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Moving old posts to the new site

For some time now, my blog has been hosted at Ning.com. Recently Ning announced that they were closing down “free” accounts, so all the blogs I’ve posted there will be lost. Therefore, I’m moving the ones that I think are worth keeping over to this site. Hopefully WordPress will be around for a while.

The voting has begun! Can I count on your support?

The contest has begun! It’s time for me to get out there and start gathering your votes.

(Go the extra mile after you vote, and you might win a signed copy of Shape Shifting! See the bottom of the page for details.)

I am a contestant in the Next Top Spiritual Author competition, which is like American Idol for someone like me. I’m entering the new edition of my first book, Shape Shifting–the Body/Mind/Spirit Weight Solution. First place is a publishing contract with Hampton Roads. That is a really great prize, and I’m ready for it. I’m prepared to step into the role of “professional, published author.” I have all of my ducks in a row, with the radio show, the daily diary, the blog, discussion forum and teams, etc. Readers of my book have reported weight losses of up to 80 pounds, which they’ve kept off!

I truly believe that Shape Shifting is an idea whose time has come. I can win this competition … it’s what I’ve been building toward my entire life. But I need your help. Round 1 is more or less a popularity contest, so I need you and everyone you know to vote for me. After you vote, post it on your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and/or whatever other social networking sites you use. Help me spread the word and make it to Round 2! There are approximately 3000 contestants, so EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT. Voting begins March 29, and this is the web address you’ll visit to do so:

http://www.NextTopAuthor.com/?aid=2155

If you want more information before voting, please visit http://www.shapeshiftingonline.com/contest.htm

I can’t stress this enough: after you vote, I would REALLY appreciate it if you would tell your friends, and ask them to tell their friends, because this is a numbers game. Let’s ripple this outward like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Let’s get people who’ve never even heard of me before to vote for me in this competition.

If you want to post this note on your Facebook profile, just click the “Share +” button next to the headline. Or, you can copy and paste this and add it as your own note. If nothing else, just send them the link

http://www.NextTopAuthor.com/?aid=2155

and ask them to vote for your friend, Lisa, who you think deserves to win. Twitter, Ning sites, your SparkPeople page, and email lists are all great ways to spread the word.

GO THE EXTRA MILE AND ENTER A DRAWING TO WIN A FREE, AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF SHAPE SHIFTING—RECLAIMING YOUR PERFECT BODY: If you really want to go the extra mile, I’m also asking for Oprah’s help and you can, too! Oprah’s website has a place to request a “Harpo Hook-Up.” The site says,

Are you or someone you know deserving of a Harpo hook-up? What do you think would make a HUGE impact on your life or someone else’s? Do you know someone who needs some help right now? Do you have a desperate need or someone you just want help thanking? Do you have a fun or outrageous dream that you need help to make a reality? The Oprah Show is interested in hooking someone up! Tell us why you or someone you know is deserving.

I think that having a Harpo Hook-Up would absolutely ensure a positive outcome, so if you would be so kind, visit

https://www.oprah.com/ownshow/plug_form.html?plug_id=3893165

and fill in the form. In the bottom box, where it says “Tell Us Your Story,” you can add something like the example below. Please feel free to use your own words, if you prefer. This is just a suggestion for those who don’t know what to say:

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I would love to see a Harpo Hook-Up to help Lisa Bonnice win the Next Top Spiritual Author competition with her book Shape Shifting—the Body/Mind/Spirit weight solution. The contest is like American Idol for new thought authors, and the first prize is a publishing contract with Hampton Roads. I believe that a body/mind/spirit approach to health and weight balancing is the way to go, and Lisa’s book is cutting edge with its approach: Shift your thoughts, shift your shape. Her book is for those who are struggling with losing weight and can’t figure out why nothing they do is working. One example is that the Law of Attraction states that we get what we think about, and if we think of ourselves as fat and ugly, we’ll only get more of the same. Another is that as long as we have anything to gain by not losing, as long as excess weight acts as a protective barrier, then it is actually doing us a favor. It is a blessing to us. So until we figure out other ways to feel safe, that weight is going nowhere, just like a protective old bulldog that won’t leave your side. You can find out more information about Lisa and her book at http://www.shapeshiftingonline.com
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After you submit your request for a Harpo Hook-Up, copy and paste the first paragraph of the page you see next, and email it to me at lisa@lisabonnice.com with your name and address (so I can sign and mail your book to you if you win), and you will be entered to win!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS!

Willie Wonka’s meal in a gum is not so farfetched

Sometimes I’m not hungry, but I long for something to eat. I want the experience of chewing and the flavors of food, but not necessarily something extra in my stomach. It’s at times like these that Willie Wonka’s Meal in a Gum (one that doesn’t turn you into a blueberry) would come in handy.

