Hi! You’re back! This is Karen from Wellness Works NW. Thank you so much for being back.
I just love this time of year but boy have I been sweating! I love the Pacific Northwest! We have the best weather in the world so I really can’t complain.
When it comes to times of change, and we all have been through a tremendous amount of change the last several months, it is sometimes very difficult. You know you need to make these changes and you are wondering how you are going to make them. Do you remember that expression: Seeing is believing? You truly have to believe it before you can see it. I know there are lots more changes to make and you are worried about how you are going to find time for it.
This is a common worry. When people come to me for help with a Wellness Plan, very rarely do they say that have all kinds of time and losing weight will be easy or sure, I will exercise 5 times a week without any time constraints. No! Most of use are very busy and have different schedules. So I want to tell you that we have to start with the inside first: What is you why?
Why do you want to lose weight? Do you a diagnosis of being chronically ill? Do you want to be able to play with your grandkids? What things do you really want to do that you need to overcome barriers to? Do you have pain? Maybe if we get you on a good workout routine you will have less pain, especially if you have arthritis, being able to do weight bearing exercise is so important. Just stretching alone, will help you a lot.
Do be so critical of how you look on the outside right now because we may need to start on the inside. If you could just sit down and make a list or 1 or 20 reasons that make the Wellness Plan important. Also you have to think about why you want to maintain the plan once you have had success.
What do we do once you lose the 20 lbs you wanted to lose? Now there may be other things that are important to work on. Maybe you need quit smoking. Can we get our A1c down, are we pre-diabetic? The Wellness Plan is dynamic and will change and keep going but what is really important is to define why it is so important to make these changes.
So make some time to sit down and make a list of things you really want to do. This list will help you define your why but it will also help you track your success. We are so used to tracking things. We track our money and what we eat, but lets try to track our feelings in order to motivate ourselves. When you are done with your list call or text me at 360-447-8061 or you can send me an email.
Let’s start that conversation about what you really want to do. Maybe it is more important to smoking than losing weight. Normally we start with the point of pain. What is causing you the most discomfort right now?
Right now I know you are thinking that I ought to move! I am going to show you a little exercise because that is why we are here. The exercise I am going to show you is going to combine different movements all at once because you are a busy person. You’ve got stuff to do, right?
We are going to start out in the push up position. The push up is one of my favorite exercises because you are your own resistance. It does take time to get it right. I am still practicing my push ups and I have been doing them for 30 years. Push ups help tighten your abs and your butt; it works a bit of everything. So we are going to start in the push up position. We do one pushup and then walk our hands up and then jump forward and then do a deep squat to work your quads and hamstrings. Next we will bend down and walk our legs out again for another pushup then repeat. This a compound movement; it gets your heart rate up, makes you squeeze things, gets things moving. You can even do this movement to music.
This is something new. Something different. Let’s start from the inside out.
You know I am sending you all kinds of positive vibes and prayers. I’ll see you next time!
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Karen G. Clemenson is not a doctor or a scientist. She is a real person that eats too much sometimes and misses her workout on occasion but is mindful of her path toward wellness, all the time.
Karen understands that your physical wellness does not begin and end with your membership to a local gym. She knows that weight loss management begins with steps; some small and some large. These steps include diet, physical activity and retraining of the thoughts and habits that keep you from being successful on your path toward wellness.
