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Boost Your Energy

Tonight I want to share with you some information about a product I have been taking for about three years now. It’s called Frutaiga. You say it fru-tie’-guh.

It decreases stress, helps me sleep better, improves sex drive, and it helped me get rid of my night blindness. That was really cool. I don’t have to wear glasses when I drive at night anymore.

The main reason it works so well is because of what’s in it. Not just the ingredients, which are all natural, but the fact that they grow under the worst possible conditions in one of the coldest regions in the world.

I think that’s significant because the harsh climate makes them hardy and very effective. If they can survive in Siberia, then maybe they could survive anywhere.

It’s kind of like wild salmon swimming upstream. They have to go through such an ordeal to get to their destination that you would naturally expect them to be stronger than salmon that are raised on a salmon farm.

So it would stand to reason that they would be healthier than their pampered, farm-raised counterparts. I happen to prefer the taste of wild Alaskan Salmon myself, and it doesn’t stretch my imagination too much to think they just might be healthier, too.

A butcher at a Kosher market I frequented when I lived in Connecticut once told me that the difference between kosher meat and regular meat was that if the animal hadn’t been killed, it would have lived anyway.

If we want to feel energetic, healthy, sexy, and ready for anything, we need to take better care of ourselves and pay closer attention to what we put in our bodies.

Overcoming a food addiction means that you have to give your body and/or spirit, what it needs so you won’t be pulled by some overpowering gravitational force toward a behavior that undermines everything you want for yourself.

It’s either feed the spirit, feed the body, or feed the addiction.

The product I was telling you about, Frutaiga, is a very special drink, like an elixir or something.

It nourishes the body, calms the spirit, and relieves some of the stress that leads to the panic and trapped feeling that causes uncontrollable overeating.

Food addictions are manifestations of unresolved conflicts hidden so deep inside that it sometimes takes years to identify them, let alone deal with them.

Nourishing your body in a way that helps it begin the healing process is a good start.

Remember, one thing at a time. Keep it simple so you won’t be overwhelmed with a list of things you won’t remember or want to do.

If you want to get some life back into you, don’t go for the high-caffiene, fast-acting and short-lived energy drinks. Try something that will help you start to heal your body.

Now, there are lots of things you can do for yourself, and I don’t want to push anything on you. This is just something that works for a lot of people, especially women people.

So, if you want to add something to your daily regimen that can do great things for your health, this is definitely one of the best things on the market.

That’s all I have for now. Click on the Fabulous Frutaiga link on the right and when the page comes up, click on Products, then look in the directory for Frutaiga Case and click there.

Till tomorrow……………….have a great night!

One Of Those Days

I was thinking today about doing something special for myself. It was just one of those days that seemed to pass without much ado.

Not boring exactly, but not spectacular. Here it came, and there it went. And now here it is 11:00 o’clock at night. Oh, well.

As it turned out, I spent most of the day doing laundry and housework, and ironing. Yes, I still iron. I like my blouses nice and crisp looking, and I like the way cotton feels on my body.

I find cotton clothing very comfortable. Remember, comfort is key. Be comfortable and you won’t even give a thought to your friends in the refrigerator. Let ’em rot!

Funny how when I think about doing something special for me, somehow I end up mowing the grass or cleaning the kitchen.

I like it when things look tidy and organized. I like the look of a lawn when it’s well-groomed. It makes me feel like I deserve to take a break. It makes me feel clear, even rich.

The problem with always doing those regular maintenance duties first is that you never seem to find the time to do something special for yourself, as if it has to be an either/or choice.

You have the time or you wouldn’t be able to do all the “necessary” things. You just can’t seem to find it when it comes to you.

There is always that excuse that you can’t afford a  30-minute massage  or a $25 pedicure or a $7.50 movie. But isn’t it interesting that we have it to spend on junk food and nibbles, stuffing down our emotions and hiding away from the world?

I find it hard to put myself first sometimes, but I’m getting better at it. And, wonder of wonders, when I actually make myself get a massage, my food addiction dissolves into thin air, albeit temporarily.

So why don’t I do it more often? I don’t know, but I definitely need to work on that.

The next time I have “one of those days”, I’m going to do something special for myself first.

Maybe I should start doing regular maintenance on me first, and let the lawn do the waiting, instead of the other way around.

I’ll bet I can find the time then. What do you think?

