Now, my approach has shifted
from just diet and exercise, to something that I believe is so much more
powerful and long-lasting. This is what I have
learned to date after helping myself through the journey – of both weight loss
(not lasting) and transformation (long lasting) – and I feel like I must share
with you what I have found ‘transformation’ to be:
1 – Transformation IS NOT weight loss, maintenance,
muscle gain, or an increase in performance.
2 – Transformation IS a shift in mindset to living
a life of personal integrity – keeping commitments to yourself. Your physical
success then becomes a byproduct of your integrity mindset.
3 – There is no right or wrong, and there is no
end. You are either moving forward toward transformation (keeping commitments)
or backwards away from transformation (breaking commitments).
CALL TO ACTION:
If you are just starting the journey, just take on
ONE commitment at a time. Master it, then take on another. If you break it,
stay at the one commitment until you are confident you can keep it daily.
FOUNDATION FIVE
Here are our ‘Foundation Five’ that we all should
master – one at a time – before moving on with your fully structured
transformation program:
1 – Drink an extra quart of water daily
2- Eat breakfast (or as soon as your feeding window
opens)
3-Reduce processed foods till you are no longer
eating any
4-Reduce sugar to less than 50g
5-Deliberately move for 5 minutes every day
These are just suggestions. Feel free to come up
with one(s) that resonate with you! And remember, the focus is on the
commitment, NOT the diet and exercise!!
Transformation, everyone
goes through hell, but not everyone stays there. Stop tormenting yourself by
reliving the pain over and over. Good people go through terrible things, but
wise people know when and how to let it go. We all know that wisdom does not
come easy, it often comes from painful experience. Many of us are very unwise
in how we handle our pain. Like an animal that struggles in a steel trap, we
worsen our wounds the way we struggle, deny, and fight against what simply, is.
When we refuse to learn the wisdom of
acceptance, we become our own tormentors. When we refuse to let go we suffer,
yet we cannot let go of something until it has taught us what we need to learn.
Letting go is a process of recognition, confrontation, acceptance, and healing.
Letting go simply means not suffering any more than absolutely necessary, but
just enough to expand and strengthen ourselves. Some suffering is needed to
deepen our compassion, to grow, and to learn. Letting go means you have learned
enough, and now have compassion for yourself. Letting go means not touching
that sore spot until it is infected, and instead letting it heal. Letting go
means carrying a permanent scar, but not a permanent wound. Letting go means
you may have walked through hell, but come out the other side ready to make
your life a heaven. Letting go means you refuse to be a victim forever, by
letting one moment define the rest of your life. Letting go means you accept
change, and you accept that your pain is not permanent. Letting go means you
accept that you cannot take away the past, but you insist that the past cannot
take away your future. Letting go means you are ready to move forward and live.
Letting go means you are no longer afraid. It was always fear that held you
prisoner; letting go means you are finally free.
NEW YEARS WARNING:
DO NOT take on too many commitments at once. Your
integrity is at stake here. Just one at a time. Don’t worry…you’ll get there.
I promise. Slow like a turtle in a race that wins
every time!
I believe in you. Now let’s make a decision and
transform.