 friends welcome back to my channel and welcome if you're new here happy Friday I know what you're thinking why are you not in your car filming your way in video well as you may know I mentioned in a couple of videos as well as over on my Instagram if you're not following me there head over and follow me over on Instagram that my lovely husband is purchasing a Jeep and he is in Boise on his way back so he's not here today normally he is home on Fridays he is sleeping because he starts work really early we're talking 3 4 a.m. so when I do my workshop I do that at home in my office and then I leave to go film my video which is why I'm in my car and upload it to not disturb him but since he's not here I'm at home I just finished my virtual workshop logged my weight and I thought that we'd chat here in my office for a little bit before I head to the real estate office for a floor time so I want to talk to you guys a little bit about my week we're going to talk about my way in and what we discussed at the workshop which was a fantastic topic so let's get started went pretty darn good I got in a few days of Jazzercise which has been such an amazing thing to be able to go back to the studio I find that I work much harder in the studio than I do if I'm just doing my Jazzercise at home and I just like the camaraderie and seeing people and the instructors so that has been a big highlight for me is being able to go back 2 to 4 times a week in studio to do my Jazzercise workout so that's been amazing my week went good food wise I tracked calories and points yesterday was a struggle I'm gonna be honest Thursday was a struggle most of the day yesterday I did really really well I had my calories points pre-trapped so I knew kind of what I was gonna be eating and then the evening came and I'm by myself my husband's not here I was super super snacky so I did eat a little bit too much yesterday especially in the evening of just kind of snacky foods pretzels smart sweets whatever I could really get my hands on even had some grapes whatever sounded good to me and I was wondering why was I so hungry yesterday I mean really I was pretty hungry most of the week but yesterday boy it hit me and I know why now because this morning my favorite part of my life started we all know what that means and that is why I was so hungry yesterday and that is why I feel so bad today so that happened which explains a lot of where this extra hunger came from plus I've been really tired which also explains that as well because those are the two symptoms that I get during PMS is exhaustion fatigue and super snacky and hungry so I'm happy with the fact that I stayed on track all week up until yesterday so I wasn't able to put a little star in my little tracker for yesterday by staying within my calories and points but you know what overall I had a pretty darn good week I got in my exercise I ate well I really got to eat a lot of my favorite foods this last week because they fell right within my calories it was good it was a good week so at the workshop today we talked about habits and I think this is such an important topic because we all have habits maybe we don't even know that we have and we also all have habits that we should have so we talked about the difference between a old pre-existing habit and kind of forging a new habit and it's kind of along the lines of forging a new path so when we're out on a hike if we take the path that's been forged by other hikers or maybe put their man made on that hiking trail it's easy we can walk through we don't have to step over a lot of rocks we don't have to trample through a lot of high tall grasses and weeds it's a pretty easy path to take but what if we want to go somewhere else what if we feel like venturing off and looking over on this side of the trail we're going to have to forge a new path essentially it's going to be a lot harder we're going to have to kick rocks out of our way trample down those tall grasses avoid weeds and other obstructions in the path and that path is going to be hard to walk on until we've walked on it over and over and over again or other hikers have taken that same path then it starts to become easier the rocks get pushed to the side the grass gets trampled down the weeds and the obstructions get moved out of the way and we have a new easier path or habit that we formed and forging those new paths or making these new habits can seem really really hard at first but as time goes on and as we walk on these paths or do these habits it gets a lot easier and that's what makes a habit something that we can stick with not that necessarily that it's easy but it becomes second nature it becomes a lot less thought goes into this particular habit once we've done it for an extended period of time I've heard different things whether it takes 20 days 30 days 60 days to form a new habit I feel for me if I consistently do something for 30 days it's become a habit for me I may still need to think about it it may not be second nature after 30 days but it is something that just I habitually will do as we go throughout life as we grow as people as we go throughout our healthy journey we are always coming up with new paths new habits new things that we want to do so I want to share four tips with you on forming new habits and these tips come from WW I think they are fantastic and I think they are definitely worth sharing so let's start with tip number one number one is look at the big picture come up with a long term and it is could be a very long-term goal maybe you want to run a marathon maybe you have a set weight that you want to lose maybe you want to become a better cook or a better grocery shopper or whatever the case may be think about the big picture and that long-term goal and write it down it is so important to write our goals down they stick with us our mind our brain remembers them when we actually physically write them down and it could simply be on a notepad a sticky note whatever it is just write that big picture long-term goal down next pinpoint an old path let's say that your goal is to run a marathon what have you been doing taking you further away from the goal of running a marathon what are the habits what are the things what are the paths that you're taking that aren't helping you get to that long-term goal that marathon goal are you sitting in front of the TV at night on the couch with a bag popcorn or some treats or are you going on a walk or doing a jog around the block or doing something that's going to get you closer to that long-term goal and that's where we need to start thinking about what paths are we taking now that are leading us away from the goal and what