Refresh, Renew, Refocus

Wanting isn't getting.  Wishing doesn't make it so.  Doing is what gets things done.  Truth.  No matter how much we want weight loss and good health, that doesn't mean we will always make healthy choices or pick apples over caramel apple pie.  (I made that up--I don't even think that is a thing.)  When it comes to cultivating a healthy lifestyle, it is not the grand gestures taken once in a while that make the difference, it is the small things that are done consistently over time that reap big rewards.  

However, knowing what we're supposed to do doesn't mean we DO that very thing.  We get lazy sometimes, and we don't feel like doing what's good for us.  Truth.  That's ok.  That's normal.  That's to be expected.  What's decidedly not ok is parking there, neither your mindset nor your bod. 

So, if you are finding yourself in a position where you want weight loss, weight maintenance or more energy from your food (as fuel) and your exercise, your steps, your activity, then you have to do the time.  In lots of little ways, throughout the day.

Good news.  You are not starting over from scratch.  You are starting over from experience.  You have the experience of things going well before--and it's time to put back into place, front and center, some of those things to get yourself refreshed, renewed and refocused.

I filled my fruit bowl.  I started drinking Rooibos tea after dinner when I really want to eat a jumbo chocolate bar.  I work hard every day to shift my mindset from "oh hell no this can't still be going on..." to the positive "this is part of my life, and it matters too."  It is just as precious as all the other parts.  That is enough in itself to refresh, renew and refocus.  So, onward team, we go together.