Ranaesheart Weight Loss Success Tips

How often do you eat breakfast?

2009-06-07T17:53:00.000-07:00

How often do you eat breakfast? Take our poll .. How often do you eat breakfast? Then .. tell us either "what" you had for breakfast OR your "favorite" breakfast. Perhaps we can come up with enough different ideas to create a Health Page for later reference. IF YOU'RE NOT EATING BREAKFAST .. here is some information that may change your mind! 1. EATING BREAKFAST KEEPS US THIN. The National Weight Control Registry has compiled information from more than 3,000 people who have lost at least...

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No Strangers & No Mountains We Can’t Climb!

2009-05-25T17:50:00.000-07:00

No Strangers & No Mountains We Can’t Climb! Motivation to lose weight is something we all struggle with from time to time and I am no exception. As I am writing this, I am watching the moving and passionate lyrical solo of a 12-year-old girl and, in her performance, my strength and determination is renewed. The expression in her dance, the ardent grace and beauty she exhibits shows a gracefulness and depth of spirit more powerful than her years. How, I ask myself, did this young girl...

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Weight Loss Reality and Accountability – Succeeding Through Adversity

2009-05-13T16:36:00.000-07:00

Weight Loss Reality and Accountability – Succeeding Through Adversity Although this blog is near and dear to my heart, I have not been online for a while due to an abundance of personal issues that have left me reeling. From the death of a very close personal friend, to my 3-year-old granddaughter’s leukemia diagnosis, to my employment ending, to severe financial difficulties, to having an abdominal wall abscess without insurance that is felt to be MRSA, I have found life to be a little...

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Valentine’s Day Wishes – The Valentine Only You Can Give!

2009-02-14T17:54:00.000-08:00

Valentine’s Day Wishes – The Valentine Only You Can Give! Valentine’s Day is centered on sweethearts, candy, flowers, love and all things that make us feel warm and happy. However, when we are struggling with our weight, body image and self-worth, there are times this holiday makes those issues take center stage. This can manifest itself by over-indulging on chocolate, throwing our eating plans out the window and even trigger a binging episode. Not quite what we dreamed of when thinking of...

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An Historic Day - A New Beginning

2009-01-20T18:05:00.000-08:00

An Historic Day - A New Beginning On this most historic day, with the inauguration of our 44th President of the United States, President Obama has shown us what can happen when we focus on our dreams, throw our doubts and fears aside, and work hard to achieve the dreams and aspirations that lie inside us. Today, this nation saw the dreams of Martin Luther King come to life as the first African American was sworn into the highest office in the land. At the time Martin Luther King dreamed of...

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Get R Done vs There’s Always Tomorrow – What’s Your Choice?

2008-12-29T17:22:00.000-08:00

Get R Done vs There’s Always Tomorrow – What’s Your Choice? Today, two thoughts kept jumping around in my head .. “There’s Always Tomorrow” and “Get R Done!” After my indulgences over the holidays, I regained some of the weight I fought so hard to lose and was a little disappointed in my choices. I ate everything from chocolates, to cake to homemade chicken and noodles. Not writing things down, sidestepping the scale and electing to ignore my weight tracker led to my undoing and my recent...

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Great Dreamers Learn Success from Failures!

2008-12-21T15:25:00.000-08:00

Great Dreamers Learn Success from Failures! For some time now, I have been gaining and losing the same few pounds and, with the holidays at hand, it has been a few more up than down. Unwilling to return to my former lifestyle, physique and unhealthy ways, I have been contemplating the reasons behind this behavior. Throughout my journey, I have found that I must delve further into the “reasons” and the “whys”, identify them and then devise a method to rise above them. This is not an easy...

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Wok Your Weight Away

2008-12-14T17:29:00.000-08:00

Wok Your Weight Away This past week, while making my normal run around the cafeteria, I happened upon the Action station. This is an interactive station where you are allowed to select the type and amount of ingredients and then watch as it is prepared for you. I was so thrilled with my calorie-friendly choices that I could barely wait to share them with you. And, as usual, my mind tends to expand on the ideas when I sleep. This has led to some interesting thoughts. READ MORE... How...

