I will do what I can and learn from my mistakes.

“Fat Thought” I have be perfect to be successful

I like to think of this as ‘Perfectionitis’. Creating unrealistic expectations with: weekly weight-loss, speed of weight-loss, and or your overall weight-loss goal is a sure way to frustrate yourself and inadvertently, actually delay success.

We’ve all had times when our weight gain hasn’t really bothered us, and then there are times when our weight gain gives us a scare. It’s normally at these times when our weight hits an ‘Ouch’ factor that we become determined to make a change for the better. Good examples of common ‘Ouch’ factor points are: When your spouse makes an unkind comment about your weight, when you have a reunion or important event coming up, when you reach an undesirable number on the scales, or when your Doctor warns you about the health implications of your weight. These ‘Ouch’ factors leave us feeling like failures, and feeling so frustrated that we’re willing to enlist any means necessary to drop the weight.

These ‘Ouch’ factor are good for us, because they provide us with a powerful reason why we need to change. The problem is that these ‘ouch’ factors can scare us so much that we are willing to resort to any method to drop the weight fast. Once we’ve decided upon a particular diet or change we commit to following through whole heartedly and in an attempt to make positive change, we put the pressure on ourselves to be ‘perfect’. Like all of humanity, too much pressure on ourselves leads to stress, stress leads to giving in.

“Slim Thought” I will do what I can and learn from my mistakes.

There is such a common fear of failure amongst people who struggle with their weight. The most important thing Gina and I have learned working with so many women over the last 20 years of being in the weight-loss field, is to make change simple and enjoyable!

We all know of simple easy changes we could make, that would lead to weight-loss over time. It’s a losing mindset to think small changes won’t make that much of a difference, because the opposite is actually true. What we’ve seen time and time again is that when change is simple and easy, it’s sustainable. When people just drink water every day and then drop 500grams in a week… it’s encouraging. Incorporating any kind of activity into your regular lifestyle and then seeing a 2 kg drop over the month is the best way to ensure you start and continue on your weight-loss.

The major difference with how Gina and I actually coach women is that we teach them how to lose weight eating any food, living with no restriction is such freedom! Our clients drops 500grams to 2kg weekly when they learn to listen, trust and follow their body cues of when, what and how much to eat. It only takes 1-3 sessions for clients to learn, but being able to eat all the foods they love and still drop weight is definitely a motivator for our clients. If it’s do-able for today, and do-able for the week, then a month… it’s do-able for life. It’s the way Gina and I eat to stay slim.

Lysa & Gina

 

Lysa and Gina have over 20 years experience in the weight-loss field. Lysa a former personal trainer and Gina a Dietitian know why diet and exercise alone has failed so many people. Nothing will work on the outside if it’s not working first on the inside.
Lysa and Gina struggled with their weight for years; forcing themselves on diets and battling emotional eating. Lysa and Gina have slimmed a combined total of 40 kilograms and have stayed slim for 14 years because they learned how to change their mindset. They have pioneered ‘The Weigh to Freedom'; it’s about breaking free from dieting and emotional eating to slim naturally. Lysa and Gina help you learn how to change your own mindset to allow yourself to slim easily and sustainably while enjoying all foods.

We are fascinated by the impact that our thoughts have on our weight. We believe that we are all ‘Creators’ literally creating our reality every day by the thoughts we choose to focus on. Having shifted 40kg together by shifting our mindset, we’re passionate about sharing these ideas with more people. It’s our mission to help people free themselves from dieting and emotional eating to effortlessly slim to their most healthy and beautiful weight.  

What do we mean when we say ‘Mindset’?  Our mindset is our personal collection of beliefs and thoughts. It’s the idea’s that we’ve absorbed from our environment  over our lifetime. Some of the idea’s we’ve absorbed are supportive; they give us strength and allow us to create our desires. Unsupportive beliefs weaken us and become the unconscious blockages stopping us from creating what we truly want. It’s our beliefs that have the biggest impact on our emotions. It’s our emotions that have the biggest impact on our choices and behavior, and our behavior creates our reality.

Isn’t this the law of attraction? That if I focus on what I want and believe it will happen, I will manifest my desires or in this context a slim figure? Yes, it does seem that simple. However, the tricky part for many is actually being able to believe that what you want - can happen. If you’ve struggled with your weight your whole life (I was chubby from 8-22yrs Lysa) then how can you believe that you can be slim? What we often don’t realize is that in order to create a slim body, you need a whole new collection of beliefs about food, eating, activity, your weight, body and life in general in order to make the transition and know you can stay there.

Gina and I will be writing regular blogs on “Slim Thinking”; we’ll share typical ‘Fat’ thoughts that will keep anyone bound with extra weight, and the accompanying ‘Slim’ thought so little by little you can change your own mindset and allow yourself to slim easily and sustainably.