Hi Everyone!
Welcome back from 2018 and welcome into the beginnings of 2019. It is a time of reality and sometimes that doesn’t feel so great. While so many did wonderful over vacations so many didn’t. Either way getting back to real life is never easy – but it’s so beyond important.
There is a time for work and a time for play. Right now – it’s a time for work. You have a straight run of putting the time in and reaching new goals. Whether you are getting back to where you were or continuing on your successful road – Now is the time to do it.
Do not look back and don’t have regrets. Move on and move forward. For many of you know one week back on program and you will feel so much better. Even if you are not back at pre-vacation weight you will be in a great place, back in control and in the direction you want to be.
Don’t sabotage yourself. Getting back on program is going to make you feel so much better but it may take more than that to see numbers you want to see. So even if you feel good in a couple of days I would wait a solid week on program before you go on the scale.
The importance of feeling good and doing the right things for your mind and body is so important. Of course we all want to look good. But we must remember looking good from the inside out is important too.
For example many of you know my hubby has started the program. After turning 50 being in shape is not as easy as it used to be. He absolutely loves to indulge with our boys and does it quite often. Truth be told I always think he looks amazing. He is such a great person. But heart disease runs big in his family and he has been feeling the extra weight. And quite honestly we have been together since I’m 16 and I don’t want to live without him over something he can control. The reason I bring this up is because while we all want to look great – we also have to remember the importance of our health. Mentally and physically being over weight will affect every area of your life and one way or another it will also affect all the people that love you.
We all get to a point where we look and say “wait a second, I am so out of control and not where I want to be.” For some it’s later than others but the most important thing is not that it happened but how you address it. You get right back on program and feed yourself healthy and keep yourself happy.
Don’t over think it – no quick fixes. No starving yourself. No self sabotaging. None of it works. Go back to your menu or reach out to us and we will guide you. The only way to get your numbers down right now and to feel that lighter healthier feeling is to get the control back. Follow your meals and snacks and nothing in between. After a week you will feel great and two weeks back in the game and on your way to reaching new goals.
Embrace today and the New Year. Be excited to reach your goals. you can do this. You know what you want and you have the tools to get you there. Go with it and follow it through. One day at a time and before you know it you will feel so good that you will find your inner strength and that strength combined with how good you feel will bring excitement to jump start each day. When you put the work in you are capable of everything and anything.
TODAY, THIS WEEK AND THIS YEAR BE EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING!
Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick
