My Mental Weight Loss Solution

Posted on August 3, 2011 by mrmeltdown

You know in life we face so many challenges that we sometimes can get lost in the mix. I for one can admit that when multitasking life, weight loss, business and relationships I can get a little overwhelmed. I am starting to realize that it is much easier to allow myself enough space to be human. This means not being so much of a machine trying to calculate my efforts as if I was being graded for living at the end of the day. You see we sometimes we live life so much on the edge that just breathing can be a daunting task. I am starting to just chill and let things flow a little more with my diet now.

I was for way to many years allowing everyone around me to dictate what I should do to lose weight. I would ask questions I already knew the answers to like "should I eat this or that?"

I would even find myself buying diet products and pills thinking that this would be the magic answer to losing weight. I started reading every book I could get my hands on and magazines thinking that would get me where I wanted to be. I started eating yogurt, pasta salads, low fat TV dinners thinking that would be the answer to my problems. But in reality the only thing that could and would separate me from the craziness was allowing myself room to relax.

I am now accepting the fact that I am just me and for the first time telling myself it is OK to be who I am. This in my own opinion but I feel that the first step to healing our bodies is saying we have a problem. I feel it all starts in the mind and once we accept who we are then we can work on becoming who we want to be. I hope that might make sense to some of you guys?

I am now feeling the level of commitment to myself that I have been searching for and it feels great! I am nor saying I am going to start on Monday anymore because if you are really ready to commit to something why not just start today?

So with that said I am now reaching my own level of acceptance and ownership of my weight loss journey. I am allowing room for growth without penalties for not reaching my goals. It is about keeping faith in myself and working toward my own goals without any stress of a deadline, punishment  or finger pointing for not reaching my goals. After all this is my raw food blog and weight loss journey. I am in this for better health and living a fulfilled long life and that will have to be the energy behind my efforts right now.

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Raw Food Blog Episode 10 – Taking Action

Posted on July 22, 2011 by mrmeltdown

Today was an amazing day I must admit It started with me waking up in an amazing mood and feeling so fall of life and energy. I decided to take advantage of the extra energy and go for a trail walk. I am lucky enough to live about 7 minutes from a really good trail park so I felt like I had no excuse today not to go and put in some work. The park has a couple of options like walking the track or the trail so I decided on the trail.

If you guys have never tried walking the trail I will just say it is an experience in itself. There are so many beautiful people outside walking, running, jogging and biking that it just makes since to join in. I was a little mad at myself for forgetting my Gymboss but  I will bring it next time.

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Keeping My Focus In Check

Posted on June 30, 2011 by mrmeltdown

Finding My Focus

Today is Thursday so I guess another week has passed and has been very uneventful. I am starting to become a little more aware of my foods and bad habits. This is the time when I can start to reflect on the past and prepare for the future. I have a question to ask anyone who dares answer?

Have you ever felt like you where running a race in a hamster wheel not making any progress? Have you ever felt like the only person in your way was you? If that is the case then I guess I am not alone in this situation that I will call  LACK OF  FOCUS.

i am feeling like I need to push myself more and position myself better for success. I am knocking on the door of hope but lately find no answer at the other end. So I guess it is time to kick it down and take what is rightfully mine! I am feeling inspired this week and more focused on self motivation. I have been watching motivational videos and reading a bunch also which has helped a great deal.  I have been meditating more and trying to work on my bad sleeping habits and allowing  positive energy to fuel me more lately. This is a big help to getting my focus in check ant putting me mind back in alignment with this Raw Food Journey I am on. This is hard work but still possible to get through as long as I can maintain my sanity. LOL

Some of My Goals For Next Week

I am going to try to be a little more creative with raw food recipes to inspire my focus. I plan to purchase a food processor this today and a new dehydrator. I also plan to shop a little more wiser and walk the perimeter of the store for now on. I do admit that sometimes I can get a little overwhelmed with the choices available in the forbidden sections so hopefully this will cure that..

I also plan to start tasting new things that I have not tried yet and see what is out there. I always see these wired things at Whole foods Supermarket that I want to try. so why not give them a try right? This will eliminate the craziness of repeating the same meals over and over again. I also found myself skipping some workouts so I will pick that back up and get my focus in check. So that is my plans for next week and what's going on right now. I do feel encouraged to continue with my goal and I feel that is what the best news is most important right now. Talk with you guys later.

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