Friday, November 14, 2014

#WaistTrainer - Don't 'Waist' it... Maybe a really easy way to Lose Weight?? #Diet #SmallWaist #WasteNotWaist

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Waist, Not Waste! lol! 


See, I don't want to waste the last Croissant - sounds like a movie, The Last Croissant...haha!

So this happens all the time, especially to mothers, for some reason - we feel obligated to eat whatever's left, not to waste anything, and then it goes straight to your waist - dammit! haha! 

Noo, not straight to your waist...sometimes it heads right to your thighs - hahaha! 

Nooo, me joke! But you know what I mean - parents are forever finishing off the last of whatever the kids don't eat...

And any other time you have something, you've decided you really shouldn't eat any more of it, but then, here comes the dilemma - you don't want to WASTE it, do you? Your Mom's words might be ringing in your ears, about children starving in Africa, if you happened to grow up with that line... very popular in the 70's, maybe? How old AM I? haha! Only old on paper? haha! No, me not 'old' - old is a state of mind, so me will never be old - young thinking is where it's at, man - seeee, there's that 60's influence, right there... I can't get away from it! haha! 

Okay, well, I'm gonna go haz that last croissant, but right after that, I'll prolly have the Apple Crumble, and then the 10 Sips of Water - surely it'll all balance out, right? haha! Cross Mah' Fingers! lol! : )





Otay, dat me - with a smaller waist than I have, right now - but here's what drives me crazy - that's my waist at 32", so that's what a 32" waist looks like, for me. How annoying is that??  Here's why it's so annoying to me - all you ever hear from the Dr. Oz peoples, is, you have to have a 32 inch waist to be healthy - to be even considered remotely healthy, and that infuriates me, because I KNOW I'm super-healthy, and I am trying to get back to my 'old waist', but even when I'm at the gym an hour and a half, every day - okay, you got me, me at home, this morning - I didn't feel like being judged at the gym, today - ugh, despise that - I just want to go to the gym, enjoy my workout, get nice and fit - I do looove to be super-healthy - come home, done.  I know my way around the gym, I've been lifting weights for 30 years (mostly with the weight machines, which I love, but also with free weights, depending on the exercise...and I don't bother with the treadmill or Stairmaster - mostly because I can never get the damn thing to work - is super-annoying, and then you finally DO get the stupi thing to work, and then you feel exhausted after a while, and look down and it says you've burnt 23 calories - for real??  No. That's too much work for not enough benefit, so then I'm right back to mah' fave work out machines - hahaha!  I feel like, it's better to do 100 light reps (30 pounds or under), enjoying myself on a weight machine, than struggle away on the Stairmaster for what, 23 stoooopid calories??  Ugh.  No.  Build muscle, that's what'll make those pounds drop off - guaranteed.

I do have a Waist Trainer - I like it for working out, because it does seem to concentrate some energy in your waist, and I think a lot of women are looking to shape their waist, have a nice little waist, or any size waist that you like - lol! They should make one for arms and thighs, too - maybe they do! hahaha!

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Otay, first things first - you gots 'ta stop being sooo jealous o' mah' fancy meals... on the menu for tonight? Campbell's Vegetable soup, me threw in a bunch o' Baby Carrots that I can't be bothered eating, because they're at the bottom of the bag, and, really, I just like the suuper-teensy-tiny Baby Carrots, sooo, #LeftoverCarrots? haha! Oooh, sounds delish! Stop, you're makin' me hungry! hahaha! 

 Anyway, that looked super-sad, for a dinner,soo, I looked in the Freezer, and, mah' lucky day - Frozen Corn! (This is where your jealousy knows no bounds, but, really, you gots 'ta get a hold on yer'self! You, too, can have a fan'ceh bowl o' Doctored Up Veggie Soup! lol!)

So I threw in a bunch of the Frozen Corn, too - think will add some parsley - you know for that extra little "je ne sais quoi" - or, literally, "I don't know what" - hahahaha! But, really, I do really like it - lol!  




