STARVATION MODE

STARVATION MODE

If you are overweight, I bet at some point you have put your body in starvation mode. 

Sometimes we think that the more we cut our calories, the more we will lose.  Well, you might lose in the beginning but it will just be water weight.  I know there are diets out there that have you on 500 or 800 calories a day!  They may give you weight loss short term but rarely long term.  Your body cannot function properly on so little fuel.  Imagine if you didn’t change your oil for a year.  How well do you think it would run?  How often do you think it would just stop running?  Your body is no different.

How many calories should you be eating to lose weight?  For women, you should eat 1200 to 1500 calories on average.  For men, the intake should be 1500 to 1900 calories a day.   After I had been on Skinny Fiber a few months and started limiting my carbs, I realized that some days I wasn’t even getting 1000 calories a day.   Now I pay much better attention to making sure I am at 1500 calories, especially with my jogging.

What happens when your body goes into starvation mode?

1.      Your blood pressure drops

2.      Your temperature drops

3.      Your heart rate drops

4.      Your body doesn’t just use fat for energy, it uses your muscles too.

Here is what happens when you starve yourself and go into starvation mode.   You start losing muscle instead of fat.  That is the worst!  When you start eating normally again (or overeating again) you will gain the weight back quickly and probably more than you lost!  But the worst thing is you will gain back FAT!  Even though you might not weigh more you will be fatter and look fatter.  Each time you do this exercise of starving, losing, and gaining back, you will be getting fatter and fatter every time you go through this scenario.  I know.  My body is a perfect example of this.

If you want to lose weight and keep it off for good, you have to eat.  Not overeat but eat!  You will lose more and keep it off if you eat whole foods.  Those are foods that have one ingredient:  cabbage, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggs, chicken, beef, ham, etc.  No fillers, no additives, no chemicals.   Our bodies weren’t meant to run on junk or process chemicals and additives.    Now, I’m not saying that you should never eat junk food or something that isn’t a whole food.  However, that should be the exception and not the rule.

The other thing you must do to lose weight and keep it off is MOVE!  It doesn’t really matter what you do for exercise but you gotta move!  Walk, jog, run, dance, do jumping jacks, do some squats, roller blade, ice skate, ride your bike.   Do something that makes your heart race and causes you to sweat!  Sweat is your friend!  I read a quote the other day that I just love:  “Sweat is your fat crying!”  What a great way to look at it when you are moving and sweating!

Most addictions require the person to abstain from whatever the addiction is.  This is what is so difficult about losing weight.  You have to eat every day.  You have to fuel your body.  Overweight people are expected to eat every day but not too much.  Can you imagine if an alcoholic or drug addict or smoker were told that it was required of them to use their drug of choice everyday but just a little bit?

This is why being overweight is so difficult.  I know how difficult it is.  I’ve been overweight for 53 years.  It’s hard losing weight.  I’ve always said I wish I could just stop eating like I stopped smoking.  It would be so much easier for me to just give up food altogether.  But I can’t.  And neither can you.

We have to make our new mantra this:  I eat to live not live to eat.  When you can do that each day, you will get to your ultimate goal and stay there.  That is the pot of gold at the end of my last weight loss journey.  It can be yours too!

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caryn cannatella

Skinny Fiber Sales:  www.caryncann.com

SHUT UP!

SHUT UP!

I’ve been jogging for almost 6 weeks.  Last night I jogged 2.5 miles.  It was harder but oh what a great feeling!

Next week I am heading to Las Vegas for a Skinny Fiber Event.  A group of us are going to get together for a jog/run/walk.  I’m very excited about joining my friends and Skinny Fiber family to do this run.  I know that I couldn’t have done this at the last event which was in May!  You’ve come a long way, Baby!

