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Weight Loss Milestones: Celebrate Your Successes
If you have more than just a few pounds to lose, it’s not going to happen overnight — even though that what we might want! It took a while to put on the extra weight, so it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that it takes time to take it back off. Discouraging, right? You need motivation! One way to stay motivated is to set different little mini-goals or weight loss milestones. Don’t forget that each time you reach a milestone you should celebrate your success and how far you’ve come on your weight loss journey. Milestone Setting Varies for Each Person Where you set your weight loss milestones is…
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Too Many Goals? Here Are 3 Ways to Manage Overwhelm
Good morning! Today’s post covers a common occurrence for many of the driven mom bosses. Do you ever feel like you’re spinning in circles with too many goals? Are most of them conflicting? The good news is, you’re not the only one in that boat. It’s very common, and you can fix the problem. Here are some things you can do if you’re overwhelmed with goals. Look for Overlapping Goals Sometimes there is a natural and logical relationship between goals. Suppose you want to get healthier and to have more leisure time. Making time out for active leisure like tennis or running will accomplish both at once. Sometimes two of…
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Keeping It Real – Here’s to Steady Weight Loss
Real talk. Let’s talk about real weight loss. What I’m talking about is losing weight in a way and at a rate that’s sustainable. Yes, you can go on one of those miracle liquid diets for 48 hours and lose a few pounds. But it isn’t something you’d want to (or should) be sticking with for the long run. Plus chances are that as soon as you go back to eating normally, you’ll get the weight right back. Let’s think about a case for slow and steady weight loss. You (and I) didn’t put those 30 extra pounds on overnight. Don’t expect to take them off in a matter of…