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A Decision Is a Decision – Or Is It?                   

Everything starts with a decision. To make any change in your life, you must first make a committed decision. What does that mean? A decision is a decision—or is it?
 Read below what Dr. Carole Hildebrand wrote about decisions. In fact, read it aloud a couple of times and a couple of times more.

“There is a corollary element that must go hand in hand with the decision—and that is commitment. IT MUST BE A COMMITTED DECISION. Most of us have weak decision-making muscles…we do not even recognize what it means to make a real decision.  We fail to realize the force of change a truly congruent, committed decision makes. Part of our problem is that we use the term ‘decision’ so loosely that it has come to describe our wishes, not our commitments. Instead of making decisions, we state our preferences. The word ‘decision’ comes from the Latin roots de, meaning ‘from’ and caedere, meaning ‘to cut’…therefore a decision means cutting from any other possibility. A TRUE DECISION, then, means you are committed to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility.

Committed decisions show up in two places—your calendar and your checkbook. No matter what you say you value, or even think your priorities are, you have only to look at last year’s calendar and checkbook to see the decisions you have made about what you truly value. For example, I am committed to growth, both professionally and personally. A review of my calendar always shows multiple continuing education courses, seminars and workshops in both the personal growth area as well as in my profession. My checkbook is filled with tuition disbursements, purchases of books and videos. Bottom line…see how you have reserved your time…look at your expenditures…those are the road maps to the decisions you have made in the past.” 

After making a true decision…especially the tough ones, we usually feel a tremendous burden has been lifted from our shoulders.       

Mastering the ability to make effective decisions quickly will help you achieve any goal, including reaching your ideal weight. It will also keep you in control of your life and your desired outcomes.

Decision-makers move to the top; those who do not make decisions struggle.

For more information about committed decision-making, visit www.mindbodyfx.com.

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Well, I’ve had to realise something over the last few weeks. Because of my health issues, it means I have a lot of fatigue, aches and pains all day, everyday. I’ve been persevering with going to the gym 4 times a week, but it really is too much. I’m rather disappointed as I want to exercise as much as I can, but not at the cost of my health. So, I’ve dropped it from Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday to Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I’m hoping that having a day inbetween my sessions will really help me recover better and be more prepared for the next session. If so, it means I’ll be able to do more anyways!

The water challenge has been going really well. I’ve had occasional cups of tea but with no sugar and the occasional glass of milk. But otherwise, it’s been water all round! I’ve been drinking water in replacement to fizzy drinks for nearly 3 weeks now. I can’t say that I’ve noticed a difference in my health in general, weight loss or things like sleeping better or feeling more energetic, but I suppose it’s still early days. I can’t say I don’t fancy a nice Coke Zero right about now! But I’m sure I’ll be going for a glass of water over a Coke Zero when May is over.

My diet has been going well, keeping up low portions and I eat a lot more fruit too. I’ve done my research and I’ve been getting fruit lower in sugar like Nectarines and Melon over Grapes and Strawberries.

Also. yesterday was the last day of working 2 jobs at once! Wooo! I’ll now be working in a more physically demanding role, but it’s much less mentally taxing! I’ll be able to get good exercise throughout the day and snack less too through boredom!

So all in all, everything is going fairly well. I now weigh myself once every 2 or 4 weeks and I feel that I make more progress that way. I think that all things considered, I’m not doing too bad. I think I have to come to terms with the fact that I lose weight slowly, and my goal is to be my ideal weight by the end of the year. It’s certainly possible, I just need to work harder and be more confident and motivated.

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