I started writing this blog in 2007 and continue today, hoping it will make its way to anyone who feels stuck while trying to make lifestyle changes to live at a healthy weight. Changing behaviors can be tricky if we don’t evaluate our perspective and adjust our expectations and mindset. I believe the foundation of lasting behavior change starts with four key elements:
1.) Self-compassion 2.) A growth mindset 3.) Joy in the journey 4.) Gratitude
Self-compassion is recognizing our humanity. It’s realizing and accepting that no human can be perfect 100% of the time. Therefore, when we make choices that aren’t in line with our goals, it’s an opportunity to learn, modify and move forward. This is called a Growth Mindset, and it leads to lasting success and facilitates joy in the journey! The fourth foundation of lasting behavior change is the practice of gratitude for today and using the good feeling energy of appreciation to propel us forward into the actions we want to take.
See You at the Tasting Party This Afternoon!
"It's precisely in those moments when I don't know what to do, boredom drives one to try a host of possibilities to either get somewhere or not get anywhere." -Anish Kapoor Eating healthy doesn't have to be boring! Finding new foods, new ways to prepare foods...
Come To Our Tasting Party This Thursday And Get Some New Food Ideas From Trader Joe’s!!
This photo is from one of our recent Trader Joe's Field Trips. They are not only fun but very informative and helpful! I have been leading them since August and still learn new things at each tour! Over the summer, as a Weight Watchers Public Relations Ambassador, I...
Calling All Smart Phone Users..Need Your Responses
Hi Terra! So, last night, I finally joined the twenty-first century. . . traded in the old flip phone for a smart phone. Which brings me to the purpose of this email. What are some of the apps that you have mentioned during your meetings, for an iPhone?...
There’s No Hurry
"No road is too long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry, and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it." - Jean de La Bruyere Weight loss is a funny thing. It's very hard to predict when it's actually going to...
How Do You See Weight Loss?
"Remember this maxim: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. The way you perceive things is an extremely powerful tool that will allow you to attain everything you desire." ~Dr. Wayne Dyer Do you see weight loss as something painful...
Goodbye Summer?
"So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return." ~William Shenstone Doesn't feel like GOODBYE! Labor Day weekend is upon us and rather than the kick off to fall, it feels like the heat of the mid July! Ahhhh....weather in the midwest! Let's...
Quick Whoopie Pie
Hey Terra, I do have a recipe to share. It might be one that everyone else already knows, but I just came across it last week. I tried it immediately and it is wonderfully delicious and very decadent tasting! It is a Hungry Girl recipe with only...
Note to Self…..
Visit www.ChooseMyPlate.gov
Chocolate Banana Soft Serve
Below is an email I received with a YUMMY, easy-to-make treat that I thought you might enjoy too. If you go to the recipe tab on my blog home page there is another similar banana soft serve recipe that is good too. Please send me your recipes to share. It will...
It’s A Lovely Process, If You Will Allow It To Be
"Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture." ~Kak Sri So many good things come about when we start becoming more mindful of our eating and our health. Of course weight loss is one of them, but think of all the other positive ways that...
Starting Again
"The hardest part of ending is starting again." -Lyric from Linkin Park If you are waiting to come back to WW....my most honest and sincere advice is DON'T....Just do it NOW. There were many member who came back yesterday and are now already on their way to a fresh...
A New Chapter…..
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. -Roman Philospher, mid-1st century AD and Lyric from Semisonic's popular song "Closing Time" In one hand we have a box of Kleenex as we send our kids...
Patience
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." -Mother Teresa of Calcutta The changes we make to gain control of our eating and to lose weight don't have to be extremely difficult in order to become healthy. In fact, they can be...
Shift the Load
"It's not the load that breaks you down; it's the way you carry it." -Lena Horne If taking care of your health is one more thing on your endless list of "to-do's" it's going to feel like a difficult struggle. If you shift the view to something you want to do,...
Could Her Smile Be Any More Precious??? NO!
"A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he...