This post is from December 2015, but it still rings true. Read on, watch the video, and post your comment. More good stuff to come!
Have you caught yourself saying “I’m going to lose this extra weight come new year.”
or
“That’s it… I’m gonna hit the workouts hardcore January 1st…. (or er…. 2nd…)!!!!”
All because the #1 goal is to lose this weight!
What if…. just WHAT IF…
In order to actually lose weight, weight loss is NOT the real GOAL & we’ve had it wrong this whole time?
Stay with me here.
Imagine if the real goal were JOY. HAPPINESS. ENERGY. FULFILLMENT.
What if THOSE THINGS were the ultimate goal & because they become your #1, it is inevitable that the weight will come off?
Can you see how that could be a natural, easy side effect?
Think I’m nuts?
Watch this video & open your mind to consider the possibilities & the freedom that this approach would allow for this and for the rest of your life!
So tell me… are you willing to give weight loss a new approach if what you’ve done in the past (aka made the 10-20 pounds “the problem”) hasn’t actually worked for you?
Get off the weight loss roller coaster. You deserve more in your life.
Love this Dana, it’s exactly the stage I’m at in my life now and the mindset that doing the coaching with you is helping me get to. Can’t wait (weight) for more exciting developments in 2016 🙂
A new approach with weight loss and fitness as bonuses/positive side effects sounds great!
Hi Dana,
This is exactly the mindset I developed this past summer. I quit smoking and put an exercise plan into place. I love to be outdoors and hike to beautiful places. My workouts are for stress relief, being “fit for fun”, and for overall well-being. I’ve gained weight from quitting smoking. However, I feel wonderful and accomplished. Keep putting out the awesome videos. I really enjoy your workouts! Thank you and belated Happy New Year!
Melissa 🙂
Awesome Melissa! I am so happy for you!!!
In grade 6, the Globe and Mail (newspaper) held a contest for the best new year’s resolution. I wrote that it’s pointless to make a resolution when you don’t stick with it anyway. I won. Being a woman is synonymous with diet and ya, over the years I had my fair share until I got really heavy, 220 lbs. My approach was more logical this time. I could stress and strain my body and restrict my food and get the weight off quicker or, exercise in a way that made sense to me and learn the benefits of portion control. Three Musketeers was my anti restriction. It took nine months to lose 80 lbs but I never rushed the process, did what I could when I could and I was very satisfied with my results. I felt better, lighter, happier. Then I joined RealFit and put my energies into shaping my body. I learned to lift properly, I learned how to focus on my form, but most of all, I did not make it mean work. I enjoyed then as I do now the changes in my body, how I can move my body the way I want it to, the strength that I’ve earned. It really was never about the weight. That was a side order of extra happiness. Sure I tried protein powders, flax seed et al but that was not for me. I am more and more impressed with what I can do, how necessary resting is and the ability to say hey, I can do that.