Overnight Success

It never fails when I am on a diet, I wake up and it is like Christmas morning, I head to the bathroom and step on the scale. If the number is lower, I feel a rush of good feelings to be able to continue on my quest another day. If the scale goes up, and I am feeling really motivated, I will make a resolution to try that much harder the next day.

If you want to wake up tomorrow morning healthier and thinner than you are at this very moment -- you can -- and in fact -- only you can.

No one else can do this for you.

Each day, you get to make a million different decisions (whether you want to or not). Each day is a gift and you get to think about what you like, what you don't like, what you love, what you enjoy, when you want to, what you want to -- it is just one non stop blur or action (or non-action) throughout the day. You choose if you want to turn on the TV, what show you want to watch. You choose if you feel well enough to go to work, where you work and what you do there.

You choose what you eat and drink.

Having fed two children, I know that even from the youngest age we make decisions about what to eat. A child that isn't hungry will turn their head away or refuse to eat. Children in high chairs usually end up with more food on the floor than in their mouths if it isn't something they like or are hungry for.

You eat what you want to eat, when you want to eat it -- and you drink what you want to drink, when you want to drink it. You may not realize you are making these choices, but you are -- and with that knowledge you begin to have the power to make better choices.



Before
If you look in the mirror and don't like what you see, you can look imagine you are looking at your before picture.

After
Then with loving eyes, you can see all the things that you like that will be there when you are slimmer. Your smile, the way you crinkle your eyes when you smile. Smile and you instantly look better.

Now
Look in the mirror, and see yourself as you are now, and know that that is changing before your eyes. Know that the best part of you is already there. Not hidden away, but there right on the surface. It shows it's face to the world through your emotions. Showing people pictures of smiling vs. non-smiling people -- the smiling people always look better to me, no matter which one was thinner. It isn't about being thin as much as it is about being healthy and happy. That is my wish for you.
Jennifer