedingly radiant; it will come with way less - Ups & Downs.

Too many people are creating realities to escape what must be felt and in that process they quickly forget that despite their our well maintained bubbles; that we all exist in the same space. I'm working on this train of thought .... In the same way religion, scholars and politicians use text - so to do people who have something to "sell!" Those of us like yourself - who walk away, are much better than that.
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Moving on ... Cosmic ordering - same shit, different label (take a pick of twenty more). Agendas make or break. How do I use such visualization and how has my past lead me to feel free without the need for this world's economy or any want - does my lack of want mean I am scared as the sellers would have me believe or is it more of a case that they drive a need to create the want? Keep asking! Good Dumping Session - Letting go. Entry Done!

 

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You are very inspirational. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

You make a lot of excellent points and I look forward to reading more and more as time goes on.

I hope that you're doing well.

 

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I'm the same as I was before. Shifting Perspective - Chaning View/Changing The Wheel!

Welcome Brit. I will note that my perspective often changes and not one that is easily written or read; although it does prepare a path that I then find much easier to follow. I'm happy if others are able to find something helpful in what I write. TY. (very much so)

-Rewriting The Brain -​

My mind is quite spasmodic in it's thinking process. My thoughts race and change at lightning speed with an incessant need to have this observer log where each mussing leads. My alliteration and constant rhyme is something of a side effect that I feel reflects my abnormality. Having said that though, I do find it a good anchor to help me keep on track. Generally when I struggle with thoughts during the process of speech, I can often be found to be stuttering. Early on I was pegged with this of that learning difficulty and eventually other labels that I'm please to say, are now harder to stick. Fact is, the way I see it ... once I finally peel them off, the moment I stop being mindful in all that I do - it does not take long before said labels reappear. In that thought - I will be compassionate with accepting that regardless of the niche that often sees the plastering of tickets; that ultimately it is I that am responsible for how they stick!

Reflecting on what I have not long written ... we can change our bubbles, put on our blinkers but nothing will change the world unless we change it.

Bear with me as I know words fail with such ambitious an thought. Fact is - words like ambition quickly lose their meaning giving the way they are constantly sold. BINGO - I've just uncovered my unsavory view of the world itself. I did it again. SO - What can I do to obtain a better view?

If an interviewer was to ask me "What's different about you, now having achieved your goal weight compared to back when you first began?" I would respond with "Nothing - I am the same person I am now as I was then. It is my perspective that I have changed."

 

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...under construction. Hit enter - Doh!

Not to worry - was a good point in which to break my thoughts and have rest. - Is soon time to prep my main meal and then go for a walk.

Continuing on:
It was on my morning walk, listening to one of many podcasts that goes by the name Tips of The Scales where I always hear the question after each interview; "What's different about you? How have you changed?" Must be my unique perspective here, but I am less challenged with most of the atypical responses. To be sure, changes take place and positive ones at that, but the pattern I tend to see ... is a kind of devaluing of who the person was before.

How so - My perspective - Not theirs ... and it can be a trap for me if I am unable to explain to myself. BEFORE - "it was when people demeaned and belittled me for taking up two seats, that I knew it was time to change!" Hmmmmmm I simply observe this in a context that shares responsibility when it comes to how guilty and shamed many obese people feel. It's one thing coming to terms accepting accountability for how we sit and hold ourselves, but another kettle of fish when others target the weak for the imperfect nature that so often feeds the a stigmatized view. "It's your fault!"

How I sit and hold myself goes beyond an airplane seat or TWO! So it is that I often highlight such metaphors or cliches that lead us to thinking there was something wrong with us before we made a change. "Dave ... you are such a different man" TY - but I am very much the same. All I did was simply change my point of view. If we are to accept ourselves in the manner that is often preached, then one must understand that one will be as special - "as one is now" - to when said goals are reached.

Finding a sentence to really cap off what I mean alludes me at this point. Society is quick to have others "fit in" using blame and guilt to have one believe that one is in need. That we one is to frightened to accept more than what one already is. That one is somehow lacking if one does not fit in. SRRY - I'm not buying. - Sigh - Now I'm radical. Next thing you know, I'll be a terrorist.