Rejection-It’s Not All That

Rejection is often named as one of the causes of food addictions, along with allergies, low self-esteem and depression.

Often when I have felt rejection, it was because I didn’t feel like I belonged. Even when nobody said or did anything to make me feel rejected, I felt like I was on the outside looking in.

Emotions have a way of ganging up on you and, when they do, some of us stuff down our feelings with food. They don’t stay down long so you keep stuffing until the trigger feelings pass.

And when they do pass, as they always do, you not only can’t remember what you ate, you can’t even remember that you ate. That right there should be your wake-up call.

I have often sought comfort from my friends in the refrigerator. Comfort is the operative word here. When you are in a situation where you cannot find comfort, or ease your stress or get relief from emotional tension, there can be a feeling of rejection.

Rejection is feeling like you don’t belong, like you are not wanted or needed, like you are being excluded, like you are not welcome.

When you are not able to eat or go to the bathroom when your body needs to, or honor a family commitment that is important to you, you feel uncomfortable. The next time you feel these physical stressors, see if you don’t feel rejected.

The truth is, sometimes we reject ourselves. Rejection is the opposite of acceptance. If we do not feel accepted, we feel rejected.

When I decided to work on the rejection thing a few years ago, I took a job as an inbound telemarketer and remained in the position for four years. Anybody can tell me “No” now, and I couldn’t care less.

It isn’t about them. They have a right to say no. Not everyone wants what we have to offer. That’s life.

Your life is about you and you have the  starring role in it. You don’t get an understudy. It’s all about you.

You are the headliner. It is your reality and everybody else is just a guest. If they don’t like it, they can leave and you will still be you.

I remember the days when I would buy a Snickers bar and spend five minutes in a checkout line explaining to the cashier that it wasn’t for me, like it was any of her business anyway.

Why would I think that I needed her approval to eat a darned candy bar? Like Georgia Bird (Queen Latifah) says in “The Last Holiday”, what world was I living in?

This world has a lot of disagreeable things if you’re looking for someone or something to blame for your predicament. There is no blame to be had. Blame is a thing of the past. March your beautiful self back to the present.

You know I’m going to say it again. Hurry back to your heart. Go within, as they say.You’ll be safe there. Love always makes you feel safe.

You are perfection. No creator I have ever known had anything but unconditional love for his, her, or its creation. We’re the Little Brains that like to judge things and put all the pieces neatly together.

Well, life doesn’t always fit like that because the pieces are changing all the time. You are a work in progress, and you always will be.

If you’re fat now, you don’t need to stay fat. What you do need to do is  accept some of that Divine Love that is flowing in your heart and coax it out and let it start spilling all over your life.

Accept yourself and just carry on. When I figure out how to do it, I’m going to share some really great health information and products that helped me with bouts of depression and stress, and getting my eating under control.

For now, practice this on the next person who makes a disparaging remark or criticizes you:  Say “I reject that”. And just keep saying it until they shut up.

It works better than trying to defend yourself against the remark and  you will feel pretty darn good in the process.

Breathe Through The Triggers

One of the best things I’ve found to do when stress starts to take over my brain is to take deep breaths. It can be a hard habit to form but it works.

However, I don’t like it when people tell me to “take a deep breath”. It makes me want to consume 3 boxes of Edy’s Frozen Fruit bars right there in front of them.

It’s hard to take a deep breath sometimes. Panic is a big trigger for food addicts. To calm the panic, it helps to take long, quiet deep breaths, focusing only on the breathing and nothing else.

Many people with emotional eating challenges are so afraid of food that they panic when they feel hungry.

Hunger is a natural feeling in the human body but guilt skews the response for a food addict. It just feels wrong, like if you start eating you won’t be able to stop.

I was in that category. It was a Catch 22 situation. I was afraid of food and the control it had over my life. It was an explosion of emotion that compelled me to want to eat everything in sight, which sometimes I did.

I found a program that helped me lose my fear of food, and I’ll share that with you later. For now though, because you have to start somewhere, do this one simple thing.

Breathe. In through the nose, out through the mouth. Don’t think of anything. Just focus on your breathing. Try 10 breaths, or 5 breaths, just once a day for a week.

It’s a simple action and, like most simple actions, you build on it. For a few brief moments, free your mind, open your heart, and breathe. Try it. What do you have to lose?

Maybe the panic? Or at least the feeling of panic.