8/09/2020 Pounds On Pounds Off

 

    Putting pounds on is fun especially for a foodie like me. Taking them off not so much. When I hit 260 1 day 6 yrs ago, a big red stop sign blew up in my head.  The fun times were now over. Time to get serious.  I bought a fancy digital scale. I would step on it once in the morning and once at night, recording them down on a sheet of paper. I wasn't use to cutting food out of my diet. I switched to diet soda and tried to eat less. Got down to 250 after a yr .   In my fifth yr last yr, a gal said to me the diet soda was poison to the body, I had swollen calfs at the time and ankles. So I quit the diet soda and 2 weeks later the calfs and ankles started to reduce in swollenesss. Happy about that. Now I drink water with a little bit of  pineapple soda in it or lime or lemon. It works out fine.

    I plateaued at 250, 240 and 230 pounds for many months. I used to eat 2 eggs every day in the morning slice of bread and 2 pieces of well done turkey bacon. I did that for yrs.  I was still stuck at 230 pounds. Had to make a change, so I substituted  cereal for the eggs. That got me down to 220 pounds. I eat main meal around noon. One slice of rye bread 2 pieces  of turkey belonga,  1 slice of American cheese,  mustard  and then I put several layers of lettuce on top. I throw away first layer of lettuce, it may have residue on it like pesticide or bacteria. I use a baggie to hold it together. The lettuce acts like a topper instead of using another slice of bread. I eat a couple radishes, a carrot, a couple pickles and about 12 pringles which is like a potatoe chip. .Desert is 1  piece of brownie.

    No second helpings or 2 hotdogs, or 2 hamburgers or 2 pizza slices. I have 2 to 3 reg sodas per week  Forget diet sodas.

    Dinner is an apple cheese and crackers, a carrot unpeeled and an ear of cooked corn. Also a small desert.  Walking during the day is also a plus.

    I feel lighter on my feet, now that I dropped half a sack of cement from my frame  I look better and feel better than I have in decades. Well worth  the effort.  I never experienced hunger pains and still was able to eat the foods I like.  Very  happy about this challenge.  The goal  is Now  200 pounds and I will get there. You have to ask yourself how determined am I and what am I going to do to make it happen. You will have built up your will and pride in your accomplishment as well as making a stonger bond between you and spirit.

    On a piece of paper you write 15 times or more I along with spirit will make a better me. Do it every morning.

8/02/2020 Change your Life Today

    No time like the present. Ask spurit to protect you your family from the covid. Do thus every mirn.. first thing. Then think of one thing you want to change to make your life better. Get notebook. First page, write down what that thing is in capital letters. Now get an index card and write it down, then tape card to your bathroom mirror. This will be a constant reminder to you about changing your life. You can start with a small goal first then tackle bigger goals later on. Invite spirit in to your life to help with the stated goal. Back to notebook put a heavy line under your goal. Write underneath  and number them.  What you have done to make the goal a reality..  Date each entry day month and yr. Every Sunday look at your notebook  and write down your successes or lack of. Think of more  ways to get to your goal and record in notebook. When you do this invite spirit in to your life . When you have success thank spirit. Makes the bond stronger. Don't quit until you get it. 

    Do this every day,  here on out. No procrastination. It is Now period  it is priority number 1. The more good energy you put into it the quicker the progress.  Success to all. Oh,  you have to ask yourself,  how bad do I want this and what am I going to do to get it in a honest way.

7/27/2020 Negativity

    Negative people ,negative events both are arrows looking to rob you of your peace of mind. A lot of news is negative, try not to watch too much of this. It's good to inform yourself on what is going on in the world but try to curtail it to 30 min. It can drag your demeanor down robbing you of your peace. Look for things that make you happy. If you find something that does, write a couple paragraphs on why it makes you happy.

    Take an event like covid19. That's a big time negative event. No quick easy answers. Ask spirit to keep you and your family safe from the virus.  Do your part as well, like social distancing  using alcohol  on your hands, not shaking hands forever more and wearing masks. Also wipe down surfaces and your phone. Don't let anyone handle  your phone either. Spirit can use dreams, songs , books other people , tv and even put words in your head. Listen and take action. No matter what  happens  keep moving forward and double up on your dependence on spirit. Rely on spirit constantly,  it's more important than the air you breathe. Hopefully this covid thing will make the world stop and take notice to what is really important  in their lives.

    If everyone would rely on spirit the world would change overnight. But for now it can change your life for the better. This is the most important task on hand. Not to make the world a better place but to make your own life a far better place to be content.. Make pretend  that you are the director and that you will call the shots on how your life will unfold. Take it 1 small step at a time. It's not a race. Slow and steady will set the pace. All will come with the required determination.

    When negativity comes knocking at your door, say no thankyou. Wish them well and don't take on a defensive position. It's a waste of time. Know what it is you want, go after it but not at the expense of others. This is a life worth having the one that you yourself started and spirit's assistance helping you along the way seen and unseen. When you recognize  spirits help always say thankyou.

    If the negativity is an event ask spirit's help in over coming it. You and spirit will walk step for step in overcoming any and all obstacles. This is how to live one's life to the fullest.

7/24/2020. My Own Reality

    One day I was working at this lady's house. The deck out back was 4 ft high and had a railing with balusters.  The 3 yr old tyke has curly hair and was sitting and playing on the floor. As I passed by I asked the kid do you remember  who you were when you were big. He shook his head yes. And then he looked at me, his eyes turned into black pools that looked right through me. The kid was no longer there, now it was soul that was looking at me. He said I like the fact that I create my own reality. And now I want you to leave. I had other questions but that got cut off. I left after thanking him. Those words  that the kid said were the same words that Seth wrote in Jane Robert's books about Seth and his teachings. This is why focus is so important in one's life. It gets thing done. The stonger the focus the quicker you will get what you set your eye on.

    One of my wants was to lose weight. Six years ago I stepped on a scale, being 5ft 10, it read back 260 pounds. Got off and tried again, same result. Oh man, diet starts tomorrow. Took 6 yrs to drop 40 pounds. Lots of plateaus to contend with. I just kept plugging away. Around 230 pounds I was at this plateau for several months. Time to make a greater sacrifice  and I had to cut back on the foods  I liked. Not fun!. Want to lose weight you have to reduce calories. Exercise like walking is also recommended.  A long time ago a guy told me when he finds himself going to the next notch on his belt, he invokes the white law. Which is no eating  anything that is white, milk,bread sugar, icecream, and what have you.. after he dropped the wt he was good to go. Dummy me didn't  listen to him. I was too much of a foodie. After 6yrs, I am stronger in my will, so I know I will get below 200 pounds,  no doubt in my mind. More foods will be coming off the list. I'm 220 now, soon to be 199. If you fall off diet no need to panic, just  get back on the 'bike'. There was alot of that with me. I'm so much stonger mentally than I was before. Step by step learning from my past missteps. You fail upwards and one day you have arrived  super confident. In a better position to enjoy your new life. New greater challenges lie ahead.

    Is it easy.....no.....is it worth it..... yes. Ask spirit to help you with your quest. It will bring a person or dream or thing to your life that will help you get what you have seeked. Doesn't matter what, a car,house, job or relationship. If you have good intent, you shall have good results. Start with something small and put a time limit on it. As the day goes forward write down hints you get in attaining your desire. Try it and don't stop till you achieve that desire, be positive and visualize it in your mind as a completed quest. Once you get it, move on to the next want. Remember life is an adventure. Don't let negativity from you or others deter you from your quest. Shut it down and pursue your  desired good. By doing these explorations you are strengthening  your spirit connection and you will become better focused and life will have added pep to it. Go For It.

7/14/2020. Santa Saves. Me

    It's mid February  2020. The time crunch is on. The week before I picked a 6 and a half ft Santa from someone's trash, he folded up. I put him in the truck's bed. A couple days later it started to rain, so I put Santa inside my extended cab. Now it was serving as a headliner inside my cabin.

