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May 26, 2011
Piet Mondrian Inspirations...
May 18, 2011
Food Journaling: An essential tool for recovery
…Another great journaling technique: Record your hunger level on a scale of 1-10 along with your thoughts/feelings before eating & again after eating. It’s a really interesting way to observe the relationship between your feelings & eating habits and to pick up on patterns that you might not have been consciously aware of.On the scale: a “1″ would be absolutely ravenous/starving, and a “10″ would be super stuffed, eating to discomfort. A “5″ would be not stuffed/not hungry, but neutral. So, the “ideal” (for non-disordered eating), would be to reside around the middle of the scale as much as possible. (Thus, eating every 4 hours, keeping blood sugars steady, etc) 
…For emotional eaters who may have less experience connecting their eating habits to actual physical hunger, this might not be an easy task actually. I’m still working on it after years. But – it is SO illuminating. My strongest advice though, is to suspend judgment as much as possible when journaling. When we eat TO be unconscious, TO stuff things down, TO self-medicate, it’s a habit that’s not easy to break. We have to remind ourselves that it’s a process, a journey, and just like parenting a child, it takes time and patience, and kindness. For example, if you find yourself eating to a “9″ when you started at a “5″ (eating to physical pain when you weren’t even hungry to start with), instead of berating yourself “I shouldn’t have done that”, try the more gentler inquisitive approach: “Gee, I wonder why I did that?” Then, look to the feeling/thinking/doing notations for your answers.
It’s a discovery process, an adventure! And it gives you the tools and power to begin thinking HEALTHY substitutes to using food as a “go-to” coping mechanism.
…For emotional eaters who may have less experience connecting their eating habits to actual physical hunger, this might not be an easy task actually. I’m still working on it after years. But – it is SO illuminating. My strongest advice though, is to suspend judgment as much as possible when journaling. When we eat TO be unconscious, TO stuff things down, TO self-medicate, it’s a habit that’s not easy to break. We have to remind ourselves that it’s a process, a journey, and just like parenting a child, it takes time and patience, and kindness. For example, if you find yourself eating to a “9″ when you started at a “5″ (eating to physical pain when you weren’t even hungry to start with), instead of berating yourself “I shouldn’t have done that”, try the more gentler inquisitive approach: “Gee, I wonder why I did that?” Then, look to the feeling/thinking/doing notations for your answers.It’s a discovery process, an adventure! And it gives you the tools and power to begin thinking HEALTHY substitutes to using food as a “go-to” coping mechanism.
May 2, 2011
The Gift of Kickstarts
Sometimes it’s just that little bit of help, that creates just that little bit of hope, that’s enough to get you going again. It’s that 
infusion of energy and belief that maybe, just maybe you CAN do it. Like that iconic Biggest Loser scene where the contestants pull entire cars with just the strength of their bodies. It seems absolutely unbelievable, impossible! How could one little person pull thousands of pounds of car? But really, it’s just those first few steps that are the greatest struggle. Once you’re in motion, you just keep rolling…..xoxo
annie
@hamsasya
May 1, 2011
Our Group Bucket List
What do you really want out of your life? What would you like to do before you die?
Let your imagination run wild!
@daddynole Scott Houchins
@Hamsasya Here’s a few of my #bucketlist items:
1 – Travel to every major world capital.
2 – Meet & chat with a US President, Face-to-face
3 – Own a restaurant. Full-service, not Fast-food.
4 – Be COMPLETELY debt free, so that: (more to come)
4 – Be COMPLETELY debt free, so that: (more to come)
5 – Speak to a crowd of thousands about health and wellness! (after I finish my own journey, of course!)
@Hamsasya ooooee bucket list ok..
Swim with sharks (and not get eaten).
Learn to fly.
Travel Australia.
Own a beach house.
My bucket list wish for today: Meet + become friends with Ellen DeGeneres. She’s my favorite!
learn a foreign language fluently
learn to play guitar
make a difference in the world,
TRAVEL all continents
quiet my mind.
@jennie_swardh JennieCOMPLETED MAY 15, 2011
2) go to NY
3) LA
4) Australia. 1,2 & 3 will b achieved this year & hopefully Australia next year
5) is my biggest dream…to meet the gorgeous @JillianMichaels
#1 have a family.
