tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59088320279334663222024-03-13T11:18:19.188-07:00Live LighterLive Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-77633803934261598332009-01-09T19:01:00.000-08:002009-01-16T16:08:15.489-08:00Weather Wimp<strong><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">OK</span>, I'll admit it , up front. My name is Lynn and I am a weather wimp! We have had a few months of very "cold" weather in San Francisco. For most days in the last three months, it would dip into the very low 40's..DON'T LAUGH.. with no relief in sight ! It was global <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">colding</span> and I was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">freezingly</span> miserable. San Francisco has a very temperate climate year round. It mostly stays in the 60's and 70's with a few variations into heat waves and cold spells for a few days at a time. We really have no seasons to speak of. It can be 48 in August or 78 in December.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">We don't have the interest, experience, inclination or wardrobe to handle "cold" weather for more than a couple of days at a time. Back when I read a real <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">newspaper, it said </span>that the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hottest</span> day to date and the coldest day to were days apart and it was mid year! We never know from day to day what will happen. I recall wearing my winter coat to Easter services and a sundress to Christmas Mass.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">I don't get it when people say they put away their Summer clothes. I don't have a Summer wardrobe and a Winter wardrobe. I only have a San Francisco wardrobe! </span></strong><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>But in the last couple of weeks it is back to a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">minimally</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">comfortable</span> 60<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ish</span> and I am finally thawing out.<br /></strong></span></div><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></strong>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-86136341977524654332009-01-09T14:24:00.000-08:002009-01-09T18:59:02.804-08:00PE Or Not PE<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>There are is a lot of discussion, today, about how our children are becoming more overweight and unhealthy than ever before. Children today are on medication for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type II diabetes, which usually is only seen in adults. Children are also suffering from depression as a result of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">today's</span>' pressures on them. only seen in adults. There is debate about making schools lunches healthier and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">some</span> schools have removed vending machines. When <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">the</span> No Child left <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Behind</span> Bill was passed, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">many</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">schools</span> eliminated PE, art and music programs so the they could concentrate in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">reading</span> , math and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">science, in order to raise test scores.</span> Richard Simmons has a campaign to include mandatory PE in the Schools. He is supporting a Bill in Congress called the <a href="http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3010851">FIT Kids Bill</a>. He is asking people to show support for this bill by <a href="http://www.richardsimmons.com/j15/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=249&Itemid=99999">contacting government officials including <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">President</span>-Elect Obama. </a></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3g6s7NTnDE&feature=channel_page"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Since</span> Richard spoke to a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Congressional</span> hearing about childhood obesity,</a> I've been thinking more about my own PE adventures. </strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>At first I didn't remember having PE in elementary school but then I dredged up the memory of enforced volleyball games and square dancing. I hated them both. I couldn't hit the ball over the net ever! And I waited anxiously until bell rang and I could return to the safety of my classroom where I could throw words and ideas over the net, with the best of them, all day long! One day, most of the fifth grade class had to stay in for recess for not doing an assignment right. There were so few of us outside I decided to try to play tether ball. Most of the kids out there were my friends so I felt like it was safe to try because all the tether ball “jock girls” were inside. When it was my turn I stepped into place, excitedly trying to do my best, when the ball came my way. My hands went up but they didn't hit the ball, they hit my glasses off my face and they crashed to the ground, breaking. No more sports for me I decided! It makes me laugh to write about it now but it sure wasn't funny to that 10 year old little, fat girl, who was embarrassed in front of her friends and had to face her parents that day with a pair of broken glasses that were not going to be easy to pay for.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>By the time I got to high school, I was having plastic surgery every summer on my face, so PE excuses were very easy to come by and readily accepted by me. I had study halls and worked in the school office instead. I didn't start to get any kind of real physical activity until I started working out with Richard Simmons, ten years ago. But I'm certainly glad his videos don't include tether ball!</strong></span>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-61785818537527610192009-01-04T23:29:00.000-08:002009-01-09T16:10:29.976-08:00Sassy Seniors!<strong><span style="font-family:arial;">A couple of months ago I went to two senior facilities to talk about my weight loss and wellness ideas. I am becoming <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">familiar</span> and at ease with speaking in public, especially about something that I love and live. One facility was an assisted living facility. The other was a YMCA senior enter program.