So here's how this little article came to be - I was having one of my favourite meals - sometimes I have it for lunch, sometimes for dinner...is really yummy, I love it, and is crazy-healthy... I just take a can of Vegetable Soup, add in a bunch of frozen corn - or chopped up celery, if I happen to have some left over from mah' fave Celery Salad, but more on that, later... anyway, then just add maybe a half a can of water, enough to cover the corn, stir, pop in the microwave for 4 minutes, done - yum!

So, the other day, I couldn't make my way through my whole bowl of soup.  I'd already gotten up from the table twice - I have a little theory about getting up from the table in the 'middle' of your meal - really, your body is probably telling you that you're done, now, that's enough, but then you quickly over-ride you're annoying body for telling you what to do - hahahaha - that makes me laugh! haha!  Me no likes to be told what to do, and maybe that's why I'm not at the gym, this morning?? haha!  Whatevs. Me really don't like being told what to do, or when to do it, or how to do it - bleah!  No, leave me alone, I would like to be left alone (well, I love a wee chat, as long as that doesn't include telling me what to do - hahahaha...can you see a running theme, here? lol!).


Anyhoo, after I got up from the table a THIRD time (I'm really quick on the uptake...), I thought, why am I trying to force myself to finish this bowl of soup?  What's making me do that? Clearly, I'm full, and can't eat any more, even though half the bowl of soup is left.. and it dawned on me, I always, always say to myself, as a running dialogue in my mind, I don't want to waste it.  Sound familiar?  How many of us grew up with that very strong message, 'don't waste it - do you know how many starving children in Africa would looove to have that liver?? hahahaha!  Yuck!  Liver! haha!  (Does anyone under 60 really like liver?? lol!)

So here's what I have come up with to help me with my waist size... instead of saying to myself (or, more accurately, when I catch myself saying, which I always do) 'don't waste it', I'll mentally switch it to 'Don't WAIST it', right?  Like that?  I do, too... maybe that'll work for a whole lot of us - and then there'll be a whole lot less of us?? hahaha!  We'll each lose a little bit, will be fabulous!  : )

I'll let you know if that works, but you do have control over what you're thinking, sooo, is definitely worth a try, to switch up your internal message to never waste anything, don't waste it, to the much better, 'Don't Waist it'... because, really how many times do we eat something, specifically because we don't want to waste it?  And where does that go?  Right to your waist, dammit!! lol!  So, be like me, and 'Don't Waist it', and let me know if it works for you, too : )






Well, that's a pretty terrible picture - who took that?? haha - was me, o' course!  lol!  But, can you make out the numbers? That's 1 gram of Fat, 19 grams of Carbohydrates (with 3 grams of Fiber, 7 grams of sugar)... these are fantastic numbers - very healthy, and very inexpensive, since the Campbell's Vegetable Soup was on sale at WalMart for 50 cents a can (for the record, our WalMarts in Canada are soo nice, and they pay their employees well, and treat their employees well - so they already have a model to go by, should the US government choose to raise the minimum wage, at least to $10/hr.... but I digress...the point is, WalMart is a great shop, in Canada)... and the corn hardly costs a thing, so there's your very healthy meal for under a dollar... and it's not like you'd have soup all the time, but you know, is a nice option, whenever you might feel like it. : )

I am a huuuge (well, me gettin' littler...hahaha!) proponent of eating what you like - in that, literally, you eat what you really enjoy eating - I am not a fan of restricting your diet, making yourself (and everyone around you, possibly) miserable.  Nope. That's not what food is for - food is to nourish you - nourish your body, but also to nourish your mind and your soul.  That can't be any fun, to constantly be restricting yourself, never enjoying your food...that sounds like a terrible way to live.... 

And it IS sorta funny, since I've said this at the gym, every now and then, when someone is going on and on about how restrictive their diet is, and I pipe in with, well, I just eat whatever I feel like eating... and I think the Big Assumption is that when people say that, they mean they're lunatics with what they eat - nooo, that's just silly. I love a wee treat, obvs....hahahaa!  But I loove to eat well, I love healthy food - it makes you feel great, and is delicious. I think what has happened, is people associate 'eating what you want', with eating like a looney, and why would you do that? haha!  That's silly!  But maybe why I enjoy saying that?  haha!  Entertaining myself at da gym?? hahahaha!  Makes me laugh! 




