Yesterday, I had a 5-hour kettlebell class. We also had a 2-hour break after the first three hours.

After the class, my teacher (Zenkahuna on YouTube ~ you “may” see me there after the weekend when he returns from the Rancho and puts up the vids) said that he wants to do this 3 more times this year (at $250 times each) and for two hours every month he has a weekend with his students (at $100 each) equaling $1800 for the year.

Immediately my lil monkey starts gibbering in my ear that we can’t do this. Of course we can! That’s ridiculous! lol

I currently have more than enough money to do that if I don’t make another dime yet, it goes to show, old monkey mind habits die hard.

Most of my life it was hard for me to understand that, I’ve always had money. Even when I got fired from my jobs (which was often because I always thought I could run the business better than they could) I’d KNOW I’d have a job within 2 weeks (which I always did) and I ALWAYS had funds to survive in between.

I was going to say it wasn’t until I worked outside, away from the “bosses” that I actually kept jobs for longer than 3 months but, that isn’t true. I worked for one chiropractor for about 5 years until he injured (and failed to take care of) his arm and sold his practice to a very unscrupulous guy who was committing insurance fraud. Being able to do that proved to me how much I’d changed and let others run their own businesses.

Anyway, about abundance.

Yesterday, instead of driving, I got to ride with someone. It gave me a chance to let my mind wander and I was thinking about money.

Many times in the past I realized I was hanging on to my last $20. It actually WASN’T my last $20 because I ALWAYS had funds in the bank but, for me, that wasn’t there. That money was my security and I held onto it for dear life, again stopping the flow and circulation.

So, I strangled that $20 until I really needed to purchase something and, you know what? More came in! Before that, I had so much fear around giving up that $20 and then HAVING to dip into my savings that, I blocked the energy flow.

Yesterday, as I got to be the passenger, I was thinking about abundance and flow.

Think of two people and a doorway. One wants to go out (the $20 I DID have) and, another wants to come in (the abundance I wasn’t open to, although, I’d say I was). One is trying to go out while the other is coming in resulting in blockage or stagnation.

Solution, the one coming in steps aside, so the one going out can go out, then the one coming in can come in. That’s called circulation!

Consider circulating your money, not spending it. Look at the last 3 letters of the word “spend”. The circulation stops! That’s what happens when we hoard our money as well, Now, I’m not saying go out and blow it! That’s sp”end”ing, instead of circulating. What I am saying is, let go of the fear of letting it go! When you strangle it, it can’t flow. I know.

Remember, live bodaciously and always, celebrate your potential ~

Revvell

Bodacious Living

p.s. Right after I wrote this, one of my very long time clients called. He’s been coming VERY sporadically ~ maybe, once a month. Today, he called and is setting up two appointments a month. Nice way to begin the new year, eh?

I awakened this morning contemplating weight gain. How fun is that? lol

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

I haven’t given this a lot of thought so, writing as I contemplate, yet as I was laying down and resting my eyes from being on the computer so much lately and I began thinking about the various illnesses and diseases I’ve had throughout my life. (As you can see, I’m on the computer ~ again).

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

As I was out walking this morning, I was thinking about James Arthur Ray and the predicament he’s currently embroiled in and how it potentially came about energetically.

Previously, I’d heard his name but not much about who he is and what he does so I picked up his book “The Science of Success ~ How to Attract Prosperity and Create Harmonic Wealth Through Proven Principles”.

As I’m reading this, I’m thinking “Geeez, he says all the “right” things yet, what happened???” If he’s living harmonically, what the heck happened?

My guess at this point is, he hit what I call an upper limit. AND, he not only hit it, he slammed into it and BAM! hit the ground!

What happens when one hits an upper limit is, they’ve ignored stuff. They’ve usually ignored the underlying programs that will sabotage what one does, no matter their intentions.

For instance… if you’re looking to build an enterprise of some sort, pay attention to the little scared voices telling you you can’t, aren’t enough, don’t know enough, etc. Those voices are warning you of sabotage.

Be aware of injuries and accidents. These are warning signs that you’re headed for disaster.

Recently I injured my left hand AND my left knee. Energetically hands are about handling things. Legs/feet, about understanding, support and stepping out (although right side tends to be the stepping out more than the left). Left side is also (usually) feminine and receptive.

After doing lots of work with folks over the last few months I decided to take these last two months to just focus on me and what I’m looking to do. Even though I’m still working with private clients, I’d stopped doing teleclasses to take time to integrate what I’d learned and to make them better if possible. I took the time to explore why am I injuring myself? What am I ignoring? Yesterday I received a HUGE aHA! on that.

So, I’m thinking, with a business as big and lucrative as JAR’s, maybe he didn’t take the time to check out the warning signs so, the universe slammed him to the ground. I dunno.

Nowhere in his book have I read where he’s said to acknowledge the fears that come up when you’re making your plans. In my experience, if they are not acknowledged they’ll make their presence known one way or another. Acknowledging them and admitting them, one can usually bypass an accident, disease or injury.

Now, you don’t want to focus on them, just acknowledge.

Recently I had a former student call and ask me about upper limits. She felt that if she ignored them and basically said she didn’t have any, there wouldn’t be any. Well, you can’t say you don’t have something and there not be something to not have.

That’s like saying if I ignore the elephant in the room, it wont be there. Or if I ignore that I keep injuring myself, I wont do it again. Or, if I ignore that smoking makes me cough I wont have lung cancer. Or, if I ignore eating bad food makes me feel bad the next day that it wont…

Not having spoken with James Ray, I don’t know what, if any, indications the universe gave that he was headed for a fall yet obviously, he was not living in harmony with the universe at some level.

Revvell

Bodacious Living

Whew! This has been an amazing week or so. He came to me yesterday and asked what I was doing last evening. Well, I’ve got a teleclass, why? He said his throat was sore from breathing the smoke and would like to get out, get some fresh air, etc. Sure! We can do that. One great thing about doing teleclasses, they can be done ANYwhere!

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

Wow! Whoulda thunk that after all the walking I do, walking down a lil bitty mountain would cause as much pain in my calves as I have! Sheesh! I’m walking like Lurch!

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

Ever get to that point where the scale just WONT move??? How frustrating is that? For tappers, here ya go ~ “Even though I’m often frustrated when looking at the scale, I choose to remain focused on my outcome”.

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

Didn’t go out for a walk yesterday morning. Didn’t have plans for WHAT to do except work and relax. He had a gig so, I knew I was going to be alone.

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

Yesterday, got up about 4:45 and was out the door by 5 a.m. Had done 8,759 steps by 7:12 so, IF my focus was on 10,000 steps, wouldn’t take much more. Didn’t go out walking again yet, what I did at home brought me to 10,455. Shows me I don’t sit as much as I sometimes think I do.

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

Got in over 10,500 yesterday. Don’t know who chose that particular number yet, to get that many a day takes some persistence, I’ll tell ya! Got in about 8,000 yesterday morning during my first walk ~ the other 2,000 is easy.

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?

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Injoy,

Revvell