 Hi friends, happy Friday. It is just about 6 30 and I am at my WW workshop And let me just tell you about my week. Let me Just tell you so I literally said I'm out for the week now Let me rephrase that I decided this week to take a little bit of a break and it was a well-needed break I have been so insanely busy Closing up some real estate transactions that I literally cannot even tell you what happened to this week I can't believe it's Friday. I money for Thursday. It's a complete blur It was so incredibly busy that I literally did not have a moment to sit down and track And I know that that's just an excuse, but it just wasn't on my priority list this week I had so many things to get taken care of and wrapped up before the end of the month and on top of that I'm trying to maintain YouTube and making sure my videos are filmed and go up and get edited Oh you guys it was seriously an insane week. So I put down the tracker I did not put down the program. So did I track my food this last week? No, did I go completely off the rails? No Do I know how many points I eat every day? No, do I know what's gonna happen when I get on the scale? No But let me just tell you I needed a break It was just one less thing for me to stress out and worry about and Taking this week to just eat when I'm hungry eat what sounds good within reason Of course, I didn't go out and have fast food at all. I didn't have any cheat meals at all I just ate what was available and what sounded good. I made good food choices and again I needed it, but I'm back on the way again. It is Friday It's the first day of my challenge on my Facebook group. So I'm so excited for this next week I will be a hundred percent on track this next week. All my food is planned out ready to go So it's gonna make it extremely easy But this last week guys, I just needed a break I just needed a break so I took it and that's okay. It's okay to take breaks on your weight loss journey It's okay not to track for a few days if life gets in the way We all have other things going on other than just weight watchers So this week I decided to focus on those other things and put weight watchers a little bit on the back burner But let's see what happens when I step on the scale. I'm excited to go to the workshop today and to get back on track So I will be back momentarily to fill you in on this week's topic and share my way in Hi guys, I just got out of my workshop It was a great one as always Definitely something I absolutely positively needed this week We talked about our why and do we have a why and if we don't have a why? How do we establish a why and does that why change throughout our weight loss journey such a great topic something? I absolutely Positively needed because as you know as I mentioned I took last week off Essentially and didn't focus on weight watchers, but focused on all of the other things going on in my life so I definitely needed this boost of Back to the basics back to figure out exactly what made me walk in the door of weight watchers Months ago So I wanted to really think about my why before I film this video Because I want to share that with you and I also want to share with you the importance of having a why and how to come up with Your why and also remind you that it's okay You guys if your why changes throughout your journey as you go through the steps of your journey your reason for This changes and that is completely okay normal healthy and of course to be expected So let's talk a little bit about coming up with a why so the first thing is envision your why What is your why for losing weight? Is it health related? Is it because you want to be able to play with your kids? Is it because you want to fit in that favorite pair of jeans that you can't pull over your thighs? What is your why and I think it's really important to envision yourself Being where you want to be and envisioning yourself Completing your why because that way you have that motivation and as your journey goes on and you're seeing yourself getting closer and closer to your Why it sparks that excitement and that energy for the program and continues on the journey to get to your why So number one is envision your why and really think about Think about it really dive deep heart to heart with yourself and think about what your why is So for me my why isn't about my health. I mean of course that is a side benefit of my why But 100 my why is to feel better about myself feel better in my skin Feel better in my clothing feel better out in public feel better in my job In showing houses and not being self-conscious That is my why and I struggle sometimes to remember my why I throw my why out the window sometimes And you can't do that. So it's important to always remember and envision your why When the week comes to a close Review your week. How did it go? Were you doing the things that get you closer to your why? And if not, what were the obstacles? What were the hurdles that prevented you from doing the things that get you closer to your why? So my why of just feeling better about myself So this things this last week that stopped me from moving forward towards my why was how busy I was How crazy I was and how I just took a break from Weight Watchers for the week all of those things that I did this last week Aren't getting me any closer to my why and that's the whole reason I'm on this journey is to get to my why and for me I think a really good tip to share with you that I definitely am going to do for myself Literally as soon as I'm done filming and uploading this video is I need constant reminders about my why So, you know, I use an Aaron Condrom planner literally to track my entire life Best thing ever There is a link down below that will get you ten dollars off of a planner I'm going to put constant reminders my reminders Throughout my month about my why and all I'm going to do is write the word why And that way it will remind me to think about my why on why I started this journey I'm going to put it on little spots in my calendar I'm going to put it on little sticky notes throughout my house I'm going to give myself a constant reminder. Shoot. You can have Siri remind you about your why Put it on your phone is the background put it on your computer is the screensaver Put a sticky note in your car. So every time you're in an area or doing a task You're constantly reminded about your why and review your week to see if you are on course To get to where you want to be if you are doing the things that you need to do to get to your why Next is give yourself credit number three for what you did to get closer to your why We're not perfect. We're human beings. We make mistakes life Happens, but what did you do to get you closer to your why? That is something huge because we're not going to have perfect weeks every single week We're not even probably going to really have perfect