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Often when we think about weight loss, we think of changing the ratio of energy consumption verses energy expenditure which is great however if you are truly not committed and truly believe it will happen then your chances of success are very low.

When you get down to the nuts and bolts of weight loss, it’s more like 20% based on the frequency and intensity of exercise, 20% about what you consume, the amount and the frequency but more importantly 60% is based on what you are thinking.

Think about the Yo-Yo diet, you get weight loss results then just as quickly you get weight gain, how can this be? Well if you don’t have the belief systems in place and the right mind set then old habits will return very quickly.
It’s like a children’s seesaw, one day you are in perfect balance where everything works, both children are of similar weight and contributing equally then the next day a different kid sits on the other end of the seesaw who is heavier or lighter or maybe isn’t contributing to seesawing by just sitting there or is pushing off too hard and making the other kid fall off.

If you don’t have everything in sync with the kids on the seesaw, ie the right weight (nutrition), the right level of exertion (mind) and contribution (exercise) the seesaw doesn’t work.
You can compensate on the seesaw if one kid is heavier or not contributing enough by one person working harder but this can only be sustained for a short period of time BUT if one kid does nothing and just sits there, guess what? nothing happens no matter how hard the other kids tries.

So if your scared of the seesaw, you don’t believe you have the skills to use it or you were forced to play on the seesaw by mum nothing will happen, similarly you wont lose weight.

I like the analogy of the hole in the footpath, you can either keep walking into the hole every morning or change your thought patterns and beliefs by choosing a different street with a different footpath.

The mind plays a massive role in everything that happens in our life, what we do, how we do it etc so get the mind in tune and the weight loss will follow:))

Failure is only an event, not a lifestyle so change your thinking.
Keep it positive & look at these unplanned events as drawing us closer to our final goal.

Like the old saying goes, we learn from our mistake or rather I like to keep it positive and look at these unplanned events and drawing us closer to our final goal.

If you go jogging to keep healthy and trip over a stick on the foot path, do you stop jogging as you are fearful of tripping over again or do you learn from the experience and pay more attention to where you are jogging?

Alternatively you can keep focusing on looking for something that you may trip over and guess what, you will find it and repeat the tripping event over and over again.

So rather start to view a failure as an event and change your thinking.

Do you keep falling into the same hole on the sidewalk – footpath, make positive changes.
It’s time to make some positive changes in your life to avoid falling into the same hole.

There is a great story by Portia Nelson titled “THERE’S A HOLE IN MY SIDEWALK” covered in 5 short chapters.

The great thing about life is we can keep repeating the same actions or behaviors or we can learn from the experience and over a period of time make positive changes that ultimately make falling down the holes of life a thing of the past.

Chapter One
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost …. I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter Two
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend that I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in this same place.
But, it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter Three
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in … it’s a habit … but, my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter Four
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter Five
I walk down another street.

So we are you and where would you rather be, either keep falling into the sidewalk – footpath holes or make some positive changes.