"The Call" came from David Medansky's doctor. "You have a 95% chance of having a heart attack. You must lose 50 pounds or you will die. You have two choices now. Either lose the weight or get another doctor."
OMG. What's a guy to do?
Fortunately David did what he "should do" and he lost the 50 pounds. My late husband didn't heed the call and he passed away from a massive heart attack at age 55.
Have you lost 50 pounds only to have "found" them again the next year? What does drinking water have to do with a lifestyle change? Anyone in your family die of a heart attack due to diabetes or excessive weight.
Have you tried and failed at every diet and weight loss program you've attempted? David says the average person has tried 126 diets over his lifetime and we've lost the same 10 pounds over and over. If diets and weight loss programs REALLY worked, then all the companies making $$ would be out of business.
It's time to STOP DIETING, and START THINNING. It's an attitude change and one we can all make - join Debby Montgomery Johnson and David Medansky review the 9 golden rules of weight-loss for people who live to eat and for those who eat to live.
Quick review of the RULES from our Anti-Diet Advocate, David Medansky.
1. Drink Water (Find out how much and when)
2. Avoid fake foods
3. Eat Wholesome foods (the ones on the outside aisles of the grocery stores.)
4. Eat slowly
5. Eat smaller portions (plate size does matter and did you know BLUE plates are the best for appetite suppression?)
6. Sleep more
7. Rest to digest - intermittent fasting isn't difficult if you sleep enough.
8. Think positive. Just a declarative rather than an affirmative. I don't is stronger than I can't...can't can be negotiated!
9. Walk every day
Simple but time tested rules and it's a cup of water away. KISS this one into your life...it's simple and effective.
You can hear more from David Medansky at www.https://iamthinning.com/ or breakthedietchains.com
Debby Montgomery Johnson is President of BenfoComplete.com and founder of The Woman Behind The Smile, www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com
#Health #Wellness #Diet #Thinning #Heart Attack
0:05 David’s story of how he started on his journey of thinning not losing weight.
3:15 What do you mean by “anti-diet”?
7:10 Where did the family accountability partners come from?
14:38 What is the problem with processed and manufactured foods?
17:37When you start looking at food in a different way, then you have to look at the ingredients.
23:25 The scale is just a number -
29:33 The importance of changing the mindset of your clients.
33:41 The number of calories and grams of sugar per day for men and women.
40:39 It's a mindset, not a choice.
45:10 Losing the weight or die.
49:21 Why you need an attitude adjustment.
54:38 Keep track of your water intake.
59:31 David’s story resonates with your story, and he shares it.
What do Women's Prosperity Network (WPN) and Itty Bitty™ Publishing have in common? 15 Expert women entrepreneurs Standing Up & Speaking Up and telling the stories of their businesses! Many for the first time are telling the world about their health and wellness, business development, or publishing companies and today they launch on Amazon, The Amazing Itty Bitty™ WPN Experts Compilation Book. We welcome Nancy Matthews, Founding Sister of WPN, and Suzy Prudden, CEO Itty Bitty Publishers (surprise guest!) Debby Montgomery Johnson, Founder of The Woman Behind The Smile and podcast host of Stand Up & Speak Up is one of the 15 authors and although it's not her first book, it is the FIRST time she speaks about BenfoComplete.com, her vitamin supplement company. Check out www.BenfoComplete.com for Benfotiamine (Vit B-1) supplements that reduce/alleviate the pins and needles of neuropathy.
This is a fun conversation by three women entrepreneurs who inspire, encourage, and advocate for other women to become CEOs of their own companies. For a copy of the Amazing Itty Bitty™ WPN Experts Compilation Book, check www.womensprosperitynetwork/itty.
