Seven years ago, author Janice Taylor, permanently removed over 50 pounds of excess weight. She utilized weight loss as a vehicle for reinvention and transformation. Taylor has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, New York Times, New York Post, New York Daily News, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun Times, Fitness magazine, Health magazine, CNN.com, Religion and Spirituality, has appeared on View from the Bay, San Francisco, Discovery Health, Naomi’s New Morning, Hallmark Channel, FitTV.

She is a Life & Wellness Coach, Certified Hypnotist, Neurolinguistic Practitioner, as well as the author of All Is Forgiven, Move On: Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat-burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville (May 2008) and Our Lady of Weight Loss: Miraculous and Motivational Musings from the Patron Saint of Permanent Fat Removal (Fall 2006.) Janice is also the creator of the very popular e-newsletter Kick in the Tush Club, and a syndicated blogger for Beliefnet .

Taylor leads workshops at a number of wellness centers across America, including Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York, The Crossings, Austin, Texas and Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, The Berkshires, Massachusetts.

Taylor is a member of the International Coach Federation, Association for Integrative Psychology, CIVA (Christians In the Visual Arts). She has studied at New York Society of Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Hypnosis, American Pacific University, NLP Center of New York and New York University. She is also a co-founder of artHARLEM, a grassroots Harlem, New York art organization.

Janice Taylor--

Under Attack!! Rude Remarks that Ruffle My Feathers

Every so often, someone says something to me about my newly found thinness that is upsetting and sends me reeling. (Yes, it's been seven years since I permanently removed over 50 pounds, but it still feels newly found. Until I have lived more years thin than fat, I shall consider myself newly thin.)

Attacks have been made on my weigh-of-life - some critical of my eating style, some critical of my tight jeans, some lash out over my arched eyebrows.

When we change in any way, shape or form, it sometimes upsets other people's apple carts. They are unnerved. It's important to remember that it's not about us; it's about them and there is no truth to what they are saying.

The attacker is more than likely overcome by a flurry of uncomfortable feelings. If they feel threatened by your new lifestyle, your new sveltness, your beauty, your calm, your fabulous hair ... anything ... they may lash out. Their emotions are spilling out and over.

What to do?

• Stay cool man, real cool. - No point in escalating the negative vibes.
• Remember - it's not about you. You are not responsible for the attackers issues.
• Do NOT counter attack. If you feel compelled to say something, simply express how you felt when they said what they said. You do not want to escalate the 'war.'
• Take in a deep breath.
• Smile and walk away.
• You cannot control other people's actions, but you can control your own.

What's your 'stay cool' strategy? Comment below!

Spread the word ... NOT the icing,
Janice

Avoiding The Family Fat

Do You Have "Trigger" Food Issues?