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25 Responses to “Thoughts on Starting to Lose Weight – Midnight Ramblings”
you make a great point, it is all psychological. Our brain has more power than we think. If the brain isn’t healthy, then our bodies won’t be either. Short goals are easier to achieve than larger ones, but we can add many short goals and create a big one, it is a again the power of our brain to help us be patient.
I really liked the Tortoise & the Hare analogy… honestly made me think…. and you’re definitely dead-on about wanting it right now… I always do that to myself… try really hard for a week and then get tired of it, or realize i could never keep this up, and then I just stop… but gosh it’s so true that… like… people you love you want to take care of and keep happy, you want them to be healthy. Why can’t we all have this same love for ourselves?
you’re still going to find things about yourself you wish you could change.. you just have to love yourself for who you are, what you have and what you can offer the world. People should think about this more often. Thanks so much for this video.. it really got me thinking* =)
wow! this is a wonderful video! I completey understand what you mean. When you love yourself you want to do good things for you & your body! Take it from me, I’m thin and ppl tell me all the time “you have the body ppl pay $ for” blah blah blah I dont care how “thin” you are..
you’re perfectly making sense.
i’m not sure that loving yourself and wanting to treat yourself good leads to eating healthy. because speaking of food a “treat” is usually something “bad” healthwise.
BUT i’m sure loving (at least accepting) yourself IS the key. i noticed that when i was dealing with bad skin. i hated my skin, my face. when i realized that and stopped and accepted it – my skin got better. sure, outer treatments probably helped too, but not before i started “not hating” myself.
xoL
I’m so glad to have watched your videos! lately I have been trying to lose weight. I usualy exercise 30+ a day sometimes even 2 hrs or more depending I also dont eat junk food anymore and nor sweets or stuff and it wasn’t har at all i know just don’t drink soft drinks (apart from severeal occasions) anymore which is so amazing the fact you feel so much better and you notice everything extra you were eating are something you can live without… ALL YOU NEED IS MOTIVATION
You make perfect sense, and I ‘m glad you took the time to share your thoughts. It’s important to get your ideas out; written or verbal it enables us to truly understand what were are thinking rather then the thoughts bouncing around and replaying themselves in our inner voice brain. Plus I find that when I am doing chores alone in my house, is when my brain speaks to me without being questioned. Hopefully that doesn’t sound odd…anyways, many thanks!
SHANTI do you ever think about how many people you INSPIRE! & How easy and affective if would be to have like an online talk show about weight lose and or just things like your doing now on youtube!!
yeah i started my weight loss by not drinking soda and its been going good for me cause now i only drink water and green tea and i have seen a change and i really feel good
i’ve started watching you about 2 months ago…i’m a college student and I gained the average 15-20 pounds…and I want to lose weight before I get too comfortable with this size. I completely eliminated soda out of my diet..I dont drink as much alcohol anymore. I am trying Shanti I truly am!
Thank u Shanti! That was awesome..i’ve been watching u for a while now n it’s bCos of u i started my workout/Yoga once again cos like u said i burned out myself:( but anyhu, im back on my tracks and ALL THANKS TO U..u’re my Hero my Idol and i feel Proud to say that…im hoping to succeed like u too…pls wish me luck:) lotsa love:) x
This video is amazing. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Gave me a lot to think about… especially “If I loved myself would I stuff myself to the point of being uncomfortable?”
it make so much sense that you made me cry am not in love with me and that is why am where am here I want to statrt loving myself but how can you love yourself when you have surrounded yourself over life with others who don’t love you and it be comes a daily thing and you know its wrong but just like anything how to start
Shanty; for a midnight rambling- that was awesome! I tend to do my best thinking at night and I totally agree with having to love ourselves first. I’v got thoughts rolling around too now; thinking about how this applies to me and my journey. And yes; I’ll work on my happy list as well
November 27th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Billy Reeder
you make a great point, it is all psychological. Our brain has more power than we think. If the brain isn’t healthy, then our bodies won’t be either. Short goals are easier to achieve than larger ones, but we can add many short goals and create a big one, it is a again the power of our brain to help us be patient.
November 28th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Landin
this is very helping! thank you very much!
November 30th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Timothy Riggs
I really liked the Tortoise & the Hare analogy… honestly made me think…. and you’re definitely dead-on about wanting it right now… I always do that to myself… try really hard for a week and then get tired of it, or realize i could never keep this up, and then I just stop… but gosh it’s so true that… like… people you love you want to take care of and keep happy, you want them to be healthy. Why can’t we all have this same love for ourselves?
