I know that I had all the best intentions of staying on track with blogging and posting over the holiday season, but I did not make the time for it and so it fell by the wayside as I filled my time with other things. Forgive me. I'm working on doing better. I'm actually quite terrible at doing things like this, but I'm going to continue to make a solid effort with the intention of getting better and more consistent at it.
Ah, the holidays. While they're supposed to be fun and relaxing, I find them stressful, especially so this year as I worked at trying to stay on my nutrition plan with varying degress of success. And Actaully, all in all, I would say my holiday season navigation was one bug huge fat failure. And I am being honest about that. And usually that would make me feel like crap. But it doesn't and I'm going to tell you why.
I woke up Dec 26 with a huge A HA moment. I woke up bright at early at 5 am as I was resolved to do to get back on track after the holidays and I did some personal development. Right now I'm reading a book by Jennifer Sincero called "You are a Badass" and it's amazing and if you haven't read it, get out there and do so because it WILL change your life. Anyway, I was reading the book and i got to the point where it was time to find a bookmark and I started digging though my nightstand. Inside, a few days before, I had dumped an entire box of Hot Tamales and was totally gorging on them, but stealthily hiding them from my hubby. And while I was looking for my bookmark, three lone Hot Tamales appeared. And I looked at one of them and thought, "I could totally pop this in my mouth right now." And the thought that immediately followed was, "Yeah, but I don't even want it!" And then it was like time stopped as the realization that I didn't want the candy that I had been shoveling in not 48 hrs ago. Its like someone had flipped a switch and all of the lack of motivation I'd had, the binging on the chocolate, the over indulging (all the things I know NOT to do, especially as a coach) was gone.
It was this moment as this was all occuring that this quote finally clicked and made sense in my mind:
See, I didn't fully understand what this truly meant. But what it meant for me was that the reason that I was binging and indulging and having such a hell of a time staying on track was because after Oct 31st, I didn't believe that I could. I truly, 100%, did not believe that I could succeed and lose weight over the holiday season. And you know what? My mind made that the reality. I didn't succeed. I'm actually sure I gained (I'm not going to lie to you, I've stayed as far away from the scale as I possibly could as I am a little terrified to know what the damage is). But the point is that my mind so powerfully believed that I wasn't going to succeed over the holidays that it became my story. And the moment it was over, I was back in, 150%, committed to reaching all of the goals. Isn't that amazing?
When as coaches we tell our clients, its 80% nutrition, 20% fitness and 100% mindset, I didn't get the 100% mindset aspect. Sure it means that you practice discipline and commitment, but it's so much more than that!! Your mind is incredibly powerful! And if you don't believe with certainty that something can be done, it won't happen!! I just won't! It's a self fulfilling prophecy; Where if you focus on something negative so clearly that you make it happen. You take the chance out of it. When you are so focused on why something can't be done, you make it that way. But if you open your mind and believe that it's possible, amazing things can happen.
Ok, I feel you if you are like, "Ok, what have you been smoking?" I was like that too. I understood the concept, but the practical application completely eluded me. When I finally got it, I started playing with it and, I swear to you, it's like having the most epic super power.
One of the fun perks of losing over 40 lbs is that your clothes don't fit so you get to buy new ones at stores you could never even walk into before. I got to do this this past weekend and I decided to put my new mind powers to the test. I walked into the store and did a lot of browsing until I came upon their workout section and I found a super cute and warm workout sweater. As I was sifting through them, not finding my size, my mind pessimistically said, "Your size won't be here." I immediately caught myself and said, "No. My size will be here and it will fit perfectly." Guess what? I found my size. And it fit perfectly. In fact, I am wearing said workout sweater as I type this. It is warm and comfy and I love it! Two days later I went into a store with the intention of finding a cute sweater that I fit and I could throw over tanks and shirts to keep warm. I went in with the mindset that I would find the sweater and it would be in my size and in 10 minutes I had my sweater and was walking out of the store with my prize in hand. You guys, THIS SHIZ WORKS! It's mind blowing! And you feel like a superhero. And as I sat in my car later, I thought, "If I can do this with something as small as clothes, imagine how awesome it will be when I apply the same tactic to much bigger goals!"
Right now we are starting a 6 week New Year, New You challenge. And I am STOKED for it! You know why? Because I can see my success. I can see the numbers on the scale that I want. And I know that I am going to put in the work to get there. Because faith requires action. You can't just believe something and expect it to come flying towards you. It doesn't work like that. The universe isn't just going to hand you things, you have to put yourself out there, prove to the universe that you're not just playing, you're in this thing and you want what you want and you will put yourself into those positions to get where you want to go. If you work towards it, plan for it like it's already a done deal, the universe is going to make it happen!
I am so excited to see what the future is going to bring with the practical application of my new mindset!
P.S.
If you want to learn more about how to have your mindset work for you, here's what the book looks like. I totally recommend it. Be prepared for some growing and letting go of some old baggage, but, I'm telling you, it is SO worth it!!
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