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Wendela
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 01:55 am |
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Honestly, this has changed my life! I really used to be a little obsessed with the whole food thing. I counted my carbs, my protein, my fats (and noted if they were "good" fats. or not). And, I never lost a lb. and would redo my eating plan over-and-over-and over and never lose a lb. Food wasn't fun. It was a chore.
I had great muscle tone under the fat because I had (and have) a completely different relationship with exercise. I love it, look forward to it, have fun doing it, laugh a lot while doing it and found it to be one of few moments (pre-Abe) that I was in the flow. I visualise how the workout is going to go on my way to the gym and right before each set. I see how the muscle contracts and so on in my mind's eye before I even pick up a weight.
But! Now I love food. I love how it tastes and how fun it is to make dishes. I no longer count calories, or carbs, or ANYTHING. I went to a wedding this weekend and made these cheese puff thingies called "Gougeres." I've always made them for special occasions but would never eat them (I'd watch other people enjoy them thinking they were too FATTENING for me). Well, I ate them this time.
Aside from the warm up we've all been doing I also picture food replenishing my muscles and cells and making my metabolism HUMMMMMMMMM. Today I had a biz appointment and put on my fave black pants and had to tighten my belt 1 entire hole tighter! I even have people telling me that I look leaner. No clue what I weigh and am totally cool with it!
So, this works. And I am so thrilled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!
 Wendy
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Joyhawk
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 03:38 am |
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Wow, this thread is cool!!! Before the Alaskan cruise I had really been in the habit of truly loving myself, noting how great I looked if I caught myself in a mirror, or glass of a building. It felt great. I also like to take time to consciously appreciate myself!!! Then I got out of the habit, so great to be reminded.
Since first reading this the other day I have been even more aware about food and I love telling myself that everything I eat is good for me!!! So this thread has made me even a little more conscious.
Tonight, right after reading, my friend said he was going to Dairy Queen to get a blizzard. Hmmmm...I asked for small chocolate covered cherry blizzard and appreciated it and did the warm up while he went to get the ice cream. Then I savored it and enjoyed every bite!!! I feel good, thanks to this thread. I have never spent time pre-paving a delicious rendezvous with a blizzard and feel no guilt!!! Awesome!
I will be even more conscious starting tomorrow!!! Thanks for starting this Leslie!! I have not weighed myself for years, only care how my clothes fit, however, they are larger sizes than a few years ago. I did the "Body for Life" and looked and felt amazing, but I was soooooo sick of eating sliced turkey and hard-boiled eggs!!! Now I am ready to look and feel that great just by aligning with food. I also love to exercise, because I love "feeling" my body working hard, to the point of physical exhaustion!!! It is such a visceral feeling - really helps me appreciate this physical body we play in!!
Thanks for all of the input from everyone!!!
Lots of love!
Caroline
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Belana
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 09:25 am |
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Great stories you guys 
I just realized that I haven't really looked in the mirror over the last couple of days. Before when I passed a mirror, my eyes got drawn automatically to the parts of my body that are too fat and that of course made me feel all bad. And now, reading your stories it just hit me that I haven't looked in a mirror this way anymore since I started this food thing 
I have only noticed how beautiful my face looks a couple of times...
Onward with day 8
Belana
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*Lovely Leslie*
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 01:08 pm |
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(OOOH, I love the new icons!)
I SIMPLY LOVE THIS THREAD AND EVERYTHING EVERYONE IS POSTING. Thank you, All!!!
It makes me so happy to hear about all the self-love that we are all creating. It's so wonderful!!!!!!!!
I'm experiencing it, too! Belana, I used to look in the mirror and focus on the things I didn't like, as if checking to make sure I still didn't like them.
Before we started this warm-up game together, I had started to shift my attention to the things about my body that I DO like, which is such a relief. Like this:
"Oh my god, I should never wear these pants. Wow, that feels bad. Focus on something good. My arms look nice and toned. And what thin wrists I have! And my skin looks really smooth..." And so forth.
And now that we're doing this warm-up, I'm starting to love the things I used to hate! Finally, I'm beginning to love my butt, just the way it is! I actually checked it out in the mirror the other day and thought, "Girl, your ass is HOT!"
I'm performing in Costa Rica right now, and the pants of my costume are LOOSE ON ME! So like you, Wendela, I don't know how much I weigh, but my clothing feels like it's getting bigger...
