When summer begins and the kids have gone and work has ended or slows down, we promise ourselves that we are going to do all the things that we put on hold in May and June. But what really happens is the complete opposite. We let a sense of freedom take us over. Freedom from schedules, and pressures of the year are now replaced with parties and social events that just don’t seem to end. The first couple of weeks it’s all so easy to ignore our responsibilities. But now we are 4 weeks in and clothes are tight, and faces are bloated and, we are realizing we need to rethink what we want and how we are going to approach the weeks ahead. If you find this is you then you need to do what so many others did this week: they came in and reset, and are back on track to their 6 days on and 1 day Cheat. If you do it you will not only debloat but you will feel both mentally and physically better and back in control and on your path. Don’t put it off because you have a vacation coming or because you have dinner plans. Those are all things you can work around. But if you continue on a destructive road you know that you will crash and you don’t want it to be while on vacation or when the kids come home from camp.

 

Losing weight in the summer is not easy but it’s easier than the feeling of gaining weight in the summer – it’s always a choice. It doesn’t mean you have to be perfect every week from now until September, it just means that the more weeks you can have that are back on track, the better you will feel and the better the end result will be. I see first hand the clients that came back this week and how much better they felt a couple of days in. Take control – don’t put it off. We will get you back on track to a controlled week where you know everything you do will make you feel amazing come the weekend. Don’t worry if you come back higher – we saw so many clients come back this week with higher numbers – we totally get it and we are proud of them for coming in and taking control back. That’s what it’s all about. Thats what we are here for – to help you get it back. It’s never about where you are it’s about where you are going.

It’s not easy being on and in control in the summer but it’s worth it. You are in the drivers seat and you are the one who can and will control where you go. Will you gain? It’s up to you. Will you lose or maintain? Totally up to you. There are difficulties that arise in everyone’s life whether they are positive parties or negative problems. What is most important is dealing with them. Because if you let the food control the feelings you will end up even more unhappy than you are today. It might be 5lbs or 15lbs more. But if you know you are going in the wrong direction the time to deal with it is now. Yes, it takes a strong person but you have the strength in you. Is being overweight, bloated and unhappy an option for you? Is that what you want and how you want to feel? If you want to have the positive changes you need to be the active participant in your life and do something about it. You determine the direction you want to be. Which means you will determine the outcome of the summer.

This come from one of my In Studio clients who continued to lose because she is a total shark. Even though she started as a snail for quite a while. But she stuck with it and it happened. Because when you are a consistent snail it happens and that’s what makes you a shark! And once she saw the changes and felt the changes she became a determined shark. Even though she loves food – she also knows how much she loves being fit, and thin. She had a long journey but walked in my office the other day looking like a hot little momma! She is just one of the many clients who proves that weight absolutley ages us and when we take it off we take years off. I remember when she first walked in my office. She looked like a completely different person this past Saturday. It was like this younger version who was now so confident and strong both mentally and physically stepped out the body of when she first came to see me. She is very close to her goal but she told me she knew she had “arrived” at her happy place because her 18 year old son came in the kitchen and said to her “WOW MOM! You look great! You really have it all going on!” She said it was by far the best compliment that she could have ever gotten. Better than her husband or friends – because when your 18 year old son notices that you look great – you must look great! I loved loved seeing her in that moment. I say it all the time – there is nothing better than your children looking at you and thinking my Mom looks great – she lives healthy, she takes care of herself and is strong and fit! Or,  My dad looks fit and strong – he looks so much younger than the other dads. This is how kids think and this is how they want to think. They don’t want to worry about you and why you are unhappy and why you look unhealthy and if you are okay. They want to know that their parents are taking care of themselves. They don’t want to have to worry about you.  They know when you are happy, sad, depressed and upset. If it’s a problem you have no control over thats one thing – but when it’s something that you are creating and not taking care of – that’s not fair to anyone – so change it.

 

 

 

 

I know some of you wake up thinking that it would be so easy to just go away for a month and come back a new person. And I am even quite sure many of you Googled it…but we know it’s not possible. So what is possible? I will tell you – It’s possible to be whatever you want to be. If you want to be THIN – then it’s up to you to do it. If you want to be STRONG – then work hard and get that way and if you want to be STRONG, THIIN, FIT and HEALTHY – then make it happen. You see these things just don’t happen to people – PEOPLE make it happen. They make it a priority in their life. Even if they have so many other priorities – they still make it a priority to be the best they can be and reach the goals they set out for themselves. They are no different than you. They are not super-human, they are regular everyday people who have a “want” that is so strong they do whatever it takes to make it happen. They started where you are starting. They wanted it as bad as you say you do and they had to wait for the results  just like you are. So….you have to figure out what are your “wants”? Do you want this to work? Do you need this to work? Or is this just something you like to complain about. Will you be that person who just always wants to lose weight but doesn’t put the “real” effort in to do it? Or will you be the person who keeps trying until you get there? Will you be the one who does whatever it takes to reach your goal?

The first thing you need to figure out is where you are and if you are not in a good place then change the type of person you are into who you want to be.

WHO ARE YOU – AND HOW TO FIX IT: