The problem I’m finding with writing my blog is that I get up fairly early, do some mundane things, then get out and walk. After writing my “How I Gained Weight” blog, the next morning I walked for about 2 hours. The following morning, I walked for 90 minutes (over 8,000 steps). During that time I think about all the things I want to write about including how I eliminated weight.

The difficulty is that by the time I get home, everything I want to say has already been said (in my mind) so, nothing left for me to say. O.k., well, not nothing. I can pretty much always say SOMEthing.

So, here’s what happened.

As you may have read in my previous blog, I had put on about 30 excess pounds. Usually, when I’ve gained weight previously, I didn’t have to do much other than to move! Mostly go to the gym for about 6 weeks and voila! Done! PLUS, I’d be buffed! (I buff easily)

This time however, it was a bit more difficult for a number of reasons. One, menopause. I’ve NEVER had a weight issue I couldn’t eliminate easily yet, my head was wrapped around what others have said about it being harder to drop weight during menopause.

Two, I LOVE staying warm in bed and cuddling with himself which means I didn’t get up and out walking or doing anything else for that matter. No matter how many times I promised myself at night that I was going to do it, in the morning that didn’t happen.

Three, my computer addiction. When I DID get up, I’d turn on the computer, sit down, go through emails, facebook, twitter, RFT, etc., etc., etc. By the time I took care of that addiction it was either too hot out, too late and had to begin work OR, I’d eaten (overeaten) and just didn’t feel to train and remember, it was already hot!

Fourth (last, but not least), he’d be up and asking if I wanted to go somewhere. Uh huh! Yep!

In essence, it didn’t take much for me to be distracted from what I said I wanted to do… eliminate the excess weight!

So, what to do????

I don’t remember exactly what turned me on to it but I’d been hearing about (Emotional Freedom Technique) EFT for awhile. Even though I’ve had training in Polarity Therapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine including Taijiquan/Qigong, reflexology, etc. I kind of poopoo’d that something so basic could really make a difference (which is really funny because all the health I have is from “energy therapy” which is what EFT is.)

One night in class, I noticed that my teacher had some information on EFT that he was handing out to his students. I always figure he doesn’t waste time with something that doesn’t “work” so began using it with myself and my students. WOW!

Then I had a 4-week experimental group with 5 other overweight women who ranged from less than 50 pounds excess to well over 100 excess pounds they wished to eliminate. Each week we’d show up with new stories of how much weight we’d dropped or inches lost.

One woman told us on the first meeting that when she was stressed she’d eat a full carton of ice cream. She was using a sentence similar to … “I totally love and support myself.” She returned one week totally astounded. She said she’d never loved herself which is why she ate and overate yet during the previous week she’d felt stressed and instead of reaching for the ice cream she made some brown rice.. and overate it.

By the end of the 4 weeks, every one of us had eliminated 8-10 pounds. (I had already dropped the first 10 before beginning the study group). Not to say this will happen with EVERYone yet, it’s possible AND, just consider, if we can eliminate even 5 pounds per month consistently for a year, that’s 60 pounds!

So, EFT is one way. Another thing I included with the group were sentence completions which I’d learned many years ago during my training with my teacher. How that works is, we begin a sentence such as “One reason I keep the weight on is…” Then give 6-10 responses which may include “… I’m afraid to be seen”; “it’s too much work to eliminate it”, “I’ll have to purchase a new wardrobe”; “I wont know who I am”, “I’m afraid I’ll feel deprived”; “I don’t know what else to do when I’m feeling stressed”, etc. (All of which are addressed during my “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” program.)

Two other things I’ve found help a lot are tapping while doing appreciations. I’ve found at the end of classes that when we do this, the women leave feeling calm and not stressed so they don’t go home ~ or out together ~ and eat late in the evening.

The final thing is visualization. Who are you when thin? What will people say? How will you look? How will you feel?

I wrote all this down for myself and am continuously adding to it. As I’m writing, I find how much of my life is interconnected and how it improves across the board.

Some of the things I worked on specifically for myself were ~ getting up and walking or training so, tapping on procrastination. I’d make a list of what I wanted to do and get it done.

Tapping on elimination of the desire for sweets. On the landing page for my program I have a picture of this overweight woman sitting with a place of chips (cookies?) beside her. The next picture is the plate behind her and she’s sneaking the chips. Been there, done that with sweets. I didn’t want the cake, I wanted the frosting! Now, cake with all that colored frosting doesn’t even look like food to me. When I go to functions I barely look at the sweets and when I do, it’s like they’re bugs under a microscope. It’s very weird and interesting. Almost as though I don’t recognize what they are as they seem to be from my distant past.

Tapping on elimination of the desire for what my husband eats including cheese and pizza. One night I was feeling very alone and he was gone so I cooked a pizza. Uh huh. I was physically done eating it by the time I was half-way through yet told myself I was going to finish it even if it made me sick. I did, it didn’t but I’ve not had enough desire to eat it again.

I eat salads! What I’ve found is, I can pretty much have the same ingredients in my salad every single day IF I have a good dressing so, 3 fresh dressings and, I have 2-3 different salads every day.

When going to a buffet, fill my plate with half of what I would normally. I can always go back for more and now, instead of going for pasta, I go for more salad!

When we go out to eat, I ask them to divide the meal and pack half of it to go. What’s good about that is, occasionally I’ll eat it as soon as I get home yet, many times I don’t because I’ve given myself time to know that I’ve been deeply satisfied with what I’d already had.

In the mornings, if I get up around 5, I get dressed (my clothes are either in the bathroom or my office so I don’t have the excuse that I didn’t want to wake him up by turning on the light) and head out.

Lately, I’ve been waking up around 3:30 so, I prepare my UStream show read all my personal emails, take care of Facebook and Twitter, might do daily appreciations THEN head out for a walk.

I’m much more consistently disciplined now that I’ve brought more focus on when, where, why, how and what I eat AND having eliminated most of the cravings, habits and eating patterns I’ve established during the past 6 years or so.

Thank you for reading all of this. It really wasn’t supposed to be this long. Guess I DO have something to say!

With that, I’ll say:

Remember, live bodaciously and always celebrate your potential!

Revvell

(What I’m doing here is showing you how to live a stress-free life! So many would let something like this go on and on in their heads for DAYS! … and be binging while doing it. lol)

Anyway, I put out my blog from yesterday on a few sites I’m on and received some truly great responses. Thank you!

Today, I received a response from one person saying she was “shocked” at the price of my program! (What?? It’s too low? heh!) Well, I have to say, I’m shocked that she is shocked! (How’s that for a comeback? )

Since reading that, I’ve looked at it in various ways (this is good for you to do if you are planning programs yourself).

First, let’s start with my training. I began researching health and healing about 34 years ago. I spent 16 years in “formal” training which cost me literally thousands of dollars. I’ve got books, dvds, cds (again, investments of THOUSANDS of dollars) and articles (o.k., basically free except for the paper I printed them out on and the ink to print) which I’ve studied.

For 34 years I’ve used myself as the guinea pig in healing asthma, allergies, infections, depression, injuries, excess weight and more caused by various things including food choices, societal imprints, emotions and unawareness/consciousness.

I’ve got knowledge I’ve gained through my own study as well as knowledge gained from other people and their studies, knowledge and wisdom. I’ve got understanding from my own healings plus the hundreds of students and clients I’ve worked with. I’ve got wisdom from just staying alive for 60 plus years and the ongoing healing and health I’m experiencing.

So, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. The price of “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. Pretty much the price people charge for their trainings/coachings/teleclasses/webinars, etc. is arbitrary. If you ask them, I’m guessing they probably can’t tell you how they came up with their price.

Recently I paid $1995 for a program that was supposed to help me be a better marketer. I was sorely disappointed. The first few sessions were quite good. After she got past the “100% guarantee” part of the program (if you didn’t feel you were receiving your money’s worth by a certain time, you could receive your money back) the program went down-hill. It was sad. The first hour of the final 90 minutes of the program, she might just as well have been off the call. She even admitted she wasn’t only not present mentally, she was looking at her other site! The final half hour of that 90 minute session she spent upselling her next program. The “bonus” hour we received she spent ~ yes, upselling her next program.

I don’t DO that! The whole time, I am present; I am available, everyone interacts with me. At NO time do I spend time upselling my next, newest program. (I don’t HAVE one ~ well, not yet, anyway.)

Let’s break it down financially ~

The program runs 6 weeks with each call lasting approximately 90 minutes, PLUS, 2 half-hour one-on-one calls with me.

That’s a full 9 hours of semi-private interactive work/play PLUS, 1 full hour of private. That breaks down to $30 per hour. (I’ve never done this and am now thinking ~ I really need to raise my price EXCEPT! I want to make this affordable to as many people as possible!)

Add in the time I spend preparing for each session and the time I spend after, cleaning up the notes and adding in whatever I feel can make it even more informational and the hourly to me is even less.

ALSO, my engineer takes time out of HIS life to edit the audio and post it so participants can listen to it any time they feel to for FREE (to me). (Very often we’ll miss or forget something that happened that could be very relevant to one’s process so, it’s best to listen to the audio repeatedly).

*big sigh* Wow! O.k! I’m feeling better now.

On to what I REALLY wanted to write about today (which will most likely be uploaded tomorrow. Wait for it!)

Until then,

Yours in health,

Revvell

Bodacious Living

There are a few ways and reasons I gained in the first place.

First was possibly menopause yet, I’m not sure of that one. I hadn’t gained before I got married at 55 and I’d gone into it a few years before OR, maybe I just didn’t notice which we’ll get into in a bit ~ the noticing, I mean.

One thing I’m sure of is going out and eating. Once I realized how much I’d gained since getting married (we could blame the marriage yet, that would be the surface, same as most dieters do ~ blame the food), being me, I had to really look at my habits, my new cravings and my emotional eating patterns.

What happened was, 6 years or so ago, I met a man I wanted in my life forever. I’d ALWAYS said, I saw no purpose in ever getting married and, that was true, until we met.

After knowing him for about 10 months or so, I was headed over to his home country to meet his friends and family as well as visit his country.

A few weeks before going over, he told me that he’d called the embassy about how he could come to the U.S. and stay with me. Their response “Marry her”. When he told me this, I asked “Well, do you want to?” He said “what”? Me ~ “Get married?”. I think he said something like “well, I guess so”. Anyway, he started the paperwork on his end with the outcome being we’d get married in Denmark, then go to Copenhagen where I had to file to get him over here.

So, that’s the background story ~ now, the fat part.

In all my life I’d never been in a REALY healthy relationship. Every relationship I’d been in, I gave up me to be with he meaning none of what I did was as important as what he was doing so, I’d always get involved.

This relationship began similarly. First, I dropped my healthy eating habits. I still stayed vegetarian yet, when we went out to eat, which was often, I’d eat things I normally wouldn’t and I’d overeat. If/when we go to buffets, I felt I had to eat enough to get his money’s worth. Even when full, I’d finish because I didn’t want to leave food I’d chosen, on the plate AND, I’d always have dessert. Not much but SOME!

Secondly, even when we went out to a sit-down meal and was given more than I could eat, I’d finish it because “it’s only a few bites” ~ no matter how full I was.. “it’s only a few bites”. Well, those “few bites” cost in weight gain. If we’d only gone out occasionally, there probably would not have been an issue. Since we went out often…

Thirdly, I use to get up and out walking every morning, first thing. Did not turn on the computer, did not eat, did not do anything but get up, get out and get walking! Where I lived, there was a mountain “loop” where I could go up one side, down the other. It’s about 4.5 miles. When I didn’t do that, I lived in a hilly area and could do a different walk almost every day of the week.

After getting married I loved sleeping in and cuddling with him. I vowed I’d get out and walk later. Well, “later” rarely came. In the summer it was too hot. If I didn’t get out early, I didn’t get out. We’d also moved to a “flat” area which to me, was boring so, I’d talk myself out of walking. If I wanted to train with kbs, ropes, etc. I really needed to take everything to a park. Being the lazy wench I’d become… that rarely happened.

One night in class my teacher said 4 of us, including himself were overweight. I was one. When he asked how much I thought I could lose I said “about 20 pounds”. He said “try 25″. Yikes!!!! (He was being generous. It was actually 30).

One thing I really got was how easy it is to gain and not notice! Previously it was SO easy for me to drop weight. So easy in fact that, I’d not notice until someone pointed it out to me (which is the same thing that happened with the gain). At that time, when I was emotional about something (which was often), I’d not eat, therefore, weight loss! Now, when I’m upset, I’ve developed patterns of eating and overeating; comfort and habitual eating.

If you do it slow enough, when you go clothes shopping and you’ve gone up a size, you can rationalize that it’s a different manufacturer and their sizes run small.

So, between eating out often, eating and overeating for emotional reasons, cleaning my plate and not moving ~ as I use to … weight happened.

Oh! the other thing is, as I’d mentioned, I’d not been in a really good relationship EVER! Think there might be some unconscious “protection” going on?

Tomorrow, we’ll talk about weight elimination. In the meantime, feel free to check out my program and find out how to eliminate weight, stay on a healthy food program and drop the cravings, habits and and emotional eating patterns that lead to excess weight gain and sabotage your new year’s resolutions.

Until tomorrow ~

Revvell

Bodacious Living

One of the first I can remember is getting the mumps. Now yes, most every child has gotten them yet, I get them ~ for the second time after my mother had signed me up for swim lessons. I did get to go in the water, but not with the other children. My thought on this ~ I was VERY shy and the mumps kept me out of doing a class. I learned to swim by watching what was going on in the class.

Next one ~ allergies to citrus especially grapefruit but then add strawberries and asparagus; two items I REALLY liked ~ then. We’d flown down to Florida for a 3 week vacation. I was SO miserable there! I slept on a cot in the front room of someone’s cottage and it was next to a train track so I was awakened every night. We lived on a cul-de-sac in Ct. so it was VERY quiet. PLUS, sleeping on the cot was SO uncomfortable AND, while down there, I got stung by a man-o-war. Think I didn’t have an emotional time?

Hayfever/asthma ~ When I was about 10 years old, my parents took my brother and I to a slaughter house where they purchased a 1/2 side of beef. Of course, bro and I were wandering the grounds and the door to the slaughterhouse was partially open and we looked in and saw the cows being tortured. The butcher’s saw us looking in and scared us away. Across the street was a wheat field. We chose to run through it. By the time we came out I was coughing, sneezing, eyes running. No trauma there, eh?

My father who was my heart died when I was 12 and I was gang-raped at 19. Any wonder I had issues with men, abandonment, etc?

By the time I was in my early 30′s I had asthma so bad it almost killed me. At the time I was lifting weights 4-5 hours a day, 5-7 days a week and also training in Kung-fu. My teacher was retiring. More man stuff, more health issues.

From the time I was 13 until I reached my mid-40′s, I had periods of suicidal depression.

I was allergic to cats, dogs and horses.

The reason I’m bringing this up is, whenever you’ve got something going on, check and see what’s going on emotionally. All of my emotional stuff manifested physically at some level.

Sure, a lot of the asthma and hay fever was resolved by diet change yet once I got a handle on my emotions ~ my fears, my guilt, etc., the rest of it dissolved.

Same thing most recently. I wrote previously about having problems with my heart. I realized I had some unconscious fears and when those were brought to the surface, the heart issue dissolved.

Very interesting how the mind works and how it manifests so many issues and how we’ve learned to cope with them ~ very often by stuffing them down with food.

Many years ago, I had the opposite problem which, I think may have been healthier at one level ~ I didn’t eat. One cannot digest emotions and food at the same time. On the other hand, I had so many emotions, I was pretty much starving myself.

Most recently though, I found myself gaining weight after having gotten married. A few reasons are, we went out and ate often and when I go out, I never even considered eating part and taking half home because my weight never bothered me. Any time I’d gained a few pounds, I’d up my work-outs and be back to my slim self in a few weeks.

Another thing I realized was, this being my first marriage, and never having had a REALLY good long-term relationship and, I guess, I scared the heck out of myself and subconsciously allowed myself to put the weight on as “protection”.

So, this again, was all emotional yet, I was “handling” it differently ~ eating, instead of not. What I found was that if I didn’t handle the emotional aspect of my weight gain, working out as I use to do, really didn’t make much of a difference.

That was a GREAT awakening for me! That was a time I understood how many women have tried over and over to eliminate weight by diet and exercise, very often to lose some yet, very often to gain it back because they’d not dealt with the cause, the underlying emotions, the habitual eating patterns! Whooooo!

As a natural health practitioner of 24 years, this realization is probably one of THE biggest I’ve ever had.

When I was growing up, we didn’t speak about the things we do now. If help was available, we didn’t know about it. Now, it’s out, it’s available, it’s amazingly simple and effective! I am SO excited to have created Tap Into Your Ideal Weight so now women can get to the cause of their weight issues and eliminate them!!! How cool is that?

Injoy,

Revvell

Bodacious Living

What I have found since then though is that the reason we say the negative is to acknowledge and accept where we are. For instance, if someone says, “Even though I constantly self-sabotage…” that’s just saying what we’ve done previously… up to now… then we switch to “…. I choose to stay focused on the results and support myself completely”. That changes the energy via our words AND the tapping.

What we’re saying is I know what I need to work on; I acknowledge and accept I do this and, now, I’m changing it. Make sense?

It’s as though I’m in Connecticut and I want to go to Nevada. Well, if I don’t know, acknowledge and accept where I am, how can I get where I want to go? If I “wish” I were somewhere else, it’s not going to help. Saying I “wish” I were in California and I want to go to Nevada, then I’d be traveling east yet, I’m REALLY in Ct. and if I travel east, I’m I’ll end up in the ocean rather than Nevada, correct? So! First step ~ Acknowledge and accept where you are now to get you where you want to go.

I understand many have an issue with the word “accept”, as well. They think if they accept something, that means they don’t/wont change it. One definition of accept is “…to regard as true..”. So, all we’re doing is saying “this is true ~ now”. It doesn’t mean it will always be true. Some examples of this would be: “currently I am 100 pounds more than MY ideal weight…”; “currently, I have a tendency to sabotage my successes…”; “currently, I’m in a less than ideal relationship…”. That’s it! Currently! It doesn’t mean you can’t, wont or are unwilling to change. It’s just a place to start.

I’ve also found many have a problem tapping on the positive… “I totally and completely love and accept myself.” There’s a little voice inside that says… “.. no you don’t…” which is why so many of us self-sabotage and cannot be the weight we’d like to be, have the health we’d like to have or the other successes. We feel we don’t deserve.

One of the high points for one of my students was when she stopped reaching for the ice cream whenever she was stressed because she chose that ending (or something similar) whenever she tapped. She came to class and she was astounded at her success saying she’d NEVER felt love for herself until she tapped on that for a week.

What’s interesting too is how so many wont do the tapping. They’re resistant and will say things like “this is silly”; “this wont work, etc.” which is fine. EFT doesn’t need to be believed to “work” or make a difference. All I say is, do it and find out for yourself.

I even have a couple of students who call themselves “shower tappers”. They’ll do it in the shower yet feel silly doing it in front of anyone. Others tap anytime, anyplace, especially when they’re feeling unhealthy (for them) cravings coming up or anxiety coming up which leads to self-sabotage.

A quick definition of Emotional Freedom Technique or, EFT is a simple, direct approach to release and redirect blocked energy patterns in the body/mind. Some call it acupuncture without needles.

Founder Gary Craig explains it thusly: In essence, EFT is an emotional version of acupuncture wherein we stimulate certain meridian points by tapping on them with our fingertips. This addresses a new cause for emotional issues (unbalanced energy meridians). Properly done, this frequently reduces the therapeutic process from months or years down to hours or minutes. And, since emotional stress can contribute to pain, disease and physical ailments, we often find that EFT provides astonishing physical relief.

What’s great about it is, once you learn it, you can tap on anything to resolve numerous issues which is why on my “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” page, I tell you you’ll be able to keep and use the tools I’ll be teaching during the live, interactive teleclass. EFT is only ONE of the tools I’ll be sharing.

For those who are interested in eliminating excess weight and the habits, cravings and emotional eating patterns that constantly sabotage diet and weight loss endeavors, my “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” teleclass series begins Tuesday, Jan. 12, 5 p.m. Pacific; 8 p.m. Eastern. As I work individually with each person throughout the program, space is limited AND you’ll save $50 if you register before Jan. 1, 2010 (if seating lasts that long). Let this be the last year you put “go on a diet” as one of your new year’s resolutions!

Well, the difference between my program and weight loss diets is, there is no “can’t have”. What it will come down to is “want to have”.

One of the most exciting moments (which continues on today) is when I “thought” I was hungry and “thought” I wanted cheese or bread, etc. and, I opened the fridge and realized “well, I CAN have this but, I don’t want it!!!” Next thought, “what is it I do want or need?”

Most of the time, when we’re addicted to food as our drug, we reach and eat before having time to decide on other options! With TIYIW, the cravings are eliminated and the joy of knowing you have choices remains! IF you still want the drug, you CAN have it. If not, the joy of knowing YOU are in control, supersedes whatever else was going on.

Being in control = self-empowerment.

This is why so many “fall off” their food programs ~ raw, or otherwise. They often feel deprived. They have it in their monkey mind that they can never have this or that. Well, we can ALWAYS have something. I’ve given myself permission to have anything I want. Our little monkey minds are like two year olds. Tell them they can’t have something and they want it even more.

Now mine wanted things I don’t normally even eat! I’ve RARELY ever wanted potato chips but, tell my lil monkey “you can’t have” and boyyyyy, she wants ‘em! (my husband often keeps strange things in our home ~ like ‘tato chips)

With EFT and other energy therapies, we become more aware of the cravings, habits and emotional eating patterns, often eliminating them completely. Now, for me, those things I craved, I don’t even want. They don’t look like food to me. When I AM hungry, I’ve got luscious food already prepared so I am good-to-go.

I invite you to stop the cravings, the habits and the emotional eating/overeating by joining (click there —->) “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. There’s a money back guarantee if you don’t feel it’s bringing you what YOU want!

Injoy,

Revvell

After class we were talking and he’d mentioned he’d gained back about 8-10 pounds (try 20, to my eye BUT, I didn’t notice it last week!)

He told me he realized it wasn’t about the food; he’d not been doing his former habit of binging and throwing up BUT he was overeating. What he did realize, for himself was that it was about having the good. This makes sense because when we reach a certain level of good which is beyond what we think we “should” have or deserve, we become anxious and will do SOMEthing to quel the anxiety. For many of us, it’s eat!

Well, last night I was contemplating our conversation and at one level, I do agree, it’s not about the food YET, many of us are addicted to certain foods we turn to when we’ve got emotions we can’t handle, rewards we give ourselves, etc. For many, it’s chocolate. For me, and others of course, it was starches. Give me pizza, pasta, potatoes.. anything white. At one time it was sugar.

I’d also had problems with cheese.

Before getting married, most of these were not an issue because I didn’t have them in my home. After getting married ~ well, he’s the original pizza man. He loves his pizza, his pasta, his bread and cheese.

For awhile, I was into the cheese, bread, pasta and pizza myself. Any wonder after eating raw for so long I gained weight?

So, what to do. Oh! btw, it wasn’t JUST the food! It was also the fact that I’d gotten married to someone I barely knew (met on the internet and he lived in another country and much of our communication was via email, phone calls, vid cams, etc.) after NEVER having had decent relationship that lasted more than 3 months. Think I wasn’t doing some emotional eating? Uh huh!

Well, I tried using willpower. Opened fridge and would ask myself, “fit or fat”? Now, that brought SOME awareness to the issue because most of the time, I’d choose fit and it wasn’t cheese! BUT, when I was out of balance, “fit” went out the door and I rationalized… o.k., one slice of cheese wont hurt and, I’ll eat a salad. O.k., I’m putting LOTS of tomatoes, lettuce, cukes, etc. between the bread so, that’s o.k. Well, it wasn’t.

The next morning, I’m feeling mucusy and my eyes are all gummy and yucky, not to mention, the scale either wasn’t moving or, it was moving up! Not what I wanted.

So, what was the solution? It’s a combination of things. First off, bring more awareness to what I was eating when I ate it. I soon found that, there’s not much real taste to cheese. If this is your addiction, sit with a slice of cheese and just be with it. The texture is yucky and the taste? Might as well be eating tofu. Nasty!

Now, bread, pasta, etc. Sit with it; really chew it; savor it…. not much to savor is there? Mostly what these things are are transport vehicles. They transport the things that do taste good, to your mouth.

Think about what you’re eating when you eat pasta. Italian name for paste. Flour and water. Remember as a kid we use to make that? Bread? Basically the same thing. Not much flavor, not many nutrients.

O.k., so, that’s dealing with the food itself.

What I HAVE found though is, the monkey mind looks in the fridge and the cheese is at eye level so, when IT wants some cheese I basically have to remind myself, I REALLY don’t like it! Why eat something I don’t like? Where’s the satisfaction? Not to mention, how I feel the next day (isn’t that the way with addicts? They usually feel crappy the next day after they indulge in their addiction?)

Another thing to look at is, habits. When, where, why, how and what do I eat? Well, even though I’ve just finished eating not that long ago, I’d often find myself looking in the the fridge or on the counter for something to eat. Because of all the work I’ve been doing with myself, students and clients, I now, very often, check myself and ask, “wow! Am I even hungry?” Very often the answer is “noooo”. So, what is it? Very often I AM thirsty! But also, very often, something emotional has come up ~ and, it can be something very subtle that I’m not aware of ~ I just KNOW, I’m doing something out of balance and, I’m not hungry so there MUST be something going on. What to do? One of my favorite things is to walk. I have nothing much to distract me; I’m getting energy moving and, I’m talking to myself. Another, write. I tell my students and clients to write and do it often. Whenever you’re feeling out-of-sorts and reaching for the food, write it out.

Other things are energy therapy. Could be EFT, sentence completions, emcode, etc. Once I find out what’s going on, it’s easy to eliminate these things without succumbing to food!

For me, having so many tools and awarenesses available has been and is, such a blessing! I no longer just eat out of habit, cravings or due to emotions. I no longer get that “I don’t care ~ I’m eating it anyway” desperation.

Oh! One thing I REALLY got last night is when I was working with my teacher well over two decades ago, I had asthma so bad it almost killed me a couple of times. Almost every time we had a session, I’d have an attack. Now, we never did anything specifically with the asthma itself. We changed my food program and, eliminated my future nemisis’s (sp) wheat and dairy yet, I was still having issues with asthma so it HAD to be emotional.

Again, we didn’t do anything specific with the asthma. We worked in general to bring me fully ~ physically, mentally and emotionally ~ into balance.

I really got that in last night’s class. Much of the time we weren’t working specifically with weight. What we were working with was our self-esteem, our tendency to sabotage, our fears of success (and failure), etc. As we work together and bring our selves to more and more balance the weight will take care of itself as the asthma did because we wont NEED that crutch anymore!

For those who’ve read my post about my heart, when I really delved into that, I realized it was retracing from when I had the asthma. Some unconscious part of me was, in it’s own way, “trying” to keep me safe and my heart was weakened previously from the asthma. I’m going into new physical and mental/emotional territories and my doing so scared the crap out of parts of myself so, it created the heart stuff. The mental/emotional manifested the physical. Now that all that’s resolved mental/emotionally, my heart has stopped scaring itself ~ and me!

If interested in joining my teleclass, I’m beginning a new one Wed., Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. pacific time; 1p.m. eastern. I’m also available for one-on-one sessions. For more information on that, please go to Bodacious Living.

Thank you for taking the time to read all this.

Injoy,

Revvell

I totally understand that! When I was working movie sets, there was plenty of food around and to not be tempted by the “bad” or not-so-good offerings was TOUGH! I KNEW better BUT, the other stuff tasted pretty darn good!

I also know many have spouses and other family members they have to prepare for and it’s easier to just eat what they eat even though they’d prefer not to for health and/or weight issues. Also, when going out with friends, that pizza, although it’s not the best choice, sure looks good!

I’m going to give you some background so you’ll understand what I’m doing, I think.

One reason, as I said, that many people eat unhealthily or overeat  is because of various situations ~ first, they’ve almost always eaten for any reason besides nutrition and sustenance. They eat because they’re sad, they’re angry, they’re bored or restless; they eat because they’re out shopping. They eat because it’s there; because others are; because they “think they should”. We even reward ourselves with food.

Well, as I said, I’ve begun a program entitled, “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight”. My reasoning behind it is that many people go on raw food or other programs to eliminate weight. Again, as I said, they tend to go OFF those programs because of the many issues I’ve already stated ~ and more.

The program works like this ~ Rather than staying at the very surface of our reasons for gaining weight, we go to the deeper levels.

Although many have eliminated excess weight with weight loss and raw diets, for some reason they go off the program and will gain the weight back ~ and then some. Although eating raw can make a difference in many aspects of our lives, we cannot handle our feelings OR keep the weight off, by changing our food program. If that were possible then, eating raw or a plant-based diet or any of the weight-loss programs available, would fix everything and, they don’t. I’ve seen and heard so MANY women say that they were stressed and ate everything in the house ~ that wasn’t good for them. Once they do that, the monkey mind will jump in and say “what’s the use? This diet/food program doesn’t work”. In actuality, it’s not the food program, it’s the programming!

We’ve programmed ourselves to numb our feelings with food. As one person said, it’s hard to digest our emotions and food at the same time. A change in food program, whatever it is, will bring up emotions we’ve not dealt with. Eliminating weight will bring up emotions as well since we’re so use to stuffing them down and mostly, not doing that anymore.

Rather than staying at the surface the program I’ve created gets to the root cause, the emotions, the habits, the cravings ~ and digs them out and eliminates them. This is done via various energetic techniques that I teach and which can be used for all kinds of things including finances, procrastination, success across the board, etc.

What I’m looking to do is change the name. That’s where the contest comes in. I need a new name for the program. I really love “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” yet, I’m realizing there is more than weight involved. Many who would like what I have to offer are put off by the name because they have more of a craving/habit issue than a weight issue.

This is where you come in. Come up with a name.

What’s in it for you? Well, the winners ~ there will be two ~ will receive their choice of a brand new soft-cover copy of my book Smoothies and Smoozies for Life OR, an item of their choice from my clothing store. Remember, either of these will make great gifts for the holidays if you don’t want them for yourself!

So, how will the contest work you ask? Come up with some names. To participate, please go to Bodacious Living Contest. I’ll eliminate the ones I don’t like immediately for me yet, enter all of them into the contest so everyone who took their time to enter will have a chance to win. We’ll have a vote-off to choose THE name that YOU think most fits my program.

Just know this. Eventually, I’ll probably choose the name “I” like which may be different from what YOU like BUT, the 1st and 2nd place winners of the vote-off will have their choice of the prizes.

If you don’t understand what my program is about, please go to Bodacious Living. Feel free to email me at Revvell@BodaciousLiving.com with any questions for clarity.

First phase of this contest ends, midnight, Oct. 4, 2009. Please go now to Bodacious Living Contest to vote!

Thank you for your help on this. I truly appreciate your time and creativity.

In health,

Revvell

So, we packed up necessities for the day and headed out. I had a meeting at 3 (by phone) and then the teleclass. Between the two, we were at the beach OR checking out the Trikke! My plan is to get the T12. Riding it is a challenge and FUN!!! Human Powered Vehicle. When you look at it you wonder ~ how does s/he make it go???

We first saw someone riding one on Sunday at the motel. It’s funny how that turned out because we’d gotten what we thought was a good deal at another motel and something told me to try the one across the street so, we did. It was only $6 less than the other yet, it was $6 less than the other and the rooms looked the same.

Well, there was a reason to stay there and that was to learn about the Trikke! Steve was riding it in the parking lot that afternoon and as we were going to the beach I asked him about it. He explained it then asked if I wanted to give it a shot. Oh yeah, sure!!! Well, I couldn’t get it to move for nuthin’! Not even downhill!

Himself got it moving a bit. I want one!!!

Steve told us about a dealer, so since we were headed in that direction, we went there yesterday. He is a better teacher. Within a few minutes he got me riding down the street; turning around (really badly) and riding back!!! I got to see ~ and ride ~ the various models so I could make a good decision. We had to leave because I had a business call yet, we’ll be back.

We stopped in at Pantera for the class and to have some eats. They make a decent salad.

The beach was BEAUTIFUL!!! I could really live there! This fire has been a pita yet, because we have the time and means to get away and because of places like Pantera with WiFi access, we can still take care of biz. We stayed until about 8 p.m. walking and exploring the area. Came home, much of the smoke dissipated but it’s back this morning!

My throat is hurting already. We just MAY have to head out again. I really could live at Redondo Beach. So many people are SO active there! Roller blading, surfing, body boarding, running up and down the stairs and ramps… so many fit people! I want to BE one of them!

Oh! Received a compliment from Steve mentioned above. Two, actually. He asked my age range and I told him I’m 60 and he said he’d have guessed 10-15 years younger (I’d not have guessed he was 50) and he also complimented us on getting on and trying the Trikke. He said many are fascinated but few will actually get on and give it a shot. Well, I live once and don’t want to pass up a minute!

As of this writing, it’s 5 hours before the Wed. morning edition of “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. If you’ve been struggling to stay on a food program, been on/off the diet roller coaster, etc., might want to look into it. Once we get started, the doors are closed!

bfn,

Revvell

T-12 Trikke

We saw the “Morris Fire” just as it was beginning on Tuesday when we came down from Big Bear Lake. The La Canada/Flintridge fire began yesterday afternoon. The first is only 10% contained; the second, about 20%. As long as the winds stay down, they should get a handle on them. The temps have been VERY high with very low humidity. I’d hate to be out there fighting those fire.

My nose started bleeding yesterday. Tends to happen when the weather is this dry. I have to remember to keep shea butter in it.

So great to be home.

Before leaving Big Bear Lake, I went shopping at their local farmers’ market and got organic fruit and greens. Stopped at Sam’s Club and got more fruit, so, I’m stocked up! Huge salad for lunch; fruit the rest of the day.

Last night was the final evening of the first Live and Local Pasadena “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” class. I feel it was a GREAT success. Some of the women, when they began, were very resistant. They thought the tapping is “stupid” and they say they feel funny doing it so became “shower tappers”. Now, they’re buddy tappers calling each other on the phone to do it together. Way more powerful than doing it alone. We also used other techniques which they can use on their own as well.

On average, they’ve eliminated 8-10 pounds and that’s without having added movement to their program. They all said people are noticing the weight loss so, there’s got to be some body changes as well. They’re so excited they’ll all be getting in more movement to enhance their progress.

Many said they noticed they can get into clothing they’ve not been able to wear comfortably for quite awhile.

So, we looked at how they can continue on their own… adding movement; being more consistent; finishing the home-play I’d suggested…

Some have chosen to continue on with classes since they know how powerful group tapping is.

I’m all excited about taking this to teleclasses next week. This is such an awesome program! It’s inspiring to me to see changes in awareness from what they were doing before and what they’re doing now.

Many told me that, before the program, they were eating the same thing every day. One of the things I’ve learned about people who tend to be overweight is they also tend to be malnourished although, I know many thin people who are as well.

Just bringing awareness to how, what, when and where they eat; the triggers that cause them to eat and finding other choices; rewarding themselves with things other than food has been so inspiring!!! I love the group energy and how everyone was giving input to others as to what’s working for them and what MAY work for someone else.

I can hardly wait for the new classes to begin next week! I know some of those who’ve signed up so far are already tappers and on their way to their ideal weight and the tele-classes will give them the support they need to take it to a higher and deeper level. How cool is that? That’s cooooool!!!!

The newer folk will get a chance to hear what the others are doing and to share their fears, excitement, etc. This is going to be fun!!!

Almost out of greens already so, more shopping will be part of my day. I also have 3 tele-classes to listen to and participate in; create a video; finish an article someone requested; edit some book chapters… and prepare for next week’s classes. Would love to go out and get some “fresh” air but, at the moment, no such thing out there. Methinks we need to get back up to Big Bear Lake NOW! Actually, we are going up in Sept. The air is so different. Clean, crisp. The evergreens against that deep blue sky….

Oh! yesterday we were looking at some cabins ~ online. Maybe when we get back up there next month we’ll attend some open houses. We can get 3 bedroom cabins for under $250,000. Can’t even get a condo down here for that. We’re probably not going to purchase right now yet, it’s something that will be going on one of my vision boards.

Have an awesome day ~

bfn,

Revvell

They started hurting yesterday morning; pretty bad today. Long as I’m walking (after the first few minutes) I’m o.k. Sit for any length of time and yowza!!!

What that tells me is, not that I need to do MORE necessarily, just to get up in the local hills because, when we go up there next month, I want to do it again!

Actually, I thought my shins would be hurting, not my calves. Guess it’s because of the steepness of the mountain. Nothing here that steep. Was a nice ride up on the chair lift.

Seems I’ve got time tomorrow morning, so, off I go!

Wonder-filled couple of days we had up at Big Bear Lake. The weather could not have been better. Warm days, cool nights. We stayed directly across the street from the lake so we could set up our chairs right there AT the lake or in front of the cabin.

We found a place where we both could eat ~ me, my BIG salad; Him, we wont talk about. I think I had 4 or 5 of the salads. Went to the farmers’ market before heading home. VERY inexpensive!!! $1.95 per pound for organic? I WAS just going to get some greens. Well, got figs, peaches, plums, nectarines…

What’s weird is that the two times we’ve been up there, there’s been a major incident closing the road going down.

Last time it was a HUGE fire and we got to see the helicopters drop down to the lake and pick up water. He’s got a couple of YouTube vids on it.

This time, the road out was closed because a fella drove his car off the side ~ 300′ down ~ and died. They had to helicopter him out.

On Monday night (felt VERY strange having a Monday night off because that’s usually my night for Let’s Talk Raw and then a movement class I’ve been going to for over 23 years) we went to see Inglorious Basterds. Glad we went. He didn’t want to go; I did. Well, we did. He laughed and talked about it until we fell asleep. Quite good. I want to see it again because I’m sure there are nuances we missed.

Yesterday, while we were sitting out in front of the cabin relaxing and reading, Bo presented me with a box tied with a ribbon. Said he know our anniversary wasn’t until tomorrow (today, the 26th) but, he wanted me to have this now. Inside was a delicate little necklace we looked at in a little shop near the South Pasadena farmers’ market. I told him about a necklace I use to wear every day and hadn’t found one that I liked as much since. Well, I’ve got one now!

Today, we’re dealing with breathing smoke from a nearby forest fire. Pretty intense. We stopped at Sam’s Club on the say home. No fire when we were going in (or, so small we didn’t notice) yet, right in front of us, in the mountains, when coming out. It was spreading rapidly! Not going out in that today. Already getting a headache and sore throat from it.

Oh! I’ve put up new information about “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” in case you’re sitting on the fence. We’re beginning again next week and still have room. Love to have you if you, or someone you know is “struggling” with your food program or your weight.

bfn ~

Revvell

Today, I got on the scale FULLY clothed and it was down to below where I was totally nekkid!!! YAHOOOOO!!

Really been getting some great awarenesses while out walking, in the shower.

Last night in class, one of the women said “It’s harder to lose weight when you get older”.

That’s what I’ve found. I’ve gained before yet, eliminated SO easily by just moving more which gave me the awareness that I want to eat better. Now, one thing I’ve found is that many people use the fact that they ARE moving (i.e. exercising) as an EXCUSE to eat/drink more.

When I use to go the a bodybuilding gym, one morning I heard a few of the members talking about going out drinking that night. I said, “wait! You come here, workout, then ruin all the benefits by going out drinking?” I was told that’s WHY they train ~ so they can drink and eat anything they want. Umm, o.k. Doesn’t work for me yet, not my body.

Now, the other women in the group told me that they were chubby as children so for them, it’s doubly hard yet, they’re eliminating as well as others in the group who’ve gotten heavy as they got older.

In my case, it was after getting married. (So, the thing here is don’t get married. *wink*)
No, really. What happened was, I wanted to snuggle in bed with him rather than get out and MOVE as I did before we got married; we went out and ate (and overate) a LOT AND, started businesses so, spent a LOT of time in front of the computer. At night, we tended to snuggle while watching videos OR, go out and eat more!

We got in the habit of eating, not for hunger, yet because we were together….

The reason I started doing the “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” program is because I now KNOW how hard it is to eliminate weight; break the habits we’ve created to comfort or reward ourselves; acknowledge and eliminate the fears we have of who we’ll be when we eliminate the excess weight; feel confident in ourselves when we’re out socially so that we can enjoy interaction with others while maintaining a conscious food program without guilt, without frustration, without all the other emotions we’ve wrapped around food. Exciting, isn’t it???

Here’s one more thing ~ I know it seems a long time to wait ~ and many will not ever have to wait as long (actually, wait isn’t the correct word as I was not in a “holding pattern” waiting for this to happen) as I to find something you are TRULY passionate about yet, since I found and founded this program, I have to say, it’s something I am TRULY passionate about and SO excited! I live it! I think about it constantly. How can I improve it? How can I share it? Who can I share it with? How important is this to just one person’s health?

Enough for now ~

Revvell

So, her information, (again, keeping it short) is to eat 400 calories, 4 x’s a day equaling 1600 calories. Now, a part of those calories have to be in fat ~ olives, avos, coconut oil and, for her, fish oil. I’ve not done and don’t plan to do fish oil, BUT, Himself and I went shopping yesterday, picked up the avos, olives and, I already had coconut oil which I made into a fudge using Rawmazing’s recipe from her Strawberry Cream Pie recipe. The thought of eating coconut oil plain makes me shudder.

So, I began yesterday and surprisingly, last night, flat stomach. I thought it was a joke. Woke up this morning, got on the scale, 1# down. huh? Ummm, not possible.

So, here’s basically what I’m eating ~ 3 salads a day with a teaspoon of fudge in between and either olives or avos with the salad. I’m not following precisely because I’m not really good at counting calories, yet, even with that, I’m seeing/feeling a difference. Who’da thunk?

Yesterday, was in a total funk. Partly because of the evening before. I started with headache, sore throat, just funky! Spent the day relaxing, ate VERY well, then in the evening HAD to get out and get some air. Another plan for a short walk turned into over 5,000 steps.

THIS morning, woke up just before 5; huggled with Himself for a bit; got up, got dressed, got out about 5:10 a.m. Was feeling SO much different.. alive, lively, my usual feisty self.

While I was out I noticed there was a guy at one intersection just walking back and forth with his dogs. Had my pepper spray in my hand (always) and my knife in my pocket. As I neared him he asked if I was going to cross Braeburn. I said “I could (was planning to), why”? He said a bear was spotted over there. Well hell! I wanna see da bear!!! O.k., o.k., I didn’t go. Himself’s been concerned about me walking out there especially in the morning, because they’ve been spotted on more than one occasion. The guy told me he lived right there and he’d previously had a sugar tree and woke up one morning with a bear hanging around in it. Got in just under 8,000 steps just this morning!

So, we’re on week three of “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“… I’ll update what’s going on with that tomorrow. I’m really excited that I can offer it as a teleclass; as well as Pasadena, Ca. local and live. How much things have changed due to the presence of the internet.

Elaina Love and Rawdog Rory will be coming up next on Rawkin Radio. As I said, Susan Shenck was on “Let’s Talk Raw” this past Monday and Bunny Berry of Raw Fu will be on on the 31st.

We’ll be gone to the cabin up in Big Bear Lake probably Sat. through Mon. to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary.

So, updates tomorrow on the women’s progress on “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“.

BFN ~

Revvell

I have an invite to vend and speak at an event held at a mall in Orange County so, thought I’d take a drive down there. An hour down and an hour back! *shudders* When I told Him where I was going, He said, “That’s where my wedding is!” Well, hey now! Ummm, could you, would you… ummm, go a bit early and check out this mall? I want to see what kind of crowd they have there on Sunday before I commit? He said “YES!” so, I got to stay home and go up to the event the stationary store up the street was holding. Made my appearance there (looked for my books ~ sold out maybe?) then decided it was such a lovely day, I NEEDED to walk so, I did. Very strange to be walking the streets during the day. Can actually see something.

Anyway, walk I did. The weather is now just so PERFECT!

I’ve been eating 3 salads a day and fruit when otherwise hungry. I feel so clean. Yup! Salad for breakfast. Going to have one in just a lil bit.

btw ~ IF you’re straddling the fence on “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“, today’s the LAST day to get the BEST price! I’ll never go that low again. If you, or someone you know is tired of the struggle; tired of the diets; having trouble staying on raw because of cravings, social obligations ~ whatever! I’ll be sharing numerous tools that you can use to stop the downward spiral.

I was chatting with a friend yesterday. We met at the Raw Spirit Festival in Santa Barbara and she, her friend and I pretty much spent 3 days together.

She told me about all the great raw food she makes and invited me over to her trailer to share some. She’s an amazing raw food chef so, I encouraged her to make and share, which she did. Of course, people started asking for recipes; asking to purchase some of her food; asking for classes.

Recently she held her very first class. People, of course, were amazed at how good raw food can be! What was really amazing to one person in particular was when she asked my friend the ingredients in one desert. There were about 2. She could not BELIEVE it! She said there HAD to be more!

What Roe and I discussed was the fact that people think life, changes, THINGS, have to be complicated and convoluted. There HAS to be more!

I get that even now in my classes. “I still don’t believe that’s all I have to do”. So, I give them more to do so they’ll feel better. lol It’s all good stuff! But no, stopping the emotional eating; dealing with social obligations; loving yourself enough to care does NOT have to be difficult.

Join me, wont you? “Tap Into You Ideal Weight” NOW! If not now, when? What are you waiting for?

Yours in Health,

Revvell

This morning, thought I’d change up. Fitness is not just about cardio. It’s about strength, balance, flexibility as well. I’ve got all the dvd’s yet, one of my favorites is Turbo Jam. Went down to the sun-room, put on Turbo Sculpt. Never did that one. It’s really good! I was looking for a great leg workout and that’s it! Funny, with all the weights and toys I have, I don’t have free weights anymore. I could use my Indian clubs but, a bit awkward. Going to use them next time since I now know the program. Even without, really good legs!

Results of the first week of my “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” live and local program!!! A few of the women emailed me, said they didn’t do all the home-play, blah, blah, blah, so I sent an email out telling them I’m not their mommy and they’re not bad and not going to be punished ~ so one thing we worked on is “guilt”. I’ve been doing this work long enough to know that, when working with the mental/emotional, that ol’ monkey mind is NOT feeling safe and will be chattering in the ear giving ANY reason to not continue. It really likes people to stay JUST the way they are, even if it kills them (and, obesity can kill you).

So, EVERYone showed and thanked me for the email. Many said it took the burden off. They were feeling guilty. One did say, she was tapping on “loving and honoring myself completely”… and said she’d messed up on her food program yet, no beating herself up as she would have done normally. That’s a HUGE biggie for her! More about her in a bit.

A few women said they’d eliminated 4-5 pounds!!! (Funny how THEY are the ones most skeptical still). Many said that there were times they would normally eat yet, just didn’t feel to. They were more aware of what was going into their mouths, when and why.

A few said it wasn’t the tapping, but other things we worked on ~ which is fine. Whatever works. lol Personally, I KNOW the tapping enhances and breaks/eliminates the blockages in the system to where we CAN have the awarenesses.

These classes were SO much different than last week’s. Last week you’da thought I had
shanghaied them and forced them to be there instead of them voluntarily coming and PAYING!

This week the energy was SO much higher, the participation SO much better. Last week, couldn’t even hear what they were saying; this week they WANTED to talk about results! How cool is that?

Oh, the woman I mentioned earlier wanted to work on stress. Now, understand, there are more aspects than just one. We could tap on “stress” in general yet, we found what else she did when she was stressed. First off, her main thing is, when she’s stressed, she eats a full carton of ice cream. This week, she had a MAJOR situation come up and, instead of ice cream, she went for brown rice. O.k., big step and, SHOPPING! What she did was exchange one addiction for another so, we tapped on and examined alternatives including remaining “calm and serene”. I also gave her some home-play to do for stressful situations.

Other things we worked on were “food as rewards”, frustration, anxiety and more. It was a full 90 minutes of tapping, focus and laughter.

Lowest price ever is still good for the teleclasses beginning the first week of Sept. There’s a Tue. evening class as well as a Wed. a.m. teleclass. If you’re Pasadena, Ca. local, might consider coming to that class being held on Wed. evenings. Now, do this ONLY if you’ve been frustrated at being on the “lost weight/found weight” roller coaster or, TRYING to stay on a food program through willpower. I can tell you, if you are an emotional eater… it’s tough to do it that way! Your body/mind (lil monkey inside) is not use to not having those “comfort foods” and will feel deprived when it thinks it “can’t” have. It’s always better to be able to say “no, I really don’t want that right now” and really know it’s true!

Injoy,

Revvell

So! Got up, got on the ‘puter for the mundane daily stuff, got dressed got out and WALKED! Fit or Fat??? My choice! Put in over 7,000 steps so far! The tapping has certainly helped make it easier. It’s like, no matter what the monkey mind tells me, I seem to have NO choice. Gotta get out and get fit!

So, last night, worked out with Coach Tara again. She said she was tired which to me, seemed like a good thing. NOT! She may have been tired but we were the ones working out! At one point I was almost tossing my cookies… um, well, I hadn’t eaten any cookies…… but, whatever was in there.

In reality, if she held class 3 times a week, I’d be there. I love the group energy and even with as much groaning as I do, I always feel good after. Even being sore the next day, I know, all I’ve got to do is move and much of it will ease up AND, I’ll feel better the NEXT day which is usually the toughest. Tough as it is, it’s like playing with the other kids. It’s joy-filled!

Heading out to get oranges today. We get them direct from the grower. We’ll get about 4, 35# boxes for about $5 each. That lasts 3-4 weeks. Then stop off at the Armenian market and pick up some fruit for me and peanuts for the squirrels.

Beginning my promotion for “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” now. Have some “early bird” sign-ups for the teleclasses already, yet, want to make sure everyone who wants to get in, gets in before the price goes up on Sunday.

The price has gone up for the Pasadena, Ca. local class, and it will go up on Sunday for the teleclasses. You really don’t want to miss this if you’ve been on the “lost it/found it” diet roller coaster. This is NOT specifically about raw food; it’s about staying on whatever food program you choose. It’s about being conscious within your food choices; finding out when, where and why you choose to eat ~ oftentimes emotional reasons including anger, resentment, rewards, deprivation, loneliness, etc. We often eat unconsciously and habitually. When we sit down to read or watch tv/dvd; we often eat just because it’s there!

I had a co-worker who went to a chamber of commerce expo with me and her eyes just lit up when she saw the restaurants were serving (what she called) FREE food!

We also eat and overeat because of social/family “obligations”….

If these are your issues, you, or people you know, might want to “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. Current classes are ending the end of this month; going to pick up immediately with the 2 online classes and the one local.

The price will go up next time I hold them. They’re worth waaaaay more than I’m charging yet, I want people I know or who know me to get in on the best prices.

Injoy,

Revvell

Yesterday, I read an online article from Time magazine on “Why Exercise Won’t Make You This”. Makes total sense to me.

One statement made in the article is, “… while it’s true that exercise burns calories and that you must burn calories to lose weight, exercise has another effect: it can stimulate hunger. That causes us to eat more, which in turn can negate the weight-loss benefits we just accrued.”

I know personally, since I’ve been doing the 10,000 steps program that, I’ve “burned” about 300 calories a day (we’re talking 90+ minutes of movement here). What’s it take to add that back on if I come home hungrier than I would be if I stayed home?

