Hey Skinny

Don't forget to................

2008-09-18T10:28:00.001-04:00

Eat your veggies
Drink your water
Exercise
Eat "real" food
Use moderation
Read motivational weight loss stories
Shop smart
Choose the restaurant that best works for you
Make changes you and can live with
Hang around with Skinny people
Smile
Get rid of the fat clothes already
Stop saying, start doing
Cook
Try new foods often

And most importantly say hi to Rich occasionally.

This concludes Rich's writing of the Hey Skinny blog.

You can follow his antics at the Fun Motivational Speaker Blog

Last Chance to get in on The Gift of Weight Loss

2008-09-17T12:45:00.000-04:00

http://heyskinny.blogspot.com/2008/09/you-deserve-gift-of-weight-loss.html

A free gift

2008-09-16T08:36:00.000-04:00

So what do you do when you unpack your Peapod order and there is a free box of Wasa crackers.

Throw them out?
Gag?
Make Wasa Brei

I should have chosen #1. I chose number 3 and then I number 2'd. Thank god I didn't pay for them. But I do get an A for trying something new.

What's Wasa Brei? Look up Matzo Brei and replace the matzo with the Wasa. Except in this case, DO NOT!!!!!

Speaking of Obesity.............

2008-09-15T08:41:00.001-04:00

I was invited to a South African dinner party the other night. Pumpkin fritters were served as hors d'oeuvres . They were quite good; they were also quite greasy. Yes, one woman started wiping grease on her legs and shared that she was moisturizing.

Well we got into this discussion about that awful show The Biggest Loser; and how motivational it is.

Motivational!!! Are you people nuts? These people are losing record amounts of weight - rapidly. Some people would even say it is neither safe nor healthy.

Motivational? Their job is to lose weight. Anyone reading this post could lose weight in record numbers if you had no responsibilities, like work or family, and could just focus your day on weight loss.

Now don't get me wrong, I do believe that to spend 24 hours per day on your weight loss takes commitment, dedication and courage; and I applaud those contestants for that, but I would hardly call this reality. It seems to me that we shifted an addiction from eating to starving or exercise?

I'm sticking to my guns here. I have been speaking and working with obese folks since 1993, and here is what I know, the most successful do not go from one extreme to another. The most successful make changes that are real and they can live with. The most successful surround themselves with people who understand that rapid weight loss is dumb, stupid and unsafe. Wanna meet some of those people? Don’t forget; three days until The Gift of Weight Loss Begins!

I'll tell you what is motivational. When you see someone who you know is working on their waistline, eat 1/2 of a pumpkin fritter and ask someone if they would like to share an Amarula ice cream coffee drink with shaved chocolate; while spending several hours overlooking the Boston Skyline laughing. That's motivational.

I want a snack!

2008-09-11T09:49:00.000-04:00

Go ahead snack!

Eat those empty 100 calorie packs of things; several at a time.
Eat those foods that have "added fiber" to make you feel like you're making a better choice.
Snack on those veggies with an open jar of dressing sitting right next to you (yes, I've seen people do this; they probably had 40,000 calories of dressing by the time they finished the cucumber slices.)

Go ahead snack!

Or try this....................

Open three cans of beans (black, red, garbanzo); drain them and store them in the fridge. Then when that urge occurs to snack, grab some with your favorite seasoning, some low-cal Italian dressing or saute them quickly in a tsp or two of olive oil.

Much better for you. Much healthier for you.

Now you can go feel good about yourself?

Try It! You'll Like It!

2008-09-10T09:40:00.004-04:00

Yes, it's another Try It You'll Like It post.

Breakfast this morning was a Brown Rice Scramble.

A couple of eggs,
1/2 Cup of Brown Rice,
Some chopped up peppers and onions
and a bit of salt and pepper.

It's a scramble. Do you need further directions? Please tell me no.

Delicious. I even think Tricia the Nutritionist would like this one.

Who is Tricia?

