Good morning and Happy Monday!

Just a quick check in as a reminder of our group challenge from last week’s meeting: TRACKING. We all have our individual goals set and to meet those goals, tracking WILL be a big help. Coming off the weekend, which for many of us is the most difficult time to track, let alone track accurately, it’s a good time to reevaluate where we’re at on paper AND mentally. If you successfully tracked all weekend, a HUGE gold star for you!!! DO NOT down play your successful behavior! It’s a big deal and you deserve the recognition from yourself.————-If you didn’t track the way you would like to, this is the time to take a second to reflect on why, jot down what you might do differently next weekend and move on. Sometimes our social schedule’s are out of our control but when reflecting on last weekend’s activities, I challenge you to think out of the box. If you would’ve had a better way of handling things, you probably would have done it. In the midst of a social activity, such as going our for dinner, we are not always our most creative or focused on our health. We are there to relax and have a good time! . By the time we make it to the restaurant, sit down, have a cocktail and start visiting, if we don’t have a plan, we probably not be motivated to make one at that point. I’m asking you to think about it now, ahead of time, for next weekend. Is there anything you’ve heard other members share about successful tracking and successful weekend behavior that maybe you’ve never tried? If so, that’s what you can do next week. And so you remember to try it next weekend, write it down. ———-I’m asking you to spend time looking back only to give us some feedback that might help for next time. Don’t waste one precious second of this balmy, January Monday morning beating yourself up. If you do nothing different in 2011, make it that! No regrets, no shame–just feedback and positive, joyful energy for where we are now and for the opportunity we have today. “Come on back and get on track”!! You’re certainly not alone!———-