 I have to go to two places in a short period of time. The first place was a warehouse for metal goods, 20 miles away. The second was 35 minutes away from my house. Two and a half hrs to get it done. Boy that is cutting it close.  I'm off, leave home heading for metal yard. Two minutes out I see Santa smiling from the back window, he's blocking more than half my window. Oh no! Make a quick decision  turn back home. Take Santa and put him in my big shed. Get back in truck turn key....click click.....won't start. Just great! Jump in my smaller truck and head to the metal yard.  I'm now 10 mins behind. The smaller truck made it more tricky carrying the metal rods, had to travel slow because they would bang on top of truck's cab. They were tied down good. But they still oould bounce on top of my truck. Had to take it easy getting back to house, losing more time. Make it home and dropped off metal. I have 20 min to get to my second destination. It takes 35 min to get there. Got there 10 mins late.

    Thank's to Santa, I got there at all. If I didn't turn back to house to drop Santa I would have got stuck at the metal yard, where the truck would not have started. I would have been screwed big time.

    But spirit new all this ahead of time. The truck's problem was known by spirit and it instituted steps to overcome it. Spirit knew I was going to grab Santa from the trash and used that action for my greater good. Thank you spirit.

    

July Fourth

    The birth of America. When colonies  would become states.  To me the real birth date occured on June 17th 1775. People call it the battle of Bunker Hill.  I call it the battle of Breeds Hill, since all the fighting centered around this high point. The militias made up of farmers and tradesmen were told to dig trenches on top of Bunker Hill. When they got there the men saw that there was a closer  hill that was facing  the city of Boston. The hill was not as high as Bunker Hill but a better commanding  view of the British  occupying  Boston. As they looked down to the river they saw Charlestown to their right at waters edge. This was the perfect spot. They disobeyed  orders and dug their trenches atop the hill, all night long of June 16 th. The free thinking colonists were in control, using strong initiative, they set the tone and course of  Saturday's  battle  with the British whose troops were called  (the regulars). So it wasn't the British are comming the British are comming, more like the regulars are coming. A little after 4 am a British warship notices the breast work atop Breeds Hill. And begins to shell it with cannon fire. Other warships would lob cannonballs atop the hill. It was quite ineffective.  The regulars would have to ferry troops to the Charlestown peninsula  from Boston proper.  The troops assembled  along the shore line and planned their assault on a high fortified position. Good luck with that!  I would not want to be a regular on this Saturday. Eventhough  Britian was the number 1 military power of the world. They looked down on the colonists  as country bumpkins,  flash the glint of a bayonet and watch them scatter like rabbits. Not today. Today would change everything. The world would tilt upside down. Down the rabbit hole they went.

    From the top of the breast work a fence trailed down to the river at an acute angle. A lot of rebels set up behind the entire fence line. As the regulars prepared their assault  on the uphill breast work. The rebels were cautioned to hold their fire until they saw the whites of their eyes. The rebs did not have enough  musket balls. They had to wait for them to get close since the musket was not that accurate.  The regulars in their woolen red coats were quite the sight as they traipsed uphill in a single assault line.  Back on the fence line the rebs let go all at once. The red coats fell where they stood cut down like wheat. Gray smoke filtered up to the breast work. The still standing red coats beat a hasty retreat down the hill. Leaving behind their dead and and injured. Curses filled the field of battle. The redcoats reassembled  and repeated their attack the same way. This time Charlestown was burning. Smoke from the town was wafting across the hill. Bagpipes, fifes and drums  poured up to the breast work. The second charge was again met with a cicle of lead from the fence line with the same result. Down the hill  they ran. They prepared for the third wave up the hill. No sound military judgement here. Now, the rebs were very low on musket balls  and reduced to using stones and nails for projectiles.. The redcoats finally  reached the breast work. It was now hand to hand fighting.

    Joseph Warren fell inside the breast work. The firebrand who was recently made a general. When he first arrived at Bunker Hill they asked him what were his orders.. he said I'm not a real general I'm a doctor. I just want to serve. So what do you want to do? Help the rebs atop Breeds Hill. So be it, he dug trenches with the men all night long. He had 4 kids and died at about 34 yrs of age. Probably not the best personal choice for him and his family. He lived for the cause and gave his life for it. A 1 in a million type of guy. The British knew who he was. One of the commissioned officers  went back to Breeds Hill the next day to take out his rage against this man by digging him up and making doubly sure he was dead.