Last fall, on a trip to Ohio, I rediscovered some of my favorite gum flavors from childhood: Beemans, BlackJack, Clove and Teaberry. They’re all spicy and delicious in their own, indescribable and strangely satisfying way. These flavors of gum are as close as I think we’re going to get to a meal in a gum. When I find myself wanting something to eat, but I’m not hungry, chewing a stick of spicy gum almost always does the trick!

Teaberry is my favorite. Jeff even got me a case for Christmas. What a guy.

A new body/mind/spirit weight loss clue!

According to this article:

www.sparkpeople.com/resource/health_news_detail.asp?health_day=637351

obesity is an inflammatory condition!

Now, bodywise, this can be addressed pretty easily. Just Google or ask your doc (or Naturopath) for the best way to decrease inflammation.

Mindwise, according to Debbie Shapiro’s brilliant Bodymind Workbook (which is similar to Louise Hay’s work only much more in depth), inflammation means “a bodily expression of an inner inflammation; we have become inflamed or enraged about something and are expressing it through the body.”

When we take this into the Shape Shifting realm, this means we might want to work on any forgiveness issues we may have not addressed yet.

Spiritwise, anything out of balance with your Center is going to express itself physically. Perhaps we can connect with our own Spirit to help us to “forgive those who have trespassed against us.” Maybe getting a little Reiki would be a big help!

Will it help us to lose weight? Only time will tell, but whether it does or not is almost irrelevant, isn’t it? Only good can come of these actions, either way.

The Next Top Spiritual Author contest VOTE FOR LISA BONNICE

After a great deal of thought, I have decided to enter the Next Top Spiritual Author competition. This is like American Idol for someone like me. I can’t dance, I can’t sing, but I can write a pretty doggone good “New Age” book.

I’m entering the newest edition of my first book, Shape Shifting–the Body/Mind/Spirit Weight Solution. First place is a publishing contract with Hampton Roads. Those of you who know me know that I’ve been busting my ass to promote this book for many years, including doing a radio show, free coaching/conference calls, creating and publishing the Shape Shifter’s Daily Diary to help readers learn to Shape Shift their own lives, and even offering a free ebook to those whose budgets don’t allow for books in exchange for a random act of kindness. I’ve also started a Shape Shifting Team on the SparkPeople site, in order to help members there to add Shape Shifting to their diet/exercise program.

I truly believe that Shape Shifting is an idea whose time has come and that I have a shot at winning this competition. But I need your help. Round 1 is more or less a popularity contest, so I need you and everyone you know to vote for me. Tell everyone you know, and post it on your Facebook, Twitter and whatever other social networking sites you use. Help me spread the word and make it to Round 2! Also, please forgive me in advance for any heavy promotional overkill. I want to win this, and in order to do so, I must be relentless.

Voting begins March 29, and this is the web address you’ll visit to do so:  

http://www.NextTopAuthor.com/?aid=2155

If you click on that link before March 29, it won’t take you to my profile, it will take you to the site’s home page. The author profile pages won’t be activated until the contest goes live.

Once again, please help me to spread the word and get as many votes as I can. I’ve waited a long time for an opportunity like this, and I’m going to make the best of it.

Namaste,
Lisa

Could it be … progress?

After a somewhat rocky start, I feel like I’m finally on the road. You know how sometimes when you start a car that has been sitting in the cold for a while it sputters and coughs and makes you bang the steering wheel with frustration? Then you flood the engine and continue to curse that stupid old car for not doing what you want, when all it’s actually doing is responding exactly the way it’s supposed to, given its conditions?

Well, I feel like I finally got this old car started up again and am once again amazed by how well it runs once it’s back on the highway and in its element. I took some time off from my weight loss efforts, after finishing my book and losing my first 50 pounds, to focus on other things … things like health and family issues … but now that I can focus on my weight again, I’m very excited to be back on track.

I’ve lost five pounds since joining the SparkPeople site, and have made TREMENDOUS strides in the exercise department (I give all the credit to my Wii Fit Plus, which my daughter talked me into getting). It has exercises and games that I can actually do, given my “health issues,” and I look forward to doing it every day.

I’ve started a couple teams on SparkPeople, one based on Abraham-Hicks’ Law of Attraction work, and the other based on my own book, Shape Shifting–reclaiming YOUR perfect body (a body/mind/spirit look at weight and health balancing). Check out my SparkPage for links, if you’re interested. I’ve joined a lot of other like-minded teams and have met some wonderful people. In fact, I can see how my Facebook addiction might just become a SparkPeople addiction instead.

A great new Shape Shifting tool!

For a little over a month I’ve been experimenting with a social networking site called SparkPeople. It’s basically like Facebook, but the focus is on fitness and weight loss. It’s completely free and I’ve discovered that it’s a lot of fun, and very helpful because I do still have some excess weight I’d like to release.

