AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE FAT AWAY

Six years ago, I finally got the courage to go out and buy a scale. I hadn’t weighed myself since I got out of college, and was shocked to see I had gained 25 pounds. Weight can sneak up on you, especially when you’re working a miserable job with a cafeteria that sells greasy French fries and chocolate chip cookies for “snack”.

Six months later, I lost the weight, got out of my horrible job, and began a much more blissful life. Dear reader, I know you are thinking, how did the Bliss Warrior lose the pounds?

Apples. Studies have shown that if you eat one apple before your meal, you will eat 100 LESS calories than you normally would. Eating three apples a day, could save you 300 calories in one day without starving.

How is this possible? Apples are high in fiber which makes your stomach feel fuller. Also, apples naturally supress the appetite because they release a chemical into the bloodstream that tells the mind the body isn’t hungry anymore.

My favorite way to eat apples is to slice them very thinly, into apple chips, and squeeze lemon over the slices. By cutting the apple into tiny pieces, it takes longer to eat (another way to feel fuller faster), while the lemon makes a plain apple into a gourmet treat.

Don’t sit around feeling fat and blue. Buy a big bag of apples and gain control of your tummy.

FOXY GIRLS SAY THANK YOU

Darling girls around the globe…

When some young woman or man comes up to you and says, “Your hair is beautiful,” take a moment, and say, “Thank you.”

This may seem a simple thing, but you would be surprised how hard it is for some women to accept a complement. Just the other day, I watched a friend of mine perform in a crowded black box theatre. Her piece was wonderful-funny, smart, charming- and the audience loved her. After the show, I came up to her and said, “You were amazing. It was the best performance I’ve ever seen you give!”

She turned her eyes away from me, and started grumbling that she forgot a line, she messed up the sequence of the second act, on and on she went, determined to prove to me how wrong my complement was.

“Stop!” I took her hands into mine. “I am going to say my complement once more and this time you are only allowed to say thank you, okay?” She nodded. I said again, “You were amazing. The best performance I’ve seen you give.”

Quietly, she looked into my eyes and sincerely said, “Thank you.” Her face glowed. I knew she heard me.

Saying thank you is telling your friend that you heard their kindness and have taken it in. You’ve let their love be felt. When you deny the complement for the sake of being humble, it feels like you are digging for more complements, or that the original complement wasn’t enough to convince you. When you refuse a complement, you reject the love your friend, lover, relative, boyfriend, wife is giving you.

Say thank you, it’s what all the foxy girls do.