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Day 93 on our weight release journey!!!!

8/28/2013

I love this list...I had just gotten done doing my regular shopping, and it was amazing to come across this list as well. I can always use everything on this list.

How is everyone today? I have to say I am doing pretty fantastic. I am feeling amazing, my head is clear and I have a lot of focus. I started reading this book called Professional Dreamer 6 Simple Steps that turn Dreams into Reality, by Ghalil. My girlfriend Melissa turned me onto this book and I just had to read it. I am so glad that I did. I am in the first step of the book and I have learned so much already. So far I am learning to clear the negativity from the back of my mind so that I can focus on my dreams and what is important. Keeping my positive attitude as high as possible.

It is so important to always keep your spirits up. I stay away from the news papers, I don't watch the news, and I try not to read the negative stuff on Facebook. I always try to keep my mind clear of all that. It tends to pull me in and I will start to feel peoples pain, feel what they are going through and before I know it...I am not doing good at all. I will fall into a little bit of depression and everything will seem bleak to me. Now that I am on such a strong mission, I need to keep my head up constantly. I can't allow myself to fall and fail from getting wrapped up in the negative stuff.

What are you all doing to keep your heads up? What ways have worked out for all of you? I would love to hear your creative ideas on keeping positive. Sometime when I am in a pinch and I have to change my mindset, I will put my hands in the air and I will sing out loud "I got my hands in the air and I just don't care". I will sing that a few times with a little dance until I start to laugh at myself. It works...Try it!!!

Have a great day my friends. Until tomorrow!!

Rita

Day 92 on our weight release journey!!!

8/27/2013

Good morning my friends. I hope you are all doing amazing this nice steamy day. I am feeling pretty fantastic today. My eyeballs popped open about 3 am...so I took the opportunity to play on Facebook along with a little candy crusher. hahahahaha Any whooooo....I came across this quote that I thought was amazing.

We all have so many big dreams that we are striving for. But when we are dreaming we have that little voice in our heads that say "there is no way I can do that" "what makes you think you can do that". You know what I am talking about. We all have that little evil crazy voice running in our heads stopping us from the best times of our lives. If you think about it, that is wear fear lives. They are roommates! They are working on us constantly. That is why, as we grow and become adults, we forget that it is okay to dream. It is okay to have big ideas on how we are going to live our lives. Even if it seems crazy, but you have that fire deep inside you that it is going to work.

That is what you need to learn how to do, keep that fire blazing. Do what ever it takes to drowned out the evil crazy voices and learn how to howl like the wind and keep your fire blazing. Put a huge smile on your face and know that you are going to achieve your dreams. Feel the sense of accomplishment when you have achieved what you wanted. Feel it with every fiber of your being.

With my business I have big dreams and goals. Every night before I go to sleep I am grateful for my empire, being at rank of Black Diamond. I am grateful for my husband, my son, my home....you get the picture....then every morning when I wake up I am run through everything that I am grateful for. I get myself in the space of anything can happen it is a brand new day getting me closer to my dreams. I feel it with every fiber of my being. I am constantly looking at positive quotes and I always pass up the negative ones.

Howl like the wind today my friends. Keep your dreams blazing inside of you!!! Until tomorrow!!! Have a great day.

Rita

Day 91 on our weight release journey!!!

8/26/2013

Dream big today my friends. We are officially three months in on our journey. Can you just imagine everything that you have just been through on this journey? Look at everything you had to overcome. Look at every mistake you made and have learned from. Look at the difference that you are making for yourself and everyone around you. Look at your dreams!!! Are they big enough to get through the next 9 months?

I have very big dreams. I want to release this weight once and for all and build a brand new life with all that I am gaining from getting healthy. I have big dreams for my business, my traveling and helping other people, and most of all my health.