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Refuse To Be A Victim!

2008-12-10T17:50:00.000-08:00

Refuse To Be A Victim! - By Life Coach Annie "We focus on the negatives, losing ourselves in the 'problem.' We point to our unhappy circumstances to rationalize our negative feelings. This is the easy way out. It takes, after all, very little effort to feel victimized." -- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Nothing and no one can make us a victim. We do it to ourselves when we allow external circumstances to hold power over us. Although we have no control over what happens to us, we ALWAYS have a choice...

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Juggling Priorities and Battling Emotions – How to Regroup

2008-12-01T17:27:00.000-08:00

Juggling Priorities and Battling Emotions – How to Regroup During the past two weeks, much to my chagrin, this beloved blog has not received the attention it so richly deserves. While it remains one of the highest priorities in my life, and I truly believe it is part of the path my life is to take, I found myself failing at juggling the commitments and desires of my heart and life. With outside full-time employment, the Thanksgiving Challenge planned, and the holidays looming, I was afforded...

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Holiday Celebrations – An Informed Choice!

2008-11-21T07:48:00.000-08:00

Holiday Celebrations – An Informed Choice! The holidays can be a time of festivities and celebration and heartfelt memories with family and friends. It can also be a challenging time and can certainly tempt us to stray from our newly learned lifestyle changes and return to the false comfort and solace we have found in food. The financial strain of this particular season adds additional stress and all of this combined can bring great highs and lows, happiness and depression, and can threaten to...

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Utah Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Meals That May Contain Foreign Materials

2008-11-19T06:22:00.000-08:00

Utah Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Meals That May Contain Foreign Materials Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-043-2008 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Congressional and Public Affairs (202) 720-9113 Roger Sockman WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2008 - Nestlé Prepared Foods Company, a Springville, Utah, establishment, is recalling approximately 879,565 pounds of frozen chicken meals that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The...

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Thanksgiving Weight Loss Challenge

2008-11-17T04:47:00.000-08:00

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Stability Work – A Challenge of Balance

2008-11-13T17:51:00.000-08:00

Stability Work – A Challenge of Balance - By Tina Marciochi Because the nerves fire the muscles, they must be challenged as well. This is achieved by placing the body in a controlled unstable environment, which in turn requires balance. To work on stability you must implement exercises that constantly challenges internal balance and stabilization mechanisms of the body. Limits of stability are the distance outside the base of support that a person can go without losing control of their center...

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School or Weight Loss – Is There a Difference?

2008-11-10T17:32:00.000-08:00

School or Weight Loss – Is There a Difference? Time after time, I hear people make inquiries about how to lose weight quickly with true desperation and urgency in their words. I, too, must confess there was a time when I engaged in that behavior as well and I am left to ponder where this “quick fix” mentality comes from. Perhaps it comes from the fast paced world we live in with drive through restaurants, cleaners, coffee houses and convenience stores. Maybe it is the short term thought...

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Changing Your Mindset – From Failure to Success!

2008-11-04T18:23:00.001-08:00

Changing Your Mindset – From Failure to Success! Most of you who visit this blog know that I am all about optimism, the power of positive thinking and implementing our “can do” attitudes to change our lives. I wholeheartedly believe each and every one of us has the ability and the duty to face our fears, realize our dreams and be the very best we can be. Part of that metamorphosis involves tapping into our life-long thoughts and opening our minds to allow a new way of thinking, asking...

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Personal Growth and Weight Loss Success!

2008-11-02T16:09:00.000-08:00

Personal Growth and Weight Loss Success! The age old question, is it nature or nurture? Am I obese because genetically I may be predisposed to this body type or those fat cells; is my metabolism simply more efficient than someone else? Or, did the environment I was raised in determine the size of my girth? Am I more apt to be heavy because I eat southern fried foods or pasta versus lean chicken and steamed vegetables? Well, there can be many debates on this issue. Each may play a role in...

