NYTimes.com: Reducing Obesity Rates

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Building on the latest research into how the human brain functions in response to subliminal cues, stress, pleasure and other environmental and emotional stimuli,
Embody Success! Coaching trains our clients to consistently avoid and/or turn off
the triggers to their individual patterns of self-sabotage.
The Foundation Program that does this uses our workbook, 12 private weekly :50 tele-sessions and customized weekly activities to identify, instill and intensify the new behaviors that will empower clients to (finally!) live the life of their dreams!
In between sessions, clients can email their coach for clarification, to share a concern, or celebrate a success and receive a personal response.
This program is NOT about teaching you how to be a better dieter. That's the mentality that has kept you yo-yo'ing your way into obesity.
Embody Success! IS about teaching you how to enjoy living the rest of your life in a strong, healthy, normal-sized body that will support your living the life you've only dreamed about!
For more info or to schedule your complimentary consult,
call me at 404-394-3900; or SKYPE: embodysuccesscoaching.

Best ALWAYS!
Lauralyn Bellamy

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HIDING BEHIND THE PHONE & INTERNET?

It's soooooo easy to forget about it!
After all, most of your client work is done over the phone or internet.
If your "phone voice" creates the impression that you're a slim, head-turning, 29-and-holding - so much the better!


And then the day comes when an enthusiastic client asks you to give a talk to their civic organization/ company/ professional association.
Your stomach clutches up into a tight knot and you say,

"Wow! Thanks for the opportunity! Let me check and get back to you on that."

Scenario #1:

You go into your closet and begin tearing through your "wardrobe" of sweatpants, jeans, hoodies, turtlenecks, etc. and realize, not only do you have nothing to wear as a public speaker, you're terrified of being publicly exposed.

You've spent much of your adult life "battling" obesity and finally come to an accommodation with the situation.

Because your body does not represent the "real" you, you work in a profession where ONLY the real you is experienced by others.

• The real you exists from your neck up:


• Your voice, your mind, your personality and (let’s not forget!), “Such a pretty face!”
  

You call back and apologetically decline the opportunity, making up some excuse or another.

Scenario #2:

You go into your closet and select a couple of great outfits from Bloomingdale's, because they still carry some plus-size vendors. Setting them out on the bed, you review your options.

Unbidden, you remember the newsletter photos from a recent public talk you gave. You feel an involuntary twinge of sadness in your chest.

• "God, I've gotten so big. I'm out of control. Still, I pull it together damn good!"


• The melancholy is starting to seep back into your heart so you take a “deep cleansing breath” and make your selection.

• You remind yourself that your stylish clothes, make-up and sheer force of personality can make the audience forget about your size, even if you can't.

You check your schedule, call back and accept the engagement. But that sadness remains trapped inside you...

I CONFESS:
I've been both of those characters in a 3X Plus-size body!
But in Feb., 2003, I liberated myself from that prison/parole/prison/parole

paradigm I'd lived as: a fat-girl-on-a-diet/ fat-girl-off-a-diet.

In Jan. '05, enjoying living in my size 8, physically strong & healthy body, I became a national speaker for Obesity Help Inc. and began coaching others how to "cut the string" on their yo-yo dieting so they can EMBODY Success!®

Now, I want to coach you on how to overcome self-sabotage with success so you can be the best expression of yourself! In only 12 weekly, private, 50-min. telesessions, you will learn the process of dismantling your self-sabotage apparatus. Once learned, you can apply the EMBODY Success!© Method to any situation, relationship, dream project, or health challenge in your life!! This surprisingly affordable investment in yourself will pay you huge dividends!

It's not too late: 2009 holds a special promise just for you!

Go to my blog, EMBODY SUCCESS!© and watch the two 5-min. videos, "The Key to Overcoming Self-Sabotage," I delivered at the nationalconference of Obesity Help Inc. in L.A. Check out my amazing Before & After photo albums!

Read what the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote about me in, “SUCCESS STORY!”

Most importantly: call 404-394-3900 now to schedule your free consult!

