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June 9, 2011
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Hi ,
 Special occasion overeating.
A phrase that needs no clarification, right? It is instantly recognizable by anyone who has ever struggled with a weight or body 'problem'.
Maybe that's why I get it right away.
Yet overcoming this bugbear can be a frustrating experience. In today's Feature Article I share with you two of the strategies I personally use to pre-empt special occasion overeating.
And believe it or not, this article was inspired while I was hanging out in a cherry tree eating my fill. The pictures are proof ;-).
 At about the same time I celebrated my birthday last week, I walked away with my bright shiny new Certification in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University.
You've heard me talk about it.
OK, a lot ;-).
And I promised to get back to your questions regarding same.
Which there were. A lot.
I believe I answered all the emails I received about this program. Yet if I missed yours, you must let me know! I've shared many of the questions and my responses and review on the blog here. Please come by and leave your thoughts
Thank you, as always, for tuning in.
Catch ya on the blog -
P.S. Remember Laurie from FitDream Ezine a couple of weeks back? She reported in about her very successful start to May's Body Transformation Booty Camp. Today she reports in with more wins. See "Thrillsville" below in Testimonials. Congratulations Laurie!
"I'm walking around in Thrillsville today!"
 I haven't been this tickled in years.
I have been extremely faithful to our Body Transformation Booty Camp eating plans, though sometimes I get a 2nd - okay 3rd - bowl of rice and beans.
And a couple of times we've been out to eat, and I've gotten a few stray morsels of Parmesan cheese. Exercise, too, has been good - but not perfect.
But no worries, girls - because I have had some AMAZING results!!!
Started 21 days ago at 179.6.
Today............I'm 172.8 - a 6.8 lb loss.
But wait, there's more
I've lost a whopping 10.75" loss in a mere 21 days.
That includes an unbelievable 3.75" loss around the abdomen - FQ #1 works!
So, can you tell I'm walking around in Thrillsville today?
You bet - and what's more, for the first time in - well, forever - I won't be "celebrating" with a pint or two of Ben & Jerry's. No, give me a bowl of rice and beans - maybe 4!
Lani, you are one amazing guide. You have a magical and slightly angelic way of motivating. So here's my toast to you!
I can't thank you enough for inspiring a life change in me.
My and our journey has just begun. I'm looking forward to passing the finish line with you...which will really be the start of a whole new life. Thank you!
Special occasion overeating.
You know what I'm talking about. "But it's Christmas!" "But it's Friday!" "But it's.....!"
Special occasion overeating could also be called self-permission to eat all the wrong foods.
You know the ones that are not compatible with your health and body-shaping goals in -free-wheeling amounts.
Honestly, when was the last time you had a broccoli binge?
Let's get one thing straight
If special occasion overeating is your downfall, you already know that it can completely sabotage your health, weight, and body shaping progress.
It can make arrival at your body ideal impossible.
Women often come to me with questions about this problem.
Usually it is in frustration with how they 'caved in' to yet another opportunity to overeat due to a special occasion.
- family was visiting.
- getaway weekend at a beach house with friends.
- child's birthday.
- parent's anniversary.
- your laundry is done.
They want to know how I overcome these opportunities to indulge in temptations so that I can have the ongoing success with health and freedom from a weight and body 'problem'.
Knowing that this was at one time a huge challenge for me, too, is comforting.
Today I'm going to share 2 simple strategies to help you take special occasion overeating off your  regular dance card and put it where it belongs. Which actually should be the very rare special occasion, not the one you can conjure up several times a month - or week.
Don't laugh. You know what I mean.
Special occasion overeating has been on my mind for a reason.
Before we get to those strategies, let me tell you what inspired the topic.
Just before we left for Italy last week, one of my sisters, knowing I'm 'off dairy', asked me incredulously, "So, you're not going to even have any gelato while you're in Italy?"
I immediately recognized where her thoughts were coming from. When in Rome, it's a 'given' that you'll abandon all health objectives and other convictions for the expected gustatory adventure. Right?
Is it possible to travel to Italy without indulging?
Yes, it's entirely possible. And as a matter of fact you can thrive even in the midst of sticking to your food convictions while in the heart of cheese, cream, and chocolate croissant country. Let alone your own home.
So, how does one do it? Overcome the urge for special occasion overeating?