#WomenEntrepreneurs #StandUp&SpeakUp #IttyBittyPublishers #WPN
15 Women Entrepreneurs, all "sisters" in Women's Prosperity Network have come together with Suzy Prudden Publishing to share the 'highlights" of their business stories. Your Amazing Itty Bitty™ WPN Experts Compilation Book showcases 15 BIG messages in an little package and today's show brings PeggyLee Hanson, Courageous Women Publications, and Anna M. Brooks, Seek Wise Counsel, share with Debby Montgomery Johnson, www.BenfoComplete.com, about WHY they wrote their Itty Bitty™ chapter and what's next. Each of us pivots and changes direction multiple times in our lives and our stories matter. Be THE ONE for someone thinking they are alone in the world. Be THE ONE to encourage others to write their stories. Be THE ONE to provide guidance in streamlining your business day. Be THE ONE to raise awareness that Alzheimer's is considered by researchers to be Type 3 Diabetes and there may be a supplement available that might slow the progression of the disease. Your Amazing Itty Bitty™ WPN Experts Compilation Book launches on Amazon on Dec 8, 2023 and we want you to Be Aware!
Thanks to Suzy Prudden Publishing and Women's Prosperity Network for bring these authors together in an Amazing Itty Bitty International Best Seller (yes, the Secret is to Believing!)
Are you a VICTIM? SURVIVOR? or THRIVER?
How do you move on with your life after the sudden loss of your husband, and then being scammed/taken in an online relationship scam? Life could end and it has, literally for many victims, with the suicide rate skyrocketing over the last few years. You could crawl under a rock and hide. You could isolate and watch Hallmark movies and eat M&Ms or you can STAND UP & SPEAK UP! Debby Montgomery Johnson did a little of the first two options but then decided to make a difference in the lives of others and this is her story of THRIVING after several of life's curve balls. April 8, 2010, Louis Montgomery walked out of the house and within 24 hours died of a massive heart attack. Two years later Debby had suffered a financial blow and a loss of over $1M in an online dating relationship gone BAD (see her story at www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com.) It's been 10 years since the scam reveal and Debby, now a Director of The Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams (SCARS), is making a PIVOT to speak up for her company, www.BenfoComplete.com, a woman-Veteran owned small vitamin supplement business, providing an alternative solution for those suffering from neuropathy. "What happened to me, I believe, had a reason and I'm here to help just one woman/man not get scammed (Beware and Be Aware) or recover from the emotional TRAUMA and financial fraud perpetrated by CRIMINALS."
Debby is interviewed by Dr. Tim McGuinness, Founding Director of SCARS. If you or someone you know is a victim of an online relationship fraud, check out www.RomanceScamsNow.com for additional information and support. You are NOT alone.
Stand Up & Speak Up with host Debby Montgomery Johnson and special guest, Flavia Powell, from Norwich, UK. Flavia grew up in Romania with outhouses and sunflower toilet "paper" - smooth as a babies' behind! She flittered about "carefree" while living in a home filled with stress and abuse. She was taken away from communism to a promised life in the UK where university and living expenses were to be taken care of by her "guardian angel." That "angel" groomed her to take care of HIS "needs" and when she realized her ideal life was less than ideal and wanted to leave, she was cut off and put out. Flavia's story wasn't told until she was grown and the trauma came out again when she wrote her story in Notes To My Younger Self, Vol 2, in the Pay It Forward Series. She and Debby are "book sisters" and both live with knowing their "stories" were meant to be told to help one "sister" in the world and they have.
This show is about Abuse, Self-destructing behaviors, Negative Emotions, and RESILIENCY! Our pain can become our purpose and our passion.
#Sexual Abuse #Verbal Abuse #Living Under Communist Rule #SMILES #Healthy Relationships
To contact Flavia Powell: www.flaviapowell.co.uk/
Veterans - We THANK YOU - and in this Stand Up & Speak Up show, Debby talks to Jane Babcock, Veterans Service Officer (VSO) about the benefits available to those of US who have served in the military. What's a VSO and how can they assist veterans? VA Benefits include education, housing/property tax, medical, retirement, disability and more. Register your DD 214 with the county? Burial honors available at National Cemeteries and local cemeteries. Benefits may be available to families/widows/children...Contact your local VSO and learn more. You don't know what you're eligible for until you ASK!