    The British could not believe what had befallen on them. So many casualties  and the officers suffered the same fate as their men. Never before had the number 1 military  in the world suffered such staggering losses in 1 day of fighting.

    After this battle the British knew, they were in for it. George Wasington would shortly take command of the army. The British would soon leave Boston. More troops were called up from England, as well as mercenaries from Hessia (present day Germany). The British would hence forth in the future engagements with the rebs be way more cautious.  Which hurt their future war efforts. This battle also pushed the colonists  off the fence, now they had to choose what side to back. Many families were divided on this issue. Things became a mess very quickly.

    This battle in my opinion helped the world in defeating pure evil in the form of Hitler. Without US intervention , Germany would have won. And what a truly horrible  place this world would have become. God Bless America, and may she continue to shine her light upon the world!

6/27/2020 The Covid Affect

    This is the third major setback for the US. It seems that each time it gets a little more dire. Also another major event ongoing is global warming, which will affect ocean side properties, at the cost of billions of dollars. Black lives matter and me too movement are times of reckoning  for the US and other countries. These injustices have gone on too long until one day the chickens come home to roost. See evil call it out, it's the right thing to do. Child  molestation in the Catholic  church stayed hidden for so long but those sins could only be covered up for so long. Acts of evil as to the people who knew and justified it with their silence. PI call these events wakeup calls. Countries get them and individuals get them too. It's the individual ones that are the most important. If we can't get along with our family members what makes you think the world would be any different. The change starts with you. Better results can quickly happen in our lives by the desire to make things better in our minds and hearts. Listen to our health experts and take precautions,  it benefits us and our neighbors. It's not me first, be considerate to others and their welfare. If your sick stay home. If you don't know what to do ask spirit what the best course of action is. People coughing on others is despicable. These people must have not gotten much love during their formative years. So sad. But yes there is even help for these people. All they have to do is acknowledge their wrongs  and ask God for his grace. So simple isn't it.

    You start by accepting what you would like to change, in your life. This has to do with you only. Think about your course in dealing with your problem and invite spirit int the equation as well. Do things you want to do without neglecting  your responsibilities. Don't let people pressure you into doing something, your'e not keen on. Be your own person. A woman I know was pressured into a decision, that she may regret. Family was involved. Another woman was going to her birthday celebration out of state, relatives were hosting it. Just before she left, she told me I don't think I should go. I said, well don't go. Spirit was giving her a nudge here. She didn't listen. She said oh they went to so much trouble. They love me. She was suppose to be back in 2 weeks. Get a call from her,they're taking her to doctors. Five days later she calls and tells me they are keeping her against her will. I try to do something but they have the law on their side. Stuck her in a nursing home, they did. But spirit did warn her. Spirit is your number one friend in life, rely on it. Develop that connection on an ongoing basis. It can help with every aspect of your life.

   Covid times, spirit is needed more than ever. Ask spirit about what to do about anything. Listen for an answer, could come in a dream, or a book or tv show. Spirit can reach you through many avenues. Be persistent  in your quest. Do all you can do and spirit will fill in the blanks. Also use common sense, if someone is coughing  say in a store, move away immediately, even if you have to wait in a longer line. Weigh benefit versus  risk scenarios. We have to hold on to our heads and pray for a vaccine.  Getting upset does no good for you or others that you are with. When we are calm answers will flow more freely. Being tense tends to clamp up our hands and when they are in a fist shape it makes it hard to grasp new ideas that may come our way. When feeling anxious  take a deep breath and hold for 10 seconds, then gently blow the air out slowly count to 10 and then say God is with me at all times. Do that 10 times. And then repeat again the exercise, for a total of 3 exercises.  Hopefully a little calming effect has entered your being. Where ever I goest you spirit go forth with me.  BLESSINGS. OR MAY GOD BLESS US ALL AS TINY TIM ONCE SAID.