#2 travel Europe
#3 make a positive difference.
#4 visit elephant sanctuary in Africa.
#5 learn to play drums.
@ janetmcclearen Janet McClearen
Would like to visit China and/or India.
Write that book.
Semester at Sea/Currently reading Countdown to first ever May Voyage is on! – http://tinyurl.com/3wqwar8
Write that book.
Semester at Sea/Currently reading Countdown to first ever May Voyage is on! – http://tinyurl.com/3wqwar8
@PeakStateFS Jeremy Kunkel
@Hamsasya Help 1,000,000 people drastically change their lives through fitness! Hoping it will have a butterfly effect!
@Hamsasya My bucket list is to see all the wonders of the world. I’ve already started.
Jeffrey__Scott Jeffrey Scott
@Hamsasya My bucket list item is to be published author. One of my books, or a collection of my poems.
L_Marino Lisa Marino
@Hamsasya Easy – wife, kids, beach house in CA for summer, cabin in NC for winter. And throw in a red Lamborghini.
@ tommyhearn Tommy Hearn
@Kudi_chan Christa Diehl (Deal)
Good question!!
I want to travel to Paris, drink coffee and draw in my sketch book for an entire summer.
I want to travel to Paris, drink coffee and draw in my sketch book for an entire summer.
#3 Experience Disneyland for the first time with my kids as they do too!
#4 Be an alumni for a weight loss show and raise money and awareness for Intracranial Hypertension. Or just organize a 5K.
#5 the last one..travel to Japan and experience the cherry blossom festival. After learning Japanese of course. ^_^
@writerchickmc Marie Cauley
Love this question!
Travel Europe,
spin with @MyTrainerBob and dance with @MaksimC!!!
Learn to play tennis at least somewhat like a pro…
and have @JillianMichaels kick my butt in the gym! ;o)
Love this question!
Travel Europe,
spin with @MyTrainerBob and dance with @MaksimC!!!
Learn to play tennis at least somewhat like a pro…
and have @JillianMichaels kick my butt in the gym! ;o)
@ saywhatsarah Sarah Crosby
love the bucket list idea! I have so many things I wanna do lol
Oh where to begin lol!
#1 travel to Italy with my Italian mama and experience it together for the first time
#2 wear a bikini again! lol. Lose 125 pounds and keep it off for good!
#3 – go back to school for performing arts and dance. I want to one day dance on stage for a major production!
#4 start an organization for women & men who are survivors of physical, mental, emotional &/or sexual abuse. I’m a survivor myself
#5 run an organized 5k, half-marathon, and full-marathon.
I could do this all night lol. Like get my motorcycle license, bungee jump, surf, travel to every state, & the list goes on & onok 2 more & then I’ll quit lol #6 ADOPT! I’ve always wanted to even as a kid. There are so many children who need a loving home
#7 personal train with Bob &/or Jillian from #BiggestLoser at least once. I want them to kick my bootay up and down the gym lolok I’m almost to 10 so I’ll keep going… This is too fun lol
#8 be an MTV vj for a day
#9 call every person that’s made a positive impact in my life from birth until now and thank them #10 finish writing the books I’ve started since age 10 and have at least one published
Oh where to begin lol!
#1 travel to Italy with my Italian mama and experience it together for the first time
#2 wear a bikini again! lol. Lose 125 pounds and keep it off for good!
#3 – go back to school for performing arts and dance. I want to one day dance on stage for a major production!
#4 start an organization for women & men who are survivors of physical, mental, emotional &/or sexual abuse. I’m a survivor myself
#5 run an organized 5k, half-marathon, and full-marathon.
I could do this all night lol. Like get my motorcycle license, bungee jump, surf, travel to every state, & the list goes on & onok 2 more & then I’ll quit lol #6 ADOPT! I’ve always wanted to even as a kid. There are so many children who need a loving home
#7 personal train with Bob &/or Jillian from #BiggestLoser at least once. I want them to kick my bootay up and down the gym lolok I’m almost to 10 so I’ll keep going… This is too fun lol
#8 be an MTV vj for a day
#9 call every person that’s made a positive impact in my life from birth until now and thank them
#10 finish writing the books I’ve started since age 10 and have at least one publishedbrooke_farmerBrooke Farmer
@Hamsasya Making it to Australia used to be on mine, but I am there now.
