Welcome to Transformation Tuesday

I didn't have time to get a video ready today so I'm writing a quick note while I eat my lunch!!!   Twyla brought me a salad..it is very delicious and got me thinking.  A couple of years ago I would have said no to a salad........I would have eaten something greasy, salty and full of carbs.  Today, I enjoy a good salad.  Sometimes I eat something solely because it is good for me but mostly I enjoy eating clean!!!

 I still have my moments of pure lust for bad foods but mostly, I enjoy good health and the foods that help me achieve it!!!!  I was thinking about this being Transformation Tuesday and I am reminded that transformation is a process that takes time.  I did NOT wake up one day and decide I was going to like salad and magically liked salad.  That is laughable because I may of woke up and said I was going to like and eat salad from this day forth, but that probably only lasted a few minutes!!!!  LOL

Today, I am reminded of all the wonderful ideas I have had through the years to exchange my bad habits for good ones.  On the surface these ideas that never materialized may sound like a waste of time but I think differently......I think they were stepping stones.  They were part of the process of bringing on a new way of thinking.  They were the beginning of a desire for change!!!!  You must always start somewhere.  Way back when transformation was barely a desire, I didn't know that failure wasn't the end of desire, so every time I failed, I stopped trying.  Now I know that failure is just an opportunity to learn a lesson.

Learning a lesson from failure isn't any fun at the time but if you know it will help you succeed in the long run, it is bearable.  Now when I fail with eating, I think, "I will not give up!!!!  I will weigh my ideal weight and I will keep my current weight loss with out gaining an ounce!!!!"  When I fail, I have to determine why I failed.  Did I fail because I am eating emotionally?  If so, I better figure out what is emotionally bothering me and fix that issue before I eat myself to death!!! Literally!!!  Did I fail because my body is needing nutrition?  If so, I better figure why!!!! Usually this issue is because I forgot to take my vitamins.....I may overeat because I am stressed, if this is the case I better give the situation to God and let Him handle it!!!!

This process of elimination and breaking down the "Why?" is vital to my transformation.  It is the backbone of my transformation success.  Figuring out the WHY isn't always easy but I am getting fairly good at it.  Then I must make sure that I care about the WHY enough to change the situation, but that is another story!!!

BOTTOM LINE: Transformation takes time.  It is a process that begins in your mind.  It begins with a thought, then the thought becomes a desire, but it doesn't materialize at that moment.  Even if you try, you probably will fail.  Handling failure correctly is vital to your transformation success.  So if you don't like eating healthy and you have a small desire to change, then just keep trying.....it may take 5, 10 or even 20 years but if you don't give up, you will succeed in getting that thought to materialize into an awesome habit!!!!
Have an awesome Transformation Tuesday!!!
I love you,
SoniaRai