paths should we reformulate and become a habit that will get us closer to that long-term goal so number three is form a new path set a new goal make a new habit so that you can get closer to that ultimate goal so instead of sitting down in front of the TV with a bowl of popcorn go on a walk take a jog around the neighborhood walk the dog you know what I do no judgment is we have a basketball court in our backyard and if I am short on steps I will literally do laps around the basketball court in our backyard until I hit my step goal so instead of sitting down and going and I might be 800 steps away from 10,000 I go outside and I do laps around my basketball court luckily we live where we don't have neighbors that can see us because they would probably think I was nuts but that's a good way for me to reach that goal so instead of just going I'm not gonna worry about it I go outside I walk I hit my goal so by starting these new habits these new paths it'll soon become second nature so now whenever I'm close to 10,000 steps that's what I do I go outside I walk laps around my basketball court I've been known to do it in my pajamas and slippers but regardless I'm hitting that goal I'm starting new habits and forming a new path and lastly make a new plan there are things called choice points so there are points throughout our day week month year lifetime that we make choices it could be something as simple as what we're putting in our mouth when we come home from work and we're hungry and we've got an hour until dinner or family comes home we have a choice what we're going to snack on are we going to reach for fruits and vegetables or are we going to make the choice to go in our pantry and eat our kids sugary cereal granola bars candy chips cookies we have a choice point several choice points throughout every single day so the next time that you think about your long-term goal running that marathon and it comes to a choice point sitting in front of the TV or going on a walk that's when you really need to make a conscious effort to choose going on a walk and maybe every time you make a good choice write it down write it in that same notepad that same sticky note that you wrote your goal and it's just going to help you visually see how you are doing making a new path and making a new habit so I love this topic I think that forming new habits is really really important life gets boring in mundane if we're not taking the off the beaten path and we're not forming new habits and new goals and having new things to shoot for in our life so I like the four step approach to developing a habit and you can also look back on the habit loop we've discussed that in the past as well but those are all great ways to develop habits that get you ultimately to your goal so great topic from WW and like I mentioned overall with the exception of yesterday I had a really good week but you know what it's a new week and I want to remind you guys of that a lot of you reach out to me and say man I have just blown it through quarantine or some people even in my 90 day summer challenge have reached out and said man these last two weeks have been a complete disaster I'm nowhere near my goal for the challenge it's okay you guys every day that you weigh in during the week whether that's Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday that's a new week it's a fresh start and it's a fresh way to get back on track if you struggle getting back on track at the next meal or the next day just set a goal to get back on track on your way and day or when essentially your points or your calories reset for the week so don't get beat hard on yourself don't get discouraged every week is a new week to get back on track and just do your best to stay on track we all make mistakes we're human we're not perfect none of us have a perfect weight loss journey if we did we would lose a substantial amount of weight in a short period of time which as you know is a very very uncommon we have stumbling blocks we have new habits to form we have old habits to break so don't beat yourself up if you have a bad week a bad month times are tough right now life is tough for a lot of people and it doesn't seem to be going away so we just have to forge new paths and make new habit to make it through and to reach our goals so I want to hear from you guys how did your week go leave it down in the comments for me let's chat let me know if you have questions or just need a little bit of extra motivation like I said my week was good until yesterday and until today with my favorite time of the month started when I step on the scale I'm still down point eight so I'm down just shy of a pound which in my opinion is pretty good considering everything that happened this morning so I'll take it that means I've lost every single week in the month of July I should have a good weight loss overall by the end of the month I can't wait for next week I'm hoping that my good eating this week and my good eating the week that we're about to move into will really show up on next week's scale so definitely let me know how did your way and go was it what you expected did you gain did you lose what are your thoughts on taking a new path or forming a new habit also let me know what are some of your long-term goals by putting it in the comment section you're essentially writing it down and we can all be there to support you in reaching those goals so if you're new to my channel I do weigh in every single Friday we talk about the workshop so if you're not someone that attends the workshops but you like that little motivation and those ideas definitely stay tuned here on my channel every Friday for that workshop recap my way in we have a little chat about how things went so make sure that you're subscribed and that you hit the little bell next to it so you're notified when new videos are uploaded if you watch my videos all the time please take a moment and subscribe it really really helps my channel and I really really appreciate it we are trying to hit 30,000 and with you subscribing that really helps us out so thank you in advance if you love today's way in video and topic recap give this video a big thumbs up and of course I'll see you guys all in tomorrow's grocery haul and let me tell you tomorrow's grocery haul is massive massive massive it was a $400 grocery haul so I have tons of new products new things to share with you I can't wait to share my meal plan so definitely stay tuned for tomorrow's grocery haul thank you guys so much again for tuning in to today's video means a lot to me I hope you have a fantastic week leave your comments down below and I'll see you all in my grocery haul bye guys