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The Invention of the Thong
The thong was supposedly invented after NYC Mayor LaGuardia became enraged that the city's nude dancers were exposing too much flesh.
Jigsaw puzzles are Creative Acts of Weight Loss. Hard to eat and play at the same time!
Get JIGGY!
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Motivational Musing
Ideal Beauty: Bold n' Brave In Your Underwear
A Perfectly Beautiful Conversation with Janice Taylor, Life & Wellness Coach, 50-pound big-time-loser, and Natalie Fournier, photographer and performance artist.
Janice: You are bold and brave, in your underwear ... and clearly making a statement about your body, the collective body and how we see beauty, and about your relationship with Minnie Mouse ... please, tell us!
Natalie: It started early on ... Like most little girls, the fantastical world of Walt Disney, with its princesses and fairies, inserted itself in my mind. Those Barbie-like princesses became my ideal of beauty, with their small waist, their perfect legs and long silky hair. As I became older, actresses in movies and models in magazines replaced those princesses.
Janice: I know what you mean. I was taken with Snow White and now Catherine Zeta-Jones, who could play Snow White! I know it played with my mind, making me feel less than ... longing to be that form of beautiful.
Natalie: Exactly. This picture of what "perfect beauty" looked like contaminated my mind, as well, and played with my self-esteem. After putting myself down over and over again, it became pretty clear to me that I would never be able to attain that ideal (or myth) of beauty. I realized that trying to be something that I'm not is just simply ridiculous.
Janice: It is ridiculous! I do believe it is a myth. Airbrushed photos, you know. Nobody is that perfect, especially in the morning. And now ... how do you feel about your 'real' body?
Natalie: Over these last couple years I have learned to love my body, and its every curve!
Janice: Your work speaks so beautifully to this love and acceptance of self. I admire your 'performance.' Your form of expression.
Natalie: Through my art, I try to expose the absurdity of trying to look like something else than yourself, of the ridiculousness of wanting to fit in a mould of what is
"desirable" or "beautiful."
Janice: No point in trying to be someone else ... as Cornell Wilde says, "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
Natalie: Great quote!
Janice: And finally, your reference to Minnie?
Natalie: Even if Minnie Mouse and her friends don't think I fit in with them, in my eyes, I am beautiful and that's that!
Janice: You are beautiful! And that IS that! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your art!
For more Natalie go to Inplainsight.ca!
Spread the word, NOT the iciing!
Janice
Image from the "Desire" series "Minnie Mouse", inkjet print, 34" x 42", 2007, by Natalie Fournier, Photograph, Performance Artist, currently residing in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Represented by IPS Gallery.
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Righteous Recipe
Breathless Blueberry Smoothie ~ A breakfast, a snack ... whatever, it's overflowing with health! Feel the vitamins! Get your glow on!!
Ingredients: 1/2 cup fresh blueberries * 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce * 2 ripe medium bananas * 3 cups of water (more or less) * 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt (Greek is the BEST! Yum!!) * 1 tablespoon of vanilla * 2 tablespoons of honey
Directions: Combine all ingredients in blender. * Blend until smooth. * Pour into glasses, and serve.
Serves 4
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Chewing the Fat
SLOWLY KILLING MYSELF
Dear OLofWL ~ I'd like to applaud you for your weight loss! I keep yo-yo'ing up and down. Now, I'm at the point where I can't stop eating (and YES, of course, even when I'm not hungry). I'm a diabetic and weight is a risk factor, so can you please advise me as to 'how to' get back on board and lose my weight once and for all!
I'm 5' 3" and slowly killing myself. Please Help! Thanks so much for your time. ~ Jean
Dear Jean ~ I sometimes say to my clients, "Do you have food in your mouth right now?" "No," they reply. "Good, then you're back on the wagon NOW." They laugh; I do, too. AND, at the same time, I mean it.
How do you get back on? You make a decision to, and commit to yourself. Take it slow and easy; do not overwhelm yourself. Change comes at its own pace; it is a process. For now, don't be concerned with the scale, just with making healthy choices. Get rid of the crap; replace it with healthy food. You are NOT giving up anything; you are GAINING your LIFE.