Here are 2 strategies to help you avoid special occasion overeating.
I've shared some examples from personal experience this week while traveling in Italy.
1) Focus on the positives. Indulge in and keep your attention on all that you DO get to eat.
- Pass the pasta, please! If Italy is synonymous with gelati, it is even more so with pasta. No problem. With a jar of basil tomato sauce - easily found in the market - we've indulged in several magnificent pasta meals. Tonight I tossed in some other picks from today's market: eggplant, mushrooms, summer squash, and succulent cannelloni beans. Yums.
- Make friends with fruit: In the garden below the Tuscan farm house where we are staying, the cherries on the tree are bursting. True to my ' tom girl' nature, after our hike through the olive groves to and back from the river, I scrambled up the branches and ate right from the treetop. See photo. The point? With a fiber-full, plant-strong eating plan, this is one of the joys of eating freedom. I DO get to eat plenty of delicious, heart-and-soul satisfying fresh fruit. So can you.
2) Create delicious, hearty festivity around all the color, flavors, and carbohydrate indulgences of the plant-strong diet that not only keep you well fed , they also help you keep your skinny on.
- Bread bonus round: Totally addicted to big fat tomato sandwiches, we've been easily able to keep up our habit with thick slices of fresh bread piled with tomatoes just coming into season. Sprinkled with balsamic vinegar and a shave of fresh pepper and served with a big bowl of fresh lentil-carrot-onion-potato soup. Nothing satisfies hunger for hours like pulses, potatoes and whole grains.
- If it's summer, this must be veggies: Our first stop was in the market was produce. Show me the plants! Into our basket went eggplant, sweet onions, salad greens, arugula, tomatoes, carrots and zucchini squash with blossoms intact. Heaped on our farmhouse table and jockeying in line to be selected for meal prep, I can't help but wonder how it is possible that people could ever have a hard time eating their vegetables. Stick with me,baby.
See what's happening here? It's part of that all-important mindset for mastery that I insist be a key player in my programs such as the Woman's Fitness Blueprint Action Plan for Success, and Body Transformation Booty Camps.
Do the same for yourself. To recap:
Stay focused on the amazing array of foods that you can freely eat and enjoy with a whole foods, plant-based, low fat diet while becoming and staying trim.
Celebrate the fun an beauty of the foods in your dietary plant.
Then indulge and stay well fed.
FREE Fit Quickie &Time-Saving Fitness Breakthrough Kit
, one of the most powerful tools to transform the mental spiral that can slip you into 'special occasion' eating consciousness is to sneak in quick energizers, such as one of Fit Quickies or a lightening round of Burst Training.
To get your FREE download of one of my favorite Fit Quickies - 7 Seconds to a Flat Belly - and my User's Guide for Burst Training, go here now.
FitDream Fusion Inner Circle Inner Circle Coaching Call for June:
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 5:00 p.m. Pacific
Topic:
"Nutrition in the Medical Clinic, from Dr. John McDougall"
from Coursework Plant-based nutrition fundamentals, Part 3:
Principles in Practice
 Lani Muelrath, M.A, specializes in helping women who struggle with weight and energy transform their bodies - without hunger or exercising like a maniac.
She is the creator of the Body Transformation Formula, Fit Quickies(TM), and Woman's Fitness Blueprint. Her signature system of food plan, targeted body shapers, and mindset for mastery is a match made in heaven for busy women looking for a no-nonsense, simple, surefire solution to their fitness, energy, and weight challenges. While Lani is best known for her expertise in fitness and nutrition, her clients share that she is unique in the impact that results from her compassionate and knowledgeable approach combined with her expertise.
Lani is a Guest Lecturer in Kinesiology at San Francisco State University and presenter at the Coronary  Health Improvement Project (CHIP). She is recipient of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Instruction.
Lani created and starred in her own CBS TV show, and is the Healthy Living Examiner at examiner. com. Certified in Plant-based Nutrition through Cornell University, she is also the Fitness Expert for Dr. John McDougall's Health and Medical Center.
Lani overcame her own lifetime struggle with weight over 12 years ago when she lost 50 lbs, which she has maintained easily with the tools that she now coaches other women to be successful with in weight loss, body shaping, and health.
For more valuable tips and resources, and to learn more about Lani and her courses, programs, and products go to www.lanimuelrath.com.
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