20 Nov Post Thanksgiving Spiral

Do you struggle after Thanksgiving to continue to do the habits that make you feel your best?

As we enter December and the opportunities for more sweets, treats, alcohol and parties, it can feel like keeping up with your nutrition habits feels hard, so you just forget it and decide to start over in the New Year.

Of course you Could do this, but how has this same mentality served you every year? If you aren’t establishing habits and routines that help you comfortably navigate these occasions, you are going to continue down the stop, start road. This also leads to a perceived negative relationship with these foods that creates an alluring effect. When you have the opportunity to have this glorified food, it’s a free for all because it’s the Last time you feel like are going to be able to have it. Learning to enjoy the foods you genuinely value in a nourishing way within all seasons of the year is key in sustainable fat loss and full enjoyment of your life!

I want to Empower you to continue to choose YOU and your nutrition goals THROUGH OUT the month of December and beyond. By learning to enjoy the aspects of events, parties, social meals that you value and continuing to weave in the habits that support your body will keep you feeling good all year long. Motivation and Willpower WILL run out. You need to be doing these Non Food strategies to create sustainable results that last through the Holidays and beyond!

Use these four strategies to run this month rather than letting it run you.

1. Come back to your WHY

When the WHY behind your goal is powerful enough the How will appear. You need to have deeper Meaning & Purpose behind everything you do. If you are eating in a way that is solely chasing the number on the scale, you will continue to be frustrated. A number is not strong enough to keep you going when life gets busy.

• WHY are you choosing to go to bed earlier to get enough sleep?

• WHY are you taking a few extra minutes while cleaning up dinner to make your lunch for tomorrow?

• WHY are you scheduling in time for movement this week when there are 10 other things on your list you could be doing?

How are these current short term choices affecting how you want to FEEL in the future and what you will be able to DO?

2. Embrace the process

If you are solely focused on the outcome, you will not get the most out of the journey, the present. Your results won’t be as meaningful in the end. It will feel like you are constantly chasing the next best thing.

Find enjoyment in the day to day. Focus on what you CAN do, rather than coming from a place of restriction or scarcity. Enjoy your favorite foods or drinks in a realistic way through out the week, rather than over doing it every weekend and feeling awful because of it. How can you look at the habits you are creating in your life to support your health as something you GET to do to respect your body to perform its best, vs a chore or something you have to do to lose weight?

3. Understand who you need to become to reach your goal

Creating clarity is key to identifying what you value and the direction you are going. This helps with prioritizing time and using your energy towards efforts that are you moving you in alignment with your goals.

What does that person do on a day to day basis to be where you want to be?
What type of person Achieves that goal?
What type of person Sustains that goal?

Yes, you have to step out of your comfort zone. You need to evolve to achieve that outcome.

This doesn’t mean your values & who you are as a person changes.

It means you need to step outside the frame & limits you have identified to achieve your goal.

4. Your environment can set you up or set you back for success

The food you eat

The people you talk to

The things you read

What you listen to

If you are absorbing negative messaging on a regular basis you are more likely to have a negative mentality. This can be as simple as what you are watching on TV before bed. If you are consuming shows and movies with crime and fear, of course that is going to escalate feelings of anxiety and sleep quality. The commericals that you watch are putting certain messaging in your head subcontiously. Of course you are going to want to go to Taco Bell if that is what is constantly being advertised to you.

If you read & listen to motivating & positive messaging, you view things differently & you are able to move forward with making goal supportive choices each day.

Be intentional about choosing foods, people and media that make you FEEL good.

If you are struggling with showing up for yourself, and overwhelmed with diets and nutrition info. ASK for help. It is not a sign of weakness, it is courageous.

I would love to talk to you more about what it looks like to work 1:1 together and create supportive habits for life!

Complete my nutrition coaching application and we can set up a free discovery call together to see if we would be a good fit to work together!

xoxoxo
Jennie