@Hamsasya I want to quit smoking.
@Hamsasya I want to have at least one novel published.
@davel424 Dave leblanc
1-Out live my parents! Done
#2 #BL12 hopefully!
#3 Lose 175lbs
#4-fly on a plane
#5 – Reach my 50 wed anniversary (30 next yr!)
1-Out live my parents! Done
#2 #BL12 hopefully!
#3 Lose 175lbs
#4-fly on a plane
#5 – Reach my 50 wed anniversary (30 next yr!)
kophoogtekatermargriet
Defenitely on my list: see northen lights.
& not get upset if i think people are mean, they useally dont uh mean it as bad as I think they do!
& not get upset if i think people are mean, they useally dont uh mean it as bad as I think they do!
Apr 25, 2011
100+ Small (But Meaningful) Ways to Change the World
- Smile from your heart at strangers.
- Bring your shopping cart (& maybe a couple others) back to the coral
- Bring coffee/donuts to someone usually overlooked
- Buy flowers for someone who’s sad or having a rough time.
- Deliberately choose to shop at small “Mom & Pops” stores instead of a giant multi-national corporations.
- Offer to babysit for new parents so they can sleep or spend time with each other.
- Listen with complete attention and sincerity. Be fully present while someone else is speaking.
- Return lost belongings to their owner.
- Cook a meal or buy groceries for someone elderly in your neighborhood.
- Leave a good book at a bus stop.
- Chat with a sales-clerk. Look them in the eyes, say hello, treat them like a real person.
- Adopt an animal from a shelter.
- Host an international student.
- Just ask if you can help!
- If you’re a student bring extra pens/paper to class in case your peers need them.
- Buy organic food.
- Create carepacks for the homeless with toiletries, snacks, gloves, socks, calling cards & seal in a waterproof container.
- Turn off the lights when you’re not in the room.
- Leave an extravagant tip.
- But dessert for the table next to you.
- Help restore a hiking trail.
- Stop to help someone change their tire.
- Be kind to someone you dislike.
- Cook a meal for someone who is sick, elderly, or just had a baby.
- Pay someone’s expired parking meter.
- Weed a flower bed.
- Wave someone into your lane – allow them to merge.
- Introduce yourself, and eat lunch with someone who’s alone.
- Tutor or donate books to someone in jail.
- Say something nice about someone to someone else! Spread the love!
- Bring your own canvas shopping bags to the grocery store, and travel mug to the coffee shop.
- Let someone go in front of you in line while you’re doing your grocery shopping.
- If someone provides great service, compliment them and tell their manager.
- Let people know every time you feel appreciation for them.
- Plant a tree
- Make someone laugh.
- Teach an someone how to use the internet.
- Don’t squish that bug!
- Send a care package – just because to someone unexpected.
- Make a bird feeder, or a birdbath.
- Leave the coupons you didn’t use at the register for someone else.
- Pay someone’s toll
- Help your teacher by being a good listener, attentive & interactive in class.
- Call an elderly relative just to say hello.
- Unexpectedly pick up someone’s check.
- Pass over the best parking space for someone else.Use non-toxic cleaning supplies.
- Help someone to get something that is out of their reach.
- Visit or call someone lonely.
- Start a “Random Acts of Kindness” club
- Volunteer to care care for someone’s pet or take their dog on a walk.
- Stop to make sure that everyone is alright at the scene of an accident.
- Donate books to a library.
- Ask someone, “How are you?” and REALLY mean it.
- Write a thank you letter to someone to a police person or fireman.
- Make eye contact with a homeless person. Stop and talk with them. Ask their name. Buy them dinner. Eat with them.
- Volunteer to tutor a student.
- Create a community potluck dinner to promote a sense of community and goodwill in your neighborhood.
- Offer the handyman/porter a cool, refreshing drink.
- Offer to help a neighbor with their yardwork.
- Choose to give the benefit of the doubt instead of assuming the worst. Trust & have faith.