And be aware of your words. Instead of saying that you are slowly killing yourself; a rather negative message to be sending to your subconscious mind ... try saying, 'I make healthy choices. I can do this. One small step at a time. I really can be healthy. I am ready to be healthy. I want to live life to its fullest.' Shift your focus to the positive. Build on it. And thank you for the applause. I appreciate your support. Now, Jean, please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing. We are rootin' for you! ~ OLofWL
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Dear Janice ~ I was just wondering about why you choose the name "Our Lady of Weight Loss.".Was this something whimsical that you came up with or are you make a statement about the Christian faith? I'm just asking the question because I'm curious so please take it at face value. Thank you. ~ Janel
Dear Janel ~ I grew up down the block from the Convent of Our Lady of the Snows. The Nuns were the only people in town, including my family, who did make mention of my weight! When I was 8 years old, I weighed 112 lbs. I have had a sincere and loving relationship with the church since then! For more ... read this post. ~ Janice
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The Wondrous Workshop Schedule
August 16 - 12 Noon - The Wainwright House - 3rd Annual Healing Arts Fair - FREE Sampler for my November class ... Into the "LITE:" The Hypnosis Diet for Health, Wellness and Weight Loss
260 Stuyvesant Avenue, Rye, New York 10580 • 914-967-6080 • registrar@wainwright.org
September 7 - Fearless Fifites, Sage Theatre, NYC - info to come
September 18 - The Transition Network, Long Island Chapter - info to follow
September 26 & 27 - Aviana Retreat Center - Harrisburg, PA
Rejoice in RADIO ... Listen Up and Lighten Up!!!
QUEEN OF DREAMS with Tina Ferguson interviews Janice Taylor
WCBS 880 AM - Pat Farnack (Full Interview with Janice Taylor, June 10)
What Women MUST Know With Dr. Sherrill Sellman
Platter of PRESS
Daily Herald - Irreverant Book Gets You to Sveltesville
Los Angeles Times - What's So Funny About Losing Weight?
Health Magazine - Smart Ways to Beat the Munchies
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"profound." WCBS Radio 880
"... kooky genius." O, The Oprah Magazine
". . . one French fry away from Happy Meal, but when you think about it she makes sense." - Chicago Herald
"Funny, informative, enlightening and uplifting... sage advice" - Los Angeles Times
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ALL IS FORGIVEN, MOVE ON: Our Lady of Weight Loss's 101 Fat Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville (Viking Studio/Penguin Group) is a FAT-BLOWING, MIND-CHANGING HIT!
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Janice Taylor, Life & Wellness Coach
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IT'S ABOUT YOUR LIFE;
not about your fat!
EVOLVE! (Don't just improve.)
Improve means to do something better.
Evolve, however, means that you permanently and fundamentally change a part of who you are.
Janice partners with her clients to provide a thought-provoking process that inspires clients to facilitate positive change, enabling them to enhance the quality of their lives, maximize their potential and permanently remove* that excess weight once and for all.
Imagine ... how good you will feel when you:
Strengthen your commitment to yourself,
Free yourself from emotional eating,
Are in control,
Change your mind,
Let the real you emerge, and
Realize your full potential.
Remember ... if you lose it, you will find it. Cultivate LIGHTNESS.
Janice Taylor is a Life & Wellness Coach (specializing in self-esteem, happiness and weight loss), Certified Hypnotist, NLP Practitioner, motivational speaker and author. She is on faculty at the major wellness center across the country, is a syndicated blogger for BeliefNet.com (www.blog.beliefnet.com/ourladyofweightloss) and is a 50 pound big-time-loser. She walks the talk. Walk with her.
Janice has a private coaching practice and works with her clients both in person (in her NYC office) and via telephone.
Free consultations available. Ask about the 4-week Program and group hypnosis! For more information, please feel free to write Janice: janice@ourladyofweightloss.com
About Janice.
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