By slowly and steadily making those small decisions towards a healthier lifestyle you build momentum and achieve your goals.
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Wellness Tip of the Day: You are able to make good decisions about what, when, and how much you are eating. Now, decide to follow through with those decisions.
Wellness Tip of the Day: The decisions you make today are investments in your future. Are you choosing to create a healthy, slim, and strong body as you age—or not?
Wellness Tip of the Day: Put all of your support behind decisions. Feel confident in the exercise or food you are choosing. Know you are on the right path.
Wellness Tip of the Day: Are your actions supporting your goals? Examine your habits. Where do you need to make new decisions that reflect your priorities?
Wellness Tip of the Day: By slowly and steadily making those small decisions towards a healthier lifestyle you build momentum and achieve your goals.
My eating has been less than perfect this week. It hasn’t been horrible, but it hasn’t been spot on, either.
What I love reflecting on is that in the fairly recent past, not being perfect would have meant giving up altogether. My thinking would have been along the lines of, “I’ve blown it,” followed by a lot of really harsh self-criticism that would have resulted in regaining the weight I had just lost.
That old negative, catabolic assault on my mind, body, and spirit felt terrible! It truly was verbal abuse inflicted on myself. I’m so glad I don’t do that anymore!
But this morning, I became aware of a slight undercurrent of catabolic thoughts and feelings (guilt) resulting from a few higher calorie food choices.
Since I am aware of it, I’m going to address it right here and right now.
While I have set some goals for an 18-week transformation challenge, my wellness goals will not end there. I do not have to be perfect to meet my short and long-term goals. What matters most is that I am making progress, and I am definitely doing that.
Yesterday is done. Forget about it. Focus on the choices I am making today. Yes, this weekend will be challenging being with my folks, traveling, and it being my husband’s birthday, but I have the skills and determination to make the best possible choices—and still allow myself to have a good time and truly appreciate what I am eating. As Tony Horton says, “I will do my best and forget the rest.”
And I am doing a great job of getting my workouts in, and my slight splurges have not been nutritionally out there. It’s important to give myself credit where credit is due.
I definitely have the ability to make good decisions about what, when, and how much I am eating—and can follow through with those decisions. One thing I know for sure is that consistently making those small decisions to eat healthy foods and move my body pays off so much. There is not much I love more than physically feeling good and being in alignment mind, body, and spirit.
After this little talk, I feel a huge surge of anabolic energy that I can use to help stay on track this weekend. If I am less than perfect, what’s important is to be aware of and minimize the catabolic self-talk.
Paying attention to my thoughts impacts my feelings, which absolutely results in actions that are either taking me towards my goals or away from them.
Has this example of my internal dialogue been helpful for you? What are the things you do to get yourself back on track when you have been less than perfect? How does that help you reach your goals?
Together we can do it!
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Yesterday’s blog was on figuring out your heart-felt reasons Why you want to achieve your goal. The next step is to decide.
Not only are you deciding how you will proceed, but most importantly you are deciding how intensely you will proceed. The power of your decision behind going after your goals will determine your level of success.
For instance, if you decide, “I think I’m going to lose weight,” that’s the level of commitment you bring to the process. It’s fairly tepid and you may lose a little weight, but chances are you won’t keep it up long-term.
If you decide, “It’s important to me for these reasons to lose X amount of weight,” your commitment will likely be stronger. You may get discouraged or derailed, but you are more likely to meet your goals.
If you decide, “I am going to do whatever it takes to lose X amount of weight and achieve these measurable goals because of these heart-felt reasons,” then your chances of success skyrockets. With this momentum behind you, if you stumble or face a challenge, you are much more likely to pick yourself up and keep going.
What often gets in people’s way is they think decisions are made once. Each moment of every day, you are deciding. You must be aware of these decisions and continually decide to move towards our goal.
Decisions like, “In this moment of this workout, am I going to give it my all, or ease up? Am I going to plan my meals, or am I going chance it? Am I going to eat what is on my plan, or am I going to have a little treat? Am I going to go to bed and get enough rest, or am I going to stay up and watch this movie?”
Some ways to increase the power of your decision are to have a powerful Why, and review it often. Figure out how achieving your goal will make you feel, and strive to feel that way as much as possible. Pay attention to your beliefs about what you can achieve and what you deserve, and reframe them if necessary so that they help you move forward instead of hold you back. Visualize and focus on your goal being yours so completely that you feel as if you already have it.
What are some ways that you can increase the power of your decision? How will you respond if you hit a bump or are less than perfect in your moment-to-moment decisions? How can you let go of any belief other than you can have what you wish to achieve?
Together we can do it!
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Wellness Tip of the Day: Just consistently making those small decisions to eat healthy foods and move your body pays off so much.
Wellness Tip of the Day: By slowly and steadily making those small decisions towards a healthier lifestyle you build momentum and achieve your goals.
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