's motd Monday November 29, 2010

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Monday, 29 November 2010

You know what? It's snowing here

in Southern California. No, I'm serious. Not exactly

in Los Angeles, though. But there's a mountain range,

just east of L.A. and lately, on a clear day, you can

see the snow covered peak of Mt. Baldy! The ski

season has already begun up there.

Meanwhile, we may not have snow

but here in Los Angeles but...it's been fr-fr-fr-freezing!

(By our standards, anyway.) I even wore my micro

fiber robe to bed last night. (I'm one of those

people who doesn't like to sleep with the heat on. It

dries out my skin.)

During the day, our weather makes a pretty dramatic

change. It warms up quite a bit by the time the

sun is high in the sky and then, by nightfall, it gets

cold again. As we all know, the weather often offers

us some pretty dramatic changes. But let me ask you

something. I'm wondering, have there been any

dramatic changes lately...in you?

I sit here at my desk writing these messages for you

everyday to help keep you going. A couple of days

ago, I wrote a message about Thanksgiving. I wonder

if you ate well on Thanksgiving Day? I wonder if you

took-to-heart the things I said about eating right and

working out? Are you going to make those changes

and stick to them for the rest of the year? See, to

reach your goal, you've got to make changes. And I'm

not talking about with your hair color, either. LOL.

I'm talking about the kinds of

changes you must make in life in order to lose weight

and reach your goal. For instance, if you drive to

work everyday and have made it a habit of stopping by

some fast food place to pick up something to eat...that's

gotta change!

If you're spending too much time on the computer or

watching TV, there's got to be a change in those

habits, too. If all day long, you're thinking about

your life and what a "bad hand" God dealt you, that

line of thought is not going to inspire you to stay on

program. That's right, all of your changes shouldn't

be physical, you've got to make some mental

changes, too.

You've gotta start thinking positively because when

you dwell on the bad times in your life, you certainly

won't feel like making a healthy salad for yourself or

doing some jumping jacks and pushups to get your body

into better shape. Which leads me to this. You've

got to change your schedule. You have to "make an

appointment" with yourself to do your workouts...everyday.

You may also have to change some of your meal times.

See, eating dinner as late as 9:30PM is just not the

way to go, not if you're trying to lose weight.

You've gotta change the beverages you drink. Out with

the sodas and...in with the water! Oh, I just love

drinking my water. When people tell me they "hate

water", I say back to them: "Uhhh, excuse me,

but what has water ever done to you?"

If you make these changes, you'll

be so happy with yourself. But remember, you can't

make them all overnight. It'll take about 30 days for

your new schedule and lifestyle to lock itself into

your brain. But make those changes and...stick

with them!

Yes, winter is almost upon us. With it, we're going

see lots of dramatic changes in the weather. And if

you follow this new lifestyle I've outlined, you'll

also see some dramatic and good changes...in

YOU!

Love,