Key 3 & Key 4

Key # 3:
6 weeks!!  It takes about 6 weeks for your body to recognize change. In Key 2 I spoke of balance. Your first 6 weeks it will be crucial to be pretty disciplined AND creating the foundation of your new life. Once your body realizes the change, it is more accepting to what's going on. Your first 1-2 weeks. Change always brings drastic results. But even if you only need to lose say 10# and you do that in your first 2 weeks, if you go back to your old habits, you're going to keep yo-yoing that same 10# (give or take).

Key #4:
"It's not a diet; it's a life change." This is what I've told everyone who asks me what "Diet" I'm on. Key 3 & 4 work together. When you change, you need to make this change for the rest of your life if you want to #1 take the weight off and #2 keep it off.

So we #1 balance. #2 spend 6 weeks re-training our body. #3 change our habits. #4 make a life long change & commitment.

You'll need to commit to this for your life change. I taught my son, Josh (who's down about 35# in just under a month!! woo hoo :-) and I'm down 70# in 3 months) - that we need to eat today the way we will eat when we are at our goal weight. Next week I will begin logging what I eat as often as possible. But first I'll share an idea of things I eat, how, why, etc. and what I do when I say go out with a group. have a potluck, etc. Education for your new journey will help you to be successful. And that is my hope and prayer that each person who reads my posts will find the hope for their success.

I'll help you with how I got started and give you the ideas of what tools you'll need to get started.

Thank you for reading. I pray your getting excited to begin your new journey!  If you have questions, thoughts, etc. please feel free to comment. I am here to help you as we do this together. :-)