{"id":4923,"date":"2013-06-11T10:03:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T14:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=4923"},"modified":"2013-06-11T10:03:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T14:03:40","slug":"kick-tush-tuesday-having-weight-loss-fun-yet-non-piggy-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2013\/06\/kick-tush-tuesday-having-weight-loss-fun-yet-non-piggy-bank.html","title":{"rendered":"Kick Tush Tuesday: Having Weight Loss Fun Yet? Non-Piggy Bank!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kickGood Day Tushkateers!\u00a0 Greetings, Salutations, Happy June and more!<\/strong> <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, it\u2019s been a few weeks since last we met (via a fully loaded Kick in the Tush Club e-letter)!\u00a0 There was the Memorial Day weekend; followed by a rather long trip to Tucson, and then–OMG–a jaunty expedition to Virginia!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And now, just back, I sit, alternating between staring, gazing in a somewhat stupefied state out my New York City window, enjoying the music of the hustle and bustle, as the honks, sirens, people \u201ctalking,” all sounds make their way up the side of the building, into my home office; and writing a sentence or two of this morning\u2019s KICK. (I\u2019d call it a high-rise, but that\u2019s a bit of an exaggeration, as there are only 9 floors.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am doing my best to orient myself via caffeine. Talk about writing in \u2018real time,\u2019 can you feel the stupefied part of me beginning to wake up?\u2019\u00a0 I can, holy goodness, mercy mercy me.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh and Yes, it\u2019s coffee time, which\u2014btw\u2014reminds me of an article that I posted last week on my FB page.\u00a0 Link below.\u00a0 FIRST read this:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Meaty Portion<\/b>\u2014or rather the Porky Portion of this week’s KICK<\/b>:
\nLast week, while I was traveling about, I did talk to a client who was \u201cstruggling,\u201d in need of a cup of motivation and inspiration!\u00a0 (Who isn\u2019t?)\u00a0 Let\u2019s call her Mary!\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After talking it through with Mary and identifying that \u201csweets\u201d are a red light food, a major-league trigger that keep her from fitting into her svelte clothes as well as purchasing a much coveted Eileen Fisher outfit, we\u2014together\u2014remembered and embraced the \u201cNon-Piggy Bank\u201d Pious Project <\/i>from Our Lady\u2019s book:\u00a0 Our Lady of Weight Loss:\u00a0 Mysterious and Motivational Musings from the Patron Saint of Permanent Fat Removal<\/a><\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here is the Non-Piggy Bank excerpt from Our Lady of Weight Loss\u2019s book<\/a>.\u00a0 Read and ingest now, please, slowly.\u00a0 Word by word!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I must have said and continue to say \u201cNo, thank you\u201d to offers of food about eight zillion times a day.\u00a0 No!\u00a0 I am NOT exaggerating!\u00a0 You\u2019d think the scales of injustice would be appreciative of my efforts and automatically reward me.\u00a0 Yet, if I cave\u2014even just once\u2014to the sweet temptation of a hot fudge sundae, all my righteous efforts are sugared and fattened away.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted a reward!\u00a0 So, I made a non-piggy bank and paid myself one dollar for each and every non-piggy no thank you I uttered.\u00a0 When my non-piggy is filled with cash, I count it joyfully and either go for a manicure or buy lipstick.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My non-piggy bank changed the focus on my no-thank-yous from deprivation to fun!\u00a0 I started looking for people to offer me things.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAren\u2019t you going to offer me some of that key lime pie?\u201d I asked a friend, whom I\u2019d irrationally labeled a food pusher the week before.\u00a0 She looked at me quizzically and apprehensively inquired, \u201cWould you like a slice of pie?\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNon merci, je suis a la diete,\u201d I cheerfully answered in French, adding another level of flavor to my no-thank-you.\u00a0 I kept count of my no-thank-yous, and when I got home that night, I had twenty extra no-thank-you bucks to add to my jar!! (I borrowed the money from my husband.) (End of Excerpt)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you are wondering how this is working for Mary, I can tell you with certainty that it is working extremely well!\u00a0 Yesterday, Mary wrote me, reporting in. Thus far, since our session, she has accumulated a fair sum of No-Thank-You-Bucks, but has opted to wait to spend it; until she has enough money to buy the entire E.F. outfit!\u00a0 Good for Mary!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mary is ‘out there’ looking for people to offer non-Our Lady-Approved-Foods to her, just so she can say, \u201cNo, thank you!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh my, that reminds me of a post I wrote some time ago, how to say \u201cno thank you in various languages.\u00a0 Link below.\u00a0 First, seriously, re-read the above and think about how you can make weight loss fun.\u00a0 How saying \u201cNo, thank you\u201d can be a joy, not a punishment from God!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you want the instructions on how to make a Non-Piggy Bank, write me and I will send them to you!\u00a0\u00a0 Write: \u201cNon-Piggy Bank\u201d in the subject line<\/b>,<\/a> and commit!<\/p>\n

Say….\u201cYes, I will deposit\u00a0 a dollar (or a quarter, or a dime, or a $20 bill–depending upon the size your pocketbook) into my Non-Piggy Bank with every no-thank-you. \u00a0 My first purchase (I know that this is a first in a long line of purchases to motivate and inspire) will be _________.\u201d\u00a0 Got it?\u00a0\u00a0 Get specific!\u00a0 Details, please.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And sure, it would be easier for me to just include the instructions or even tell you to buy the book<\/a>–which is not a bad idea, you know (if you haven’t, click here<\/a> and purchase, on sale for ridiculously low amount of moohla and you can cut and paste the pictures of OLofWL all over the place, for real, if you are so redisposed!), but instead I ask you to make a real commitment, so I am going the extra \u201cdollar\u201d so to speak.<\/p>\n

Put the specifics on paper.
\nMake a commitment.
\nMake it real!\u00a0 …. Make it work!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

See y\u2019all next week!\u00a0 That\u2019s the plan, unless the Universe, the Great Mystery, G_d, God or Mary has a different plan for me; which seems to happen more often than it used to! I go where sent! \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For more high-spirited fun, lightness of being, weightlessness and friendship, please join with your fellow Tushkateers: on the Facebook\/KITT Club<\/a> page!\u00a0 AND be sure to scroll down (down, the other down) for this week’s most popular OLofWL blog post links, and quotes that fill the soul and inspire the spirit!\u00a0 Whoa!!!\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Spread the word–NOT the icing!<\/p>\n

Janice<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span>
\nDictated but not read by OLWL.\u00a0 Excuse all typos!\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PS:\u00a0 Coffee LINK<\/a>: This is Your Brain on Coffee, NY Times<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\nNo Thank You!!! in various languages<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nFor the best life, wellness and weight loss wisdom, visit Janice:
\n<\/a>Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nsign up for the\u00a0Kick in the Tush Club<\/em><\/a> e-letter
\njoin and chat: Kick in the Tush Club\/Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

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