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DUTCHbeingME Believe. Imagine. Dream. Live. Home About me… Where I live… The real me… The senses of me… My Weight Loss Journey… My Lifelist… About the blog… Mar 31 2010 Weight Loss Wednesday: Back on track… Uncategorized, WW Wednesday It only takes a moment. A single thought. A feeling really. First of justification of the lifestyle I want to live. Then of a fear that I will not continue to live the way I want. Or maybe it’s a fear of failure. But with all of this… the thoughts still resound within my head. And I’m back into weight loss (rather than maintenance) mode. The realization that my jeans may not sit on my hips the way I want. The disappointment that I can’t wear my favorite ring because it’s just a little bit too tight. Seeing myself drive through numerous fast food joints… because it’s easy. And not going to the gym because I want to sleep in. But this is over. I am back on track. Don’t forget to check out my giveaway (FYI — open to US & Canada Residents only.) | Comments (0) Mar 30 2010 Post-It Note Tuesday: I {heart} comments – sometimes even spam… Post-it Tuesday Supah’s blog!! And a couple things not to forget to check out… My first giveaway (a Thomas Paul Tree Bag!) I also did a vlog yesterday — I’m such a dork… but I’m looking for feedback. What do you think??? | Comments (14) Mar 29 2010 My first vlog… video I can’t believe I did this for you all. But here it is. My first video blog. Actually it was kinda fun. Although it took about 15 takes — seriously. And don’t get me started if I have to figure out how to edit one of these… cuz that’s just not going to happen. Let me know if you like it. Maybe I’ll do another. Maybe. And don’t forget to enter my giveaway! | Comments (6) Mar 29 2010 Oh, what a weekend – and my first giveaway… giveaway, life This has been quite a weekend… Friday night I cleaned. Seriously cleaned meaning that when I vacuumed (yes, I know I said I hated doing it… but it’s necessary!) I actually moved the chair in my living room and the bar stools and table in my dining room. I’m just saying, I don’t think the floor has been this clean since the roomie moved out a year ago. Saturday my family {and some of my dad/brother’s friends} went to the Michigan high school basketball finals at the Breslin Center (MSU Campus) in East Lansing. I realized that I don’t think I’ve ever been to the Breslin Center before… not bad. And we saw some interesting (and not so interesting) games – and players – that day as well. All in all, really glad that I went and had a great time. Then came Sunday. My cold is still not gone — and now I sound like Phoebe from Friends in the episode where she has a cold and thus creates her “sexy singing voice”. I’ve been challenged by Ms. Random on twitter last night to create a v-log singing “Smelly Cat”. We’ll see if I can get it taped today with one of my coworkers… and if I can remember the words to “Smelly Cat.” So that’s what I did this weekend… I hope you had a splendid time as well! But now I am happy to announce… My FIRST Giveaway EVER!!! Yes, you read that right. And I’m hoping that it’s the start of something here… something new… something fresh… and I promise, something that won’t happen every day — maybe once a month. Anyway, for anyone that knows me (especially those in my everyday real life) you know that I love bags/purses. It’s seriously getting pretty bad in my closet. I have an organization system for them. So when CSN Stores approached me about offering this Thomas Paul bag… I was all about it. Features: 100% cotton fabric An elegant Black tree print White tote with Black print on both sides and Lime Green trim and handle 14? W x 16? D So what do you think? Isn’t it cool… I love it and would love to win it. But I promise I won’t enter! Here’s what you can do — and I’m giving everyone an opportunity to get 7 entries!! (Just remember to enter a new comment for each entry.) 1. Leave a comment below letting me know what you love about DUTCHbeingME… or maybe an idea of something that you would want me to blog about. 2. Become (or confirm that you are) a follower — or follow my RSS feed. 3. Blog about this giveaway (including a link back to this post.) 4. Follow me on Twitter — find me at http://twitter.com/dutchbeingme. 5. Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter (be sure to include @dutchbeingme in your tweet!) 