Since my last blog I have lost 15 pounds, and several inches from my waist, arms and hips. It has been amazing! And the big deal for me is not the weight. I mean sure, I have felt like a little bit of a dough girl since having my babies – who are now, uhm?.. 10 and 8. But the truth of the matter is that today, impressing the crowd with my new physique, as evidenced by everyone telling me how great I look, isn?t the truly fulfilling part like I thought it would be.

No. The really fulfilling part to me is that I finally got results! The change I have been after for years has finally arrived. And it has come because I no longer focus on my bad habits: you know, the yellow and red ones. The ones that are toxic. The ones that keep me on a train destined for more of the same. And the ones that have held me back from living my best life. Instead, for the last few months, I have been focusing on Green Habits: habits that I know are good for me; habits that give me oxygen, a sense of well-being, energy and power.

Ask my friends. I almost never talk of yellow and red habits anymore. Today, it is all about the green and what makes me feel good. And when it comes to my well-being, that focus has remarkably manifested into better health – and ridiculously fast!

So practically speaking, here is how focusing on Green habits worked in my weight loss:

• Today I almost never eat yellow and red foods such as ?bad carbs,? like white flour, white sugar, and processed foods. In fact, I really jumped started my weight loss by just giving up carbs for a short time. And the key is that I don?t focus on NOT eating them. My FOCUS instead has been on eating green foods – vegetables, lean meats and drinking plenty of water.
• In the past, I worked out to lose weight. Today, I work out to simply feel good. I have made it a green habit that I CAN?T NOT DO! Instead of only thinking of my size, as in the past, I now focus on my health. I focus on the ?feel good chemicals? that get released in my body every time I exercise (endorphins, serotonin and dopamine). I focus on the stress that goes away every time I exercise. I focus on how my heart and lungs are getting more efficient, my muscles stronger, and my body more flexible, every time I exercise. And as a 43-year old woman, it is important to me that my bones are becoming tougher – not more vulnerable.

Focusing on green habits is a way of life for me now. I don?t have time to think about what, ?I?m not doing,? or what I ?should be doing.? Instead, I focus on habits that are green for me. And I do them – over and over and over again. And the results – when it comes to my health – I am fast becoming the best me!

Warmly,

Sondra

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