<br /><br />I expected mostly very elderly people, using walkers and wheelchairs who would just sit there and listen, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">unenthusiastic</span> and unaffected by what I had to say, even though my information and approach is always extremely informative and interactive. I was so surprised and delighted to be very, very wrong about the people I met. Most were very elderly, some using walkers and wheelchairs but they were alive, funny and very full of good advice and inspiration for me. Both groups had actually participated in an exercise class right before my talk. I was soon realized, much to my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">delight</span>, that I was actually <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">preachin</span>' to the choir!<br /><br />One gentleman had been a foster father to over 100 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">children</span> in his life. One lovely lady told me she was 93 and she didn't look a day over 75! Several of the people just wanted to talk and be acknowledged by the group. I asked questions and posed some issues about growing older and staying healthy and active. They were quick to offer ideas and very profound insight.<br /><br />In one group, two of the elderly women had their daughters there. I began to talk about how many of us are raised to have low self-esteem. When I asked who had been raised with lots of praise and warmth, the two daughters <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">responded</span> that they both had mothers who were loving and supportive. I told them that I thought that was the reason they were still with their mothers today, loving and supporting them in return.<br /><br />It seems that these <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">incredible</span> people who I was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">privileged</span> to met have the secret to health and happiness and that's why they are still very much physically, mentally and spiritually alive.<br /><br />I want to be like them when I grow up.</span></strong>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-59007057577218354502009-01-04T23:08:00.000-08:002009-01-04T23:27:46.065-08:00It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like... Blast OffI've gained a bit of weight over the holidays..3 pounds to be exact, so I think it's time to go on <a href="http://www.richardsimmons.com/j15/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=1&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=81">Richard Simmons Blast Off Week</a>, using the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">FoodMover</span>, Richard's tool for portion control and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">accountability</span>. Blast Off Week is usually the first week of the program or for when you've gone off program and need a jump start. It is 1000-1200 calories. It is a time to cleanse your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">system</span> of pumpkin pie, fudge, stuffing, gravy, etc.etc.etc. It gets you going with a couple of pounds loss, hopefully, so that you'll be motivated to keep going. I've been able to do it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">successfully</span> a few times and unsuccessfully many more times. I will try to eat very clean, with a minimum of processed. If I begin to gnaw on things, inedible, such as children, chair legs and computer components, I'll know it's time to stop. I need lots of fortitude, luck, prayers, carrot sticks and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">celery</span> to see me through. <div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287705315700567474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-qgCzRiXiEw/SWGz-BtG7bI/AAAAAAAAABo/BFZZp17HUWM/s200/show_image_in_imgtag.jpg" border="0" /></div>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-9663590451727747792009-01-02T20:28:00.000-08:002009-01-04T23:29:12.809-08:00Balance and Tipping the ScaleToday was rather challenging. When I talk about achieving balance and consistency in my life I wonder how much I can fit on that balance scale. Today I had three children in my daycare. An 11, 7 and 2 year old. All day I was feeding, cleaning up, keeping people busy and happy at the same time. I also did a sample session on the phone with a potential life coaching client. And soon I will being doing my third job , monitoring <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Internet</span> forums. So my scale and my plate were overflowing today. I haven't fit in my exercise but I will do some toning before I go to bed. I have to be comfortable <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">with</span> the process and let my "good enough " be good enough.Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-62552560046990097062009-01-01T15:46:00.000-08:002009-01-02T20:41:01.706-08:00Plans and PromisesHappy New Year. I don't make resolutions every year but I have been known to take pen to paper, oh all right.. fingers to keyboard and write my plans and promises each year. To my mind they sound softer and easier to break than resolutions...<br /><br />Because one of my plans and promises is to achieve a modicum of consistency in my life overall, I plan and promise to write on this blog regularly, with no two month absences. I think I can realistically commit to writing three times a week, or more if my life or the angst in it get more intense or interesting or both.<br /><br />I believe this will be a year of bigger changes for me because I finally feel ready to step out of my comfort zone in some areas. I really want to make my life coaching business take flight. This is my year of "do it or dump it", as dream Coach <a href="http://dreamcoach.com/">Marcia <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wieder</span> </a>says.<br /><br />So here I go, headlong, into 2009 with plans and promises intact and a clean slate to scribble on, paint upon or erase as I see fit.Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-21494566460971010232008-10-24T20:12:00.000-07:002008-10-25T11:09:46.304-07:00OH, My Aching Knee!<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Here's another adventure I had recently. About a month ago, I just had one child in my care on a Friday, so I decided it would be a good day for a <a href="http://www.sfzoo.org/">zoo</a> trip. I could take the little one on an outing and get in some much needed walking myself.</strong></span> <div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260925017467415330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-qgCzRiXiEw/SQKPbggcayI/AAAAAAAAABg/CGFzdxTAB8w/s200/357121485_WxzjM-L.