Decide Yourself Weight Loss Mindset™ is a nine step system to help you achieve your health & weight loss goals with joy instead of dread and frustration.
The Nine Steps of the Decide Yourself Weight Loss Mindset™ System
1) DECIDE to make your Health a priority
Once and for all Decide to take control of your health. Deciding is different than simply starting another diet. Deciding means that you have chosen certain goals for yourself and you are giving it the attention is requires. We will cover how to make a true decision that you wholly embrace. Quitting is NOT an option, and really, it won’t even be in your thought process. You will honor yourself and your commitment to your health and well-being. Don’t worry, we will examine and personalize the ways you can incorporate this new lifestyle without it overwhelming you!
2) Learn & command the missing key – MINDSET
We will examine exactly what mindset is and what type you have in this area. With this awareness we will develop and put into practice a more purposeful and healthful mindset. Mindset is the key to achievement or failure. You already know your current mindset isn’t working for you. We will go over real examples of how it’s not working and the methods to turn that around into success. Let’s learn how to achieve with purpose and on purpose.
3) Take a NO-EXCUSES APPROACH
You must to pledge to take a no-excuses approach. Be aware and accept that there is a learning curve and that there will be some bumps in the road. Do not run at the first sign of confusion or set backs. They are all part of the process. With a no-excuses approach you know that the set backs will be confronted and conquered because you have decided that there is no other option. There is no hiding behind any excuse or issue. You are more powerful than you realize. NO issue is more powerful than you!
4) Purposefully create new and empowering HABITS
Our habits are our life. We have let circumstances, other people, indifference and plain laziness choose our habits for us. We now need to actively decide our habits in a way that will support us and get us where we want to be. No more living in default mode! Together, we will examine your daily habits and decide what needs to change so that we can create new ones that will achieve your goals. Powered by your new mindset, these new habits will put you in a position for success that you’ve never been in before. We will focus on consistency and eliminating perfectionism. We will focus on breaking down your goals into understood and manageable new habits. Let’s be in charge of our habits and make them work for us! Yeah!
5) RELEARN food & exercise
Food is a means of pleasure and comfort for most of us. It’s our drug of choice. It is something we do when happy or sad or bored or tired or upset, etc... There really isn’t a time when food isn’t a welcome companion. We will examine your thoughts and feelings toward food and come up with a plan that will work for you and your life. The same goes with exercise. Not many of us have done it with any consistency. We will look at your style of movement, what you can and cannot do physically and develop a plan that is beneficial to you. Don’t worry! With the new mindset you have chosen for yourself, this will be much easier than you think!
6) Set up your ENVIRONMENT for success
What you surround yourself with is important in your success. While you cannot control everything around you, you can control your reaction to it. First, we will examine what you do have control over: your home, your work space, your drive time, etc. Second, we will examine what you do not have control over and develop strategies and a mindset to handle those circumstances.
7) Be ACCOUNTABLE
Being accountable to someone else is an excellent way to keep you on track. It’s like a magic key really. It is very easy to talk yourself into eating that piece of cake or supersizing your McDonalds…but that changes when you have to share and admit it to someone else. Together, we will look at the benefits to having accountability partners and create an accountability system that works for you.
8) Get SUPPORT from like-minded people
Getting support from like-minded people is vital. You don’t understand how vital it is until you experience it. At that point, you wonder how you got along without it before! The idea of coming together in our current states of health and being accepted and encouraged is truly priceless. It creates a synergy of spirit… It takes us all out of our isolation and envelops us in its warmth, community and offers up new ideas that we wouldn’t have known about otherwise. It also gives us a chance to give to others and help them with their challenges. There is a sense of purpose and worth that comes from helping others. We have issues and feelings that others cannot relate to or understand. That acceptance…that energy…that purpose is what gives us support and the courage to tackle and accomplish our goals and lead our new chosen lives.
9) Give SUPPORT TO YOURSELF
This is the most compassionate thing you can do for yourself. We often berate ourselves in a way we would never do to anyone else. You will learn to treat yourself as supportively as you do your best friend. You deserve excellent health. You deserve to be able to move and run and jump and play. You deserve to be happy when you look in the mirror. You deserve to be proud of yourself. You deserve the effort. You deserve your best. Figuring out why you overeat will likely bring up some tough memories and experiences. But in supporting yourself & not stuffing the feelings down with food, you’ll be on the road to get all that you deserve.