want more?????..........a few thoughts for you!

Permanent weight loss begins with the acknowledgment that you want more out of life. You must decide that you are deserving of more happiness, more joy, and more peace. You want to return to the aliveness that you were born with.

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To put food and weight behind you, you will need to choose life. Choosing life means showing up with your full presence in the world. Permanent weight loss is the work of opening your heart to all that is good in you and in the world. It means living a life of gratitude. When you feel better, you eat better.

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Most of us live lives of someday. Someday I'll___________. A someday life is an imaginary life. There is only now.

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The secret to permanent weight loss and ending emotional eating is to lead a joy filled, authentic and mindful life. This is the only way to find the peace you are looking for.

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Are your excuses holding you back from losing weight? Start to recognize the fear behind your excuses. Your excuses are a way of protecting yourself from life. Food and weight will not protect you from the pain of life.

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Weight is often a hiding place. Losing weight for good means to stop distracting yourself with food and face your fears head on. It is only by facing pain and fear that you can move through it.

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Feelings are like the summer rain. The clouds dump the rain and then they move on to allow the sun to shine again. Begin to trust that underneath the pain is the shining sun of joy and awareness. Instead of pushing pain away, let it move through you. It will pass quickly.

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Safety is an illusion. The only real saftey in life is the ability to deal with what life presents to you in the moment, the ability to live from one moment to the next. That is all any of us really have.

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Not now? Not Zen! The moment contains all that you ever need.

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Permanent weight loss means filling yourself with wonder, not Wonder bread! You must fill your life with all the things that bring joy. Food can never be a substitute for life.

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Change requires the belief that change is possible for you. You are far more powerful than you believe yourself to be. You would not have made it this far if you were not capable of change.

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You must be willing to be uncomfortable as you push past your previous limitations. To lose weight permanently requires faith, faith that there is a bigger life waiting for you beyond food and weight. Faith is an eternal remembrance of home. Home is where the heart is.

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You eat your attitude. Choose to focus on the beauty and goodness in the world. Acknowledge all that is well in your world.

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What you can feel, you can heal. Begin to acknowledge your feelings, your resentments, and hurt. Then release them to the universal flow. Don't dwell on problems. Begin to ask and look for solutions.

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Affirmations reframe negative thoughts into positive ones. To affirm means "to make firm." Firm thinking leads to firm thighs!





Spaghetti squash......... It’s so cool, it’s squash that you can bake, microwave or boil and then when you scrape the insides it comes out as spaghetti strands. I used the microwave method but baking it makes it more tender so I think it’s worth a try, mine was a bit crunchy. Also, I read you can use a Crock pot, just place the whole squash in the crock with a cup of water for 8-10 hours a voila- you’ve got spaghetti, so cool!
I looked up some of the nutritional info too- one cup is only 42 calories, 0.4 g of fat, 10 g carbohydrates and 2.2 g of fiber, not bad when you compare it with one cup of enriched spaghetti pasta which has 221 calories, 1.3 g of fat, a whopping 43 g of carbs and 2.5 g of fiber depending on the pasta you choose.
Ok the great news!!!! Its a great healthy choice!

1 cup cooked or raw = 0 points plus!

Plus....a filling food!

Spaghetti Squash

2 P.Plus!!!

Ingredients
1 Medium Spaghetti Squash
1 Can of Tomatoes, chopped
Italian Seasoning
1/4 Cup of Parmesan Cheese, grated
Salt and Pepper to taste.

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

+ Cut the squash in half, and scoop out the seeds.
+ Place both halves of the squash in a shallow baking dish with a little water.
+ Bake for 45-60 minutes or until tender.
+ Mix tomatoes and Italian seasoning to create a marinara sauce.
+ Let squash sit until cool/warm. (Not hot!)
+ Carefully take a fork and begin scraping the inside of the squash creating a "spaghetti-like" resemblance.
+ Spoon spaghetti squash onto a plate and top with marinara sauce.
+ Serve with Parmesan cheese.


* I add black olives sometimes for a little extra kick! This recipe can be interchanged with any pasta dish. I also like this with shrimp and a olive-oil garlic sauce. It's a great recipe!

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople