I think it’s safe to say we all need a little extra motivation to do the right thing. Between the quarantine and the weather – yikes! But Mondays are always a great day for motivation and a great day to be embraced. Any mistakes you made last week you can change to positive this week. Anything you wished you could have done better last week — you can do better this week. Don’t waste another week, and another opportunity to be amazing. These are the challenging days we all need to fight to get through. Make this week your week that you will fight for what you want and what makes you happy. — Not to mention freezing cold snow today is turning to 60 degrees tomorrow.
WHAT YOU DO TODAY WILL REFLECT YOUR TOMORROW: It’s absolutely true that what you do today will reflect your tomorrow and what you do this week will reflect next week and this month next month and this year next year…. That’s why they say how you live in your 40s, has a lot to do with how you feel in your 50’s.
For so long I have heard so many of you say “I wish I wasn’t working I would have more time to take care of myself.” OR “I have no time for myself because I am always in the car running around with my kids activities”. Well…. be careful what you wish for — because now you all have time — plenty of time to do the right thing. But as with everything in life your new found time comes with new challenges. The challenge to be in the house around food 24/7. The challenge to find activities to keep moving and stay motivated. We are in a new world of less social and more “me time/ family time”. And quite honestly how you use this time for yourself and your family will absolutely reflect on your tomorrow on so many levels. So think and make the right decisions because you have more control in your home than anywhere else. This can really be a positive life changing time of yourself and those you love.
I am truly so proud and happy to say we had a lot of great weight loss numbers this past weekend. Not that I ever doubt anyone but I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect as we have never been in this type of situation. But so many of the clients felt they needed to be extra strict in fear of gaining. So they gave up a snack and added a little more activity. Others are so motivated because they feel this is their time to do the right thing knowing when they do emerge from the confines of their home they want to shine. I have actually had many tell me in the VERY BOLD LETTERS and with certainty that when the quarantine is over they want to be the butterfly emerging from the cocoon. — motivating!
NEW AND OLD JOBS – JUST DIFFERENT LOCATIONS: I was recently speaking with a client and we were talking about how important it is to follow your menu and really understand that anything over the amount on your menu is going to make a difference in your weight loss. She said to me, ” I see so many of your clients who have lost so much weight and they are so thin but they act like it’s a job and they treat it like it’s a job — is that good? I said you have to treat it like that. But it doesn’t have to be a negative job — it should be a positive job. It’s a job that you love to do. You want to eat clean and be healthy and yes treat it like an important job in your life. Today is no different we are just all working in this same job from home. But if you keep doing the right thing regardless of where you are working from you will always get the best results.
IT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT YOU: What we don’t always realize is weight loss is so much more than just the number on the scale. Because everything in our life stems from how we feel and how well we take care of ourselves. Feeling good or bad will result in having a good or bad day. Feeling good and treating your body healthy — is going to result in how you approach life and all the good and bad obstacles that come with it. If you are feeling happy, healthy, fit and strong you are going to get through the rough days a lot better than if you are feeling heavy, bloated, sick and depressed. In fact, studies show that overweight people have an 80% higher rate of depression than people of a healthy weight. Why? because you always feel better about yourself when you are taking care of yourself. Sometimes just having the feeling of control over what you are and are not eating can change your day from bad to good. You have to decide what is important to you. Find a motivation to help you get you there and make a commitment to make your health and weight loss a priority. Even though it’s not normal times it can still be a job that you are excited about doing — and that will give you normalcy and motivation.
I know you have heard this before from me but I need to repeat it — you need to start somewhere. If you are already in a good place then I am super excited for you to continue to be amazing! If you are not feeling great and have no control then you need to get right back on program today. I promise you, after one week you will feel good after two weeks you will feel great and a month — you will never want to go back to your old eating habits. I can’t even begin to tell you how many people wrote to me that they were just so happy they started before the quarantine. Trust me if you have not started do it now. Whatever day you start it’s always going to be hard. It was hard to start before the quarantine, it’s hard to start during the quarantine and it will be hard to start after the quarantine. The longer you delay it the harder it will be. Just do it — tomorrow you will be so happy you did.
DO IT NOW
SOMETIMES LATER BECOMES NEVER
~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick
