STRUGGLES WITH WEIGHT LOSS!

STRUGGLES WITH WEIGHT LOSS!

Even with Skinny Fiber, the past few months have been tough for me on this last weight loss journey.  My weight fluctuates always so I don’t pay much attention to the scales.  I pay attention to my clothes.   They seem to fit about the same but I don’t feel the same.

I feel bloated.  I feel unhealthy.  I feel fat.  I feel tired.  Nothing I am currently feeling is a good feeling. 

This weekend I decided to take stock of what was going on in my life and what I was and wasn’t doing to reach my goals.

Here are my reasons, which we all know are just excuses.   My ex died in August and it has really affected me much more than I thought it would.  I was in a car wreck in October.  I was restricted from jogging for almost 2 months.  I’ve been sick for the past 3 weeks.  It’s Thanksgiving.  It’s the holidays.  I’m busy.  I changed my schedule at work.  I guess I could add that we had rain some days.  Some days it was cold.  Some days it was hot.   There is always an excuse isn’t there?

So Sunday after the football game (Go Texans!), I decided to really think about what was going on.  Where had I gotten off track?  Here is what I realized.

1.      I wasn’t limiting my carbs like I had been.  Might explain why my blood sugar has increased.

2.      I wasn’t drinking 10 bottles of water a day.   Some days I was only getting in 4 bottles.  Not nearly enough for a big girl like me.

3.      I wasn’t eating enough protein.  I need protein 3 times a day, minimum!

4.      Some days I had forgotten to take my evening Skinny Fiber.  If you only take it half the dosage, it’s only going to work half as well.

5.      I was comforting myself with food again.  When you are eating and not paying attention to what or how much you are eating, that is for comfort.  No different than a baby with a pacifier.

6.      I stopped moving much at all.

7.      I stopped preparing my weekly meals on the weekend.

8.      I stopped portioning my food.

9.      I started drinking diet sodas again.  Not a lot but more than 2-3 a week.  Nothing wrong with a soda every now and then but let’s face it, folks, they are really bad for you.  And they are full of sodium which bloats you!

I had my answer.  When I was losing, the magic was ME.  When I stopped losing, the problem was ME.  Oh, the magic is still there.  I just chose to ignore it.  For awhile.

Sunday after the game, I cooked my breakfasts, lunch and dinners for the upcoming week.  No thought or preparation needed when thinking about eating.  Everything is portion controlled.

Monday I drank my protein shake when I woke up.  Two hours later I ate my egg muffins.  5 hours later I ate my meat muffin.   For dinner I had a bowl of chili.  And for a snack, another protein shake.  And it was all under 1500 and very few carbs.   I also pushed my water intake back up to 8 bottles. 

I slept so well last night.  I don’t think I woke up even once.  When I did wake up, I felt great.  I was ready to get up, get dressed and get moving.  I have felt energized all day!  I know by the end of the week, I won’t feel bloated anymore.  My system will be corrected.  I’ll be back moving come Thursday.  My body will be happy and so will I.

I could have given up.  In the past I would have.  Not this time.  I have come too far to turn back now.  If you are struggling and feeling like you have failed in your weight loss journey, you haven’t.  It’s just a set-back unless you decide to quit.  Re-commit.  Re-focus.  Remind yourself why you started this journey.

Come get back on your program with me.  Order your Skinny Fiber and commit to making 2015 your year of reaching your weight loss goals!  I have!

copyrighted 2014

caryn cannatella

Skinny Fiber Sales:  www.caryncann.com

THE MAGIC IS IN YOU!

THE MAGIC IS IN YOU!

I wish I could teach overweight people what it has taken me 53 years to learn.

There is no magic pill.  There!  I said it!  That is the child in you using magical thinking.  When you are a child you can apportion responsibility to others.  But when you become an adult, all the responsibility lies with you and you alone.  You are the only one who can change what you eat.  Are there products that can help you lose weight?  Yes, and I found a great one in Skinny Fiber.  Because of its ingredients, it has helped me become so much healthier aside from the weight loss. 

I always had reasons (excuses) why I was overweight.  Whatever the reason was, it wasn’t my fault.  My favorite was “I don’t really eat that much”.    Which was true, if you added “at meals”.    I have always been a secret eater.   I don’t eat much at meals but if I’m by myself, I can put the food away.

