Rosa Smith-Montanaro blog
Rosa Smith-Montanaro is your virtual weight loss and wellness coach. She is the author of Mind Over Platter®: Train Your Brain to Think Thin and the award-winning creator of www.MindOverPlatter.com. Rosa is a certified Success Coach with an expertise in weight management and the mind/body connection. She is also certified at the Master level in Hypnosis, Neuro Linguistics Programming (NLP), Thought Field Therapy
TM (TFT), Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Herbal Specialist and Humanistic Neuro Linguistic Psychology. Rosa teaches seminars throughout the country on the mind/body connection and how to create a life that is a reflection of your values. Rosa and her husband live in Greece and have three children. She welcomes you to blog with her and discover how you can create a healthier, happier and balanced life. Rosa can be reached at MindOverPlatter@aol.com.
Hypnotic Meditation
Weight loss will happen one pound at a time. Your body will shrink one size at a time. Many people focus the end result of losing forty or fifty pounds. But I have seen success when the focus is on the next milestone. Try something different, start a practice that I call Hypnotic Meditation TM. Spend a few minutes per day in silence, breathing deeply and imagining a short term goal that can manifest within the next 21 days.
Play it forward
Last week was great, the weekend was awesome, now I am playing catch up. I am a step behind in all of my Internet projects. My week has been busy doing what I should have done over the weekend, but I wouldn't change it at all. I love being around young people and having a front row seat in their amazing lives. What a gift it is to be part of something so special.
I was talking to MJ, the music teacher and director of the play, who has worked with my 20 year old and now my 15 year old. I thanked her for what she does and said to her: "it is such a gift you give these kids, to be part of such a fantastic production, but I see all of the work you do, I wonder why you continue to do it all, year after year." Her response was that it was possible because she has so many parents to help her do all of the things that need to be done, but then in a very sincere tone she referred to the kids and said: "I do it for them, because someone did it for me."
Cool, I was thinking about how enlighten that is in life, to give someone an experience or opportunity that was given to you. What a beautiful reason to do something.
This is the reason why I chose Hypnosis and NLP to share with people for change work, because it had a major impact on my life that I will never be the person I was. I want that for you in the most wonderful and empowering ways.
Once on This Island is heart-warming
If you are trying to think of an alternative to the usual dinner and a movie, come to the musical instead.
The kids are so talented, the costumes are colorful, the dancing is fun and music is great! The vocal talent is amazing. Since it is on an island, my son Regis had to tame his wild mane of hair. Check out his before and after:
If you do come, be sure to say Hi to me. I will be there, either applying make-up, selling coffee, delivering flowers to the crew or up in the balcony cheering.
Have fun in your play
It is a fun production to be part of, lots of good music, dancing and energy. Since I like to help out, primarily in the make up department, I hang around for a while just taking it all in.
I watch the kids work very hard, rehearshing their lines, songs and dances over and over again. Even though they are tired, they seem to have fun laughing and joking around. That is what I love about young people, they make the best of life, they laugh when they are tired and they poke fun at the parts they don't understand.
We can learn quite a bit from this when watching our intake. Instead of complaining that we have to eat the same type of food or that we have to work out again, we could make it more fun, joke about it and find ways to enjoy the process.
How can you make the production of your life more fun?
Be Sweet to Yourself
Valentines Day is only a couple day's away. I am encouraging my members to be sweet to themselves this week. Do something nice for the people you love but also for you as well. That includes asking for what you need, if you are on a weight loss program and chocolate can trigger a binge, ask for something else. I LOVE chocolate, but I ask for alternatives such as a book or bubble bath or dinner alone with my hubby. If I really want candy, I ask for a small amount of something I will really enjoy and I savior it. People don't know what you want so they give what they think you want. It is okay to communicate with your mate what your needs are.
Check the fat facts
Maintaining health for life is the goal. As you check the nutritional facts in your food intake, what percentage of your diet is fat? Overall a healthy range is between 20%-35% of your daily calories should come from fat. The type of fat you consume is a major consideration. If your eating plan is closer to 35% but the source of fat is from healthy sources: nuts, avocados, fish, olive oil, etc you will fine. Check the fat content and they type of fat.
Check out the facts before you eat
As we take a look at the nutritionl facts let start with salt. How much sodium are in the foods you eat? What the RDA suggests could too high for most of us (2,000 per day). Notice how it impacts your body. If you eat a food that says 200-300 for sodium and it causes you to retain water, hands and feet swell, then you are sensitive and have to keep sodium levels on the low side. If you eat a food that has 600 and it doesn't bother you at all, then it will be less of a concern. I tend to stick to 150 or less per meal because it effects me. I wake up with puffy eyes, rings and shoes are too tight and my weight will go up a couple of pounds. I watch the sodium and within 48 hours the pounds come off and my body feels normal again. Again, read the label and pay attention to your body.
