3 Simple Things To Step Outside Of Your Comfort Zone

Some of us are quite addicted to staying in our comfort zone – because we feel really safe there. Most of the time this means we stay still, in one place and do not accomplish anything. Making a positive change to our lifestyle can be very difficult because the unknown and growing as a person may be uncomfortable and scary.

If you are feeling this way, there are three simple things that you can do to help yourself step outside of your comfort zone more easily and achieve your goal:

Small steps

What holds us back in our zone of comfort is often fear or that facing our fear head on might be overwhelming. Doing things in small steps will allow you to stretch your comfort zone, slowly making it less uncomfortable and frightening to change your lifestyle.

Positive past

It is important to realise that it can be fun to get out of your comfort zone despite what your mind and feelings might be telling you before you get started on your new weight loss journey. Think back to the previous times when you have broken out of your comfort zone. Focus on the positive memories, when you got out there, when you took a chance. And you will probably remember that it was not so bad, it was actually fun and exciting and something new to you. You can do it again – with great rewards!

Educate yourself

Your comfort zone might be protecting you from imaginary dangers. Maybe changing your lifestyle is not as difficult or scary as you are imagining it to be? When we know very little about something then it is very easy to start building nightmares in our mind. A simple thing that will often ground you more in reality and remove a lot of the fear that has held you back is simply to do a bit of research.

Read all the information available and ask someone who has been there before and gone where you want to go all about their experience. By learning from people who have already done the thing you are about to do you can lessen inner resistance and negative feelings and also get some very valuable and practical tips.

Do not let your comfort zone hold you back from achieving your weight loss goal! You deserve it.


Source: Cohen's Weightloss Clinic

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Making lifestyle decisions for our future generations

There has been a lot of discussion on Facebook given the Biggest Loser is about to air! One of the discussions is about our children, our next generations. What would you do for your child if they had a weight problem? Why did it get to that point to start with? Children need role models, they learn and then follow what you do! It's all about what you put in your mouth. You make the decision to purchase processed food. Those decisions are then made by our children. Eat the way nature intended us to eat. It does not mean you eat massive portions either. It's about teaching our future generations about what is good for their body. Seriously, has a box of cereal on the shelf really got 50% more calcium? I don't think so! if it did, it would not be on a shelf in a box with an expiry date! Processed food is all about economics, making big companies more money! What you do at home sets the example for our next generations! Remember, 80% what you eat 20% exercise. We would never have weight problems if we did this! I had a weight problem, and for me it was about bad habits. I wasn't sitting there eating a stack of food, I was just eating the wrong food or nothing at all! But I learnt these bad habits from home. It's all I knew!

Let's start by setting examples!  Let's get healthy together and change our lifestyles for good!

I now know new habits and my body is loving me!  I will now be able to change what I had been taught and teach my children a new way of life!



I would encourage you all to post comments and examples of how we can do this.


LET'S DO IT! 

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