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Making the Adjustment

What an appropriate title for what I want to share. Sometimes it’s hard making adjustments, even the smallest of adjustments can be difficult. Just ask yourself when was the last time you had to change the way you do something? Was it easy? Fun? Worth the change?  Taking an all or nothing attitude sometimes is the best approach…especially when it comes to health and fitness.

Ladies in the 21 Day Challenge know all too well what I mean when I talk about making the adjustments.  We spend 9 days preparing and making the necessary adjustments before actually starting the challenge. You can’t expect different results if you continue with the same behavior. That’s called insanity. Women make the mistake at looking at other women and become jealous and sometimes envious of their bodies without knowing the adjustment they had to make in order to get the results they have. Not only with matters of health and fitness but also being successful as well. We see the end result and automatically think “I can do that”, without factoring what it cost them to get where they are.

There are 2 ladies in particular that come to mind as I write this blog. These ladies recently completed the 2 session of the I Love MY Body fitness class. Not only did they complete this 6 week class they did the first 6 weeks as well. They made the adjustment in their schedules to come workout after working 12 hours in a busy Atlanta trauma center ICU. 12 Hour shifts can be long, busy, and physically demanding, I know I do them as well; but when you have something you really want to accomplish you’ll do what it takes and make the adjustment.

KUDO’s to Shahana and Beatrice you ladies are awesome! As much as they may want to go home after work they were determine to come to class and get in a good workout. Nope I didn’t take it easy on them, even fact I pushed them even harder because I needed to prove to them that they could do it. Plus it gave them a sense of accomplishment  as they  pushed through the tiredness.

Let’s take for example you want to lose 10 pounds in 6 weeks. This is a realistic and measurable goal. The average weight loss should be 1-2 pounds a week. There may be several adjustments you will have to make here are a few to get you started:

1. Avoid/decrease fast food consumption
2. Avoid/decrease soda intake
3. Avoid/decrease consumption of fried foods
4. Eat every 2-3 hours
5. Eat more fruits and vegetables
6. Eat more lean protein
7. Drink lots of water
8. Start some type of workout regime
9. Be consistent

This sounds a lot easier than it really is and it takes practice, patience and a plan.  Instead of trying to do all the above suggestions start small. Start with 2 week and build add 1 more every week. People often fail when their expectations are too high and they give up. Only YOU know what you need to do to eventually see the body image you want. If you see an area in your life where you need to make some adjustments stop putting it off, you’re only delaying the results.