Do any of these scenarios sound too familiar to you?

Are your stress levels higher than your roof?
Are you frustrated trying to figure out how to lose weight?
Are you currently on the yo-yo’ dieting cycle?
Are you an ‘emotional eater’?
Have you ever wondered if your current ‘waist management’ problems have anything to do with how you are [...]

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Can’t lose weight? Tried everything and failed? Don’t feel bad – the entire American population is struggling to try to figure out the answer to this problem. Let me give you my opinion on this issue.

Did you know that anyone can lose weight? Don’t believe me? All you need to do is zip your mouth and starve yourself for awhile and I guarantee you, you will lose weight. HA! The problem arises though when you unzip your mouth and go right back to all of your old, bad eating habits. Chances are you will gain all of your weight back plus more…

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In this week’s article, I want to pass along 8 ‘Don’ts” for you concerning managing your weight and overall health and well-being. 7 of these “Don’ts” came from Dr. Mitra Ray whom I heard speak at a International Juice Plus® Nutritional Conference with my added comments after the initial step. I can guarantee that if you follow them, you’ll definitely end up being a very miserable unhealthy person!

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In 1990 when I was in my certification program studying to be a hypnotist, I was introduced to the work of Emile Coue. Emile Coue was born in Troyes, France and died July 2nd, 1926. He is most famous for his autosuggestion (Positive Affirmations/Self-Hypnosis) work. He taught people to say, “Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better” which by the way is the most powerful affirmation on the face of the earth.

Coué often worked with patients to build what we would call today, their self-image or self-esteem. He did this by utilizing his “Law of Concentrated Attention.” The Law of Concentrated Attention states that whenever attention is concentrated on an idea over and over again, it spontaneously tends to realize itself. That’s where “every day…” came in. This is also how habits are formed. Do or say the same thing over and over again for 28 days and it becomes a part of you or a habit.

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Omega 3, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, saturated, transfats… wow! How is an ordinary everyday person supposed to keep track of all these fats and know which ones are good for us?

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Most of my clients ask me, “Why should I drink 6-8 glasses of water a day?” My answer is simple. The human body is made up of about 43% to 75% of water depending on your age, body fat etc., and water is needed to literally stave off dehydration. In fact, you can go without food for a month or two and still survive, but within 8 to 14 days, (depending on your current weight and environmental factors such as climate temperature), if you go without water you will die.

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Are you stressed? Not enough time in your day? Your schedule in disarray? Too much worry, not enough fun? Do you feel like your life is spinning out of control? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone. Sometime life does seem like we are running on a treadmill.

Have you ever wondered if your excessive stress could be fuelling your bad habits like overeating, smoking, alcohol, or even drugs? Let me tell you what I think.

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As I watched my Sassy Mastermind friends climb that 35 foot telephone pole, I really got to see first hand “The Power of Belief.” Some were terrified that they could not climb much less jump off. Others had a firm belief they could do it and quickly climbed up the pole and jumped off. What made the difference between these two types of reactions?

Let me ask you a question. Do you really believe your mind responds to your thoughts? Years ago, before I grew up to be a hypnotist, I sure didn’t understand how powerful my own thoughts were. I remember sitting in the hypnotist’s chair eager to learn how to deal with the stress in my life that was causing me to have anxiety attacks in the middle of the night…

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I know that traditionally Valentine’s Day has been the one time of the year that most of us women look forward to receiving gifts of chocolates or flowers from our sweethearts, but this year I’d like all of you, my valued readers, to take a moment and think about this.
While most everyone loves the taste [...]

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Ah… it’s a brand new year and you’re certain that you’re going to succeed at dropping that extra 15 pounds and running 10 miles a day on your treadmill. So, you immediately eliminate every crumb of sugar from your daily food intake and buy a brand new pair of running shoes and hit the ground [...]

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An important clue that you learned in my last ezine about being a smart lady “Nutrition Detective” is that 4 grams of sugar = 1 teaspoon.