I am going to let you in on a little secret...I have just started the HCG diet through my chiropractor to get through the barrier of 205 lbs. I will be on it for the next 45 days and then maintain the significant loss. I will also be toning tightening and firming the skin when I am done with my skinny wraps. I have lived my whole life dealing with my weight. Literally since I have been 11 years old and I am now 45 years old. I have decided to stop and get off the crazy wheel. I know I need more than just my positive attitude. I am under my Doctor's care and this will be a safe journey for me. I believe that everyone should do what they need to do for themselves to be healthier and happier. I am under a doctor's care so I am being safe. Please make decisions for yourself that are safe. I don't want you to do anything that would put you in a position that would harm you.

How we look and feel about ourselves is important. I am a strong stand for women knowing how important they are no matter what. I will always stand strong for you. I am also standing strong for myself and the struggles I have dealt with regarding my weight. I am ready to release and do what it takes to maintain and not go back. I want to be able to breathe easier, not have to have my knees replaced, and take the pressure off my back from my tummy and large breasts. When my son has children, I want to be that crazy Grammy who is running all over town with my grand babies. It is time for me to take this next step in my journey.

Please share your thoughts and or concerns. Let me know what your next three months is going to look at. I will definitely keep you posted on how it is working for me.

Thank you Dr. Greenberg for your time and attention...I look forward to releasing weight under your care. http://www.bibwellness.com/ if anyone is in the Northbrook IL area...Dr. Matthew Greenberg is taking on new patients. You will be taken care of very well.

Have a great day my friends. Until tomorrow.

Rita

Day 88 on our weight release journey!

8/23/2013

Here we are on day 88...anyone who is following knows that this is not always easy. We find ourselves growing all the time when we are overcoming hurdles on our journey. I love this quote, because it rings true for me in many ways. I am always facing challenges in my life. It is not only with my weight and self image, but what I stand for as well. Being a woman in this day in age is so different from our parents...and can be the same. There are so many women out there who are not living their dreams or even know that they can dream. I have come through a lot in my life and I will always continue to strive to be the best that I can be. I will always be a stand for women who are afraid to use their voice. When I am a stand for something to important I can be a blessing for some and a pain for others. I will stand very tall for women looking and feeling confident no matter what. I will always stand tall and be very loud for you. It is so important for all of us to stand together. There are still too many women who feel that they don't have any power or beauty. It saddens me more than I can say. So no matter how hard things may be for you right now or maybe you feel like you don't matter. Always stand tall and face your fears or conflict straight in the face. You will prevail and become the most beautiful confident women you will be honored to know.

Have a FANTASTIC NIGHT!!! Do something for yourself and make sure you know how loved you are. Until tomorrow!!!

Rita

Day 87 on our weight release journey!

8/22/2013

Hello my friends....how are you today? It is Thursday and the rain and thunder is upon us in the McHenry County Area. Some days I really enjoy the rain. It is almost like forced down time. We are so busy going and going and going...especially now since we are getting the kids off to school. "Well my friends are...and it is exhausting watching it all" hahahahahhaha.... Anyway, it is great to be able to just sit back and take a moment, move a little slower and just enjoy the rejuvenation that is happening.

I really love this verse...when we are so busy we don't realize what we are saying to ourselves. For example...I know for me, if I am really busy trying to get here and there and I need to remember to bring a bunch of things with me.....I will always forget something. But I don't think about all that I have accomplished so far, I always focus on what I did not do or had forgotten. We all do it. So when we are negative to ourselves that is what's kept in the back of our minds playing over and over again. Bit by bit we will tear our own selves down.

Today, take the time to love yourself. Take a few moments if that is all you have or even better at least an hour and say nothing but kind words to yourself. Focus on the positive things you want in your like and make it as if it is real. You will be very surprised how much better you will feel about yourself.

I am always dealing with myself in one way or another. There is a lot of work I am always doing with myself. I am that girl who will stand strong for what is right and others. No matter what the cost is sometimes. I find strength in who I want to become. I don't want to be that girl who stands by and just lets things happen. I want to be that girl who takes action and can't be shakened. I am that for all of us on this amazing journey. Take sometime for yourself today and be kind to yourself.

