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Learning to take extremely good care of yourself is a vital part of coaching. Taking a non-dieting approach that focuses on acceptance, physical activity, and normalized eating frees you from the "diet mentality" to do better, more important things with your time and energy. The non-dieting approach takes the emphasis off calorie counting, counting exchanges, scales, fat gram counting, and the "ideal body."
Accept Yourself:
•Develop a positive image of yourself. Stop judging your self worth by the number on the scale, or your body shape or size. Work on remembering who you really are. You know, the essence of your soul, the you that is "brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous." (See this quoted from Marianne Williamson's Our Deepest Fear on my website, www.amazingjourneycoach.com on the free writings and assessments page). Stop any negative self-talk in it's tracks and change it to something positive about yourself.
•Become more aware of the media and cultural messages that promote an "ideal" body shape. Remind yourself that such expectations are unrealistic. The images appearing in magazines are often computer generated, computer altered and airbrushed! They are not real!
•Put away your scale. It does not matter what you weigh. It only matters how healthy and fit you are. Also, weighing encourages weight obsession and measuring your self-worth by what the scale says that day.
Be Physically Active:
•We are born with the need to move! Choose movement that is pleasurable, rather than being active only to lose weight or compensate for overeating.
•You will find that when you are more physically active, you are likely to be more energized and feel good about your body and your health.
•Sign up for my new "Beyond Diets; Be At Your Best Weight" coaching package to help you progress through the six stages of change to a place where the old you no longer exists and your new lifestyle is as automatic as brushing your teeth!
Normalize Your Eating Patterns:
•Increase your awareness of physical hunger. Many of us have lost our ability to tune into our physical hunger cues because of the unhealthy relationship we have with food.
•Get calm about food. We live in a nation where there seems to be an endless supply of food. We can eat whenever and whatever we want to. Start listening to your body to begin using food in a healthier way-as fuel that can also bring pleasure to our lives.
•There are no "bad" foods. Choose a variety of foods that are both satisfying and health-enhancing. Keep in mind that quality and quantity of food eaten influences a person's health. In moderation, all foods can be part of healthy eating.
•Tune into your emotions. Notice if there is a pattern of using food to try to resolve emotional issues. Are there specific feelings that prompt eating? Do you need more breaks from your routine? Is there a relationship issue that needs to be dealt with? If so, coaching can help you sort this out.
Finally keep in mind that change takes time and be patient with yourself. Seek out supportive people and environments and change because you're a wonderful person-not because you want to become one.
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Challenge of the Month
Honor yourself this month by taking extremely good care of yourself:
•Try a great new healthy recipe each week using all the wonderful fresh produce available this time of year.
•Take some time to plan your meals each week and prepare your grocery list accordingly.
•Have fun being active! Try a new activity each week such as biking, swimming, in-line skating, walking with friends or family, hiking a bluff, or putting on some tunes and dancing the night away in your own living room.
•Stop any negative self-talk as soon as you notice it and change it.
•Repeat a positive affirmation such as " I will treat my body with respect, giving it enough rest, fueling it with a variety of foods, exercising it moderately, and listening to what it needs." Each day.
•Compliment someone for something other than how they look. Tell them what is really great about them! (Do this for yourself too!)
Now add a couple of your own:
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About the Author
Debra Betterly is a Life Coach whose specialty is midlife mastery. This article is derived from her newsletter, "Second Acts", a spirit-mind-body approach for women re-inventing the second half of life. Please visit www.amazingjouneycoach.com to subscribe to this free monthly eNewsletter. Debra is also the author of a video eCourse called "A Better Way to a Better Body" at www.dietschmiet.com
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