14th August 2011
People may fail many
times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else. Unknown
Well I experienced a first in my life
yesterday and by the time you hit your 40’s doing something for the first time
isn’t really easy is it. What was it you
ask – I had a manicure, I’ve stopped biting my nails over a month ago and they
were ready in a condition to cut and pain, except the one that broke 2 days
before – boo. I really didn’t think I
could stop, I’ve tried before and failed so many times and I bit them so low
and so badly that false nails wouldn’t have been able to stick to them so that
was never an option either. Heck I even
used to bite my toe nails after a bath :D!!!!
So it’s worth remembering it doesn’t matter
how many times you fail as long as you keep trying.
After my pampering session, I popped in the
Co-op to get something quick and easy for dinner, I really didn’t want to do
anything yesterday. Have you noticed how supermarkets are
notorious for ‘helping’ up buy what we don’t need or even want! Do risk ending up buying too much or finding
your trolley full of foods you didn’t need and know won’t help your weight
loss. Before you get their, make a list
and stick to it firmly or shop online, I must start doing that because it would
save me a fortune, I’m very much an offer buyer. I was very proud of myself yesterday I picked
up then put back all the reductions, asking myself the question, “would you
have bought that had it been full price and is it going to help you with your
weight loss”, in every case the answer was no so I put it back on the shelf and
probably saved a tenner too. I ended up
buying a bag of frozen chips and we had oven made fish and chips and it was
delicious. When writing your list, try
to write it so it follows the layout of your store, so if the veggie aisle is
first, start with them and if the biscuit aisles in the middle – miss it
out! Set yourself a limit, whether it’s
a cash on and or a time limit to stop you making spontaneous buys that will
only sabotage your success.
Obviously doing the above takes some thinking
about and planning, and that takes a certain degree of commitment – ask
yourself how committed are you to weight loss?
I have a friend who is really committed at the moment, I’d say she’s 95%
whereas I’m probably 75%, where do you see yourself? She’s on a mission to lose
a certain amount of weight in a certain length of time whereas I’m more focused
on making permanent changes that I can live with forever whilst still being the
me I like to be which unfortunately to a certain degree slows down my weight
loss, but I’m okay with that so it’s all good.
As long as you know where you are on the commitment scale and what your
goals are, then you have more change of getting there. It’s important to set goals, because the
chances of having regular success without setting targets for yourself are
minimal. Setting goals gives you an
inspiring sense of purpose and fuels your momentum. Success is an important ingredient for
self-esteem, of course success has to be no your terms and how you see success through
your own eyes. For example at the moment
for my mate it’s the numbers on the scales for me it’s more about making
healthy choices and getting fit, I know I love to eat good food so if I can get
fitter I will burn more calories enabling me to eat how I want to. It doesn’t matter how small or how personal your
goal is, as long as it excites you! Do you
have a goal, long term or short term? I
do, it’s personal though at the moment so again I’m not quite ready to share
but there is a reason for that and I will when I’m ready.
So are you committed? How much?
What is your short term goals and what is your long term goal? Is it realistic, is it achievable, do you now
how long you plan to spend achieving it?
The more you think about your goal, the more likely you are to achieve
it, but of course thinking about it won’t get you there – you have to take
action too.
Well I’ve got lots of stuff planned today, so
I better get started. Have a fabulous
day. xx
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