Monday, March 2, 2015

STOP the MADNESS!

Have you ever had to pull yourself back from the brink?  Have you ever felt like you were a spectator, just watching yourself spiraling out of control with your eating habits?  Wondering "What the heck, what is going on?  Why can't I seem to get in front of this freight train that is heading the wrong direction at lightning speed?"

Do you feel like you need Superman to swoop in and save the day?

You don't need Superman.  You need YOU.

Weight cycling is a very real phenomenon, and for people who have been significantly overweight or obese in their lifetimes it seems like it happens on a fairly regular basis.

How do you stop the cycle once you feel it has "taken root" in the "wrong direction?"

The skill I have learned and have practiced is to recognize that you have simply fallen back into old unhealthy habits.  Unhealthy routines. 

After recognizing that you have done that, no matter what STAGE of weight regain you are in, initial intermediate or advanced LOL, you CAN CHOOSE to begin to practice HEALTHY HABITS again.

I'm not saying it is easy.  But it IS simple.  Engaging in your healthy habits again is definitely some hard work.  After all, they aren't habits yet.  They WERE habits, but somewhere along the line you forgot them again.

Step 1:  Make a fundamental decision to get healthy again
Step 2:  Pick up Dr. A's Habits of Health and begin to read it again.
Step 3:  Organize your day, choose your 5 portion-controlled meal replacements and plan your Lean and Green.
Step 4:  Spend ONE DAY ON PLAN.
Step 5:  Go to sleep
Step 6:  Rinse and Repeat.

YOU can make the decision TODAY that you will do all of those things TODAY.  While it is still called TODAY.  Not TOMORROW, not THE NEXT DAY, but TODAY.

What will you choose? 


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