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Day 155 on our weight release journey!!!

10/30/2013

Hello my friends. I hope you are doing on this grey damp day. Today is not so great for me...have been dealing with a migraine the past few days along with an asthma attack that is giving me a run for my money. I wanted to share this because we don't always have the best days. We have a lot of good days, but sometimes they are a little challenging. Today is a challenge.

However, even though it is not perfect, I am taking care of me and I wanted to share this quote. I have been working so hard on my goals lately; I sometimes put undue pressure on myself. Hence the side effects of a migraine/asthma attack. Anyway, I put pressure on myself because I have so many big goals that I am achieving. I need to learn the balance and joy as I am going after my dreams. Balance is so that I have the strength and energy to keep going, and joy to allow myself to enjoy the journey I am on.

I know for myself, I have chosen to be on journeys in my life. I don't want a quick fix, because quick fixes don't always stick. You need a strong foundation to keep your dreams alive. When you look back at what you have accomplished and really notice the work you put into it, you will never go back to the old ways. But you also have to enjoy every moment. You don't want to overstretch yourself to the point of not enjoying what it is you are doing. It took me to get sick a little bit to realize I am not enjoying the journey right now. I am putting way too much pressure on myself and trying to control the outcome. I know my body will be at a healthy weight, and I also know that my business is and will always be successful. I have to stop the crazy and enjoy the journey.

That is what I want for all of you. When we have our achievements, the joy goes really fast and then we start to put undue pressure on ourselves. How much more can we achieve and get done quicker so we are successful fasters? That is what we say to ourselves. I know for me, I am always competing with myself. Yes, that can be a good thing, but that can also be a sabotage thing as well. Sometime the pressure can be too much and then you start to revert back to the old way of thinking and acting.

As you are on your journey of successful goals, keep in mind to have goals that are achievable, don't compete with yourself to the point of making yourself crazy or sick. Enjoy what you are going through the good, the bad and the ugly so that when you reach your destination you will appreciate all that you went through.

Have an amazing day my friends. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 154 on our weight release journey!!!

10/29/2013

Hello my friends....I have just realized we have completed 5 months of our 12 month journey. What an amazing accomplishment this has been.

This quote speaks volumes...consider who it is you have become in these past 5 months...then look back at when you first started. We have done some incredible work on ourselves. No matter where you are on your journey, there are changes you have made to make it this far. I am so proud of myself and every one of you who have taken this trip with me.

There really isn't much to say here other than WE ARE AMAZING!!!! I started out today with a headache and some challenges in my life today, but when I sat down to really do the math on the amount of days....I HAVE A HUGE SMILE ON MY FACE. Have my challenges gone away, NO, has my headache disappeared, NO....BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 5 MONTHS!!!! This is something to really celebrate!

Celebrate the new you my friends and have an amazing day!!!

Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 151 on our weight release journey!!!

10/26/2013

Good morning my friends. It is a beautiful Saturday morning. The air is crisp the sun is shining and I can already tell it is going to be a FANTASTIC DAY.

I came across this quote this morning and I thought I would share it. We have so much going on in our lives on a daily basis, and we truly can't control any of it. All we can control is how we react to it.

You could be overwhelmed by bills, maybe you don't have a job, maybe your company is going through financial difficulties and you're not sure you will continue to have a job, maybe your children are having trouble discovering who they are....it doesn't matter what your burden is, it is not for you to control. All you have to do is give it up and do the best you can to make the situation better.

Right now, I have a few things on my plate, some are amazing and some are not. However, for me, I keep giving it up to God to take care of what I cannot. My husband has been laid off for the past 5 months and things are tight, but what is different, in the end I know it will work out. How do I know, IT ALWAYS DOES. We have never really been in a situation that we could not handle. It is frustrating that can't do what I want, however, maybe is because what I want is not what is good for me. We can't go eat out all the time, so we have to eat in....we can't go buy what we want so maybe we really don't need it anyway. These are the things that keep my head in the game. We don't waist our money on things that don't serve us. We are wiser in this time of need for ourselves. We are finding that it is okay; as long as the mortgage is paid and the car is paid along with insurance we are good.

The same goes with our body image and the way we feel about ourselves. There are things that I could have nitpicked about myself. However, while doing this blog, my journey has taught me to love myself. I don't put in my body what it doesn't need. The more I respect and take care of my body, the more I am releasing the weight and feeling better about myself every day.

This blog is my balloon. I am able to hear what I am sharing with all of you and I no longer say terrible things about myself. I look in the mirror and I see a wonderful, giving, loving, beautiful woman who only wants the best for others. That truly makes me feel amazing. The more I see that person the more I become that woman every day.  Let me tell you I love it.