This also explains why Clent Manich and Philip McCluskey were able to eliminate so much excess fat without exercising. They changed their food program!

Now, of course, the question is, doesn’t training and building muscle burn more calories than fat? Well yes, but here’s what the article states: “… a pound of muscle burns approximately six calories a day in a resting body, compared with the two calories that a pound of fat burns.. which means that after you work out hard enough to convert, say, 10 pounds of fat to muscle, you’ll be able to eat only an extra 40 calories per day”. Now, converting 10 pounds of fat to muscle is a major achievement.

I’ve never been a calorie counter. And for those of you who read this thinking “so, why am I exercising everyday?” and becoming discouraged ~ don’t!

That’s why I started my Fat to Fit program as well as “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. Eliminating excess weight has so much to do with what you put into your mouth. When you open that refrigerator door, ask yourself ~ Fit or Fat? Let the answer make your decision. If you’re tired of carrying the extra weight, go for what you KNOW will help you fit up!

Another thing in the article is that willpower doesn’t work. Ever tried it? How’d that work for you? That’s why I began the “TIYIW” program ~ to retrain our brains. Personally, I know willpower doesn’t work. Unless something is reprogrammed in our body/minds, we’ll be feeling deprived of all the “goodies” we are use to having; the social life we’ve enjoyed (and ate and overate at ~ not to mention the not-so-healthy choices we’ve made); the “comfort” foods we’ve enjoyed when eating to stem our emotions and SO much more!

My experience with tapping has been nothing short of remarkable. I’ve been using it for procrastination as well as eating issues.

Well, I am SO much more productive than I’ve ever been including finishing a book someone asked me to create for them that I’ve been putting off for about a year or so; being consistent with my blogging, my weekly revvellations and other things that are important to my work.

As far as food goes, if you’ve been reading my blog, I’ve been moving every day (and will continue to do so ~ more about that in a minute), stopped eating and overeating, especially at night when He goes to work; I’ve gotten VERY clear on my habits and how, when, where, why I eat, etc. Instead of using food to “comfort” me when I’ve got some emotional stuff going on, I tap them out. Yeah, I know, for those who’ve not done it ~ WTH is she talking about?

Will I continue my movement? Absolutely! It’s not about weight, it’s about being as fit as I can be! I know for myself when I slacked off on moving, my fitness level slowly deteriorated ~ so slowly in fact, I didn’t even notice until we started doing some balance moves in Monday night class and I couldn’t stand on one foot or, on Sunday mornings when I joined my teacher and his other students for an extra monthly session and I couldn’t walk up the hill without getting out of breath.

For me, it’s about overall health. I figure, with the changes in my food program, eating for hunger, not for emotion, social reasons, rewards, etc., the weight will eliminate on its own and, it has been. The movement and play I do? It’s a side benefit and, if it helps me eliminate excess fat and assists me in becoming more fit, I’m all for it.

Thing is, tap on what you’ll eat AFTER moving so you’ll make more conscious choices. In the article, they were talking about how, after exercising, people will “treat themselves” (eating for reward) eat a muffin ~ or other high calorie object ~ and therefore replace the calories they’d burned.

I know when I was first training as a bodybuilder. we’d train for 90 minutes to 2 hours, then go and have a 3-egg omelet with everything in it including veggies and sour cream. I was FAT! I stopped training for awhile and when I resumed (with another partner), I was on a plant-based food program (and we never went out to eat right after) and I was RIPPED! No extra effort. Just good training, good food.

Now that I wrote that, I’m realizing one major difference. When I was with my first partner, he’d just come off work in the morning and we’d train, then go have breakfast. With the second partner, he’d have to go to work after training so, I went home to eat and all I had at home was good, vegetarian fare which didn’t include eggs and sour cream.

The point of this whole thing is, yes, keep moving! Amongst other things, it assists in keeping the heart pumping and all the other organs moving AND, since there is no pump for the lymph system, it’s activated by movement and the lymph system is the “garbage truck” within your body moving out the sludge.

As far as food ~ every time you open the fridge, or the cupboard, ask yourself, “Fit or Fat”? Which would you rather be? AND, join my “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” program where you’ll learn how to eliminate eating for other than hunger. Those frosted cakes, etc. that I use to crave? Don’t even look like food to me anymore. The pizzas, etc. He’s got in the fridge? No desire. The fresh greens, tomatoes, cukes, fruit, etc.? Those are my choices AND, I don’t need willpower. It’s the weirdest thing. My mind will say ~ “pretzels” and my mouth will say, “uh, no. Carrots sound good to me”. No strength, no willpower. Just not seeing stuff that’s bad for me as food and not being drawn to eating them anymore. It’s freeing!

Injoy,

Revvell

While I was walking I was feeling how the front of my thighs are doing. Seems I’m getting some muscle there.

Reminded me of when I went to Europe in the 70′s with a former boyfriend. We had $300 for 3 weeks in England, France and Spain. Not a lot of money, even in those days. What we did was spend a LOT of time walking, took the train when possible, found bed and breakfasts for about $2.50 a night (w/stale cereal for breakfast); and, in England, lots of fish and chips (didn’t go veg until ’86). I told myself that when I got home I was going to continue walking because I like how my legs felt. They were strong and muscular.

Well, I didn’t. There were times when I did yet, living in No. Hollywood, I was living on flat land and found it boring. Didn’t realize how much I disliked living there until we decided to move. Our lease was up and Himself was doing voice-over recording which was really difficult since we lived in the airport flight path. Time to go!

We had certain requirements so, it took a bit longer than the 2 weeks it normally takes me to find a place to live. Now there were two of us with requirements ~ so, it took twice as long ~ one month ~ yet, it became almost our full-time job during that time. We’d get up in the morning, go through Craigslist and begin the search.

We needed at least 4, if not 5 bedrooms OR, 3 in the house and a private one bedroom or REALLY large guest house. Since many of the places we looked at were un-sold homes, many of the people were using their guest house or garage for furniture storage. We were ready to sign on one, then found that out about their really great guest house which He was going to use as a studio. It was like ~ um, so why show it to us?

We wanted another but the woman decided we didn’t have enough debt ~ er, credit. Meaning someone with debt was a safer bet than people who live without debt? How does that work?

Anyway, the other component for me is, hills. I wanted to be able to walk out my door and be able to go up and down hilly streets.

We KNEW what we wanted and went out and got it not say “I can live with this”. We found lots of lovely places yet, not big enough, wrong/bad neighborhood, too much traffic, etc. We held out and, got what we wanted and needed. He’s got two rooms for office/recording studio; I’ve got two rooms for office/healing room; 3-car garage for cars and storage.. large semi-private backyard for my garden plus, room to train… AND, hills and mountains. What’s been interesting is, right where I go walking, bears have been sighted.

Oh! The real reason I started writing this today is, for awhile there, even though I walked some, I found my legs getting weak and my balance going off. If you notice old people, one of the first things to go is their legs; their support system, their under-standing, their foundation.

I noticed yesterday that, at age 60, my understanding is strong, my balance good! I get out and walk! I breath the fresh, cleanest, morning air daily. I get to know my neighborhood at ground level.

Now, going to a gym and/or walking a treadmill is better than nothing yet, understand that, what you’re breathing is recycled air (in the gym) and, some of the most noxious, polluted air one can breath in the house.

I know people will tell me they have no time to get out; it’s dark (it is here!) and they’re afraid, yada, yada, yada. Well, I’ll tell ya, with all the out-gassing in your house, it really behooves you to get out and breath as fresh and as clean air as you can at least once a day. Is it dangerous being out at 5 a.m. here? Some yet, most gang members have given up by that time. The bears and coyotes are still up though. I do carry pepper spray and at least one knife when I go out. Yet, even with bears, coyotes, gang members, I’d rather be out, breathing and knowing I’m alive than walking a treadmill feeling like a hamster in a cage going nowhere.

Yeah, yeah, I know. You get to watch the bad news while walking the treadmill. Nice way to wake up, ya? Watch the bad news before going to bed; watch more when you wake up. Pollute your brain as well as your lungs. Oh! did I say that aloud?

Want to “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“? Do so now and save $30!!!

Injoy,

Revvell

While out walking, I was thinking about my classes and what the women in the class had said. When I got home, I emailed them more ideas and information so they’ll stay connected. Cannot wait for us to come together again to see/hear what progress has been made.

Going to call Ronnie this weekend. I’m really excited to create some indoor/outdoor retreats where a group of people can learn simple physical exercises they can do daily; learn how to create tapping sentences that will serve them when they’re gone; learn to eat and prepare simple yet exquisite raw food….