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>I got on a city bus...baby, stroller and bag of supplies and food in tow. All went well as we looked at the lions and tiger and bears... but... OH MY.. I started to have some pain in back of my left knee. By the time we walked around a little more and we got off the little zoo train ride the pain became excruciating and I was unable to walk! I sat on bench and called the zoo number and explained my awkward plight to them. They sent a sweet lady in a golf cart to pick us up and take us to the main gate. Twenty eight dollars later, I was home via taxicab. Still unable to walk I got everything I needed to take care of the child piled on the coach and waited for his mother to pick him up. That night, after talking with some friends we decided that if it wasn't better the next morning I would go to the emergency room. There was nervous talk of blood clots running rampant through the fiber optic phone wires! </strong></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><div><br />On Saturday, after 3 hours in the emergency room, it was determined that I had a Bakers Cyst in the back of my knee. They are caused by a build up of fluid from arthritis. The one inch cyst which is harmless and was theoretically too small to be noticed was crying out to be acknowledged by sending agonizing pain up and down my leg. I was sent home with anti-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">inflammatories</span> and told to ice it several times a day. </div><div></div><div>Fast forward one month later. The pain is still there although not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">agonizing</span>. I'm not at "Valley of the Dolls" status but taking anti-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">inflamatories</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ibuprofen</span> many times a day is not my idea of fun.</div><div></div><div>I went to my orthopedist today and was told I have advanced <a href="http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/osteoarthritis/OSA_whatis.html">arthritis</a> in my left knee. I am now officially "bone on bone." My doctor gave me a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">cortico</span>-steroid shot. It really didn't hurt that much, though. He assured me that this would stop this "flare." I'm not sure how true this really is as I hobble about tonight.. I then went to get my flu shot. I need protection from all the little ones in my care, who spew infectious bodily fluid from all the orifices in their tiny, little bodies! My <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">motto</span> for today is "Two shots are better than one!"</strong></span></div>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-56531752815193948612008-10-23T09:42:00.000-07:002008-10-23T10:08:44.363-07:00Bogged By My Blog<div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Yikes!! I haven't blogged in too long! I say I'm a writer and a writer writes..right?? I've been doing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">everything</span> but writing. I'm overwhelmed and overworked. I'm working seven days a week usually and some days are 13 hours long. </strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>So much is going on and I'm going to attempt to catch up right now. A few weeks ago I went to the members preview of our new California Academy of Sciences </strong></span><a href="http://calacademy.org/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>http://calacademy.org</strong></span></a></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260393383284933538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-qgCzRiXiEw/SQCr6U2Dg6I/AAAAAAAAABY/e9QVSK-N-jw/s200/2098718380_1d6e0dbabf.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">It is simply incredible! A four-story <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">rain forest</span>, an aquarium, a planetarium, and a natural history museum all under one living roof! I remember going to the old building over 50 years ago! There is a display of taxidermy African animals that used to terrify me! Now it just creeps me out a little! </span></strong></p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Because I am <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">usually</span> so busy going out to places <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">like</span> this is a real treat for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">me</span> and I need to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">make</span> more room in my life for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">doing</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">this to renew, refresh and relax.</span></span></strong><br /><p></p>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-69159896120822300232008-09-14T16:24:00.000-07:002008-09-14T17:18:49.175-07:00Hamster on a Wheel<strong><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm home today, trying to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">catching</span> up. It seems that every time I try to do this, I just feel like I don't really get that much done. I just manage to keep up but never get ahead. I do my filing, clean my desk up a bit, and enter my business receipts in Quicken. There are always many things left undone and that I never seem to get to. There are photos and memorabilia to organize, a closet full of things to sell on eBay<a href="http://www.ebay.com/">http://www.ebay.com/</a> and 10 file drawers to clean out. I also need to get rid of hundreds of emails that I really don't need and I need to spend more time <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">brainstorming</span> how to get my coaching practice off the ground. But these things are left undone. And I'm not sure why. Maybe completion scares me because then I will have time, energy and no excuses to work on deeper issues in my life.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I do work many hours each week and I feel guilty just veggie out and not getting more done. I know I need to relax but it's hard for me knowing so much more needs to be done. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I've tried <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Fly Lady </span></span></strong><a href="http://www.flylady.net/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>http://www.flylady.net</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong> and it does work but I'm not consistent <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">enough</span> with it. I know consistency and routines work. It worked while I was losing weight and it works to keep it off but I haven't mastered it in other areas of my life yet. I really need to take a small amount of time each day to do some organizing but it seems like it's all or nothing with me. An all day marathon of organizing or nothing seems to be my pattern. I think that writing about it will make me more responsible to get <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">things</span> completed. I gues I'll get started right now by putting somethin on eBay.</strong></span>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-66386849454199756302008-09-07T17:41:00.000-07:002008-09-07T19:12:45.210-07:00Sunday at the Beach<strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Today I decided to walk on Ocean Beach in San Francisco. I used to walk 4 miles there regularly but since hurting my knee I've really not been walking that far very much. It took me about an hour and half because I walked pretty </span><span style="font-family:arial;">slowly due to a bit of knee pain but I pushed on. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><br /></strong><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243446586525153266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-qgCzRiXiEw/SMR247SQ9_I/AAAAAAAAABA/ehpqIqga5xk/s200/180px-Oceanbeachsf.jpg" border="0" /></span><br /></strong><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Toward the end of my walk I saw some figures on the beach in the distance. As I approached then it turned out to be a huge display of plywood cutouts recreating a photograph taken in 1902 of Buffalo Bill and about 100 Indians on the Ocean Beach. It was simply amazing.</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243459426255768946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-qgCzRiXiEw/SMSCkTAmDXI/AAAAAAAAABQ/i_HeTy1e14U/s200/mn-buffalo06_pbx_0499090197.jpg" border="0" /><br /></strong><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=0&f=/c/a/2008/09/05/MNFS12OSPK.DTL"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=0&f=/c/a/2008/09/05/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MNFS</span>12<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">OSPK</span>.<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">DTL</span></strong></span></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">I said I would talk about my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">coachi</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ng</span> practice. So here goes. I have been wanting to do something different in my career for a few years now. Child care has been a wonderful career but I am ready for something new. I hired a life coach to help me determine what my next step should be. During the first fifteen minutes of our phone call my coach said," I know where you're headed but I can't tell you until you come up with it yourself." So after five sessions she asked, So what to you want to do?" I told her I wanted to be a life coach and she said"Bingo! You got it!" So I became trained as a life coach. I am specializing in weight loss and wellness with side interest in parenting coaching. </span></strong></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Life coaching is a relatively new profession. Coaches have been used in business for several years now but the profession has grown to include life coaches with a multitude of specialties. I've met coaches who specialize in everything from women in transition to those who coach people who want to travel and live in Europe for extended periods.</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Coaches help people to set goals and accomplish them. I do this through a series of individual telephone conversations or group meetings during which I ask powerful questions, give feedback and insight and provide expertise and tools they can use. I then provide accountability for accomplishing goals and acknowledge success. Coaches are like the best friends you always wished you had. </strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>I am trying to start my practice but it is very <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">difficult</span> to market this kind of service because it is so new, it is hard to explain unless you experience it and it isn't a necessity in these difficult financial times. But I am trying to get speaking <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">engagements</span> at senior centers and other community groups. I am determined to make a success of this. </strong></span></div></div>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-50857701631968185402008-09-06T10:49:00.000-07:002008-09-07T19:11:05.266-07:00Mindless Musings<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Today I'm working for a few hours on my job monitoring bulletin board posts. Then I'll exercise. It's been really hot here for the last few days- 80's-90's. This is our summer in San Francisco. We had a small earthquake last night. It felt like a sharp jolt. I thought my cat, Holly Belle had bumped up against my office chair but she was in front of me, sitting on my desk, looking up and very perplexed. It was a 4.0 magnitude and did little damage from the reports.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242981562859285554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-qgCzRiXiEw/SMLP8_ImbDI/AAAAAAAAAAw/Mv-Sdjl8bwA/s200/015.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />I was very honored this month, to be one of Richard Simmons follow-up success stories along with my wonderful friend, Lorraine. I just hope our stories will help others see that losing weight and keeping it off are a real possibility, even at our age.<br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">h</span></strong></span><a href="http://www.richardsimmons.com/j/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=8&Itemid=51"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>ttp://www.richardsimmons.com/j/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=8&Itemid=51</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><br /><br />I'm still trying to get my coaching business off the ground I've been contacting community centers and senior groups to see if they would like me to come speak. But more about that tomorrow because I've got to get back to work.