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Thursday, January 10, 2008

What Are You Putting Off Due to Your Weight?

What are you putting off due to your weight?

This past weekend I was up in Vail with some friends, staying in this incredible condo only yards from the lift.

In years past I have always been a bit shy skiing with others, worrying that I wouldn’t be good enough, or that they would make fun of me.

This weekend I found myself skiing with four other men, all of which are pretty darn good snowboarders. At first I wanted to ski off on my own, for fear of looking like a goob. Yet, I held it together and skied with them for several runs.

What I realized is that for over two decades of me skiing, I’ve been scared to ski with others because I thought I would lag behind and I was fearful that I would be embarrassed. What I found out this weekend was that I’m a pretty darn good skier for someone who doesn’t ski all that often, and that I have absolutely no reason to be embarrassed.

How many things are you putting off due to your body? Do you find yourself scared to take on skiing, biking, wearing beautiful clothes, or even coaching with me because you know I’ll hold you accountable?

What would life look like if you didn’t hold back? If you faced your fear?

I encourage you to do one thing this week that you’ve been putting off due to added pounds or what you fear others will think.

You can do it!!

Tell me how it goes.

Marna

P.S. I have four more openings for my support group starting on Jan. 21 and six more slots available for coaching.

Let me know how I can help:

Support group: http://www.thinwithin.com/jansupportgroup.html
Coaching: http://www.thinwithin.com/coaching.htm

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

8 Ways To Reach Your Body Goal

8 Ways To Reach Your Body Goal

1. Assess where you are at right now. Are you eating for emotional reasons? Are you stress eating? What is your current feeling about your body, your size, or your weight? Do you feel connected to your body, connected to your hunger?

2. Ask yourself these questions: What’s my goal this year? Why do I want to achieve it? When do I want to achieve it by? Will I do what’s required to succeed? Do I need additional support or resources to attain my desired goal?

3. Break down your large goal into smaller, more manageable pieces. This is a NLP technique called chunking.

4. Recruit a friend to go through this process with you. Share your goals, come up with a plan and support one another.

5. Schedule yourself out. Use your calendar to schedule workouts, to schedule time to meditate, to schedule time to take care of yourself and your needs.

6. Get rid of the all-or-nothing attitude. Perfectionism runs wild and achieving your desired body is not about doing things perfectly, but about moving toward your desired state.

7. Write your goals down and look at them at least a few times a week to activate your brain. When you write body goals down, you are ahead of 95% of other men and women wanting to slim down.

8. Each time you listen to your body or life Thin From Within, put some money in a jar. By the end of the month, go splurge on something fun like a massage, a manicure, a fun class, whatever…

To learn more simple tips to keep you living Thin From Within, head to http://www.ThinWithin.com.