We are coming up to the end of our monthly theme of FOCUS. This week I want to keep the focus simple and look at all the things that you are doing that are working for your journey to weight mastery.

FOCUS ON WHAT IS GOING WELL

Have you gotten into the habit of picking on yourself and looking at your behaviors around weight management through the “how did I fail this time?” or “what am I doing wrong now?” glasses?

Staying focused on your weight release shortcomings only builds DISTRUST with yourself ( a topic we will tackle next month!) and sets your deeper mind up to expect more failure and struggle.

This week, let’s instead FOCUS on what you are currently doing that is moving TOWARDS weight release.

Take a sheet of paper and put it on your desk or open a Word document in your computer and keep a running list of; things that you are doing, beliefs that you are forming, habits that you are building currently that you feel good about.

Making this...

How many times do we struggle because we allow ourselves to get into environmental situations without the protection of willpower? This week let's focus on the skill of building the muscle of willpower on a deep inner level to give us real strength in our vulnerable moments.

FOCUS ON INCREASING YOUR DAILY WILLPOWER

“I can’t lose weight because I have no willpower at night.” Carol Samson explained her daily dilemma in careful detail to me as she sat down for a Shift appointment.

Every morning she would wake up and eat a measured amount of cereal and fruit, pack a healthy lunch to take to work and even brought some almonds for when she got hungry in between meals.

At work she was good about avoiding the vending machine, drinking water, and even using the stairs instead of the elevator occasionally. Up until 5 pm, Carol felt like she had it together in the weight loss department.

But then, every night, she told me, “It seems like I go into this...

Welcome to our second week of January and our theme of focus as we zero in on how to create the powerful outcome of weight release. Not just in the short term—but the long term.

CREATE YOUR SLIMMER WORLD IN 7 DAYS. REPEAT.

Long term weight release happens. But it doesn’t JUST happen. Releasing weight is a creation.

That is why over 70% of people who have maintained long term weight release have learned the skill of setting weekly weight release goals and then tracking their food and exercise on a daily basis to keep them FOCUSED on achieving those goals.

TRY + HOPE = OFF

When people tell me they are going to “try” to eat less and “hope” to exercise more, I tell them that their good intentions are not good enough. Trying and hoping are like hitting the “off” switch on your weight release plans.

You must focus on creating an outcome—what we might call a WEIGHT GOAL--every week. Why? It literally turns on your brain to focus...

TURN UP THE VOLUME ON WEIGHT SUCCESS WITH FOCUS

What are you focusing on in your life right now? Have you ever noticed that your life becomes what you chose to focus on? Have you ever noticed that you can Shift your focus, and therefore your reality within a few seconds? This becomes so clear when you see a crying baby or toddler’s caregiver trying to focus them away from crying and shifting their focus to a toy they are shaking. You see the wails turn into a smile in a few seconds. But, even as adults, we can do this.

We can either choose to focus on things that leave us feeling stuck and disempowered or choose to focus on things that allow us to feel like we are moving forward in our lives and are in control of our destinies.

NEGATIVE FOCUS = NEGATIVE OUTCOME

When we struggle with our weight and food, we often are focusing on the negative things. Whatever we did that was “bad”, the food that we “can’t” have, the pounds that we...