Month: May 2022

So earlier this month we talked about having a simple default system or gameplan to fall back on when things get overly busy. Did you have a chance to formulate a plan?

Here in Mindset Matters we talk a lot about watching our thoughts. This is because everything we do, every choice we make, all of our behaviors happen downstream of what we’re thinking.

When we think thoughts like:

It’s been such a long day, I’m exhausted and I’m hungry. I don’t have any groceries in the house. I’m too tired to cook.

It’s really hard to change the direction and outcome of these thoughts when we don’t have a few tricks up our sleeve.

While the best success will be achieved by creating solutions that are custom-made for you and your likes and dislikes, I can give you a few suggestions or examples.

If we give it a few minutes thought, we can decide ahead on a few of the basics:

Am I attempting to curb my hunger at my weakest spot in the day? How could I stay more hydrated during the day? What is a slightly healthier choice at each of my favorite restaurants that I can lean on when my plans change?

Having a healthy go-to emergency snack food I keep in my purse has saved me over and over. So has keeping extra water in my car, and a chosen-in-advance healthier option or strategy for restaurants that are convenient to my daily schedule. I don’t have to choose these every single time, but I have worked up to most of the time.

If we think we can wait until we are overly tired, overly hungry or underprepared, we know this will be an uphill battle in the moment, and it’s much harder to bring that higher level thinking back online.  

Just a handful of simple decisions made ahead of time can go a very long way. We must begin with the basics.

Let’s decide today and be ready.

This past month has been one of those months!

You know the ones, full of unexpected twists and turns, red tape, illnesses, and so on. Between nursing an injury, dealing with thousands in fraudulent credit card use, a mix up at the DMV that had me unable to drive my car for two weeks, and more (all fixable problems btw and thankful for that), nothing felt like it was going right.

But do you know what did go right? My plan for healthier eating and exercise. This was because I have a reliable system that allows me to stay on track no matter how sideways things get.

Do you have a reliable system in place? Are you able to stick to a plan even when you feel like giving up because life has used up your extra energy? The extra energy that you would need to have to food prep, count, or track the food you eat?  Nothing against those effective strategies, but do they fit into your busy life right now?

Having a default plan and well thought out strategies to combat cravings or temptations to overeat is critical to maintaining the consistency you need to reach your goal. I’m not talking about perfection either.  But I am talking about a reliable, convenient, simplified methodology for personal accountability.

We basically have two choices, to go into your day and wing it, or to have a game plan and to be prepared to pivot if need be.

If you need help crafting a plan that fits into your busy lifestyle, and you are ready to make your health and wellness a priority, reach out to learn about my methodology.

If you decide to go it alone, you can still do this. I encourage you take the time to develop a default system to fall back on for when the unexpected hits. This simple approach will serve you over and over again. We know that we don’t make the best decisions in the moment when we’re hungry, so let’s be honest with ourselves and take some simple steps to get ahead of the ball so we can get results.

Wishing you health and happiness!

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