How Are You Doing with Your New Year's Weight Loss Goals?

I know it is only January 7th and lots of you have set New Year's Goals.  Some of you are right on target and doing well, but I want to talk to those of you who are struggling and feeling bad about your decisions.  I quit setting New Year goals a few years ago because I could not bare to face another year of failure.  That was before I learned to never give up!!!!  I still do not set January goals because I set goals all the time and just continue day to day.  I am still not perfect at achieving goals but I am pretty good at never giving up no matter how far behind I get on my tasks.  I know that some day with God's help I will achieve what I set out to do!!

I want to specifically talk about weight loss goals.  If you woke up on January 1st and decided you were never going to eat bad stuff again and this was the year you were going to get lean and trim, good for you!!! But chances are you have already messed up!!  and..................THAT IS OK!!!!  Get back up and try again.

Weight loss is a process.  You must find what works for you.  Maybe you find something that is working and then it stops working or you get bored with it, try something else.  Weight loss is fluid, there are many ways to get there.  Keep searching and you will find how to change your lifestyle.

I have been thinking allot about my weight loss transformation and the wisdom I have gleamed from this journey.  If you only have a few pounds to lose, you probably won't relate to what I am about to say, but if you are obese, I would love to help you.  I weighed 320lbs a few years ago so I can understand a lot of what you are going through.........

Do you sometimes feel like you are too far gone and it is too late for you?
Do you sometimes feel as though the options are so vast you don't really know where to start your journey?
Do you feel as though you have tried and failed and what is the use?
What about your health, do your knees hurt when you try to walk?
Does your heart beat out of your chest when you try any kind of movement?
Do you pretty much feel helpless and just like there is no answers for your weight loss problems?

I want to help you know where to start..........
Don't worry about your eating and exercise....  I know that sounds a little backwards but let me explain......
FIRST:
Get your mind wrapped around why you eat the way you do.
Do you overeat because you absolutely love food?
or
Do you overeat because you are trying to heal an emotional problem?
or
Maybe you overeat because you grew up poor and still have that poverty mentality!
Or maybe like me, you overeat because of a variety of issues!!!

I suggest, if you are serious about your weight loss goals, start studying.......
Figure out where the core of your problem is and start studying about it.
If you overeat because you absolutely love food, then you should start studying nutrition and figure out how to cook and bake in a way that helps you be healthy.  There are lots of resources to help you out there.  Study Study Study!!!!  Try new recipes!!  Go slow and take baby steps to change how you think and subsequently change your actions!!!

What about emotional problems fueling your desire for food?  If I were you I would start learning about emotional healing.  I would listen to Joel Osteen over and over.  Fill your mind with positive medicine to help the healing process.  Be serious about it, just like taking meds for any other kind of illness.  Learn to only focus on positive thoughts in your mind.  In order to do this, you probably need to figure out exactly who you are....My favorite way of doing this is to do a search at www.biblegateway.com.  I use the words "God Is" in my word search.  I program it to use those words together.  The reason I do this is because in Genesis 1:26 it says we are made in God's image, so if I want to know what I am made of, I must find out His image.  Then as I fuel my mind with this information I have weapons of positive thoughts to fight the negative that plagues my  mind!!!  If you will do this consistently and practice this process daily, you will find your emotional pain subsiding and when it is time to get serious about your food choices, your weight loss will come much easier because you have dealt with your core issue!!

I hope you don't give up on your January goals.....I hope you can look at them a little differently and maybe start again but this time start at the core of your problem...don't feel bad about yourself...when you fall down, just get back up!!!!  Try a different approach.  If you have any questions, just pm me on facebook or leave me a message.  I would love to help you.

I love ya,
SoniaRai