She'll be my first guest/expert to appear in The Gift Of Weigh Loss teleseminar series beginning on September 18th. It's not too late for you and two friends to give yourself a gift. Check it out at: http://heyskinny.blogspot.com/2008/09/you-deserve-gift-of-weight-loss.html

Oh and yes, the rice was cooked already.

Here's a little bit of a challenge

2008-09-09T13:19:00.003-04:00

Okay, here's a challenge for you...................

As we head into the fall a lot of you reading this will be packing away the spring and summer clothes. In some cases it is your hope/desire/dream to not be wearing these garments next year; that this is going to be the year you lose the weight once and for all.

Here's a thought - throw them out right now. Or give them to a worthy charitable organization. Your dream will come true! You won't be wearing them next year.

Now go do what you have to do to be certain that the replacements are the right styles and sizes.

The comforts of being Skinny

2008-09-08T08:19:00.000-04:00

There are so many comforts of being Skinny - or knowing that you're working towards being Skinny. Clothes fit better. Clothing options are greater. You feel a bit more comfortable looking in the mirror, having conversations with people, and walking down the street not feeling all self-conscious about what you look like. It's a good feeling knowing that running in to old friends and colleagues is not going to be an awful, painful experience. It's nice when someone in the seat next to you on the plane is hanging over into your seat and you are not angry but proud that you can share your space with that person because you no longer need it. Maybe you can even move over a bit to offer them some more room rather than pushing back with that "get out of my space" attitude.

How about you? Have you noticed the comforts of being Skinny? Because remember, the comforts of being Skinny are in our mind, in our emotions and in our physical presence. If you're not seeing all three, you're missing out on one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself.

If you're not experiencing this gift, don't you think it is time?

Are they looking at your size?

2008-09-06T06:54:00.001-04:00

Yesterday I had an interesting conversation regarding whether or not people take notice of your size when they meet you. Are they thinking how fat you got, that you put on a few, that you look like an anorexic, that you've let yourself go to the crapper?

It was an interesting conversation which I ended with two questions, the two questions that I will leave you with today.........................

If the people you spend your life with are worried about taking notice of your size, why are they in your life?
Is it your own unhappiness with how you look and you're trying to transfer the blame?

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Try It! You'll Like It!

2008-09-04T08:34:00.000-04:00

What do you do when you have Diet Ginger Ale, about 1/2 cup of Raspberry Sorbet and a can of pears in its own juice?

You stick it in the Magic Bullet or blender, silly! It makes a great frozen treat, gets you a few fruit selections and takes the edge off the fact that your neighbors are all standing around drinking fruity hi-calorie alcoholic drinks!

Try it. You'll Like It!

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You Deserve The Gift of Weight Loss!

2008-09-03T07:51:00.003-04:00

Okay, you still miss me. I am flattered. I keep getting emails from people asking if I am coming back to WW (that answer is no) or telling me you cannot find a leader you connect with. You like the blog, but I am thinking you want more. So...........................

Let's do something new and different

Let's take or add a different approach to your weight loss efforts; an approach where you don't have to leave the comfort of your home or office. Are you ready for The Gift of Weight Loss?

The Gift of Weight Loss
The motivation and straight-talk you need right from the privacy of your own home – for you and a couple of your friends!

This 30 minutes per month just might change your waist size,your attitude and the looks you get when you go visiting this holiday season! Join Rich DiGirolamo for a 30-minute teleseminar that will motivate you to achieve all your weight loss dreams for the 2008 Holiday Season. You’ll get ideas, pointers and advice. There will be a guest speaker segment each month; I'll have an emotional eating expert, a nutritionist, a behavior specialist.

The price: $149.95 allows you to bring along two of your friends.

There will be 4 thirty minute teleseminars; one per month; all begin at 7:30PM EST

September 18th;
October 16th
November 13th
December 11th

All Teleseminars will be recorded, so if you cannot make the call, an MP3 file will be made available for your listening pleasure. And if you are on the call, you will get to listen to it over and over.

