Health, weight, link to blog post worth reading

Read here, for the blog that contained the following words:

"Maybe we should start wearing cucumbers and avocados around our necks
to ward off the pandemic of acidic FAT that is killing more people than The
Plague. Metabolic and Dietary acidic Fats build up in the body and are stored in
the body fat. Cucumbers and Avocados, together with an Alkalarian Lifestyle,
neutralizes excess acid in the body and prevents acid accumulations and deposits
in the fatty tissues. Excess Acidic Body Fat is the Plague of our generation,
and proper alkaline food intake is the answer to the dis-ease of Acidic Fat,
just like Garlic was the answer to avoiding the acids that caused The
Plague".

Robert O. Young regularly blogs about the benefits of an alkaline lifestyle.

Approach is, lose acid, lose weight, and it works. I need to get back onto it, desperately.

Going to bed, so that's all I have to say for tonight.

Liska Life x

Chocolate is not ALWAYS worth it!!

I bought a Cadbury's Creme Egg on the way to yoga on Friday night. I just had a craving (not for chocolate) for a sugar rush. I felt depleted and lunch seemed so long ago, and I knew it would be too long before I ate again (what with yoga and all). Well an organised dieter has snacks in their bag (don't they). No such luck with yours truly.

So I popped into Tesco Express, bought the aforementioned sin, and ate it. Within a couple of hours I had a spot, which now, 4 days later is like a little boil on the side of my chin.

I had forgotten all about the egg, even though the spot hurts, but it all came flooding back when I just read Busted, at Pasta Queen.



So I just posted the following comment there:

"I bought a cadbury's creme egg on Friday (on the way to yoga) and ate
it! Realised my mistake when I got a spot a couple of hours later, which now
even today, feels like a boil on the side of my chin.I have heard of a second on
the lips, a lifetime on the hips, but now we have "days on the chin" hee
hee. Actually, that's so funny, I think I will post it. Although the spot is not at
all funny".

So yes, another reason not to give in when the chocolate beckons. A fellow blogger - Belinda - recently said "Remember it doesn't taste as good as skinny feels". Good motto I think.

Liska Life

Time to get real

On 14th Jan 2009 I proudly updated my ticker to show a 3 pound weight loss.

On getting back from Portugal I soon discovered that I was back to 13.5 stone.

Well I just weighed myself again and still 13.5 stone. So the scales don't lie, but for the last few days my ticker has been so I sadly just updated it to reflect the fact that I once again have 42 pounds to lose and am once again up at 189 pounds.

I didn't take Super Greens with me to Portugal and have not drunk them since I returned, so I am now off to the cupboard to dig them out and drink a gallon :-) as the days I lost that weight, I WAS drinking my greens. When something is working, you don't stop doing it, unless you are as stupid as me.

So target for 2009 was to lose weight, and here I am 25th Jan, at the same weight I was at Xmas.

I need a big fat kick up the bum.

Bye for now,
Liska Life :-(
x

Stress and eating

We all know there is a huge link between stress and eating.

Well I just found a very very informative and comprehensive blog post about the very subject:

http://www.kundaliniyogablog.com/-2007-09-15-stress-reducers-yoga-and-a-balanced-diet/

Read it all the way down, as it is quite long but well worth a read.

Liska Life x

Today

I spent the day at White Tantric yoga today - it happens once a year in London, always in January. Wanted to sweeten the post with a photo and found this image here.

It was a surprisingly gentle day. And the vibe was very very mellow. None of the kriyas were particularly tough. There was a happy atmosphere which was spot on as Yogi B mentioned the happy word in his opening paragraph today.

Anyway I just had a hot bath to make sure I won't ache tomorrow and I am now off to bed to sleep incredibly well.

Liska Life x

Back on UK soil

Hi

Well, I am back from Portugal.

Having spent so much time with 2 beautiful girls over there (Kristina and Tatiana), daughters of friends: Victor and Emma, I just read Barack Obama's letter to his two girls and it really is beautiful.

I hope the wishes for a better future that we all send to him, spur him on to achieve everything we hope he will. I know one man can't be Superman, but anything is an improvement on George Bush, and Barack Obama is so much more than just change for changes sake. I have faith he will do some great things while at the helm.

With that in mind, I hope I do some great things with my weight loss - back on the wagon tomorrow :-) Holiday over. That is the trick I guess... to focus as if a nation is depending on me.... :-) To be accountable and responsible. Set objectives and targets, and steer back on track if the ship is going off track.

