Hello all you lovely villagers!
Thanksgiving is over, and it was a very nice holiday.  Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, and probably many other holidays are coming up! I hope they are all beautiful for all of you!  I hope to do a post to highlight each of them throughout the month.

I have a Hindu proverb that I want to share that totally inspires me every day, and I think is especially appropriate during the Holiday season.

There are hundreds of paths up the mountain, all leading to the same place, so it doesn’t matter which path you take. The only person wasting time is the one who runs around the mountain, telling everyone that his or her path is wrong.
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Lots of Love
~~~~~~~
Kristina
XOXO
 
This is one of my adorable twins playing.
Lots of love
Amanda

 
I was sitting around thinking about health issues and weight which I have now dealt with for over ten years. I was one of those kids who ate everything I wanted and never gained a pound but after I had my first son that was not the case anymore. I have had to learn to eat differently through the years and exercise. I have tried so many fad diets and plans that Kristina teases me and says that someday I will write my own get healthy book. I am not sure about that but I have decided to put myself to a challenge starting on November 20th and going through the end of the year. I am going to do it in spurts and see if I can find something’s that really work for me such as do I feel better? Have I lost any pounds or inches? How hard was it for me to fit this into my schedule?

I welcome anyone to take these challenges with me and I am open for any advice. This is not permanent and will just be a trail until the end of the year. Starting 2012 I plan to put together a regular diet and exercise plan, so please stay tuned…….

As for now we start Amanda’s Tips to the Sacred Body!!!

Tip 1 November 20th- November 24th 

(Duration 5 days)

Calorie intake each day is no more then 1500 calories

Remember its only 5 days

No Soda Pop

No Fast Food

No eating after 8pm

Drink 8 glasses of water a day

Exercise intake 30 minutes in the morning and at night of cardio 2.5 mph at least

Start by weighing on the morning of November 20th and don’t weigh again until November 24th  

Measure your neck in inches

Measure your thighs in inches

Measure your stomach/waist (around belly button) in inches

The following chart can be printed to use for the 5 days

Good Luck everyone
Lots of Love

Amanda
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Our great friend's Chris and Sheryl got married today. You may remember them from one of our Top Ten Tuesday. During their wedding ceremony they had a great hand fasting ritual. It was truly beautiful so I wanted to share it with you.
Handfasting wedding ceremonies are Celtic wedding rituals.  It involves the tying of hands together to symbolize the coming together and remain tied together.

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