Each session will build on the success of the previous - with a graduation of sorts at the end. Sign up for all four sessions and get three copies of Rich’s Self-Help Book and One Set of Rich’s Weight Loss Audio Program; a $100 value.

Register for THE GIFT OF WEIGHT LOSS today

Still not convinced. Let's do the math.

Four Teleseminars for you and two friends. So right there, if you split the cost, it is just under $50 per person or $12.50 per teleseminar; and that will also get you an MP3 that you can listen to again and again.
But then you add in the copies of Rich's Self-Help Book and his Yes You're Fat I Like You Anyway audio program (about a $100 value) and now the sessions are costing you $12.50 per session or just over $4 per person.
Now let's talk about what your time is worth. You can do this all in the privacy of your own home or listen later in your car. I can't put a value on your time; but maybe it is time for you to start putting more value on you, your time, your money and your self-worth.

Now is your time to Register for THE GIFT OF WEIGHT LOSS today

Note: No food will be served at the Teleseminars.

The Gift of Weight Loss

2008-08-31T07:58:00.000-04:00

It's coming. Soon. Very soon. The gift of weight loss.

Your mission right now is to identify two people you wish you could give the gift of weight loss. If you could give two people the gift of weight loss, who would they be?

Stay tuned..............the details are coming.

Chocolate versus the Mango. And the winner is........

2008-08-27T20:54:00.000-04:00

Chocolate I was craving
There was none to be found
I could go drive down to the mall
They sell it by the pound

This sweet tooth needed some relief
I cannot take no more
There is a mango rotting dead
on the refrigerator door

Chocolate would really hit the spot
Some say the mango would too!
Dark chocolate is a good choice, right?
And tomorrow I'll start anew

I grab my wallet, head to the door
The pups are looking at me
I'm just moments away from chocolate bliss
except I cannot find my car key.

I think there is a message here
So I grab a knife instead
I take that mango off the door
and peel it before it's dead.

The sweetness of that mango sure
was an unexpected treat
I did not really need that chocolate
and can celebrate the feat!

What's Your One Skinny Thing Today?

2008-08-26T07:36:00.002-04:00

Inquiring minds want to know.

And if you're not sure what I'm talking about, keep reading the posts below. And don't tell yourself there is nothing you can do. I'll bet money on it! Lots of money.

Mine is to drink water at a dinner I am attending tonite.

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Is ice cream really what it is all about?

2008-08-25T08:02:00.002-04:00

All summer long Carl has talked about driving to the town of Oxford, CT for the supposed best ice cream in the world. Everyone has ignored his request. I can pull out of my neighborhood and find several sources of ice cream within a 4 mile radius. I've got Dairy Queen, Pralines, Scooples, Ying Yang, the IGA, Cumberland Farms, and from the looks of some of the neighbors I am sure there is plenty of ice cream to be found in freezers nearby.

Well the other day we humored Carl; and he, Robin and I got in the car and drove 20 miles to this farm in Oxford. We arrived to a line of people about 15 deep. This is insane I thought. But it was about being with friends, not the ice cream, so I stood in line. This ice cream must be the jewel of ice cream.

I turned around at one point and the line must have been 50 deep, waiting to get to the one of three windows being operated by happy college kids who were earning tips for college, booze, pot, or gas.

So the three of us are talking and laughing and next thing I know my shoulder is being tapped and I am being yelled at by the woman behind me. I guess we weren't paying attention and we were next at the far end of the counter. We were holding up the line. Now let me just tell you that the woman behind me was not going to die if she missed ice cream or any sort of nutrition probably until 2025! But I digress.

So Robin and I share a small cake batter ice cream sundae. Yes, not cookie dough but cake batter; I didn't know there was a difference. Small could have fed the entire town of Oxford, whose population I think is about 13,000, but might swell to 1,000,000 when this place is open for the season. The line keeps extending down the gravel lot.

Cake batter was okay, just okay; not this orgasmic experience I was hoping to finally encounter. Carl threw out half of his toasted almond sundae as he is lactose intolerant. We hopped back in the car and drove home the back roads blasting disco with the top down. At least we had thirty minutes of great music.

Good friends. Good music. That's what it's all about.

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I'm watching my weight

2008-08-24T09:12:00.000-04:00

Are you watching your weight?

Are you watching it go up? Are you watching it go down? Are you watching it like the Coney Island Cyclone, meaning it is roller coastering up and down with a start and end at the same point? Are you watching it go nowhere?

Watching means to look at, observe, or wait attentively. Not a whole lot of action going on there. Not a whole lot of weight loss at all. Unless of course you're just trying to maintain your weight. Then watching might be a good option. But I am not so sure about that either.

So for those people who are watching their weight and hoping it will miraculously jump into your next door neighbor's underwear...........Stop watching your weight. Instead, become intimately involved with your weight and get moving.

Now go take a walk, a power walk.

Calories on Menus. Nah, I have a better idea.

2008-08-22T07:20:00.002-04:00

So I've been in NYC quite a bit over the last few weeks and eating isn't quite the same anymore. You see, the major chain type establishments, like Hard Rock Cafe and Au Bon Pain, are now required to put the calorie count on the menu items.

Well after looking at some of the calories listed on certain menu items, I think a much more fun approach would be to label things accordingly:

Good for your ass
Will grow your ass
Your ass will become as wide as Texas

And considering the size of some of the hotel rooms I have been in, the last option is not advisable!

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So what's your Skinny Thing today? I'm doing a watermelon smoothie for breakfast instead of my oatmeal pancakes.

OneThing ---------------> Fat Thing ----------> Skinny Thing

2008-08-21T14:54:00.001-04:00

if you live here in CT you might be familiar with Governor Rell's One Thing energy campaign. She is encouraging people to do one thing each to day to save money, save energy and protect the environment.

A couple of days ago I heard someone call someone else a Fat Thing and suggested all she needed to do was give up one cookie per day and she'd see a difference.

Well this got me thinking

So from this day forward I am going to ask you to take such an approach with your weight loss.............Take the Skinny Thing approach. What Skinny Thing can you do each day in the name of better health or weight management.

Are you ready for the challenge?

I just grabbed a container of raspberries instead of a few crackers.

Size Matters!

2008-08-19T20:39:00.000-04:00

Hey it's true................Size Matters.

Size of your vegetables that is?

I seemed to have come upon something when it comes to people who grow their own veggies this time of year.

It seems that the veggies which are the size of the State of California end up with no taste and in the garbage disposal (and then we eat cake) while the veggies which are the size of Rhode Island are flavorful and delicious.

So yes, size does matter. Your zucchini does not have to be the size of the Washington Monument.

Fiber in Yogurt? Oh, please!

2008-08-15T12:46:00.000-04:00

I don't know about the rest of you but I have been questioning the "fiber" in yogurt, ice cream and what appear to be fiberless products for a long time; well before that ridiculous commercial with the woman eating all those yogurts to get her daily dose of fiber.

I knew it had to be a ploy. Well it just might be. It's called chemicals - as I just finished reading in the latest action of Nutrition Action Newsletter. Yep, it seems that the "fiber" in your favorite ice cream may very well have no health benefits at all, probably does not act/react the way real fiber does, but it sure as hell is giving people the impression that they're doing something good for themselves. Once again, the cat is out of the bag.

So if you really want fiber, real fiber that is; fiber that absolutely has the benefits we're looking for...................Eat a piece of fruit or some whole grains for Pete's Sake!