So I am off this computer soon, to unpack, make a very healthy dinner of salmon and veg for hubby and I, and generally get ready for work tomorrow. Bit of input, and the output is always better :-)

Bye for now
Liska Life x

Scales can lie?

I was convinced I had lost some weight in Portugal as my tummy feels flatter :-)
But Emma just leant me her scales and I was heavier than at my heaviest....... so rather than think it is the consequence of holiday eating, we have decided that the scales must be faulty :-)
So I will go on my trusty scales in my funny socks, when I return tomorrow.
Shame to leave this lovely place and my friends, and the 2 gorgeous little girls.

Bye for now, Liska Life x

A great blog

I just love this post.

Basically, writing a "Dear John" letter to food. What a great idea.

If I did that though, I would have to find a new friend. Hee hee.

Bye for now, Liska Life x

Barack Obama's Inaugural Address

I was probably one of the few people on the planet who did not watch the inauguration today, but I have just read the beautiful Inaugural address at:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGxHZR

Quite an interesting article from the Telegraph here.

George W. Bush left his office with an approval rating of only 22 per cent, making him the most unpopular outgoing president since polls began......... So for Barack, the only way is up...

... and we are all behind him, cheering him on. Right now, I think he is exactly what the world needs.

Here's a toast to the 44th President

Liska Life xxx

Worth a read - Chronic Malaise and the "cure"

This post from Dr Robert O Young is really worth a read.

Liska Life (still happy in Portugal) x

Our funny lives - where we are today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIG2NM-EieI&feature=channel_page

This video says a lot about where we are today. The economy of now. Worth watching.

Liska Life x

In the Algarve - Portugal today

On holiday in Portugal now to see Victor, Emma, Kristina and Tatiana.

Lovely weather today, but very very early start.

Liska x

ooooooooooh so tired

Ooooooh I have been up since 5.30 a.m. and am absolutely shattered. So off to bed. Got a horrible head cold. Can't wait to have a rest at the weekend. I ate alot of naughty things today if I am honest - but here is the place to declare it, to incentivise myself to get back on the wagon
:-)

Lost 3 pounds and very happy

Got on the scales very late last night and was delighted to discover, now that I am alkaline and on the right track, I have lost 3 pounds.

So very happy about that.

Yiiipppppeeee

Target weight and Google

Google's fitness tip of the day is:
Set a target weight for a specific occasion such as a vacation or family reunion.

Well the date I choose is 6th April and the target weight is 10.5 stone, meaning a loss of 42 pounds.
Note I haven't said a year - hee hee.

Oh go on then - let's make it 2009 :-)

Liska Life x

On the right track and ever so happy

I just wanted to pop on here and say for the last 3 days, I feel really happy and really feel like I am on the "right track".

A couple of posts ago I mentioned being inspired by Metro 15 and NyceNoelle. I continue to be so, and the ripple effects from Sunday's inspiration are still there, i.e. the housework led to Xmas decs being boxed up, beautifully, which led to hubby putting them ever so promptly in the attic.

All that made the flat look beautiful so we had a lovely dinner in a lovely flat last night.

And because I had been food shopping it was of course beautiful fresh salmon and fresh vegetables.

I have drunk about 4 litres today so far - half water - half Super Greens and had porridge with rice milk for breakfast and a huge salad for lunch.

I feel gggggggrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeat and I cannot wait to report some weight loss.

Liska Life xxxx

Google's Fitness Tip of the Day - spooky

I was just about to turn the computer off - I promise, when I scrolled down and noticed Google's fitness tip of the day is:

Surround yourself with people and things that remind you to live a healthy lifestyle.

That is so so so so so in the theme of my post, that I just wrote. So it was "in the air" to have that frame of mind.

This is the point of having a community of bloggers that touch base with each other.

The universe is with us :-)

Liska Life - over and out - for today x

Getting on with it, being inspired and getting out of that Egyptian river called Denial

3 blogs have inspired me.

During the week I could tell that where I had gone wrong was my lack of planning.

Reading a post from the final 15 made me realise my mistake. Metro 15 started planning her cupboards back on Saturday 3rd: http://metrofinal15.blogspot.com/2009/01/plan.html


That day (3rd Jan), I got up early to go to the hairdressers, as one of my new year's resolutions was to use a Toni & Guy voucher I got for Xmas last year. Then when I came back home I took my Mum to a local hairdressers so she'd look nice for going back to Ireland and then we ended up having our nails done :-) Anyway, next day was taking her to the airport, and doing loads of housework once back, but I continue to be inspired by Metro 15.

