Life Lesson

See that title? I learned one this month. BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER! I have been without my address book for almost 3 weeks. My computer blew up in mid November. I finally have access to my favorite places on the internet - like this blog - but still no address book. I had no access to my password list (Do you think I should print it out and hide it somewhere??? HELLO?) so I couldn't get into the many sites I am a member of. ME - the information junkie - was lost. But boy did I get a lot done around the house! No computer calling my name. Interesting study of myself...

Anyway - so how did we do over the Thanksgiving holiday? With the exception of not enough sleep, I did pretty well. Light on the wine, od'd on the desserts one night, but not like I expected, and I worked out HARD 4 times last week. I am completely mentally prepared to get through December without gaining an ounce. How? Because I did all the prep work beforehand. I went off the sugar and wine for 6 weeks with very little stray. I got through Thanksgiving and the cravings have not come back. I have exercised regularly and HARD for months and I refuse to make any Christmas cookies until the last weekend before Christmas!

I plan to go to 2-3 Christmas parties this holiday season, but I'm not worried. A glass or two of wine and if I eat well during the day, I know I can eat pretty much what I want at the party. I will just make sure that I drink plenty of water the days following the party and continue to eat clean. I have NO doubt I will do this. You can too. Make it your goal to either maintain or even lose a few pounds in December and you will be so proud of yourself and feel so good about yourself that going into the new year will be a piece of cake (no pun intended!).

I was blabbing with my friend and client Robin the other day. Robin said that she re-read my logo for my gym, The Fitness Connection and she said she really "got" it. If you aren't familiar with my gym, I have a small gym and I do one on one or small group fitness training - 8-9 women per class. This is my logo:

The Fitness Connection
Lose Weight, Be Healthy, Feel Great...Get Connected

I told her it was great that she understood the whole mind/body connection I believe in - that when you lose weight and/or get fit and healthy, you feel great about yourself. When you are doing everything you can for yourself and you look great too, you just feel great! You're connected. Simple - mind/body.

But Robin was actually looking at the logo a little differently. She thought the logo meant the connection that forms with all the women that workout together and how that connection keeps them coming back every week to workout together. That they wouldn't ever workout on their own or workout as hard as I work them. It was all about working out together and that was the motivation to keep working out (aside from my great training!!)

Having a support group is a huge thing. Success rates with weight loss and fitness rise dramatically when you surround yourself with people who think like you do. You know you should workout and watch what you eat. But it's ALOT easier if you have people to do it with, talk about it with, exchange ideas with. The workout may be wicked hard, but everyone is doing it together so it's so much better. So Robin - thanks for pointing that out. I didn't realize my logo went even deeper!! I'm just plain grateful that I have such a great group of women coming to train with me. I love you all!

So - I highly suggest you find a group to workout with. It really changes your outlook on the whole process of taking good care of yourself and it makes it so much easier. Give it a shot. You may be very surprised what you are capable of!