I was speaking to one lady this morning who told me what it took to create her amazing transformation. I can’t put it online as she a deeply private person but here’s the story.
The key she said was getting to the point where she felt she had to change, was sick and tired the way she was after years of putting on weight and feeling terrible, and the critical moment was when SHE was responsible for her actions, how she put the weight on in the first place, and she would now be the person who would get OUT of it now.
She said she would receive plenty of sympathy staying the way she was, as many felt the same way, but was deeply unhappy and had to change and do it now!
Here’s what she did.
First of all, she put a picture up of when she used to look her best-around ten years ago, and desperately wanted to look like that again. Not only look like that, she wanted to FEEL as good as she looked back then. It seemed like a world away, but she knew she could get back there if she carried out the things that she knew would work.
She printed out one of our eating plans and shopping lists and put it on the fridge, and stuck to the lists with only the occasional treat thrown in so she wouldn’t crash and burn by being so strict to start with.
Then she started listening to more positive stuff, reading more and generally avoiding negative friends and terrible news on TV for instance that would make her depressed. The time she spent watching TV she now spent training, walking the dogs or looking after a grandchildren (they went for walks too with her!).
Every day she took some action to get her closer to that photo, and suddenly her sense of wellbeing started to rise, and feeling good encouraged her to do even more.
The 5 stone she felt she needed to lose she forget about, as she realised that proper fat loss involves weight training and you don’t always lose it on the scales. She went down from a size 18 to a 12 and now she has her mojo back, and she has that amazing feeling again that anything is possible in her life again, everything in her life improved and she helps out in her friends and family’s life like never before because she didn’t used to have the energy.
Recognising where you are and being honest with yourself is vital. Then identifying what you need to do to change it and be your best is so important. Are you really doing your best or could you give a lot more?
It’s all within your power to change and make it happen.
