My daughter (25 years old, three girls, 6, 4 and 11 months) is a Stay At Home Mom and I’m going to recommend your site to her. You girls both have my undying respect for raising your children in the manner in which, I believe, they should be raised. That takes courage and tons of commitment. Keep up the wonderful investment and it will pay off HUGE dividends in the future. You know that already though.

Thanks for the tips, sometimes I suppose we need someone outside of ourselves to help us see what’s right in front of us. I’ll keep you updated.

Be well.

You do have some challenges. I am certainly not an expert, but I do have a couple of ideas that might make things a little easier for you when you are offshore.

First, I would highly recommend the cd. I have heard a lot of people who are seeing significant changes in their behavior and thinking from doing nothing but listening to the cd while going to sleep. This should be something you can do on the rig. Just get a portable cd player or mp3 player and some ear buds. The audio even helps with outside distractions my making a suggestion early on in the meditation that outside noises bring you deeper into the state you need to be in to be most influenced and aided by the cd. I have found that I am more confident, positive and motivated during the day, not only with my food and exercise, but with my work and my family as well. I think it is the most powerful part of this program. I also sleep like a rock, it’s great.

Because of the catering situation, there are definitely some limitations on your food intake, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you start listening to the cd that ideas and ways of making it work for you just come to you. Also, supplements would be a good way for you to get started and something you could bring with you. You could also bring some ground flax with you. It is more potent if you grind it right before you eat it, but pre-ground is better than nothing. Depending on your situation, you might also be able to bring a small coffee grinder with you that you could grind a couple of tablespoons in the morning and then sprinkle them on everything you eat all day.

Lastly, if you can get your hands on anything fresh, get as much as you can. If they are serving salad then make sure to take a bunch and then you can have anything you want with that, just eat it with the salad. Also, take advantage of any fresh fruits or vegetables they may serve.

With all that said, don’t stress about it or make it really hard on yourself or it becomes a diet and then it won’t work. Try adding one or a couple of things at a time, don’t try to take it all on at once.

Good Luck and make sure to keep me updated on your progress.

I’m anxious to discover if this really works, as I suspect it will. I love the idea of a holistic approach to helping your body find its normal size. What a great concept!

I’m looking forward to seeing how you progress on this.