So here is the problem.  Ever since it was announced that there would be a gathering of us to jog/walk/run, I’ve been having doubts.   Here are some of the thoughts that keep going through my mind:

              

1.      What makes you think you can do a jog with people who are in shape and don’t weigh as much as you do?

2.      You aren’t a runner!  You jog as slow as people walk!  You’re not even a jogger!

3.      What if you can’t finish it?

4.      Everyone will think you have been lying.

5.      People will make fun of you.

6.      Everyone will talk about you behind your back

Every day I battle these thoughts.  It especially happens when I am out jogging.  I talk back.  “I am jogging 5 days a week!”  “I am increasing my distance every week.”  “I can finish this  jog.  If I can’t finish it jogging, I’ll finish it walking.” 

Still the doubts stalk me.  I know it isn’t reality.  I know it’s just that voice in my head that has convinced me all my life that I couldn’t do things.  Many times it convinced me that while I might be doing something, I could never complete it.  That I would quit.  That I’m a quitter.

Well, not this time!  I’m not going to let a baseless fear keep me from joining my friends on this outing!  I’ll jog and do my best.  That will be enough.  I’ve let the negative voice in my head keep me from attempting things I wanted to achieve all my life.  It has also kept me from achieving my goals by telling me I was a quitter.

I’m on a different path now.  I know what I can do!  I know that I am the only one who can decide to set a goal, work at that goal and achieve that goal.  I am seeing it daily in different areas of my life.  Every day I remind myself:  YOU ARE AN ATHLETE!  “YOU ARE A WINNER! And I am! 

And if I can do it, anyone can!

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caryn cannatella

Skinny Fiber Sales:  www.caryncann.com

JUST 3 STEPS TO LOSE WEIGHT

JUST 3 STEPS TO LOSE WEIGHT

I hear many people say, “I’m going on vacation so I’m not going to take Skinny Fiber while I’m gone.”  This just confuses me.  Why would you stop taking it because you are going on vacation or to a party?  When you are using Skinny Fiber, you don’t have to diet.  There are no forbidden foods.  You can eat anything you like.  It will just aid you in refraining from overeating.

Anyone who has ever been on a cruise or talked to anyone who has been on a cruise knows that there is any kind of food you want 24 hours a day.  When I was on my cruise I took my Skinny Fiber just like a have done for the past year.  Two capsules twice a day.  I ate the most scrumptious things.  Tried dishes I had never tasted before.  And you know what happened?  I lost 6 pounds while I was cruising!

Why do we associate vacationing or partying with a license to stuff our faces to the point of misery?  Some of us (me included) have and do just eat without even realizing we are.  It’s not because we are hungry.  It’s not because we want it.  Sometimes we eat when we don’t even like the way it tastes.  I have come to the conclusion that for many of us, eating is not about filling our stomachs.  It is about filling that void, that black hole that never gets filled.  And food doesn’t fill it either.

If you decide to give Skinny Fiber a chance, please do this for me.  For 90 days, commit with everything you have to do these three things:

1.       Take two capsules of Skinny Fiber twice a day about an hour before you eat with 16 ounces of water.  Without fail.  Everyday.

2.      Drink half your body weight in water.  If you weigh 200 pounds, drink 100 ounces.  If you don’t do this, IT WILL NOT WORK.  If you drink 4 glasses of water a day, yes, your tummy will work.

3.      Eat until you get that feeling of “Yes, I’m starting to feel full.”  You aren’t looking for that feeling of “I’m so stuffed I feel like a sea lion laying on the beach!”

If you do these 3 things consistently for 90 days, you will have great results.  If you don’t do them, then you won’t.  It really is that simple.  The decision is yours!

I’m 61, had health issues and it worked for me.  It’s worked for 10’s of thousands.  It will work for you if you follow these 3 steps.  And if you want to amp it up, add exercise to it.

Ask yourself this:  Do I want to lose weight enough to do these 3 things?  Make that decision and then get on the winning team with the rest of us Skinny Fiber SUCCESS STORIES!  I’ll be with you every step of the way!

Click here & order yours.   www.caryncann.com

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caryn cannatella

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WHY ARE YOU SO HAPPY, CARYN?

