Re: Past Newsletter from Rashelle

July 16, 2009

Wonderful Wanda,

Thanks for taking time to re-post this. I loved reading it again. There are good

reminders for all of us. You are so great to take your time to help others the

way you do. There is no one quite like you, Wanda.

Be blessed, be healthy and take good care,

Rashelle

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Past Newsletter from Rashelle

Hi everyone,

I went thru my old emails and after re-reading this one I thought I would

share it.

Love, Wanda.

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Your History and your habits. Use them to be what you want to be

After spending over 30 years working with people trying to lose weight it has

become very clear to me that past programming plays a large role in how

successful a person will be in not only losing unwanted pounds and inches, but

also in their ability to maintain their losses.

Do you spend a lot of your time trying to figure out why you can't seem to

eliminate the pounds and inches that you really don't want?

Do you blame your excess weight on your genes, high-calorie, processed

convenience foods, your lack of exercise, or emotional eating?

While these factors may play a major role in being overweight, you may also

have your personal history to thank for that excess weight. The good news is

that you can use this information to help you succeed in reaching your goals

today.

If you've been overweight since childhood or you think you have a genetic

predisposition to obesity you may find that if you try to lose weight and it

does not come off easily, you give up, thinking that it is hopeless since you

believe you are destined to be overweight. By realizing that this is not true

you can take control and become the person you really want to be.

Read the paragraph below and you will understand why I truly believe that you

can accomplish the goals you set for yourself if you are willing to let go of

that old programming.

Many who belong to the National Weight Control Registry, a register of

Americans who have lost more than 30 pounds and kept it off for more than a

year, admit to either having parents who are overweight or to being overweight

themselves since childhood before taking control and finally reaching their

goals. Allowing yourself to believe that you do not have control over the

outcome can seriously harm your weight-loss efforts. Deciding to take control

over your own body will allow you to reach for and achieve goals you previously

may have thought were unattainable.

Ask yourself these questions. Look closely at the answers.

Your answer to successful weight loss may be hidden here:

How long have you been overweight?

What types of meals did you eat as a child?

Were you raised on meat and potatoes, bacon and eggs?

Do you think that skipping meals will help you lose weight?

When you think of food, do you think of the word diet?

Did your parents use food as a reward, or for comfort?

Were your parents concerned about being overweight?

Did they diet or did they want you to diet?

Did you hear messages that indicated to you that your eating habits made a

difference for the well being of the rest of the world ( " Clean your plate. Think

of the starving children of the world? " )

These are some of the ways your past may have affected your perceptions about

weight, some solutions that might facilitate your changing the way you now view

food and lead to you losing that unwanted weight.

Was food used as a reward or for consolation?

When you were feeling bad about something did someone give you food to help

you feel better?

Did you hear messages like " If you clean your plate you can have dessert. "

If you were taught to believe that you could be made to feel better by eating

something sweet or that you should finish everything on your plate, you may

still be carrying that old programming around inside your head. Go look at

yourself in the mirror. Do you honestly believe that what you eat, or leave on

your plate will change how hungry someone on the other side of the world feels?

Today is the day to really look closely at your old programming and take

control of the truth. Eating everything on that plate may be making you go well

over healthy portions that could help you maintain the weight and health you

desire. Those extra bites added to each meal can add up and create excess pounds

and inches. If you really think about it what you eat can affect someone else.

Those who love you. By over-eating you may be putting your health at risk and

that could make a big difference to those who care about you. Extend your life

and the quality of your life by taking control of what you put in your mouth. It

is totally up to you now.

Hold on to your chair! Did you know that those who eat breakfast, instead of

skipping it tend to be thinner? Skipping meals can be one of the biggest

culprits in your weight gain. Your body will go into what I call " stuff and

hide " mode. Pretend you have a little man who lives inside your body. I call him

" Freddy Fat BuilderT " His whole purpose is to keep you from starving to death.

He is your built-in protector. He does not know what is going on outside of your

body, only on the inside. If you go too long without eating he is given the

signal to start storing fat in case you will be unable to eat again. He does not

know if you will be starving tomorrow. Of course he doesn't want that to happen

so he begins to stuff and hide the fat so you won't starve to death. It is up to

you to give " Freddy " and your body the comfort of knowing it is going to have

another meal tomorrow, so stuffing and hiding the fat is not necessary.

