Transform Your Life One Month at a Time
Transformation Mindset
When we are looking to lose weight and become lean we often look for the one or two tactics that we should be doing better like eating healthier foods or exercising more. While tactics are important, they rarely result in lifelong transformations unless the right mindset exists with them. Therefore, prior to implementing new tactics (or at the same time) we need to shape a new mindset by learning how to think about life differently.
To begin, start by thinking about who you are as a person, the experiences, beliefs, values and habits that all got you to where you are now. Perhaps they were self-serving up to this point. But for a transformational change, you need to rethink how they are working in your life and perhaps even put some of them aside.
We all have different stories about our identity such as:
- This is who I am,
- What I do,
- What I do when it gets hard,
- Or what I do when I have spare time etc…
Creating a New Identity
Once you realize who you are and the choices you made that brought you here, acknowledge that you can change your story. Your past does not determine your fate and if you want a new life you need to look at it through a new set of lenses.
Ultimately what we want to do is create a new way of being - a new identity of who we are. Thinking differently and changing our identity means emulating the very habits of those we aspire to be more like. For example, we can ask ourselves, what would that person do if they were in my shoes? What is that person doing (or not doing) that I should be doing?
Once you have the mindset in place you are ready to take action on habits that will stick. This is because you are no longer going to do things for a single outcome but rather you are doing them because it is part of your new identity.
Putting Thought Into Action
While there are hundreds of habits you could be doing, there are only a few you need to do at any given time. The below exercise is one that you should do monthly to help you stack new habits into your lifestyle. If you do the below 4-step process monthly for a full year you will see yourself become the lean and healthy person you wish to be. You will become a better version of yourself!
- Plan
- Do this at the start of each month.
- By doing so, one month at a time you are giving yourself the chance to become a new person.
- Explore
- A: What are my goals and what kind of person will I be when I achieve these goals? Write these goals down including what you will look like and how you will feel if you achieve them.
- B: Who are the people who already have these goals and what do they do each day that I am not doing? Write these down. Make the list as long as you think it should be.
- Identify
- Choose the top 3-5 things from that list that are the most realistic and with the most impact.
- If 3-5 is too much, be realistic and choose just the 1 or 2 things.
- Execute
- Plug these 3-5 things into your week - every week!
- If you do not plug in your workouts, meal prep etc and make them non-negotiable you will maintain the same identity and be the same person you were before.
Make 2023 a year for you to do things different from how you did them before. If you want support to help you on your journey, consider Transformation Health Coaching. Having an expert help you prioritize your plan and who can make it specific to your needs will help you more than doing it on your own.
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