I have spent a while now wondering what approach to take to losing weight, I have been there and bought the T Shirt with most methods and I am forever telling myself "I know what I need to do" but still not doing it. Counting points, not counting points, Green days / red days, fasting days, shakes, you name it I have tried and last year I was sick of trying, sick of always thinking about food, the next meal, then the guilt if I went off track. I am sick of the roller coaster journey the life of a constant dieter was taking me on, hence not doing very well last year, but over all not gaining either.
Personally, I believe in the law of attraction, which would mean if I am constantly thinking about food, about losing weight but failing at it, then as the law of attraction works, just like a magnet I am bringing more of the same to me. If my whole thought process is consumed with losing weight, or in my case not losing it, then I am never going to get there.
So 2016 is about finding my positive mojo again, to start focusing on what I can do and not so much of what I can't. It is about believing in myself and knowing that I will reach my goal if i focus on the end result and not how it will happen.
In December I was chatting to a good friend who knows all about losing weight and how to approach it and she said something that stuck with me, she asked me if I had ever thought about not following a plan and that whatever I decided to do it had to suit me. This got me thinking about what would work for me, what did I want and how could I get it.
Well overall I want to be slim, I want to be healthy and most importantly I want to be happy with who I am. But i dont want food and diets to consume my every thought, I want the freedom to choose and eat what i enjoy but without the guilt that can easily come with it.
So my way is going to be to eat what I want but less of it, in the quantities that are normal and not giant portions like I am used to. I am going to move more, but at my own pace and only what I enjoy. I am going to be guilt free and if I have a bad day that's ok because the next day can be a good one.
I am going into 2016 with a new bucket list, with dreams to follow and a positive attitude, mixed together is simply a recipe for success.
