Healthy B.P.M.

There is so much info out there about weight loss and fitness and we tend to say that “we know what to do”. Not necessarily true, if you really knew what to do, wouldn’t you do it? Admit/surrender to the fact that you don’t know all there is to know about _______. If you did you wouldn’t be where you are now. Tune into the part of you that does have a clue and let it happen. Be open to new ideas and methods and by all means get out of your way. And with that knowledge comes the task of taking action. And this doesn’t just apply to diets, exercises and food combinations. It has more to do with what do I do with me? How do I apply all this info and make it work for me. That’s what we don’t know and what’s keeping us from making the changes.

Choose, don’t react. Eliminate wishful, worry and fear based thinking. Choice is a function of awareness. Stop living your life on autopilot. Example, become aware of the feeling of being overfull, of huffing and puffing when you climb the stairs, of your pants being too tight and the constricted feeling in your throat as you await the results of your latest physical. Tune in to those feelings the next time you ask for your order to be super-sized. Is that too “in your face?” Maybe that kind of shake up is what it takes to get you moving?

Stop asking why and start asking how? As long as you keep asking yourself questions, like why can’t I lose weight, you’ll keep getting answers to that question. Like, having seconds, skipping breakfast, opting not to workout. Instead ask yourself how you can fix and eat breakfast before you go to work? How can I squeeze in 15 minutes of exercise? What healthy foods can I eat that will fill me up and not out? Remember all that information that we talked about? Now’s the time to go to it and find the answers.

You have the option of choosing where you put your attention. If you continually focus on what you can’t eat, why you can’t workout, you’ll get more of the same. Do you go to a job that you hate? Ever notice how the more you think about how much you hate that job the more reasons you find to hate it? Sorry to keep bringing up old negative stuff, but I’m trying to show you how to get the results you want.