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The 10 Commandments of Weight Loss – Work it Wed.

Lyndi — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:35:57 +0000

10 commandments of weight loss by Harmony Mitchell Dietician.

1. Thou shalt not go on fad diets or even think the word “diet”; therein lies the way of madness. Instead choose healthy eating and exercise.

2. Thou shalt make exercise fun. Join a class, try something new, and get your family involved.

3. Thou shalt stay hydrated. Remember drink water or low calorie drinks. For extended exercise remember to replace electrolytes with a drink like Gatorade G2.

4. Thou shalt not skip breakfast. It really is the most important meal

of the day!

5. Thou shalt eat not when thy brain lusteth, but only when thy

body requires sustenance. Don’t eat when you are bored, and avoid

eating in front of the TV. Take a walk or call a friend instead of

eating to relax.

6. Thou shalt shop smart. Shop the perimeter of the store first. Buy

plenty of fruits and vegetables and aim for 5 servings a day.

7. Thou shalt be adventurous. Try different ethnic foods, try a new

cookbook or attend a cooking class.

8. Thou shalt be prepared. Have snacks in your car, at work or at

home. Package snacks in individual servings to help you avoid

eating too much.

9. Thou shalt use less fat. Eliminate extra fat by trimming visible fat

on meat, trade full-fat versions of foods for lower-fat ones and

bake, broil, grill, and steam rather than fry.

10. Thou shalt smile. This is not meant to be a painful process.

Set goals that are enjoyable and fun for you to achieve but still

challenging and rewarding.

Great tips! Thanks Harmony!

A Beautiful Note for the New Year.

Lyndi — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:08:27 +0000

My mother-in-law is a wonderful woman and she sent me the “2010 Handbook” and now I’m sharing it with you!

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..
4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree…

Society:

25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:

40. Share this with everyone you care about, I just did.

First Things First.

Lyndi — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:08:57 +0000

This idea of how to explain time management must have been inspired. Its helped so many people get their priorities figured out and scheduled, because the only thing we all have is 24 hours in a day. Its a message that speaks to soooo many people!

By the way “sharpening the saw” just means making sure the tools you use are ready when you need them. Making sure your batteries are charged for your camera, or ink for your printer, groceries in the fridge or a clean outfit for that event.

So now we need to ask ourselves what is really important to us? What are our priorities? What would you like more of? If your not sure and would like a complementary Values Focus Session with me just send an email with Values Focus Session in the subject. *Lyndi (at) askLyndi (dot) com* (without the stars and whatnot) Or go a head and call me at 801-987-0258.

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Lyndi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:39:13 +0000

Healthy Substitutions

Lyndi — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:34:46 +0000

Lets talk about healthful substitutions or at least things that are better for you…so we could call ‘em instead ofs rather than substitutions … hehe.

Oil – Black Beans, White Beans or Apple Sauce

Sugar – Stevia or Honey

Sour Cream – Plain Yogurt

Light Corn Syrup – Honey

Image courtsey of austinevan via flickr

If you wan’t more info on regular baking subsitutions, not just healthy versions then check out this site www.foodsubs.com.

What healthy substitutions have you heard of, use or recommend?

Reminder about the complementary meditation seminar with Becca Pronchick.

Lyndi — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:04:55 +0000

FREE MEDITATION TELECLASS

Spring Light Meditation courtsey of h.koppdelaney/flickr

with Becca Pronchick

Health & Wellness Coach and Ananda Yoga & Meditation Instructor

www.beccapronchick.com

Monday, September 14, 2009 1 p.m. PST

Call 707-253-8733 to register or email Becca at bp (at) beccapronchick.com

Let’s Talk about Domain Names. What is a Domain Name? How do I get one?

Lyndi — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:53:27 +0000

What is a domain name? How do I get one? Why do I want one? So glad you asked. You don’t need a domain name unless you want to have your very own website.

What is a domain name?

A domain name is a Web address, such as godaddy.com, that is linked to an IP address (which represents a physical point on the Internet). When someone types a domain name into a Web browser, the requested Web page displays.

A domain name consists of a top-level and a second-level domain. A top-level domain (TLD) is the part of the domain name located to the right of the dot (godaddy.com). The most common top-level domains are .COM, .NET, and .ORG. Some other popular top-level domains are .BIZ, .INFO, .NAME and .WS. These TLDs have certain guidelines but are, for the most part, available to any registrant, anywhere in the world.

The part of the domain name located to the left of the dot — “godaddy,” in this case — is called the second-level domain (SLD) name. The second-level domain name is the “readable” part of the address and refers to the organization or entity behind the Internet address. Second-level domain names must be registered with an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)-accredited registrar.

Thanks for clearing that up GoDaddy. Some tips when selecting your domain names: Before you purchase one, make sure there isn’t something similar in spelling that is also what your doing. Go for the .com if you can get it. Make sure your spelled what you wanted correctly. Then also buy the mis-spellings and forward them to the correct site. I like to use GoDaddy, they often have coupons and specials on purchasing domain names and you can get “premium domains” (short and .com usually) and they also have the auctions you can check out.

So go purchase your first domain name “your name here” .com and/or .name that way you can have an email address of your first name@your whole name.com and make sure to get your children’s names too. They might need it sometime.

Pay-Per-Click with Google.

Lyndi — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:51:44 +0000

I was recently answering some questions on Pay-Per-Click ads online and thought this would be a great place to share too.

How it works: Companies who have search engines charge you when someone clicks on your ad. Google, Yahoo, MSN etc.

For instance with Google (Which I’m sure is the most common) I decided to search for something lets say “dog food” (feel free to open a new tab or window and try it) Google then brings back a whole bunch of sites for me to choose from. If you notice the top 3 links and the links to the right say “sponsored” or “sponsored links” those are the pay per click ads. If I click one of those links then the person who posted the ad gets charged. They won’t be charged if I don’t click. A lot of people don’t realize or even notice because they are usually looking for a solution or product.

One of the nice things about pay per click is that you can set a budget. If you only want to pay $2 a day, then you can set that limit. Google has all these algorithms (sp?) and matrix on how they charge per keyword basically its like an silent auction. They do give you guidelines of what price point to aim for. You say you’re willing to spend five cents on the words “dog food” Then some other manufacturer wants the top spot so they put a dollar. But you don’t know that because its a silent auction so They would come up first and you would come up second if we pretend no one else is buying ads. Some keywords can be expensive, like mortgage and insurance because they are big competition.

Its a sliding scale, depending on the word and popularity. Google has it all figured out, there is some sort of formula they’ve got that decides how much you pay and who goes first. Its a mystery. You never wind up knowing how much other people are willing to pay or are paying. Just what your willing to pay, but Google will tell you the likely hood of your ad being seen. Google will tell you if your even in the ball park after you fill out your stuff. It all depends on how much the words you want are going for, and you choose the words, how much your willing to pay per word and what your budget is per day. Your in total control the whole way.

If you could only pay a dollar a day that would be your “budget”. But you could have your ad come up anytime people search for a variety of words or phrases. Our example earlier was “dog food” we would want that to come up anytime someone searched “dog” or “food” or “dog food” I don’t know what the real prices are for those words, but just for the example. Lets say I’m willing to pay a nickel for the word “food” and a dime for the word “dog” and twenty cents for “dog food”. After a variety of people search for those words my ad comes up each time, When enough people click and my dollar is spent my ad doesn’t show for the rest of the day.

From what I understand you’d want to shoot for the 2-5th spot for when your ad comes up. I don’t know if its just line of site or people just don’t take the first one? Also some companies are aggressive because they want the brand recognition not because their stuff matches the search. I’ve noticed Ebay comes up a lot.

How effective is it? Well It depends on your ad. You want to write such a good “classified ad” that it gets clicked on by your target. Google lets you run two similar ads at once so you can test which one is better.

You can check your keywords
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Also Google bought YouTube so they run commercials now too.

Unless they changed it when you start out Google gives you a basic adwords account which only lets you do one campaign. When you feel like your comfortable enough you can switch to the more advanced. It was nice to start that way.

The only real way to find out is to do it. The hosting company I’m using now has a free $50 getting started coupon for google adwords, and one for yahoo you should see if yours does too. If you need a hosting company click here and sign up.

Let me know if that is clear or if you have any other questions. I’ll give it a go!

How much fruit are we supose to be getting a day? Yowsa! – Work It Wed.

Lyndi — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:32:09 +0000

To help you get all your fruits, check out what I’ve found! Its such a great summertime cold treat. They are just fruit, no syrup, no sugar added and no preservatives added! Its full of peaches, strawberries, pineapple, kiwi, blueberries and cranberries. They came as a box of 16 cups from Costco. Wawona Frozen Foods from California, Thanks!

Wawona Fruit Single

Fruit. How much are you suppose to be ingesting daily? According to mypyramid.gov it varies per person and age.

Children	2-3 years old	1 cup**
	4-8 years old	1 to 1 ½ cups**

Girls	9-13 years old	1 ½ cups**
	14-18 years old	1 ½ cups**

Boys	9-13 years old	1 ½ cups**
	14-18 years old	2 cups**

Women	19-30 years old	2 cups**
	31-50 years old	1 ½ cups**
	51+ years old	1 ½ cups**

Men	19-30 years old	2 cups**
	31-50 years old	2 cups**
	51+ years old	2 cups**

Then veggies:

Children	2-3 years old	1 cup**
	4-8 years old	1 ½ cups**

Girls	9-13 years old	2 cups**
	14-18 years old	2 ½ cups**

Boys	9-13 years old	2 ½ cups**
	14-18 years old	3 cups**

Women	19-30 years old	2 ½ cups**
	31-50 years old	2 ½ cups**
	51+ years old	2 cups**

Men	19-30 years old	3 cups**
	31-50 years old	3 cups**
	51+ years old	2 ½ cups**

*These amounts are appropriate for individuals who get less than 30 minutes per day of moderate physical activity, beyond normal daily activities. Those who are more physically active may be able to consume more while staying within calorie needs. Click here for more information about physical activity.

Enjoy!

Its all about service.

Lyndi — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:41:13 +0000

Entrepreneurs often go into business seeking freedom of time, money and a way to be self-sufficient, but in all reality they become more reliant on others need for their product that serves the customer or the service they provide. Regardless of the type of business or industry your involved with, lawn care, politics, cell phones, dry cleaning,

Lawn Care Tool courtesy of net_efekt/flickr

vitamins, make-up, photography, furniture, car repair, its all about being or providing service to others. What ever service or product your selling, the business model your following, the mission statement of your company, even if your an employee you are filling a need in exchange for value. Its a huge intricate web of reliance and community the question then becomes how can we do what we do and be of service better or for more people?