Posted by Alicia Leeds on Wed, Jul 01, 2009 @ 08:54 PM
You know you have to do it when the shorts that fit last summer don't fit now and they have been sitting in the same drawer all winter. (Or... could it have been the hot laundry fairy who came in the middle of the night and ransacked the shorts drawer... again?...)
Right. Time to RESTART and get serious about getting back on track. Here's How:
#1 Check the stock of HMR Shakes, Entrees and Cereal - Join HMR at Home or Place an order if needed
#2 Check Fruits and Veggies - Go Shopping
#3 Get out the Record Book and Day and Date the pages
#4 Set Monthly Goal and Goals for the week # shakes, # entrees # V/F, PA
#5 Plan Strong Start Day
#6 Tell everyone you are planning a Restart and Enlist Support
Commit to your goals and your plan. Make sure you are as open to changing your behaviors as you were the first time. Make sure you are willing to try new things (after all, everything was new the first time). Don't get stuck in the rut of doing the same thing over and over. Experiment. Try new recipes. Try new shake formulas and combinations of those. (My new favorite is the HMR 120 Vanilla mixed with the HMR 800 Vanilla and frozen blueberries.) Try new Fruits and Veggies. Try new Physical Activities.
A client wrote to me about her restart, "These last three weeks my restart has been similar to a slow burn rather than a roaring fire. Like rekindling a relationship - tentative, cautious, slow to trust but forging ahead with the desire to 'make it work.' LOL"
That was about a month ago. Last night she was telling me about her goal to lose 30 more pounds so she can compete with a rowing team! The fire is roaring now!
Living a healthy lifestyle opens up a world of opportunities. But like most opportunities - a bit of luck meets preparation. Be ready, and willing to do what it takes to make it work. Don't put off 'til whenever... what you can do today!
If you have fallen off track - RESTART NOW! Right now. The next meal. Better yet, get out and go for a walk. I'm going out myself... right... after I squeeze... into... these... shorts!