"I Can Make You Thin"... a book review

I was watching Dr Oz this week and he had Paul McKenna as guest on

the show.  After watching the segment, I went to Amazon and purchased

 the book.  Within a few hours I finished reading it.  If you believe that...

your mind has a LOT to do with what goes on with your body, this is a

great book for you.   In my opinion, Mr McKenna has some really good 

 ideas for helping a person to lose weight. (helping me to lose weight).

One of the first things that is written in bold italic is -

Diets are the enemy of weight loss!

He writes,

"There are three main patterns I have observed that keep

people from living happily at their desired weight." 

1) Obsessive Dieting - depriving ourselves of food doesn't work

2) Emotional Eating - are we really hungry? or just wanting to     

      change the way we feel?

    3)  Faulty Programming - the subconscious mind could have pre-set

                                   ideas that cause us to eat more than

                                            we should and/or foods that are unhealthy

You can purchase a "hypnosis" CD along with the Book.  The

CD works in conjunction with the book to help accelerate the benefits

of Paul McKenna's method.  I feel that the book is strong on its own

You can gain a different perspective on how we see food and why we

really eat.  The method teaches how we can visualize ourselves in a

more positive way so that we want to eat less and more healthy.

What do YOU think?  Can our minds matter with regards to

losing weight?

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Crunchy Zucchini and Tomato

4 -(1 slice zucchini/1slice tomato)  

15 minute prep time

1 medium zucchini, trimmed and cut lengthwise into 4 slices

1 large tomato, cut into 4 slices

1/4 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning, crushed

1/3 cup panko 

1/4 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese

1 clove garlic, minced

---Preheat broiler. Coat both sides of zucchini slices with non-stick cooking spray.

Sprinkle zucchini and tomato slices with Italian seasoning and 1/4 teaspoon

black pepper. Place zucchini slices on the unheated rack of a broiler pan. Broil 4

to 5 inches from heat about 8 minutes or until crisp/tender, turning once halfway

through broiling

---Meanwhile, combine bread crumbs, cheese, and garlic. Place tomato slices on

pan next to zucchini.  Sprinkle vegetable slices with crumb mixture.  Broil for 1

to 2 minutes more or until topping is golden.

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 ~~ Ruby's Report ~~

Treadmill - 6 days...I did 4 days @ 2 miles.  I still need to make it 6 days/6 miles.
                         Some days I've had a hard time getting on the treadmill in early
                         enough to make it to a morning appt out of the house.  =(  Need to
                         drag meeeself oudda bed sooner!!

Healthy Eating -  I did better this week than I have for the past several weeks.

                          I've made effort to eat more protein and less strach/carbs.  I added

                          a bit more fruit and vegetables.  I'm still working to get more water

                          in this old body.  I'm using large cup/straw @ 2 per day.

Weight (loss?) - yipee skippy...down 1 pound.  But, now the trick is to NOT
                          go up next week!  Maybe I need to keep my ....lips crossed?

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So...what have YOU been up to...?

It's ok...I hear that peanuts are good for you.  =P

How are YOU doing with YOUR "healthy" goals?  Did you make

any discoveries with regards to eating and exercise?  Let us

know...so that we can pat YOU on the back =)  or give
encouragement.