Monday, December 6, 2010

Adapt and Adjust! Don't Self Destruct!

Since you began your journey of "I'm gonna get into better shap", "I'm gonna lose 10, 20, 30 pounds this year", you've been procrastinating for years. Now it's time to do something about it. You've been learning how to integrate better nutrition and physical activity into your daily life.

In renewing our minds on how we view foods, it is truly a lifestyle change. You've gotta realize that living healthfully in today's grab-n-go world, 24/7, 365 days of the year, requires navigating countless minefields of tempting trash treats and hefty speed bumps every time you want to get in some physical activity. When men and women begin a journey to improve their health, shed pounds, and become fit, the original enthusiasm begins to fade right around the fourth week. Red flags alert is when you start hearing words spill from your lips "I was doing fine UNTIL.....", as you contemplate throwing in the towel. Especially since you've not been in a month. Your excuse possibilities are endless.

Your next step in your quest to become lean, healthier, and more fit is to learn how to manage these life stresses without reerting to old habits - eating your way through the stress, dropping the workouuts, ceasing to do things that make you happy, and abandoning your self care. It is not the strongest of the species who survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change” quoted by Charles Darwin. it's been discovered by Scientist for years that survival is based upon the ability to be flexible, to modify habits as needed in response to life's ever changing stressful environment. This is about regrouping when life throws you a curve ball and the two critical elements of regrouping involivng the ability to adapt and adjust. "The goal is to show that no matter what hits you in life, you can adapt and adjust without resorting to self destructive behaviors."

Adapt is a mental attitude that says "I'm facing a situation that I have to come to grips with.." It' about accepting the situation - I've gained 30 pounds, I'm 45 and don't have time to exercise - with as minimal negative effects on yourself - as possible. What you are doing is getting real and wrapping yoru head around whatever the stress is, while accepting a new reality.

Adjust is the technical end of regrouping equation. Now that you've mentally adapted to the new reality - I've gained 30 pounds - I'm in menopause - I've been dieting and can't seem to lose the weight - you're ready to map out a strategyy to deal with this stress. It's about formulating a plan and implementing it and committing to it.

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