Thank you for this video.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Kevin Waldman
thank you so much for this
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Jeremy Ashmore
Wow, Antishay you are pretty insightful and you are really helping me to be motivated and eat healthy. THANK YOU!
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:43 pm
John Mccrory
YES!
December 5th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Timothy Devlin
I’ve always been very enthusiastic, wanted to do more and more.
Always gave up on it due to WAY TOO TIRED BODY.
Moderation is the key word.
December 7th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Esther Hawes
ur making perfect sense thats how i think but everybody around u make u feel like ur nothing
December 8th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Maryann Cote
you’re still going to find things about yourself you wish you could change.. you just have to love yourself for who you are, what you have and what you can offer the world. People should think about this more often. Thanks so much for this video.. it really got me thinking* =)
December 12th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Kurt Leclaire
wow! this is a wonderful video! I completey understand what you mean. When you love yourself you want to do good things for you & your body! Take it from me, I’m thin and ppl tell me all the time “you have the body ppl pay $ for” blah blah blah I dont care how “thin” you are..
December 14th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Judith Wilkey
you’re perfectly making sense.
i’m not sure that loving yourself and wanting to treat yourself good leads to eating healthy. because speaking of food a “treat” is usually something “bad” healthwise.
BUT i’m sure loving (at least accepting) yourself IS the key. i noticed that when i was dealing with bad skin. i hated my skin, my face. when i realized that and stopped and accepted it – my skin got better. sure, outer treatments probably helped too, but not before i started “not hating” myself.
xoL
December 15th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Jessica Curry
I’m so glad to have watched your videos!
lately I have been trying to lose weight. I usualy exercise 30+ a day sometimes even 2 hrs or more depending I also dont eat junk food anymore and nor sweets or stuff and it wasn’t har at all 
i know just don’t drink soft drinks (apart from severeal occasions) anymore which is so amazing the fact you feel so much better and you notice everything extra you were eating are something you can live without… ALL YOU NEED IS MOTIVATION
December 17th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Hazel Cauthen
You make perfect sense, and I ‘m glad you took the time to share your thoughts. It’s important to get your ideas out; written or verbal it enables us to truly understand what were are thinking rather then the thoughts bouncing around and replaying themselves in our inner voice brain. Plus I find that when I am doing chores alone in my house, is when my brain speaks to me without being questioned. Hopefully that doesn’t sound odd…anyways, many thanks!
December 20th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Lawrence Clyburn
SHANTI do you ever think about how many people you INSPIRE! & How easy and affective if would be to have like an online talk show about weight lose and or just things like your doing now on youtube!!
December 21st, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Johnny Bonds
no wonder people gain weight when they are in love
December 23rd, 2009 at 11:36 am
Josephson
yeah i started my weight loss by not drinking soda and its been going good for me cause now i only drink water and green tea and i have seen a change and i really feel good
December 24th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Christina Wendel
I have began a lifestyle change BECAUSE I love myself
This video was very wonderful
December 24th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Terry Gaskill
beautiful video
December 24th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Joshua Tucci
i’ve started watching you about 2 months ago…i’m a college student and I gained the average 15-20 pounds…and I want to lose weight before I get too comfortable with this size. I completely eliminated soda out of my diet..I dont drink as much alcohol anymore. I am trying Shanti I truly am!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Althea Cammack
Thank u Shanti! That was awesome..i’ve been watching u for a while now n it’s bCos of u i started my workout/Yoga once again cos like u said i burned out myself:( but anyhu, im back on my tracks and ALL THANKS TO U..u’re my Hero my Idol and i feel Proud to say that…im hoping to succeed like u too…pls wish me luck:) lotsa love:) x
December 28th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Neva Harcrow
Best of your videos. There is thruth ringing throughout the whole message. thanks.
December 30th, 2009 at 7:47 am
George Shore
I think that this is one of the best videos I have watched in a long time and so much of it made sense thank you for sharing this.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Marie Braithwaite
This video is amazing. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Gave me a lot to think about… especially “If I loved myself would I stuff myself to the point of being uncomfortable?”
January 1st, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Lillian Millsaps
it make so much sense that you made me cry am not in love with me and that is why am where am here I want to statrt loving myself but how can you love yourself when you have surrounded yourself over life with others who don’t love you and it be comes a daily thing and you know its wrong but just like anything how to start
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:21 am
Bridget Houston
Shanty; for a midnight rambling- that was awesome! I tend to do my best thinking at night and I totally agree with having to love ourselves first. I’v got thoughts rolling around too now; thinking about how this applies to me and my journey. And yes; I’ll work on my happy list as well