Sit down and write all the things that you don't like about yourself and your situation.  Then tear it up, put it in a balloon if you have it or a dish. Now write down all the things you love about yourself and your situation, along with all the things you want for yourself and your situation. Really absorb what you want and what you already have. Take the balloon, blow it up and set the balloon free when you are ready. Or with the dish when you are ready set the paper on fire, let it burn all of what you don't want away. Trust me, you will feel amazing.

Have a great day my friends. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 148 on our weight release journey!!!

10/23/2013

Good morning my friends. What a beautiful crisp day we are having. Yesterday I shared my success in releasing the fluff that has been protecting me. Today is part two...taking the step forward.

It is so important to who we are to keep moving forward. Whether we have made little progress or a lot of progress...we still need to keep moving forward, even if it is a little step or a giant step.

I have been on the journey of releasing weight my whole life. I was 11 years old when weight decided to take up residency on my body. I have done most diet programs available to us. I have spent thousands of dollars trying to release the weight. I had always been taking tiny steps toward my goal, didn't get very far, but my weight has always consumed my life. I had never given up the dream of being a healthy thin size. I am now 45 years old and I am finally reaping the rewards of never giving up.

Sometimes I look back on my life and remember what people have said to me and believed those things were true. I even lived those thoughts as if they were true. However, as I am looking back at this journey we are on now, which we started 148 days ago....I realize for the first time, what people say are their own opinions. I know that I am not always going to be overweight, I know I am not always going to be sick, I know I am not always going to be depressed, or lazy, or use less...things that I once thought to be truth; no longer are for me. For me to write this blog this long....AMAZING!!! For me to be on this challenge of my weight since I was 11, shows that I will never give up. For me to share my story and my struggles with all of you show that I am one of the bravest women I know. For the first time in my entire life, I am truly proud of who I have become.

I want each and every one of you to be proud of yourselves. One thing that is most important to share is never give up on yourself. When you give up...everyone else will give up on you as well. People may try to stick it out a bit to help, but ultimately they will have given up as well. If you keep going and striving for the best for your life, people will stand by you supporting you, and striving for the same goals for you. It's true...I have experience in this. When I gave up on myself many times, no one really cared. Why, because you can expect other people to do what you are not willing to do for yourself. When you are will, so is everyone around you.

Take my husband for an example. I would say I was on a diet, but I would tell him to get me some ice-cream, go get me a bottle or two of wine, let's go ahead and order the pizza, let's stop at Taco Bell or McDonalds.....was I really on the diet, no....I said I was but I was not making the changes I needed for myself. So instead of arguing with me, my husband would honor my wants. But now that I have made the changes my body requires, my husband will only bring home healthy food and he won't even ask me if I want the junk or wine. He stands by me now, because I no longer am giving up on myself.

It definitely takes something to make changes, but when you are truly ready as I am, it will happen. Doing the spiritual work on myself and making sure I am giving my body what it needs is making all the difference in the world. I feel so much better than when I started. I am actually breathing better, my skin does not hurt, I have energy that I did not have before. It is an amazing feeling. I don't even get sick the way I used to. When you finally take care of yourself and your body, your body will always take care of you.

Keep taking those steps forward my friends. Even if they are little steps, you are still taking them. Celebrate your triumphs that you are making. YOU are the most IMPORTANT person in YOUR LIFE. Keep up the amazing work!!! I am so proud of all YOU!!!

Have an amazing day. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 147 on our weight release journey!!!

10/22/2013

Hey my friends, I hope you are all doing well...it has been a few days since my last post. Being busy is so much fun; however I have a huge missing when I don't connect with all of you.

I can say I am officially down 40 lbs.; I have 35 more to go. This journey has been so much like a rollercoaster. It has been an experience that I will be forever grateful for. I have my good days, my bad days, but I will tell you this journey has taught me to really appreciate myself and everything I have had to go through to make this transformation stick.

One thing that I truly find that is helping me is the work I am doing on myself. It is so true when you do work on yourself spiritually and change your mindset; your body is always the last to catch up. My body is finally able to catch up and the weight is releasing and I can visually see it. I can see the changes in my body, my clothes, my face, even in my eyes. My spirit is finally able to show her true self. I always knew there was a smaller healthier me inside the body I used to protect myself. I am able to finally put myself out in life in a way that I sometimes don't even recognize. I find that I don't have to continually feed my face all kinds of food to feel comfortable. I have longed my whole life for that feeling. I never understood how people can just eat a little and be satisfied. I had never experienced that until these past few weeks.

My friends, it is time to really look inside yourself...what is it that keeps you from being truly happy and being the way you want? If you need to take baby steps....do that, but you need to take the steps. I want every person who is following this blog to pick up a book or a cd....something that will enable you to start changing your mind set. Pick up something that will bring you closer to God or whatever it is that you believe. This is your time. We can have and create whatever it is we want for our lives. You will thank and love yourself more than you can ever imagine.