6. Become a DUTCHbeingME follower on Facebook. (Or confirm that you already are.) 7. When you do all of the above… let me know by leaving one more comments for a BONUS entry! You have until 11:59pm on April 4 to enter for this fabulous bag. The winner will be chosen via Random.org – so I can’t stress enough to make sure to put in separate comments for your entries! Once the winner is selected, I will announce it here, on twitter and will contact you via the e-mail you provide so that I can get your shipping information. If an invalid e-mail is provided, the prize will be awarded to another winner. CLARIFICATION UPDATE on 3/30: This giveaway is open to USA & Canada residents only! SORRY for the late modification!!!!!! So even though Monday’s are known to be bad days… hopefully this one provides a slight ray of sunshine on yours! Disclosure: CSN Stores is providing the handbag and will ship directly to the winner. Julie/DUTCHbeingME is not being compensated for offering this giveaway. | Comments (28) Mar 26 2010 10 Things you might not know… me Tonight I caught up on some much needed blog reading… trying to get out of this funk I’ve been in… and came across Beth Moore’s Living Proof Ministries blog. I forgot how much I need the encouragement from Beth, Amanda & Melissa on a daily – or at least one or two times a week – basis… it just makes things right. It makes me smile. It makes me feel better. And I think I need to find more blogs that can continue to encourage me. So anyway – earlier this week, Beth chronicled 10 things that you might not know about herself. And now I’m feeling the blogging spirit awaken within me… so here is my 10. Enjoy! 1. I earned my certificate in Travel Planning in 2000. I’ve never used it but want to. Career change? 2. I don’t have a favorite color. It changes daily – and sometimes more than once a day. God created lots of pretty colors. I like most of them. 3. I hate (no… make that H.A.T.E.) vacuuming. I don’t know why. 4. I’ve always wanted a nickname that doesn’t relate back to my actual name. 5. I carry a book with me {almost} everywhere I go. I like to read on my lunch hour… while waiting for a train… anywhere. 6. Four things that make me feel like a special girl… a phone call from a friend just to chat, flowers, getting/giving a hug and a manicure. 7. I’ve never read the entire Bible. It’s still very high on my “want to do” list. 8. When I was growing up, my family discussed 4 sports around the dinner table often. We called them the four “B’s”. Conversations still revolve around Baseball, Basketball, Bicycling and Bowling. 9. I got my nose pierced a couple of years ago. I feel like I am judged for being a “rebel” now… instead of being overweight. 10. I feel so much better when I end the day and the dishes are done. I think I get this from my mom. What are some things that people don’t know about you? | Comments (6) Mar 25 2010 Thoughts on a Thursday… thoughts I am finally feeling better. Being sick sucks. Lots. I went through a whole box of Kleenex (or more) and it’s still not completely gone. But I am back at life. Just not back in the blog world yet. My apologies. Be sure to come back on Monday though… I will be announcing my first giveaway!! Here are some of my thoughts about my life — and where I am at in all of it……. I am angry. And I don’t know why. I know I need a change. A desperate change… in more than one area of my life. I just wish I knew how this change will come about… or how I can make more happen of it. I need to stop feeling like I want to punch a hole in a wall… which I learned from a classmate in 7th grade when he stuck his hand through a cupboard door – this could be both painful and expensive. I know I can do anything… but why do I feel like I am accomplishing nothing. I want to be open to God’s leading, but right now I just feel like everything is so far away in my faith. I am trying to read the Bible more, I am trying to get back into my studies… I want to get back to my weight watcher’s goal weight, but don’t want to give up what I have become accustomed to in the past few weeks. I need to start counting points again… and getting back to those good healthy guidelines. It’s been a year since I’ve been on a date. Yeah. Let’s just not go there. I really don’t want to leave you on such a sour note… but that’s where I’m at. Hopefully this weekend I will re-gain some much needed ground in the world of my thoughts. And I’ll get to watch some good high school basketball. Spend time with family. Spend time with friends. So to the world of blogging… and twitter… I am sorry for the break, but it is much needed for my sanity. {i think} | Comments (5) Mar 22 2010 Out sick… me I know that I haven’t written anything new all weekend. I have a pretty good excuse… or at least I think it’s pretty good. I’m not feeling so hot. It’s been a weekend filled with