Can't wait to chat tomorrow!!! Have a fantastic day!!!

Rita

Day 86 on our weight release journey!

8/21/2013

Good morning my friends....It is Wednesday morning and it seems the summer is over. Kids are back to school and we all get to take in a deep breathe. It has been a very fast but crazy summer. To me it feels like fall is definitely in the air. The leaves are already changing, the sun has a golden look to it, and it is getting darker earlier. I feel like it was just the 4th of July and now we are at the end of August preparing for September.

Now that the kids are getting back to school what are your plans for yourself. I am no longer that busy mom, but I know a lot of you out there are. I am a busy mom, but I am a mom to a 21 year old. My son is pretty much doing everything for himself. However, this summer went incredibly fast because I have been so busy with travel and working different events. So with that, it leaves a lot of room for not keep up with our goals, or maybe our work outs. We tend to put ourselves aside to get done what we need. To be a mom of young children now a days is incredible. You are always running one kid here and one kid there. It is a never ending struggle to figure out time and where you need to be. So as moms we tend to give up on ourselves not even realizing it.

So today is the day to get back on track. What is it that you can start to do to make yourself a priority? While the kids are away, what can you be doing for yourself to get back into the swing of taking care of you??? For our working moms, You have it tough as well. You are running a house hold along with running your kids here are there. What is it that you can be doing to prepare yourself while in the midst of your busy day?

For me, I could say I will get up earlier and work out or fix myself a decent breakfast. But after a long day and getting to bed, early is not my friend. So one of the things I can definitely do is prepare some veggie snacks. It is harvest time and we can get fresh veggies and fruits almost anywhere. So what I will do is cut up some fresh veggies and divide them out into snack bags, so as I am on the run I have something good to snack on. I will always have water with me and my gym shoes to go on a walk at lunch.

If you have any helpful tips out there please share them. I can't wait to hear from all of you.

Have a great day. I look forward to chatting tomorrow.

Rita

Day 83 on our weight release journey!!!

8/18/2013

Good afternoon my friends on this beautiful Sunday!!!! I am so excited to share with you....I had two events yesterday for my It Works business. I decided to wear black pants that I got from Kohls...they are Vera Wang pants and I love them. They are 16 R, which I am totally excited to be out of plus size...however the pants I wore where big.....Yes, They were BIG!!! The more I am focused on the weight is melting off of me easily and I comfortably wear a size 8, it is truly happening.

Here it is my friends...it is our mindsets that keep up us stuck. Once we start to change the way we think, everything else changes as well. Not only with our minds, but our bodies, our relationships, the way we see the success of our lives. I am telling you, it is all in how we are thinking.

For the rest of today, think differently about something. I don't care what it is; it could be small or big. Have a positive outlook about it and see what happens. Please share with me what your outcome is. You are going to be surprised. I shared about my relationship with my husband...as I changed the way I thought, my relationship changed in an instant. You can do the same.

Can't wait to hear!!!! Chat with you tomorrow!!!!

Rita

Day 81 on our weight release journey!!!

8/16/2013

Hello my friends it is Friday afternoon and it has been an amazing day. Yesterday I talked about the quote I read "Talk more about your blessing than you talk about your problems". Well today has been an amazing blessing. I had a fantastic day with my marketing coach Victoria Cook and an amazing day with my husband. When I do focus on my blessings everything else just seems to fade away.

I am so excited to be on this journey. The more I blog it seems to help me keep my perspective. I feel like everything is going the way it should and I am getting the results I am looking for. I am feeling and being more confident in who I am every day. My wish is that each and every one of you who are following is experiencing the same thing. It is so important to me that every woman knows how beautiful you are and how strong you are. When you own yourself the confidence automatically comes out.

