Archive for the ‘Let Go of Emotional Eating’ Category

Somehow US Magazine showed up in our mailbox this summer.  If you are not familiar with US, think of Parade magazine and go down ten notches.

At first I was appalled. Each week they feature famous women caught wearing the same dress and then they are judged on who looks best. This is the magazine to read if you want to know everything about nothing. And we all read it!

It was every bit as bonding as The Little Engine That Could.

I want to capture the moment at the table as the young ones were doing battle with the voter's pamphlet. I announce that Brooke Shield's husband was instrumental in the Paris Hilton FunnyorDie retort to John McCain's commercial. She memorized her lines and they only had to do four takes.

"How do you know that, MOM?"

"US!"

Now picture the college girls watching Sex and the City on DVD.  The college boyfriend comes into the room a little too quickly and asks, "Is this the one where Sarah Jessica Parker wears gladiator sandals?"

"How do you know that, JOOORDAN?"

"US!" (addressed to A.K.A Lisa Crunick)

Now it is time for Crime and Punishment. Actually Boomsday was my favorite read this summer. A young woman's anger blogs her generation into outrage over how much the Baby Boomers are costing them in taxes. She gets hooked up with a want-to-be-president, whose platform becomes giving boomers incentives for euthanization to balance the budget.

Watch for this to become a movie. I laughed so hard, my "kids" gave me the eye on the ferry. Oh, what fun it is to be the one acting out.

And while we are on favorites, my favorite hike of the summer was a ten miler in Level 1 wilderness with family members, on the occasion of a fiftieth wedding anniversary.

 One of my favorite moments was hearing the ten-year-old boy cousins call my eighteen-year-old "old!"

I hope your summer has a favorite book, kiss, and lots of laughter.

And while I do not want to be known for this kind of information, if you are inclined to have some chocolate ice cream, I am suggesting you go to Full Tilt in White Center, and have a scoop of Mexican chocolate in a biodegradable bowl.

They make their own ice cream every Sunday.

Finally, there is some sun, and like me, you are itching to experience something new.

New Event: This is so cool, you can grab a girlfriend or not, and slip into the back door of Quinns, (the place for upscale pub food, featured in last month's Seattle magazine), for a glass of wine, and then breeze from station to station, as you tempt your senses with all that is good for you: Aromatherapy, Hypnosis for Weight Loss, EFT, which is an Emotional Freedom Technique for everything! And do you know anything about Fascial Stretch Therapy? or CranioSacral Therapy? or Reiki?

I know you have heard of them, but this is a chance to find out what they can do, as you speed date the experts. How cool is that? RSVP now.

Free goes fast. http://holidaygolightly.com/wine-and-wellness

Someone called me yesterday and asked the question, "Does Positive Changes work?"

If you don't know, Positive Changes is a Hypnosis Center in Bellevue,Washington, and while they do hypnosis for many things, I believe they specialize in weight loss.

 The caller's question brought up a family story. My younger brother has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair. One day while we were watching TV, someone with a disability was playing the piano.

My brother was asked, "What's wrong with him?" I could feel my brother prickle as he answered, "Do I look like an expert on afflictions?"

On the same note, while I am an expert on using hypnosis for weight loss, I am not in the position to know if Positive Changes would work for a stranger, who calls me on the phone.

 To make quick and lasting change you need to get your subconscious mind on your side.

Willpower is not always enough.

Resistance often means that your mind  may be following safety procedures that you have outgrown.

This is when you need a practitioner with the freedom and experience to work with you on your presenting set of circumstances. In this way, change can happen very quickly.

 Most people need to work with someone who has the flexibility to adjust the treatment to their particular set of circumstances.

Contrary to what you have seen in the movies or a Road Runner cartoon, a hypnotist does not wave a watch and gain control of your mind.

I told the caller to do her research by making calls, and asking questions, and then to follow her instincts.

Feeling comfortable with your hypnotist is important.

 The art is in the delivery.

I am not in the position to know which practitioner or program would work for you, but I am very happy to offer you a free twenty minute phone consultation to  answer any of your questions. 206-941-1287.

For a Weight Loss  program tailored to your needs, check this out:

http://www.lisacrunick.com/classes/weight-loss-program