Lisa Online's Journal, 20 Aug 10

MOMENTS LIKE THAT! I hope after I die they show me the re-run moment of the moves I made last night. I now understand it is important to listen to your body. I've been practicing eating when I'm hungry, exercising to increase my good energy, drinking green tea when my energy is nervous, eating fresh foods for the positive way I feel and breathing in the good, out the bad, realizing it's all good if I put my mind there.

Walking out of McDonalds with my 10 year old daughter with an icecream cone in hand I was noticing the people afar and not the curb that I stumbled over with my flip flop shoes. Down I was going my mind thought, Jeez Lisa you did it this time didn't you? Wait my body said and feet and legs called to attention. As if I were one of those sure footed Pro Football players that was going to hold on to the foot ball no matter what, I caught my balance one foot at a time and landing atop them as if had the stability and agility of Jerry Rice! I saved my icecream! Hooray for me and my new found strength. TOWANDA!!!

From Daily OM

Giving ourselves permission to be with sadness actually creates space for us to begin the healing process.


Change is something that happens each and every moment in our lives. Since nothing is constant, it may sometimes seem as if we are losing something whenever things do change. Understanding that this is part of our daily existence and that there will not only be gains but also losses in our lives can help us more readily accept and deal with whatever happens.

Whenever we lose something or somebody we love, it is important for us to take time out for ourselves and truly feel the weight of what we are experiencing. Although it may seem that doing so will push us into a deeper state of sadness, truly giving ourselves permission to be with whatever arises actually creates space for us to begin the healing process. This is because the act of grieving is a natural process, allowing us to sort through the range of emotions that are present in our everyday existence. Even though it may sometimes seem easier to involve ourselves in activities that take our minds off of our sadness, this will only make the route to healing more difficult. Unless we listen to where we are in the moment, the emotions we experience will only grow in intensity, and our feelings will manifest themselves in more powerful and less comfortable ways. Once we consciously acknowledge that these emotions are present, however, we are more able to soothe the sorrow of t! he moment. In so doing, we become more open to our natural ability to heal ourselves.

Grieving doesn’t have to be a process that keeps us rooted in our thoughts of fear and sadness. For the moment we might feel despondent, but by expressing and coping with our true feelings, we face the sadness head-on. When we allow ourselves to accept and deal with our loss fully, we will then be able to continue our life’s journey with a much more positive and accepting outlook. This will make it easier for us to see that our grief is ephemeral and, just like our moments of happiness, it will also come to pass.

71.4 kg Lost so far: 16.1 kg.    Still to go: 10.2 kg.    Diet followed: 100%.

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1223 kcal

Fat: 41.70g | Prot: 76.62g | Carbs: 150.88g.   Breakfast: pear, Double Fiber 100% Whole Wheat Bread, peanut butter. Lunch: cottage cheese, vienna sausage, plum, strawberries, milk, banana, Elite . Dinner: tomatoe, mcdonald's hamburger. more...

2765 kcal

Exercise: Stair Master - 1 hour, Resting - 15 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...