We are on the third pit stop of this Amazing Race and we've got some teams racing out in front. Who will be the first team to arrive at the final pit stop of this 10 week race?
It was exciting to see two brand new teams win for the week! At Noon Deena and Amanda, team 'Fighting Temptation' arrived first with a 2.03% of weight loss! They will love the prize they earned this week for coming in first place. Nancy Higgins is providing her cooking class again for the top 2 teams. They not only get to learn how to cook, but they get to take home the prepared food too! Thanks so much Nancy!
At Six, Jerry and Sue, team 'Happy Feat' won for the evening with a 2.31% of weight loss! Their happy feat jumped right down on that check in mat to receive the prize for the day and of course the traveling gnomes. They'll be joining Amanda and Deena for that cooking class at Nancy's. What fun!
I brought up a serious subject Tuesday on this leg of the race. I introduced a tool that makes losing weight and keeping it off easier...leverage! A lever is a device that we use in order to lift or move a tremendous burden we could not manage on our own.
We’ve got to continue to ask the question…what produces the greatest and most lasting change in an individual?
Chances are, if you are not experiencing lasting change, it is because you are changing something for the wrong reason or there are not enough compelling reasons for why you should commit to changing in the first place. If this is true for you, you are living in a dangerous place I refer to as “No Man’s Land.” You see, in No Man’s Land, you aren’t totally happy, but the problem is you’re not unhappy enough to do something about it. As I said, there are few, if any, compelling reasons to attempt change; therefore, you don’t.
What's great is that there is a tool you can use to help discover your motivation to change. That tool is leverage.
In my experience, 20% of any change is knowing "how to change" but 80% is knowing "why you must." Change requires more than just establishing the knowledge that you should change. It is about knowing at the deepest, most basic emotional level that you must change. If we gather a strong enough set of reasons, we can change in a minute something we’ve failed to change for years. Those reasons—the why—are what provide the leverage. The greatest leverage you can create for yourself is the pain that comes from inside, not outside. The pain of knowing that you have failed to live up to your own standards for your life.(ouch)
Access enough leverage and there will be nothing you can’t change.
So ask yourself this: That thing, whatever it is you’ve been trying to change but haven’t followed through with—what will it ultimately cost you if you don’t change? And what will you ultimately gain if you do? With knowledge of the answers to those questions, you’ll be able to create lasting change in every aspect of your life. That’s leverage!
Linking pain to overeating and pleasure to eating healthy is a MUST to keep your weight off permanently.
The tasks for the week will help you do that!
1. Make a list of the pain that overeating is or will cause you
2. Listen to CD # 2 and complete the homework provided
3. ROAD BLOCK (one member of your team must walk one mile and pick up a leaf to bring back in to The Healthy Weigh next week for a chance at a team prize!)
A big thank you to our sponsors for the week, Nancy Higgins and all the clients who donated such great give away gifts. You are treating each other well!
Link pain to the life you are not interested in...link pleasure to the life you want. Leverage, it's a tool that will change your life!
See you in the corn maze!!!
Always encouraging you.
Letha