Laugh, learn and leave with practical ways to refuel your LIFE is what Stand Up & Speak Up special guest, Kim McIntyre, shared with Debby Montgomery Johnson today. Joke of the Day: "My wife got stung by a bee on the cheek last night. She's still in the ER today. Her face is all swollen and bruised, she almost died. Luck for her I was close enough to hit the bee with my shovel!"
OMG, I can hear my dad cracking up up as he tells that joke, especially with mom sitting nearby with her face bruised up because of falling over a concrete parking block...Sorry mom - it was a funny joke!
When did we all get so SERIOUS? When our moms said "shhhh - be quiet and settle down."
Well, it's time to give yourself PERMISSION to have fun and to laugh and to have JOY. Joy and laughter are not frivolous - they're energy for your soul.
Take a minute and download Kim's 10 Powerful Questions to Rediscover Your Joyful Self - they'll get you singing to ABBA, Take a Chance on Me!
Kim can be contacted at www.JoyfulBeing.com and Debby is at www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com
Enjoy a belly laugh on us!
#TheWomanBehindTheSmile #DebbyMontgomeryJohnson #KimMcIntyre #StandUp&SpeakUp
Ever feel like "Creepy Guy" is watching you? Have you ever been "Phished" online and lost control of your social media accounts? What a hassle those can be. It's time to BEWARE and Be Aware about your Situation Awareness, personal security and online presence. My guest, Mike Dandridge, Founder of CD Risk Consulting, is our own personal protection guru and with 20-plus years of security training and experience, he's got the tips and strategies to keep you "off the X" and safe in your home or on the road. Our conversations takes us from encountering "Creepy Guy" to reporting to law enforcement to traveling security tips. Enjoy and stay safe.
Listen to your Gut; Have a dating/security buddy; Posture Up and be confident; Get off the X and have an exit plan.
Contact Mike Dandride at www.CDRiskConsulting.com
Contact Debby@TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com
What do Bees and Ballet, The Yankees vs the Mets, and Ballet and Pickleball have to do with finding the dreams of your heart?
This week's Stand Up & Speak Up with special guest Debby Kruszewski and host Debby Montgomery Johnson is all about surviving the Dream Crushers and living your best life. Feel like your corporate "success" job is holding you down - in spite of the $$$? Are you unhappy, numb, exhausted, and feeling "dead" but still breathing?
It's time for a change. It's time to #DREAMBIG. It's time to buzz like a bee and pollinate the world with your positivity. A smile can change the grocery line. A "Thank you" can change the trajectory of someone's life and may impact generations to come. Don't feel out of place or in the land of Misfits - it's time to LEAD from the heart.
#StandUp&SpeakUp #DreamBig #Money #TheDreamPollinator #DebbyMontgomeryJohnson #DebbyKrusz
Stand Up & Speak Up special guest, Denise Garrett, doesn't like LABELS. Labels make you smaller and you live "up" to them, so if you're worried that people are talking about you, STOP! They are, and there's nothing you can do about them, but you CAN take your power and play to your strengths. Dissatisfied with her corporate position, Denise wanted change and put it out to the UNIVERSE! A friend suggested the Fire Department and Denise said "You can die from that!" Well, yes, you can, but you can also die walking across the street! Denise soon became her town's first female fire fighter and with 100% commitment and determination, she got past the hazing and became the fire house's diamond - strong under pressure, able to get in smaller places, and the Courage Whisperer!
"Have you ever been scared?" ABSOLUTELY, but do it anyway. Find out what the lesson is in your adversities and you might be EMPOWERED to NOT make the same mistake again.
#Firefighter #PersonalDevelopmentCoach #Rescuer #HappilyEverAfterDivorce #CourageousLeadershipAcademy #DebbyMontgomeryJohnson
Jennifer Lee was held up at gun point in a busy shopping mall. "Give me your money" he said - "Give me your money." The story began there and continues today as she Stands Up & Speaks Up as a survivor/advocate and host of "I Need Blue" podcast. Rescued by law enforcement, Jen was immediately grateful for the 911 assistance and the officers who responded to the robbery. However, like many victims of crime she put up the mask and became a Woman Behind the Smile - until years later when she recounted her story. Now her pain would become her passion and her purpose and she wanted other victims to know they weren't alone. Her determination is stronger than her fear. Trauma changes your life - Tell your story. Stand Up & Speak is hosted by Debby Montgomery Johnson, a Survivor/Victim Advocate and together with Jennifer, they encourage victims to share their stories.
