Have Fun This Weekend and Don't Sweat the Small Stuff!!!

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It's Labor Day Weekend!!!  Many of you will have family over or go to the Lake with friends, etc, etc...  I just want to remind you as I remind myself that people are more important than things...

I sometimes have a tenancy to get uptight over food stains on my upholstery or scratches in the hardwood floor, etc, etc.  I am going to practice not sweating the small stuff this weekend....

I encourage you to do the same!!!  Let loose, Have fun and don't forget to put on your makeup!!!!  Looking good makes you feel better then you are nicer to those around you!!!!
Don't forget that people's opinions are just that and none of your business, so if you struggle with words hurting you, listen to some of my other posts about feeling judged or putting walls of protection around your mind...You can do it!!!  Celebrate the people around you and enjoy life this weekend...  I will see you again on Monday...Enjoy!!!
Love ya,
SoniaRai

How Do You Build a Wall Around Your Mind?

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Thoughts attack all of us!!!  Especially woman....we have a tendency to think with our feelings or emotions and allow negative thoughts and words stick to us and hurt us...

I am so guilty of doing this and even though I wanted to change, I really didn't know how without putting allot of thought into my thinking process..  I hope what I have learned will help you to corral your thoughts and protect yourself from this kind of pain and torture!!!

I have learned to think logically about my heartfelt thoughts.  I lean on the men in my life, Mike (my boyfriend), Johnathan (my son) and Bob (my pastor) to help me redirect my thinking and channel my emotion in the correct direction.  I am not perfect at it but I am learning!!!

Recently, Mike taught me to build a wall around my mind to protect me from poisonous thoughts that were attacking my brain...  I didn't understand exactly what he was talking about or rather exactly how to implement this bit of wisdom.  After much prayer and thinking and letting God download and translate what Mike was saying into my kind of girl language, this is what I came up with....

Building a wall around my mind is literally taking that negative thought and breaking it down with the truth.  If I hear a rumor about someone's opinion about me, I check myself to see if this is a true fault in me, if it is I deal with it, if it isn't I dismiss it because and go on.  Either way, if my life doesn't directly involve that person it doesn't matter anyway.  I am not at this point, capable of completely dismissing something that is bothering me with out giving more thought to it...So, instead of accepting the poison, I counter it with truth and positive therefore building a wall of protection around my heart...

I hope this makes sense.  To summarize, when you think something negative, push it out of your head immediately, (I haven't conquered that yet!!! LOL)  If you can't push it out and it starts to plague you, think it through and let the truth with positive thinking build a wall around your heart so the arrows of thoughts and words can't touch you!!!

Have a great day and be healthy in your thought life today!!
Love you,
SoniaRai

Do You Need Exercise to Lose Weight?

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Simple answer....no!  I lost 150 lbs with virtually  no exercise!!!  Do I recommend it?  Well, in certain cases, it is probably ok, but if I had it to do over again I would probably try harder to incorporate exercise into my daily routine.....But, better late than never!! Right?

HOW DID I LOSE ALL THAT WEIGHT WITH NO EXERCISE?  I went on a diet.  The Ideal Protein Diet offered at the Med Station forces your body to eat it's fat storage and protects the integrity of your muscles at the same time.  Your body actually feeds on your fat storage to obtain the necessary energy to perform daily tasks.  Even though the Ideal Protein Diet promotes weight loss, the corporate education provided never promotes a sedentary lifestyle.... Every human should move at some level.  To be honest, I was just plain lazy!!!  I am not putting myself down, I just know it is time for the next leg of my journey and that is to incorporate movement into my lifestyle!!!

Today's video is me, after doing 20 minutes of T-Tapp muscle activation before my shower!!  I call you out to HELP ME stay accountable to continue on with this, long time coming, exercise routine...

My goal is to do some form of exercise every day even if it is simply to walk the dog!!!

I will post my discipline progress every Wednesday...  You can ask me questions or find out if I am sticking to the plan through out the week on the comment section or on my Facebook page..

Wherever you are on your WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY, I would love for you to join me.... I am on my last leg so I have accomplished most of the stages of weight loss... I would love to help you.... I have been there! It isn't easy but YOU CAN DO IT!!!

