Lose Weight Find Life

What small differences will you make this week? Perhaps you’ll make one more business call, eat another serving of vegetables or fruit, substitute a snack choice to protein, walk a little further than before, or prepare a bit more thoroughly for your next presentation. Whether in your weight loss lifestyle habits or in your job or in the more “mundane” things like parenting, those that feel excellence and success in their lives are rarely dramatically better. Typically, they are “ordinary people doing ordinary things, extraordinarily well.”  Ordinary effort produces ordinary results.  Extraordinary effort produces extraordinary results!

This week, make one change…..do a few ordinary things just slightly better.  I think you’ll see an extraordinary change in your results.

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy, Certified Life Coach
Weight Loss Surgery Coach

Make little changes, one at a time, one day at a time.  Don’t instantly start a dramatic change in your diet or undertake a rigorous exercise program….dramatic, abrupt changes don’t last.

Rather, try this…make one food change or one activity change for your first week.  Don’t do anything else.  Make only one change.  Believe me, it’s enough to sustain long-lasting change.  If you eat one large meal during the day, break it down into two smaller meals.  Or, if you drink a soda every day, switch to drinking flavored plain water.  If you’re sedentary, walk down your driveway or down your street and back, every other day.  Take a peaceful, enjoyable walk around the block or around the house for 10 minutes.  Remember…one change is the way to making changes that last.

Would you like to feel calmer and centered, take a couple of minutes to close your eyes and sit quietly.  Pay attention to your breathing, and let any thoughts float by, like a flowing stream.  Open your eyes and allow yourself to feel grateful for all you have in your life.  Count your blessings. 

All this for just one small change.

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy, Certified Life Coach, Weight Loss Surgery Coach

Now that the holidays are over, it is a great time to assess your home.  Is there too much stuff?  Is the clutter robbing you of energy?  Are your closets and drawers overflowing or unorganized?  Excess clutter and an area that is unorganized can drain you of your energy.  You may not even realize the drain it has on you.  Straighten a drawer and see how it makes you feel.  You may not think it will make a difference in how you feel but it will!  I’ve found in my own home and in working with clients, it will make you feel much better and enjoy your home even more. 

Make a plan to clear out one area a week.  It doesn’t have to be an entire room.  Organize even one drawer at a time and move on to other areas in your home.  Create three separate areas for this project.  Label them “Garage Sale,” “Donate,” and “Throw Away.”  Put unused items into boxes for a garage sale.  Donate old clothes or other items to your favorite charity.  Throw out broken or items that no longer work.

You’ll enjoy a fantastic sense of accomplishment, more energy and feel more at home in your home.

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy

 It’s been said that if you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.  Many people expect to get different results in their lives without changing their behaviors.  For true change, it doesn’t work.

There is another option for change.  Successful change.  It’s available at any time.  You can give yourself the gift of changing self-limiting behaviors.  It all begins with action.  Make small changes in your daily behavior.  Over time, all those small changes create the momentum of an avalanche.  Start your own avalanche to change today.

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy

Does it seem that you go through your days going through the motions?  We have our routines which, of course, are important.  Routine provides structure to get things done that we need to accomplish.  However, living on auto-pilot and merely going through the motions can get boring.  Give yourself a break and play!

Do at least one thing for fun this week.  Feel fully alive!  Play with a puppy, read a book, watch a favorite movie, feed the pigeons, have a pillow fight, jump on the bed, anything….have some fun!  You’ll live your life deeper and definitely make the life you have more rewarding.  Make one change for this week and play!  Have fun and ENJOY!

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy

“I try to do the right thing at the right time.  They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.” 
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, champion basketball player

What makes an expert, a champion, and a winner?  Persistence, consistency, and making slight adjustments or changes along the way to perfect their process.  What one change can you make that will move you forward toward your weight loss goal?  Start eating one or two planned snacks rather than graze throughout the day?  Eliminate simple sugars?  Add exercise to your routine?  Add a few extra minutes or another day to your regular activities?  Stop eating earlier in the evening before you go to bed?  Commit to only one small change.

Make one change in your life to create a new habit.  You’ll be one step closer to your ultimate goal.

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy

As we approach the New Year, you can start thinking about setting some goals for yourself.  Rather than at 12:01 a.m. on January 1st immediately expecting yourself to make a 180 degree change, what one change can you make?  Rather than do/don’t, black/white thinking, consider making a few changes to get to where you’d ultimately like to be in reaching your goal.  It doesn’t have to be big.  Actually, a small step is better.  You’re moving forward and starting momentum toward your ultimate goal. 

A journey to health, a destination, or anywhere you want to go to a location or in your life starts with a first step.  Make that first step in committing to one change. 

What one change can you make in your life?

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy