Support

We NEED support!

Quick recap of last weeks notes : I can, I will, I am.
•    its 100% in the attitude.
•    weight loss is no more than output greater than or equal to input
•    its not going to happen overnight
•    4 components of health & fitness – cardio / strength / nutrition / flexibility
Nutrition
•    proper breakfast choices
•    proper lunch choices
•    proper dinner choices
•    the body is like a car – fuel has to be high grade – can’t run on empty
•    clean the crap out of the cupboards!

This week we are going to talk about support – you have it from the MPL team in video’s, trainers, instruction, resources etc – but you need it in your home life.
As this is not a “short term thing”, we are talking about the kind of support that needs to be front ended by yourself if you are intending on making a long term difference.

Now 99% of the time people will be ‘all over’ you to change your lifestyle…. until they realize just how much change that means on whole. Meals will be different, habits will be different eg: where you may have lazed around on the weekends and drank yourself into happiness, you may now be wanting to get a good nights sleep so you don’t miss the Saturday morning charity run.

It seems trivial at the onset and that’s because you don’t know what it’s going to look like. We do.
•    Comments from those wishing they spent time paying attention to themselves commenting ‘well my kids activities take precedence over mine’.
•    The lectures from mom / dad or the in laws about ‘doing too much’ or ‘you’re getting too skinny’. Pretty much everyone will become Dan Rather and believe us when we tell you they will have no problem delivering continually negative news towards yourself.
•    You once supportive spouse who suddenly snaps at you one evening with the ‘you you you… it’s become all about you’.

This will become one more stress you don’t need, which is why we are going to speak about it today and you are going to FRONT END the hell out of it by doing the following.

1.    letting those close to you know what you are up to.
2.    give them a glimpse a to what the next 90 days are going to look like for you
3.    anticipating how this focus may affect them
4.    inviting them to join you on your journey in some capacity (join the contest, hold me accountable, support me being a better person / friend / parent etc)
5.    talk about how you can / will communicate if it starts becoming too much or too hard to handle

*Note. The above should include children, friends, co-workers, spouses & moms & dads. By inviting people to be part of your solution and program you can inspire them in ways you may not even have intended (at best) and diffused their ability to complain during the process (at worse).

Please write me back with whom you’ve shared your process with and what (if any) concerns they had that I can help you explain (if you need help) so I know you’ve communicated to others.

Also, please let me know you’ve posted I can I will I am in the appropriate locations and intend on taking your before pictures in the doc’s office over the next week.

cheers group.