It’s a New Year…again…a New Year
Most people go into EVERY new year with the same “resolution” – Lose Weight
What happens? It doesn’t work. They DON’T lose weight.
Why Not? Because they try stuff other people tell them to try.
So, you shouldn’t really think that anyone can tell YOU what to do to “lose weight”. I can’t and no one else can either.
What I can tell you is how to increase the energy flowing into your body.
If you can change the focus from “losing” something to “gaining” something the entire “game” changes. You know the game that I’m talking about – it tells you that you have to go on crash diets, join a gym, take a pill, get a shot, etc, etc, etc, and most importantly “how you can lose weight in one month that has taken you YEARS to gain” This does not work, but we all know this, so …
Just Focus on Increasing Your Energy –
Below are 3 Ways:
1. Breathing
You have to focus on the “health” of your breath.
You have to breathe. You have to find ways to increase the air coming into your body.
Ways to do this:
- Just watch your breath, breathe in and breathe out and focus on it. (Try it now, it’s not easy, so you have to practice it.) Without breathing you die…so it MUST be important.
- Do Yoga and I am NOT talking about Yoga CLASSES (why would you pay money for something you can do at home???) just get a DVD from the Library and try it. Times are tough, getting stuff from the Library is FREE. You might have to do some research first because it seems to be a MILLION “types” of Yoga that have sprung up (whew…the commercialization of it all…). Find the Yoga that makes the most sense to YOU. My spirit lines up with Kundalini Yoga, but that’s only after trial and error. Yoga will help you focus on your breath and it will help you with flexibility at the same time.
- Walk – Just Walk. If you CAN still walk, then WALK. If you can not get up and walk around the block or just around your house or apartment then WHAT makes you think you can get up and go to the gym – for which you have to pay for? Just walk everyday and focus on your breath while you are walking. Again this is FREE.
2. Sleeping
- Getting restorative sleep should give you the energy for the next day
- Find ways to get enough rest that revitalizes you.
3. Eating
- You are a human being. You have to eat to live. You can’t get around this.
- Food gives your body the nourishment and energy that it needs to do whatever your body is meant to do – for the moment – for the day – for your lifetime.
- You have to find the foods that YOUR body needs. You have to focus on food that provides the energy that YOU need. Look at the food you are putting into your body, BEFORE you eat it. Will it give you proper energy? Is it nourishing?
I would have thought I would have been the LAST person to recommend meal preparation and cooking, but once I started focusing on cooking my own meals things fell into place.
Forget about the fact that you can’t cook. Don’t believe that voice in your head that is telling you that. Just cook what you CAN for now. Even if all you can do is boil eggs, then boil eggs. Just start.