WHY ARE YOU SO HAPPY?

Every time I watch a video I make, I marvel at the difference in my face.  Last night I watched my video several times.  My face seems lighter and not as drawn.  I am smiling a lot more.  I actually look happy instead of unhappy.  Happiness shows in my face more and more.

I wondered....what would I say if a child came up and said, "Why are you so happy, Caryn?"

This is what I would say:

I never thought I could ever really lose weight & get healthy.  Here I am at 61, losing weight now for over a year and still getting smaller.  And what makes me even happier is that I am jogging and really getting fit.  I owe it all to Skinny Fiber.  Sometimes I think, "what if I hadn't taken one more chance to find a product like Skinny Fiber?"  Sadly, I know.  I would still weight almost 300 pounds, unable to walk more than about a block, be unhappy with my life and myself.

For less than what I spent on 2 Diet Dr. Peppers a day (I drank 6 or more), I was able to purchase Skinny Fiber and start my last weight loss journey and save more than $6 bucks a day! 

I have found my authentic self, as Oprah would say.  Every day brings me more good things to celebrate about myself, like health, self-esteem, confidence, and weight loss.  This journey I started with Skinny Fiber has enabled me to believe in all the possibilities that are out there for me.

You can have all this too.  It just takes making a decision that this time it just might work.  If you are tired of being overweight and unhealthy, then why don't you give it a try?  Where could you be in a year?  You'll never know if you don't try.  Give Skinny Fiber a chance.  I'm so glad I did.  It has changed my life.

Choose to live a healthy life.  Order your Skinny Fiber & start losing weight with me.  I'll be here with you on your journey.  Click here and change your life.  www.caryncann.com.  

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caryn cannatella

Skinny Fiber Sales:  www.caryncann.com

FAT LIKE ME - ANOTHER JOGGING GOAL MET!

FAT LIKE ME - ANOTHER JOGGING GOAL MET!

Check out this video of me bragging!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giKiefiHdTA

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caryn cannatella

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REFLECTIONS FROM MY GABRIEL IGLESIAS SHIRT!

REFLECTIONS FROM MY GABRIEL IGLESIAS SHIRT!

This is a video I created after jogging one night.  I hope it reminds us all that sometimes we overlook how much weight we have lost until we wear something from the past!

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caryn cannatella

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HOW COME I’M NOT LOSING WEIGHT QUICKER?

HOW COME I’M NOT LOSING WEIGHT QUICKER?

Shaun T

“Don't let the lack of fast results stress you out. Some people lose weight really fast and others take a little more time. Your heart is getting healthy and everything else will follow suit. Just be patient and stick with it.”

When we gain weight we don't realize the time it took to gain it.  When we want to lose weight, we want it to happen overnight!  It just doesn't work that way, unfortunately. 

There are factors that determine how quickly you will lose weight:  Age, sex, hormones, thyroid activity, genetics, etc.  Now, these are not reasons to blame if you are eating anything and everything and then wondering why you aren't losing weight.

In the beginning you will lose weight faster.  That is normally water weight.  As you begin to attack the fat, it takes longer.  One pound equals 3500 calories.  To lose a pound a week, you need to cut 500 calories a day from your diet.  To lose 2 pounds a week, you would have to double that to 1000 calories a day less.  That is a lot of calories to cut each day and still maintain the minimum suggested!  If you cut 500 calories a day, in one year you will drop 52 pounds!  That’s a lot of weight to lose in one year! 

The other thing that aids in losing weight is exercise.  Now if you think you can eat whatever you want and exercise 30 minutes a day, you are wrong wrong wrong.  If I jog for 30 min, I'll burn about 300-400 calories.  That would be about 1/2 pound in a week.  However, when you are exercising you build muscle.  Muscle doesn’t replace fat nor does it weigh more than fat.  A pound is a pound is a pound.  BUT muscle takes up less space than fat does in your body.  That’s why when you are exercising, you look smaller and your clothes get looser.

