Hello, Goodbye

2021 is here!

How will you make this year different?

Meet yourself where you are right now.

Do a little better than you did yesterday.

Step off the diet merry-go-round.

Say goodbye to unrealistic and overly restrictive diet plans.

Enough with waking up feeling defeated because of what you ate yesterday.

Realistically plan.

Be kind to your future self (i.e. you tomorrow, on Friday, next week) when you do.

Stop eating behind your own back.

No more breaking commitments to yourself when you have no problem upholding them to other people.

Only commit to behaviors you can follow through on with 100% confidence (to help build momentum and confidence in yourself), then make further changes from there if you choose.

Don’t rely on external factors to motivate you (i.e. your husband, the weather, the bathroom scale).

Create your own motivation with your mind – with the thoughts that you think.

When you don’t believe in yourself, go into nurturer mode.

Be kind to yourself. Love yourself. Then take your next step from there.

(Guilt, shame, and disappointment rarely ever produce fruitful results).

Some days it will feel hard. C’est la vie.

Let it be hard.

Feel what you’re feeling.

Don’t rush to bury it or numb it with food (or wine).

It’s just a sensation in your body, perhaps a little uncomfortable, but it won’t harm you.

Practice sitting with it, allowing it to be there without rewarding the urge to escape it.

Focus on your long-term vision, and don’t fall victim to short-term thinking (trading what you ultimately want for instant gratification).

What you do on Friday night, next week, or on January 23rd, matters.

It all counts.

Sure, maybe a few too many sweets or an overly indulgent weekend isn’t going to hinder your efforts completely, but when you’re continually eating behind your own back or “starting fresh” again on Monday, you start to lose trust in yourself.

Imagine how good you’ll feel waking up on February 1st, March 1st, or even April 1st if you decided that it DOES matter.

You CAN feel that way. You deserve to feel that way.

But it will require you to make a choice.

Choosing what you want most long term more often than choosing what’s most comfortable at the moment (escaping with food, skipping the workout, “starting fresh” after the weekend is over).

Let go of the mentality that you’re either “on-track” or “off-track” with your diet.

Make your diet ONE track. (“Imperfect” eating and all.)

Here’s to making 2021 a great one!

Elaine

P.S. If you’re done with spinning your wheels, thinking about food (too much), and waking up feeling defeated about your eating habits, then join me in my 3-month program and make this year the year that everything changes for you! Full details here.