Hispanic YOGA WOMAN

Oh the life of a middle-aged actor!  

Today I auditioned for a national commercial for TANZEUM DIABETES MEDICATION.  

Here's what I had to do:
- We are looking for an Hispanic Woman (50's) who actually practices yoga. The director is an avid yoga enthusiast, so we'll know if you're faking. Please don't!
- Talent should generally be 25-100 pounds overweight.

It's been a few moons since I was in India practicing yoga, and I had gained so much weight prior to my recent -84 pound weight-release this past year... So I engaged a woman from church who teaches yoga.  She is 74 years old and was the first of two instructors here in Nashville, TN. 

I had recently taken a class with another instructor.  It was 'chair yoga'... and boy did it kick my butt!  

Last night as I was reviewing the Warrior I and Warrior II positions, my body began to remember what it used to do!  That is a WIN for sure!

Cross your fingers, [that] I am this YOGA WOMAN, and you will see me on your TV and in Print very soon!  Heck Yeah! 

Another positive outcome to RELEASING -84 pounds!  Can I help you do the same?

HELLOFUTURE

"Trying to predict the future is a discouraging hazardous occupation.  The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic." 
~Arthur C. Clarke, 1964


HELLOFUTURE.

A Healthy LIFE - 365 Days

I made it!  I really made it!  It brings tears to my eyes, because I have wanted what I have [now] since my first diet in 9^th grade.  I didn’t know exactly what I wanted then, all I knew was that I wanted to be accepted and not looked down upon – not judged by the world around me.  Well, now, ironically after releasing -82 pounds, no one is looking down at me or judging me – everyone is smiling, smiling sincere smiles.  And I am receiving the praise of my life.  And I keep shaking my head in confusion, because I don’t understand why I had to ‘lose’ this weight in order to get the praise?  I’m still the same woman inside, the same woman with all the same dreams – accept I’m healthier, because I eat healthy, I choose healthy, because I now know [and understand] what a difference eating the way God intended does for my body.  My body rewards me with feeling amazing!  Hmmm… then I guess I am a new woman!  I am a born again woman with the knowing of how to love myself one bite at a time.  Wow.

Well, first and foremost, I learned ‘how to eat’ for the chemistry of my body.  I learned that wheat, dairy, and sugar are the reasons for my weight unrest.  Yes, unrest!  I didn’t realize how bad I felt until I felt great!  I now know that [manmade] food can make me hurt.  Make my body hurt, my head hurt, my joints hurt.  How did I learn this? I learned it by eating clean and whole.  And then I really learned it on the [few] days I didn’t do the plan to spec.  When I went back to my old ways, because I had a craving.  A false desire for something that I ‘thought’ I was missing – an old habit.  Only to find out that SUGAR hurts!  Fast food hurts!  Processed meat hurts!  Each one of these things physically hurt my body.  But I had to fall on my butt to learn this lesson.  I had to color outside the lines of my food plan to further understand what ‘I’ was doing to me with food.  Wow again. (Head shaking realization)

I should probably write about what I’ve learned over the past year, right?  As of today – the 365^th day of my healthy eating plan; I now have no excuses to ever be that woman again.  How could I?  Why would I?  It would be like choosing suicide.  A slow painful death by processed crap filled food.  As of today, I have the knowledge and power to choose Good Better Best!  I wish I could walk into Overeaters Anonymous, Weight Watchers, any and all Diet Clinics, and grab each person [lovingly] by the hand and show them this miracle of life!  I wanna grab women who look like I looked and show them what I have that will save their lives!  Every day when I’m out in the public, I see so many people walking around who need to know what I know.  But I understand that they have to want it – I had to want it.  At 309.4 pounds, stuck on my couch because my knees would no longer lift me, I wanted it!  My darkest days were 366 days ago!  A blip in the continuum.  This year went by like a strike of lightning!

Some of the things I’ve ‘gained’ on this journey have been huge surprises. Some of the things I’ve lost (other than weight) have been huge and sometimes sad releases.  I have an entire new set of friends who desire to be healthy, whole, and complete.  I also lost a few friends along the way who couldn’t handle that I was no longer that tragic fat woman. Wow yet again!

Getting right down to IT… I LOVE MY LIFE [now], and I love me!  I get out of bed each day with a true desire to LIVE!  To live each day to the fullest potential!  And to serve my fellow human beings – to help the next person feel the way I feel!  Who knew? Not me.  I didn’t know that my excessive weight; the bane of my existence would end up leading me directly into what I always wanted – a true PURPOSE!  How many times can a woman say WOW without being cliché!?  (As many times as she pleases in a life-changing illustration!)

Before I go, I’d like to express my gratitude to those of you who had a hand in my success during the past 365 days on planet Earth.  And I don’t think you know who you are; I’m pretty sure you didn’t know you were one of the main characters who played a significant role in my personal transformation, development, and success.  So, if I send this letter to you personally, consider yourself one of my Angels of the past 365 days of my life – thank you for everything you did to help me gain the life I have today!  Thank you for encouraging me, noticing my efforts, accepting my changes, showing me my success in your face – you have been the mirror of my truth!  Thank you from the bottom to the top of my heart!

Tomorrows a new day – day number one of my new life – I can’t wait to see what’s coming next! 

Happy New Year – Happy New Me!

Carla ChristinaContreras
Ashland City, TN
September 11, 2014

Wanna know more about what Carla did to be successful? Go to this link: HERE