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Happy New Year!
\nIt’s a brand new year and we are back with new and exciting content in HELP For Mums – <\/strong>A\u00a0platform for us to share our struggles and successes on this journey to achieving a Healthy Lifestyle Balance. Whether you\u2019re a stay at home mum, a working mum, a mum to be, or a mum at heart this platform is for you!<\/p>\nAs every New Year starts there is always an increase in the number of people at the gym, the number of fitness plans being sold and the number of people starting a new diet. But then 2, 3, 4 weeks into the year, about 80% of people have completely abandoned the resolution that they started off so enthusiastic about. If health and wellness is such an important aspect of our lives (we all want to look and feel good after all) then why is it that so many of us find it hard to stay committed to our fitness goals? Is it that we do not value our health enough? Or is it that we are not motivated enough? \u00a0This was a perplexing question that I asked myself for many years as I struggled with keeping up with my fitness resolutions\/goals. It wasn\u2019t until 2 years ago that I realized what the problem was\u2026my MINDSET!<\/p>\n
I entered many years\u00a0unhappy with how I looked. Every year I \u201cresolved\u201d to do something<\/em> about it but I was not successful because my mindset was flawed. I was taking MY HEALTH<\/strong> to be something that needed a \u201cNew Year\u201d to start, something that needed to yield certain results within a certain timeframe, something that needed to be done in a certain way that had worked for this person, or that person\u2013 and once I wasn\u2019t able to keep up, I gave up.<\/p>\nIt wasn\u2019t until I made a decision to change my mindset<\/strong> that I started to see results. It was a transformation that I had to make, that we all have to make, from the inside-out<\/strong>. It did not happen at the beginning of a year, it happened in a moment. And once that mindset change took place I started to achieve results.<\/p>\nIf like me you are tired of not seeing results, if you are ready to become the women, wife, the mother, the sister that God created you to be – you need to TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR MINDSET<\/strong>. The right mindset empowers you, energizes you, and inspires you.<\/p>\n\n- The first thing you have to do is ACCEPT WHO YOU ARE<\/strong>. Your true identity as a person – because that person won\u2019t change no matter what she looks like. That takes strength. You have to see yourself as beautiful and embrace who you are. Don\u2019t see your stretch marks are not defects; see them as beautiful markings that tell a story. Don\u2019t see your natural beauty as something unattractive that needs to be covered up, see yourself the way God see\u2019s you \u201ca beautiful masterpiece\u201d created in His image.<\/li>\n
- The next thing you need to do is VISUALIZE YOUR JOURNEY<\/strong> \u2013 not your destination \u2013 because we all know that life is a never ending journey. Visualize – see it as you want it in your mind. Where do you want to be 1 month from now, 6 months from now, a year from now? That takes focus. It takes focus not to get sidetracked and start looking at what other people are doing. Celebrate your own victories no matter how small. Visualize what YOU want, for yourself and proceed with that picture engraved vividly in your mind.<\/li>\n
- The third and most important step – PERSEVERE<\/strong>. You have to psych yourself up each day to keep working towards your goal. Say to yourself \u201cI can\u201d not \u201cI can\u2019t\u201d. Push through the pain and discomfort like an athlete running a race \u2013 keeping your eyes on the prize. That takes discipline. It takes discipline to keep going even when you can\u2019t see results, – yet. It take\u2019s discipline to give up that last 30 minutes of sleep every morning to make it to the gym before work. It takes discipline not to abandon the lifestyle changes that you know are necessary to achieve your goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
These are the 3 steps that I took in order to change my mindset- and I believe that they will work for you too!\u00a0I have been able to take control of and stay on track in my wellness and fitness journey and I\u00a0no longer have to make a yearly resolution because it has become a part of me.
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It’s\u00a0not just another New Year\u2019s Resolution; it is a Lifetime Resolution, a Transformation Resolution.<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/p>\n\u201cDo not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing and perfect will.\u201d Romans 12:2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Blessings
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