So if you are cutting your calories and exercising, you will see changes in your body even if you don't seem to be losing weight.  Why?  Because you are building muscle.  I haven't really lost any pounds (or so the scale says) since I started jogging 5 weeks ago.  But you should see how much smaller my legs are!  My thighs and calves are just shrinking as they build muscle.  Most all my pants look like Hammer Time pants now.  lol

Figure out how many calories you want to eliminate from your diet each day.  Do aerobic exercise AND weight bearing exercises.  Remember, that for women, even dieting you should eat 1200-1500 calories a day.  If you go below 1200 calories, your body will go into starvation mode and you will stop losing.  Men should eat 1700-2100 calories a day while losing weight. 

When you hit times when the scale doesn't move, check your clothes.  Are the arms getting baggy?  Is your mid section shrinking?  Are your pant legs getting too big?  Is your butt beginning to disappear?  These are all indications that you are losing weight.

It took a long time to gain all the extra weight you are carrying.  It will take time to lose it.  The great thing about our bodies is that we can lose weight in less time than it normally takes to gain it.

Don't let a slow period or even a plateau halt your efforts to lose weight, exercise and get healthy.  If you keep doing it, it will happen.  Have a plan and be consistent.  That's the key.

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caryn cannatella

Skinny Fiber:  www.caryncann.com

YAKKITY YAK

YAKKITY YAK!

Do you have that inner voice that talks smack to you all the time?  You know the one.  It never has a kind word to say to you.  It knows all your shortcomings and failures.  And it is never shy about pointing them all out to you.

There was a time that I denied having an inner voice that was discouraging and a finger pointer.  Now I know that it wasn’t that one didn’t exist.  It was that I was so used to hearing it yakking at me, that I no longer could differentiate that voice from any other.

That voice told me I was fat and a failure.  How many times did I hear that voice telling me how I didn’t measure up and never would.  That voice could take a great conversation I had with a friend and convince me that there were hidden meanings.  It didn’t take much for me to believe the lies. 

Yes, they were lies.  Everything that little but persistent voice said to me was a lie.  That voice never said, “Great job, Caryn!  You jogged a half a mile.”  No, this gnat of a voice would say, “I wouldn’t call what you do, jogging.  More like walking and not very fast at that!  You’ll never be a jogger!”  This voice would tell me how fat and ugly I was and that it would never be any different because I was a loser and a failure.

During the past year on my last weight loss journey with Skinny Fiber, I struggled when this little tyrant would start blabbering to me.  Sometimes I could ignore it; sometimes I couldn’t.  I remember one 24 hour period that I just couldn’t deal with it anymore.  I bought me 20 mini ice cream cones (I gave myself some points for not buying the regular size ice cream cones!  Lol) and I ate them all in that time.  Yeah, I felt disgusted.  Yep, I felt like a failure and a loser.  I thought “how can I convince people how great losing this weight is when I failed so miserably?” 

Two things happened that day.  The first is I decided that the next day I would go back on my program and forget about the ice cream cones.  I also decided that day that I didn’t have to listen to the inner brat taunting me, accusing me and tearing me down.  I could just decide to block out the sound of that bull dozer voice.  It would be up to me from now on.

Since then I have done so much better.  First, if I want something sweet or gooey, I get one at a store where they sell them in singles.  Once it’s gone, it’s gone but I still have the satisfaction of having had some, just not lots and lots of it.  The second thing I did was to stop listening to that voice.  Oh, not only did it ridicule me and remind me of every failure, it would try to convince me that this weight loss journey was no different than any of the other hundreds I had been on.  It tried to convince me that boy am I going to be embarrassed when I fail, again, and all of facebook, my SBC family and people I don’t even know on social media realize I was a fraud, a failure, and worthless, again.