I Know What I Need To Do

2008-08-13T11:01:00.002-04:00

I Know What I Need To Do
A twenty-step simple weight loss formula- By Rich DiGirolamo

I need to:

Make better choices (almost all the time)
Keep a piece of fruit with me at all times
Take a walk with my best friend(s) today
Shop for Better Foods; regularly
Dress to feel proud
Eat at home more often
Buy fruit, not fruit fillings
Take an exercise class or exercise with a group
Keep myself hydrated
Read about nutrition
Ask for help
Hire a coach
Form a support group
Drink less alcohol
Learn to cook; experiment with food
Get off the damn computer already and go have some fun
Quit looking for the easy way out
Say No
Stop telling people how fat you are
Love and respect myself

That's it. It's simple. Can you do it?

What happened to the cookies?

2008-08-12T20:30:00.005-04:00

Sunday was the family (and a few assorted neighbors) picnic. What I love about the family picnic is they descend, eat, make a lot of noise, make a huge mess, clean up and leave. It is great.

Well this time they did not do such a great job cleaning up. They left me a container of homemade chocolate chip cookies.

Yesterday my neighbor popped in; looking for a cookie. They were nowhere to be found.

"Where are the cookies?" he asked.

I just looked at him.

So........................

Did I eat them?
Did I toss them?
What would you have done?

I tossed them. My attitude is that they were not there seven hours earlier; life was okay without them; life will be fine if I toss them. What I do know is life will be crappy if I eat them............ that old guilt shame and disgust thing kicks in.

Are you with me?

Anything in your home need to be given the ole heave-ho right now. Go do it!

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What a difference a day makes?

2008-08-11T09:11:00.000-04:00

Saturday I'm eating barbecued pork loin, lemon pepper chicken, salad, salmon, chicken sausage, corn, fruit, hummus, brownies, and grilled green and yellow squash. Okay, I am not eating all of that, but those are my choices.

Sunday my choices are hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage patties, all kinds of mayonnaise salads, taco salad-dip surprise, cupcakes that could feed six, chips, chips, chips and dips.

I like it much better when I am in control of the menu. Makes it so much easier to stay in control.

Don't you agree?

Asking TO Help

2008-08-10T07:33:00.001-04:00

Please note the title of this post - asking TO help, not asking for help.

Yesterday I was hosting a picnic for a professional group to which I belong. Twenty-sex of my colleagues were here to network, socialize and of course, eat. It was a great day.

Now normally when I play host I do not accept help, but it was one of those days; I was a bit overwhelmed; I think a couple of people realized it. So this time, when people asked TO help, I stepped completely out of my character - and said yes.

I mean let's face it, we have all been offered help and should have taken it, but our pride or some other ridiculous insecurity or self-righteous attitude turned it down. Stupid us, huh? I realized yesterday that people asking to help means they want to ensure success, be it for you, the group or the situation.

So next time someone asks to help you in your journey to thinner thighs, say yes instead of telling them you've got it under control. Yesterday I did not have it under control; I realized it the minute I looked at the number of people standing on my deck and how twenty-six people were waiting for food that needed to be cooked on one grill.

I remember when I was losing my weight all those years ago, some people asked to help me; my attitude was I had to do it myself. Yes, you do have to do it yourself, but perhaps it is time to start thinking how doing it yourself means allowing others in to ensure your success.

Next opportunity someone gives you, figure out a way for them to help you! Deal?

and speaking of help.......................................

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While out walking the dogs..............

2008-08-08T07:17:00.002-04:00

While out walking the dogs this morning a neighbor pulled up alongside of me. We where chit-chatting for a few minutes. She asked if I lost more weight. "Nope, still the same" I answered.

She started telling me she needed to do something about her weight, none of her clothes fit any longer.

My response.........................

"We have had this conversation once too many times. When are you going to do something about it instead of talking about doing something about it?"

She said I know and told me to have a great day.

How about you...........Do you think people are tired of hearing what you need to do and would love to see you do it already?

So what's the first step you can take right now, a step that makes sense for you, not what others think you should do?

Is it a walk with the dogs?
A healthy meal?
Pack your lunch?
Dress to the nines so you feel like a million bucks?

What's it gonna be?

I think I'll be a good neighbor and drop a copy of My New Self-Help Book in her mailbox today.