Wednesday, March 18, 2009

You can't lose weight without a diet, structure or rules! Or can you...? :)

Another insight into belief; facing the fear and doing it anyway!

Wow! How courageous my clients have been of late. Fearing so much in their minds and still going ahead anyway! How admirable!

You know though....the only way I have ever reached success is by following EXACTLY the same path....feeling apprehensive, sceptical, scared, but listening to that tiny little voice in me that said, "What if it IS ok? What if it IS safe? Imagine..." Usually the person I was taking advice from was someone I trusted, someone who had the results I wanted in their life. So it was easier for me to take that "leap of faith".

I hope my next client's sharing helps you to feel more at ease about facing any fears, insecurities, uncertainties that YOU have, holding you back from achieving your innermost desires, dreams and goals. This lady is in her mid 50's, works part-time in a fairly intensive environment and over the years had neglected herself so much so, that she had lost her faith that she could still achieve her dreams...I hope her sharing helps you to see that we all sometimes doubt, fear and feel lost...the moral is:


You CAN achieve anything you set your mind to! All you need is a decision, belief, ACTION and resilience! Resilience to never give up; to bounce back and learn from challenges; to keep going even when it's TOUGH :)

Go all of you!!!! You CAN do it!

Until next time.....xoxoxoxoxo


"Dear Bridget-Jane,
I still have to pinch myself, because I still can’t quite believe I’m managing to do this…When you told me that the plan you had in mind for me was no plan, no structure, no diet I nearly fell off my chair. I thought, she’s got to be joking: never, not once in my life, have I been able to just eat what I want and enjoy food. And be slim. I thought, how’s a person who needs and likes structure going to have success with weight and health this way? Especially in the recent past, I’ve tended to be a mood-determined eater: when there was something to celebrate, out with the cake and cream, the crackers, the camembert, the glass of wine. When there was something to worry about, a coffee shop stop was a must and I needed that piece of cheesecake with the full-cream latte. I hung in there and finished it all up, even after it was starting to make me feel sick…

The idea of respecting my body enough to listen to what it was asking me to eat was scary to me. Like learning a foreign language, in fact. I guess in so many ways in all my life and work I’ve been doing the exact opposite: driving my body on when it’s telling me there’s nothing left, that the tank was empty. So I didn’t even have the confidence to think that I knew what listening to my body even felt like. For me, these last ten days have been a leap of faith, a whole new experience or experiment. I’ve been set free from the tyranny of planning meals down to the last detail. I’ve been winging it, being creative, daring to throw in my own bits and pieces and flavours with the suggestions that come from a recipe. Both my husband and I have been enjoying the smaller but tastier meals. He’s really supportive of the new adventure too, and I’ve become interested again in shopping for different, new, interesting foods.

It’s only been ten days, but guess what? I’ve lost a few kilos into the bargain. When I filled out your initial questionnaire, I was weighing about 68 kg. The scales are now telling me I’m just below 65 kg – again, I can’t quite believe it. Yes, it’s a little bit akin to walking on water. Something tells me I just have to keep looking straight ahead, and not give way to fear…

I’ll see you later
xx"

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