Not this time!  When I hear that voice trying to convince me that I shouldn’t exercise, I get proactive.  I might jog twice that day instead of once.  When it tells me what a failure I am, I look at the clothes I am now wearing…sizes 16 and a few 18’s.  That reminds me that the voice is a liar!  When it taunts me with “people are staring at you and making fun of you jogging”, I refuse to listen.  I get out my videos and look at my legs.  How strong they have become in such a short time and how they are starting to look like the legs of a runner.

I’m telling you this because I know I’m not the only one with that miserable little voice that would rather see you lying in a heap on the floor crying than to see you in charge of your life.  Mute the brat!  You don’t have to listen to it!  Write down examples of all the successes you have had in your life and especially now on your own last weight loss journey.  

Do I still hear that cranky little troublemaker?  I do but not as often anymore.  You don’t have to either.  Decide to shut the noise down and live in a space where you revel in your successes and not your failures.

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caryn cannatella

Skinny Fiber:  www.caryncann.com

DO YOU LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO BE HEALTHY?

DO YOU LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO BE HEALTHY?

Today I heard a woman who had lost a lot of weight say the following.  “Your children (or grandchildren) don’t want you to be able to take them somewhere to play.  They want you to play with them.” And “Your husband/wife (or significant other) doesn’t want you to take care of him/her.  They want you to take care of yourself.”

When I heard her say this, it made me cry.  I did this so much when my kids were little.  I was great at taking them places to play but I couldn’t play with them.  One of my son’s fondest memories is the summer he, Ashlie and I got up every morning and went bike riding.  I wish I had been able to do this more.

And what about that significant other or spouse?  Well, I did have a pretty face.  Wasn’t that enough?  Did it matter that I was hidden under layers and layers of fat?  I did take care of him but could I dance with him?  Could I walk around The Strand with him?  Did I even have the energy to get out and do things with him?  I didn’t.  I dreaded anytime we were going out to do something.  I would stay in the hotel room and he would take the kids out.  I figured they wouldn’t miss me and besides, I thought they were embarrassed to be seen with me.

So here I am all these years later.  I’m single and my kids are grown.  I can’t relive those years of inactivity and hiding in this suit of fat.  But I can choose to live differently.  I can choose to eat healthy.  I can choose to get up and exercise.  Is it easy?  Sometimes and it does get easier with time.  Is it difficult?  More often than I would like to admit.  Are there times I want to give up?  NEVER!  I might mess up on a particular day but the next morning I am back on track.  That is probably the biggest lesson I have learned.   You will only stay fat if you give up!  You might have a bad day but it is just one day!  When you get back on track, you feel back in control.  And you know that you are doing it.  You are getting healthy.

I will say the impetus for all of my changes this past year began with a weight loss supplement made from plants called Skinny Fiber.  Yeah, big deal.  That’s what I thought.  How many diet pills, supplements, diets, experimental drugs, hypnosis, starvation and stomach stapling had I tried over 53 years?  I tried ‘em all.  This time I decided I would just follow the instructions of Skinny Fiber.  Didn’t change my diet that first month.  Just took two capsules twice daily with 16 oz  of water, drank half my weight in ounces (water) daily and stopped eating when I felt full.  And you know what happened?  I lost 10 pounds that first month.  That convinced me to keep on with the program.

At one year on my weight loss journey with Skinny Fiber, I decided to start exercising.  It’s been 5 weeks and I’m jogging over 1.5 miles a day and I’m currently doing a squat challenge.  I’m up to 140 a day!  How ‘bout that for a 61 year old woman who still weighs over 230 pounds!

My advice to anyone who has been living in a protective suit of fat, is to take a chance.  This suit that you think is somehow protecting you is actually killing you!  I know you want to live.  I did!  Decide that you are worth the effort to lose weight and become healthy.  There is no magical pill or drink.  Skinny Fiber is a great tool and I doubt I would have made it this far without it.  But the magic lies in you.  It’s there just waiting for you to tap it. 

