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DAY 11: Oprah & Deepak’s 21-day meditation challenge!

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DAY 11: Oprah & Deepak’s 21-day meditation challenge! “YOU MUST NUTURE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH CARE & ATTENTION…” (marriage, family etc.) Do you agree? WHAT LESSONS HAVE YOU LEARNED? SHARE in the COMMENT BOX BELOW… VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyUrOfvwebo

— Today’s centering thought: “I nurture my relationships with care and attention.”
Today’s meditation focussed on gratitude and I also really got just how much when we are grateful, we are able to be in the present moment (not lost, absent, hiding in our regrets about the past or our worries about the future) and we are truly loving because we are in the moment and able to appreciate.

Mindful moment homework:
“Choose one person and write a thank-you letter expressing gratitude for all the gifts you’ve received from him or her. If possible, deliver your gratitude letter in person—or mail it.”
I’ve written a letter to my husband which he’ll find today when he comes home. He’s not expecting it and I think he’ll be hugely touched! The last time I wrote him a letter was in 2005! 🙂

Give this challenge a try! https://chopracentermeditation.com
It’s easy, it’s free and you don’t need to “know anything about meditation” to do it!

———————
FROM Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey: #ChopraCenter

***Day 11
Miraculous Appreciation
“Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.” —Khalil Gibran
Today in our meditation we will experience one of the most luscious qualities of spirit: the fullness of gratitude.
When our attention is focused on the blessings in our lives, we feel connected to everything in the universe. We experience our wholeness and oneness with all creation. When our heart is filled with gratitude, we arrive fully in the present moment, letting go of our regrets about the past and concerns for the future. In this state of pure appreciation, we radiate the light of love to everyone we meet.

Mindful Moment
Today make a list of five people who have had a profound impact on your life. Choose one person and write a thank-you letter expressing gratitude for all the gifts you’ve received from him or her. If possible, deliver your gratitude letter in person—or mail it. Often the people in our lives have no idea how much help, comfort, and inspiration they have given us, and this is a wonderful opportunity to share the love in our hearts.

I’m here rooting for you!

love,
The Lifestylista
xox
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WHY DIETS MAKE YOU FAT! The scientific truths behind dieting's dirty little secret…

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You’re fat.
Again…
How the HECK did this happen???
All that weight you lost on the last diet is back on and then some. Now you just feel powerless, confused, out of control and ashamed. You assume it’s because you weren’t disciplined enough or you didn’t have enough willpower… But still you can’t work out how you got back to square one so quickly.

All you want to do is understand WHY now that you’re off the diet (BUT eating even less than you did before you started to diet)… you’ve still gained all of the weight back and more.

WHY?
This is not a mystery.

Once you understand the science behind how diets actually make you fatter, you will have taken the first step to losing weight and keeping it off for good.

A groundbreaking study (“Long Term Persistence of Hormonal Adaptations to Weight Loss”) conducted at the University of Melbourne reported that when people diet, the body’s hormonal balance changes and it goes into serious weight gain mode.
According to researchers, calorie restriction results in a rapid, significant reduction in levels of leptin — a hormone that speeds up the metabolic rate and curtails appetite. It also causes a reduction in the levels of the appetite suppressing hormone Peptide YY. So when you diet, your metabolism slows down and all the regular hormones that keep your appetite in check just aren’t around to protect you… As if that wasn’t enough, there is a huge increase in the levels of ghrelin — a hormone which not only makes you hungry as a horse but also stimulates the release of a polypeptide that makes your body store even more fat, especially in the abdominal region!

The lead researcher, Joseph Proietto, said, “Our study has provided clues as to why obese people who have lost weight often relapse. The relapse has a strong physiological basis and is not simply the result of voluntary resumption of old habits.”

