Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The Reasons to lose weight

We are all in this together and we all have goals either to lose weight or to maintain what we have lost. We all have different ways to getting to our goals. And most if not all of us have tried different diets before and lost weight just to regain that much and more than likely gained even more.
We all have our different reason why we want to lose the weight, hopefully the reason comes down to being fit and healthy. Losing weight just to fit into a swimming suit or a wedding dress is not the best of reasons and I say this because once summer is over or the wedding is over the weight will come back and then some. The only real way to lose the weight and to keep it off is to first want to lose the weight because we are ready for a lifestyle change. We are ready to stop the YO YO weight dance. We want to empty our closets of all the different sizes of cloths, and only have to worry about color matches. And along the way we have hopefully learnt that eating the foods that are healthy and good for us is really great tasting too.  I have gotten to the point that I can tell if something has too much salt just by taking the first bit.  Also when something is too greasy it really turns me off. I have also gotten to the point that if I do not get up and move around a lot and get my walks in even if it is a short 5 min walk I get very nervous, I just cannot sat still very long anymore.
What was your main reason for wanting to take this journey, mine was to get off all of my medications, which I have just now managed to do so.  My new goals are now to lose the weight gained from stopping my water pill, and to maybe lose the last small amount of weight that my doctor would like me to lose. Then my goal will turn to keeping off the medications, and keeping the weight off. And along the way I will set step, or distance goals for walking or bike riding. But most of all my goals all boil down to the fact that I want to be healthy and fit for my family, friends, and most of all for myself.

I would love to hear about your reason for wanting to take this Journey.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Being mindful about the things you do and say is so important.



Example: I was up a whole pound this morning and due to keeping track of what I ate, and really thinking back on why I ate it I realized why I am up this morning I now know that it will pass as my body has time to eliminate the extra salt that I have had now only yesterday but this week.  Mindfulness is about the here and now, but it is also about being responsible for your actions all of the time. The old saying goes every action as a result that has to be accepted and paid for some time in the future. 
The action of eating correctly pays off with being healthier. The action of getting up and moving, be it walking, running, biking or any other exercise will pay off by be fitter.
Will this happen overnight? NO.
 Will there be in discomfort from the actions? More than likely Yes.
 Will it pay off in the long run? You bet it will.
Being mindful about everything you do be it eating, breathing, exercising, being with your loved ones, and just being within yourself is very important. Being mindful is the art of the here and now, it is the art of putting everything out of you mind but what you are doing at the moment.  Give it a try, learn how to do it, it will free your mind and soul and give you so much less stress that you will now want to live any other way.