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I’m a Forty-Something, Female Hypnotist In Southern California. I have used hypnosis to lose 200 pounds. I still have about 40 to go. I will write about nutrition, exercise, motivation, and hypnosis as I continue my way to my ideal physique. I welcome ideas, comments, and shares.

Occupation: Jungian/Perls-style Hypnotherapist. Hypnotherapy Trainer and Practitioner

Location: San Diego, CA

Contact Info: www.EnterHypnosis.com

Hobbies: Reading, blogging, teaching, dreams, learning, trance-forming, belly-dancing, movies and popcorn, casino games, travel

Favorite Movies: Under The Tuscan Sun, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Hours, Gone With The Wind, Passage to India, Stand By Me, Fletch (all of them), Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Shrek, Enemy of the State, Skeleton Key, Fire Down Under, Star Trek

Favorite TV: Oprah, House, Ghosthunters, A Haunting, Lifetime Movies, Paranormal State, Ghost Adventurers, Certain Mexican Telenovelas (Manana Es Para Siempre, in particular!)

Favorite Actor/Actress: Chevy Chase / Will Smith / Meryl Streep / Vivian Leigh / Gregory Peck / Bette Davis / Johnny Depp / The Rock / Steven Seagal / Fernando Colunga / Matt Damon

Favorite Authors: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Carl Jung, Leo Tolstoy, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Stephen King, The Bronte Sisters – Emily and Charlotte, Daphne DuMaurier, Stephen King.

Favorite Musicians: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Johnny Cash, the Cure, AFI, Social Distortion, Patsy Cline, Kenny G, Carlos Santana, Al Green, Green Day, Bad Religion, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakum, Jewel, Boz Scaggs, Seal, Sade.

Favorite Things: Water fountains, the ocean, Old Missions, language, gardens, gems and jewlery, ghost stories

Question of The Day: Who would you LOVE to hear in Duet???

Vocally – Winona Judd/Mike Ness.

Instrumentally – Carlos Santana/Kenny G.

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Oprah's 2009 Fitness Goals

Dear Reader,

Thanks for coming around. This month's article is about my new year resolution which is to get back to the gym on a regular, 6 day a week basis.

Oprah's Falling Off the Wagon show this past Monday got my juices flowing. The show focused on her struggles with her illness-related 40 lb weight gain. Her acute insight and frankness made the show riveting for me. It's not often she talks about her deepest insecurities, and personal issues. You could see in her face that she wasn't entirely comfortable admitting she has these self-doubts, and that made her sharing more of a gift.

At one point she reflected back on a show where she featured Cher and Tina Turner and with hurt flashing in her eyes she unfavorably compared her plus-size body to their older but fitter ones. She admitted that she'd been sticking to head shots for her O magazine covers. As they showed the covers as examples of how she'd been ducking from showing her rounder shape I think I even saw one cover of a child. Had she resorted to using childhood pics? I don't know for sure, but she is the only cover girl for her rag, and I am pretty sure I caught a glimpse of one cover that had a little girl on it. I don't normally buy the magazine but I imagine she made it relevant and scored by talking about childhood stuff.

She reminisced about when she had been gorgeously hard-bodied. In one clip from the past she's wearing a short shirt which shoes off her flat, tight belly and she's glowing with joy and pride! She's laughing and says something like, "Look at me I'm fifty and showing off my belly!" She recalls fondly her stunning cover girl days, then gets present and says sadly, "I thought I had it - and then life happened."

Anyway, I can totally relate to her self-dissatisfaction with her weight gain. I, too have had a weight gain of 40 lbs over the past 2 years. My weight gain also was influenced by an illness. Ten years ago I lost 200 lbs. Up to two years ago I was very fit - going to the gym 6 days a week, eating very little junk food. I was at my peak, and then to quote Oprah, "I thought I had it, and then life happened."

What happened to me was a deadly jacuzzi-bacteria blood infection. It impaired my immune system and caused all sorts of debilities rendering me unfit for strenuous gym workouts. My lack of exercise showed up on the scale. I'm healthier now, and realizing I need to get back to the gym, but I also know my limitations. I had been trying to start back up where I'd left off, and I finally get that that's not going to happen. At least not without probable injury. I have to start slowly and build into a new, powerful routine.

What happened to Oprah? Apparently she had become Vitamin D deficient which probably contributed to a thyroid condition. The thyroid illness affected negatively her metabolism and energy levels. The thyroid condition took a toll on her exercise regimen and caused frustration and despair. Oprah then fell into that bad conversation many of us are familiar with called "What's the use?" and ate like there was no hope. The added calories and lack of exercise led to a depressing weight gain of 40 lbs.

Now, if you know me, you know I have been harping or should I say Harpoing (sorry, that was bad) about how many of us ARE vitamin D deficient which can lead to all kinds of nasty little disorders. Think about this - we have all become so scared of the sunshine we avoid it, and yet skin cancer is on the rise. What's up with that? As a result we have become a nation of vitamin D deficient sun-avoiders. I myself am supplementing with a delicious liquid vitamin D that is based in concord grape juice. And I try to get all the sunlight I can. I love getting my D. You can watch the video on the left - the one with the cute guy - to find out more about vitamin D.

Anyway, back to Oprah. The bottom line is her 90 lb weight loss success can still be considered a major accomplishment. Keep in mind she has managed to keep 50 or so lbs off!! For like 10 years - maybe more!! That in itself is incredible. In fact, anyone who knows about weight loss success knows it frequently happens that way - lose 100 lbs, regain fifty. Lose fifty, regain 20. Lose 20, regain 5 - and that's perfectly typical. Time, and persistence are definite factors in achieving weight loss mastery.

Especially since LIFE does have a way of getting in the mix. The important way to remain being is persistent and conscious. I wish I could talk to her about using hypnosis to make this weight loss effort more fun, more conscious, and more effective. More on that in the next edition. Coming soon.

For more information on the episode and her striving visit her website: Oprah.com

Till later!

Gina Fox, CHT

WWW.EnterHypnosis.com

"Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to."

- Lao-Tzu

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“ People go up to Al Roker and say, ‘Congratulations, you look great.’ What’s the big deal? It’s not like he has much choice in the matter. He had his stomach stapled, you know. He gets a cup of food a day, and if he overeats, he gets sick and vomits. They should change the name from gastric bypass surgery, to willpower bypass surgery.”

– Bill Maher

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