There’s ONE KEY element to know if your weight loss plan will work, even BEFORE you get started.
There are literally HUNDREDS of options when you’re choosing a plan or path to follow for successful weight loss. Some are more viable and successful than others, but regardless, there are many options that can get you to the same goal.
And most likely, you’ve already tried a few, heck, maybe even dozens with mild or temporary success. But I wanted to encourage you today with a different perspective. One that has nothing to do with rules or restrictions or guidelines.
Often times when someone decides to embark upon a specific set of rules or eating guidelines, they are making A LOT of changes at once. To the point where their long-term success rate is low because it’s so hard to maintain all of these changes over any significant length of time.
They bring chaos, confusion, and ultimately STRESS when someone is trying to bring so many radical changes to their daily life out of the blue. When weight loss is laden with STRESS, Honey, it’s not gonna work!
So the KEY ELEMENT when you’re looking to make changes and follow one plan over the another is look at it through new eyes. Through the lenses of sustainability and stress.
Evaluate how radical the changes are going to be from your current status quo. How much stress are they going to bring to your current lifestyle? Think of making smaller changes over time. Then once those are easy you can add a few more in until you’ve cultivated new patterns and habits of health into your routine. I highly advise against attempting change everything at once which will NOT give you the long-term results you desire.
This approach leads to quitting, then to feeling like a failure (once again!) then to self-loathing and ultimately to overeating and reversing your progress. See the cycle?
I hope this new approach or new way of screening any “diets” or plans you’re wanting to follow helps to set you up for success in a different way than you’ve tried before. Remember, long-term weight loss and health changes are like a marathon, not a sprint. You need to have that long-term mindset and a firm grasp of reality to keep you going. Sending you love!
Your sister in Christ,
~Dr. Melody
P.S. If you’re frustrated and scared of continuing the cycle of dieting “ups and downs” and feel there’s a missing piece you haven’t found, then having a coach could be the game-changer you’ve been looking for.
Regardless of what path you choose to lose weight, I can help you go deeper into what has REALLY been stopping or thwarting your best efforts for change. The those things are hard to discover and move past without a firm and supporting guide.
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Have you ever felt like that? When you know God is at work and BIG things are happening but you feel even CRAZIER than normal?!
That’s where I’ve been lately. So many things changing. God working in me and on me in so many ways: Business. Identity. Purpose. Health. Self Esteem. Trust. Reliance. Faith. Whew!
When so much is changing all at once, you’re bound to feel more frazzled. In my case I’ve been implementing so many new habits, reading new books, studying the Bible more, getting ongoing coaching for business and personal development and opening myself up to His guidance and what he really wants from my life, what direction He wants me to go, it can feel like your brain is in a jumble and your heart is unsettled.
But it’s all part of the process.
THIS is truly when faith and trust come in. When it’s time to take it from concept to action.
But we can always rely on God’s promises. For God does not make a promise He does not keep. No matter who you are, what your past is or what you’re going through, God is faithful. The fullest embodiment of the word that no human could ever match (besides Jesus of course.) 😉
“TRUST in the Lord with ALL of your heart. Lean NOT on your own understanding. In ALL your ways, acknowledge Him, and He WILL direct your path.” Proverbs 3:5-6
I just finished reading an incredible little book that I highly recommend all about digging into the timeless wisdom of King Solomon and the book of Proverbs. You can check it out here.
It’s called The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon’s Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness. by Steven K. Scott. It has fully spurred me on into committing to an in-depth study of Proverbs, deeper than he goes in the book. But the book is definitely the “highlights.” You can snag it on Amazon here if you like (affiliate link).
In the coming weeks and months you will begin to see the fruit of the seeds God is planting inside me. And of course the goal to be sharing and inspiring you and others by how and where He leads me. I will keep you updated for sure!
Where has God been working in your life? Where are you allowing Him to come in and literally change you from the inside-out? It’s not always easy, but the reward is always guaranteed.