Let's talk! What have you got to lose?
Best, ALWAYS!
Lauralyn Bellamy

Atl. Journal-Const. Story on Lauralyn Bellamy!

While traveling on business, this hotel breakfast also provides me with lunch and a mid-afternoon snack!

ANYONE can coach you through your next diet; your next exercise program.

Heck, let's be honest YOU don't even need a coach for diet & exercise!

But you haven't a CLUE how to keep from gaining it back...and more!

If that's OK with you, if you're enjoying the drama: the highs when you're losing the weight & getting those supportive compliments from neighbors & co-workers; and the pathos of watching their faces register pity and disgust as you resume your normal eating habits and balloon back up again...

If that's the way you want to "run the clock out" on YOUR life, go for it!

But ask yourself this:
"If my life were no longer concerned with dieting, exercise, finding clothes that fit, managing my depression, aches and pains, my type 2 diabetes ... because I'm now accustomed to living in a fit, strong, normal-sized body, eating healthfully, and enjoying a physically active life;
"If I had all this free time to live my life now - what would my life be about?"
"What would be my life's work? What would I be doing with my weekends & evenings? What would my social life look like? What would I look like? Where would I be living and how would my home look?"

If you can't even begin to wrestle with these questions, BUT YOU WANT TO, you may be ready for Embody Success! The Foundation Program - a 12-week coaching program that will equip you to dismantle your self-sabotage machinery, freeing you to live the life of your dreams!

Let's schedule your complimentary consult today! C'mon, what have you got to lose? ; -)





How can I make this claim? Read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Feb. 4, 2009 feature story about me and see for yourself! Just click on this blog's title!

13 Weeks from Tomorrow is Christmas!

And the Good News Is – What?©

By Lauralyn Bellamy, MA, MDiv, cert. Dream Coach® & DC Group Leader

Let’s talk truth here. The situation is tighter than that. We know that all the holiday eating actually begins around Thanksgiving, right? Just think about all those office parties, client lunches and dinners, family gatherings, social events and all those snapshots to record those memorable moments…9 weeks away!

Are you confident of your ability to get through all those “moveable feasts” without gaining weight?

Or are you already resigned to eating mindlessly, eating too much, eating to calm your nerves, to console yourself, eating foods you know will put you on an emotional roller coaster?

Are you already planning your January diet boot camp?

Is yo-yo dieting your life?

What if you could learn how to shutdown and dismantle your self-sabotage machinery in 12 weeks of individual coaching with me? I’m talking about one-on-one private telephone sessions (:45), plus personal email follow up in between sessions, plus your own workbook, customized and enjoyable assignments, and behavioral modification visualizations that make the entire journey a dream-come-true!

Best of all, once you’ve learned the Embody Success!© Coaching Method you can use it to overcome ANY pattern of SELF-SABOTAGE active in your life: overall life satisfaction, job/ career, relationships, spiritual development…

And what if the weekly cost of this 12-week Foundation Program in the Embody Success!© Coaching Method was about what you’d expect to pay for a one-hour massage? Would it be worth your while to schedule a free consultation with me to find out? Are you worth it?

I’ve been guiding obese and morbidly obese clients through this program for over 3 years after perfecting it on myself, and it works!! I have addressed hundreds at conferences on chronic obesity across the nation. My clients are across the US.

The bad news is I only have openings for 12 Foundation Program participants right now. First come first served. E-mail me pronto to schedule your consult!

Give yourself the tools you need to live the life of your dreams!
Lovingly sent,
Lauralyn@embodysuccess.net

Lauralyn Bellamy Says WHAT?: 10 Things McCain & Obama Could Do to Win My Vote! (c) by "Raising Kane"

Lauralyn Bellamy Says WHAT?: 10 Things McCain & Obama Could Do to Win My Vote! (c) by "Raising Kane"

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When Minister-Mom says, "You may now kiss the bride," you betta!

