Whitney's Thread

Whitney · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 14 Location:

Hello all!!
What an honor to do this thread and experiment with Marjolein. My daughter will start her thread soon as well and I think between our age ranges and dispositions and lifestyles we should represent a broad range of challenges to get fit and manage our weight. Thanks so much to Marjolein--she said several of you have mentioned that since she hasn't struggled with weight how could she truly relate. Being the caring and honest individual she is she wants all of her members to have someone to relate to. One thing about Marjolein--well there are sooooo many amazing things--but one thing in this case is she is totally committed to helping others feel physically and mentally better. She IS the real deal.
First, I am 54yrs old, struggled with my weight since birth---was the fattest baby born in my hometown that week so the first several words I probably heard were "my goodness what a fat baby" or "she is a chubby thing isn't she?" Great programming huh? Currently I am 5'7" and 238lbs. The only time in my life I was near perfect weight I had seriously starved to get there--eating one meal every other day. In the process I killed what was left of an all but nonexistent thyroid and further complicated weight issues.
What I do for a living is I am a "practicing intuitive" and I do private readings over the phone as well as work on missing children cases and murder cases. I also do work with some psychiatrists with some of their severe abuse victims such as incest victims. The murder cases and abuse cases are not all that often but can be very depressing which leads to me doing what??---Yep eating something sweet to comfort. . I ADORE doing the private sessions and have many wonderful and intelligent clients across the country. My passion is of course to be accurate with the readings but more so to expand my clients thought processes. I am also writing a book on the subject. Since my brain is my favorite toy and I swear I am out of body more than I am in it :lol: I tend to not take care of it. A few years ago there was a scientific study done on us "intuitves" and "psychics'" to see why such a high % of us were overweight--something like 70some percent. What they found was our adrenal glands are completely drained after a session and to replenish we all tended to eat sugar and high calorie foods. In addition since my clients are working people most my sessions are nights and I don't like to eat before hand so was eating really late. Add menopausal to the mix and it isn't pretty.
I have just started the berry drink and I am amazed at how much better I am already feeling--truly. I didn't expect to and didn't expect to notice for several weeks. It also truly tastes great. Reading the ingredients and knowing Marjolein's insistence on nutrition and quality I am very impressed.
I am juuuust starting the Pilates routine and can tell it will be a wonderful thing for me. I will be trying to write on this board and answer inquiries almost daily. If there are personal questions I can help with feel free to email me at sparklingthinking@yahoo.com
Thanks to Marjolein and her wonderful members(you guys!) for the support and opportunity to share Chenier's and my experiences.
Whitney

ksvarczkopf · Guest

Hi Whitney,

I'm really looking forward to following your weight loss journey. I wish you all the best. Let us know how the Pilates and the Lighter Living drinks are going. I'd like to know how the drinks effect your weight loss and what else you plan to do in order to lose the weight.......

Good Luck!!!

Whitney · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 14 Location:

Hey guys,
I do not know why the computer gods have not liked me for about three days now but they haven't. I did a post but it never made it here.
Anyway---I weighed myself Friday and I was shocked to see I had lost about 5lbs in a week and a half without trying at all. The only thing I did different was start drinking the berry drink--which by the way tastes delicious--like really good substantive berry kool aid. I was just flabbergasted by the loss so then I thought "hmmm what is this drink supposed to do?" I hadn't wanted Marjolein to tell me anything about the drink as I completely trust her and I wanted my reaction to the drink to be completely open and no beforehand knowledge. AFTER the 5lbs lost I decided to read about the drink and found it is supposed to help metabolism, elimination and great anti-oxidants. Guess what --it actually works!?!?!? I had been feeling better and more alert but not jittery, it does not cause any digestive upsets such as diarrhea and did I mention it works????
I was starting my PIlates routine this weekend--HOWEVER--long story real short--I moved a lot of furniture and was barricaded out of parts of my house do to influx of furniture that I was not expecting at all--walking in the house has been like surviving an obstacle course. I was so sore that I did use the pilates performer to just help my soreness from moving stuff. So tomorrow I start--I have used it enough to know that while I hate exercise this doesn't feel like "exercise" to me and I feel much better even after only 5mins use.
Since I work a part time "normal" job and then do my private intuitve sessions I am carving out a time that will work best for me. More tomorrow!
Whitney

grovesy · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 174 Location:

Witney, well done!
Before I found the refromer I never stuck to any exercise regime for longer than a few months, but now 21/2 years later I still use my refromer at least 3 times a week, some weeks every day. It has helped me to battle my weight and regain supplesness I had lost. I am no Spring Chicken(a british saying), I am 52 next month.
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Whitney · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 14 Location:

hey guys!
Thanks for your support--I am lookng forward to getting to know more of you thru this. I am struggling a bit last couple of days because I am tired and been a bit overloaded last few days--mostly self inflicted by taking on the house and painting etc. I think I really wanted to straighten up a few things and paint a few things and rearrange because I do feel like I am going thru some sort of metamorphisis(sp?) and I guess I wanted my house to look a little better just like I am learning to want me to look better and feel better.
Part of me knows I am becoming a new version of Whitney either way and want to take better care of me and of course never sure I will succeed. I was a single mom who worked 2 jobs up to about 70 hours a week---40 at a "normal" job and then 30 or so as a reader/intuitive. I was averaging about 4 hours of sleep a night leaving me chronically exhausted after about 13 years or so of that schedule. So taking care of me wasn't on my agenda--providing for my daughter to have a better way of life was. If I could do without I did and money was always tight and represents a tough issue for me that has to be tied to the weight as well somehow. For those of you who believe in "guides" or "angels" or whatever, my guide told me once that I subconsciously equate money with hell and personal beauty with pain . OF COURSE those kind of pearls of wisdom are dropped on you and then POOF! he's gone so of course you can't question.
In mulling it over I could see the points to that just from this lifetime and god knows from how many others if reincarnation is a fact. My family was happiest when we were broke, then my parents made a lot of money and all hell broke loose at home. Just a truly terrifying time to me and it went on for a few years. The personal beauty part also made some sense--as I said there was a time in my life I was a perfect or even a little thin weight for me and my measurements were 36-24-42(doncha just love that 42? and my hip bones were showing so I am just hour glass built ). I hated being considered "beautiful"--not my word but what i was told i was lots of times. HATED it---I am naturally shy altho I obviously overcome it on a regular basis but especially when younger and innocent I was very shy and men seem to think if you are beautiful they can do the damndest things to you--had one of my father's friends try to force himself on me as one example and one guy -a drunk soldier who had just gotten divorced saw me and tried to kill me and he told the cop it was because I was so beautiful I would be just like his now ex-wife and break too many hearts. Just a couple examples and I hated being stared at by men, women weren't always nice then, and some men--the ones you WANTED to ask you out wouldn't because they figured you wouldn't go out with them.
Anyway......I am thrilled with the drink and am starting the machine more regularly and thrilled to be meeting some of you! Cheers! Whit

vitaming · Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Location:

I am a freind of Whitney and a client. I will be watching this experment closely to see if there is a healthy change. Isn't about time for us all to acheive a litte personal success for a change. I know in times in my life when I have been healthy (healthy eating, Fresh jucing exersise) I have found personal success. When I have been unhealthy (smoking, drinking, fast food) I seem to go in a rut. It does seem to be tied together. Good luck Whintey.
P.S.
Whitney is an excellent reader. Her readings are not just like what will happen tommorow. But a full introspection to help you stay on your path and help to find the true you.

thx42day · Guest

Whitney, I'm so glad you're doing this for all of us. I'm really intrigued by the results you've had with the berry juice. I'm 47 and struggling to lose ten pounds that have miraculously appeared in my sleep. Where do I order?

It's so nice of you to let everyone know about you and your very personal history. It lets people understand that weight gain is so often emotional. It's also fascinating to hear how your intuitive skills affect your body.

It's funny, I've been a client of yours for nearly 10 years now and through this thread I've gained a great deal of insight about you as a person. Through your readings you've given a lot of love and help dealing with various aspects of my lifeall these years and now through this wonderful website and your thread are going to help me take off some pounds. You really are a full-service intuitive! (not that I want this to be a commercial for Whitney, but she's an amazing spirit and reader. Got questions? She's got answers!)

I'll be keeping track of your progress and posting along the way.
Lori

Whitney · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 14 Location:

Hey Guys,
Well I feel a little discouraged with myself. I have yet to get in a rhythm with the machine--it WOULD help if I quit redo-ing everything in this house and leave at least a walk way to the machine!! My dog has been watching me and worrying---I think he will pack and move if I keep rearranging everything!
I do love the machine when I use it but just won't settle into my life enough to get a habit going--am out of sync with myself. I am loving the drink and the machine but the drink for some reason is easier to get in the habit with. I guess because I take it in the morning on the way out the door to work and then get home and do readings and then am tired and tend to forget to do the machine until late. Any ideas?? Have any of you struggled making using it a habit?? I think the stress of last few days made me want to eat sweets but I didn't save a single scoop ice cream cone--which for me isn't too bad.
I want to thank you for the replies and the the ones sent to sparklingthinking@yahoo.com as well--I think Marjolein has some wonderful people as memebrs and really am enjoying hearing from you guys. Also Chenier--my daughter has started her thread--any encouragement you can throw her way is appreciated--she is a little shy about this at this point.
Stay well and let love give what it gives..........Whitney

Evangeline · Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 3 Location:

Hi Whitney,
I too have had a difficult time making the machine a part of my daily routine, and I've had it for two years! I love it when I use it and I've been able to keep at it for a month or two at a time but I suffer from migraines and it becomes very hard to stay with a routine. I have to stop for a day or two or three and then the habit is broken. Then it becomes too easy to say "oh I'll do it tomorrow" and then something else gets in the way. I guess the important thing is that I always come back to it. So don't beat yourself up too much! Hopefully we can be a source of encouragement to each other. I think it's important to be accountable to someone. If it's just me I can easily talk myself out of ( or into)just about anything!
Cheers to us all! -Evangeline

Gstarsun · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 3 Location:

Hi Whit,

I'm so proud of you for doing this...and am excited about the journey you're taking. It's a commitment to yourself..and with all that you've given to others and to me personally it's so great to see you make a decision to show love to yourself in this way. Your intuitive gifts have helped show me the different possibilities, paths & outcomes for the last 10 years...your insights have been tremendous and helped me grow...and it just feels good to know you're doing something for yourself.

Stick with it...a day at a time...this is more about health...and everything else follows...I know it's hard sometimes...but soooo worth it...the juice drinks sound yummy...and Pilates...wow...what an awesome way to center yourself, strengthen your core, and just work it from the inside out. As a former dancer and gymnast I finally took a Pilates class during my downtime between jobs - what magic - an amazing way to make your body, mind, soul and spirit just flow.

You really are beautiful Whitney...lift up your chin an extra inch or so for several seconds...and breathe in slowly...that's right...you made a great decision...stick to the path...it's OK to veer to the edge...just get right back...know that you 've got a cheerleader over here.

Love, G

Whitney · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 14 Location:

Now after seeing THAT woman on QVC today how can I not make Pilates a habit to say nothing of all your comments--thanks so much and I hope we can grow this thread to really encourage ourselves on low days etc and to be honest about it when we fall off the wagon so to speak.
So I have figured out two times during the day that I will dedicate to the machine--that way if life gets in the way of one of the times i have the backup. Used the cardio board just now and love that thing and boy can I feel it pull and right where it needs to.
More tomorrow after using the machine! thanks again guys and keep writing me and sharing and your emails to sparklingthinking@yahoo.com have been wonderful. Thanks!

Whitney · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 14 Location:

Okay a little update. Something Marjolein said on QVC stuck with me and that was "our bodies crave movement". REALLY??? and here all this time I thought it was chocolate it craved! Soemhow and for some reason that statement made me think and as I said earlier I am out of my body more than in it. So since then I have done the pilates at night and in morning for about ten mins each time--working my way up to more time at once. The cardio board is something---you can realllllllllly feel where it works in almost no time.
So maybe I am on my way to making it a habit!

Whitney · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 14 Location:

Success so far in making the machine more fo a habit. Used all weekend and man that cardio board is something. I need to weigh one morning soon. Last I checked I had lost 8lbs.
Thanks for you notes!
Whitney

elpnina · Guest

Hi, Whitney! I just found your email about this site (don't check my email everyday) and I'm so excited for you and Chenier! I'm anxious to see how this goes for the two of you. You know I've been looking for a weight loss solution since I was ten. I'll have an extra bedroom in the house this summer, so I'm ready to buy machines and get serious. What day did you say she's on QVC?

Nina

Guest

Okay.....so I think it is actually getting to be a bit of a habit to use the machine----wooooooooooooo--hooooooooooo!!!!
I know myself pretty well so I am content to use it ten mins at a time twice a day for right now---I know it would be probably better to use once for 20mins but like I said I know myself and this will get me in the habit. I am actually starting look forward to using it because I feel better after even ten mins.....
.......Nina--you missed it but I believe last time I talked to Marjolein she will be back on QVC 4/9 and I believe for a lot of the day...will update you--Marjolein is in London until fri so will let you knwo over weekend.
Thanks guys!