madi’s place

We’re in the fortunate position in that in our small town we’re hosting two of the World Cup Soccer teams namely Denmark and France. These teams couldn’t be anymore different. The French team are very security conscious and have a permanent police presence to their hotel. The Danish don’t. We’re in the lucky position in that we’re currently building a family house for us in the Estate where the hotel of the French is situated.

So to go there during the day requires a stop in the queue of cars at the police barricade, waiting for your turn to get to the front, showing your Estate access card as well as your ID Document. The police then take this and go and check on their systems that you’re allowed access after which you may enter.

Now quite frankly I never thought much of the French team in the first place. I would have ignored them if I saw them. I don’t even know the players. Our son’s school has been teaching them about everything French in the last few weeks so we do now have a bit of knowledge of the French. Still I wasn’t going to support them during the World Cup. Being South African I would have supported our team while they’re in.

Denmark on the other hand is the other team here. They decided to have a public open day yesterday and the day before of their practice matches. They signed flags and shirts for people. I got to see them warm up and practice. They were very relaxed and open to the public.

So where am I going with this, well, the Bible tells us that we should treat people the way we want them to treat us. Maybe this is actually a built in human mechanism.

Here the French came in treating everyone as an enemy and guess what….in return we’ll treat them as the enemy. The Danish came in and treated us like friends, and well I love that team. I’ll admit that I still don’t know who the players are, but you can bet your bottom dollar that I’ll find out now. In future I’ll even follow these players after the World Cup. They’re friends now.

Why didn’t the French just go to a bush camp in the first place where no-one would see them anyway. They’ve come into other peoples homes and treated them as the enemy. So maybe the Bible was right. No-one will treat them as friends but rather as the arrogant individuals that they want to be treated as.

So in conclusion, I’d like to thank the World Cup Soccer for teaching me a valuable lesson. Fundamentally the Bible does work. Thanks Denmark you’re great friends.

So you think you’ve found that perfect weight loss meal, or maybe you know the secret to the best quick weight loss diets?  Well with all the weight loss systems, fast weight loss diets and the best weight loss supplements, oh and don’t forget the weight loss workouts out there we now have a new option…. and it’s called Cryolipolysis or the other name that the procedure goes by which is Zeltiq.

So what are these magic weight loss systems?  Well in a nutshell they freeze your fat.  Zeltiq works by using targeted cold therapy in a treatment that lasts about one hour per treatment area.  The skin to be treated is suctioned between two cooling plates which cool the fat to above freezing.  The cold then extracts energy from fat causing it to die.  It doesn’t doesn’t actually freeze the fat but crystallizes the lipids in fat cells causing the slow collapse of cells as they die.  The procedure is biologically selective meaning that it only targets fat cells and only those in the superficial fat layer close to the skin ie. areas such as belly fat, love handles or back fat.  The body then carries off the dead cells over the course of two to three months so that the result is seen more gradually.

The whole procedure stems from the idea of finding something non-invasive that is similar to liposuction, so while the results are measurable, they are modest. The procedure is ideal for patients with a stubborn fat pocket who are unwilling to undergo surgery.  There is no associated downtime, just some redness that lasts around 2 hours Some patients report a suction mark similar to a ‘hickey’ where the device was attached.

Well, if you didn’t have enough on your plate to deal with you now have something more to consider.

Here’s a different manifestation technique that I learnt about from the manifestmiracle.com site.  If it works for you then let me know.  All the best Madi

Today I want to tell you about a technique that I came
across that can dramatically enhance the speed of your
manifestations.

This technique IS NOT for everyone.

Also, you may never be able to make this technique work for
you.

I came across this technique shortly after writing my
Manifest a Miracle book. I was out taking a walk on a
beautiful spring day, and was asking the universe to provide
me with a method that can help people experience results
with the Law of Attraction, quicker than they ever have done
before.

(Believe this or don’t believe this…)

I was hit with inspiration and felt as if someone started
to talk me through the process. My memory isn’t perfect, so
I cannot word-for-word exactly what was given to me, but I
certainly do remember the gist of the instruction.

Step1. Find something to appreciate and feel the love for
it.

When my vibration is super sky high, I can noticeably feel
when I’m feeling at the top of the vibrational scale. I
actually get a physical feeling usually in my chest or solar
plexus that is a bit like a pulse. It is a pleasant
experience, and I know when I feel the love for something
because I can literally feel it. That is the level which I
was being asked to take the feeling to.

My first time I ever did this process, I used a beautiful
looking flower as something that I could appreciate and feel
good about.

Step2. Keep the thought alive but start to hold the
feeling.

At first, I didn’t understand this part about “holding”
the feeling. I quickly understood as I tried the process
myself. As I kept the thought alive and kept the physical
feelings within me, I was able to hold the feeling by giving
it my full attention.

Step3. After 60 seconds or so, take the thought away, but
keep holding on to the feeling.

Amazingly, I discovered that it was simple to hold on to
the feeling that a thought gave me. After the 60 seconds of
thinking about something beautiful, I was able to stop
thinking and simply hold on to that feeling and keep it
there by giving the feeling my attention.

Step4. Hold the feeling for as long as is comfortable.

I found that I could hold on to this feeling for many
minutes. Sometimes only a few seconds, other times several
minutes. The longest “hold” I achieved was about 6-7 minutes
in length.