#Robbery #Gun Point #Trauma #TheWomanBehindTheSmile
Stand Up & Speak Up with Debby Montgomery Johnson and Chad Osinga.
Sniper duty prepared for the unexpected yet his life took turns even he couldn't have planned for. Growing up in a drug house with a mother addicted to cocaine, Chad looked to the only mentors around and they provided nothing positive. Thinking that life was a success if you were to the TOP DRUG SALESMAN, Chad broke free. He joined the Army, with his wife and first child at this side. Basic Training and advanced operational training knocked him down yet brought him back UP to heights of confidence, courage, and personal awareness that he had VALUE. At the top of his "game" professionally, his family life took a hit when his 5 year old daughter suffered a stroke. His two younger sons were diagnosed on the spectrum of Autism and he got hit, not once, but TWICE while enjoying "wind therapy" riding his beloved motorcycles. I believe this man has 9 lives and he's on the 7th - he's got resilience and is known as Mr. Tenacity. Join us and see why he's not six feet under.
* Hesitation is the magnifier to fear.
*Every mistake is feedback!
*You are NOT your past
#GoKillit #Addiction #Tenacity
Listen to Chad at The Legend Is You Podcast. www.MrTenacity.com
Legacy! 93 years of experience - the good, the bad and the "You've got to be kidding!"
This's week's Stand Up & Speak Up is a Happy Birthday tribute to Dr. Jack Butz , affectionately knows as "Dr. Jack" to BenfoComplete.com clients and "Dad" to me and the rest of the family. As a follow-on conversation to "An Hour With Dad," which aired on Father's Day 2022, Dr. Jack talks about finances, investing, family and living a LONG, prosperous life. What's the KEY? Humor, Respect, and Good Genes!
#Family #Finances #Military #Marriage
"If Confidence were a Currency, would you be satisfied with your balance?" In this week's episode of Stand Up & Speak Up, our guest Jamie Dandar McKinney, professional coach, keynote speaker and author, says "Consider your CONFIDENCE like a bank account. Don't let any unauthorized withdrawals drain your account - and be sure to make daily deposits." A woman in the male dominated worlds of automotive and gas/oil for much of her career, Jamie wanted to ensure her VOICE was heard. not volume-wise, but power-wise because she was well-trained, well-educated, and had the RIGHT STUFF to communicate. She believes in having a MAC plan in your life (Mentor, Allies, Champions.) and she credits Derek Jeter with saying "Hit It To Me" as sign of true CONFIDENCE in his ability to get the job done. We all need HITM in our tool box.
#Confidence #JamieMcKinney #DebbyMontgomeryJohnson
Renee Reisch literally lost her voice in 2013 to a virus which not only robbed her of speaking but took away most of her spirit. Isolated by doctors, family and friends for 4 months she dreaded waking up to the pain. "Unzip this body and set me free" she thought. Doctors didn’t know if it was permanent damage. and she didn't know if she would ever speak again - a scary thought. The "gift" of time and healing slowly brought her back and therapists helped her regain her life, but with more meaning and purpose. Today Renee works with those who feel they are suffocating in silence and helps them find their voice and speak with confidence. Sisters by other misters, Renee speaks with Debby Montgomery Johnson on Stand Up & Speak Up. They join together in encouraging YOU to Find Your Voice, if not for yourself, then to be the ONE for someone needing to know they aren't alone.
