Hello,
My next free Distraction Diet telesession is this coming Monday. Check out the Teleclasses page to sign up!
I’m a serious creature of habit. I have favorite meals and foods, and I tend to eat them over and over. Oh, I like my variety, too, but during busy weeks, it’s just very easy to have the same breakfasts and lunches, especially. Well, that’s probably not that unusual, but I’m realizing that our bodies like and need more variety.
I fell into a habit of eating a Vitalicious chocolate muffin (www.vitalicious.com or I get mine at Whole Foods) as part of my breakfast every morning because I love the chewiness and chocolate, and that particular muffin gives me good fiber and nutrition for only 100 calories.
I mentioned earlier that I had been on a 2+ month plateau. Well, I’m beginning to realize that it may have been partially lengthened by my not varying my meals enough. It appears that just changing what I eat for breakfast for a couple days this week has made a big difference. Oh, I’m still getting protein to support my brain in the mornings, and I like fruit for breakfast, but I’m just using different foods.
The nice part is that it creates more interest and invites me to be more present to choices and opportunities. It doesn’t have to take a lot of time to mix things up, and I’m also rethinking my “rules” of what can be breakfast foods.
Habits are one of the power tools for supporting our healthy lifestyle and other successes. We just want to remember to notice what habits we’re creating and then still bring in variety so that the habits remain supportive. I have about 5 favorite breakfasts, but I had gotten stuck on basically two variations. Now I’m adding to my list of breakfasts so that my body and I can enjoy more variety.
Take a minute or two today to look at your routines around eating. Can you find a single food that you could trade out for something different and healthier? Give it a try and notice how it feels to treat yourself thoughtfully in this small way.
Warmly,
Barbara
Hello!
I’m so excited to get this blog up and going, and I have something to celebrate today as well.
I held my first free call yesterday about the upcoming Distraction Diet Program that’s starting soon, and it was wonderful to hear friends and get to share my journey. I’m doing another one this coming Monday, and I hope you’ll sign up if you’re interested.
Over the past year, I have been steadily and consciously dropping weight. I dropped 80 pounds in 10 months. Then I hit a serious plateau which lasted over two months. The scale stayed very stable, though the tape measure said that my body was still adjusting. Well, as of this week, the scale is moving downward again, and I can celebrate reaching 85 pounds eliminated! I’m so pleased. My good self talk and staying the course has paid off.
Now, don’t think I’ve been depriving myself because that’s not the case. I’m still enjoying a quarter cup of dark chocolate every single day, just as I have all year long. And I eat four meals a day and am never hungry as long as I eat every four hours or so. It’s been a journey to learn about myself after having been a large person who felt totally unable to control my weight for most of my life. I’m just so excited that I found my Distraction Diet Success Zone and now know — with confidence — how to easily and successfully manage my weight going forward.
I hope you’ll download my free report, The Single Most Important Ingredient For Weight Loss Success, if you want to learn more. I have been looking my entire adult life for the factor that I didn’t understand that kept me from successfully managing my weight. Now I’ve found it, and I’m looking forward to sharing it!
Warmly,
Barbara