Oh, here's my other favourtie, favourite soup - Cheddar-Broccoli Soup - the only hard part is trying to remember how to spell 'broccoli' - hahaha!  Two 'l's or two 'c's??  Always a mind bender - lol!  

So here's the take-away... (no, it's not Chinese food, but that's a good idea, too! lol!).... when you feel full, and you know, for sure, I've had enough to eat, really, I shouldn't eat any more of this, even if it IS delicious, and you don't want to waste it.... just remember to change your spelling from waste to waist...and say to yourself, no, I don't want to WAIST it....and soon you'll see some really nice changes : )  (And now you've got another meal for the next day.. or later... depending on yummy it really was - lol! I never did finish that soup - hahahaha!)

And forget about that whole 32 inch waist-thing - so annoying. Strive for good health - doesn't the 32 inch waist for EVERY body shape and size seem a little crazy?  Come on...and if I hear one more doctor spouting that you should look like your 18 year old self - ugh!  Gimme a break! You don't want to have your 18 year old life back - what the helll???  No.  It's fun being an adult - and looking like an adult. Whoever came up with that idea is a' idiot (oooh, me loves when peoples say that... and my absolute favourite, is when people write - admittedly, I see this mostly on Facebook, "Your a idiot" - hahahahaah!  Yes, they are da idiot.... haha - makes me laugh, every time! 

Okay, so...we're all gonna try it out.... "I DON'T want to WAIST it..."  Good luck!! (Me luvs you just the way you are! lol!) Ailsa : )







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Sunday, November 2, 2014

#LouiseHay, You Can Heal Your Life! Manage Your Mind, Heal Yourself #SelfHelp #ChangeYourLife #Healing #Affirmations #Health #Wealth #Love #Prosperity #Happiness #Abundance #LOA #AdultColoringBooks

 
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You know how much I loove Louise Hay! Change Your Mind - literally, and it will Change Your Life! 



Yay!! There's a new fancy sale every week - I'll keep changing and posting the great deals for you, as they come into my email! Yahoo! (And, thank you for shopping through me - I get a wee something from each sale from my blog! Thank you!! You're so sweet! : )


Affirmations are great for every aspect of your life - Health, Wealth, Prosperity, Healing, Love, Peace - whatever you want to have in your life, or bring more of it into your life, or redirect your thoughts from negative thoughts to positive thoughts, Lousie Hay will show you how...

These are some of my very favorite Affirmations - start saying them every day, see how your life changes! Yahoo! 

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Prosperity Affirmation: Money comes to me from all expected and unexpected sources : )

Isn't that nice? Keep that positive thinking going, and you'll see all sorts of lovely changes in your life : )

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Affirmations

It's all in here, everything you want for your life!

 I Am Open and Receptive To All The Good and Abundance Of The Universe! 
Affirmations
#ThanksLife! #ThanksGod! #ThanksUniverse #lol! : )



I Am Showered With .... Love, Acceptance, Money, Hugs, Kisses, Ideas, Opportunities...you get the idea - whatever you like! : )


I Am Open and Receptive To a New And Joyous Present And Future - #DailyAffirmation : ) 


  I Am Open To All Possibilities 

#MakeAWish! : )


Fountain of Youth - I Am Young and Vibrant - I Love Life!

Life Loves You!


This Giant Leaf was growing in amongst a whole lot of little leaves - made me laugh! 

Be As Big As You Wanna Be! 

Dream Big, Baby! 


I Love Life, And Life Loves Me. 

I Let Life Love Me Fully, Today, and I Love Life Fully, Today! 

The Beauty Of Life Surrounds Me - I Love My Life!

I Am A Gentle Breeze, Entering the Room : )

I Am A Joyful Breeze, Entering The Room (let's say you are dealing with some difficult folks, but you know you have to have a nice face, when you deal with them, that will make things easier for you - and, hopefully, have a positive effect on them, too... good luck with that! lol!) 





I Am Opening New Doors To My Future (Yay!!)

