Wednesday, May 31, 2006

I want to thank all of you for the emails as well as the IM's about the forum. Unfortunately Yahoo Web Hosting has really failed to help with customer support in this regard. Our database was some how corrupted and they failed to repair it in a timely manner....ok enough of the soap box!

With the amazing help of our Tech Dept we have launched our own forum as well as website. The web site is still a work in progress but the forum IS BACK!!!! We lost some files and some people will have to register again, but I PROMISE it will be worth it!! Soon we will have chats and the gallery up and running as well....again I am sorry the first one did not workout but here is the new forum!!

Take No Prisoners

Welcome back!!!!!!

WOOOHOOO!!! Who is excited?? Ok, well I am!!!! See you there!!!!

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Well, some of you have joined us at the forum I had been messing around with. Today as I was working on my business web site I stumbled across something really cool. I won't get into all the programing details because really I just closed my eyes and clicked a lot *wink* However, I would like to invite you all to join me at the "Take No Prisoners" forum! You can still smell the wet paint even!

I am excited to take this to a more comfortable level than the emails people send me from my blog as well as from the yahoo groups I am on. So...without further rambling....

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

I am in my kitchen tossing in healthy ingredients to my Kitchen Aide mixer. My two year old as well as my three year old daughters' are helping me, of course. I am making up the recipe as I go along. Soon the house is filled with the scent of baking goodness as the cake mixture rises in the pan inside my oven.

Fifteen minutes later it is complete. I mix up some protein powder pudding and slop it over a piece of this new concocted "dessert/meal"of mine and take a bite. ..........

At some point in this journey food function has surpassed food flavor. I am not saying I do not thoroughly enjoy the taste of a rib eye or a piece of birthday cake, but I equally enjoy a bowl of fiber rich, anti-oxidant loaded raw veggies. That is right, go ahead read it again...I said I EQUALLY ENJOY a rib eye to a bowl of raw vegetables. EQUALLY!! How in the hell did this happen? There was at some point in my life a time when I clearly enjoyed foods! To the point of my skin being stretched past normal, my clothing popping off buttons one by one as I outgrew the body I was suppose to have. Yet, in about 15 months worth of time I have decided function is as important to me, some days more important to me than the icing on the cake.

This morning I added some protein powder to my coffee walked over to my magic cake I made and lopped off a portion. It is dry and um...Listless....I would not win an award at any contest and I am pretty sure this recipe will die with me. I sat with my cake and coffee and chewed and sipped and chewed some more. My two year old daughter woke up and asked for a bite of my cake......She chewed a bit and then her eyes grew wide as she promptly spit my dry, gritty creation onto my living room rug. Hhhmm, I guess it tastes gross, I was not aware!!

When I was done eating my breakfast I honestly thought " Well it might not taste good but it is protein loaded, good clean carbs and is really filling for such a small portion" and I was sated with that. So, when I said 15 months ago I would do anything to lose that weight, I meant it! I really really meant it!!!

If you are just starting out today and see how people eat who have been healthy for a long time do not discount their foods. Don't sit and think " I could never like that...Or eat like he does or she does" I am here to tell you, you will change and develop new priorities and you will adjust and not even know it!

Begin the change......

Friday, May 19, 2006

I have one simple question for you....

Are you excited about summer coming?

Ok I have more than 1 question. You know how one question can lead to other questions. If you are excited, tell me why!! If you are not excited...is it because you have not stuck to the decision to improve your body and your health? It is almost Memorial day here in the USA and that means BBQ's and beach days......are you ready?

Dig deep, people, this is it. This is why some of us have worked all year!! This is why we flex in the mirror, skip the butter on the veggies, perform lunges until our legs are jelly. Squeeze into that swim suit or skimpy t shirt and shorter-than-short shorts. THe timer is set and the final count down has begun.

So...ARE YOU READY?!?!?!?