I also noticed that if I switched back to the original
thought that made me feel good, I could compare the
feelings. Sometimes the feeling would slightly change after
I held it for a while, and so by thinking about the thought
again, I could re-assess whether I was holding the right
feeling or not. More often than not, I was holding the right
feeling, but it was nice to check every now and then.

So there you have it. That is what I call EMT (Enhanced
Manifestation Technique). The idea came to me from no where
and did not feel like I was thinking it up at all, it just
came to me like an apple falling out of the tree, the idea
fell into my head.

The technique works so well because you’re keeping a pure,
positive vibration for several minutes at a time. In those
periods of being connected to sustained pure positive
energy, you will be moving closer and closer to your
desires, whatever they may be.

You can also use this technique and think about your
desires and hold that thought. Of course, that only works if
you can get excited enough about your desire in the first
place.

This technique really is not for everyone. I’ve found that
it is only possible to do when you are feeling on top of the
world and when your vibration really is vibrating love, joy
and happiness.

By all means, try it when you’re not so vibrationally
high, but in my experience, you won’t be able to generate
the physical feeling required in order to hold it for
sustained periods of time.

Give it a go if it resonates with you?

Words of Wisdom:

In 1969 I asked President de Gaulle what he did for exercise. He told me that he believed that walking was the best thing a leader could do for his mental, physical and emotion health - Richard Nixon

I was never an exercise fundi or even keen to do any sort of exercise. I hate running and I can’t swim because I look fat in a swimsuit. I tried all kinds of diet supplements to try and loose weight. Nothing really seemed to work. My husband and I decided to visit Europe, and one thing we did there was walk. We walked a lot, and after a month of walking around and just sight seeing I suddenly on our return home was a hole 3 kg lighter than when we went. But that was not all, I also lost centimeters.

I exercised everyday by walking and I did not even realize it. Walking is something most of us do on a daily basis. It comes natural to us. So why not use walking as your daily exercise? If you walk at a moderate pace for about 30 – 60 min daily your body burns stored fat. This can build muscle and increase your metabolism. If you walk for an hour a day you decrease your risk of heart disease, cancer and even diabetes.

There are lots of fun ways for getting in your daily dose of walking. Instead of driving and parking your car on the doorstep of the local mall, you can park and walk to the shops. Walk at a fast pace, to get that heart rate up, and in the process burn a few calories.

Playing with the kids is another great way to get the heart going. The kids enjoy you playing and running around with them and you burn the calories. Dancing is another fun way to get the body moving. And no-one has to see you. You can wiggle and shake to your favorite song in the privacy of your own home.

Going out for walks is the best. Find yourself a friend or a walking buddy who can walk with you. It is much easier to stay focused and motivated if you have someone that exercises with you. It is easier to go with a friend than being on your own. When you exercise on your own it is very easy to skip a day or two. Working with someone makes this a bit harder. It is also a lot more fun when you exercise with someone.

The best way to start walking is not to go out there fast and furious. If your body is not use to exercise you will get tired very easily. Take it slow in the beginning and work it up slowly. Maybe for the first two weeks try to walk for only 20 minutes and work your way up to an hour. This will get your body going systematically.

Weekly insight : Da. 4:37

” And those who walk in pride he is able to humble”

We must be humble in front of God and acknowledge Him As our Lord and savior.

Exercise of the week: Walking

Make an effort and start walking for 20 min. a day this week.

Start slowly and work yourself up to a steady pace.

Once you can walk for 20 min up your time by 10 minutes until you can walk for an hour.

Words of Wisdom:

” There is no sincerer love than the love of food” - George Bernard Shaw

One of the things I dread the most is a diet. It all starts well for a week or two and then you start cheating because you are starving. You then feel guilty and in the end you quit the diet.

The good news is one can loose weigh without going on a diet. You just need to know what to eat and how much. You can truly eat whatever you want as long as it is done in moderation.

The second secret is exercise. And you don’t have to kill yourself exercising either. You can loose a lot of weight by just walking for example.

I want to dedicate the next few posts to the type of food we can eat that will help you to loose weight.

Our eating habits are very important. Most of us leave in the morning without eating and that is one of the biggest mistakes we make. I know a lot of people believe that you must eat less and they do that by skipping meals. And often it is breakfast.

I think we should change our mindset first of all. We will not achieve perfection overnight, but all in good time. If we can shift our mind from perfection to making progress in our diet we already achieved a lot.

Researchers at the Georgia State University have developed a process that measures your hourly energy balance. Your energy balance is the amount of kilojoules you take in versus the amount of energy that you burn.

They have found that if you keep your energy between 1250 and 2000 kj at all times, you can change your bodies composition loosing fat and adding lean muscle mass.

It basically boils down to eating at least 6 times a day. When you eat regularly. Your body is use to getting food and then it only stores the food it needs. Also if you eat six time a day you get full very quickly, which means you eat a lot less.

Weekly insight: Pr. 20:13

” Do not love sleep or you will grow poor,stay awake and you will have food to spare“

Exercise of the week : Lateral Lunge and Touch

Stand with your feet shoulder-with apart. Hands at your sides. With your toes forward and your abs braced, step to your right. Bend your right leg. Keeping your left leg straight. Reach your hands to the floor on the opposite sides of your right knee. Pause for 2 seconds and then return to the start. Now repeat this movement with your left leg. This is one rep. Do 8 reps.