And when you do, you will see your life transformed.  From the inside out and the outside in.  I know I’m worth the work.  I know you are too.  Just decide that you deserve to be smaller and healthier.  Just get up each morning and decide that just for today I’m going to eat healthy and move.  You will be amazed at your own transformation, inside and out.  I was a failure at it for 53 years and look at me now!

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

IT'S YOURS FOR THE TAKING

BE GRATEFUL & BE BLESSED

Sometimes I just lie in bed and think about my life. Now, I'll admit I have had some crappy years out of my 61 years. Some worse than others. In 2003 I was alone, totally alone, except for my children. I thought my life was a mess I'd never get straightened out.

You know what happened? I decided to declare daily how much I was blessed and write down daily what I was grateful for. In the beginning I wasn't able to see all my blessings as clearly as I do now. Some days it was just "I'm grateful for my job (which I hated)." "I'm grateful for my home (hated it too)." "I'm grateful for my children (none of us liked each other much back then)." "I'm grateful for my car."

But you know what I happened? I started being able to name many things that I was grateful for. During those next 4 or 5 years I became grateful for everything. And the more grateful I became, the more blessed I was.

I no longer think about the times in my life that were hard, that I was mistreated, that I was abused. I just look at my life as a whole. I have so little stress in my life. Every day I remind myself of my many blessings.

I now have a family that includes my best friend and all her family (those Diaz's are the best). I have a best friend who shares my home. My son, Cody, is doing well in his job and is making great progress financially. My daughter, Ashlie, has been at her job a year and a half, planning to attend college and is in love with a great man. And her boyfriend, Daniel, has now become family. I still consider my ex to be a part of our family.

If you want to live a life that is pretty much stress free, be grateful for what you have, no matter how little or much it is. And then declare daily how blessed you are. I guarantee you that if you do those two things, you will see an amazing change in your life. I know. I have lived it!

Be grateful and be blessed! It's yours for the taking.

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

THE CASE OF THE TAUNTING CAPRIS

THE CASE OF THE TAUNTING CAPRIS

I bought a pair of capris probably 4 months ago.  Couldnt even get them up over my hips and abdomen.    Every few weeks I would try again.  And again they didn't fit.  Until today....

When I got home I was hanging up my outfit and there they were hanging in the closet.  I thought about putting them in the back of the closet since it seemed like they were taunting me as usual.  "You can't wear us."  "Your butt is too big to wear us." “Your belly will never fit in me!” "You'll never be able to wear us".  Yeah I think this pair of capris were hoping they would always be the "new" pair in the closet and they liked it that way.  How many too small clothes have I bought in my life that I never got small enough to wear?

Well, first I said, SHUT UP!  Then I took the hanger down and placed it on the bed.  Slowly I took the capris off the hangar.  Now, I can tell by the time I get to my knees if a pair a pants is gonna even come close to fitting.  Well, they easily slid up over my knees and thighs.  WHAT???

I pulled them up over my hips....close but no cigar yet!  My abdomen is way out of proportion to the rest of my body.  It (and my upper arms) cause me to wear a bigger size than the rest of my body would require.  Without my abdomen I probably be in a 12 or 14.  If my upper arms were normal in relation to my body, I’d probably wear a medium.  But neither is, so…there you have it!  lol

Ok, so the capris are up over my hips.  I pull the waistband together and it buttons!  WHOA!  I reached down and pull the zipper.  And it zips right up!  This pair of capris finally fits!  I can hardly believe it!

Yep, I'll be wearing this elusive pair of capris this weekend.  They will no longer be the new pair hanging in the closet.  I have achieved that goal!  Yep, I own this pair of capris!

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

I MISSED A DAY. SHOULD I QUIT?

I MISSED A DAY.  SHOULD I QUIT?

Whenever I have been on an exercise quest, I was fine unless I missed a day.  If I missed a day I’d throw my hands up and say, “Well, I missed a day.  I’m done with exercising!”  And I would.

There was a time when I thought I was unique and the only person this happened to.  I realize now that I’m not alone and it is more common than I ever imagined. 