weeks ever I mean very far and few between our our weeks absolutely spot on perfect. We did everything right We were the perfect weight watcher that doesn't happen as often as the opposite where we're not the perfect weight watcher Where we had a splurge day where we ate over our points So think about what you did that was positive that helped you move into the direction of your why So let's for me my why to feel better in my skin. What did I do this last week? Well, I didn't go out to eat at a fast food restaurant four nights when I was out showing property or doing work Into the dinner hour. I actually either packed my food and brought it with me or I waited until I got home Another thing that I did to move me closer to my why is I drank water I drank a lot of water So anytime I left the house to run an errand meet a client go to the office Do just about anything I threw a water bottle in my car and as I'm driving around doing my errands I drank that water So those two things brought me closer to my why even though I wasn't a perfect weight watcher last week Not even close. I didn't track. I didn't do everything that I could have done to get myself faster to my why Those are the things that I did that were positive So it's important to look back reflect and focus on the positive Not the negative things that happened and number four pick a small goal So you look back on your week and you're like literally I did nothing that would get me closer to my why I was terrible this last week. That's okay. Pick a small goal to focus on starting right now So if you had a terrible week, you didn't drink any water. You didn't exercise you ate McDonald's every day What can you do starting right now that restarts you reboots you and gets you closer to your why? How about having a healthy breakfast or lunch or dinner whenever you're starting over on your why? How about packing a snack or throwing a water bottle in your car? Or stopping at the local gas station and picking up a bottle of water right now What can you do that's a small step that will get you closer to your why? I think it's important on this journey that we don't focus so much on the negative and I know I do that a lot If I don't see the number I want on the scale It literally ruins my morning and I need to stop doing that I need to focus on what I did well the week before and again if that's absolutely positively nothing What can I do better starting right now to get me closer to my goal? And that is something that I definitely need to work on I need to keep my why at the forefront of my mind So I am going to do two things this next week number one I'm going to focus on my why and I'm going to do whatever it takes to get me closer to my why This is the challenge again on my facebook group. I'm going to put my facebook group right here for you guys So that's going to give me the incentive to stay on track and track my food and do everything that I need to do To get closer to my why and I'm also going to give myself constant reminders of my why I'm going to put it in my planner. I'm going to put it on my phone I'm actually going to put it on my Background of my laptop because I'm on that sucker all the time. It'll be a constant reminder of my why So those are the two things that I'm going to do So I encourage you if you don't have a why already to come up with a why And establish what you're going to do to get yourself closer to that why this next week So I want to hear down below. First of all, what is your why and if you don't have a why What are you going to do to help yourself come up with a why and remind yourself of that why So let's move into my way in as I mentioned. I decided to take the week off. I needed a break I was glad that I did that. I needed it for my mental health and my sanity with how busy I am But that little break and that little taking time off resulted in a gain on the scale of 0.4 Now 0.4 is nothing I mean, as you know, it literally could be the water that I drank last night And in fact, I even drank a little water this morning. I woke up super Thirsty and normally I don't eat or drink before I weigh in but I was so thirsty that I drank some water Really that 0.4 could be anything. Am I happy that I gained? Absolutely not Do I wish that I would have changed my mindset last week and remembered my why? Absolutely But it is what it is. It could have been worse. I'm disappointed, of course about a gain But again, it was 0.4. I mean back in the day you guys I could gain pounds in a week I mean, there were times that I would gain 10 pounds in a month. So that you guys is like two and a half pounds a week That's crazy. So I'm definitely better than I was before but not where I want to be So this topic was perfect for me because I'm reevaluating my why Rethinking about it refocusing on it and refocusing on my weight watchers journey in general And I just want to remind you guys that it's okay to take a break. It's okay to not have a good week It's okay to not lose weight as fast as you want. It's okay. It's your journey. It's what works for you It's not what works for anybody else You need to do what works for you and sometimes you guys life happens things come up Where weight watchers is on the back burner and that's okay I feel like a lot of times online on youtube We're constantly drilled in our head that it's not okay to not be a perfect weight watcher But I want you to know that even those people that are telling you that they're a perfect weight watcher They're not they still have weeks where they gain. They still have days where they go over their points They have times that they forget their why so just remember that it's your journey and you do it to the best Of your ability and I for one am here to support you No matter what whether you gain whether you lose whether you go off track for a month I'm here when you come back. I'm here with a question for questions answers support So please don't ever forget that and make sure that youtube myself this community is part of your why my facebook group is a Fabulous supportive place to be so make sure that you join my group because that way you're getting that constant support And that reminder and that help with your questions and I'm very active on there So it allows me to help you even a little bit more So definitely you guys don't forget your why if you don't have one spend some time to come up with one and just remember We're not all perfect life happens. It's okay. Just carry on So again, thank you guys so much for watching I hope that I gave you some good tips on developing and working towards your why again Leave me some comments down below Let me know your why if you don't have one what you're going to do to work on getting your why And thirdly, how are you going to give yourself those constant reminders of your why? 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