Revised Eviction Plan
for the Evict My Alien Love Child project

To achieve any project you need to have a plan of action.
Things don't just happen, no matter how much you wish for them. 
As with any plan, after it has been followed for a while,
it is good to Review and Revise the plan to improve it.

My Original Goals, and Signs of Success are below the current plan.

My original eviction plan was hatched one weekend when my best friend Amy was visiting in January 2006.  Following this original plan I have shrunk several sizes, lost twenty-two pounds and ___(need to measure)___ inches,  as of 22 January 2007.  However, I am not at my goal and know more about how my body works than I did originally. 

The Review
Where I started and where I am after one year of the Evict My Alien Love Child Project.

The first part of this update is reviewing and comparing where I started at to where I am now. I am a self-employed professional organizer

The Plan Revised
The methodology of achieving the Evict My Alien Love Child project.

The first part of revising my plan was to come up with improved Goals.

My new plan is going to focus more on the mental side of the eviction. 

I will... 

Be Happy! Happiness is a choice, not a given.  I choose to be happy.  I will strive to see myself as the best I can be.  This is the same starting point for my plan as last year.  Like I say, I believe this goal fits absolutely everyone.  What I wrote about being happy when I started this project is just as true today as when I wrote it.  Like my plan, I have updated and revised the poem I wrote about it.  I am going to print out a copy of the new version and post it in my office. Love Myself! I am a creative and uniquely original person.  I am a tremendous person who is worth knowing.  I will smile at myself when I look in the mirror.  I am someone who I am happy to have as a friend.  Since I am my friend I will talk nicely to myself inside my own head.  I have a great body.  I will enjoy and appreciate the movement of my body and what my body can do. I wrote another poem.  I think this one should go in the corner of my bathroom mirror. Be Happy! Happiness is not a given in life, it is a choice! It is not something that I am or am not. Happiness is a choice I make every day. No matter what is happening in my life I can choose to be happy. I choose to be happy! If I can laugh at my problems I can defeat them. Laughter gives me strength. I am happy. Journal my Eviction Process. Since I know that I am a written learner I need to write down any time I notice a change in myself.  There are so many signs of success that happen that I could miss if I didn’t pay attention and stop to notice them.  This will help me deliberately seek out the positive and appreciate it. I will also keep on guard against all attempts by the alien to fight back and note these in my journal. The alien wants to live, I want it to die. If it wants to live it will have to find someone else to latch on to.

My Friend I will never be alone. A true friend stand with me at all times. When I look into my own eyes I see this amazing friend and smile. I know my friend will always be there to help me, to comfort me, to support me,  to advise me. My friend can do absolutely amazing things.  My friend is beautiful, compassionate, strong, forgiving, and most of all my friend is loving. I am my friend.

Now that I have my plan for the mental side, I need a specific plan for the physical transformation. 

I will...

Stretch several times throughout the day and definitely after working out.  Stretching is a great way to wake the body up in the morning, take a break when working, and to relax tension.  Every time I stretch I can feel the amazing flexibility of my body.

Do at least five hours of cardio activity that really gets my blood pumping each week.  I can do many more than five hours in a week if I want to.  However, even when I am swamped with work I will do five hours within every seven day period.

Lift weights at least twice a week.  I actually plan to lift weight more than this. However, I will make certain to lift weights at least once with my upper body, at least once with my lower body and at least twice focusing on my abdominal muscles.  I want to increase my upper body strength and maintain the strength I have achieved in my lower body.  I am putting more focus on the abdominals at that is where the alien love child is clinging to my body the tightest. 

Eat for my taste buds, not my tummy.  My taste buds know when I am full long before my stomach does.  I will eat to satisfy my taste buds.  Thus, I enjoy every taste of food I eat. If I don’t enjoy it, I don’t make myself eat it.  It is ok to stop eating even if there is only one bite left.
If I think I am hungry, I will eat.
If I think I am full, I will stop.  My taste buds are good at signaling satisfaction so I will listen to them to tell me to stop.
If I think I am hungry again, I will eat again.

Avoid wheat like the poison it is to me.  One of the biggest lessons I learned this past year is that I am allergic to wheat.  I feel healthier and do not get sick as easily since I eliminated eating wheat.  Thus, I will read labels, ask questions and take care to keep wheat out of my body.

*The only exception to my cardio and wight lifting goals would be if I'm so sick I have to stay in bed. I cannot say that I will never get sick again. Thus, realistically I need to make this exception.

I absolutely needed to revise my signs of success.  Nearly every one of my previous signs have already happened. I noted in my journal on 22 January 2007 all of my original signs, if I achieved them when, and which few signs are still to come. I noted when I achieved them in red after each of my original signs at the bottom of this page.

 

Tasia's Updated Signs of Success
Everyday evidence that I am making progress. 

• Wearing my favorite size eighteen jeans.
• Having to take in my favorite jeans.
• Be able to bend over with my feet together and put my palms flat on the floor, because I can already reach with my fingers.
• Clothing noticeably fitting differently. [This is a goal from last year that is worth keeping!]
• Clothing needing to be taken in or so big all I can do is donate it.
• Wearing a size sixteen blouse. [Size 16 is where I was when that doctor put me on the medication where I gained weight]
• Wearing a size sixteen skirt. [I made blouse and skirt separate as I do not loose weight evenly top to bottom. Being a pear shape I have more to loose of my tush.]
• Regular size bath towel wraps around me. [A goal from last year that has not yet been achieved.]
• Fully clothed, on my period and my weight under 269, my weight on the first anniversary of the Evict My Alien Love Child project.
• Hallows visible on the underside of my collarbones. I've already discovered the ones above my collarbones in January 2007.
• Muscles visible in my arms.
• Sag under my arms noticeably smaller
• My wedding ring can be removed from my finger.
• My wedding ring can slide off my finger easily.

• Be Happy! - Happiness is a choice, not a given.
• Love Yourself! - You only get one you.
• Stretch every day in the morning.
• Go dancing or walking at least twice a week for two hours.
• Journal my thoughts & what I eat.
• Smile at myself in the mirror.
• Realize when I am hungry and actually eat.
• Enjoy every taste of food I eat. If I don't enjoy it, don't make myself eat it.

Tasia's Original Signs of Success – Everyday evidence that I am making progress.

• Not needing to open the car door to fasten the seatbelt. Achieved March 2006!
• Be able to bend over with feet together and put hands on the floor
  (without legs spread due to tummy in the way). Achieved January 2007!
• Clothing noticeably fitting differently. Achieved multiple times in 2006!
• Regular size bath towel wraps around me. Achieved it wrapping around my breasts. Still have a ways to go with my hips.
• My weight fully dressed with shoes on is the same as my starting naked weight. Achieved 4 February 2006!
• Dressed weight after breakfast and a quart of water less than starting naked weight. Achieved 6 March 2006!

Best Friends Tasia and Amy

I believe that absolutely everyone should take Be Happy! and Love Yourself! as goals. Be Happy! Happiness is not a given in life, it is a choice! It is not something that you are or are not. Happiness is a choice you make every day. No matter what is happening in your life you can choose to be happy. I choose to be happy! If I can laugh at my problems I can defeat them. Laughter gives me strength. Love Yourself! You are the one person that you can never leave. You need to more than just like yourself, you need to love yourself. This means saying nice things to yourself instead of all those negative things that you would never put up with someone else saying to you. See yourself through the eyes of your best friend and see the best in you. Loving yourself also means loving your body, not just tolerating it. Love the body you are in. It is the only body you are going to have. Take care of it and your body will last a wonderful lifetime.

Tasia is the silly one.

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