The Lady Hooligan’s Page

I suffer from severe attacks of the Munchies, especially when I’m bored, lonely, or depressed.  It’s especially severe when I’m all three at the same time, which happens more often than I would like to admit, even to myself!

So, since I’m on this mission to gain some serious slim within the next 9 months (eish, I’m planning a pregnancy!) it seems fitting that I devise some alternatives for the Munchies when I’m bored, lonely or depressed and share it with the world at large…

First, the obvious ones:

• Take a 5 minute walk to somewhere.  Time it! Only 5 minutes!  See how many steps I can fit into those 5 minutes of walking, and improve on it on a daily basis!
• Go into a meditation of some sort.  Imagine my ideal life as if it is already mine!  That’s a good way to invoke the Law of Attraction as well!
• Have a glass of water when I feel an attack coming on!
• Snack on cucumber sticks instead!

And now for the Hooligan ones!

• Put on loud music with lots of beat and start dancing!  Yes, I know it’s in the middle of a library.  Who cares, anyway?
• Be creative.  Scrap my day.  Get out some bright paint and paint something!  Draw a picture with wax crayons on a big sheet of white paper! Plan my dream home and create story boards for each room!
• Tidy something. Yes, that’s shocking! Just do it!
• Send something positive to a friend! Any friend, but never to the same friend more than once a week!  See how many friends I can cheer up!
• By the same token, subscribe to the “Pay it forward” principle. Do something really, really nice for three different people and ask them to do the same!  See where it leads to.
• Start an imaginary movement. Write a monthly newsletter to its members!  Visualize the movement becoming real and gaining momentum.
• Create a garden.  A potted one, if needs must, but a garden all the same!  Remember to weed it and water it regularly.  Grow flowers and herbs in it, and learn to use the herbs both in cooking and for medicinal purposes!
• Learn to cook proper food, with messy plates.  That way, half the satisfaction will lie in the creation of the meal, and I won’t need to munch in between meals and snacks.
• And - last but not least - inspire someone to devise their own list of cures for the Munchies!

The Lady Hooligan has always been fond of bright colors.  However, she might have taken that fondness a bit too far when she painted a notice board at work bright yellow!  Everyone but the bosses was very impressed by her handiwork.

Her defense?

“Well, at least now you NOTICE the notice board!”

I have linked my blog to a web page, 43Things, that I use to jot down my dreams and goals and projects. This way, I can post on two pages at once! No, I don’t think I’ll do that very often, but it does help that the two websites are related…

There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states: “Dig the well before you need the water”. More recently, I heard that one should “find your why before your why finds you”. I guess that makes a “why” pretty important, not only for a project to gain slim, but for life in general. After all, you need a reason to get up in the morning, otherwise you’ll develop bed sores!

And since this is my umpteenth (and final!) attempt at going the distance towards a slimmer, more toned, me, I have concluded that without a good reason, I might as well not even start! A reason (or six!) will help keep me on the road less traveled and from indulging in my favorite hobby – munching!

Here, then, are my top 5 reasons…

1. I would like to look good in a dress, not at least 7 months pregnant!

2. By the same token, I would like to look good on family photographs, especially since I’ve recently seriously started scrapbooking!

3. If I look good, I shall have more confidence to talk to people about health and wellness, and – this is important! – they’ll actually believe me!

4. Being slim would mean less strain on my pelvis and other joints and I’ll be able to move easier.

5. If my body fat percentage is lower, I shall have a better chance of conceiving and carrying a healthy baby, once I’ve attracted Mr Right-for-ME! (Men tend to go for slim women – it’s an instinctive thing!)

I know members of my support team will be reading this, too, and I hope they’ll remind me of these reasons whenever I deviate ever so slightly or even feel like giving up on this lofty goal! Thanks in advance, everyone!

There is a reason why the Lady Hooligan has decided to join AMWAY.  Yes, the company is sound, the products are excellent and the Network21 Support System is absolutely amazing.  But the trigger to make her sign the application form (”Press hard - there’re four copies!”) was something totally different.

You see, the Lady Hooligan absolutely HATES being excluded on matters that involve her.  If you want to implement something that affects her directly and simply forget to consult with her to at least get her opinion, there will be hell to pay afterwards!  And that - coming from the Lady Hooligan - is not merely a promise, but an iron-clad guarantee!

What the Lady Hooligan expects, isn’t that much.  Just that she be considered in the decisions that affect her.  Unfortunately, as with all big burocracies, that isn’t an option when the bosses above make their decisions, with the result that the Lady Hooligan feels increasingly frustrated and resentful in her current position.

What will she do about all this?  She will work seriously on the Health and Wellness aspects of her business, in order to draw in others that see the changes in her.  She’ll market who she is honestly and without any hesitation and with some guts invite her circle of acquaintances along for the ride.  One never knows…

I now understand why my employers have blocked off all internet auction sites from the computers at work – auctions are addictive! And it’s now so much easier to buy things you do not need, with money you do not have, to impress people you don’t like.

In the past year I have bought many things online. And I didn’t need any of them! But it is really, really difficult not to succumb to the lure of the “click here” button…

A friend of mine who is a jeweller says that it is very easy to buy oneself a dud gemstone online, especially if one doesn’t know what one is buying. But he looked at my gemstone collection, and was very impressed with what I have. He said that as long as one buys from a reliable supplier, one can buy anywhere, not just in person.

My latest purchase is a Chrome Diopside gemstone. It’s mined in Russia and bright green. I want to have it set into a ring, flanked by 6 round little diamonds, 3 on each side. No, I can’t afford that right now, but it’s on my “To do before I die” list.

Who knows? Maybe I get to meet a man who doesn’t know what to do with all his money and he’ll be willing to sponsor my jewellery… In the unlikely event of that happening, maybe I should purchase some more pretty stones…

Just in case…