Good Sunday Morning...I know I will have a great day cause the Giants cannot break my heart today...they are on a bye and do not play!
First, I want to thank the several people who offered up suggestions for our book content. These ideas really help.
Yesterday I saw a young woman who entered our program about 12 weeks ago and has lost about 20 pounds. On the first visit she was very shy and almost withdrawn. Eye contact was even difficult.
12 weeks later..a completely new young woman...smiling...dressed to show her new look, an energy aura beyond belief...in essence, a total transformation...not just physically...but the entire persona.
Losing weight makes us healthier and helps reduce the medical co-morbidities associated. However, the benefits to self-esteem and self-confidence is amazing as well.
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A few more book ideas:
1. Put your mind there first, the rest will follow. Emphasizing BEING READY for health is key. For years I dabbled in weight loss measures as a part time pursuit. Just like with a job... IF I WANTED THE FULL BENEFITS PACKAGE I HAD TO GO FULL TIME, all the way and the first step was answering that question... AM I READY... COMPLETELY READY TO DO ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO GET THIS DONE AND MAINTAIN FOR A LIFETIME. It is difficult to expect rock'n, lasting results with part time investment.
2. TRY vs. I AM.... when we say I will try to loose weight it is not the same statement as I am loosing weight. Trying often has a link to DOUBT, a thought process of not being completely sure you can do everything to get to where you want to be. "I am trying to learn... I am trying out a new sport... I am trying to figure out this math problem." Not as powerful as being in the moment and saying I am loosing weight. I am doing this run. I am doing this step by step, each day with the new things I learn about health and myself in the process.
3. CEO or MAILROOM. Which role do we take on in our efforts. Are we going from one weight loss "job"/program to the next just taking in the information, reading it and waiting for IT to work .... or for others (upper management/professionals) to make IT work for us??? .. Or do we, as CEO, see ourselves at the CENTER... in charge of this process... Being CEO, yes is a looming task because the buck truely stops at your desk... HOWEVER..in the same breath, it is the CEO that, when the chips are down, with one staff meeting, knows to rally the troops/support, and get things moving either in a different creative direction or at a faster pace.
3. Giving yourself EVERYDAY the Kindergarden GOLD STAR EFFECT... Maybe a post it note reminder on your computer of little things you do each day that move you closer to health. "I made a point to get a full night's rest"... "I ate a healthy breakfast" ... "I chose water over soda 15 minutes ago". Realizing we sometimes focus to much on where we think we have failed ourselves and completely miss those SMALL THINGS WE DO TO HELP ourselves. Seeing these small successes visually and throughout the day in front of our eyes encourages us to build on them.
4. WHO ARE YOU DOING THIS FOR???Because everyday I know I am doing this for ME and no one else, those moments Aunt Rita is pushing her "you must try.. it's the holidays" decadant 700 calorie thanksgiving desert under my nose... my ME is strong enough to realize... Aunt Rita will not be there as I step on the scale the next day staring at the REAL AFTERTASTE of that desert! That same mind game we learned in college when our room mate wanted us to stay with them at that all night party.. knowing we had a huge exam the next morning.
Doing this truly for you means these "temptations" from others become less and less of an issue.. they just don't fit with what you want and your internal script becomes.. thanks but no thanks and forward on to what matters to you. Happy, healthy Sunday! DH44
Sorry... almost forgot.. For those multi-tasking moms out there.. two other things...
5. MARTHA STEWART DOES NOT LIVE HERE ANYMORE... For weight loss and maintenance to work for me, something had to give.. I had to re-set priorites. The laundry does not always have to happen first now.. priority for me now... real greens and healthy food in the frig along with workout time! I had to choose my physical health as a better reflection of who I am as more the priority over a pristine fully organized home.
and finally,
6. SAYING GOODBYE TO THE OVERWEIGHT GIRL LIVING IN THE CLOSET... I was keeping all those multiple larger size clothes hanging out in the closet. The thinking.. FEAR basically.. what if I regain the weight? I might need these again. However, by doing this I was just being Linus clutching a trusted security blanket and not moving forward. It took a while to realize and remember how unsecure I felt wearing these size 16, 18 clothes... True security for me now is being OK with who I am today. Keeping those larger sized clothing is no back-up plan for my forward plan.. :) DH44
Related to this topic, it would be interesting to include in your upcoming book why people after losing lots of weight (50+ pounds) regain it, sometimes multiple times, sometimes even more weight. Once a person has lost the weight you can definitely see the benefits to your health, self-esteem, and self-confidence, so why isn’t that enough incentive to maintain the weight loss. Even people who have lost weight following a healthy food plan and exercise program over a long period of time, often gain the weight back. Losing weight is hard work and takes will power. These people have done the hard work to lose the weight and have seen the benefits to their health and self-esteem, so why do they often eventually still regain the weight? Is it all about falling back into bad habits or is there something physical, chemical, etc. that puts them at a higher risk of regaining the weight?
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