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Learn the Tricks to Survive the Treats!

2008-10-30T10:16:00.000-07:00

Learn the Tricks to Survive the Treats! Halloween is the first of many holidays unfolding before us that promises to tempt our resolve. Do we eat the candy for Halloween? What about stuffing ourselves at Thanksgiving or all those yuletide parties? Well, the truth is, WE make the choices that determine our future! Try asking yourself this ... Do you want to greet the new year having remained on a healthy plan, losing weight and being the belle of the ball or the striking prince? Wouldn't...

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Why Sabotage Yourself?

2008-10-25T19:57:00.001-07:00

Why Sabotage Yourself? When you go to bed, do you tell yourself that you’re going to get up in the morning, watch what you eat and make plans to partake in exercise? Do you dream of your success of wearing smaller, stylish clothes and feeling wonderful being the belle of the ball? Do you imagine yourself as slim, sleek and healthy and long for the day you will realize success? These are all good things to do and will help assure your success. This is perhaps a more important question. Do...

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Popcorn – The Chip of Dieters!

2008-10-22T08:37:00.000-07:00

Popcorn – The Chip of Dieters! As we begin transitioning from an unhealthy lifestyle, it is important to learn how to make substitutions that work. It is part of learning that we can still have the flavor, the crunch and the texture of foods we enjoy; we simply need to experience them in a slightly different way. So, rather than Doritos, potato chips or cheese curls, popcorn is the new chip of dieters! Eating popcorn provides you with high fiber content, is fat free and contains no sodium...

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New Gym Member? Reward Yourself With A Trainer!

2008-10-15T16:45:00.000-07:00

New Gym Member? Reward Yourself With A Trainer! - By Tina Marciochi At many fine clubs, new members may be given two complimentary sessions with a trainer. These visits help members familiarize themselves with the gym and allow them to gain personal knowledge of the benefits a personal trainer can offer. The first visit usually entails garnering information regarding the health of the individual, which is recorded on a PAR-Q. That is an acronym for Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire...

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Talk About Regrouping!

2008-10-12T15:32:00.000-07:00

Talk About Regrouping! To be successful in our weight loss journey, there comes a time when we must regroup and reestablish the reasons we began this path that leads us to health. It is an important part of the process that inevitably comes our way and how we deal with this step is the true measure of our success! At these crossroads, we are faced with a choice. Do we take the path that continues or do we give up and turn around? Crossroads test our resolve, however, it is in passing this...

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How to Get Started?

2008-10-11T06:57:00.000-07:00

How to Get Started? Matt from DietsInReview.com joins us as a guest blogger today.Matt Johnson, a professional trainer, is the fitness expert at DietsInReview.com, where he shares insight and guidance for staying fit and living a healthy, active life. DietsInReview.com also provides healthy recipes, weight loss tools, health news and more than 475 diet reviews. Beginning to exercise is one of the hardest things to do, but you need to do it. Exercising is a must for everyone and anyone, no...

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It May Feel Impossible – But Quitting Is Not An Option!

2008-10-08T19:01:00.000-07:00

It May Feel Impossible – But Quitting Is Not An Option! Whether we are morbidly obese and have more than a hundred pounds to lose or whether we have a stubborn 15-20 pounds keeping us from our ideal weight, we can experience feelings of frustration and hopelessness. From a morbidly obese perspective, the sheer number of pounds ahead of us can seem so overwhelming that we are discouraged before we even start. From the perspective of someone trying to lose those last stubborn pounds, we can...

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Clean Your Cupboard and Get On Track!

2008-10-06T19:52:00.001-07:00

Clean Your Cupboard and Get On Track! Time to clean the cobwebs out of your cupboards along with the unhealthy foods that have either been hiding or are prominently displayed front and center. We are making way and preparing for your success and at the same time removing temptation! This is the easiest way to help yourself with weight loss and the transition to a healthier way of eating. Now everyone’s cupboards are full of many things and what may be a temptation for me may not be for you....

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