Re: Recommended books and resources

[Guest guest]

Thanks

I have dabbled in " The Art of Happiness " and have given it as a gift but I

obviously need to sit down and commit to the full read. On this subject, I

have not been particularly enjoying my job or many of my colleagues so this

week I made it a point before I left for work to INTEND to have an

enjoyable, successful, productive day of work. Amazing! Patrons complimented

and thanked me all day long, and the next morning one of my colleagues told

me what I great job I had done the day before. Guess my attitude really

needed a major adjustment!

I am currently reading " The Omnivore's Dilemma " by Pollan and I am

so angry at what our government and big business has done to our food. I am

planning to plant a very small garden next month. I don't want to be

overwhelmed by it and I don't want to freeze or can or otherwise cause

myself more work than I care to do, but dammit, I want some actual, real

food and it seems I need to start providing it for myself and my family. It

won't be perfect. Unfortunately I think we've messed things up too much at

this point, but I can make a small change at my end.

I had sort of forgotten about signing up for bliss trips. I enjoy them so

much when reads them that I will go to the website right now and sign

up. Thanks!

Take care,

Wynn

[insideoutweightlos s] Re:Continuous Improvement

weightloss @groups. com

Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 9:49 PM

" You see, food was what I gave myself when I knew I needed to be fed,

and I just didn't know yet that it was my soul that needed to be fed,

and not my stomach. Easy to confuse though, because they are strangely

close to each other! So I am grateful to myself for feeding my stomach

in hopes that I would feel better when I didn't know how to feed my soul. "

Wow Jennasue, that really resonated with me! I've been listening to the

podcasts for a couple of months now and have lost 13 pounds, and have

gained so much more. No, not pounds but insight. My question to you is

how do we best feed our souls? My guess would be love of self and

others around me, appreciation of the beauty of this world,

self-acceptance. .....

Are there other ways to feed our souls? I'd like to hear some answers.

Thanks ever so much to everyone who posts on this list. It's an

invaluable help to all us semi-lurkers out here! Susie

[Guest guest]

Thanks for starting this, ....

I keep reading more and more about the value of eating " forbidden foods. " (

mentions it in today's podcast, too.) The more I read, the more I'm in favor of

moderation in all things as a general rule--with additional tweaking for our own

personal needs....

FlyLady (Marla Ciley) has a book called Body Clutter. I think it touches on a

lot of issues we discuss here. " FLY " originally came from fly fishing, but has

come to stand for Finally Loving Yourself. When I first heard about this, 6-7

years ago, I thought it was pretty silly. I mean, I didn't hate myself. Oh. Not

hating myself isn't the same as finally loving myself, is it.... (Anyone who's

ever tried her method for dealing with clutter/ general housekeeping/time

management but was overwhelmed by all the emails might want to read Sink

Reflections, which summarizes the method in book form.)

[Guest guest]

Love those bliss trips, too. Reading also is one of my main sources of

encouragement and inspiration.

If I wake up in the night sometimes I'll listen to my mp3 player (IOWL of

course).

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Gray <racerchick_2004@...>wrote:

>

>

> Hi Everyone!

> I hope this day is simply fantastic for you all! I wanted to share some

> really wonderful books I've been reading, and other things, because they've

> helped me in terms of my happiness in general and calmness with food.

> The first is the book " The Art of Happiness " by the Dalai Lama. It's

> AMAZING!! It is a guidebook of tools that the Dalai Lama teaches people

> about facing and overcoming our suffering and worry. In the past few weeks

> I've noticed a dramatic transformation in how I feel during the

> day...happier, more relaxed...and it's also amazing to see how people

> respond. I noticed one day last week at work I was particularly bubbly and

> friendly, and everyone chatted with me and seemed happy, and I thought I was

> going to explode into a million rainbows and smiles haha!!!

> Another book I've begun is " Real Food " by Nina Planck. So far it seems to

> be a pro-real, awesome, " forbidden foods " (whole milk, cheese, cream, meats,

> grains) manifesto. She really knocks down low fat, processed foods, and

> extreme vegetarian and vegan diets, which I LOVE, because I live in a town

> with rampant veganism, and quite frankly, some of their attitudes are

> obnoxious. And plus, she accounts that she weighed 20 pounds MORE while on

> a restrictive vegetarian diet in college than she does now eating full fat

> dairy, meat, and TONS of fresh fruits and vegetables.

> And finally, I signed up on blisstrips.com to receive a bliss trip-a-day

> via email, because I heard a few on 's show, and they are so wonderful

> to read everyday!! It only takes 30 seconds to read them, and they feel

> like mini meditations. SUPERAWESOME!!