Whatever it is, I'm really enjoying. The IPod thing is awesome. It helps SO MUCH. I actually recorded my kids saying some affirmations from You Can Heal Your Life (by Louise Hay) and you would not believe how cute and wonderful it is to hear my son say in his 3 year old voice,
"Deep at the center of my being, there is an infinite well of love."
Actually, that's what I said. He repeated after me, and it sounds more like this:
"Okay, repeat after me. Deep at the center of my being..."
"Peat after you."
"Yes. 'Deep at the center of my being...'"
"Beat center being..."
"There is an infinite well of love."
"There is an inter well of love."
or my 2 1/2 year old daughter saying
"I'm so good!"
It's WONDERFUL!!!!!!
Here's something from the new book that I just love.
If someone else has an opinion of what our bodies should look like--
From Money and The Law of Attraction
We want you to practice your own thoughts so steadily that opinions of others become irrelevant to you. [...]
If someone says to you, "I see something about you that I don't like," we would say, "Look someplace else. What do you think of my nose? Cute little thing, is it not? (Fun) What about this ear over here?" In other words, we would encourage the other to look for positive aspects, and we would be playful and not allow our feelings to be hurt. In fact, we would practice positive thoughts about our life until we render our feelings unhurtable.
p 165-166
Also, I realize that if I'm attracting a negative comment, there's something active in my vibration that I can soothe into a nicer, more loving place.
Here's another quote from the book:
From Money and the Law of Attraction
An Example of My "New" Story about My Body
My body is a reflection mostly of the thoughts I think. I am happy to understand the power of directing my thoughts, and I am looking forward to seeing physical changes in my body, which reflect my changes in my thinking. I feel good as I anticipate my improved size and shape--and I am conficent that those changes are in progress. And, in the meantime, I am generally feeling so good that I am not unhappy wiht where I currently am. It is fun to think on purpose, and even more fun to see the results of those deliberately chosen thoughts. My body is very responsive to my thoughts. I like knowing that.
p 167
Thank you, all. I LOVE hearing your stories and experiences, and sharing mine. We are all in this together.
Love,
L
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CrazyDaisy
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 02:47 pm |
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Something interesting happened to me yesterday:
In the evening I felt frustrated and angry over something that had happened, and I found a bar of chocolate in my fridge and nearly started to devour it as I'm used to.
But then I stopped and thought: "Oh, I promised not to eat to feel good, but only to eat when I feel good!" And I felt a little bit annoyed, such as "Oh no, I don't want to do this Warmup-Stuff, that gets on my nerves now."
And I ate a tiny piece, put the bar back into the fridge and started to mess around with my new laptop... and forgot about the frustration AND the chocolate! This has never happend before!
And I too have the feeling that my clothes are getting looser, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I'm feeling more slender than a few days before. Maybe it's just in my imagination, but... who cares?
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cloudhorse
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 05:32 pm |
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O...K....
My Universal Manager is working... and FAST! Yesterday, I posted to this thread... http://theabeforum.com/forum2/7111.html ... set up an email account and sent my UM an email that said:
"I would like to release weight until I am at 145 lbs. I want your assistance in reminding me and helping me to enjoy exercising and to instruct my cells to utilize every bit of food I take in (no matter what it is) to increase my metabolism and to burn the fat stores that I have. Also, I want my cells to focus on balance and well-being and bring health, vitality and beauty to my entire apparatus."
While having coffee this morning, I was thinking of Leslie and the rampage that she had asked Abe to do in Orlando... it remains the most wonderful rampage I have heard them do (probably because I was there). Then I signed on my Mac and there were 2 PMs from Leslie (who I haven't heard from in quite awhile) asking me to post an Abe rampage. Turns out it was misdirected to me (supposed to go to Whitehorse) but it DID direct me to this thread!!
So... I may be late in joining, but my UM brought me here in less than 12 hours (actually if you were to count computer time, it would be less than 10 minutes!!) THAT'S INSTANT MANIFESTATION!!
and... I'M SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!
hugs, India
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*Lovely Leslie*
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Posted: Wed Aug 27th, 2008 11:04 pm |
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THAT IS SO TOTALLY COOL!!!
and I'm going to make an email account for my UM, too!!!
I swear, it just gets better and better!!!!!
