Day 42 to a New Me

If losing weight and shedding body fat were as easy as 1,2,3 or learning a mathmatical formula live would be so very much easier!

There again, when we do get in to a regime correctly how easy does it seem??? So, what is the one big factor that makes such a difference? Your mind set. You are your own worst enemy or your own best allay. Can you remember when you set your mind to do something, no matter what came along you would do it, ride a bike, drive a car, go out with a boyfriend/girlfriend nobody liked, ringing any bells???

Our minds make us capable of amazing feats picking up cars, or buses when a child is in danger, diving into water to save somebody, when you don't know how to swim , the list is endless. So why is it so hard to keep a promise to ourselves?

The first issue is self esteem or self worth, if we do not rate ourself worthy then we will sabotage any attempt to make things better for ourself. If the picture we hold of ourself is one of a negative, insulting form it will be so very hard, just to be different. So that is why sometime when we set a goal for other people, ie going to a daughter's wedding, a sister's anniversary party etc we will hold ourself to it, not perfectly but better than if we were doing it for ourself. This is because we rate their needs to have a slim mum or sister at the function, or not wanting to embarress them with a huge relation! In the long term this will never work, after the function you will put it all back on again and more besides.

The only truely successful way to get change in your mind is to have a strong WHY, yes it can still be the wedding or the party, but because you want to be your best for YOU. You see yourself as beautiful , elegant, sexy, until the picture you hold of yourself changes for you, it will feel that trying to lose any weight or inches is like puching that car up a hill, the first stone or pot hole in the road you will give up. Only to reinforce the negative opinion of yourself as a failure!

I know I can lose weight because I have done it before, I have no wish to go back to where I was before, but I have never chosen to have a reason to set a big goal since changing my life and gaining 20 years! I had got complacent, lazy and even a bit of denial was creeping in as the odd splurge of carbs or vino was adding to my normal intake.

Today I got an email about a Nike challenge, I ahve never wanted to run in my life! Marathon runners must all be mad I thought! So, today I challenged myself with the Nike website to run for 25mins in 12 weeks!!!! can I do it? My mind set has to go through a huge change to see myself as a runner.

So keep reading and we will see how I go from today!! Here I make my committment to be a runner in 12 weeks????

If you fancy a challenge go to Nike website and join up too. There are challenges for new and experienced people.....so lets go!!!