Kim's Fitness and Nutrition

This is the work and it can be hard work, at least when it comes to certain subjects. I have found over the few years that I have really been practicing being the powerful creator that I know I am, this is the heart of it. This is where the tire meets the road, so to speak. Where we find the most resistance. Where our logical, rational minds, our egos, say "Wait a darn minute ... this isn't what 'they' taught me, or my friends and family would think I have lost my mind.? I say GOOD ... lose the rest of those limiting beliefs while you?re at it too. What began to happen for me is that I started to recognize that there were way too many "beliefs" that I had bought into out of respect, love, admiration and just plain peer pressure, that had become the rulers of my behaviors, ways of thinking and choices I was making. I woke up one day and it sort of hit me ... "whose life is this anyway?" Clearly the things I was holding onto wasn?t having any effect on THEM ... only me.

It has been my experience that most of us, myself included, make food choices from an emotional place ... often. If I am feeling really connected to my Source, I have an easy time making healthy food selections. When I'm in upheaval, stress, fear or any of the less then connected emotions, I crave junk, garbage and empty calorie processed yuck. It makes sense, really. My Higher Power will guide me toward what my body requires in the moment ?IF? I'm tuned in, tapped in and turned on. If not, I will binge every single time. Over time I began to recognize the pattern, which is helpful under those circumstances. I believe that we all want control over our food intake, which is why I came to this.

I have a theory that has worked out 90% of the time, not only for myself, but for my clients. If you set for yourself a goal that is 3-6 months out in the future, it will act as a motivator in a powerful way. The trick is that the goal has be to something that is 1) realistic and 2) extremely desirable. So, only you can make that choice. For me, it is something like a Caribbean cruise for a week of fun and sun. Now that's motivating! It could be almost anything, but you have to really want it, and it needs to really get your juices going when you think about it. Once you have your goal, you need to begin to work up your time frame and training schedule.

Have you ever noticed that your mind has this uncanny way of analyzing, rationalizing and judging most people, places, things and situations to death? I know mine does, and I have come to realize that when I'm getting caught up in that, I'm feeling less good by the second. Some call it our egos and others call it our committee, and I've even heard it called our past programming or old tapes. Whatever that part of me is, it is usually speaking up because it feels threatened or fearful but wants to never admit that. So it starts to spew all kinds of opinions and judgements. As I have learned to sit back and simply watch it at work, I have noticed and learned a few things.