This is all part of that mindset that so many of us have in losing weight.  If we mess up on our food plan or don’t exercise one day or don’t get in all of our steps for the day, somewhere inside we decide that we have failed again and again, we lay down and give up!

I'm trying very hard to break this habit. If you miss a day of exercise or eat crap one day, the world will not end. However, don't take it as an opportunity to quit! It's not even a set back. You just wake up the next morning and re-focus.

I know so many people who are like I am, especially when it comes to "dieting" or exercising. We have to change our thoughts on those two things and on how we define failure. I know that failure only comes when you allow it. Begin anew each morning. Put yesterday behind you. You only fail if you refuse to get back up!

Don't let your mind convince you that you are a failure when you are not. Be determined and dedicated to getting back on track if you have a bad day.  That one choice and one decision will determine your success or failure.  Choose success!

Don’t let anything or anyone, INCLUDING YOU, keep you from achieving your goals of becoming healthy!

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

THE CHOICE IS YOURS!

THE CHOICE IS YOURS!

By the time you are 65, you have lost ½ of your muscle mass if you haven’t been exercising.  HALF!  Can you afford to lose that?  I’m behind the 8 ball and trying to make up for lost time!  Sometimes it is hard.  I mean really hard.  But I remind myself often, YOU CAN DO THIS!  YOU HAVE TO DO THIS!  KEEP GOING!

There was a time when I would not go walking or do any kind of exercise where other people might see me.  I thought they would make fun of me.

I can honestly say that when I'm out jogging, I never think about that.  All I think about is completing my route and how long I need to walk to reach my daily goals.  I see people out and about.  Cars drive by.  I'm just oblivious to them.  I am just focused on moving my body and hitting my goals. 

Last night my thighs were so sore from all the squats.  Plus we started our jog at 7.  It's still very hot at 7.  After I finished jogging, I added almost another mile of walking.  I was beat when I got home.  I didn't even want to eat but I'd only eaten about 800 calories for the day.  I decided to go to with the half of chicken salad Ashlie had brought over.  I slept about 8 hours.  I'm still tired.  But I don't focus on that.  I just think, tonight we will be jogging again.  My body is getting so much stronger!  This morning my blood pressure was 113 over 62!   Amazing!   

Commit to move your body every day.  Start where you are.  Don’t compare yourself to others.  Your journey is not their journey and theirs is not yours. 

Accept yourself where you are.  Make a small change each day.  You don’t have to run a marathon.  You just have to move a little more each day.  Are you up for the challenge?

Will you be building muscle or be a piece of fat by the time you are 65.  The choices is yours.

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

YOU CAN’T MOVE FORWARD UNTIL YOU LET GO OF THE PAST!

YOU CAN’T MOVE FORWARD UNTIL YOU LET GO OF THE PAST!

Sometimes we get stuck in the past, even when the past sucks. We just can't seem to leave it behind. Just because a memory comes to visit doesn't mean you have to invite it in to take up residence.

I have come to a place in my life that I now realize that you don't even have to resolve things from the past. Accept it and move on. Spend your time and energy in the present.

Nothing from the past can be changed. Your present and future are a blank page. If you really want to move forward, you have to let go of your past.

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

MY GOOD-BYE LETTER TO FAT

MY GOOD-BYE LETTER TO FAT

Dear Fat -

You have been my best friend and enemy for 53 years.  You have held me in a prison I thought I could never escape and at the same time made me feel safe.  You tried to ruin my looks so no one would even want to see me.  I felt invisible.  You tried to destroy my heath and make me sick and weak.

I have finally gained the courage to stand up to you and say NO MORE!  You are not more powerful than I am.  You can't control my life.  I choose to break the chains you have put on me and take my life back!

I am in control now.  I decide what I eat and how much.  I ignore your whining when I exercise.  I don't believe you anymore when you tell me I'm worthless, no good and no one loves me or even likes me.  I know they are all lies.