Ones weight is not just a byproduct of what goes in ones mouth. (what is served ? what is sold!) That's too easy and pretty much a cop out from others who sell. Those living in fear, probably do so ... because of what they are told. Hence my focus to unlearn what it said. Self Pity and Guilt is not just ones own. It's often implanted 24/7 la la la ... Learning to offload it and give it back to those who sold it ... NOW THAT'S THE TICKET!
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Passion - Sigh ... Desire & Fire ... too much and ouch ... however a great way to overcome addiction on many fronts.

Until Next post.

PS - there is a pattern to the fire I stoke.

 

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Progress:

 

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Before I log in my activity for the last few days - I have to share my most recent find. We cooked this tonight as a light dish, "I was impressed!" Nice texture - it was rather filling. From this point on, I think I will include it as a main meal... and go back to salads as my last feed. I will be practicing this dish over the next few weeks. Do yourself a favor ... Right Click and save as. You wont regret it.

 

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Activity Report:
"You've done well Davy boy!

I've been doing well with the "Every Other Day" scenario. I do a heap of activity one day, and then I rest the following. In the past, I was more able to hit it hard for two days on with one off and then on occasion, grind myself for 3 days consecutive with a two day break every second week or third week. The days when I could burn through 25lbs in two week with exercise alone. NOT NO MORE!

I went to every other day only just last week when I incurred a stress injury on the top of my foot. Lucky for me, such tact has since paid off. I've been power walking 8KM/5miles with my best time at 8:57 minutes per km (6.7kph) Not bad for short legs and still obese! According to the stats I input on the app (MapMyWalk) I burned 560cal. Nothing to scoff at as I remember the effort to jog that on a treadmill during many other comebacks. Fair enough it took me a little over an hour, but that is quite an effective workout which allows me to still loose weight with a stressed foot. To be honest, I am so impressed with how walking can help, that I sometimes do two 300 cal burning sessions on my days off (rest days).

I admit though - ? I've been found trotting on my 5 mile routes.

it's so damn hard not to. Sigh.

I know I know - Be patient Dave. Your 13 kg down - First time I have ever done so without running. FOOD FOOD FOOD - although my mind set in the beginning really helped. The SUN was really pivotal in that as well.

Anyways - My Weight Routine is coming along just fine and dandy. I think all things going well over the next few weeks. I will consider a two day split with one day off - then and or maybe a 2 day split over 4 days with one rest on the 5th. That will require logging in more often to keep track.

Experience tells me, that once the muscle grows - I seem to burn more fat on my days off. Sometimes when I feel it like so, I will take an extra day off on that fact alone. It's good that I am now once more able to judge and think about it like so ... 13 kg down and only about 3kgs from reaching the 80's!!!

I think once I get into the 80's ... I am hoping that I can start trotting. I just can't help it and I know I have been self talking not to ... but fact is, I'm just kidding myself. I do know though - If I do start running, I am going to have to watch myself. Tick Tick Tick -

I must keep vigilant and stick with my new found knowledge of food. Until I reach my goal weight - which I believe will be 77kg ... my ultimate goal is to wean myself off the exercise yet keep my ideal weight. WHY? Because I have never in my entire life done that before. NEVER!

I want to do because I think it would be the ultimate freedom I could ever achieve. I have giving up just about every poison there is, overcome religious brainwashing and could care less for the drama on TV - even the car radio bores me to death! OK OK - I do want to see that new Movie - "The Martian" before it leaves the big screen ... I'm just saying is all. I think learning to keep my ideal weight with what I eat is pretty much the key to life itself. The Key to Freedom and an escape from want!

Not that I don't want to want - I do - I just want to be the one that decide what it is, that I want. There is a difference in that - and to that BS that flashes on our screens, plastered on the back of the bus, bellowing from the speakers in some waiting room or whilst out shopping for ones food. I don't mind the security cameras, but the system could sure ease up with the voices they put in peoples heads. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Bit like junk food ... people are so used to it, they cant tell they are being poisoned with each bite. In fact, most people are addicted to such shepherding, that they can't live or work without the noise. "Oi , turn that bloody radio on ... I can't function without the noise!"

Smiles - Part and Parcel of my view. The reality I create helps to filter out such dogmatic static that otherwise drives me insane. As well as learning to eat to live - My wife and I are planning to go completely off grid. Yet more insentive to eat less. LOL - just kidding, but I know what I mean. The transition for us in getting rid of most of what we have, has been very much a trigger to taking on such a radical change.

Adios - Until Next Post.

 

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Loved your help/advise in Brittany's journal.

What a great journal you have as well!

Very inspiring.

Have A Great Night!

 

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That's very kind of you to Stacy. Thank You.

Today was my Activity day. I did two 5 mile walks for a total of 16km, a 45 minute dumbbell total body work out that was quite intense with an "added" core routine on the end. Between those works outs I estimate a minimum of 1500 calories burned; not counting the standing and walking around the house which I now do a lot more of.

Phew ... I will sleep well tonight. I actually had an afternoon nap after eating my main meal around 1-2pm. I knew I needed it if I was to complete the second 5 mile walk. I used a hypnosis video specially for a 30 minute nap courtesy of YouTube. Search string to use ? Power Nap with Andrew Johnson

I am finding the podcasts delivered by Tips of The Scales very informative and motivating. I think I will soon run out of recorded casts and will have to find a new source, although there is said to be 300 casts. Today I really enjoyed an episode which focused on Personal Sustainability by Michael Prager. Links in my other thread. (re my sig) I rarely agree in entirety and found my angle is a little different on some points, however when it comes to the core aspect to sustainability, I found this guy had HEAPS to offer. Challenging stuff that makes one think beyond culture, fun, taste, and all thing nice. Really narrowed down the meaning of food as it relates to sustagen and how we can apply that to all other areas of our life to create a sustainable world that begins without ourselves.
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Anyways - I'll be sure to read up some more on this guy and see what else he has to say. Transition was the topic I wanted to talk about next. Such applies not only from making that first concrete decision but throughout the entire weight loss journey. Today's 1500cal workout took quite some navigating for this little fat man to complete. It seems ridiculous to push so hard. Especially coming from someone who's aiming to play down exercise once he reaches his goal.

I've done this way too many times before. I've struggled these last passing years as it does in fact get harder as one ages if relying on exercise. I'm just nearing that point in which the determination of my most repeated failed attempts; are about to break the wall. Meaning I pushed a little more using my knowledge of transition to assist with aiding my desire to quicken my vision of flying through the air. This does not necessary mean gracefully running. It's more about the manifestation of my goal as my body and spirit connects so much more with each kilogram dropped. I'm at a point in which I can smell the outcome many mile before reaching home. It really is invigorating to be able to smell once again.

Best I can say. I'm just regenerating now with some grounding vibes. Think I will use Word to write up my next post and take my time. Transition - a mussing on the power and subtly of taking one more step when things look tough. Useful from beginning to end.

Until Next post.

Glad you popped in Stacy.
All the best.

 

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My Weight Loss Links

Links can be found in "My Other Thread" (in Sig) This forum has issues regarding the sharing of links. I am unhappy with the way this was enforced with me, and have since decided not to bother sharing links in this forum at all. Of course I may very well end up not posting in this forum at all if approached yet again. Lets hope it does not come to that.

So for what it's worth - when I feel I have a significant share, I will be linking in my other thread the same time I post about said topic in here.

 

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Transitioning. Moving Sustainably.

My huge effort yesterday is not something I could easily sustain, however it was a means to on end in which I was only able to achieve through the skill of transitioning. I think the manner of my last post shows well that everything we say and do comes at a cost. [Energy In - Energy Out / Positive & Negative will continue to orbit as they do) Fueling the machine is not enough. There is a residual effect in all we do. Yesterday saw it's end with me is a low state of tolerance. The usual dull ringing in my ears was quite noticeable louder and still is. The condition (tinnitus) is a bane to many, however I embrace it as a useful tool. It's telling me I need to let go and relax. Easier said than done when the will inside me has grown so strong.

The acknowledgement from last post to now makes the doing so, somewhat more comfortable. An act of accountability through recognizing (catching) pent up and or negatively charged energy/emotion. A useful disempowering/empowering method through making acknowledgement when inertia carries us beyond our control. That my friend is my first example of controlling a transition. My therapist recently passed on to me a very useful acronym ? NNA Notice it, Name it, Alter it.


Another example of Transitioning: Making Life easier.
It's probably a no brainier for many which actually highlights just how often many of us end up allowing "TIME" to dictate our lives.

Ring ring - ring ring ... "Hello?"
.............................."Hi Dad, would you mind coming pick the little one?"