 There's Something Wonderful For You Right Around the Corner : ) lol!



You Can Heal Your Life



My Favorite Louise Hay Affirmations: 

I sing this one, makes me laugh...

I'm Happy, I'm Healthy, I'm Independently Wealthy (kick!) (haha!) makes me laugh! 

I Love Life, and Life Loves Me. 

I Let Life Love Me Fully, Today, and I Love Life Fully, Today... isn't that interesting? Letting Life Love you fully? That's crazy - what a huge idea, right? ! love it! lol! 

I've got a million more - hahaha! When I have those crazy little thoughts come up, which can happen more on some days than others, I say, 

I am Open and Receptive to a New and Joyous Present and Future

and, 

I am Open and Receptive to all the Good and Abundance in the Universe. Thank you, Life! 

Is amazing how that can turn things around, make you feel like, okay, I got this... lol!

And if you need this message, or you know someone who needs this message, remember, The Universe Wants You Here. That's critical to fully know and understand : ) (And me sends you a Big Hug through the Magic o' da Internets! lol!)


How stunning is this? My gorgeous daughter, Cara, took this picture when we were out for our Mother's Day walk, yesterday - so gorgeous! and the flowers are so pretty, too - bah'hahah!

My point is always Life Has Sooo Much to Offer You - go out there and take it, have fun with your life, don't be held back by ANY annoying naysayers - and there seem to be an awful lot of them, so forget that, move on, Be Yourself #YouBeYouBoo! lol! 

Life Loves You! I Love You!! 

Go on and Have Yourself THE Best Life You Can!! I Got Your Back, Baby!! Ailsa : )


Okay, on with the Show... : )


Oh my Goodness, I love how much I loved this book, You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise L.Hay. It is beautiful, it is wonderful, it is brilliant - wait, was I talking about the book, or mah'self?? hahaha!  You'll laugh at that li'l joke, right after you read the book! hahaha!  But, for real, I feel like my life, and primarily, the way I think about my life, and how I think about myself, and in a huge part, how I think about my past, which lives with me far too much in the present, which greatly affects my future...is still with me? lol!  But when you think of all the things that have happened to you in your past, the thing that happens, for most of us, is that the bad stuff comes jumping out...you have to force yourself to remember the good parts...or you remember the good parts, and pretend the horrible parts didn't really happen, or they weren't really all that horrible... for sure it'll be better the next time around - same person, same problems... usually, right? Maybe. Unless they've also read Louise L. Hay's book, You Can Heal Your Body.  Man, I just can't say enough wonderful things about this book - it is absolutely a must-read fr all the peoples on earth - and beyond? haha!  No, me makes mah'self laugh! I've also been reading the I Am Number Four series - I just finished The Revenge of Seven.... and some o' those peoples, and I use the term 'peoples' very loosely.. although I pictured Tom Cruise as the leader of the Mogadorians... hmmm, the name escapes me, right now - is right on the tip of my tongue, but not at the tip of my fingertips, for typing - bah'hahahaha!  Well, who's all giddy and happy, this morning?? It's ME!!  Because I stayed up last night, finishing Louise L.Hay's You Can Heal Your Life - oh, man, so eye-opening, so revealing. 






Oooh, it's Setrecas Ra, when he transforms himself into a very handsome human man... and Tom Cruise came immediately to mind...and stayed in my mind for the entire book. Tom Cruise would be perfect in this role, as Setrecas Ra - the human one - lol!

Okay, so, here's a weird thing... I can't get rid of this, literally, dark box, around my words, starting with me typing, Setrecas Ra. How weird is that? Do, do, do, do... are you singing in yo' head, right now? I know I am, for sures! lol! But if you are also a big fan of the I Am Number Four Series, by Pitticus Lore, you might like this site, http://iamnumberfourfans.com/pittacus-lore/  . 

