A Tush Kickin' New Year Giveaway - Woo Hoo prizes for three whole months!  Send in your Weighty Confessions - your favorite healthy Righteous Recipes - and/or one of your Creative Acts of Weight Loss! 

THEN your name will be put in a hat and at the end January, February and then March, a winner will be pulled (like a rabbit out of the hat)!   Winner to receive a case of SoLean soy beef or soy pork patties. Any and all who enter, will receive a two-month membership to HeritageCookbook.com!  An opportunity for you to create your very own cookbook!!!!  And all who enter will receive Our Lady of Weight Loss's latest ... 'no food zone' sign!  A sign of the times - for sure. 

All submissions will become property of Our Lady of Weight Loss and may be re-printed in the Kick in the Tush Club newsletter.
Please be sure to put your mailing address on the entries! Platters of gratitude to our generous sponsors ~  SoLean and HeritageCookbook.com!

FYI ... Over 100 letters, recipes, creative acts of weight loss and weighty confessions were sent in by Kick members!  Everyone received a FREE 6-month membership to HeritageCookbook.com.  Be sure to write in this month, too!

• Reduces levels of certain stress hormones.
• Boosts the immune system.
• May lead to hiccupping but will dislodge mucus plugs from the respiratory tract! (Oh, how appealing!)
• Gives you a full body workout (works the diaphragm and abdominal, respiratory, facial and back muscles).
• Ever feel exhausted after the giggles?  You just had an aerobic workout. (My kind of exercise!)
• Gets those positive endorphins pumping! Laughter invokes feelings of happiness and joy!
• Promotes creative thoughts.
• Creates bonding with your fellow human.  Nothing better than a shared laugh!

“My wife will say this to me – “Honey, I want you to tell me if I’m getting fat.”  And I say, “All right, and you tell me if I start getting retarded.” ~ Jeff Foxworthy

“It serves me right for keeping all my eggs in one bastard.”  ~ Dorothy Parker

“Instead of getting married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and give her a house.” ~ Lewis Grizzard

“My mother buried three husbands – and two of them were just napping. ~ Rita Rudner

“We never talked to each other in my family.  We communicated by putting Ann Landers articles on the refrigerator.” ~ Judy Gold

Directions: Shred one small head cabbage * Mash 2 cloves garlic * Place in the bottom of a roasting pan. * Wash and dry one frying or roasting chicken, (in the sink, not the washer and dryer,! HA!!) * then rub it lightly with 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil. * Poke a lemon with a fork a few times. *Put the lemon in the cavity of the chicken. * Put the chicken on the cabbage and garlic mixture * Roast 23 minutes per pound of chicken. * Remove chicken from roaster. * Take out the lemon and throw it away.
 
Serve the garlicky cabbage as a side dish with the chicken.  The cabbage will taste like chicken. The chicken will taste like chicken.
 
Delish!

Send in your healthy Righteous Recipes!  Win a prize!! (see above Give Away)

I still get cravings for something deep fried and golden every now and again but with the fat melting off me (and affirmations everyday), it's easier to see what works and what doesn't. You blessed my life at just the right time, and for that I am grateful. Keep spreading the word, and I will too!

Since the 'clearing,' I have lost 27.5 pounds! ~ Miss Megan, Idaho

Dear Miss Megan ~ Big time congrats on 27.5 pounds lost! And more heaps of congrats on your commitment to self and a healthy way of life.  YOU are an inspiration.  Bless YOU and keep us in the loop, because we are with you every inch of the weigh!!! ~ OLofWL

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Dearest OLofWL ~ What is the polite way to say no to people -usually skinny people- offering food that you should not eat, especially after you have explained about your on-going struggle to exercise and eat right.  They still offer you cake/cookies/chocolate/100 gazillion calories?
 
"Don't you want some?" Well of course I WANT some but I WANT to be healthy and lose the darn weight. I tried, "It's against my religion.  My patron Saint doesn't want me to have it." But that did not go over well. HELP. Thanks! Lenaye - PS: I think your book covers this, but I lent mine to someone and she isn't returning my calls.  Gotta order another one!!