NOTE* ... There are variables which can make this example easier or harder from one time to the next, but the basis is very much the same. I'll set the context which can be likened to that of any individual who's just made a life changing decision that involves personal conflict and challenges ahead.

Example:
Given my daughter had then not long return from an abusive relationship and the toddler was very clingy, I make a few suggestions to sell the power of transition. Thankfully we all agree. I arrive to pick mum and the little one up. Despite having a very close relationship with both daughter and grandson, the little ones state was as I thought - quite withdrawn and very clingy. (Do please bear in mind the day to day similarities as this applies to ones life as I write this as much for myself) With that we drive around for about 40 minutes until the little fella is then asleep. I drop mum back off at her home and head out of town for another 30. Along the way I play some peaceful vibes. I had previously trained the little ones mind to well receive. When I pull up in my drive way, there I sit for another 20 minutes at which point the little one then began to rise. It was a well needed quality rest. Now the little one was able to embrace. I was eager to be taking him in, however knew the circumstances still required a smooth touch. I pick him up and transfer him slowly from the car by gently placing him on his feet while I bend my knee and greet him with a huge warm smile.

So far all is well, the energy is good. Now distracted with the sensory experience of the bush the little one moves while I shut the car door. Holding his hand and speaking gently with loads of love and compassion we make our way up the house ramp. The little one now taking in every step and meeting my gazes with wonderment and anticipation for whatever comes next ... NANNA!

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Summery:
The little one is to me a representation of myself. The handling of the transition is based on learned experience that seeks not to resist but path the way. Forgiveness, Love and Compassion are terms often spoken about in recovery books. It is no different for those us who are seeking to overcome the addiction to food and regain control over our weight. I've never spoken like this in the past re my other weight loss attempts. I've also never been able to sustain a healthy weight.

I've only just scratched the surface with the power of transition. For now I believe I have reached the scope of my morning post. I have a few things lined up for the day, however it is a restful one. I have the time to later write. I hope this tone sets for an easier read than that of my last post. Being kind to self is a huge part to the way we write and hold ourselves; how we evolve. There is a lot of purging in the early stages of undertaking such a journey to go from Obesity to Living Free.

Writing in here and weaving it like so helps me to notice the things that make a difference, so that I can then name them in a way that counts; which then allows me to alter what I must.

So having now further embedded that acronym NNA - I bid oneself a good day ... or at least until my next post.

... ... The Power is Within You ... ...

... ... You only need accept it,
... ... & it will show you the way.

 

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*NOTE for next post before I loose this thought. Open Doors - How the doors open as a result from making the decisions that actually count. No need for deep meditation practices for this kind of clarity that brings about, new definitions that yield longer lasting results. Doors just appear from having reached that point in which there is no more space to fall.

Righto - I'm off.

 

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The Transitional Process:
My previous post touched on the Power of Transition. More so the importance of being kind to self in order to make it from A to B in a way that allows for embracing new steps and challenges.

Banking the Steps.
I have to admit that despite knowing well what it is that I want and being willing to do whatever it takes, that I still struggle at the best of times when it comes to taking seemingly easy steps. Old habits are hard to break! In the same way clinical depression is well known to reamerge in long term sufferers, so it is the same with years of eating junk and sitting around all day There is a familiar cliché about the length of time it takes to form a habit; that one should expect it to be equally so when breaking routine. This highlights the need for patients. By accepting such an analogy I am less likely to be disappointed with unrealistic expectations. It’s certainly helped to relieve the pressure when I first started and now three to four months in, I’m able to reflect on such wisdom in a effort to be kind during those moments I tire from pushing harder than need be. I remind myself what matters most as too, my weight loss forum alias – “Nomorecomebacks”

So it is with that line of thinking, I must make each step a sustainable one. Having an all or nothing perspective, I found it easy to cut out the garbage. I came to adopt a strong opinion that the food I was eating was as equally toxic as the cigarettes I once smoked. We started by throwing out all our sugar and sweets. That was the first step among many on a long list that saw both my wife and I start this weight loss journey. It’s good to take in the bigger picture, but early on I have to share our most favored tip. We much prefer to break it all down into baby steps knowing full well that with each one taken, means another pound lost to the bank. An account that we have no intention of ever drawing.
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REST DAY ABOUT DONE - Just chilling with the meditation vibes courtesyof Tunein Radio.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz early night tonight.

 

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