This past weekend I was fortunate enough to go to a national convention for health coaches. Boy did I learn A LOT! Sometimes I felt a bit overwhelmed with all the wealth of knowledge that I was getting. Not only was I trained (and CERTIFIED!!) to be a better health coach to my clients, I learned a lot about my own health and what I need to do to achieve optimal health.
Many (if not most) of the speakers and teachers that presented to us discussed the importance of "knowing your why." Basically, why do I want to be a health coach? Why do I want to be doing the health program myself? Is it just about weight loss or much much more? They asked us to visualize what we want our life to be like in the trilogy of optimal health - healthy body, healthy mind, healthy finances. Once we had a visual of what that life would look like, then we would work it down to clear, specific goals.
Without clear goals in mind, it makes it difficult to ever achieve them. I mean, how can you achieve your goals if you don't know what they are? Pretty understandable, right?
So I've been doing a lot of thinking over the past few days about exactly what I want to come from this weight loss / better health journey. I've decided that yes, I want to lose weight. But I've also discovered the reasons behind wanting that goal. Why exactly I want to lose the weight and get healthy. Plus I've decided that I want more than just to be "skinny." Healthy doesn't necessarily mean "skinny." It means just that - HEALTHY! And that's what I want. I want optimal health.
So, here are my reasons why I want to lose weight and get healthy:
~ I want to feel confident in my skin. I've always been held back by lack of confidence (except for when I'd lost the weight previously - then I was super confident). I want to be that confident person I was before. I want to love myself.
~ I want to have the energy to run around with a very active boy (I'm sure that once Cameron starts moving he's never going to stop!). I want to play with him at the park next summer and not feel out of breath.
~ I want to keep up with my super active husband. Brant loves to go hiking and camping and biking and pretty much anything outdoors. When I go on hikes with him now, I feel like I'm holding him back because I can't go too far before I get too tired. I hate it! I want to be able to go on family hikes and not feel like I'm going to keel over and die.
~ I want my kids to grow up in a healthy home. I don't want them to ever have to fight the battle that I've had to fight my whole life up to this point. I don't want them to know what it's like to look in the mirror and despise the person looking back. And the easiest way to have healthy kids is to show them how to be healthy. It starts with me!
~ I want to get to optimal health now so that I can enjoy it for the rest of my life!
So yes...my losing weight is SO much more than being able to fit into a size 6 dress (though I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to that too). That's one big thing that I learned at convention. Optimal health is now my goal.
What are your health goals and vision for the life you want?
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