Dr Rudolph Leibel of Columbia University agrees. He believes obesity is a biological, not a psychological illness. According to Dr Leibel’s research, a body that has dieted behaves very differently to a body of the same size that has never dieted. When we lose weight, the body fights fat loss by making our muscle fibers more energy efficient so they burn up to a quarter less calories than the muscles of someone of the same weight who had never dieted. If you lose 10% of your body fat you’ll need to eat 20 — 25% fewer calories to maintain your new weight. So if you were eating 2000 calories a day before your diet, now you’ll need to eat 400 — 500 calories LESS per day just to keep your weight stable. This ‘dieting effect’, needing to eat fewer calories, can last years. No wonder we gain the weight back!

Dr Rosenbaum, a researcher at Columbia University scanned the brains of dieters vs non dieters. He found that the body tries to return to the old weight by giving the dieter a much greater emotional response to food combined with real cravings that make the person more excited about food and less able to resist it. Dr Rosenbaum said that this, when combined with the fact that the post diet body needs significantly fewer calories, creates the ideal situation for weight regain… ARGGH!!!

UCLA researchers analyzed 31 long term diet studies and found that the biggest predictor of long term weight gain was if the subject had been on a diet at some point in the past. So basically, if you’ve ever dieted, you’re the one they expect to gain weight long term. One study they analyzed, where dieters were followed for 2 years, showed that 83% of dieters ended up heavier than when they started their diet.

Diets really don’t work. They actually make the problem worse. Much worse.

Now you understand the science behind why diets don’t work can you forgive yourself for all the ‘failures’ of the past? You’ve been blaming yourself for years and now you need to cut yourself some slack, recognize the huge opponent you’ve been dealing with and work out a strategy. I am working on a course that will lead you through this process step by step. I lost 70lbs and I kept it off. Knowledge is power and always remember you’re not losing weight to get fabulous… you’re fabulous now!

I’m here rooting for you!
love,
The Lifestylista
xox
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DAY 10: Oprah & Deepak’s 21-day meditation challenge!

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DAY 10: Oprah & Deepak’s 21-day meditation challenge! COMMENT BELOW… “YOU ATTRACT WHAT YOU ARE… You can’t attract what you don’t have. Whole attracts Whole. Love attracts Love.” Oprah Winfrey. Do you agree? SHARE in the COMMENT BOX BELOW… VIDEOhttp://youtu.be/cW4EeThhe9Y

— Today’s centering thought: “I attract that which I am.”
“You must manifest the qualities you seek in others…”
This is powerful stuff.
Do you want to be wealthy but you don’t (care about) giving & adding value?
Do you want to be loved but you’re not loving?
Do you want people to be kinder to you, but you’re not kind?
Do you want a little respect but you don’t show any?

Mindful moment homework:
“Today choose one quality that you want to expand in your experience and find as many opportunities as you can to share that same quality with others.”
I want to expand abundance in my experience. Today I’m going to add abundance to the lives of others. I will be the change that I want to see walk through the door for me too 🙂

Give this challenge a try!https://chopracentermeditation.com/
It’s easy, it’s free and you don’t need to “know anything about meditation” to do it!

———————
FROM Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey: ‪#‎ChopraCenter‬

***Day 10
Miraculous Attraction
“You must be the change that you wish to see in the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi

The secret of attraction is remarkably simple. It can be summarized in a single line from the Latin poet Ovid: “To be loved, be lovable.” A lovable person is natural and authentic, radiating the light of awareness and love that we explored in yesterday’s meditation. The second “secret” is one we have already discussed at length: You are already lovable. There is nothing you have to do make yourself more lovable or attractive other than to let go of any unloving thoughts that you have about yourself. That which you seek you already are.

In today’s meditation we will put our attention on the divine qualities that are closest to our heart and that we wish to attract in our relationships—including love, peace, trust, compassion, joy, passion, inspiration, thoughtfulness, and generosity.

Mindful Moment
The spiritual Law of Giving and Receiving teaches us that in order to attract or receive something in our lives, we need to give it freely and without expectation. If we want to experience more love, we need to be lavish in our own expression of love. To receive acceptance, we need to be open and accept others. Today choose one quality that you want to expand in your experience and find as many opportunities as you can to share that same quality with others.