Dearest Lenaye ~ Just keep saying, "No, thank you."  "No, I don't want any."  "Thanks, but no thanks."  "Maybe later." and if all else fails try "Listen you M*%#@F&%@#$ lay off!"  Seriously now ... just keep saying "No, thanks."  You don't have to offer an explanation.  And think about this ... there is no such thing as will power - only want power.  And what you really want is to tap into your 'thinner core' and set yourself free. It's not about the weight; it's about your soul. (Yes, it is in the book! And yes, buy another!  I can't thank you enough for your support.) ~ OLofWL

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Letters in response to last week's KICK - Under Attack!

Dear OLofWL ~ I have a neighbor who irritates EVERYONE in our building. Everybody thinks she's crazy. She says irritating things to other women because she has low self esteem issues and to overcome that, she has to come across in a superior manner. When she makes remarks about my new sveltness or my hair, I just give her an ingratiating smile over my shoulder as I walk away. ~ Susan W., Flagstaff, AZ
 
Dear Susan ~ Yup, it's about her - not you. Smile and walk away. I'm grateful when I meet someone like that.  I figure, "Hey, I'm sure glad I didn't get the part.  I like my role (weight loss expert, happiness guru, wife, macaroni artist, mother, quirky girl) a whole lot better. You just keep on being you, and we'll leave the crankiness to your neighbor! ~ OLofWL 

Dear OLofWL ~ Just last week, after being attacked by a women in my office, who is a real nut job, I almost cried when I read your words of wisdom.  You see, for almost a week, I couldn't figure out why she exploded, as the issue on the table wasn't that big a deal.  I now realize what was really going on.  MANY THANKS for your insight, which arrived on my desk this morning and made me feel and see what the real issue was.  ~ Renee, NY

Dear Renee ~ Life throws out hooks all day long; sometimes from other people.  Barbs, comments, explosions that are best looked at objectively, as in - hey this ain't about me!  Glad last week's KICK helped! ~ OLofWL

Want to Chew the Fat with OLofWL?  Write her!

I crocheted myself a bracelet!  I am slowly becoming addicted to crocheting instead of food.  One evening I was on the verge of making myself a big ice cream sundae.  I remembered you saying do something creative instead.  I picked up some yarn and crocheted a pretty bracelet complete with a bead for a hook.  I hope that one day my arms, and legs and neck are loaded down with crocheted bracelets and necklaces instead of fat!. ~ Dorothy

What creative act of weight loss have you committed?  Write me!

March 23-25, Northwest Women's Show, Seattle, Washington! Y'all, this is a big deal.  If you're near Seattle come on and hear me speak.  I'm up on the Main Stage for the entire 3 days hangin' with the best of them.  Yeah, Bob Greene and Marianne Williamson.  Come to Seattle.

April 29-May 2 @ Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health - Register NOW!

May 8, Thursday @ Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Palm Beach County, Florida

Check out photos from The Crossings 'playShop.'  We had a blast and everyone left motivated and happy.  And from the St. Lucia Book Club's January 25th gathering.  tapeMeasures bracelets abound.  Thanks all!

Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Coach and author/artist of Our Lady of Weight Loss featured in ...
fitsugar.com - a very cool website from San Francisco.
And ... sEXy EX! a fab blog

The Incredible Shrinking Mom blog on Club Mom.  Check her out!
Another fun interview ... Square Peg People's, The Encourager. Are you a square peg person? 

Janice is also featured in Health Magazine's Jan/Feb 2007 issue.  Health sought out the top weight-control experts for their #1 tips to get the weight off now. As well as on Eyewitness News, ABC7, NYC!  Woo Hoo!

For other news on Janice and reviews of Our Lady of Weight Loss from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times and many more national publications click here!

If your weight loss chart looks like an EKG, contact Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Coach.

Write me for a free consultation!

"Janice Taylor has been a truly inspirational weight loss coach. Through her creative insight I have found my "artists' soul", making the journey to my new lifestyle fulfilling and utterly satisfying. And I permanently removed over 40 pounds of excess weight! " L~ Brooklyn. NY

"Janice has 'been there' and knows the struggle. She offers practical suggestions and inspirational guidance. Her sense of humor and high spiritedness put me at east and helped to make weight loss fun!" - Felice, PA.

"I look forward to each session with Janice and feel energized afterward, leaving with constructive suggestions and strategies as to how to deal with situations as well as food. Janice is inspiring and keeps me motivated." - Joyce, Ct.

Janice Taylor permanently removed 55 pounds over 5 years ago. If Janice can, you can! Click here for before / after photos.

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