Excuses Begone This New Year!

I was watching Dr. Wayne Dyer on PBS this morning talking about his new book Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits. I read this book when it first came out but the New Year, which is a time of setting goals for the future, is the perfect time to focus on getting past the excuses which have kept us from making improvements in our lives.

What goals do you have for the new year? Are you going to lose weight? Are you going to write a book? Be nicer to your family? Get closer to your spiritual nature? Focus on your health? Perhaps you have a major health issue you want to heal.  All of these are worthy goals but many times excuses get in the way of achieving them. Well, Excuses Begone!

I've read all of Wayne Dyer's books. His book, 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace, was the first self improvement book I read and it literally changed my life. The concepts in Wayne Dyer's book helped me heal the past and move forward with my life. I let go of all the bad feelings and unhappiness I'd been holding onto and my life was almost instantly happier and all my relationships were more loving. Amazing impact from one little book but it's true.

In Excuses Begone, Dr. Dyer covers all the excuses we give ourselves for not achieving our goals in life:

• It's too difficult
• I Can't help the way I am
• I'm too Tired, It costs too much
• I've never done it before so I won't do it now
• It's too risky
• It's not in my nature

What's your favorite excuse for not accomplishing what you want to in life? What's your excuse for not losing weight, finishing that novel, starting a new business? Dr. Dyer goes over 18 of the most popular excuses and shoots them down, telling you why these excuses don't have to hold you back.

You can begin to see things in a new way and Dr. Dyer tells you how to apply a fresh perspective to all the most common excuses

Beyond just talking about excuses, Wayne Dyer goes over a plan to help learn to get past the excuses and learn to consciously create the life you want.

Thought for the new year:

You get what you think about, whether you want it or not. What do you think about? What thoughts do you focus on? Do you focus on your excuses? What would your life look like if you were not focusing on the excuses? Would you feel free? Free to be thin, healthy, loving? If you would like to achieve your goals this year, read Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits

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What's the Best Weightloss Program

I believe in healthy weightloss and eating a healthy diet. I love to cook too. I think lately I've been getting a little too much of the healthy diet though and I've put on about 15 lbs of stubborn belly fat. I know there are several weightloss programs out there where you can order the food and after investigating almost all of them, I chose Nutri-Systems.

My sister tried Nutri-systems for about 3 months and lost about 20 lbs. She said the food was good and plentiful and the cost was terrific when you consider what you are saving by not going grocery shopping. My husband is also going to go on the program with me for a couple months so it will be easier with menu planning-and I get a couple months off cooking duty!

I called Nutri-Systems to see if we could save any money by both of us doing the plan. I spoke to a very nice representative who gave me a couple of special deals. One was explained on the internet- if you do autoship, you get a week's worth of food free the first and second month. The other was a special phone offer of $30 off for both myself and my husband.

I got the basic program for myself but with the help of the representative, I made some substitutions in the lunch and dinner menus. If left to my own devices, I would rather avoid beef products and usually only cook beef because my husband likes it. This way, we can eat different dinners.

For my husband, I got the men's menu plan, which includes a little more food. He would also like to lose about 15-20 lbs and because he has high blood sugar, it is important that he lose for his health.

My food arrives at the end of the week so I'll keep you posted on my weightloss progress with losing those ugly 15 pounds!

Just in Time for Summer - How I Lost 10 Pounds This Spring

I practice the 80/20 rule in my life. For 80% of the time, I try to eat right, exercise daily, take my vitamins and keep my weight down. Still, that 20% can derail the best of intentions in the weight department! Over Christmas, we had a house full of people visiting, complete with family dinners, lots of goodies and, being busy, not much time to exercise.

Couple that with starting some new projects that kept me glued to the computer chair in January and February, I discovered in March that I could stand to lose a few pounds. Especially since my daughter is getting married in Mexico at the end of June and I needed to pick out a swimsuit - something I hadn't done in years!

Here was my plan:

• I started an exercise class at the local Y
• I went back to taking my CLA - a natural supplement that helps get rid of belly fat.
• I stepped up my daily walk by about 15 minutes a day
• I started using Holy Tea - a natural detox. Toxins are trapped in your body in fat cells so when you lose weight, the fat cells dissolve and the toxins are released so detox is very important.
• I checked my diet to see where I could improve.

Shakeology is a super nutrition program which contains whole superfoods and:

• minerals
• vitamins
• enzymes
• probiotics
• antioxidants
• amino acids
• essential fatty acids
• phytonutrients
• fiber
• 70 nutrient dense concentrates from fresh, live whole foods

Feed your body whole, nutritious foods and watch the pounds come off. I've been on Shakeology for about a month and lost my first 5 pounds without even trying. I feel more energy, more focused and healthier.

If you need to lose 10 pounds this spring so you look great for summer, try Dr Miller's Holy Tea and Shakeology together and you'll be looking and feeling great in no time!