Close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson #8

Life is extraordinary filled with wonderful people to show up to teach us things. Mitzi, a special friend from high school, sent me a book, The Game of Life and How to Play It, when I was struggling with a sickness years ago. The author speaks about the law of attraction, which I have written about previously. In addition, she writes, ?No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.? When you look at life this way, it becomes so simple.

Rather than be offended by what a person is saying to you, think a new thought. What is this person teaching me? What can I learn from this person? This book changed my life as it showed me how I could change my thoughts. I had always functioned from a foundation of worry and fear. Worry and fear are lower vibrational energies and then I attracted lower energies. Today, I see things entirely different as a result of changing my thoughts, and am so grateful for this transformation. I am now attracting higher vibrational energies and am amazed who is showing up for me!

What I would like you to do is write down the top five people in your life. Don?t try and analyze this?just write down those people that first pop into your mind. Now, write down the lessons they are teaching you. This might be a challenge if there is conflict with any of them. I once read that your true soul mates are the people who challenge you to be better.

You have been given many great gifts. You are to share your talents with the world. By remaining stuck in your weight issues, you are ripping off the world of what you came to this earth to do. Recently, I worked with a personal coach who said these exact words to me?.that if I wasn?t sharing my talents, I was ripping off the world of all that God intended for me. This really made a powerful impact. Everything you are today is because of your thoughts and your decisions that you have made as a result of those thoughts. In the book, If You Think You Can, the word decision comes from the ! Latin ro ot meaning ?to cut off from.? ?There comes a time in every person?s life when making a decision is truly necessary. A decision where you thought so deeply in what you want that there is no option for turning back.?

Make the decision today to gain your power back and lose the weight. The answers are within you. Keep focused on your goal. Surround yourself with people who will support your decision and release those who won?t. Give up the lifestyle that supported your weight gain. See the weight as a gift to you so that you will be conscious in becoming all you can be. We all get off track and the weight becomes a reminder that you want something different, something more meaningful. Again, it?s very simple. To quote Wayne Dyer, ?Surround yourself with the conditions you want to produce.?

Who are the people you are going to surround yourself?

Who are the people you are going to have limited contact?

Who are the people you are going to let go?

Just to let you know what is coming up in January. I?ll be offering a teleconference call to help you outline your goals for 2005. The only cost to you is the price of the phone call. I?m so excited to be able to talk to you?I?m shakin? my booty right now in anticipation.

Remember that you are already whole and complete just as God created you. You?re peeling back the layers to discover the beauty that already exists?you only need to see it. Quick, grab a mirror or go stand in front of the mirror and repeat after me. Put energy into these words and smile while you?re saying them.

I am the most beautiful person on this earth! I am a wonderful child of God! I am powerful! I am God?s gift to the world! I am my ideal weight! I love myself!

Thank you for being you!

Love and hugs,

Tami http://www.tamiclose.com http://www.closekeptsecretstoweightloss.com

Tami Close is an Integrative Body Therapist and uses an integrative method, including cleansing and nutritional products from Isagenix, in her w! eight lo ss management practice. She is certified in Rapid Eye Technology and has a basic and advanced certificate in Emotional Freedom Techniques. She is also a Reiki Master. Tami is a recipient of a grant from the Sumasil Grant Foundation in her work with RET and EFT. She is a master trainer and has a B.S. in Training and Development. She is a #1 best selling co-author, Wake Up...Live the Life You Love Finding Personal Freedom. The other authors include Mark Victor Hansen, Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra and others.

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Weight Loss Motivation Does My Butt Look Big?

Put on the Spot

I have often wondered if women realize what a precarious position they place their men in when asking the age old question Honey, does my butt look too big. The man, now feeling as if he were standing on thin ice in the middle of a semi frozen lake tries to find the words that will bring him back to the shores of her good graces. His dilemma being that no answer can satisfy her.

Skewed Views

I can't help but to wonder how much her initial question was influenced by what she has seen in the media. Today's images of the Hollywood starlets fitting into a size 2 dresses and the latest craze of size 0 is more than skewing the view that women should have of their bodies.

The Ultimate Reward

Let me take a moment and just remind all of us that while we all want to look our best, the ultimate reward of losing weight and toning up is your overall health. The simple fact that you might feel better, lower your cholesterol and blood pressure, extend your life span while improving your quality of life are the real reasons for getting into shape.

Remember ultimately it's not about your weight or the way you look, it's about your health.

Ken Crawford, President & CEO of Weight Loss Partners LLC, a motivational and accountability company pertaining to long term weight management offers his expertise in the area of becoming active on a consistent basis. Crawford stresses team approach to weight loss with the goal of building a foundation for living a healthy lifestyle for years to come.

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6 Natural Ways To Have Great Health

Take control of your own health. People often don't think about it until they develop health problems. Here are some common sense things you can do to create good health for yourself.