If his place isn’t available (remember, just because you have similar ideas, doesn’t mean the other person will follow through on it or want to go in the direction you do…) I’m putting out to the universe for other places to do it where, hopefully Minh, or another chef, will want to come and teach/prepare raw food for the class although, people coming don’t HAVE to be raw… yet want to add better, fresh food, to their food program. Everyone coming will be AMAZED at how great and simple, eating more raw can be.

I’d prefer to have indoor AND outdoor space which is what he has PLUS, he’s got a river and mountains. Just a beautiful location.

I’m excited! I’ve had people approach me about doing a program on abundance. In actuality, they want a program on creating more money! Them not saying the word “money” tells me something. It’s MONEY they want! In order to have what you want, you’ve got to acknowledge what you have!

If you’re interested in the online version of “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“, jump on it! The price is going up next Sunday! Save $30 now!

This weekend I’m putting my focus into adding to my Bodacious Living website. It’ll stay “under construction” until we get enough on there to make it worthwhile to visit. It’s a very ambitious thing for me to do yet, once it’s up and running, it’ll be amazing, methinks.

Out for my first walk of the day. Enjoy and…

Injoy ~

Revvell

If you’ve read my previous AHA moment post, I’d become aware of how, when Himself leaves in the evening I had thought I overate because of loneliness yet realized it was more a case of being free! (as though he’d been depriving me of eating in some way ). Well, this morning, in the shower, I realized waaaaay back when I was a kid, when my mother would leave, I’d go into the cupboards and eat stuff she’d NEVER let me eat (and with good reason, too). For instance, brown sugar. I remember sitting on the kitchen counter with the box of brown sugar in my lap and a spoon. I wonder if she ever wondered where that sugar went?

I remember as a teen, when I would babysit, I’d go through the family’s cupboards (told me to eat whatever I wanted) and be digging into the sugared cereal. Also, having babysitting money, I would go to Woolworth’s (anyone remember them?) and drink ice cream floats. Something my mother would NEVER let me have!!!

So, I ate for deprivation (in my mind), cravings and certainly rebellion. This also brought to mind that I don’t remember us having bowls of fruit at home either so, my tapping was on “Even though I crave sugar, I choose to eat raw fruit to satisfy the cravings”. Also doing some on rebellion and deprivation. Coming from reality, I am certainly not deprived of fruit; I have NO reason to rebel and can (and do) handle sugar cravings with fruit. YET, as another blogger said, things that happened in childhood, we carry through our lives ~ however unknowingly.

Something else that came up for me when showering but can’t remember now. Maybe I’ll add it later if I ‘member.

bfn,

Revvell

Well, the phone call came ~ Him telling me He was about an hour out so, got dressed, put Lil Ped at my waist and out I went. By the time I got home, He was home and I’d logged in 11,055 steps.

Got up at 3:30 this morning; did the preliminary work for this evening’s Let’s Talk Raw; some mundane, routine work and headed out. Short walk this morning. I’m at about 4400 steps so far. I know I’ll be doing some kb training during the day AND a 90 minute class with Coach Tara this evening so, not concerning myself with steps today. Tara’s a butt kicker! Unlike our teacher, she doesn’t talk much. Just keeps us moving for the full 90!

I’m all excited. “Tap Into You Ideal Weight” kicks off tomorrow evening with a full class. Interesting how Tuesday filled up immediately yet, Wed. still has a few seats left. Can’t beat the price. I’ll never do it again for that price. Ah well. One thing I know is that the people who are supposed to be here will be here. Always works out that way.

Enjoy THIS day and play!

Revvell

O.k., so, what did I really do? I realized I must have shut down to being open to abundance… even though I was working REALLY hard to let people know about the “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” program, I’d not opened myself to receiving. Once I realized that this morning, I came up with a few sentences, did some tapping and ~ voila! Now, it’s not a LOT of money yet, it’s more than I had when I got up this morning.

Oh, I know, the skeptics are saying “yeah, yeah, yeah… just tapping on your body and saying some words opens up the gates to creating income. Probably would have happened anyway.” Well, maybe; maybe not yet, how long did it take me to tap? What 10-15 seconds? *shrugs* I’ve pissed away more time than that doing less.

What’s most interesting to me is that, the affiliate I received the most money from today… I’ve not promoted in WEEKS! I’ve been promoting my new program and the banners are not even on that site!!!

It’s all a mystery, yet, works for me!

One of my biggest issues in the past was what I thought was loneliness when my husband would leave for work in the evenings and I’d rummage through the fridge, the cupboards, the freezer for food to stuff myself with. That didn’t make sense since, not use to living with someone 24/7, I sort of revel in my quiet time alone. I’ll often soak in a tub, read a junk novel, finish up some work, take a walk, train, watch dvd’s, and EAT! PLUS, very often in the evenings, He’s working so, I’m alone anyway so, what happened when He was gone?

Until this morning, I couldn’t put my finger on it. This was my AHA! moment! There’s an unconscious part of me that feels as though HE is restricting me from eating. Of course, this is ridiculous. He’s never even attempted to stop me from being, doing and having anything and everything I want as long as I’m not hurting myself ~ which, I normally wouldn’t do.

So, some part of me has put me in an unconscious jail where, when He’s gone, I’m FREEEEEE! In reality I AM free! Yet, unconsciously, I’ve not been. Weird, eh? Yet, that’s the saboteur within. Now that I’ve got THAT clarity, I tapped on it and, we’ll see what happens this weekend since He’ll be working all 3 evenings. “Even though some part of me feels restricted from doing what I want to do, I choose to enjoy my freedom at all times”.

Things like this are what I want to bring out of folk with my classes. What in the world is hiding in the deep, dark recesses of our un and/or sub consciousness.

See, learning that, was a revvellation! It didn’t hurt! It freed me to find this out and to check it out.

Oh, now, I don’t have to take this revvellation any farther. Just the knowledge alone was so freeing; then tapping on it to clear it… BUT, being the curious one I am, I did take it a step further to find out where that came from. So, “One reason I’ve restricted myself is ~ (wait for this one) ~ I want my knight in shining armor to take care of me and shoulder all responsibilities”. YIKES!!! Whoaaaaa!!!

I realized quite some time ago about the knight in shining armor thing but didn’t know I still carried it. Now that it’s up and out, I can work/play with it. When it was hidden, what could I do but sabotage myself and everything I’m trying to do?

It’s like whatever was going on with me physically a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been knowing SOMEthing was wrong because of bloating, passing gas, etc. but, until it became acute… didn’t know how to deal with it. Now, I do. In order to heal things must be revealed.

Right now, with what I’m learning about me via tapping and other tools I’m using, I am SO excited I get to share this with others. That’s why I started my work in the first place about 23 years ago. It’s SO powerful, I have to share!

Oh! There’s a dvd out called “Try it On Everything”. It shows a group of people from different backgrounds with different issues coming together to work with EFT. It’s interesting that for many, even though they were tapping on other peoples’ issues, their own issues were resolved. Can you imagine, if this works with diverse issues, how powerful it’ll be with people all tapping on the same/similar issues?

I’ve found training in a group ~ the energy shared ~ is waaaaaay more powerful than training alone. I can’t wait for next week for my classes here to begin and next month for my online/phone classes. They’re going to be AMAZING!

Injoy,

Revvell

A couple of days ago, someone on Twitter made a blanket statement about adoptees. Being an adoptee, I took exception to her generalized statement which began a short conversation (about all one can have on Twitter). One thing which really hit me was that “…adoptees have a lot of internal pain”.

This got me to thinking… internal pain. Hmmm. Since we are virtually blank slates when born, where does this “internal pain” or angst, etc. come from? It comes from without. Society, with all it’s fears, throws it all on us and we, in turn, throw our fears on others, and the dance begins.

Normally, people think they have to deal with or relive all that was said/done to them in order to heal. My parents did this; my teacher did that.. blah, blah, blah… which is why I am like I am; which is why I do what I do or feel like I feel.

All this stuff that we take in from others causes a glitch or short circuit in OUR system so, why do we tend to focus on the outer… having to know who did what, when, why? We don’t! That’s the beauty of EFT and other modalities I use. We find out what the problem is, then deal with it. It has very little (and in many cases, nothing) to do with the outer. We don’t have to confront anyone; we don’t have to forgive anyone… we just have to remove the glitch(es) and be at peace. How cool is that????

So, why does EFT work so well on so many issues? Because it works with US! With OUR issues, not with anyone elses. It gets the “engine” running smoothly again and, in many cases, quite quickly.

Does this mean that, in order to be healthy mentally, emotionally, physically and financially all we need to do is EFT? Absolutely not! The basics still need to be done! Good food program, movement, rest, pure water, appreciations.

(BTW, if you’re interested in doing some work with me, currently, I’ve got two openings. Please, contact me and let’s see what we see.)

Injoy and eternal-harmony,

Revvell