Additional Stand Up & Speak Up shows are available at www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com
What do you do when you are a 6 foot tall teenage girl? You hang out with your 7 siblings and play basketball! Gaati Werema chose to study, play hard, and do the right things in order to be recruited by 40 colleges/universities and she went on to play in Romania, China and other international venues with professional Women's Basketball teams. However, her fame and "celebrity" never took her far away from her Christian background and desire to serve and give back. Gaati founded Ladies of The Game, LLC, in order to mentor young women that were growing up just like she did. She's a coach for not only basketball, but for life, showing the girls that it's just as important to know about finances as it is about throwing a "signature shot." Along the way Gaati learned a big lesson about TRUST and putting herself around good people - she was a victim of a real estate fraud when pursuing her dream of being a community developer. Lesson learned: Beware and Be Aware and that's what she empowers her Ladies of the Game!
Clutter - stuff in your closet, garage and even between your ears! The Clutter Expert, Mel Mason, joins Debby today for Part 2, It's All About The Clutter and the Outside is a mirror to the inside. Take 5 minutes in the morning to Allow The Now (ATN) and give yourself the gift of your PRESENCE. You can't change the past but your can rewrite your childhood story and make it HAPPY! Like the Marie Kondo method, or the OHIO (Only Hold It Once), then you'll LOVE Mel's 7 easy steps to DECLUTTER. Enjoy and take one square foot at a time!
www.freegiftfromMel.com
www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com
#Clutter #Onlinedatingscam #MelMason
Stand Up & Speak Up with Debby Montgomery Johnson and Dr. Leslie Austin
We’ve all met "impossible people" in our business and personal lives -- inconsiderate, abusive, or controlling people who just have to be “right and "win" all the time. Confronting or ignoring them doesn’t work, so what do you do? Staying stuck in this no-win pattern can leave you feeling frustrated and resentful – and getting nowhere! These challenging people seem to be everywhere these days!
It’s NEVER about changing the other person – even in healthy relationships. It you want to take your time and go slowly to build a relationship and get to know somebody, if they’re not willing to do that, if they are in a hurry, THEY ARE NOT THE PERSON FOR YOU because they’re not respecting your needs to go more slowly! If somebody is really interested in YOU, they’ll be there if you make them wait a little bit!
#Narcissists #Abuse #Relationship Fraud #FOMO
Are you in a relationship with an impossible person? Get's Dr. Leslie's guide here: https://www.leslieaustin.com/gift
Bankruptcy is that “B” word that we hide from…"DON’T DO IT because you’ll be considered a financial failure." Wrong – Bankruptcy is a tool in your financial toolbox and it could help you from paying for your past for the rest of your life. Bankruptcy isn’t a get out of jail free card for frequent flyers so don’t be a part of it by trying to game the system – financial fraud is FRAUD. Bankruptcy is a tool and Kathryn A. Hathaway shows us how to R.I.S.E Like a Phoenix out of the ashes of financial ruin. Take RESPONSIBLITY for your decisions. IMAGINE your future without debt and $ in the bank. SERVE others better than anyone else and EXPRESS gratitude for EVERYTHING on a daily basis. Kathryn Hathaway is board-certified in consumer bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification serving clients in Tallahassee, FL and is available for consultation for those living outside of Florida. www.HathawayLaw.Net
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Mary Ellen Ciganovich speaks R.E.A.L. Truth and it matters! Diagnosed with epilepsy as a 6 year old, Mary Ellen was told to hide it and pretend nothing was wrong with her. Laws on the books "back then" held that she couldn't get married or have children. Ministers preached that the devil was in folks, like her and that made her ANGRY. However, not wanting to get into the victim mode, which might have been easier for her, she stayed determined to love herself and other more. She realized that the words she chose to use mattered and the way she spoke mattered - and MANNERS matter. Mary Ellen did marry and have a baby and she asked GOD for one thing - don't let my child get "it" and then WHAM, came the diagnosis. Mad at GOD now? Change the perception and get a 2nd opinion. If those trials weren't enough Mary Ellen was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at age 38 and she's been a true survivor ever since. Mary Ellen reminds us to "Be R.E.A.L - Really Enthusiastic About Life - because being R.E.A.L. leads you to live your Truth, find your passion, and our purpose to make our world just a little bit better."
Find out more at www.AskMaryEllen.com
Debby Montgomery Johnson is a Victims Advocate, Speaker, Author and available at www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com