I’d love to hear more and love to pray for you and as the process unfolds.
After all, we’re all on this crazy journey of life together! <3
Your sister in Christ,
~Dr. Melody
P.S. If you’re not where you want to be, in any area of your life, and you’re knowing you need support and encouragement, schedule a Custom Strategy Session with me and let’s get you moving on the path you know God wants for your life.
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It may sound cliche’, but do you have an Attitude of Gratitude? I didn’t!
I’m finally home in San Diego after a week of busy traveling and I went back to back from 4 days in Texas for a personal growth conference, to 4 days in New Mexico caring for my niece and nephew while my sister was away for business. To say this past week has been a whirlwind, would be an understatement!
While at my conference the Holy Spirit revealed to me deep-seeded roots of things I’ve been stubbornly holding onto or blocking myself from feeling the fullness of the goodness of God and all that He wants for each of our lives.
I came to have some life-changing realizations that I think you might relate to as well:
- I have not been ALLOWING myself to receive good things. In fact, I have been RESISTING and blocking them in many areas because of deep feelings of unworthiness.
- I have unresolved issues of PRIDE and self-sufficiency that have gone undiagnosed and therefore not addressed.
- I have NOT been practicing a FULL Attitude of Gratitude for all the things God has given me and done for me, and I’ve taken many things for granted.
- When the Holy Spirit reveals things to you that you’d been in denial about, or not able to see them for the truth of what they are, it’s both liberating and scary. Now you’re faced with the undeniable fact that you MUST allow God to begin working in these areas if you want to receive God’s true JOY and Peace—but that’s not always easy!
We’ve become used to our old way of thinking. Those old habits and routines that perpetuated our negative thoughts, emotions and behaviors.
But the good news is WE ARE ADAPTABLE! God gave us the ability to change!
He made our brains pliable and literally adaptable (called brain plasticity) which allows us to not only change or heal the old, but actively create and mold the new!
What grace! What a gift! What a miracle!!
So let’s talk about HOW to change all of that.
How to adapt an Attitude of Gratitude that will allow us to experience deeper more intimate relationship with God, and can be cultivated and grown into a full life-changing experience of the fullness of joy that God created us to experience.
How to cultivate more JOY into your life:
- Start a daily written practice of what you are grateful for, on a daily basis. (I prefer nightly journaling just before bed to reflect and analyze your day.)
- Start your morning with prayer, asking God to open your heart and mind to see all of the things you can be grateful for that day.
- Begin a Bible study on Gratitude. Either a formal study, or do a google search on verses about gratitude that you can read, study and begin to memorize.
- Pray before every meal, no exceptions. Thanking God for what you’re about to eat, the miracle of convenience you experienced to have your meal before you, and the hands and processes that had taken place to get each item now resting on your plate.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to show and reveal to you ways in which you are blocking or blinding yourself from being grateful and what spirits of negativity or pessimism are creeping into your mind and destroying your experience of true joy. Rebuke them in Jesus’ name!
There is power in the name of Jesus!
His name has been given authority over every other name (Ephesians 1:18-23).
Daughter of the King, do not dismiss the power that Jesus died to give you!
Use it to it’s full capacity over negativity, pessimism, doubt, evil, darkness and the enemy of your soul.
Jesus has already defeated Satan so that we can be free from any sin that entangles. Plead the blood of Jesus over your life!
>> I’d love to hear how you’re planning to begin cultivating a culture of Gratitude and what realizations you may have had that are holding you back. Praying for you that the Holy Spirit will reveal truth to you and that you will have a deepening relationship with the Creator of the Universe, our Heavenly Father.
Your sister in Christ,
~Dr. Melody
P.S. If you’re needing additional help or “another pair of eyes” to help you examine what might be blocking or holding you back, I’m here for you. My mission to love others and help them grow in their calling and experience the fullness of the love of Christ is my greatest desire. I’d love to be that help for you.
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