My Current Weight Loss Journey: Week 13 – How Kathy Saved my Neck
One of my weaknesses in sticking to my food plan is going out with the girls for Ladies Bunko Night or Girls’ Night Out, especially when the homemade desserts are tempting and everyone else is enjoying them.
Last week was one such night. We had a wonderful dinner with plenty of the healthy food I love. It turned out that we also had THREE desserts: apple pie with ice cream, coconut cake, and chocolate cake. Just as the hostess began asking who wanted which one, my friend, Kathy, said, “Are you going to write about this in your blog?”
Well, first of all, I didn’t know that any of those ladies was reading this blog! They are not weight loss clients. And second of all, I had forgotten all about my self-imposed accountability in writing to you each week. Basically, I had lost focus. Or rather, I had my focus on those desserts instead of my goal to drop 30 pounds!
Of course, you know what happened next, right? I DID NOT have any dessert at all, not even a bite. Kathy saved me from having to report to you a slip up.
Two things you should remember from this:
- We are human and normal. We sometimes forget our commitment when temptation arises…even the weight loss coach does this!
- That’s why we set up support structures all over the place. People, actions, and consequences are supports to keep us focused and on track.
So Kathy, and I know now you are reading this, thank you for being my support last night. I feel healthy, virtuous, and proud of myself!
If any of you in Ladies Bunko are reading this, please let me know, so you can be my support for those desserts!
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OWL Success Tip: Conscious Eating with Deepak Chopra
I learned this weeks weight loss success tip from Deepak Chopra in person. You might drop a few pounds without changing anything else.
OWL Success Tip: Conscious Eating
- Eat in silence
- Look at your food
- Thank provider (God, nature, preparers, etc.)
- Have an intention to notice your intention to
- pick up the food
- notice the texture and taste
- chew
- swallow
- feel the sensation in your stomach
You will become aware of the physiological changes in your body.
Your body will tell you which foods are best for you.
Take hot water with lemon every half hour to detoxify or lose weight.
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OWL Success Tip: THE POWER OF PLAY
Play and fun are powerful components of weight loss, or achieving any results, for that matter. Why?
…Because humans veer toward what’s easy, safe, and comfortable; and we resist what’s hard, scary, and painful. Since most people view change as hard, scary, or uncomfortable and since weight loss involves change, it’s understandable that most people cannot successfully release weight and keep it off permanently.
On the other hand, play is fun. When we play, we don’t want to stop. We look forward to the next time. We generate energy. We raise our spirits.
So how can you include the concept of play with your weight loss goals?
OWL Success Tip: Replace the word “exercise” to “recreation,” doing movement that you love, love, love. Or create your menu as a puzzle with all the pieces to fit into one day. Or make a game out of your project with rewards at every milestone. Or invite others with similar goals to play with you as in a team sport. A playful attitude is vital. What playful ideas do you have?
Another more relevant question is “How can you include more play in your life as a whole?” How we do anything is how we do everything. “Wherever I go, there I am.” So if weight loss seems hard, probably other areas in your life are hard. And if weight loss is fun, chances are you are having fun elsewhere.
Take a look at yourself and your life. Are you having enough fun? Be more playful everywhere, and see what happens.
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OWL Success Tips: Celebrating Victories and Expressing Gratitude: A Success Formula
Did you know that celebrating victories and expressing gratitude help you lose weight?
OWL Success Tip: We have voices inside our heads that tell us what to do. All goes well unless the voices compete with each other, at which time the loudest voice wins or there is an impasse.
Example: The voice of Nancy Noitall says, “Stay on your food program,” and the voice of Velma Victim says, “No, it’s too hard and boring.” If Nancy’s voice is louder, you will eat according to plan. Otherwise, Velma wins, and you won’t. And if Velma does cooperate, she wants to be rewarded.
Nancy wants to be rewarded too. When we put our energies and time into a project, we must receive something in return; otherwise, we won’t continue for very long. Even self-discipline, without a payoff, is only a temporary motivator. It isn’t sustainable. A sustainable motivator involves pleasure. It pulls us forward. It inspires us to cross the finish line.
Recognizing our victories, big and small, and celebrating them is imperative to the success of any project. When we acknowledge our accomplishments, celebrate, and express gratitude, we recharge and empower ourselves toward the next step. We take action, celebrate victories, and continue. Wash, rinse, repeat!
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OWL Success Tips: The Passionate Dieter
Have you ever considered the role your passion plays in weight management?
Webster’s Dictionary defines passion as…
- extreme, compelling emotion;
- intense emotional drive or excitement;
- strong love or affection;
- sexual desire;
- suffering or agony, as a martyr.
Do any of the above factor into why you did or did not lose weight or keep it off?
When I fell in love (with my husband or with Latin dancing or anything), the weight just melted away. And when I was in a miserable, agonizing relationship, the pounds appeared as a warm, protective insulation of my heart.
“Yeah,” you say, “we know how the love butterflies in the stomach replace appetite, and we know about emotional eating. So what? Those are temporary conditions.”
Here’s so what: I want you also to consider that when we live our lives intentionally being who we were meant to be and doing what ignites our hearts and spirits – passionately, we allow our authentic selves to be seen. We give ourselves permission to express. We give ourselves permission to soar. Acceptance of who we are and what we are here for dissolves the need to hide out beneath excess weight.
And I also assert that when we live our lives with “should’s” and “have to’s” while suppressing our true selves, we are more likely to turn to food as a distraction, comfort, or substitute for the real passion that yearns to be expressed.
OWL Success Tip: What lights you up? If chocolate and Crème Brule weren’t options and if excuses disappeared, what would you love, love, love to be and do? My advice is to take a step toward that, and another step. I would bet money that if you do, you will lose some excess weight and keep it off…effortlessly!
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