Then yesterday, I went to "blogs of note" and stumbled across:
http://lifesfreetreats.blogspot.com/2009/01/letters.html
I immediately felt my heart open to leave a comment, about the fact that I felt inspired to write a letter to my Mum. Then today, I thought, yes.........later......

but here comes the 3rd bit of inspiration:

I was reading Nyce Noelle's blog at http://nycenoelle.blogspot.com/, when I discovered that she said:

I really appreciated the blog about letter writing. It gave me the courage
to finish a letter that I was wanting to send...

I thought Liska, get on with it, write that letter, so today, I finally wrote the letter to my Mum, as during weekdays, I am not very good at getting anything done, as I tend to do long hours at work. So it was today or never.

That wasn't the end of Noelle inspiring me though, as in the same post:
http://nycenoelle.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-can-do-this.html

She said:
I feel a little bad because I meant to Blog however I have been so busy
accomplishing my goals I set out to do I did not have time!!!

This made me realise that I got fat because I was in denial, and I do nothing about it because I use avoidance tactics and I realised that my blog has BECOME another of life's avoidance tactics, so at just after 12 o'clock this afternoon I turned the computer off and organised things, so that me and hubby could go food shopping and since I got in, I have done loads of housework, which is such good exercise. So Noelle, thank you for inspiring me to get off my butt; it's meant I can eat healthy this week with all the right food in.

Hubby took me food shopping this afternoon, so I would have the right food in (that was my mistake last week) and the cupboards are finally clear of remnants of Xmas. So this afternoon I spent £80 on veg, more veg, brown rice, buckwheat, lemons, limes, salad etc........

In the last 3 hours I have drunk 3 litres of water. First litre and a half was with fresh lemon juice squeezed in and 2nd was with Innerlight Super Greens in. Trying to make sure I am a little alkaline ready to start big style tomorrow.

To put the above in perspective I will type a bit from "The PH Miracle for Weight Loss":

You must commit to getting all the water your body needs to be healthy, and at a
healthy weight. To that end, take a minute right now to figure out how much water you need, and plan how you're going to get it... Every day you need 1 litre of alkaline water for every 30 pounds you weigh. Thus a 210 pound person needs 7 litres a day.........

For anyone who has the book that is from page 191.

Last time I did it my skin felt fabulous, so I can't wait to be healthy again, and as I am on a strict time-frame, I think this is the healthiest and quickest option for me. Plus when I am being "green" I have alot more energy which could really come in handy. I have spent the last few months tired all the time. In September and October there was 5 weekends in a row where I spent at least one day (sometimes 2) completely vegging in pjamas.

Bye for now, I am going to turn the computer off soon and make myself a very healthy dinner.

Liska Life x

PH balance, alkaline, lose weight

I just read, that if you follow Dr. Robert O. Young's program (I have all his books), you can lose your weight in # of days where # is 2 times the weight you want to lose.

That means, as I want to lose 42 pounds, it will take me 84 days. So if I were to start again, but strictly this time, I could start on Monday 12th January, and be done by 6th April.

That would be *super* and may just have given me the incentive I need.

His plan is tough though, but maybe I just need to cut the mustard and get on with it.

Means digging out my supergreens which I haven't drunk in months, and eating an alkalarian diet.

Dr. Robert O. Young's New Biology, most simply stated, is that the
over-acidification of the body is the single underlying cause of all disease. In
contrast, the old biology, based on the work of Louis Pasteur in the late 1800s,
stems from the idea that disease comes from germs which invade the body from the
outside. Dr. Young has found that when the body is in healthy alkaline balance,
germs are unable to get a foothold.

Fat is an Acid Problem!Perhaps one of Dr. Young's most well known discoveries is his theory of the cause of overweight. He has shown that fat is actually an over-acidification problem. What does that mean? The body creates fat cells to carry acids away from your vital organs, so these acids literally don't choke your organs to death. Fat is saving your life! Fat is actually a response from the body to an alarming over-acidic condition.The solution? Alkalize and Energize™ beginning with SuperGreens and Prime pH.

Source of the above text: http://www.greensandlean.com/RobertYoung/Alkalarian.htm

Liska Life x

The Amazing Adventures of Diet Girl

My book arrived Thursday and I am sitting on the sofa today reading it. It is a very good read and you feel like you are reading a novel, rather than a weight loss journal. Really enjoying it so far.

Liska x