Clean friends, Clean surroundings, clean success!

Friday, June 24th, 2011
Written for all of my friends on The Kitchen Table at The Eat Clean Diet Page.com:

   A lesson I have learned recently is that not only must I eat clean to properly nourish my body and attain the weightloss and health goals I have set in stone for myself, but I MUST keep my friendships and surroundings "clean", as well.  Through out my internet journey regarding weightloss and health, I have made alot of really great friends.  What I have also encountered are people who claim they are working toward their goals, as well as giving me a ton of advice about my weightloss goals, successes, and failures. 

     I shared a great deal of personal information with with some of those people, and they returned their gratitude by sharing stories of their own with me.  I have made alot of wonderful friends and connections with people who have the same issues, both in failures and success, as I do.  That is what creates the bond between those of us who suffer from eating disorders, or what ever issue we are currently dealing with in our lives.

     So imagine my dissappointment to find that one of the people to whom I had grown very close to and became very fond of in a "sister-ly" type of way over a two year period, suddenly pulled away from me and a few other close weightloss freinds, announcing that her husband did not want her talking to people who she did not know personally.  Okay, fine, I can totally understand that.  It's an internet friendship, one that I had grown very fond of, and looked forward to on a daily basis.  I shared my life with this girl, and she had shared hers with myself as well as a group of our mutual "internet" friends.  We relied on each other for daily support, wisdom, concern, care, and love. Yes, love.  Sisterly love.  That is the type of friendship we had formed.  2 years is a long time to communicate with someone on the internet.

     So, imagine my DISSAPPOINTMENT when I found her on this web site,  sharing her life story with thousands of people that she does not know personally.  Imagine my surprise and dissappointment  to find out that although she was giving weightloss and exercise advice to us, she really was not doing the exercise work herself  that she was saying she was doing.  She gave us all advice. She told us how successful she was.  She stated every week almost that she was losing weight, and sometimes in large numbers.  Then I read on this website that she has completely changed her profile statement.

     Why would I post this on Tosca's page, you all are asking?  BECAUSE THE FRIENDSHIP THAT WE ESTABLISHED WITH THIS WOMAN WAS BASED ON FRAUD.  We were deceived by someone who was not really doing the work, and we were dumped by that person with the lie that her husband would not allow her to have internet friends if she did not know them personally.

     My point with this post is mainly for this reason:  BE CAREFULL WHO YOU CHOOSE AND SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH.  Be careful who you take advice from.  Be careful what advice we give other people.  I plan on sticking to Tosca's Eat Clean program and the Kitchen Table for now on without taking advice to heart or too seriously, or sharing too much with others.  I will continue to be supportive of everyone on here, and all of the friends I have made.  I will not allow one bad egg to ruin all of my internet friendships, but I just wanted to let you all know that we could all stand to be a little more aware of who we are sharing our personal information with.

     I was really hurt by the person who did that to my friends and I, because I had established such a close relationship with her.  Just be careful and keep a watchful eye of phony and fake people.  I need to remember that ulitmately, it is my responsibility to keep myself happy and stay on track and focused, and to praise and reward myself.  I guess I became too dependant on that other person's views, opinions, and advice.  And for that, I am upset with myself.

     Well, moving forward, I do appreciate all of you here at the Kitchen Table.  This forum has helped me out so much, and has also allowed me to share about myself, which is an important thing for all of us to be able to do.  I thank Tosca a million times over for making this happend for all of us.  Thank you, Tosca.  You are fabulous.  I want to be just like you when I grow up! =)

Kaptain Kymberly <3

A Cooler For Disneyland!

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

10:40am

 

Dear Fellow Blog Followers (Lol!),

 

My wonderful husband recently bought me an annual pass for Disneyland.  I reside in southern California, and I love to take my granddaughter there, or even just visit by myself for the afternoon when I have time off.  I haven't been to Disneyland in a while, and although I was very excited about my new annual pass, I have been hesitant to start planning my next trip there. Why?  Because I know I will be surounded by tempting and delicious junk food all day.  This is a serious issue for me!  Once I get a taste of all of the wonderful foods from Disneyland, I know I am history with my clean eating.  The frozen banana cart will be staring me in the face while I am standing in the line for the Haunted Mansion.  The popcorn (for those of you who don't know this, Disneyland has the BEST popcorn in the world! I'm a sucker for it every time!) and Coke cart will be "following" me from the Haunted Mansion all the way over to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Then, in New Orleans Square, all of the delicious Cajun food and fried pastries will be calling my name.  And let's not forget the burgers, fries, hot dogs, and candy stores all along Main Street, Disneyland.  (deep sigh.............)  I have been over-whelmed with these thoughts. 

I went to go see a movie last night, and after the movie, I decided to go into Walmart.  It was so crouded, I turned left after walking through the garden center, because I could not get down the main isle.  I turned a corner to make an escape route down the "summer" isle, and what was sitting in the middle of the floor?  A compact Coleman Cooler on wheels with a long handle that clicks down.  All of a sudden I realized how PERFECT that cooler would be to take to Disneyland with me!!!  Why hadn't I thought of that before?  What a simple solution to such a big stressor for me.  I know how to eat clean and pack a cooler.  But I allowed myself to have a limited thought process because I am planning a trip to a major theme park.

I called Disneyland (this was no easy task in itself) and retrieved the measurements for their biggest locker.  My cooler will fit, and for one fee, I can access the locker all day long, as many times as I want to.  My cooler is the best, it is so cute, holds a ton of stuff, and even fits right on the floor of the passenger seat in my car.  It's a Coleman, and it's insulated, so I know the ice won't melt quickly like most of the softer coolers with hard plastic pull-outs. 

Even a vacation to a major theme park is clean eating do-able.  I am allowing myself to have ONE treat at Disneyland. Just one.  I'm not sure what it will be yet, but once I see it, I'll know!!!  I am no longer having anxiety over this trip, and am excited to pack my cooler and have access to it whenever I need it.  I feel so much better now.  I can thoroughly enjoy my vacation, Disneyland and all!