> So, if anyone has any other recommendations for great reads and/or

> resources, let's hear them!! I'm going to check out " 29 Gifts " soon,

> because of the recommendation from Wynn (Thank YOU!).

>

> Cheers to you all!!

> -

>

>

>

> From: <ulrichcenturytel (DOT) net>

>

> Subject: [insideoutweightlos s] Re:Continuous Improvement

>

> weightloss @groups. com

>

> Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 9:49 PM

>

> " You see, food was what I gave myself when I knew I needed to be fed,

>

> and I just didn't know yet that it was my soul that needed to be fed,

>

> and not my stomach. Easy to confuse though, because they are strangely

>

> close to each other! So I am grateful to myself for feeding my stomach

>

> in hopes that I would feel better when I didn't know how to feed my soul. "

>

> Wow Jennasue, that really resonated with me! I've been listening to the

>

> podcasts for a couple of months now and have lost 13 pounds, and have

>

> gained so much more. No, not pounds but insight. My question to you is

>

> how do we best feed our souls? My guess would be love of self and

>

> others around me, appreciation of the beauty of this world,

>

> self-acceptance. .....

>

> Are there other ways to feed our souls? I'd like to hear some answers.

>

> Thanks ever so much to everyone who posts on this list. It's an

>

> invaluable help to all us semi-lurkers out here! Susie

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

 

You know when I first moved to Greece in the early 80's there was no low-fat/fat

free/sugar free products to be found and no knew of sweet and low or other sugar

substitutes. Foods were smothered in olive oil, people drank full fat mik and

everyone bought a loaf of fresh baked bread from the neighbourhood bakery on a

daily basis. However, I rarely saw overweight people (and the ones I did see

were usually the more elderly) and had never seen anyone obese. I at what

everyone else ate and managed to maintain my weight just fine!

Then Mcs, Pizza Hut and other fast food restaurants started opening left

and right. Younger people started snaking at all times of the day on junk food

and hey....low-fat/fat free products were introduced along with sugar

substitutes and yes, Greece now has one of the highest percentages of overweight

children in greece. Overweight children....overweight adults.

Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

I agree with you! Lots of fruits and veggies, the fresher the better but I too

think it's better to have (for example) a small piece of delicious full fat

cheese then to eat a large amount of overprocessed low fat cheeses.

 

From: <lsageev@...>

Subject: Re: Recommended books and resources

weightloss

Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 5:51 PM

 

Thanks for starting this, ....

I keep reading more and more about the value of eating " forbidden foods. " (

mentions it in today's podcast, too.) The more I read, the more I'm in favor of

moderation in all things as a general rule--with additional tweaking for our own

personal needs....

FlyLady (Marla Ciley) has a book called Body Clutter. I think it touches on a

lot of issues we discuss here. " FLY " originally came from fly fishing, but has

come to stand for Finally Loving Yourself. When I first heard about this, 6-7

years ago, I thought it was pretty silly. I mean, I didn't hate myself. Oh. Not

hating myself isn't the same as finally loving myself, is it.... (Anyone who's

ever tried her method for dealing with clutter/ general housekeeping/ time

management but was overwhelmed by all the emails might want to read Sink

Reflections, which summarizes the method in book form.)

[Guest guest]

Sounds like you are doing great to me.

Hugs Constance

>

> From: <ulrichcenturytel (DOT) net>

>

> Subject: [insideoutweightlos s] Re:Continuous Improvement

>

> weightloss @groups. com

>

> Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 9:49 PM

>

> " You see, food was what I gave myself when I knew I needed to be fed,

>

> and I just didn't know yet that it was my soul that needed to be fed,

>

> and not my stomach. Easy to confuse though, because they are strangely

>

> close to each other! So I am grateful to myself for feeding my stomach

>

> in hopes that I would feel better when I didn't know how to feed my soul. "

>

> Wow Jennasue, that really resonated with me! I've been listening to the

>

> podcasts for a couple of months now and have lost 13 pounds, and have

>

> gained so much more. No, not pounds but insight. My question to you is

>

> how do we best feed our souls? My guess would be love of self and

>

> others around me, appreciation of the beauty of this world,

>

> self-acceptance. .....

>

> Are there other ways to feed our souls? I'd like to hear some answers.

>

> Thanks ever so much to everyone who posts on this list. It's an

>

> invaluable help to all us semi-lurkers out here! Susie

>

>

[Guest guest]

What is the meditation you have for food addiction allieviation?

________________________________

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I downloaded a podcast from  The Meditation Podcast from itunes and it's

podcast No. 9-Addiction. Let me know if it helps you at all....

 

From: Mosier <nickeydette@...>

Subject: Re: Recommended books and resources

weightloss

Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 4:57 AM

 

What is the meditation you have for food addiction allieviation?

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