{"id":2982,"date":"2011-11-15T08:42:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T13:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=2982"},"modified":"2011-11-15T08:53:20","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T13:53:20","slug":"kick-in-the-tush-tuesday-a-thousand-battles-angels-demons-heaven-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2011\/11\/kick-in-the-tush-tuesday-a-thousand-battles-angels-demons-heaven-hell.html","title":{"rendered":"Kick in the Tush Tuesday – A Thousand Battles: Angels, Demons, Heaven, Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.” – Buddha<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Greetings Tushkateers!!!<\/em><\/p>\n

I received an email early this morning giving me the head’s up that there are but a short 47 days till we ring in the New Year.\u00a0 Holy CowGirl Tushkateers, you could have knocked me over with a feather! 47 days … are they kidding me?\u00a0 How did that happen???\u00a0 Where did the year go?<\/p>\n

Once I got over the initial shock, I braced myself and read through the attached list of the 10 ten most commonly broken resolutions.\u00a0 Lose Weight & Get Fit was at the top of the ‘leader board,’ and Eat Healthier and Diet was number four.\u00a0 Imagine … diet\/weight loss is such a HUGE and HEAVY area that it took up two slots!\u00a0 (see side column in ‘fully loaded Kick’ for the full list<\/a>)<\/p>\n

As mind-spinning and unsettling as it was to think about resolutions, the year 2012, and what still has yet to get ‘done’ in 2011 (like plan the Thanksgiving menu, shop for the holidays, etc. – I am so behind the 8-ball this year), the ‘happier,’ less frazzled and more creative side of my mind took hold and started dictating a new resolution list for 2012.<\/p>\n

#1 on the list:\u00a0 LET GO of FEAR<\/strong> (the kind that stops you from achieving what you want to achieve; not the kind of fear that says “RUN,” there’s a mountain lion on your roof and it’s about to come through the skylight and eat you)!<\/p>\n

#2:\u00a0 SHELVE the WORRY<\/strong> (an off shoot of fear, but it speaks more specifically to the things that chip away at us vs. fear which shuts us down).<\/p>\n

#3.\u00a0 Tap into FULL on IMAGINATION<\/strong>!\u00a0 I know for sure that our imagination is our most under-utilized resource and the key to everything!<\/p>\n

I’d LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to start a new kind of resolution list.\u00a0 Are you in? The list has all to do with ‘internal’ shifts – nothing to do what ‘doing’ things.\u00a0 We’ve got 47 Days to RETHINK RESOLUTIONS and start 2012 in a new and brighter, more energized way!\u00a0\u00a0 WRITE ME!!!\u00a0 janice [at] ourladyofweightloss [dot] com<\/p>\n

AND …
\nSpeaking of rethinking goals and resolutions, let’s read what M.J. from Missouri writes!<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear OLofWL ~<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 I wrote to you in August, asking you to help me lose 45 pounds by October, to which you replied something like “what??? 45 pounds in two months!”\u00a0 To begin with, you told me that on average people lose 1 pound a week.\u00a0 You ‘laid the truth’ on me and honestly, at the time, it pissed-me off.\u00a0\u00a0 I thought ‘screw this,’ I’m going to do one of those cleanses and get this weight off as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

I managed to make my way through the first week of the cleanse and I dropped 10 pounds.\u00a0 Then, I moved to stage 2, a ‘crash’ diet and by the end of week two, I had crashed.\u00a0 I was cranky, tired and miserable.\u00a0 I started eating again, and I gained those ten pounds back but fast.<\/p>\n

That’s when I hit bottom and realized that you were right.\u00a0 Weight loss is a process and it’s less about the food and more about my life.\u00a0 So, I’m writing you to tell you that you were right and maybe help someone who is about to torture themselves with fasting, cleansing and crash, fast, quick diets to rethink it.\u00a0 ~ M.J. from Missouri<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Dear M.J. from Missouri,<\/strong><\/em> Congratulations, MJ!\u00a0 Your experience was an important part of your journey.\u00a0 You crashed, yes, but boy-O-boy, look at the learnings.\u00a0 It sounds to me like an internal shift took place, and you are now set to succeed.\u00a0\u00a0 Well done!\u00a0 And a mammoth thank you for letting us know.\u00a0 I’m betting that there are Tushkateers reading this who can relate.<\/p>\n

We are an awesome group.\u00a0 Moving forward together … one thought & one ounce at a time. ~ OLofWL<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 PS:\u00a0 I take no pleasure in being ‘right.’\u00a0 This isn’t about right or wrong.\u00a0 It’s about accepting what is.<\/p>\n

Need a Fully Loaded KICK in the TUSH<\/a>?\u00a0 And be sure to sign up for OLofWL’s newsletter<\/a>!\u00a0 Enjoy.<\/p>\n

Spread the word \u2026 NOT the icing,<\/em><\/p>\n

Janice<\/em><\/p>\n

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