Monday Motivation

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great a weekend and are ready to face today. Sunday night is a great night to plan your week. That way on Monday morning you have a plan of action that you follow to get everything moving in the proper direction. Every day you need to move forward towards your destination. You also need to assess what is holding you back. Extra baggage will drag you down. It will keep you from seeing the success you desire to see. This baggage can come in many forms and today we will take a look at them. People Memories

There are many forms that I want to talk about. Today I will cover two. Now they do not have to be any particular order and there are many other forms of baggage that are present. I see these as powerful influences to the decisions that we make in our lives. So let's dive in. What is your goal/goals? For example, are you trying to lose 20 - 100 lbs to regain your health and fitness? The memories of your past attempts do not serve you at this time especially if you tried and failed. Let's say you attempted to lose weight and lost 30 lbs. You kept it off for about 6 months and then started to slowly gain some weight back. After you quickly loss that 30 lbs you were more comfortable and did not focus as intensely at the process of progressing forward because you noticed it got harder to lose weight. Now you are in your 7-8 month and noticed your motivation to perform has declined more. You have now gained those 30 lbs back in your 9-11th month. It is time to start the journey all over again. This leads me into people because during your journey people around you noticed that you lost a substantial amount of weight. 30 lbs is a noticeable loss. Some of those people cheered you on and congratulated your success. Some of those people may have even been motivated by you to make changes in their lives. Now as you started gaining weight maybe some people noticed but did not want to tell you about it. Maybe some of those people were glad you started gaining weight back. These are the people that you want to get rid of because they are the dream stealers. They are the ones that really do not want to see you succeed especially if you are out performing them. They are baggage that you need to drop. When dropping a person, you do not need to be rude or cut all ties with that person unless it is a toxic relationship. You simply set up boundaries. It could be a simple conversation letting the person know that you will no longer discuss your weight loss journey with him/her. It can be that you want to stay away from the topic with this person and focus on other parts of your lives. If the person becomes offended, angry, or negative then perhaps it is time to move on. The perfect outcome would be that this person becomes your cheerleader, your accountability partner, and your ally. Use your best judgment in how to deal with this person and make sure you are putting yourself in a position to achieve your goal/goals. You have one life to live and your days are numbered. Use each day wisely and to the fullest.

By: James Henderson

Make IT a Fantastic Day!