Welcome, India!!!
xoxooxoxoxo
L
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Phreedom
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 01:12 am |
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What an amazing story!Love the U.M. email account idea! I am enjoying the food warmup and finding it is becoming more 2nd nature and as I continue to expand my appreciation and belief systems.
It's interesting how the body can subtly show resistance and I am going to stay on this food and eating appreciation as my body will respond and my I.B. will guide me to continue my amazing vibrational raising.
I love being healthy and joyfull and will always seek the feeling of relief on all issues relating to my body and health.
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cloudhorse
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 01:21 am |
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*Lovely Leslie* wrote: Here is the roll call: (I love that I get to do a roll call!!) OK Leslie! I wanna be on the roll call... it'll be my FIRST! Hey, that makes me a Roll Call Virgin! Woo Hoo... and at my age... imagine!! Time to figure out how to add us latecomers!
hugs, India
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*Lovely Leslie*
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 02:33 am |
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COOL!!! WELCOME!!!
I will PM Jody, and she'll add you on. (thanks Jody!)
This brings up a thought I have, which is: maybe if anyone new wants to join in and try this process, they can keep their own timeline, in the same way that Dorothee's 100 Day Awareness people seem to be doing.
And I suspect that the idea behind this is to change our habitual thoughts, so that it goes beyond a 30 day game, and becomes a natural way of thinking.
I posted on the last thread that I have been "collecting" the thoughts of naturally slim people. I met this man, slim all the days of his life, who said that when he eats a bon bon, he thinks, "The world is a better place because this chocolate exists."
I LOVE THAT!
Right now, I'm listening to Jerry reading example 2 in APOE on losing weight. I love Jerry's voice so much. Here's a quote:
"It's not your action that makes you fat, it's your vibration. It's not what you're doing that makes a difference, it's how you're feeling about what you're doing.
[...]Upon seeing the physical results, your enthusiasm will increase, and then you're really off and running toward the outcome you've been seeking.
[...] Focus on the body that's coming.
[...] Do not look for immediate, measurable, physical results. Instead look for improvement in your mood, attitude, and your emotions. When you feel better you are more in alignment and everything else will follow. It is law. "
from The Astonishing Power of Emotions Audiobook, around 1 hour 30mins-42 minutes.
Ah, I'm sitting in front of a fireplace, looking at a fire I built myself!, typing on this forum, eating chocolate covered macadamia nuts that were a gift from the producers of the show I'm doing, while I wait for my wonderful crew to come back from tech so that we can all have dinner.
I feel so much better. I did it! Nothing is more important than that I feel good.
Love,
Leslie
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suncat11
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 10:05 am |
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I had a virus and felt a bit Blaahhh - but Now
IM BACK - great to be here - since doing the Warmup Rampages I am hearing/really getting in touch with my Physical Self - I have developeed some tummy bloating/real discomfort in the past few days - and Oh Dear - my body says "too much coffee ????" (my partner is a Kinesiologist and all my body messages are in Sync with his testing ) I am happy to listen and look after her more now.
I am looking forward to feeling back to my healthy self and so much better tomorrow!!!
Love Suncat
Last edited on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 10:17 am by suncat11
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Belana
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 11:01 am |
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Having my coffee break with a tasty cookie I was thinking while eating the cookie, how wonderful it was that cookies excist.
There are people who grow the corn, and they get paid for their work, they bring money home to their families, which gives the family the opportunity to buy vegetables and fruits, and to take care of little children and family pets...
Wow, it felt like my mind was expanding
Belana
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cloudhorse
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 04:28 pm |
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Thanks SO MUCH Leslie! It's interesting, but seeing that I am now part of the "roll call" just gave me the feeling of support that I didn't have just a few minutes ago! Crazy though, I know, but completely real!
hugs, India
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*Lovely Leslie*
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 05:00 pm |
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we are all in this together, yes?!
everyone´s posts mean so much to me!!! THANK YOU ALL!!
Love,
L
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suncat11
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Posted: Fri Aug 29th, 2008 11:17 pm |
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....You are liquid love in physical bodies, wanting, more than life itself, because it is life itself, to adore the vessel that’s you through which this Source Energy flows. You are God. You are Source. You are creator......
Hi I just wanted to add this - from an Abe quote in a thread posted by Robyn (Transformation 11:11) recently. How Beautiful is it - how Right is it to have it Right her!!!!!
Love Suncat 
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