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Journaling

5 Mar

 

Ever since I read The Artists Way by Julia Cameron I started journaling – writing 3 “morning pages” a day. She uses it as a tool of creative recovery. After writing for a few months I gained insights into negative patterns of behaviour and thinking.

 What is journaling?

Journaling allows you to record your thoughts, feelings, emotions. It’s about writing without thinking… letting your hand move across the page without giving much thought to the content – writing whatever is in your mind…e.g. I hate writing, I really don’t know what I am supposed to write about. I haven’t done this since school and still don’t find it easy….etc etc.

 What are the rules?

There is only one rule and that is that you write…3 pages…every day….even if you think you have nothing to say. It is for your eyes only.

Why write?

Journaling is a way to track your emotions, habits and patterns of behaviour and provide you with insights…

Journaling a weight loss tool

I recommend using a journal as part of a weight loss programme to record insights, track patterns in behaviour and devise pro-active lifestyle changes. Journaling provides insight into the way you think. It allows you to get past your “inner critic” that little voice that keeps sabotaging your efforts to lose weight.

 Journaling turned out to be one of the key tools in my weight loss success which is why I insisted on including a journal in the weight loss kit I designed. For further information on the kit you can go to http://sandygoldberg.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/

WorkshopJournal writing for personal growth

If you live in Cape Town, Cathy Eden is offering Journal Writing for Personal Growth Workshops

In this three-part workshop, the following questions will be explored

  • who am I? – how you define yourself, how you interpret your life story, what shaped you, what you believe
  • why am I here? – your strengths and challenges, your purpose, your accomplishments and dreams
  • how do I proceed? – goal setting, identifying blocks, unlocking creativity, making choices.

For further details, dates and costs go to http://www.cathyeden.co.za/workshops

Newsletter – January ’09 – The Gift of Health

29 Jan

Tired of making New Year resolutions and setting goals?
Although Christmas and Chanukah are over
giving yourself gifts is not (over)!

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THE GIFT OF HEALTH


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More about the Weight Loss Kit

22 Nov

    

Weight Loss Kit

 

Weight loss is not just about the food your body needs. Losing weight (and keeping it down) requires more than knowing what to eat. To lose weight and be successful you need to feed your mind, body and soul.

 

Over the years, I found that assisting clients with a healthy eating plan alone is, in itself, not enough. I wanted to use the tools and skills that I acquired during my weight loss journey to inspire and motivate other people so that they may gain insights into the barriers that are preventing them from achieving their goals. I also wanted to share the skills and insights I learned in the hope that their weight loss journey would be shorter than mine and that by regaining their self-esteem and confidence they could lead the life they choose.

 

This prompted me to create and design interesting lifestyle products not only to help people lose weight, but also to help them achieve optimum all round, mental and physical health. The result is a unique and exclusive Weight Loss kit. It includes a book, “Low fat food for your mind body and soul,” 42 deal-a-meal recipes cards, 44 inspirational cards, a journal and fridge magnets.

 

All the products in the Weight Loss / Healthy Lifestyle Kit were designed so that they could be used in conjunction with any healthy eating programme – not just Unique Lifestyle’s. I want as many people as possible to benefit from the products. So whether you do your own thing or follow any one of a range of healthy eating plans that are available you can still use the products in the kit. It can also be used by dieticians, nutritional counsellors / coaches, lifestyle coaches as practical tools to be used in conjunction with the healthy eating programmes they provide their clients

 

CONTENTS OF WEIGHT LOSS KIT

BOOK

Low fat food for your mind, body and soul

by Sandy Goldberg

There are so many “diet” and self-help books on the market, and so many gimmicks about how to lose weight. Most of these contain conflicting and confusing information. I wrote the kind of book I wished I could have read during the 9 years I struggled to lose weight. I wrote the book to motivate and inspire people with weight problems, as well as to offer tools to help them change their thinking. It is a combination of inspirational messages and self-help techniques along with practical tips and advice.

The book is divided into four parts – something like four courses. It begins with my personal story of weight loss. It tells of my nine-year long struggle with 21 kilos of excess weight and how the struggle ended when I discovered mind, body and soul balance that helped me slip back into a bikini, a fitted evening dress and a pair of blue jeans.

 

Low Fat Food for your Mind, consists of a set of practical exercises that are designed to help unlock your mental barriers to losing weight. The main course, Low Fat Food for your Body, gives practical advice on weight loss, food choices and cooking. And for dessert, Low Fat Food for your Soul provides inspirational snacks for the soul to help maintain the balance you need in order to lose weight healthily.

  JOURNAL

Journaling has been said to be “therapy for the soul”. I believe using a journal is a self-discovery tool. I learnt an enormous about myself – patterns of behaviour that I only became aware of when I reread the journals I had kept over a period of time. It enables a person to record their, thoughts, experiences and feelings and often helps people to get to know themselves better, and to gain insights about themselves. Whether one chooses to write about food choices or moods and emotions doesn’t matter – what is important is that each individual writes about what is important to them. Just a few pages a day is all it takes. The insights it provides are invaluable.

 

SOUL SNACKS PACK

 

If people want to empower themselves they need to believe in themselves – believe that they can do it. Many people look at outside sources for inspiration and motivation. What they need to realize is that the power to change comes from within. However sometimes people need a spark to ignite the motivation and inspiration within them, to achieve their goals and dreams. It was with this in mind that I created “Soul Snacks” – a pack 45 cards containing inspirational and motivational quotations

 

DEAL-A-MEAL PACK

 

No weight loss kit would be complete without recipes. I found most of my client’s were looking for delicious, quick and easy recipes. Being rushed or tired at the end of the day and not having the correct ingredients often leads people to making the wrong choices. How often have you rushed into the shops on the way home, to buy ingredients for supper, only to find you’ve forgotten an  important ingredient?

 

Whether you are single or married, working in an office, or at home the Deal-a-Meal recipe cards make it really easy to follow a healthy lifestyle. They are small enough to fit into your purse, or shirt pocket. You can pick a card before you leave home, pop it in your pocket and shop on the way home. Once home stick it on the fridge with a magnet (included in the pack) and make a delicious dinner that is quick and easy.” 

TO ORDER / PRICE

The Weight Loss Kit is available directly through the Unique Lifestyle. For further information on how to order and prices click on this link http://sandygoldberg.wordpress.com/weight-loss-kit/

All products (besides the journal) are also sold separately and can be purchased directly through the Unique Lifestyle. For further information on prices and ordering, please look at the individual tabs at the top of the page

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE DON’T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME

 sandy@uniquelifestyle.co.za

 

The Weight Loss Kit!

8 Aug

The Weight Loss Kit consists of the following:

 

  • A very attractive A5 suitcase made from polypropylene containing the following four products.
  • A book – “Low Fat Food for your Mind, Body and Soul” by Sandy Goldberg.
  • A Journal – an attractive wirobound book with blank pages, an attractive cover as well as a polypropylene front and back cover to protect the book.
  • Soul Snacks – a pack of 44 glossy cards containing inspirational and motivational quotations. Attractively packaged in a polypropylene box. The pack includes a magnet should people want to keep the quote on the fridge.
  • DEAL-A-MEAL Low fat dinner pack – a pack of 42 glossy cards containing 42 tasty, quick and easy to prepare low fat dinner recipes. Attractively packaged in a polypropylene box. The pack includes a magnet should people want to keep the quote on the fridge.

The Weight Loss Kit R450.00 ($64, 67 Australian Dollars, 32 British Pounds, 34 Euros)*, can be bought directly through my website,

www.uniquelifestyle.co.za

 

*none of the prices include shipping fee’s

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