The Diet Goddess

Well, after a big diet wobble last weekend I managed to retrieve a 'stay the same' vote on the scales.  Today I am seeking a bit of inspiration to up my motivation levels. 

I recently bought some 'Goddess Power' cards and haven't used them yet - so thought I'd ask them for some Goddess Girl Power messages.

After a good shuffle and cut, the first card I drew was Mary - the Pregnancy / motherhood Goddess.  I had a look at the guide book that comes with the cards and all the messages from Mary are about contraception, family and children. 

Believe me, I put that card back in the deck quicker than you can say 'Diet Goddess';  ok so can't say 'Diet Goddess' that quickly, but you get my drift.  Enough from that card methinks.

So I drew another card - and this time got Pele - the Hawaiian Goddess for all things energy.  That's more like it! 

Messages from Pele include about the benefits of natural foods rather than short-term processed high sugar quick 'hit' foods.  She includes a message about cleaning up my diet and slugging back tons of water.  Water - the famous h20.  We are meant to drink litres of it each day, which I struggle to do.  Other Tubby Town residents swear by it as a weight loss aid.  Other messages from Pele include getting out in the fresh air, and exercising - and yoga.


Ok, so that's the theme for this week. Drink more water and do more exercise!


I was rather hoping for something along the lines of drink more wine and eat more chocolate - but I guess that's how I got to Tubby Town in the first place.

Ok scales - let's see how I go and see you on Tuesday.

What's In the Cards Today?

Well having made a good start since going back to Tubby Town in January, 3.5 tubbies gone so far, I'm wondering how I can keep this momentum up.

I've been buying quite a few decks recently so I thought I'd ask a new one - the Gothic Tarot by Joseph Vargo - what I need to be aware of in the forthcoming Tubby Town week. 

This is quite a 'dark' deck with 'otherside' type of images.  Yet nonetheless beautiful and often haunting.  The card I drew was the Knave of Swords, which - in this deck - is quite a menacing looking character.  This is someone who is clever but can also be deceitful and manipulative.  In Tubby Town this would be the Diet Saboteur.  It need not be someone else,  it can also be myself and fooling myself that now I've lost a few tubbies I can relax.  The jeans are feeling a bit looser, so I can eat a few more Fat Pills - even though I'm not hungry.  Had a bit of that on Friday and yesterday.

I stuck at the same weight this week so need to break this cycle early before next weigh in on Tuesday.  I want the downward spiral (weight-wise of course) to start again this week.

So back to business even more seriously today.  Only two more days to the great Weigh In.

Enter the Dragon

Happy New Year of the Dragon.  The Chinese Year of the Dragon is one of daring, ambition and bubbling energy.  To celebrate this auspicious and grandiose year today's guest card comes from the Dragon Tarot deck, created by Peter Pracownik and Terry Donaldson.

Today's card (drawn randomly from the deck) is the Ace of Wands, which is an excellent card for those of us journeying through Tubby Town.  The Ace of Wands represents the seed of a new project.  This might be newcomers just starting out or those of us longer-standing citizens of Tubby Town turning over a new leaf and getting back on track. 

Our Dragon Ace of Wands is a very auspicious card for us Tubby Towners;  we can see the Dragon surrounded by the items we need to help us on our Tubby Town journey.  Whatever we need is there - a globe and a map of the stars to help us stay in the right direction, books with low Fat Pills recipes and vessels full of water for us to drink.  Everything we need to lose those Tubbies. The tip of the Dragon's Wand glints with the light of PMA (that's Positive Mental Attitude in Tubby Town speak) to keep us on the straight and narrow - narrow being the operative word of course!

So my lovely Tubby Towners - as they say in Chinatown - Gong Xi Fa Cai !

Judgement Time

The Judgement card has definitely been the theme of this week.  This card is taken from the beautiful Gilded deck by Ciro Marchetti.  It's back to business in Tubby Town for everyone after December's excesses, and we are running a team competition to see which loses the most weight between now and Easter.  The teams are Elephants versus Hippos and I am the Hippo team leader.

The Judgement card is about rebirth and renewal, and also confronting, facing up to and letting go of the past.   This describes our week perfectly, both Naughty Nellies and Hottie Hippos (I'm not biased with the adjectives of course).  We are all turning over a new leaf for the Challenge (rebirth and renewal) and are also confronting and coming to terms with our past (everyone has to declare a starting weight for the Challenge).  **ouch**.   I can tell this has pushed a few buttons (or muffin tops), mine included.

Judgement doesn't Judge us though, it is about us preparing to move on to a new beginning, which is characterised by its following card in the tarot - The World - the final major card in a tarot deck.  The end of an era,and the start of a new phase in our lives.

And so my lovely Tubby Towners, that is us as we stand poised on the precipice of the first team challenge of 2012.  Facing up to our indulgent pasts, confronting the weight we see on the scales in front of us, and making those changes we all know in our heart of hearts we have to make.

Good luck to you all, and may we all lose tons of weight - although may the Hippos lose more than the Elephants. (of course!).

See you on the scales!

Back to Basics (Again!)

Looking at how long ago my last post was shows just how bad I have been in the last half of 2011, and I've paid for it. Over half a stone on and seams are groaning.  My jeans run away when they see me coming.

So back to business in 2012.  So, first off, I thought I would draw a Psycard to look at my current state of mind and see what message the cards have for me in this, my first week of starting over. 

Ha! ha! ha! how appropriate, the card I drew was 'The Body'.  This card relates to our physical make-up and bodily well-being (or lack of it).  Well, that couldn't be much clearer could it - The Body - what I need to focus on, and don't I know it.

The caution of this card though is about balance, and that I need to find the happy medium between the couch potato and gym fanatic.  I must admit, the former sounds easier.

So - what else do I need to know regarding The Body, and what's the message from the cards for today?  To find out I thought we would have a bit of James Bond ***whoa!! down girls!***

Today's card is from the Witches Tarot deck which was featured in my favourite Bond film, Live and Let Die.  If you can't recall the tarot-reading scene between Jame Bond (Roger Moore) and Solitaire (Jane Seymour), you can view it here.

Unlike James Bond, I have drawn a very good card for the start of a new campaign - the 2 of Wands which astrologically is Mars in Aries.  Lots of fiery energy and get up and go.  The 2 of Wands signifies a new venture taking shape - ha! ha! just what my Body needs - something to get it into shape.  The point of the 2 of Wands card is that the drive and energy are all in my own hands, see the hand in the picture?  Actually, the picture gave me other thoughts of James Bond as well....

Ok, so message for today - our Body is in our own hands.