March Madness (at it’s best I might add) basketball, a 5k run (more to come on that), and me laying around in bed – on the couch – and trying to figure out how to get better without wanting to go anywhere. So I’m hoping to be back for Post It Note Tuesday tomorrow. Until then… bring on the tissues. | Comments (4) Mar 19 2010 Friday Follow: My first edition… blogs I’ve seen this friday follow thing on a few blogs I visit – but haven’t been able to participate very well {because it can take up A LOT of time if you are reading any number of the blogs} due to my work schedule. And today, while I am starting late, is much better because I am home watching basketball… trying to give my blog a makeover… and well, trying not to get sick. {But that’s a whole other blog post!} < So here I am trying to find some new bloggy friends to follow — trying to be inspired and to learn new things. Hopefully I can do all of that today… and maybe even get a nap in! Click here to enter your link and view the entire list of entered links… | Comments (6) Mar 18 2010 Weight Loss Thursday: Oh the comments you hear… WW Wednesday First, I know that this was formerly called “Weight Watchers” Wednesday – but until the company sponsors me for the posts, I think I’m going stop promoting them so explicitly. Not to say that I won’t ever mention Weight Watchers… I will… but it’s because the company and their program has been such an integral part of the weight loss journey that I’ve been on. But that being said — I’d really love for them to sponsor me! (Hint, Hint…) Second… before I forget… next week “Weight Loss Wednesday” will be back to it’s original state. And if you are interested… I may put up a linky for anyone else who wants to post about how your weight loss journey is going… what has affected you most… things you struggle with. Leave me a comment to let me know if you are interested! (I’ll figure out how it’s done if I have to cross that bridge!) This past week has been filled with some crazy stuff. A coworker on vacation making my workdays less “normal” and filled with things that I don’t normally encounter. Not that it’s been bad, just different. I do however feel like some of my work projects that have been hanging around for a while are finally starting to clear up, and I might not be under a mountain (or what feels like a mountain right now). So with all of that around me, I’ve been lacking on my workouts and increasing on the food intake. Before you start jumping into the comments… I am maintaining {a little above goal weight} right now… so all is good. But Friday night didn’t start out particularly well. I’d had a hard day… and really just wanted to relax. So I got pizza… and well, let’s just say it wasn’t pretty. In fact, I was pretty ashamed of myself. For full disclosure… I will also say there was some chocolate involved too. So picture it… me sitting, er… laying on my futon with my computer on my lap. My goal for the weekend was to be following 900 people in the hopes that some would reciprocate (I don’t expect it… well, unless it is #yotweeps time) and I would have 500 people following me. Yes, I realize it was probably a stupid goal, but I’m a dork… so humor me. Sometime that evening I had a great conversation (twittervation?) with Stefany @ToBeThode (you can visit her blog here). Stefany is going through her weight loss journey currently and we’ve been tweeting about this recently. This is how our conversation started… “I was talking about you yesterday. Were your ears burning? I was talking about my bad weigh-in weeks and how you told me that you had many ups and downs in your journey… that you are my true inspiration and I can only hope to be as successful as you have been.” How sweet is that!?!?! I’m telling you the truth when I say that she brought me to tears that night. Comments can be amazing. She completely turned my night around and actually probably brought me back from giving up for the month altogether. Sometimes the comments can be simple and encouraging to change your entire mindset. “You look great” & “How much have you lost?” are a couple of good comments that I get frequently. But that’s understandable with my journey and how far I’ve come. I have a lot of people that don’t recognize me right away — and then are shocked at what I look like. I’m tell you, that’s as good as a really nice compliment. These looks, good comments/compliments really kept {and keep!