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I Lost Over 100 Pounds! You Can Do It Too!
300 pounds! 300 pounds! I looked at the scale and couldnt believe the number staring back at me. How had this happened? How had I let myself go? I was in my early twenties, miserable, and weighing in at an unthinkable 300 pounds. It had to stop. But how? I had tried it all. The diets, the weight loss coaches, the calorie counting, the cabbage soup diet, the no-carb diet, etc NOTHING WORKED! Sure, I got excited after I lost a couple of pounds, but then I couldnt stay strict for long enough and fell off the wagon faster than I could shove a chocolate brownie in my mouth.
Lessons in Discipline — They Work!
Discipline seems to be a hot topic amongst my peers and in my community. I had a friend over today who observed how calm and well-behaved my children were. She got to spend the 1st half of the day with us which included getting 3 kids dressed, fed and then out the door to see How To Train Your Dragon (excellent movie, btw) by 10 a.m. The movie was not just endured, but enjoyed, regardless of having a 5 year old, 3 year old and 10 month old in tow. Here’s how I discipline my kids:
Strategies for Teaching Anger Management
Anyone who has seen Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler in “Anger Management” knows that you can go to extreme measures to teach someone the techniques of managing anger and communicating your needs. With children, the challenge is even greater, because they do not always have the language or emotional maturity to contend with feelings of frustration or rage. These simple strategies are geared towards children, but many can be used with adults as well.