Aloha!

We had a great day at our first port of this 10 week cruise...HAWAII! With leis around our necks and sunglasses on to fight the bright sun, we had a great Tuesday on the shore!

This Tuesday we focused on our beliefs systems! What we believe about ourselves and the world around us, has EVERYTHING to do with how we act. How we act has EVERYTHING to do with losing our weight and keeping it off for life. So losing our weight and keeping it off for life has EVERYTHING to do with what we believe about ourselves and the world around us!!!

I gave some important examples of beliefs systems that get in the way of being successful at losing weight. Because our beliefs dictate our thoughts and our thoughts dictate our feelings and our feelings dictate our actions, having unhealthy belief systems can keep you from the success you are so wanting!

We talked about how to identify your beliefs, and how to go about changing them if they're not working for you! Re-parenting  ourselves is very necessary when we become adults and need to make changes. It's exciting to think about what changes we could make if for the next 10 to 20 years we parented ourselves and did a really great job doing it!  What would you tell you? How would you treat you? How would you reward you for great behavior?  What truths would you tell yourself daily to begin to help you change the way you think...if you were your parent?

It's kind of a funny concept...but a powerful one at that!

Since we were in Hawaii I shared with the passengers, about the Aloha Spirit! Aloha means both hello and goodbye. We all decided to say aloha (goodbye) to old beliefs and aloha (hello) to new, healthy beliefs!  Aloha also means love and affection.
The literal meaning of aloha is "the presence of breath" or "the breath of life." It comes from "Alo," meaning presence, front and face, and "ha," meaning breath. Aloha is a way of living and treating each other with love and respect. Its deep meaning starts by teaching ourselves to love our own beings first and afterwards to spread the love to others!  The passengers of THW DINAMI definitely have the Aloha spirit!

As the day went on and our passengers got more excited about the changes they are making...I noticed that they all started putting on sunglasses...I asked a few of them what was up, they replied "Our futures so bright...we gotta wear shades!"  ABSOLUTELY!!!

We had some winners for the week and we had some amazing Hawaiian Prizes!
Thank you to Jim and Mary S. for the team prizes...great hawaiian giant cooler bags!
Thanks to Emily M. that hand delivered more great prizes straight from the islands! Wow!
Thanks to Tobey G. for the Hawaiian shells and Karen for the pineapples!

Our noon time group were treated to a special gift from one of their own...Kristi G. Thanks for the "not one stink in piece" reminders!!  Hand made and beautiful!

And the winners were:
Noon   Professor and Marianne, Lee and Malia with a 1.93% for the week!
5:30     Crusin' For a Losin', Ginger and Kathy with a 1.77% for the week!
7:00     Flabuloss Life Preservers, Sarah and Jodi with a 2.07% for the week!

Congratulations to all our weekly winners! Great job this week!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Down load week # 2 "Change Your Thinking~ Change Your life" and do the homework provided!

I feel great Aloha (love and affection) for the passengers of THW DINAMI! I'm so glad to be the captain and sometimes even the Mom of the group!  Have a great week and remember the word for next week.....FISH!

Always encouraging you,
Letha