Give me 3 months and I’ll give you freedom.

I’m always on about how small adjustments are easier to implement than 20 pound of change and that small adjustments repeated every day will lead to great change in our weight over time. 

But frankly, most people don’t actually believe me, they don’t believe it’s true. Sure, in theory it sounds good, but really, in practice, it seems unlikely.  

But let’s look at it from the other side of the coin. How do we gain, 5, 10, 15, 20….or more kg?  

We make small adjustments, repeat them daily, and they lead to great change we don’t want. 

What kind of adjustments I hear you ask? These kinds: 

• We let our belt out 1 notch at time when our waistband feels tight 

• We start wearing roomer clothes when they get to tight to do up or start restricting us 

• We stop getting on the scales when we don’t like the message they deliver 

• When we look at ourselves in the mirror, we turn our bodies to the most flattering angle or simply avoid looking in them altogether. 

• We feel an uncomfortable feeling or emotion and we soothe it with food or beverages 

• The portion of food on our plate gets a little bigger and a little bigger and eventually we’re serving ourselves enough for 2 meals 

• We start having one wine every night and that then turns into 2….. 

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg isn’t it? When you think about it that way, it’s easy to see that in practice, small changes really do lead to great change. 

So what kind of small adjustments can lead us the other way? 

• Do all the ones above in reverse 

• Have a little less milk and/sugar in every cup of tea or coffee 

• Buy smaller packets of biscuits or less packets of biscuits, only buy single serves of cakes, chocolates and chips 

• Halve the amount of butter on sandwiches (just butter one slice of bread instead of both) 

• Halve the amount of gravy on dinner 

• Go to bed 30 mins earlier, it helps to reduce the afternoon slumps that lead to mid-afternoon snacking 

• Park up the back of the carpark at the supermarket and walk a little further 

• Find something funny to watch and laugh a little more 

• Meet a friend once a week for a walk in the park or go on your own 

The difference between the first lot of adjustments and the second lot is the former are unintentional adjustments – you do them without thinking.  

The later are intentional adjustments, you make them with conscious awareness of what and why you’re making them.  

We all avoid the truth there is nothing wrong with that, other than its leading us to destinations we don’t want to arrive at. So if you’re going to hit repeat on habits and behaviours, do it with the ones that are going to give you long term benefits not short term relief. 

To create the change that you want you have to swap making comfortable adjustments to uncomfortable situations and start making uncomfortable adjustments to comfortable situations.  

Think about that for a minute. 

It’s time to get started. 

If you want to get more help with this just book in for a private coaching session $55.55 and let's just get it done this week because life is for living. 

An ounce of adjustment is always easier to implement than 20 pound of change™.

It's time to enjoy the life you’ve been looking for™.

In the meantime, here’s to your health and happiness so you can love what you create.