It's time! If you have been following this blog and you have been slowing getting it together. Good, you are getting it together. But now it is time for you to commit and do something. I don't care what it is, but do something. Email me if you want to [email protected] I am always here for you. It is my mission that all women Look and Feel Confident no matter what. For me it is to be healthy, breathe easy and to wear what I want when I want. I want to look the way I feel. This has been a lot of work, but I will never change a thing. I am grateful I am on this journey with all of you. I will continue this journey...even when the year is up. It will always be my mission to motivate and help every woman to be the best of who they are.

Have an amazing day my friends. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 142 on our weight release journey!!!

10/17/2013

Hello my friends. Who is enjoying the beautiful fall rainy cold weather? I have a feeling the winter will be here before we know it.

I have been doing a lot of thinking of what I want out of life. Everything from my work to my business, even to what my body looks and how I handle myself. There are so many things running through my head of what I want, and I forget about all the wonderful things that I have.

When I am truly grateful for what I have, I keep getting what I want in life. It is amazing how it is working in my business along with my person body goals. But it is so funny when we keep getting what we want; we forget to appreciate what we already have. I hope this makes sense.

On my lunch today, my husband had been going through old pictures and putting them in albums. He showed me some pictures of me from years ago...it didn't even look me. My hair was short but red, my body was smaller but at that time I was not the happiest person. It is amazing when I see myself now, all the changes that I had made these past few years and on this journey, how far I have come. I look like a whole new person, and my face tells the story of me being happy and ready to take on life. When I see myself now in the mirror I am so happy and proud of who I have become. I still have work to do to get my body at the weight it needs to be healthy, but I can finally physically see the changes.

Be happy with what you have at this very moment....keep working towards your goals but love yourself more than anyone could ever love another human being. You deserve everything that is wonderful in your life. I truly hope when you look in the mirror all you see is a beautiful and confident woman. Doesn't matter how your or old, or what you think you see...Always know that you are a BEAUTIFUL AND CONFIDENT WOMAN on a MISSION!!!

Have a great day my friends. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 140 on our weight release journey!!!

10/15/2013

It is amazing all that we are accomplishing on this journey. It is not only releasing the weight from our bodies once in for all, but it is truly creating anything that we want for ourselves.

We spend so much time trying to figure out who we are. Why we do the things that we do. Why we keep doing the same things over and over again. We have an opportunity to create whatever it is we want for ourselves. Isn't that amazing? We can stop the insanity, because when we finally do figure out who we are it doesn't really matter. It won't change things; it may only give you an excuse to continue being who you have been.

Creating who we are is so very magical. All we have to do is think about what we really like, what makes us get out of bed in the morning, what keeps that fire burning inside our bellies and DO THAT. We can be anything we want. We can even create ourselves to be something no one has ever done before. There are no RULES....we say what we want. If you want to be a 60 year old super model then do that. If you want to be the happiest person in the world and make money doing that, then do that. There are no rules. We can be whoever we want to be, even if it may seem silly to others, it doesn't matter. We are in charge.

There are too many people out there living day to day and NOT LIVING. They don't like their jobs or the situations they are in and they are miserable longing for something better. Just go out and DO IT!!! Figure out who you want to be and do it. You owe it to yourself and you deserve it.

Have fun today my friends. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 139 on our weight release journey!!!

10/14/2013

Hello my friends!!! I hope you are enjoying this beautiful day. Many are enjoying the 3 day weekend outside doing a lot of fall activities. The ones that had to go into work today; take a few minutes at lunch time and take in the beautiful day.

When we spend time outside, we are spending it with God and nature. It is amazing how someone can feel so at peace looking at a beautiful tree changing its colors, or the sun shining through some of the bare trees already. Or even the fall puffy clouds that have crept in. It is amazing how October 1st came a long and fall was here. You could feel it, smell it from the leave changing, people are burning. It is an amazing time of year.

For me, fall is my favorite time of year. It allows me to look back on how fast it all went. Along with how I enjoyed the spring, what I did in the summer, and now I look forward to the fall festivities along with the holidays coming up.

We are in the middle of the month; November is just a few weeks away. Everyone is going to start to prepare for the holidays and get a little crazy. This year do yourself a huge favor. Enjoy every moment. Don't get yourself caught up in the doing. This is your journey in releasing the weight. You want to start to prepare yourself now. If you take each day as it is, don't have any expectation on it. Take it as it is, you will have an amazing holiday season. It truly has already started....the candied apples, festivals, popcorn, pie, cakes...then we have Halloween and before you know it, it's Thanksgiving...that will set all the crazy shopping in to full swing along with all the holiday parties. Do it different this year. When you have a party to attend, enjoy yourself. Have some control but enjoy yourself. Don't make it about the alcohol and the food. Make it about who you are celebrating with. Plan for what you are going to be doing. If you have a party and you know you are going to eat and drink, fast for the week prior and after. When I say fast I mean, eat very light, and make sure you take in a lot of water. Be prepared for the party, so you are not the one racing to the gym and doing crazy diets to get the extra 10 lbs. off from eating.

