A Healthy Weight

So your lifestyle is calling you to make some changes. The second you find yourself in the act of eating a baked good (that you swore yourself away from), you mark the day as a failure in your pursuit of a healthy weight. Consider this-perhaps it's not the eclair that you just ate that is keeping you from getting into gear, but the way we have been programmed to perceive the process. Keep in mind that our current circumstances are the product of many practices that come together and deliver the now. So if it's a healthy weight you are working on, know that the eclair is only ONE component of that. You can be successful at getting into the act of physical activity, or reducing stress, fueling spiritual connection, even if you make less than perfect food choices. If we don't discount them, over-time these small acts will stimulate change and become building blocks.

When it comes to weight, so many of us have this all-or-nothing mindset that fails to acknowledge the prgressive and multifaceted nature of achieving wellness. It is not all-or-nothing. Wellness emerges as we build practice around healthy thought processes. Stress, emotional discontent, eating for fulfillment, lack of physical activity, all-or-nothing mindset, being rushed and making hurried food choices; these are just a few roots that feed unhealthy weight. I don't say this to make the task of weight loss more daunting than it already seems to many, rather the opposite. With all of these contributing factors, it means we have options to be successful... even if we eat the eclair!

A great truth is that the act of self care-at any degree, prompts change and as long as we keep the process alive, we experience growth and develop a healthier lifestyle.

The missing link to most traditional programs to get you well are missing just that-a link. Too often I see people mindlessly going about this process struggling to be disciplined. It takes discipline, but discipline is not the key to your successs. As I've indicated in earlier posts, focusing on what not to do will ony create a struggle.

If we learn how to connect to ourselves and the way we do life, the process becomes natural; allowing us to decide rather than discipline.

Each of us have particular traits or tendencies that contribute to our personality. This personality, paired with our circumstances will be a determining factor in the start (and course of) our wellness journey. So begin by getting to know yourself as well as the current circumstances of your life. Try to do this without judgement or criticism, just act as though you are gathering information.

ACTION STEP:

Identify the current state of the various centers of wellness:

Relationship (with self and others), Finances (monetarily, as well as your relationship with money), Connectedness (spirituality, sense of purpose), Physical (relationship with body, health of your physical form), Mental (intellect,thought patterns, understanding).

Take this step and then revisit it daily for the next few days. Shortly I will give you the next action step. From here we can begin to take the things we know and plug into the process of re-inventing our lifestyle to serve our well being.

By finding positive things to connect ourselves to the process rather than just connecting to weight loss or body image, we will create a sustainable journey built on inspiration, connection, fulfillment, purpose-one that does not stop and start, but that ebb and flows.