Getting Past What Holds You Back with Baby Boomer Weight Loss Expert Scott 'Q' Marcus
You’re thinking of all the things that could go wrong and of all the obstacles you must overcome, none of which exist if you can focus on the immediate.
When you’re overwhelmed and you’re afraid you won’t be able to achieve your goal, focus on what you can do right this minute.
Make it small enough that you’ll actually do it. [Read more…]
If there’s something in your life that you do not like, take responsibility for it – even if it feels like it’s out of your control.
Ask yourself, “If I could could control this situation, what might I do differently?”
It’s not a guarantee that you will be able to change it, but abdicating responsibility guarantees that you will change nothing.
All things end.
Relationships fade; people move on; even your goals can change. There is no shame in saying “goodbye” to what no longer serves you.
by Julie Weir
You know this, yet you don’t realize how quickly that day will sneak up on you.
Suddenly, last week, this day was upon us. We decided that we would take the training wheels off my daughters bike and my son’s bike (4.5 years old, came out of the womb able to do somersaults, self-proclaimed king of the world) at the same time. “Why go through this twice?”, was the thought.
As we loaded the bikes in the van to drive to the nearest bike trail (no way were our kids going learn to ride on the Indy-500 in front of our house) I could feel my stomach cramping. They were going to fall, whine, cry, sniffle, whine some more, and then bleed. My daughter was likely never going to get on a bike again. I thought about hiding the bikes and detouring to an ice cream store in a wildly evasive manoeuvrings.
The problem is many times we don’t know what to do.
The next time you achieve a goal – even a small one – think of someone you’ve been meaning to call for too long. You know how it is, you say, “I’ll call as soon as I get a moment.” But that moment never comes.
Call him or her and say, “I made a promise that every time I lost 5 pounds (or whatever your goal is), I would reward myself. Calling you is my reward for today.”
Imagine how the person on the other end of the phone will feel. Picture what it will do for your relationship. And, as importantly, imagine how nice you’ll feel for the remainder of the day.