Out 5th step in our 7 steps to success is this...
" 5. Learn as much as possible: Read as much as you can about cooking, eating, exercising, and healthy living as possible. Cookbooks have so much more then just recipes in them, and read articles on stretching, cardio, or circuit training. Talk to people who have lost weight and kept it off, what did they do that helped them? Know why it’s important to work certain areas of the body, and why we should eat certain foods, don’t just assume you know what you’re doing."
I read blogs, cookbooks, and websites filled with information on weight loss, calories, exercise, and how the body reacts to all of this. I am a wealth of knowledge. You should be too! Here is the main blog I read:
http://www.344pounds.com/
and the main website I visit:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/
Weekly Challenge: Read an article, book, or new blog about weight loss, exercise, or healthy eating. Post your information here on on facebook so we can all bask in your knowledge!
Welcome to defeating my weight blog. I have been writing the daily obstacles of my weight lose here for a year now to maintain my goals and to keep myself honest and focused on my journey.
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Showing posts with label 7 steps to success. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 7 steps to success. Show all posts
July 08, 2010
June 30, 2010
Weekly Challenge - Step 4
Your seven steps to success - Step 4:
"Focus on everyday habits: This is the ground work of my life. My everyday habits have to change. I can not sit in front of the TV having a snack, I can not run to get a pizza because I am too tired to cook, and I certainly can not ignore the sunny weather and sit inside all day. In fact it really only takes us 30-66 days to build a new habit, the curve really depends on how interested you are in actually forming that habit. So the easier the habit is to you, the quicker it will become one. Make it happen!"
Our everyday habits are what got us in this place in the first place. Like I said above, it's only going to take you a short time to get into the habit of eating well and exercising on a regular basis.
Weekly challenge: Find 1 bad habit you are continuing to do (i.e - eating late at night, watching tv more then 2 hours a day, drinking soda, eating candy every day) and stop the habit! Make it small at first, then by day 7 have it eliminated.
My bad habit will be late night snacking. I don't do this every night, and not as often as I was, but I do catch myself still finding something to eat when I come home from the gym. I don't want to do this anymore!
"Focus on everyday habits: This is the ground work of my life. My everyday habits have to change. I can not sit in front of the TV having a snack, I can not run to get a pizza because I am too tired to cook, and I certainly can not ignore the sunny weather and sit inside all day. In fact it really only takes us 30-66 days to build a new habit, the curve really depends on how interested you are in actually forming that habit. So the easier the habit is to you, the quicker it will become one. Make it happen!"
Our everyday habits are what got us in this place in the first place. Like I said above, it's only going to take you a short time to get into the habit of eating well and exercising on a regular basis.
Weekly challenge: Find 1 bad habit you are continuing to do (i.e - eating late at night, watching tv more then 2 hours a day, drinking soda, eating candy every day) and stop the habit! Make it small at first, then by day 7 have it eliminated.
My bad habit will be late night snacking. I don't do this every night, and not as often as I was, but I do catch myself still finding something to eat when I come home from the gym. I don't want to do this anymore!
June 23, 2010
Weekly Challenge - Step 2 & 3
Remember our 7 steps to success? This week we are going to focus on steps 2 and 3. Here's a recap of those steps...
2. Start small: Don’t expect to lose 5, 10, or even 20 pounds in the first week or month. Making small steps in your weight loss will give you small results, and in turn you will have huge results in the end.
3. Have support: Have an accountability partner!!! I didn’t think I would need this when I first started, that my blog would be enough. Then I began to get bored of it all and just when I started to need one God walked her right into my sights for what I needed. Someone who I can confess to about my poor choices, someone who has a shared goal of weight loss and healthy living, and someone who is willing to go to the gym with me and work just as hard to get those results. I can’t say it more; having someone to talk to, workout with, or even to cook with can be so beneficial to your weight loss.