} me going on the journey. They lift spirits, they can brighten a day and simply said, it brings a ray of hope back into your life if things have been going negatively. Reversely… negative comments can start a tailspin that leave the weight loss journey in the dust. When I’m not eating right, I become a negative person about my losses… about the way I feel about myself… about the outlook of what I can do. But it doesn’t compare to how comments from others can do the same thing. “Just one bite won’t hurt!” {oh yes, it will.} “But you’re so skinny”… or what I’ve been getting recently “You’re too thin”. These comments not only don’t help the person that is trying to change their habits. It really puts a sense of negativity in your head. And when it comes from people that care about you {and vice versa} it can give the sense that they don’t care — or that they don’t want what is in your best interest. That’s usually not the case, but I know what it feels like to have a “taste” of something… and then go home and binge for the afternoon because you just want more of it. I never showed this side of myself to my family and friends. NEVER. But that’s another blog post for another time. What I guess I’m trying to say here (I think I sidetracked myself)… comments really can make your weight loss journey. Don’t do the journey alone… because there are a lot of people that want to support you and help you succeed. I am one of them. You just have to tell me what you are up to – connect with me on twitter or e-mail. I would love to be a support to you — not only with encouragement, but also to let you know that someone else has tread the waters… because there’s not much in this journey I haven’t experienced! Now I want to know… are there comments that derail you? Comments that make you want to jump up and down? Things that others do that make you feel like you can conquer the world? I hope so. Because of the amazing enouragements I’ve received throughout the years I wouldn’t be where I am… especially for many who are reading this. I know who you are — and I just want to say… THANK YOU! | Comments (3) Mar 16 2010 Yo Tweeps… twitter For those of you wondering what is happening here today… and why the Weight Loss Wednesday post is not here… well, I’m playing on Twitter. It’s kinda fun… and well, I’m following the cool kids. Tomorrow will be Weight Loss Wednesday (er… Thursday). I promise. And I think it’s really good. But that’s because it’s a true story that happened to me this week. So come back tomorrow. Pleeeeeeease????!!!! Anywhoooooo…. back to Yo Tweeps. Because you are probably wondering what I am talking about. Last Saturday I saw a number of people on Twitter putting in #YoTweeps into their tweets. I became curious. I started getting nosy. I wanted in. And so I went to SupahMommy’s blog to check things out. And there I found my answer! It’s all about tweeting with other tweeps (or networking for those that aren’t in the social media circles.) How cool is this? Just another amazing way to get to know more people on twitter — and be able to read their blogs! Yay! You can find me on Twitter @dutchbeingme Next week I’ll have one of the buttons the cool kids have for their twitter icon… I just didn’t want to stay up til 2 or 3 am trying to find the perfect one. DIRECTIONS: To play along and increase your twitter twaffic do the following: 1. Follow the first 5 Twitter Twaffic hosts listed on the linky. Netiquette and courtesy! They’ll reciprocate your love on twitter! 2. MAKE A BLOG POST LIKE I am doing. Copy and Paste these directions. 3. Grab the YO Tweeps Twaffic Exchange Button from SupahMommy. Put him in your post. 4. Put a twitter icon/link on your blog post like I did. It should directly link to your TWITTER PROFILE. 5. Now link up your post below to join in the fun! 6. Visit some other #YOTweeps linkers on the list. 7. Follow them if you choose and shout out to them on twitter that you are following so they can instantly follow you if they’re on. (Follow their blog as well if you’re interested.) Example: @personsname #yotweeps I’m following! 8. If someone follows you JUST reciprocate. It’s that easy. Spread the word. WE’LL BE BACK every THURSDAY TO DO THIS AGAIN! ( yes THURSDAY) p.s. Tweetdeck.com is AWESOME and makes this game of twitter SO MUCH EASIER and fun. Doesn’t this seem like a great time??? I can’t wait to participate today! | Comments (2) « Older Search for: People who love me… Places I visit… Conferences… Join me… DUTCHbeingMEPromote Your Page Too Visit A Woman Inspired Previously written… March 2010 S M T W T F S « Feb 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Patagonia Theme designed by Wp Themes Planet and proudly powered by WordPress - 55ca547a5b8091b1eef51a2119c8bf31334aa769f464da55da0b31cc0313e4fc
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