So, how many of you played the “Nutrition Detective” game? To play the game you were to buy a 5 pound bag of sugar for each member of your family, and the winner of the game was the family member who had the most sugar left in their bag at the end of the week? Why? Because you discovered with one of the clues that I gave you that every adult and child in the USA eats a 5 pound bag of sugar every week.

So let’s start the New Year off right continuing to look for the hidden sugars in the foods you eat, especially for all of you experiencing “Waist” Management issues. Let me give you another few clues.

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Sugar Secret # 2 – Nutrition Detectives are Smart (and Slim) Eaters!
 
My December 1st ezine “Do You Know How Much Sugar You Consume in ONE Day?” was a hit, and it was just in time for the holiday season. I cannot tell you how many people got in touch with me to say that the [...]

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So many people were visiting this blog to check on the updates, it was starting to slow down my entire web site! :)

So to make things easier for those interested in reading up on the Challenge and how the contestants were doing, I had my tech guy create an entirely different blog…

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Do you know anyone who smokes? Has anyone you loved or cared about died from smoking? I can answer yes to both of those questions. One of the reasons I became interested in becoming a hypnotist is the fact that my father died of throat cancer from smoking. I thought, “what if” Dad had met a hypnotist and stop smoking? He might still be alive today. My mother and best friend, Miss Daisy, who is 90 years young, stopped a 50 year smoking habit using hypnosis. Guess who her hypnotist was? Me.

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Three weeks ago, I attended a Viral Media and Social Networking – Who’s Tweeting Your Facebook? Class, presented by, Mari Presedo, at the Cajun Clickers Computer Club here in Baton Rouge, LA. It was exactly the type of class/information I was looking for; a hands on, ask any questions you want type of class. Mari is an excellent instructor as she made the beginners as well as the pros feel comfortable.

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This is my families favorite breakfast. Here are my favorite Juice Plus+ ® Complete recipes. The Chocolate Peanut Butter is the one I made for the Around Town TV crew (Scott Rogers and Chef Celeste on my right), October 18th, and Charnel Webb (on my left), one of the lucky ladies in my
Louisiana Weight Loss NOW Challenge who has lost 21 pounds so far. The Juice Plus+® Complete makes a delicious, healthy, low fat breakfast.

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Me, do Social Networking, I’m way too old!

Honestly, I have been resistant and scared to death like a monkey hanging on to a tree branch fearing for my life. I’m from the older generation and it just seems like a lot of extra work when you are already busy marketing your business. However, after resisting for over a year since launching my brand new website, I finally decided to jump in with both feet. Why? Quite simply by using Social Networking, I can help more people. My goal is to let people both in and outside of Baton Rouge, LA, know about my brand new Weight Off NOW Self-Hypnosis Home Study System™. I want to pay forward how learning to practice self-hypnosis has allowed me to keep my extra 40 pounds off for the last 14 years! This is what I discovered.

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This is a picture of me (center), Charnel Webb (left), and Libby Quintana (right) at the Women’s Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Women’s Week Luncheon Activity Fair, held at Boudreaux’s, Friday, September 25th. Charnel and Libby are two of the lucky ladies participating in my Louisiana Weight Loss NOW Challenge and had fun telling everyone who visited our table how excited they are to be using my
Weight Off NOW Self-Hypnosis Home Study System to help them lose weight. Libby has lost 22 pounds and Charnel has lost 18 pounds. You can see a picture of the two Weight loss systems I offer on the table in front of us (Weight Off NOW and Ultimate Weight Loss Solutions.)

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This past year, I was honored to serve on the Women’s Week Celebration committee sponsored by the Women of Greater Baton Rouge. This is a picture of me and Lisa Bull, at a private dinner held in her honor at Juban’s, Thursday, September 24th. Lisa was the keynote speaker, September 25th, at the kick off luncheon at Boudreaux’s, where over 400 women attended the annual Women’s Week Celebration. The week long celebration offers women over 183 exciting and stimulating activities throughout the city through Sunday, October 4th. I am excited to tell you that my I Can Make You Slim NOW! Hypnosis Seminar, Thursday, October 1st, is part of the week long celebration.

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