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So, making small steps in your weight loss can sometimes be challenging because the road ahead of you will feel so long and bumpy, but that road you are on is worth the long trip. So, put on your fast pace music and allow the road to keep going. The longer you take the more focused you will become in making these steps in yourself. This road is all about you, but along the way it's important to pick up a few hitchhikers and friends who are going to help you navigate your way to end. The biggest and most important accountability partner I have is God, and he knows when I am being truthful and when I am ready to see the truth in myself. He is my leader in my journey, no matter what I am focusing on. But, the others I rely on such an important aspect of my weight loss too. My husband, who helps me cook and make healthy choices, is with me through this 24/7 and I couldn't ask for someone more supportive. He even went out and bought me new shoes for the gym for my birthday! My besttest girl friend and gym buddy is my other partner though this. We spend so much time making salads, talking about deserts, and working out at the gym.
Now, even if you're going to have these people helping you to attain your goals please remember the ultimate person in charge of your weight loss is YOU. You have to be accountable to yourself at all times. If your spouse wants to eat extras and junk food, you don't have to (trust me, I know how hard that is) and if your gym buddy can't make it to the gym that night you still can so just go! Don't allow anyone but yourself to be in charge.
Weekly Challenge: Check in with someone at least 3 times this week on your goals. Talk to them about any challenges you are experiencing and if they are having any themselves. Focus on losing 1 pound this week!
2. Start small: Don’t expect to lose 5, 10, or even 20 pounds in the first week or month. Making small steps in your weight loss will give you small results, and in turn you will have huge results in the end.
3. Have support: Have an accountability partner!!! I didn’t think I would need this when I first started, that my blog would be enough. Then I began to get bored of it all and just when I started to need one God walked her right into my sights for what I needed. Someone who I can confess to about my poor choices, someone who has a shared goal of weight loss and healthy living, and someone who is willing to go to the gym with me and work just as hard to get those results. I can’t say it more; having someone to talk to, workout with, or even to cook with can be so beneficial to your weight loss.
_____________________
So, making small steps in your weight loss can sometimes be challenging because the road ahead of you will feel so long and bumpy, but that road you are on is worth the long trip. So, put on your fast pace music and allow the road to keep going. The longer you take the more focused you will become in making these steps in yourself. This road is all about you, but along the way it's important to pick up a few hitchhikers and friends who are going to help you navigate your way to end. The biggest and most important accountability partner I have is God, and he knows when I am being truthful and when I am ready to see the truth in myself. He is my leader in my journey, no matter what I am focusing on. But, the others I rely on such an important aspect of my weight loss too. My husband, who helps me cook and make healthy choices, is with me through this 24/7 and I couldn't ask for someone more supportive. He even went out and bought me new shoes for the gym for my birthday! My besttest girl friend and gym buddy is my other partner though this. We spend so much time making salads, talking about deserts, and working out at the gym.
Now, even if you're going to have these people helping you to attain your goals please remember the ultimate person in charge of your weight loss is YOU. You have to be accountable to yourself at all times. If your spouse wants to eat extras and junk food, you don't have to (trust me, I know how hard that is) and if your gym buddy can't make it to the gym that night you still can so just go! Don't allow anyone but yourself to be in charge.
Weekly Challenge: Check in with someone at least 3 times this week on your goals. Talk to them about any challenges you are experiencing and if they are having any themselves. Focus on losing 1 pound this week!
June 14, 2010
7 Steps to Success
7 Steps to success: This 7 steps will be part of our challenges for the next 7 weeks, and will give us motivation and dedication to our weight loss journeys.
1. Set the goal: Have a large goal set, but make sure to always have small goals that help you to reach that small goal. Also, post those goals in places you are going to see them on a regular basis – the refrigerator, bathroom mirror, or your desktop on the computer.
2. Start small: Don’t expect to lose 5, 10, or even 20 pounds in the first week or month. Making small steps in your weight loss will give you small results, and in turn you will have huge results in the end.