1. Open yourself up to become aware and learn.

There are many approaches to health using natural techniques. It may be using nutritional supplements. It may be using health professionals such as chiropractors or massage therapists. Look into finding naturopathic doctors practicing in your area. The thing is to open up your mind and explore different options.

2.Maintain optimal weight.

You have to find a weight that feels right to you. Some people naturally weigh more than others, but a 5% loss of body weight(10 pounds for someone weighing 200 pounds) can lower health risks.

3.Eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.

Organic may be best, but just make an effort to eat more. Eat what you like, maybe even experiment with different fruits or vegetables you may not of tried before. One such unusual fruit is mangosteen, It comes from the rainforests of southeast asia. It has potent antioxidant power. One brand is Xango, which processes the fruit into a juice. This makes it very easy to use.

4.Relax

There are many methods to accomplish relaxation, such as meditation, breathing exercises, or yoga. Also remember to give yourself time to do what you like whatever it is. Gardening, painting, reading, even playing with your pets. The choice is yours, just remember to set aside time for yourself.

5.Exercise

This doesn't have to be formal exercise. Just make an effort to move around more than you are now. Walking is an excellent, easy form of exercise.

6.Get your antioxidants.

Vitamins C and E are important ones. The mangosteen juice as mentioned before can be very helpful. Green tea has been found to be a very effective way to get antioxidants. It can normalize weight. It can also promote relaxation.

When you think about it, these 6 ways ! all work together, It is not that difficult to become healthy. Just be aware,learn, and explore.

Joseph Beres http://www.healthdepotonline.com Simple ways to achieve great health.

All About Plastic Surgery

The plastic surgery has become a multi-million dollar one, as both men and women employ more and more extreme tools in order to reach the ever more ubiquitous image of perfection that torments us. It sometimes seems as though the tiny people of Hollywood have been constructed entirely out of plastic in a conspiracy to make the rest of us feel like ogres. And in a world where beauty is a highly rated currency, it is little wonder that many of us succumb.

And while plastic surgery is not a bad thing in and of itself, it is still an invasive procedure as dangerous as any other type of surgery, and should not be undertaken lightly. But if the growing number of people who choose surgery every year is anything to go by, then surgery is becoming the quick fix of the masses.

But if anything needs fixing, surely it is a society where people undergo risky surgery in order to feel okay about themselves. We pride ourselves on the advancements we make as a society every moment, and while attractiveness has historically always been of value, is it not now time that we rebel against the status of beauty as the primary currency in our society? But beauty is more powerful that ever, and combined with our enormous technological knowledge, we are at a point when we have the tools to look almost exactly as we wish.

Perhaps the world of 'The Stepford Wives' is really not so very far away. As people make appointments daily for surgery that will make them look like someone else, we are at risk of losing our individuality to a cult that simply wants us all the same. They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it seems that as time progresses, we are all beginning to see through one blighted eye. What will we do once we are all finally beautiful? Perhaps then we will begin to look a little deeper. Or perhaps we our notion of beauty will change, as it has done countless time through history, and we will all be left to start from scratch again

Jeff Lakie is the founder of Plastic Surgery Reso! urces a website providing information on cosmetic surgery.

Breast Cancer Information Is Important

Breast cancer usually happens when certain cells located in the breast start to grow out of control, taking over nearby tissue and spreading throughout the body. Large collections of this infected tissue are called tumors. Some tumors are not even considered to be cancer because they cannot spread throughout the body or threaten a person's life. These types of tumors are called benign tumors.

The types of tumors that do spread throughout the body and invade the tissues around the breast are considered to be cancer and have been given the name malignant tumors. It is said that any type of tissue in the breast can form some type of cancer, but it mostly comes from either ducts or glands.

It can take months or even years for a tumor to get big enough for someone to actually feel it in their breast, so they are encouraged to be screened for tumors by a mammogram. Mammograms are designed to detect any type of disease before a person even begins to feel it.

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy that affects women in America and throughout Europe. Every single woman is at risk of getting breast cancer and almost 200,000 cases of were said to be diagnosed in the United States in 2001. It is the second highest cause, behind lung cancer, of cancer deaths among women in North America.

The types of risk factors for breast cancer are divided into two types, those you can't change and those you can change. The factors associated with increasing your risk of breast cancer that your can't change include: just being a woman, getting older, or having some type of family history or a relative with breast cancer. Other risk factors are having your menopause late, having children past the age of thirty, or contracting a genetic mutation that would somehow increase your risk.

Certain types of risk factors that you can change are:

- not taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which means that long term uses of estrogens for menopause symptoms does in fact slightly increas! e your r isk.

- stopping the use of birth control pills, because it is noted that ten years following the cessation of The Pill, a woman's risk of breast cancer reverts to what it would have been if she had not used this form of birth control.

However, neither of these risks are as significant as the ones that are associated with your gender, age, and family history.

All the factors are based on probabilities, and that means that a person without any of those mentioned is still subject to developing breast cancer and the best way to be sure is to get the proper screening and detection for breast cancer development.

There are preventative measures that can be taken, up to a point. It is noted that a drug called Tamoxifen is not used widely as a prevention, but it has been proved to be helpful in some cases. There is also a limited amount of data that suggests that Vitamin A may be useful in the prevention of breast cancer, but further research is needed to prove this.

The most important step for a woman to prevent breast cancer is to schedule regular checkups, screenings and mammograms, learn how to perform her own exams, and also to acquire all the information she can about the subject.

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Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Breast Cancer
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Lyme Disease and Ticks How is it Transmitted?

Lyme disease is transmitted through deer ticks when they bite someone. It has a bacteria called spirochete. If it is diagnosed and treated early on with antibiotics it is easy to stop.

They say a tick that is infected can't transmit Lyme disease until it has been attached to the host for 36 to 48 hours. So if you are in an area where these ticks are, check yourself and others at lease once a day.

If a tick has attached itself to you and it has been a few hours, chances are it has not had enough time to be able to transmit the disease. You should be aware of the symptoms though. If rashes appear around the bite, joint pain or flu-like symptoms in the first month or so, it could be signs of Lyme disease.

Northern California, Oregon and parts of the east coast are slowly being invaded by Lyme disease. Some say it is due to deer or other large animals and bird migrations. Check with local agency's to see what the tick and Lyme disease situation is like.

Some more symptoms are chills, fever, fatigue, aches, tingling or numbness, headaches and swelling of lymph glands. If you think you may have Lyme disease, see your doctor as soon as possible.

To help limit exposer to ticks here are some tips to help you. Keep the area around your property clear of leaves and brush. Light colored clothing can help you spot ticks easily. Use a insect repellent that contains DEET. If you hike, stay on cleared paths and avoid sitting directly on walls or the ground. Wear pants and long sleeves. After coming back from a hike you should check yourself and others for ticks. They usually get onto your lower half first. Then they travel up the body looking for areas they can kind of hide in. Armpits, groin area and top of the head are some places they like to go.

David Getchel runs http://ticks.worldcondition.com More great information is available there.

Hypnotherapy: Be Your Own Master and Commander

Hypnotherapy, as a word has been associated with a lot of mumbo-jumbo over the years. Whenever we think of hypnosis, we think of evil characters manipulating the actions of innocent individuals for their own selfish motives. But in the recent years there has been a lot of researches on the subject of hypnosis and the findings have been startling. Did you know that on an average almost all of us are in a trance/hypnotic state everyday without being aware of it? Did you know that hypnotherapy is not something restricted to mankind, but that even animals practice some form of it? Did you know that the ancient Egyptians used hypnosis as early as 3rd Century BC?

In the last few years hypnotherapy has emerged as a major tool for personality development and psychological healing. Everyone, yes everyone can benefit with the use of hypnosis in altering some personality traits or areas of concern in our lives. Hypnotherapy is in some sense like art, the more you practice, the better you get at it. That is why the old adage ?practice makes perfect? fits hypnosis so well. I have always believed and instilled in my clients that hypnosis is a natural state, it is something as normal as breathing. We all get into trance like states everyday?remember those summer afternoons when your boss was talking nonstop in a meeting, and you found yourself drifting into a world of your own? That?s exactly what the state of hypnosis is like.

Hypnosis is a relaxed state of mind, where we connect with our subconscious mind; it is similar to meditation but the difference lies in the fact that with hypnosis you do not disconnect with the present world, but are aware of it completely. A person who is being hypnotized is in control of the process all through, and no, you cannot be hypnotized against your will. Neither will you ever get stuck within a hypnotic state; all that might happen to you is that you might doze off in a particularly effective hypnotherapy session.

Just imagine what the future could be like if yo! u realiz ed that you had the power to change it. Does the idea seem like something out of a fantasy? There is every reason for you to feel that it is impossible to miraculously change things about yourself, and create a new you. You are not to be blamed; it is the way we have been conditioned in society. It makes us think that the power to change ourselves and our lives lies not with us but with some mysterious entity. But I am here to tell you that the power lies within you, all you need to do is search for it inside. Hypnotherapy is a tool which can help you reach that power, and help you unleash the true potential of your subconscious mind.

Hypnotherapy can be used to help you work on your confidence, to increase your intuitive powers, for a positive self image, to cure you of smoking or drinking and to gain insight amongst other things. You can help realign and re-educate your subconscious mind through the use of hypnosis.

Richard MacKenzie is a leading expert in the field of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. He also has a range of Hypnosis Downloads