That's me in the white stole & ministerial robe trying not to cry as the groom's big brother, Zachary, made St. Paul's description of the qualities of Love come alive at Luke & Heather's wedding on the banks of the Chattahoochee River as it meanders through Roswell, Georgia... 6-13-08

To see more candid photos of Minister-Mom, go to my albums on my myspace. Just add my name.

LauralynBellamy

R U AFRAID of WEDDINGS?

When you hear/read < wedding > do you think/imagine < FOOD > ?

It doesn't HAVE to be like that! Check out my story on my myspace site, just add my name!

Coach Bellamy, aka Lauralyn Bellamy

Re-surfacing with lots more ideas 2 come!!)

WHAT'S WITH THE SQUIRREL PHOTO?

The answer lies in the amusing photo slideshow made by your faithful coach:


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Remember that laughter IS the best medicine to take for stress - along with deeeeep breathing!

So What Do I Look Like 5+ yrs. Out?

I shoulda put an "AFTER" photo up with the "BEFORE" photo (previous blog entry). This was taken of me last weekend at Pat O'Bryan's "Unseminar Elite 2."
I'm the one sandwiched between "The Portable Empire"'s PAT O'BRYAN and
"The Secret," "The Attractor Factor" and "Zero Limits" author JOE VITALE.
They first mentored me at "Unseminar 3" in Feb. 07 and it was great to be reunited.

To be continued...


Coach Bellamy

BELLY FAT & BRAIN SHRIVELLED!

I don't know about you, but when I've gone off my diet and gained back all that I'd lost - and then some! there comes a moment when I'm confronted with a sight, a comment, or a news item that is so alarming that it triggers my desperation to get back into the game and DIET AGAIN!!! Yesterday, most news outlets carried a story about BELLY FAT that will serve to illustrate. The report: Health Insurer KAISER PERMANENTE's Research division published a study in the journal, "Neurology," (March 25th) based on the study of 6,583 people in their 40's. Phase 1 was conducted between 1964-1973; and followed up an average of 36 years later to tabulate the number of dementia diagnoses. Sidebar: In the past, some of you may have used the newly discovered links between belly fat and heart disease, belly fat and cancer, and belly fat and diabetes to kick-start new diets. So you can rest assured this new piece of medical evidence should work equally well to get you back out there dieting! The findings: high levels of belly fat in one's 40's increases an obese person's chances of contracting senility or dementia in their 70's over a normal-weight person with low belly fat 3.6 times!!! To put that in context, those who are obese in a pattern that is more pear-shaped are still 2.0 times as likely as a normal-weight person to become senile or demented. It gets worse [or better, depending on your point of view]: You can enroll new recruits to yo-yo dieting with this additional piece of information:

Even if you're a normal-weight 40-something, if you have "a sizable stomach" you, too,
have a higher risk of senility 30 years later!

We have Rachel Whitmer, Kaiser scientist and the lead study author, to thank for offering us the words that will be our rallying cry (see the BELLY FAT collection of stuff on our store this weekend!):

""This is not a stubborn fat;
it is a toxic fat!"

A word of encouragement from Dr. Whitmer, herself, as you prepare to mount your newest, most rigorous diet: abdominal fat is easier to lose than fat stored elsewhere!

So haul out those food scales, the booklets that count calories, carbs, fats, protein, food diaries, tape measure and bathroom scale and begin the work of mental preparation for dieting.

I'll check in with you later to see how you're doing.

Coach Bellamy

PS That's me in the photo - wearing a size 3X - with my "spice" Jim, Xmas '02 - my last fat Xmas... I've retired from the team; that's why I coach!!

DON'T GET 'EM IN A WAD!

Greetings from our secret training camp!
We'll be getting this blog up & running ASAP.

Are you a PRO at dieting?
Can you lose weight on any diet we throw at you?
Do you have stories of dramatic successes followed by heartbreaking failures?
SHARE THEM HERE!

I may be tangled up in the bowels of cyberspace getting this sucker up & running, but that's no reason for you to hold back!

Sign on as a friend and you may even make the team! Yeah, that means T-shirts, gimme caps, etc. Is that thrilling or what?!

Back to tech support!

Coach Bellamy