How to achieve your weight loss goals this year - have you got what it takes?

Starting a new diet is like trying to take a drink from a fire hydrant.

There's so much information to take in about what to eat, when to eat, how much to eat while trying to work it all out now before your next meal.

Changing your diet takes a lot of mental effort because you have to change the way you think about food, what you’re having at each meal, everything that’s currently in your pantry, you have to think about how you meal plan, shop, cook, and how the changes you want to make impact the other people in your life.

Jumping in boots ultimately adds tension to all systems of your life.

Real lasting change comes though through a well thought out plan that's implemented incrementally.

And a great plan begins with thinking about the big picture.

You need to know where you are, where you want to be and what has to change for you to get there.

Step 1 List out your known resources:

• What you can do right now?
• What you can’t do right now?
• Resources: time, focus, finances & energy – how are you going to allocate your resources to get the results?
• Your skills – what do you already know how to do that will get you where you want to go?
• Who else needs to be involved - family, friends, professionals?
• Motivation - how are you going to keep your optimism high and stay connected to good health habits?

Step 2 Brainstorm:

• All the things you can think of that will need to change
• All the people, places, events and situations that will be directly or indirectly affected by those changes

Step 3 Create your plan:

• Set your intention, your reason for wanting to lose weight
• Keep it simple
• Think of it as a plan with phases/stages and focus on the first phase/stage now – don’t try to pack everything into one phase
• Set the start and finish date for each phase of the plan (90 days is always recommended)
• Set 2 - 4 objectives you’d like to achieve in each 90 days (hint: don’t make it a number on the scales, think in terms of what changes you would like to achieve in 90 days that are in line with your weight loss goal)
• Break it down into the next step next step next step
• What additional resources do you need to be successful and how will you get them?
  • Do you need help organising, planning, prioritising, executing and implementing the plan?
  • Do you need more time, money, focus or energy or support?
• Begin implementing the plan

There is so much more to losing weight than just changing how you eat and exercise, right?

You need a system to break your learned behaviours, retrain yourself and prevent relapse.

Define your greatness, take your first step to health and happiness today and reach out and lets chat.