The number one life change that I have learned through this journey is to never give up....So, I don't care where you are at in life, DON'T EVER EVER GIVE UP!!  Keep trying!!!

Love Ya,
Sonia

Are You Comfortable in Your Own Skin?

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How do you get comfortable in your own skin?  The way I began to like myself is when I started allowing God to reveal problems in my heart then allowing Him to deal with them......

Lately I have been noticing how horrible suspicion is. Suspicion is when you think someone is doing something against you but you don't have any proof and you act on it anyway.....Even if it is just letting your mind wander based on what you think is happening...  I will tell you what, that kind of mind game with yourself is torture!!!

So now, when something triggers a thought in my head that someone is doing something against me, I pray for that person to be healed of whatever pain they may have, then I put a wall of positive up against the negative trying to plague my thinking..

Putting this technique into practice can sometimes be easier said than done but it is well worth it!!!!  Bottom line: in order for me to feel comfortable in my skin, I must change my way of thinking!!!  Thinking positive about every situation and refuse to suspect the worse helps me to like who I am!!!!

I hope this helps bring you transformation on this awesome Transformation Tuesday...
Love ya,
Sonia

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Love Ya,
Sonia

Do You Feel Judged?

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Do you feel like other people are judging you?  I used to worry about other people's opinions's or judgement of me.  I got my feelings hurt when I found out what others thought, then I found that I was living a life of judging!!!  I was doing the same thing to others that they were doing to me!!  The definition of Judging according to Dictionary.com is: to form a judgement or opinion of: decide upon critically ...

Well, I don't know about you, but I did not like it when someone very dear to my heart pointed this out to me!!!!  Just noticing someone's faults and forming a negative opinion of that person is judging them....especially when we give it voice, it really can hurt that person, whether they hear it or not!!!!  When I realized how horrible of a person I was for judging everyone for every little wrong thing in their lives I was horrified because I considered myself to basically be a "nice" person.....  But I know now that it is not my job to notice anything negative about anyone.  I know there are a few exceptions....for example if someone is hurting my family or causing trouble where I have authority, I must assess a situation and take care of business.  That is not what I am talking about here...

I realized that every time I judged someone else I was opening a door for others to judge me!!  By putting negative thoughts in my mind and voicing them to others, I was creating an atmosphere of negativity that came back to bite me on the butt!!!!

In order to become that "nice" person I really wanted to be, I had to learn a lesson: look at people differently!!!  BUT HOW?  I realized that every person was created by God in His persona for a purpose...so even though life may have molded them to look different, somewhere deep inside is still that person who they were created to be!!  So now I ask God to give me His eyes to see every person. (sometimes I forget, but I try to make it a practice)  I ask Him to show me their genius!!  It is amazing what emotion comes over me as I see people for who they really are than through the eyes of negativity!!!  So what, if they didn't take a bath or their clothes don't match or they use bad words or they don't take care of themselves or basically that they are different than me.....that is none of my business!!!  My business is to love you and everyone else!!!  This lifestyle is soooooo much fun, it is like digging up treasure in people!!!  I am not perfect at it, but it is my life's goal to find the treasure in everyone I meet and hopefully God will choose me to help that person see who they really are!!!!!

Having a booth at the fair is a good place to practice loving people!!   So I am practicing this week with lots of people who are different than me!!

Bottom line: if you feel judged, you should probably take a hard look at your thinking and words about other people.  Are you making their life your business, if so, you probably are inviting people to be negative about you!!!!  I challenge you to stop this horrible cycle and ask God to help you love people today!!  I believe you will find that what others think of you won't hurt so bad because you will realize that they have just not discovered how to dig up treasure yet, but maybe when you change, they will follow you because they are obviously already watching you!!!!

Love ya and Have a great day,
SoniaRai

Having a Great Time At The Fair!!

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I am having a great time meeting all of you at the fair!!!!  I hope you are all having a great time!!!  Don't forget to come by the Med Station's booth and get your free cold water...we will be there all weekend!
Love ya,
Sonia