So many of us try diets, new businesses, new relationships and much more with a fervor. We rush in with excitement and motivation. What happens? Often, as we lose momentum we begin to stray from our plans. Regardless of whether you are dieting or working on some other goal, it all revolves around keeping track of your goals.
Make your goals SMART goals first and foremost.
S- Be specific, the broader your goal, the more difficult it will be to figure out if you are making progress.
M- Measurable. Have small bite sized steps for each week and day. Six things I will achieve today towards my weekly goal of....
A- Achievable - Do you have the training or supplies to achieve what you are seeking, if not, that needs to be an early goal.
R- Realistic - If you put that you want to breathe water and it is against the scientific possibilities.. how can you achieve that? However, don't shoot to low either. Remember the saying.. if I shoot for the moon and miss, at least I land amongst the stars.
T- It needs time measurement for each step. I will achieve.. . by... If you don't make it, don't give up. Analyse where you are, what progress you are making and reset your timeline. It may be that you didn't give yourself enough of the "R". In other words, it is an achievable goal but you gave it an aggressive time frame.
Most importantly.. Don't Quit!
With dieting, the biggest problem I see is people cheat and don't know it. There are some great websites out there for keeping track of what you eat.
http://www.weightwatchers.com/ offers tracking with their program.
http://www.naturalmood.isagenix.com/ for their cleansing program offers tracking measurements.
A free one available for many is http://www.my-calorie-counter.com/. It does calorie count of every bite you put in your mouth. A must for those who can't figure out why their diet isn't working. This is do to the fact that calorie counts on products can be misleading. Yes that cracker only has 70 calories.. .. but that is per serving and there is 30 servings in the bag. The bigger question is.. how many servings of 70 did you just eat?
Regardless of whether your goal is a business, a home, a dollar amount or a pound on a scale.... the only way to reach each of these goals is to monitor your daily steps...
ONE BITE AT A TIME!
Cheryl Matthynssens
www.thebalanceguide.com
Friday, May 1, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Don't Feed Your Own Demons!
It is the oddest thing about human beings. We will do exactly what we know is bad for us. The addict will stick the needle in his arm one more time as he curses the very drug that he is craving. The overweight dieter will bemoan the box of donuts they just finished eating. How many times do those who know they struggle to tell others no, put themselves into situations to do just that. Those that struggle with constraining their anger will add elements to their day to create the very thing they 'say' they are trying to avoid.
The truth is, if we understood what wonderful beings we really were, we wouldn't do these things to ourselves. Very few of us would buy a sweet fast running vehicle and fill it with cheap gas. Yet we think nothing of destroying the one thing most precious to us, the body and mind that houses us. We fill it with foods created by those seeking profits that add nothing of value to our bodies. We smoke things we know will kill us. We add things to alter the states of our mind through alcohol and drugs.
You know what real happiness is? When you can live in your body without having to alter its state of being and be truly happy within your own skin. That is happiness. We can add so much more well being to our life, just by eating things made by nature.. and not by man. No, I am not saying don't eat meat. That is a natural substance of our world. However, you might want to think twice about all the chemicals in that twinkie or Monster.
So how do we get there? How do you get to a place where you are content with who you are. Well first, if you do not like who you are.. change it. Dont' say some day I will..... do it now. Quit reading books and not applying what you learn. Quit reading others blogs (grin) but apply what you learn and work on you! Quit eating donuts, and other things bad for you. Go to treatment if you have an addiction. People do not fail in this process because they do not have enough information. They fail because they don't apply the information, resources and tools to their own lives that they have gathered.
My grandmother always said. "God does not make junk." I never really understood why she was always telling me this to recently. I looked in the mirror and I saw someone worth looking at. It hit me, she had been trying to tell me all along that I was as good as anyone else. God had not made junk. The more I realize that God dwells in each and every one of us, the more my grandmother's lessons drive home. She was always saying, "your body is the temple of god." I always thought that meant that if I wanted God in me.. I had to have this perfect body. Since I have yet to acquire that, do to personal weakness, there was always a part of me that thought God was not with me. I had no idea he had always been there and she was trying to tell me to get some paint, clean the carpets and I might want to wash those windows.
The truth is, what ever is making you miserable in life, stop doing it! Don't like your job, get a different one. No, don't quit the one you have in this uncertain economic time, look for a job while you have one. They say that is easier anyway. Don't like your body, start going for walks and drinking more water. Those two things alone will change a lot in a very short period of time, move up from there. Don't like how you treat people, start looking first at how you are treating you? Don't like being the victim to others? Stop putting yourself in positions where they can take advantage of you. The truth is, to almost all our problems, the strength to overcome is within us. All that you need, all that you want... is already within you. All you have to do is get moving! Don't feed your own demons. Instead, fuel your desires with your passion, your love and your heart. In this way, life will become all that you dream of...Peace be with you!
Cheryl Matthynssens
www.thebalanceguide.com
The truth is, if we understood what wonderful beings we really were, we wouldn't do these things to ourselves. Very few of us would buy a sweet fast running vehicle and fill it with cheap gas. Yet we think nothing of destroying the one thing most precious to us, the body and mind that houses us. We fill it with foods created by those seeking profits that add nothing of value to our bodies. We smoke things we know will kill us. We add things to alter the states of our mind through alcohol and drugs.
You know what real happiness is? When you can live in your body without having to alter its state of being and be truly happy within your own skin. That is happiness. We can add so much more well being to our life, just by eating things made by nature.. and not by man. No, I am not saying don't eat meat. That is a natural substance of our world. However, you might want to think twice about all the chemicals in that twinkie or Monster.
So how do we get there? How do you get to a place where you are content with who you are. Well first, if you do not like who you are.. change it. Dont' say some day I will..... do it now. Quit reading books and not applying what you learn. Quit reading others blogs (grin) but apply what you learn and work on you! Quit eating donuts, and other things bad for you. Go to treatment if you have an addiction. People do not fail in this process because they do not have enough information. They fail because they don't apply the information, resources and tools to their own lives that they have gathered.
My grandmother always said. "God does not make junk." I never really understood why she was always telling me this to recently. I looked in the mirror and I saw someone worth looking at. It hit me, she had been trying to tell me all along that I was as good as anyone else. God had not made junk. The more I realize that God dwells in each and every one of us, the more my grandmother's lessons drive home. She was always saying, "your body is the temple of god." I always thought that meant that if I wanted God in me.. I had to have this perfect body. Since I have yet to acquire that, do to personal weakness, there was always a part of me that thought God was not with me. I had no idea he had always been there and she was trying to tell me to get some paint, clean the carpets and I might want to wash those windows.
The truth is, what ever is making you miserable in life, stop doing it! Don't like your job, get a different one. No, don't quit the one you have in this uncertain economic time, look for a job while you have one. They say that is easier anyway. Don't like your body, start going for walks and drinking more water. Those two things alone will change a lot in a very short period of time, move up from there. Don't like how you treat people, start looking first at how you are treating you? Don't like being the victim to others? Stop putting yourself in positions where they can take advantage of you. The truth is, to almost all our problems, the strength to overcome is within us. All that you need, all that you want... is already within you. All you have to do is get moving! Don't feed your own demons. Instead, fuel your desires with your passion, your love and your heart. In this way, life will become all that you dream of...Peace be with you!
Cheryl Matthynssens
www.thebalanceguide.com
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