3. Have support: Have an accountability partner!!! I didn’t think I would need this when I first started, that my blog would be enough. Then I began to get bored of it all and just when I started needed one God walked her right into my sights for what I needed. Someone who I can confess to about my poor choices, someone who has a shared goal of weight loss and healthy living, and someone who is willing to go to the gym with me and work just as hard to get those results. I can’t say it more; having someone to talk to, workout with, or even to cook with can be so beneficial to your weight loss.
4. Focus on everyday habits: This is the ground work of my life. My everyday habits have to change. I can not sit in front of the TV having a snack, I can not run to get a pizza because I am too tired to cook, and I certainly can not ignore the sunny weather and sit inside all day. In fact it really only takes us 30-66 days to build a new habit, the curve really depends on how interested you are in actually forming that habit. So the easier the habit is to you, the quicker it will become one. Make it happen!
5. Learn as much as possible: Read as much as you can about cooking, eating, exercising, and healthy living as possible. Cookbooks have so much more then just recipes in them, and read articles on stretching, cardio, or circuit training. Talk to people who have lost weight and kept it off, what did they do that helped them? Know why it’s important to work certain areas of the body, and why we should eat certain foods, don’t just assume you know what you’re doing.
6. Have fun: Getting healthy can seem like a laborious task, and typically we begin to give up when it feels that way. So, why does it? Honestly, it doesn’t have to feel that way. Make your activities fun, join an adults sport league, try a new sport out, chase your kids around, and just enjoy the life you are creating for yourself.
7. Put in on Paper: My blog has become the journal that I have always needed when it came to weight loss. I have seen a few other people do the same as me after reading my blog and I know that many of you write out your thoughts in some way or another. Make sure you have your goals, desires, and even your feelings down on paper to help you stay focused.
1. Set the goal: Have a large goal set, but make sure to always have small goals that help you to reach that small goal. Also, post those goals in places you are going to see them on a regular basis – the refrigerator, bathroom mirror, or your desktop on the computer.
2. Start small: Don’t expect to lose 5, 10, or even 20 pounds in the first week or month. Making small steps in your weight loss will give you small results, and in turn you will have huge results in the end.
3. Have support: Have an accountability partner!!! I didn’t think I would need this when I first started, that my blog would be enough. Then I began to get bored of it all and just when I started needed one God walked her right into my sights for what I needed. Someone who I can confess to about my poor choices, someone who has a shared goal of weight loss and healthy living, and someone who is willing to go to the gym with me and work just as hard to get those results. I can’t say it more; having someone to talk to, workout with, or even to cook with can be so beneficial to your weight loss.
4. Focus on everyday habits: This is the ground work of my life. My everyday habits have to change. I can not sit in front of the TV having a snack, I can not run to get a pizza because I am too tired to cook, and I certainly can not ignore the sunny weather and sit inside all day. In fact it really only takes us 30-66 days to build a new habit, the curve really depends on how interested you are in actually forming that habit. So the easier the habit is to you, the quicker it will become one. Make it happen!
5. Learn as much as possible: Read as much as you can about cooking, eating, exercising, and healthy living as possible. Cookbooks have so much more then just recipes in them, and read articles on stretching, cardio, or circuit training. Talk to people who have lost weight and kept it off, what did they do that helped them? Know why it’s important to work certain areas of the body, and why we should eat certain foods, don’t just assume you know what you’re doing.
6. Have fun: Getting healthy can seem like a laborious task, and typically we begin to give up when it feels that way. So, why does it? Honestly, it doesn’t have to feel that way. Make your activities fun, join an adults sport league, try a new sport out, chase your kids around, and just enjoy the life you are creating for yourself.
7. Put in on Paper: My blog has become the journal that I have always needed when it came to weight loss. I have seen a few other people do the same as me after reading my blog and I know that many of you write out your thoughts in some way or another. Make sure you have your goals, desires, and even your feelings down on paper to help you stay focused.
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