I-Lost-Weight-By-Planning-To-Win

5/8/2012

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I lost weight faster by planning to win. In planning to win, there were certain things that I could no longer do, or else I would be planning to fail.  In planning to win this weight loss battle, you have to be truthful with yourself. You have to know your own strengths, but even more importantly your own weaknesses. Oreo cookies were my weakness. Dr. Pepper was my weakness. Bluebell ice cream and snicker bars were my weakness. So...since I knew these things were my weakness,  in order to loose weight faster, I had to place some distance between myself and those items. That meant...no more loading the grocery cart with snacks and goodies. Why? Because I knew MEEEE!!! I could sit there and lie to myself all day long saying that I would only eat 3 oreos per day, when in reality, I knew that if I was having I weak moment, I would
plow through the whole bag in one sitting. That's reality. And I had to face it in order to reach my weight loss goals.  In a nutshell, if you don't keep a lot of junk in your cupboard, you can't eat a lot of junk when you start feeling your emotions.

When trying to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle, you need to get rid of everything in your home that may cause you to fall.  True...you can still get in your car and drive to the supermarket in the middle of the night to get a snicker bar. But I don't consider that a FALL. I consider that a STUMBLE.  And it's a stumble that you can easily bounce back from the next day, instead of being depressed that you messed up your weekly weight loss goal by downing a whole BAG of snicker bars.  Losing weight is intentional. It's not accidental. It's something that you have to plan for DELIBERATELY. So I encourage you to PLAN to win. Remember, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. And that's REAL TALK...especially as it pertains to loosing weight! Let's go!!! Click here to get more free weight loss tips and advice.
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I-Lost-Weight-By-Changing-My-Mindset

5/7/2012

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I lost weight by changing my mindset.  Sure...it sounds simple enough. But honestly, it's one of the hardest things to do. I had to change my mindset about my top priorities in life. Being so busy writing, acting and being a mom, I always said I didn't have time to work out. I didn't have time to exercise or stand over a hot stove cooking healthy meals. Well...after my grandmother and mother passed, I finally realized that I didn't have time NOTTTTT to do those things.  I realized that if taking care of myself did not become a top priority, my time on this earth would run out sooner than I 
wanted it to, due to health related issues.

So...to loose weight, I started changing my priorities. I made it a point to schedule my exercise. I made up my mind that my workout was important enough to put on my calendar. It was important enough for me to set an alarm so that I'm not sleeping when I am supposed to be working out.  Working out became my first job. Everything else became second priority. I lost weight by changing my mindset about how I look at food. Instead of living to eat, I decided I was going to eat to live.  I
changed my vocabulary. I am a strong believer that our life and circumstances are a direct reflection of the words we speak out of our mouths.  This also rings true when it comes to loosing weight. So...I stopped saying things like "I
love chocolate" or "I have a bad sweet tooth." I stopped saying "I'm addicted to Dr. Pepper." Why? Because as long as I kept speaking those words into the atmosphere, they held power over me. As long as I kept speaking those words into the atmosphere, I was unknowingly impeding my weight loss progress. I was hanging myself with my own words. So what did I do? Whenever I was tempted to say, "I love chocolate," I would say the exact opposite, "I hate chocolate." Instead of saying "I have a bad sweet tooth," I would say "I can't stand sweets." Did saying these words cause me to immediately stop eating and drinking things I knew were bad for me? Absolutely NOT!!! As a matter of fact, sometimes I would be saying "I hate sweets" while at the same time shoving down a twinkie. But each time I heard myself speak those words, I was conditioning my mind to believe them. And if you keep conditioning your mind to believe something, you will eventually start acting on what you believe.

Once you change your mindset about losing weight, half the battle has already been won. So my challenge to you today is to change your mindset. If you change your mindset, you can change your life. It's a process, but I believe in you. If I can do it (and I did) you can do it too! Let's go!!!  Click here for more free weight loss tips & advice.
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