{"id":1295,"date":"2017-07-06T12:54:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T18:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2017-07-12T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T20:37:44","slug":"a-million-tiny-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogapantsdiary.com\/?p=1295","title":{"rendered":"A million tiny choices"},"content":{"rendered":"

When people in my new career hear my weight loss story, the first question is almost always “How did you do it?” Depending on the audience, I tend to tailor my response to what they are expecting to hear or maybe what they need to hear.\u00a0 Lately, I’ve been playing a lot with the idea of choices.\u00a0 The truth is, it was a million tiny little choices that brought me to my life now.<\/p>\n

My hubby first started sparked the idea in me.\u00a0 Recently he’s been ordering new things at restaurants we go to all the time.\u00a0 The other day he waited patiently for someone to turn instead of cutting someone off and then the whole lane opened up.\u00a0 He waits patiently for a older lady to cross the street and the parking space we need opens up. He says “Change your choice. Change the outcome. Let’s see what happens.”\u00a0 Lately, both of us have been rewarded for small choices that change our course.<\/p>\n

When it came to losing weight, it didn’t wake up one morning and decide “Today is THE day!” I didn’t start officially on any single day.\u00a0 It was 100 choices over three weeks and then I noticed my pants are a little too big.\u00a0 Then I decided to keep making those choices and add more to see how I could change my outcome.\u00a0 And 1-2 MILLION choices later, here I am.<\/p>\n

It’s making the same choices day in and day out to focus on your health.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 It’s choosing health over whatever else may come. Example: My friend recently joked about me being the energizer bunny.\u00a0 Trust me people, I’m just as tired as the next person. I also want to sleep in late and skip the gym.\u00a0 I also want to eat stacks of pancakes instead of hard boiled eggs. I just make it a priority and hold myself accountable.\u00a0 I don’t let myself get away with excuses.\u00a0 Excuses lead to me being 300 pounds.<\/p>\n

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It’s making new choices, risky choices that might be uncomfortable.<\/span><\/strong> For example: I’m about to run the Tough Mudder for the third year in a row.\u00a0 The first time I went, I ran it with strangers and didn’t even really know what I was getting myself in to.\u00a0 Instead of backing out, I chose to be uncomfortable and I’ve been running that race ever since.\u00a0 It’s the best race I run all year.\u00a0 Another example, recently chose to share my story with someone at the gym and now they are turning into a weekly client, which could blossom into years of revenue.<\/p>\n

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But it’s also about forgiveness. <\/span><\/strong>You’re not going to make the right or best choice all the time.\u00a0 And you have to learn to forgive yourself.\u00a0 I still eat crap sometimes!\u00a0 I skip a workouts! (really, I swear!) I scream at the car in front of me instead of waiting patiently.\u00a0 But I try not to dwell on those choices.\u00a0 I try my best to forgive myself and move on.\u00a0 You can’t change the past because it’s in the past.\u00a0 What’s the point of being sad or mad about it? Let. It. Go.\u00a0 Make better choices today.\u00a0 Be awesome TODAY.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

No one chooses how you feel.\u00a0 No one is going to make the choice for you.\u00a0 No one will be there when you have to hold yourself accountable.\u00a0 You could work with a whole team of fitness experts (I know a great one if you need a card…..) but in the end, you choose what happens. Trust me.\u00a0 If I could make the choice for everyone, we would all be happy and healthy and running a mountain somewhere.\u00a0 We would all feel what losing 160 pounds feels like and you wouldn’t be here reading this blog. I can’t make that choice.\u00a0 But you can.\u00a0 What choices will you make today?\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When people in my new career hear my weight loss story, the first question is almost always “How did you do it?” Depending on the audience, I tend to tailor my response to what they are expecting to hear or maybe what they need to hear.\u00a0 Lately, I’ve been playing a lot with the idea … <\/p>\n

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