- Give up your seat for someone
- Offer to help your coworker with their work.
- Write to a role-model or mentor and let them know how important they’ve been to you and why.
- Ask someone about their culture & past.
- Volunteer
- Answer calls/emails promptly to communicate that you care.
- Cook a healthy meal for someone.
- Adopt a solider
- Collect canned foods for a food-bank.
- Help a friend/neighbor/coworker/acquaintance/stranger move.
- Apologize
- Choose to not to complain.
- Hand out treats to folks stuck in a super long line who aren’t able get out.
- Hold your tongue when you are anger
- Call an old friend or relative
- Tell a joke!
- Eat locally – shop at a Farmer’s Market.
- Choose to re-frame a stressful situation into something positive.
- Write a thank you letter
- Invite folks home for the holidays.
- Be a peacemaker. Help to resolve conflict. Mediate.
- Leave change in a vending machine as an unexpected delight for the next person.
- Carpool – offer to give someone a ride
- Do what you say you’re going to do, and be where you say you’re going to be on time. Follow through with promises.
- Say hello to a complete stranger
- Leave a few quarters behind at the laundry mat for the next person with a note that says, “just because”.
- Help clean your friends house.
- Visit a nursing home and mingle.
- Mentor a child or teen.
- Donate your vacation days to a coworker who is seriously ill.
- Send flowers to someone just because
- Laugh freely & easily.
- Leave something beautiful in an unsuspecting person, at an unexpected place for no particular reason.
- Recycle at home. Start & facilitate a recycling program at work or at school.
- Instead of stepping over litter, pick it up.
- Create a “Welcome Wagon” committee to welcome new folks who move into your neighborhood.
- Bake someone a cake.
- Write a positive tweet, Facebook status or bl ogpost.
- Make a wish come true.
- Adopt a highway
- Plant some flower bulbs in a public space to make it a more beautiful place for everyone.
- Offer hugs and touches.
- Donate clothing & shoes that you’re no longer wearing. Donate clothing that you love!
- Wear a t’shirt or button with a positive, uplifting, or funny message.
- Pay compliments to strangers
- Offer to guide a person who is blind.
What did I leave out?
Thanks for your reading, and please leave your suggestions!
xoxo,
annie
@hamsasya
@hamsasya
Apr 2, 2011
“So, how’s the job search?”
The dreaded words. Enough to make me stab my own eyeball with a plastic spoon.
When you’re unemployed, this seems to be all that anyone wants to know. Why does it suddenly seem the sun, the moon, the stars – the solar-system itself revolves around the status of your venerated job-search? Here’s something nutty. What if you’re NOT looking for a job? What if you aspire to CREATE your OWN job instead? (Crazytalk! I know!) My few delicate attempts to broach this fragile terrain nearly incited a riot. Family, friends, coffee baristas… everyone I know seems to reflexively tailspin into a frenzied panic at the mere mention of what you’d think was pure non-conformist heresy. So, how DO you cop to having entrepreneurial aspirations, should you happen to have them? Should you mention them at all?
When you’re unemployed, this seems to be all that anyone wants to know. Why does it suddenly seem the sun, the moon, the stars – the solar-system itself revolves around the status of your venerated job-search? Here’s something nutty. What if you’re NOT looking for a job? What if you aspire to CREATE your OWN job instead? (Crazytalk! I know!) My few delicate attempts to broach this fragile terrain nearly incited a riot. Family, friends, coffee baristas… everyone I know seems to reflexively tailspin into a frenzied panic at the mere mention of what you’d think was pure non-conformist heresy. So, how DO you cop to having entrepreneurial aspirations, should you happen to have them? Should you mention them at all?
Apr 1, 2011
Embracing the Unknown
Unemployment is existing in the unknown. Humans don’t like that. It feels unsafe. We’d much prefer to cling to certainty and solid ground. Even if that solid ground is toxic or weed infested. But with courage and support, we can leverage this shaky time as our greatest strength – an opportunity to expand beyond our preconceived notions of who we are, and what we’re “supposed” to be. Letting go of our former selves (whether forcibly or not) can be a true gift of liberation – a chance for re-creation and hope.
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