We have been on the road a lot this month, traveling between our home in Baja and family’s homes in Sacramento and Paradise.  I have even spent two weeks alone while Chuck attended a family get-together in Texas.  Being alone presented it’s own challenges and rewards.  I find that when not faced with the routine of the regular meals I was quite content to graze through my days on fresh fruit and yogurt concoctions.

No matter how many articles I read or TV shows I see I continuously need to remind myself, NO MORE DIETS. Yesterday I came across a book about losing weight “Italian Style“.  Loving pasta like I do, THIS I had to see for myself!  What I discovered was that it was basically the same thing I am already do under a new name.  Hendrickson points out that the Italians have an ongoing love affair with food.  The savor it, enjoying every bite.  This exactly what I learned from my first “think and lose” program with Paul McKenna.

My original inspiration for the site was Paul McKenna’s I Can Make You Thin TV broadcast. I was very disappointed that McKenna’s program did not allow for affiliate sponsorship in the United States but in spite of that I have continued to recommend his books and CDs for changing your way of thinking about yourself and food.  My feelings about this program haven’t changed.  I still listen to my MP3 sessions. However I have learned I need variety in my life to keep moving forward.  So you can imagine my delight when I  discovered Dr. Carol Solomon’s program entitled Lose Weight and Stay Slim Forever.  Dr. Solomon teaches many of the same techniques and practices found in McKenna’s program and you can get a great deal of guidance and insight into putting these into practice in your life by just reading her articles.

This seems to be one of the many areas of my life that I find myself starting over again and again. For weeks or months I think I am on track and doing well then one day I look up and discover I have waundered off the path and am strolling down some side road in the dark and I have no idea how I got there.

Two months ago, my husband Chuck an I committed ourselves to an exercise program.  It was much, just 12 minutes a day doing a set work out as outlined in Joyce Vedral’s book.

As I write, I am sitting here munching a bowl of popcorn.  Granted it’s “healthy” popcorn, not heavily buttered or sweetened but that’s not the problem.  The problem is I am eating unconsciously and by habit, not because I am hungry and need fuel to function.  The problem is I am doing something else (reading email and browsing the internet) and not focusing in the taste of the food or the signals my body is trying to send me, saying I’m full and don’t need to eat more.