Am I getting better and better?

Each day, as I do my self-improvement routines, I end each one with "Every day and in every way I am getting better and better." and I believe that, but sometimes I wonder where the improvement is. As I said before, I am just figuring out how all this technology works, I still have problems with it. I received a nice response to one of my blogs and can't figure out how to respond - but "Funny Face" don't despair - I will get it figured out.

One of my friends just contacted me after reading my blog and told me that because the background color was too dark and the print was too small, it was difficult to read - so I am attempting to correct that.

Since the holidays are over with for a few months, it's time to settle back down into a routine. One of the things we all have to think about is what do we want our routine to be. I surely don't want to get back into the routine I had a couple of years ago of eating everything in sight and wondering why I have to diet every six to eight months - and I won't. That will not be a routine for me ever again.

My routine now is to listen to my body and when it tells me I have had enough food, I quit eating and I feel great. It's funny, but when I first started doing this, I felt like I still needed something to eat because I didn't have that awfully cramped, full feeling in my stomach - but as I gave it some real thought, I realized that I wasn't hungry and didn't need to eat any more. Soon - sooner than you might think, eating less was something I could do very easily and I felt great - and I began to reduce my body weight, without going on a structured diet.

Listening to your body is one of the secrets to eating less and weighing less. Another secret is to imagine how you are going to look when you have reached your goal weight. This is called visualization and it works really quite well. Just form a picture in your mind of how you will look when you reach your "perfect body weight" and keep that picture in your mind - especially when you sit down to eat a meal, or each time you have a snack - or go out to eat. With that thought in mind and listening to your body, you are on your way to your perfect body.

Getting back to my routine is not going to happen, because I don't like the routine I was in last year. My routine is going to change and for the better. I enrolled at the Y for their exercise program. Now, I'm not a big fan of exercising, but ever so often I get the urge to do so. One comment I have made to myself and to anyone who was around was that I have never lost a pound from exercise - and I haven't. But------- I am not going to say or think that any longer. From now on, each day as I exercise I am going to picture how I will look once my body responds to the toning and how much smaller my waist and hips will be. In spite of getting rid of my excess weight, I still am not happy with my measurements - and I know from past experience my thoughts will govern my actions which will govern my results and I will be able to say "Exercise does help reduce weight and body size" - That will be my new routine.

Anyone care to join me - I will be at the Y at 5 a.m. until 7 a.m. every weekday

Talk at ya later,

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