</strong></span>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-47518626447447151592008-06-22T14:04:00.000-07:002008-09-07T19:11:49.441-07:00Sunday Musings<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Today is an “at home” day for me. It's cooled off quite dramatically (like 30 degrees lower overnight!) I am working on monitoring web sites toady. I monitor forums for inappropriate content. It is amazing what people will say anonymously. I'm learning word that I didn't know that I didn't want to know. I love making extra money this way because I get to work from home, I set my own schedule and I work with wonderful people, as well.<br /><br />While I'm working, I am listening to Richard Simmons show, "Lighten Up," on Sirius Satellite Radio. </strong></span><a href="http://www.sirius.com/richardsimmons"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>http://www.sirius.com/richardsimmons</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong> I've lost over 100 pounds using Richard's program. He has been so inspirational, helpful and supportive of me over the years. His program and his philosophy is to eat sensibly, exercise and think positively. And it really works because all of these things just become part of your lifestyle. That is how I've kept my weight off for over 5 years. It is hard but so worth it as my life is so much better now... mentally, physically and spiritually.</strong></span>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-10808954798977158412008-06-21T13:01:00.000-07:002008-09-07T19:14:05.718-07:00Day Two of my Blog<strong><span style="font-family:arial;">I sit here thinking, "I really have to blog!!" I am a writer but I usually only write when moved by the spirit, the muse or something especially interesting or moving happens to me. Writing just to write seems foreign and stilted. But here goes anyway.<br /><br />It is still extremely hot in San Francisco, (in the high 80's today.) I just got back from my grandniece's dance recital. </span></strong><a href="http://www.wspadance.com/"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.wspadance.com/</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"> A program full of mostly girls in various stages of maturity, practice and talent. The littlest ones were adorable as they tried to keep up with each other and their teachers. One little girl, about 4 years old , either forgot or never understood, that this was a group performance as she proceeded to do her own thing. The best part was when the lights went off and she just stood on the stage when the others in her group were long gone! I was amazed by the older <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">performers</span> who could do things with their bodies that I never could. I will go back this evening when my other grandniece has her performance.<br /><br />The time in between performances is up for grabs. Should I nap? Should I work on marketing my coaching business or should I monitor websites and make some money? This is my eternal <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">quandary</span> right now. My life is so full of diverse components that push and pull me this way and that. But it's never dull and for that I am grateful... usually.<br /><br />I think I'll do a bit of all three. I need to figure out a way to market my weight loss coaching business. I know I am good, I just need clients to prove it. I used to work in marketing for a telecommunications <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">company</span> but I've never really had to market myself. I've marketed my child care business but that is much different. I am totally experienced, I have a great facility and stellar references. Starting out with weight loss coaching seems totally foreign. I have to market me... just me. But I am as <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">passionate</span> about <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">this</span> business <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">and</span> I was about my child care business so I will do what I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">need</span> to to get it up and running. But for right now, I need to make a little money so I'll do that now and market later. As for that nap... I feel one coming on soon.</span></strong>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908832027933466322.post-66721089056803121882008-06-20T12:23:00.000-07:002008-06-20T17:22:47.932-07:00My First Blog<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Well, here I am blogging in cyberspace! </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>I'm a 57 year old woman and I live in San Francisco CA. I have 3 different jobs right now. I have a home daycare, I monitor websites and I am a certified life coach. My most important accomplishment, for me personally, so far, is that I've lost over 100 pounds and kept it off for over 5 years. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>I am beginning this blog for several reasons: </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>1. I am a writer and I have been told that blogging on a regular basis is great practice for improving my writing.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>2. I want to keep in touch with my family and friends.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>3. I have just been certified as a life coach and I am specializing in weight loss and wellness and I want to let people know about my services and how I am progressing in this new career.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>It is kind of daunting for me to think that I really need to get in the habit of blogging regularly but I know this is something I really want to do.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Over the next few entries I will talk about myself, my past and the things in my life that brought me to where I am today.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>It is extremely hot here today, (in the 90's , which is unusual for San Francisco.) Our temperatures typically stay in the 50's to 70's year round. I am about to leave and go to see my sister who is recovering from gall bladder surgery. I am planning to walk part of the way and I hope the heat doesn't wipe me out!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>You can find out more about me on my websites:</strong></span><br /><a href="http://lynnmaysenhalder.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>http://LynnMaysenhalder.com</strong></span></a><br /><a href="http://thinlynn.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>http://thinlynn.com</strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Live lighter, </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Lynn</strong></span>Live Lighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065794773858315987noreply@blogger.com0