I’m here rooting for you!

love,
The Lifestylista
xox
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DAY 9: Oprah & Deepak’s 21-day meditation challenge!

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WHAT MIRACLES ARE UNFOLDING IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW? NAME ONE IN THE COMMENT BOX BELOW… “Pay attention to the clues and evidence that miracles are unfolding in your life”. SHARE! VIDEO:http://youtu.be/hQUcT2OZa8E

— Today’s centering thought: “My loving truth shines for all to see.”
Mindful moment homework:
Today I’ve started paying much more attention to the miracles that are unfolding in my life and I am no longer saying things like, “Yeah that’s going well but this area isn’t… I am able to see the magic now of something that’s happening in front of me right now. It’s separate from something that happened in the past or may happen in the future. I can enjoy it right now!”
My dirty little personal development secret… I don’t journal! I have done in the past. I have a paranoid thought though – what if someone finds it?!
The bottom line is – as I focus on the miracles that are unfolding… I am MUCH HAPPIER and I feel much more positive and resourceful. I GOT THIS! 🙂

Give this challenge a try!https://chopracentermeditation.com/
It’s easy, it’s free and you don’t need to “know anything about meditation” to do it!

———————
FROM Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey: ‪#‎ChopraCenter‬

***Day 9
Miraculous Illumination
“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.” —Hafiz

Today our meditation focuses on the light within each of us. In many wisdom traditions, light represents spiritual awareness. It is a state of consciousness that illuminates darkness and allows us to see with the eyes of love and wisdom. As our awareness expands, what once seemed to be obstacles are now clearly opportunities. When we reach a state of pure awareness, we realize that there are no problems and therefore no need for solutions.

In our relationships, the expanding light of awareness allows us to share more love, compassion, laughter, and joy with everyone in our lives. As clarity dawns, we become light-hearted and stop taking ourselves so seriously. We let go of struggle and live in the flow of life.

Mindful Moment
To cultivate the light of awareness, pay attention to the clues and evidence that miracles are unfolding in your life. Notice the unexpected opportunities that come your way, the flash of insight, a sudden feeling of peace or joy, a chance meeting, or a spontaneous creative experience. You may want to keep a list of daily miracles in your journal. Whatever we pay attention to expands in our experience, so as you focus your attention on miracles you will begin to notice more grace, happiness, and love.
love,
The Lifestylista
xox
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DAY 8: Oprah & Deepak’s 21-day meditation challenge!

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DAY 8: Oprah & Deepak’s 21-day meditation challenge! Can you honestly say you feel completely loved & completely lovable? VOTE ‘YES or ‘NO’ BELOW. SHARE! “Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” COMMENT BELOW…
— The big lesson for me, from the first part of the lesson, was looking at others and loving them as they are and not as we wish them to be. My mother is amazing – she has always been. She is one of the most wonderful people I have ever known and yet I remember that when I was a kid I used to wish she’d behave more like the mother from the Cosby show! You’ll probably read this and laugh but I think as a young ‘un I was deadly serious about this. I wanted a mother who, instead of expressing her love though actions and sacrifice, I wanted a mother who stood around smiling all the time and using flowery language to praise me and to describe how much she loved me (like Bill Cosby did with Rudy!). LOL! Now I look back and I think, it’s not just silly, it’s also sad. I missed out on 100% cherishing the wonder of this loving mother right in front of me because a part of me was I was pining after some ideal I’d got from the television! Mummy if you are reading this, I love you completely and I’m sorry if I was ever a pain in the butt (“if??!” I hear you saying 🙂

Today’s centering thought: “I am love and I am loved unconditionally.”
Mindful moment homework:
BE PRESENT – “Just be with your feelings with the awareness that whatever you are feeling is okay exactly as it is. This supportive gesture is like hugging and holding yourself in a loving and nurturing embrace.”
This was liberating for me because it gave me choices today. I was in one meeting where I was like “I hate this!” and then I was like ah, that’s just a feeling I’m having and… a few moments later, I was like “I think it’s funny! When I am I next going to get a chance to sit in on something as silly as this?!” LOL – being present without judging the feelings, gives freedom!

Give this challenge a try!https://chopracentermeditation.com/
It’s easy, it’s free and you don’t need to “know anything about meditation” to do it!

———————
FROM Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey: ‪#‎ChopraCenter‬

***Day 8
Miraculous Spirit

“Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” —Louise L. Hay

This week we will continue our journey of miraculous relationships by expanding our experience of love, equanimity, joy, compassion, and other divine qualities of spirit. Today our meditation will focus on choosing to be the presence of love.

Many people think of love as an emotion that comes and goes. In one moment we feel intense love and in the next we feel nothing at all. We may then become consumed by doubts about our relationships or we get caught up in an anxious search for love, striving to attract someone who will finally give us the love and approval we’ve longed for. As we’ve explored, love isn’t a capricious emotion but a state of being. It is an experience of unity with all creation. In every moment we can choose to be the presence of love and let that love guide all our words and actions. This choice will transform all of your relationships, including the one with yourself.

Mindful Moment
An essential part of learning to love yourself is to focus on being fully present and accepting of your current experience. Today take time to become more conscious of what your emotions are and how they feel in your body. Just be with your feelings with the awareness that whatever you are feeling is okay exactly as it is. This supportive gesture is like hugging and holding yourself in a loving and nurturing embrace—a practice that helps you metabolize your present experiences, promotes healing of old emotional pain, cultivates trust in yourself, and strengthens your ability to give yourself compassion and kindness.
love,
The Lifestylista
xox
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DAY 7: Oprah & Deepak’s 21 day meditation challenge!

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DAY 7: Oprah & Deepak’s 21-day meditation challenge!  COMMENT BELOW… WHAT ARE YOU _NOT_ DOING BECA– — USE OF THE RISK, BECA– — USE YOU’RE AFRAID?  IS THERE A PAINFUL SITUATION THAT YOU’RE SETTLING FOR? WHEN WILL THE PAIN OF STAYING BE WORSE THAN THE PAIN OF CHANGING? SHARE! “There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

— I’d been thinking of creating Lifestylista for a while and then there came the point when not beginning it, not creating this community was more painful than risking and going out and getting it done.  Boy am I happy I did!  I created Lifestylista and I got to meet you.  And, let me tell you, you are a light in my life.  Every like, every share, every comment… I feel, in some way, connected to you.  We’re creating a little family.  A safe space for us to be and to grow.  Thank you for being a part of this, it wouldn’t work without you.
Today’s centering thought: “I am love. I am eternal.  I am spirit”
— LORD!  Today’s meditation was like someone was massaging my feet and I went to paradise!  I felt such peace and calm.  Oprah set the stage and Deepak took me to an enchanted garden where I got to see I was kindness, joy, love, eternal…
Today’s Mindful Moment homework:
BREATHE! This is one of best, simplest, easiest things you can do for yourself!  It’s a little thing that gives great results.  I’m more and more conscious of my own breathing.  Here’s a quote from Oprah & Deepak: “As you breathe slowly and gently, the body relaxes, the mind finds its still point, and the stage is set for inspiration—the flowing in of spirit.”
Give this challenge a try! https://chopracentermeditation.com
It’s easy, it’s free and you don’t need to “know anything about meditation” to do it!
———————
FROM Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey: #ChopraCenter
 
***Day 7
Miraculous Being
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anaïs Nin
Congratulations on completing our first week together! In the past few days we have discovered and experienced the infinite love and possibility that is part of our essential nature. We have seen through the disguises of our ego or self-image, uncovering the radiant beauty and joy of our true, eternal self.
In today’s meditation we will delight in the gifts of spirit. On this special guided journey, we invite you to listen to the wisdom of your heart and let your experience unfold with ease and grace.
Mindful Moment
As we prepare for today’s meditation, take a few slow, gentle breaths. Breath is the movement of spirit in its subtlest physical expression. As you breathe slowly and gently, the body relaxes, the mind finds its still point, and the stage is set for inspiration—the flowing in of spirit.