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This is a newsletter I get once a week as an email.  I think it's a really good tool to stay inspired and on track.  It's by Dr. Oz whom I love because he says all the things I say to my healthy lifestyle/weight management  APs** all week long. 

For instance this week's newsletter talks about:

1.  Review your successes and be IMPRESSED with your accomplishments.  For whatever quirk of human nature, we seem to focus on what's yet to be done.  Give yourself stars, high fives, tropies.  Every time you remember to breath and bring yourself to the present moment, imagine a crown or tiara on your head. Write down every little, tiny thing no matter what it is:  "I left 3 bites of food on my plate"  "I parked two spaces further from the door."  Think about how silliness builds momentum.  Take yourself not so seriously but keep leaving more bites on the plate.

Speaking of silliness, I suggested last week to an AP that just thinking about her mom's homemade biscuits was maybe enough.  She'd already eaten thousands.  Her thighs really didn't need to store more.  She already knew what they tasted like, smelled like.  Maybe it was enough just have the memory of her mom in the kitchen cooking with love.  AP had a very doubtful look on her face.  Maybe you have success just remembering a favorite food or occasion without participating in real time.

I highly recommend signing up for the newsletter at RealAge.com.  Breath in that motivation.....

**APs: stands for Amazing Potentials, my new name for clients.  I am constantly in awe at the changes people make, realizing their power to create happiness and health.