My bondage to you is over and I am free!  Yes, you were there when I felt like no one else was.  Just like food.   I thought the two of you were my friends.   I was wrong.  The fog has cleared and I know the truth.  I know now that I am strong, worthy, an over-comer and a CHAMPION!

Good bye, Fat.  I don't need you anymore.

Caryn

THE REAL CARYN IS EMERGING!

THE REAL CARYN IS EMERGING!

Last night I was lying on the couch watching movies.  My best friend, Marisela, was lying on the love seat.  I raised my left let up straight and I was amazed!  The outer side of my thigh was tight and I could feel the muscles!  But even more amazing than that was that I could see my thigh bone!  I don’t remember ever seeing my thigh bone in my entire life!

When I was looking at it I could actually see how small my thighs are going to be!  Throughout this last weight loss journey with Skinny Fiber, I am seeing things in my body that I didn’t even know were there.  My calves are actually starting to look like the calves of someone who really does jog! 

Another thing that I found this weekend was my shoulder joint.  At first I thought it was a growth or something.  I was telling Marisela about it and how I thought it might be a tumor, until I felt it on the other shoulder too.  She laughed out loud. 

When your body has been covered by layers and layers of fat for many decades, it is a strange and wondrous things to be able to feel your own bones.  Most people cannot see it yet but I am a very tiny person.  And that tiny person has been wanting to get out of this prison for years.  She is going to make it this time!  Just you wait and see!

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

I’VE GOT THE MAGIC IN ME!

I’VE GOT THE MAGIC IN ME!

I did not sleep well last night. My fibromyalgia in my right leg flared up. It's the first episode I've had since last summer. The pain finally subsided about the time I got up.

I decided I'll just jog 1.3 miles this week. Can you believe that in 2 more weeks I'll be jogging 1.5 miles? I'm just amazed! And today I'll be doing 75 reps on my squat challenge. I can't tell you how thrilled and proud I am. 

I never thought I could jog or do squats. Until I started using Skinny Fiber, I never thought I could lose the weight and be a "normal" size. I tell people all the time, "I'm changing from the inside out". I really mean that.

My mind is changing. My thoughts are changing. My emotions are changing. My attitude towards everything is changing. My self-esteem is changing. My confidence is changing. My outlook on life is changing.

I am being transformed. While my body is changing so am I. I wish I could bottle what I have learned in this last year and give it away. There is nothing magical about losing weight. If you keep looking for it outside, you will always keep looking. The magic is YOU. YOU are the magic to losing weight and getting healthy. 

One of the tools I use is Skinny Fiber. It has worked great for me and I will take it until I die. But it is just a tool. It is not magic. After taking it a year and dropping 50 pounds, it has allowed me to see where my magic is. I have found it inside and that is what I have needed to do for the last 53 years. 

Look inside and find your magic. It's there just waiting for you to activate it. Don't wait 53 years like I did.

If you want a great tool for losing weight, do what I and thousands of others have done. Order Skinny Fiber here: www.caryncann.com and start finding that magic in YOU.

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com

UPLIFT OTHERS WITH YOUR WORDS

UPLIFT OTHERS WITH YOUR WORDS

Last night while I was jogging a man was getting in his truck.  He yelled at me, “Keep up the good work!”  I yelled back, “I’m up to 1.2 miles a day jogging.”  He drove down the street and started talking to me while I was jogging.  He told me that he was living with my neighbor in exchange for his training him.

I told him that I had been jogging for 3 weeks and was doing a squat challenge.  I said I was eating a low carb diet and I cook most everything from scratch.  He said, “I wish I could get my client motivated like you.   If he had your drive and determination, he could reach his goal in no time.”

We chatted a big longer (I kept up while he was driving) and he said, “you should be very proud!  Keep doing what you are doing.  I’m amazed with your drive.”

 I think I glowed all the way home.   Words from a stranger can uplift you so much.  Thank you, Mr. Trainer Man.  Your words made my night and will push me in the days ahead.

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caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com