notes on change and being prepared

1. Make a list of the benefits of change, and keep it always in front of you. (p.149)

2. Get your exercise time and schedule worked out before New Years.

3. Practice "The Minimum Plan" before beginning it. More on this later.

4. Get as many Super Foods as possible into the plan. Try them all before you begin.

5. Changing your behavior must be your highest priority, or it won't work. (p.151)

6. There are five commitment techniques: (p.155)

1. Take small steps
2. Set a date
3. Go public
4. Prepare for a major "operation"
5. Create your own plan of action

7. Commitment is an act of faith in yourself. (p. 152)

These are the things I would like to work on and review in the days remaining until the New Year and the New Me.  There are seven, and since there are seven weeks until the BIG DAY, I will work on one each week! See how neatly it all works out? Of course the page numbers refer to where that is in the book I have been talking so much about, Changing for Good, and it assumes that I have already gone through and completed the two prior stages, pre-contemplation, contemplation...is there anyone here that believes I need MORE contemplation? LOL! I didn't think so! If you think you need a little more understanding as to why you do the things you do, grab the book, it can help!

Comments

[Michelle]

The benefits of change...I won't have to have homicidal thoughts when contemplating SH's girlfriend's abs.

This really sounds like good stuff you are reading (and doing!). I'm heading in the right direction myself.

[Margaret]

Small, but consistent steps are SO important.