Keep your body fueled with small snacks and a few good meals daily and it will

be able to relax and allow the pounds to fall off, thinking there is no

starvation coming. Remember to give " Freddy " a long vacation with nothing to do

but sit around and smile, knowing that your body is safe and healthy.

I do not believe in using the word " diet " for the way you eat. Diet makes me

think of deprivation. Instead, think of your eating as fuel for your body. Use

the food you eat to help you build your body to be the best it can be. I believe

in what I call the PC theory.

When I created the Victory Theory I thought it would be good to create a code

for successful eating.

I call it " Eating for SuccessT " The code is PC, " Personal ControlT " and it is a

system for managing what you eat. Eating for success puts you in total control

of what you eat.

You are the driver of this masterpiece you call your body.

You are in total control.

You turn on all the keys that make it function properly.

You have Personal Control over how often you breathe.

Personal Control over how much water you drink daily.

You have Personal Control over how much food you eat.

PC is also for " Portion ControlT " . Portion Control can make all the difference

in determining how successful you are in reaching your goals.

For fun, try to count out 3 bites full of food on your plate and leave it for

the birds. Imagine that you are feeding a hungry bird and he loves you for it.

Each meal, count out your three bites of food and leave it. Smile at it and know

that you have control. You have chosen to leave this behind. You are the winner.

The food does not control you. You control it!

The good news is that you can re-program your old thinking and take control of

the way you eat today. By paying attention each day for just one month you can

completely turn your body around to become the healthy one you actually desire.

Your new, full proof plan is to re-train yourself to eat every few hours (try

carrots, celery, fruit, things that are good for your body and that you enjoy)

and leave a few bites on your plate, at each meal. By doing this every day for

one month you should be able to see significant changes start to take place.

Are you ready to take control and begin the rest of your life as a healthy,

happy, fit person? It is after all up to you.

You do deserve to reach your goals!

5 minutes of dedicated meditation can help you lose weight, reduce stress,

pain and sleep better is also an option. It has been proven that by doing

meditation with deep breathing while using the word " one " to clear out the

clutter, you can sleep better, reduce pain and also lead to reduced weight. It

really can do wonderful things for your body and mind.

Try This:

Close your eyes, take several deep cleansing breaths, imagine the word " ONE "

with each breath in and again with each breath out. Put your hand on your

stomach and feel the breath in and the breath out.

Quiet your mind by clearing out the clutter. I often use the word " SPACE " in

place of the word " ONE. " By clearing out the mental clutter you can allow your

body to relax and release all the things it does not need like stress, toxins

and fat. You will feel very powerful when you claim the peace that will allow

your body to be the best it can be. By giving yourself that 5 minute break you

will give yourself more energy to enjoy your day.

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July 16, 2009

Thanks everyone so much for all the great suggestions. You are a great

group of people. Rashelle, thanks for talking about the difference

between LL and conventional exercise and also the reflexology. I've been

working very hard to lose weight. I have about 20 pounds that I want to

lose and it is going but very slowly with a lot of maintenance in between

but that's ok. The only part I don't like is paying WW 12.00 a week, but

I do enjoy the meetings and so want to get to Lifetime when I won't have

to pay. Anyway, I am leaving shortly for my aunt's house. She is 91 and

lives in a religious community. She fell and broke her wrist and pelvis

in May and I've been going to her home to help out a few days a week. I

am putting all the e-mails into a folder so I can really read them when I

get home but I will be doing LL there every day. It's about a 45 minute

drive so I may take the commuter cd and use that on the way. , how

awesome about your son. He is in my prayers for safe travel. Have a

wonderful, couple of days and I'll " see " you all when I get back.

Chris

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July 16, 2009

Good job alot breathes in the drive

when you are lifting or moving your aunt great way to breathe and hold position

with your large muscles

thanks for Jake

know just wait to see him and hold him

God's Blessings

Rettig (Army Mom of 2)

(Chaplain for Chapter 2 BSM SE WI)

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