Posts Tagged ‘motivation’

Lunch: Smoked turkey, avocado, and tomatoes in pita bread.

Dinner: Baked salmon, spinach salad with raspberry vinaigrette, and a whole bag of Doritos.

Dessert: A huge ice cream sundae topped with extra caramel, chocolate, and whipped cream (before bed you sneak into the kitchen and eat one more)!

Can you relate to this kind of eating?

Do you try and eat healthy sometimes but other times you binge on unhealthy foods? Whether you sometimes binge on unhealthy foods, constantly eat the wrong foods, or just don’t get enough of the foods your body needs, eating badly is a hard habit to kick. But with the right motivation, encouragement, and direction you can do it.

Motivation is the first step to changing your eating habits.
That’s because motivation to do anything comes from having a strong why statement. What motivates you to do anything in life? A good enough reason, right? You work to earn money. You eat to satisfy your hunger and treat your taste buds, etc.

My why statement pertaining to health is:
“I want to grow old gracefully. As I age, I want to be flexible and enjoy physical activity without pain. I want my mind to be sharp for as long as possible. And I want to look fabulous! Since I place exceptional value on these things, my motivation for attaining them is very high. Therefore, I’m avid about eating healthy, exercising, and getting the rest my body requires.”

If you’re having a hard time with healthy eating, chances are you need a stronger why.

Once your why is established, don’t stop there. To be successful, you’ll also need encouragement and direction along the way. That’s where I come in. Using my expertise and your willingness, we can identify problem areas concerning nutrition, and put together the best plan for turning things around. I promise to help, encourage, and keep you accountable so that you can achieve your goals.

Here’s how you start:

Take a self-inventory and find your why; post it on your fridge or bathroom mirror and read it daily; then contact me to take the next step. Caution… no sneaking into that freezer!

It seems I’m always working on my clients in regards to Motivation. What motivates people? The way I see it, the physical process of becoming motivated actually happens in the brain as we imagine, or remember, doing what it is we want to do. If we’ve never done it, we imagine what it will feel like. If we’ve done it before, we remember what it was like, and if it was pleasurable or worthwhile, we’ll be motivated to do it again.

The bottom line on motivation is that the thing we are thinking of doing has to have value to us – when it has value we are more inclined to want to do it. As my coach always says – the higher the value, the higher the motivation.

When I can imagine all the positive benefits of working out, walking and eating my fruits and vegetables, it’s easier for me to do those things. When I lose sight of the why of doing them, I am less motivated to go out of my way for them and more inclined to do what ever feels good in the moment.

People ask me all the time what motivates me to take good care of myself, drink funny tasting “green drinks,” turn down the cookies for a piece of fruit, the latte for the green tea or get a little extra sleep at the expense of keeping up with the latest TV drama – and I must admit, it’s because I have a strong why. I want to grow old gracefully and be really, really healthy. I want to be flexible and smart and able to enjoy physical activity without pain. I know that that kind of robust good health won’t happen tomorrow unless I do something about it today! The higher the value, the higher the motivation. I put a high value on staying able to do what I want to do, with ease.

So when you are feeling a little down or discouraged, and you don’t really want to go out of your way, when you’d rather sleep than get up and exercise, and when you’d rather have that pint of Ben and Jerry’s than something healthy, I want you to stop – just for a moment and think:

• Will your behavior today give you the result you want tomorrow?
• Are your actions today in alignment with what you really want for the future?
• Are you on track with what is in the highest good for YOU?
• Check in with yourself and remember the why of vibrant health.

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Are you…

• DONE wishing for better health?
• TIRED of just talking about what to do next?
• READY to make positive changes and live a more vibrant life?
• SUFFERING from health symptoms that are unexplained or unrelieved?
• Are you ready to create optimum wellness and vibrant health?! Ready to feel strong and alive? Then it’s time to get in touch with Jill Redfern at Women’s Health Advantage to assist you in creating your best life ever! Jill can guide you in any dietary, digestion, and nutritional issues and help you get going with vibrant health TODAY! After all, if not now… when?

Jill Redfern is a registered nurse in the Valencia area with 30 years of experience in both traditional and alternative medicine and a pioneer in the field of women’s alternative health and enzyme therapy.