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There is no meeting on Christmas Day. Please have a wonderful time with your friends and family.

God Bless.

My path started almost 40 years ago when I was around 35 years old. I was with a multi-level marketing company called Matol Botanical. I was taking a multi-mineral product called Km to see if it would assist with a very serious back problem and cluster headaches.

Success being: “Progressive Realization of a Worthy Idea” Incorporating Slight Edge into the Law of Success – by using The Law of Cycles. By observing the planets, the tide, sunrise and sunset, plus our own breath, we can conclude that it appears that the universe is operating in a cyclic manner.

Reaction - action in response to a stimulus; action in response to some influence or event—MWM (trigger). MWM - typically happens instantaneously, unconsciously, seemingly automatic, without conscious thought...

At or on some level everyone makes plans. There are long-term plans and short- term plans all leading us somewhere. Sometimes they lead us forward and sometimes they take us backwards. Plans seem to always fit our needs, and can be physical, mental, or spiritual.

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Evaluate what it is you believe must change. Conduct an assessment – Physical changes – changes to thinking – Mental changes – changes concerning your Spiritual relationship and possibly changes that may enhance your Financial situation...

The holidays are almost upon us. And, of course, the stress which accompanies all of the hustle and bustle surrounding the holidays is beginning. Eustress (so-called good stress) or Dis-stress (so-called bad stress)—do they each affect the body the same way? Does the body see them as the same or does the body react and respond differently to each?

The Law of Abundance states that what you focus on is what is most likely to come about. The Bible Said it First: (BSIF) Proverbs 23:7 “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” If you are focused on the amount of weight you want to lose, where is your focus? On the weight, of course! So are you making it more difficult for yourself? Probably!

Environment - Community = The positive and negative affects it has on your life. When I hear the word environment, what comes to my mind are my physical surroundings. However, Environment from the dictionary: the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu...

Using diligence and discernment, a person can overcome procrastination, lack of willpower and automatic habitual choices. Everyone must be Vigilant and recognize the automatics and make conscious decisions to reverse them. We must learn to respond to situations instead of REACTING to triggers out of Habit..

Getting beyond the Taste Bud Dilemma - Many times as we walk down the path of life we come to places where we’ve had some minor gain, a task accomplished, or a goal met. There is something within each individual (I call it the EGO) that says, demands that we receive a reward for that accomplishment...

Have a private conversation between you and you. Conduct an honest evaluation. What is it you don't like about yourself, be honest? What results are you experiencing that you would just as soon not experience?

The Chain: One thing, leading to another, leading to another, leading to another.
Living a Longer Healthier Life – By Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen – Workbook page 15, Identifying bad habits and triggers, Modifying your life using your mental faculties and spiritual strengths, Chapter 6 “Discover Your Optimal Health” page 45

Beginning any new process requires change – that means transitioning from a place where you are normally comfortable to a place where you are uncomfortable.

Lack of sleep can be one of those incremental slides down the spiral to dis-ease. If we were to stay up for 24 or 36 hours, it would have a devastating effect on our bodies, which we could recognize immediately.

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Mindfulness – becoming aware – living in the NOW! The Present! It is our tendency as human beings to reflect on the past quite often—regretting mistakes that we've made, reviewing those decisions that now, using 20-20 hindsight...

Low self-esteem – a false belief about ourselves, thinking poorly of ourselves, not giving ourselves credit for the value we provide for others. Many times low self-esteem was established early on in life due to a traumatic experience.

What is your life's greatest desire? What is your biggest Dream? Would it be for health, if you had to sacrifice wealth? Would it be for a great family life? Would it be for Power and Fame?

see Posture - The Importance of,
and Posture Guy - Chart (PDF)

Instant gratification generally means that a short term (instant gain) will most often turn into long term pain. Delayed Gratification generally means that short term pain (suffering a little in the NOW) will most often turn into long term gain....

see Obesogenic vs Leptogenic Test (PDF) - Habits of Health and Disease list

Sarcopenia – The loss of muscle mass as we age. The effects—one pound of muscle is said to burn about 70 calories per day. As we age, we lose about one pound of muscle every year and replace it with fat....

see Portion Sizes - Balanced Nutrition (PDF)

see The Cycle for Success - Learn Do Review,
and Opening the Unconscious Mind - Learn Do Review

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see Habits of Disease (PDF),
Habits of Disease expanded,
and Habits of Disease listed (PDF)

Giving up and surrendering can be, or is, one of the most difficult things for any individual to do. It has been proven in the case of Japan that surrendering was a great boon for their country, their economy, and the people of Japan....

see Supplementing, why the need for minerals (pdf),
and The Importance of Fiber in the Diet

see Experiencing Addiction - Filling the Hole,
Feeling Deprived,
and Rigorous Honesty vs Lies

When it comes to thinking what you want to think, it is important to differentiate between what the Ego wants us to think and what the Authentic Self truly believes...

see Shadow of life - What shadow does your life cast (PDF),
and Mind Evaluation (PDF)

see BMI chart (PDF),
Healthy Body Fat Percentages (PDF),
and Waist to hip measurements an Indicator of Health (PDF)

see The Promises - Unexpected Results You Can Expect When You Work through a 12-Step Program (PDF)

Sucrose – Sugar is absorbed directly from the stomach into the bloodstream, creating blood sugar spiking, which in turn creates Insulin spiking. Over time, this can lead to insulin resistance, type II diabetes, and other blood disorders...

see Reading Labels - Counting Calories (CICO)
and Blood Spike - Insulin Chart (PDF)

Body Mass Index -- What is it and Why is it important. A measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. For Optimal Health, your BMI should be between 19 and 24...

see Definitions to be aware of when it comes to eating
and Healthy Snacks and condiments (PDF)

see The importance of Relationships
and The importance of Community

Why journal? 1. Our forgetters are so good, we tend to forget the things that are good for us. 2. Removing the revolving thoughts from our mind and getting them into the open, in black and white, where we can face them.

Our past – our thoughts and deeds – in reality represent who we have become. But Not who we actually are. Two selves exist in each individual - the Bible calls one-self flesh and the other Spirit. I like to think as one self as being EGO or the false self, which one could relate to the flesh. The other would be the Authentic Self, the real you, which one could relate to soul or Spirit.

see Health Evaluation
and Rate Your Health

see All Decisions Have Consequences
and Victimhood

Definition of Habit: an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary. Definition: A settled or regular tendency or practice – especially one that is hard to give up.

see Blood sugar and insulin explanation
and Three ways, times or circumstances that the body accumulates fat

see The Yets
and Obesity Facts - Fat Lady and Disease picture
and Obesity Facts - Obesity and Medications

please read:
Basic Nutrition 101
Good Carbs - Bad Carbs - Glycemic Index

please read:
Incrementalism The Path to Dis-ease
Slight Edge - Breaking it down
Slight Edge Graph - HoH HoD
Slight Edge Graph example

please read:
Off the grid or Together i Can
Together i Can Philosophy
Together i Can Rational

Habits of health are the habits you've developed that lead you towards a more serene, peaceful life—a life of acceptance, not resignation, but an honest gut level recognition of who you are and what you are.

see Making Plans and Setting Goals
and Structural Tension Chart