The best thing we can do right now for ourselves is to take a moment and get a plan together. Get outside and enjoy the beautiful fall days. Before you know it winter will be here, and then we are looking towards the spring season.

Have a great day my friends. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 137 on our weight release journey!!!

10/12/2013

It's Saturday morning and we are preparing to start the day on a positive note.

Trusting yourself is so very important. We all have that intuitive feeling whether something is right or wrong for us. Always trust your gut and that very first instinct that pops us for you. Nine times out of Ten you are usually spot on. The more you start to practice trusting yourself the more confidence you will gain in yourself. You will stop second guessing and doubting yourself. YOU ARE SMART, TRUST THAT!!!

Love yourself unconditionally. So many of grew up hating ourselves. How sad is that. I have found such love for myself on this journey. I know that everything I have done, every mistake, every setback has always been for my highest good. I am working at Cherry Valley Mall in Rockford IL this weekend; I have to say that I saw so many beautiful people. I could not believe my eyes. Here is why I saw so many beautiful people, because I finally see myself as beautiful. When you can love and accept and appreciate all that you have, you can then see it in others. That is a miracle in its self.

Respect yourself. Don't do something that you know is not good for you, or you know you are going to beat yourself up after. There are so many times we put ourselves in situations that are not good because we have zero respect for ourselves. We feel that we must suffer and punish ourselves too much. It is time to brush off the past and not look back. Start to respect yourself and your body TODAY, THIS MINUTE....It's that important.

Believe in yourself. Believe that you are one of the most important people in your life. If you don't think you are important no one else will. It has to start and come from you. It's so funny how people will joke about me being important. That is because I have set the standard. My girlfriend Melissa at work said "if Rita's not happy nobody's happy." The truth is, she is right. When I am being miserable people around are miserable. When I am flying high on life, so are the people around me. It is amazing how you can make a difference in so many lives. Believe that YOU ARE THAN IMPORTANT!

Affirm yourself daily. You have to tell yourself everyday how beautiful you are, how smart you are, how important you are. It is so important that you do that. You may have the worst day of your life, some people it will completely tear them down, other they can brush it off. The people who get torn down are the ones who don't tell themselves loving things, they beat themselves up. The ones who can brush it off, are always telling themselves loving things, they know it's not about them. Do the mirror work...you won't regret it, you'll only love yourself more!!!

Forgive yourself. We were not born with instructions. God did not hand us a book and say, learn and practice. We came here to figure it out. We are expected to make mistakes, that way we can always learn from them and teach others. Can you imagine that? Think about it, we are meant to make mistakes so we can learn. So quit beating yourself up and allowing others to beat yourself up as well. We are all unique amazing human beings, it is our job to make mistakes and learn from them. If that is what you are doing, you are living an amazing journey. If you are always trying to be perfect and not make the mistakes, I bet you are very tired. Enjoy your journey, forgive YOU, you FORGIVE OTHERS.

Honor yourself. You are very special and unique. There is no other person in the world who is like you. We are all made differently. Honor YOURSELF. Let the whole world know how special you are. Take care of your body, your mind, your spirit. Once you start to honor yourself, everyone around you will honor you as well. They have too, or they don't get to be in your life. You have the say. It's all about YOU!!!

Have a great Saturday my friends. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 136 on our weight release journey!!!

10/11/2013

How is everyone doing on their weight release journey? I am curious how people are doing since we have taken the focus away from the diet and the everyday logging and beating ourselves up.

I have been making progress and every bit of my loss I am been working to keep it off. Writing this blog helps to keep me stay focused and realizes that I am worth the lifestyle change. I love that my body is becoming healthier; I do not suffer as much with the asthma along with the fibromyalgia. I have more energy and I am ready to take on the world. I love the way I am feeling.

When I start to get down on myself I look in the mirror and say to my face "you are beautiful, you are doing a great job." I am seeing the changes that are going on with my body. This has been the hardest part for me. Whenever I have lost weight in the past I never really saw the changes. Now with this blog and changing my mindset I am seeing the changes and loving them. I was told that the body is always the last to catch up. We have been working on ourselves mentally and spiritually, now the body is starting to catch up and show us the changes it is making. I love it! It's like a miracle in it's self.

Today say to yourself or out loud, "I am everything that I can be at this very moment and I love and accept myself wholeheartedly." Say that as often as you can and watch everything start to shift for you. I love doing this work; I have seen so many changes in myself. I will never be the person I once was, I will always grow and my energy will always be very large, but my body with be lean and healthy!!!!

Have an amazing Friday. Until we meet again.

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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