I’ve been using it as a “private citizen,” as it were. I mean, I wasn’t using my name or talking about Shape Shifting very much, unless it came up in conversation, and then only casually. As I’ve been using the site, I’ve found that I REALLY enjoy using it. They have forums, teams, weight trackers, fitness trackers, calorie counters, articles, recipes, games, challenges, points, awards and all sorts of other amazing resources.

The reason it’s free is because the owner apparently invented eBay and sold the company to whomever owns it now for bazillions of dollars. This site is his way of giving back to the community that made him a very wealthy man. He has published a book through HayHouse called The Spark (which I have not yet read) and put a LOT of brilliant effort into creating a very useful and user friendly site.

Once I used the site enough to know that I’ll be sticking around, I began tossing around the idea of starting a Team (a specifically focused forum) for readers of Shape Shifting. The site doesn’t allow users to post advertising, as you can well imagine … that is the bane of every site owners existence … people who join your site just to post their ads and spam. So I was very careful to check with them to make sure that what I had in mind was okay with them. They have given their approval, and a Shape Shifting Team was born! I revamped my profile page there to say who I am and where the Team can be found, and now I’m announcing it to those of you who might find it very useful.

You can check out the site at http://www.sparkpeople.com and the team itself at http://teams.sparkpeople.com/shapeshift. So far, it’s brand new and has only one member … me. But I’d love it if you’d come and check it out. I’ve lost four pounds since I started using the site in early February, and had fun doing it.

I hope to see you there!

A win-win way to get a free, signed book

How would you like an autographed copy of Lisa’s new novel, Be Careful What You Witch For! for your library collection? This first book in the series of the adventures of clueless and suddenly psychic Lola Garnett and her sarcastic fairy sidekick, Twink, is sure to become a collectible. A signed copy will be even more valuable!

Here’s how to get your copy: First, purchase the ebook version of the novel at a greatly discounted 50% off the paperback price. Don’t forget about the extra discount! Save 10% through March 31. Enter the coupon code IDES at the checkout.

Then, post a rave review on Amazon.com, your Facebook page, your Twitter list, etc.  In other words, spread the word to everyone you know. Send an email to lisa@lisabonnice.com with a link to any and all sites with reviews you’ve posted, along with your name and mailing address, and a signed copy of Be Careful What You Witch For! will be on its way to your mailbox!

Only 20 signed books are being offered at this time, so hurry and get yours, today!

If Marilyn is the best I can do, that’s not so bad

I just found a picture of Marilyn Monroe, online, that I’ve seen a thousand times before and probably so have you. But for the first time I paid attention to it, because I noticed that she’s the exact size I am when I’m in my best, maintainable condition. I know that, to a  lot of people, this picture of her looks fat, but that’s because those people were raised since the advent of rampant cosmetic surgery, digitized photographs, eating disorders and fitness obsessions.

I stressed the word “maintainable” above because I think that’s a really important point to make. Sure, I can get skinnier than this, but not easily and I can’t stay that way and live a bearable life. It’s time we all stop kicking ourselves if our healthiest forms look like one of the biggest sex symbols in human history.

This is a picture of a healthy, adult female. And if that’s the best I can attain, then that’s good enough for me.

Listen FREE today only to my interview about Shape Shifting with Maureen Moss on the World Puja Network

From the WorldPuja site:

Author Lisa Bonnice lives a Jimmy Buffet lifestyle and spends as much time as possible barefoot. She also talks to her body… a lot. Great conversation.

Lisa is not just an author, she was a stand up comedienne for seven years, working with the likes of Tim Allen, Jeff Foxworthy, and Steve Harvey. And, she spent over five years as a multi-award-winning affiliate writer and producer for MSNBC.com.

Her first book, Shape Shifting — reclaiming YOUR perfect body … an empowering body/mind/spirit look at weight issues is a completely unique, humorous and REAL way, to shape shift your body, without buying into anything you may have heard before.

Her second book, The Shape Shifter’s Daily Diary soon followed, as readers world-wide requested a companion tool to help them with their own Shape Shifting efforts. Results have been fantastic! www.lisabonnice.com

Topics Of Conversation:

•What Do Words Have To Do With Shape Shifting? A lot.
•What Does God Have To Do With Shape Shifting? A lot.
•What Do Pretzels and Asparagus Have To Do With Shape Shifting? A lot.
•What Does Liking Yourself, Maybe Loving Yourself Have To Do With Shape Shifting? Tune in and hear for yourself.

http://www.worldpuja.org/archives/2010-02-28/

If you want to purchase Shape Shifting or the Daily Diary, you can save 10% on either or both by using the coupon code SAVETEN, even on the ebook version, at the checkout when you buy through this link: http://stores.lulu.com/lbonnice