Getting Fit: It's all about Attitude, Loving Yourself & Sharing With Others

If you have the attitude that you, your health and well being are much more important than whatever food is enticing you -- you'll make it.

If you love yourself enough to want to do waht will keep or get you healthy and fit -- you'll make it.

If you have a terrific support network of people who care about you and are interested in your efforts (yay PT!!) -- you'll make it.

Don't think of yourself on a diet. Diets don't work because your mind automatically interprets them as short term periods of deprivation to quickly lose weight. When the weight you want to lose is gone, you go back to eating what you considered to be your "normal". Then, of course, the weight creeps back on.

To really work, your "normal" has to change. Think about what you eat and ways to change each meal so that it's healthier. Start slow with small changes. They need to become part of your new lifestyle habits in order to really work. And habits take at least 3 weeks of consistency to really become a part of you. Begin by adding a serving of fruit to every breakfast. Then add a serving of vegetable to every lunch and dinner. For portion control, use salad plates instead of dinner plates. Instead of butter, dip your fresh baked bread into extra virgin olive oil. It's still a fat, so don't go overboard. But it's a much better fat with lots of health benefits. Don't buy anything that has high fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated/partially hydrogenated oils in it. Try not to buy pre-packaged processed foods; they have very little nutritional value and lots of totally unnatural ingredients that are detrimental to your health and well being. There are other options without those unnatural fat magnets in them. If you have a natural foods co-op or health food store nearby, check out the labels on all their condiments, salad dressings, nut butters, etc.

Don't think of yourself as "losing weight". You are making lifestyle changes that will result in "GETTING RID OF excess weight". LOSING implies it could possibly be FOUND (GFB!!). The term "losing weight" sets off all kinds of alarms in my brain. GETTING RID OF implies it's GONE. No implication at all that it could come back. And while you're at it, as soon as your clothes are too big to wear anymore, GET RID OF THEM! Give them away, sell them, toss them -- do whatever it takes to ensure they aren't waiting to be worn by you again.

And join some really active PT groups and teams so you can have the friendship and moral support of others who are like you, going through the same things as you, and support you every step of the way. I'm in 2 absolutely awesome groups and an outstanding team of wonderful, caring people. It makes all the difference in the world.

Check out my team in the spotlight.

Hugs,
workinit

Thu. Dec 20, 9:57am

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