I've written about the I Am Number Four Series, a lot, I think - will go find it on my blog, give you da links... here we go - I Am Number Four, and The Fall of Five, but I have read them all - soo good... just relax, get yourself a nice cup of tea, or whatever beverage it is you like to relax with while you're reading, and enjoy this little series... and forget any of the new labels that publishers are giving to books, these days, to, what, draw in the younger reader? Whatevs, these books are great for any age...alive and well, and love a great story? Then you're just the right age for any possible book you'd ever like to read - hahaha! That my take on the very annoying new trend to market only to one group of people - yaaaahh!  annoyink! lol!

But, anyway, I digress..... you are gonna get soo much out of Louise L.Hay's beautiful and enlightening book, You Can Heal Your Life.... what is crazy to me, is, how did I miss this book? Louise Hay wrote You Can Heal Your Life in 1984, the year I graduated from Queen's University... 1984, for Goodness Sake, and I'm just coming to it, now? OMG, I can't imagine how different my life might have been, if I had had this beautiful information way back then, when I was just starting out.... although, I'd already been through more than my fair share, even at that very young age... I graduated from Queen's University when I was 21 - with 2 degrees... you'd think someone might have been proud of me, right? But, nope. That's not how it worked for me... I just feel like, if I had had this information, all those years ago, I could have saved myself a whole lot of pain over the years - the great thing is, that now I can move forward, at 51 (dat right, me 51!! lol! I know, me no can believes it, neither!! hahaha!)...anyhooo, I can take this new-to-me information, Release the Past (my new favourtie mantra, 'I release my past, I release my past, I release my past'.... you get the idea... and I love the affirmation, 'I approve of myself', although I find I can never remember the 'a' word, so I go through a little list of possible 'a' words...'I a'love myself', no, that's not it...'I allow myself'... noo, but closer...'I applaud myself'... maybe... 'I adore myself?? hahahaha! Yes, but what was it, again? Oh, yeah, 'I approve of myself'. There. And those are all very lovely affirmations to say to yourself, anyway, sooo, if I don't get it right the first time, I'm still giving myself all these lovely and positive thoughts, and they're all good for my system, right? lol!

Oh, man, I was so saddened and moved by Louise Hay's own personal story - it's at the back of the book, but read the whole thing, first, and then you will be amazed by what Louise overcame in her life, and you will feel even more strongly that you can overcome whatever it is in your life, no matter how long it has been that you've been carrying around those thoughts and feelings, or physical ailments - see what Louise Hay can do to help you move on to a happier, healthier, more financially successful future - I know you can do it!!


And now I want to read all of Louise L. Hay's books, so I went in to get the links, so it's easy for us all to find them - and wouldn't you know it? They''re a great price - woohoo!! Change your life, for next to nothing?? I love it! And I love me! And I love you!! (See how easy these positive affirmations are? And how effective?? Yippee!! Let's all heal our lives with some positive affirmations!! With Much Love, Ailsa : )


Yahoo, I fixed it - I couldn't get rid of this 'black box' around all my last bit or writing, right? So, finally, after trying a bunch of the obvious things,  happened to see a little box I've never taken note of, before, a Tx - how weird is that? So I highlighted the 'problem area', and clicked on the Tx, and whoosh, problem gone! Yahoo!!  Me fixed it, all by myself!!  and now for the REST o' mah' life!! hahaha!  Oh, man, read the book, you are a'gonna looove it!! Your little reader friend, Ailsa!! xoxox

Oh, and my Dad was proud of me - that was nice : )  And, my old boyfriend, Larry - he was proud of me, that day, too...and if my Mother hadn't invited him, I wouldn't even have any pictures from that day, soo, that was lucky, too. : )






Today I am reading "Life Loves You", by Robert Holden, and I love it so much, is so beautiful : )  I love the whole book, but I keep coming across lines that I am trying to commit to memory, since I want to keep them with me, always... here's one of my favourites:

"There are so many gifts 
Still unopened from your birthday."  Hafiz

Isn't that beautiful?  that we all have endless gifts to open, we're all such miracles?  I love that!  So lovely, right?  Robert Holden wrote Live Loves You with Louise Hay - oh, man, my hope is to help spread the word about these beautiful books, beautiful thoughts, beautiful ideas, so we can get them into as many hands around the world as possible... wouldn't that be lovely?? Would be fabulous, all those happy people! : )



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