Let's take this on for the weekend...do something for yourself that will build you up. Go get a massage, or maybe a makeover, or go and get yourself a brand new outfit that you look amazing in. Do something that is different that you keep putting off. I am not sure yet what I will be doing...I will be at two different events tomorrow working my business; that always gives me a huge boost of confidence. Sunday, I may hit the gym! That is something that will really start to set my sails. I may even wear a pair of shoes I just bought if it is chilly enough. What ever it is for you GO DO IT!!!! I can't wait to hear how you feel. It could even be as easy as wearing a brand new shade of lipstick. I myself have been sporting some eye shadow and brows, which I normally don't do. But every time I put my face on I am feeling FANTASTIC!!!

Off you go!!! Do what will build your confidence this weekend. I can't wait to hear!

Until we meet again!!!

Rita

Day 80 on our weight release journey!!!

8/15/2013

Good morning my friends. It is Thursday morning and it seems to me this is one of the coldest Augusts I have ever experienced. Most importantly we are at day 80!!!!!! OMG!!!! How cool is this? I am so proud of what we are doing and what we are becoming....we are truly working hard in changing our lives.

With that being said; I came across a quote this morning..."Talk about your blessing more than you talk about your problems." If you just think about that for a minute and really digest what that quote is saying...you can really change your life dramatically right now. When I was reading it, it was light a light bulb going off. If you think about every aspect of your life where it's going great and where it's going wrong. What do you spend most of your time talking about with your friends? Is it the crappy day you had or is it the amazing day you had? Seriously, think about it for a minute.......

What did you come up with? For me I focus on struggles; I will focus on what is not going right rather than what is or what can be or what I really want. One thing form me is an amazing relationship with my husband. I tend to talk to my friends about what I don't like or what he doesn't do rather than all the great things he does do. That is huge...if I would focus on all the wonderful things that I fell in love with him our relationship would be everything I have ever wanted. Instead I focus on the stuff that keeps us stuck. Two, money bills...how many of us have these issues...when I focus on "I will always have the money I need to pay the bills" I always do have the money...however when life gets a little crazy I focus on lack, then I have lack. Isn't it amazing how powerful our minds are?

Take the time to think about what you are attracting. Even with our bodies, if we are always talking about how we can't release the weight, we are not going to release the weight. If we think about how weight melts off of us easily, it will melt off easily. That is what I am telling myself daily...weight is melting off me easily; I am wearing a size 8 in clothes comfortably. Try it out for the next few days. Tell me how you feel and how things are starting to go for you. I can't wait to hear!!!!

Have a great day my friends...Until tomorrow!!!!

Rita

Day 79 on our weight release journey!!!

8/14/2013

Good morning my friends....Can you believe that it is the middle of August. I woke up this morning with the cool brisk air and that golden hue you get in the fall. I feel like it should be the middle of September or October. Where did the summer go......?

Today is just an amazing day....at lunch today I went home and spent some time with my husband eating lunch on our dock and just enjoying our feathered friends. I definitely took some time out today for myself. Dreaming about what I want in my life and how I want it to go. Getting connected with nature was amazing. I truly love where I live...and when it is time for me to go move into a bigger home; I will be surrounded by nature and water with my fine feathered friends.

How did everyone do with their dream boards....if you are not quite done, keep going. Keep going until you figure out what it is that you truly want for yourself. Put it all out there my friends....let the whole world know what it is that you are working towards...then it will all magically start showing up for you. I know that is what is happening for me.

Have a fantastic day!!! Keep your dreams alive today and make yourself feel absolutely amazing. No matter what is happening for you today, keep a huge smile on your face as if everything is going absolutely right today!!!

Rita

Rita OWEN

I have been through a lot in my life just as everyone else; I have found that what I have gone through has always been for my highest good. There is not a thing that I would change in my life; I would keep the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Sharing my lessons with you helps me to be the best version of myself. What I have learned, I share so you are the best version of yourself.

When we stand together we are strong and tall making a more confident and loving world. We are forgiving our past and embracing all that is learned. We then are teaching our children to be human and the best version of themselves.

Rita Owen

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