Another favorite was “I have slow metabolism”.  True, my metabolism was slow but I did nothing to help it.  I lived on carbs and diet soda and my exercise consisted of getting up and going to the kitchen!

I loved this one.  “I have a longer intestine than most people.  The food stays in there longer so I absorb more calories.”  Sounds great and of course, it succeeded in the responsibility for being overweight placed on a part of my body instead of me.

I would proclaim, “I eat healthy.”  Well, I did like fruit and did eat some vegetables.  But having an extra large pizza topped with lots of vegetables and eating the whole thing is not really eating healthy.

Losing weight is not an overnight journey.  Gaining it wasn’t and neither is losing it.  If you truly want to lose weight and keep it off, then you have to make changes.  Skinny Fiber provided the impetus for me to start my last weight loss journey that is more like a leisurely walk than a sprint. 

First you have to decide that all the excuses are going to be placed in the garbage.  You have to own responsibility for your own body.    You have to believe that you are worthy and deserve to be healthy.  Then you have to start making better choices.  You don’t have to do everything at once.  When I started Skinny Fiber, the only journey I was on was to prove them wrong and get my money back.    The only thing I changed was drinking 150 ounces of water daily and taking 2 Skinny Fiber capsules twice a day.  I did that for an entire month.  I ate whatever I wanted but I stopped when I started feeling full.

After seeing that I had lost 10 pounds the first month, I knew I could do this.  The days turned in to weeks and the weeks into months.  I started making better choices about my food and food intake.  I have learned to listen to my body.  Unfortunately for me, my body does not digest or process carbs very well.  Now that doesn’t mean I never eat carbs.  I do but not every day and when I eat them, it is in moderation. 

When you lose weight slowly, like you probably gained it, your body adjusts.  Even when you do overeat on occasion, you probably won’t gain a pound.  Now if you go on a food fest for a week, well, you know what happens.

All my life I wanted that magic pill; that magic something.  I remember after losing about 40 lost pounds, I just got it.  There is nothing and I mean nothing magical that is going to take the fat away.  The magic is in you.  Once you realize that, you will be empowered.  You will know that you can change your weight, your health and your life.  Could I have done it without  Skinny Fiber?  I doubt it.  I’ve never been able to in the past.  But I get it now.  It’s about responsibility.  Being responsible for taking my Skinny Fiber, for drinking my water, for moving my body and for the choices I make regarding my food. 

And when I do that, do you know what happens?  MAGIC!  My life has become magical.  The magic truly is in me.  And it is in your too!  If you need help getting on the path to finding the magic in you, contact me.  I will help you wherever you are.  Choose to find the magic in you and become that healthy person that already lives in you and is yearning to break free!

copyrighted 2014

caryn canntalla

Skinny Fiber Sales:  www.caryncann.com

I AM JUST NORMAL

I AM JUST NORMAL

For those of you who have never been overweight, you probably won't understand this.  For those who have, well, I hope this will encourage and inspire you.

Anyone who hangs out with me much can tell you that I have to pee a lot.  Probably because of all the water I drink.  It's like I have to go to every bathroom anywhere I go.

But here was the problem.  The regular bathrooms are small and the door opens inward.  Getting in or out was tight and uncomfortable.  Also the toilets are low to the floor, which makes getting up difficult for an overweight person.  And when your a big person trying to do your business, well, it's difficult to maneuver in those little stalls! 

So, I always opted for the handicapped.  They are bigger, the door opens out (which all stalls should have) and the toilet is higher off the ground.  But I can tell you, most people do not consider fatness to be worthy of a handicapped stall.

Before I entered the dr's office today, I, of course, had to use the bathroom.  You never know if that last time will reduce your weight!  lol  I went in a regular stall and was just amazed!  No problem going in or out.  I was able to get up and down with ease.  Taking care of my business was nothing!  When I left the stall to wash my hands, I looked in the mirror and realized something.

I am just normal.  What a great feeling that was!

copyrighted 2014

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

copyright 2014

caryn cannatella

Skinny Fiber Sales:  www.caryncann.con

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!

copyrighted 2014

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!

copyrighted 2014

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.

copyrighted 2014

caryn cannatella

www.caryncann.com