Make Your Someday Today Podcast : Reach Your Goal Weight and Become the Person You Deserve

TANSTAAFL: There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch You get what you pay for. My phrase: You don’t get nothing for nothing.  (Yeah. I know it’s poor grammar.) The bottom line is if you don’t take the right actions, you won’t get anything. That applies to school, on the job, at home, and certainly as you try to lose weight. Why do I say “try” to lose weight? Because many (most?) people aren’t willing to totally commit, to be fully engaged, or to put their money where their mouth is. How many balls must be hit before a golfer becomes great? Can you skip that step in attaining greatness? Photo via Pixabay.com by MadsLiebst __________________________ Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

Exercise is important, but it does not need to be painful, cost money, or require a membership at a fitness center. IT can simply be the act of getting off your LazyBoy recliner and start moving. Photo via Pixabay.com by Kaz. __________________________ Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen!

If you want to succeed, you must first be willing to fail–over and over–without loss of enthusiasm. Does that describe you? How many times did Bruce Lee fail before he was good enough to be memorialized by this sculpture? Photo via Pixabay.com by tee2tee _________________________ Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

In the second part of Scott Wilson’s interview, he talks about an action that, if you are unwilling to perform honestly, you have greatly reduced your chances of success. Then he tells you the secret attitude needed to overcome any obstacle, and finally, explains why golfing and hockey are a great metaphor for weight loss success. Photo via Pixabay.com by Skeeze (Hockey) and 12019 (Tiger Woods) Here is a link to Scott’s first interview in MYST 20. _________________________ Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

Achieving any goal takes strength. Losing weight is no different, but physical strength is not as important as emotional strength. In today’s episode, we talk with longtime friend of Make Your Someday Today, and fellow LoseIt Moderator Scott Wilson. We first talked with Scott in MYST Episode 20, back in June 2014. Today he rejoins us to bring us up to date on his journey through life, and what he feels is the most important strength a person needs to reach life-changing goals. And no, you don’t need to be Superman to succeed. Photo via Pixabay.com by NeuPaddy. __________________________ Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

Is it possible to be working toward success and yet failing at the same time? Not only is it possible, you might be doing it right now. It’s all about the choices you make. Photo via Pixabay by StevePB ________________________________________________ Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

Weight loss is an unforgiving foe. There are no participation trophies given out because you “tried hard” and “always showed up.” The trophy is only given when you reach your goal and can be taken away if you regain your weight. So how can we deal with that? Self-reward mini-goals! Photo via Pixabay.com by CRKMaga __________________________ Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

BMI is inaccurate, but so is every other type of measurement. However, for most people, it is a valid method of determining their weight status. Are you one of the “most people”? Probably.  And if you are, then your number is valid, whether you like it or not. Here is a link to Episode 102 about how Anxiety can derail your weight loss efforts. This was the source for my BMI information. Do you want to calculate your own BMI? Here is a good calculator. Photo via StockSnap.io by Jonathan Pendleton ________________________________________________ Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

The US has a problem. Well, it has many problems, but a major health problem is that as a whole, we are overweight. Why are we overweight? We eat too much and we don’t exercise. And most of our exercise is “exercise on purpose”. But what happened to “accidental exercise”? If we learn to add accidental (also known as “incidental”) exercise, we will help enhance our weight loss progress. This is not the magic bullet for weight loss, but it is another piece of the puzzle.   How are you going to add accidental exercise to your day? Here is a link to the episode MYST 84 that was mentioned in this show. Photo via Pixabay, by hfossmark Resources: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/american-labor-in-the-20th-century.pdf https://www.statista.com/statistics/244922/us-fitness-centers-und-health-clubs/ https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity http://time.com/3688002/obesity-in-america-photos-from-the-early-days-of-a-national-health-crisis/ Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

Which will help you find lasting weight loss success faster, “real food” or “diet food”? I have my opinion (spoiler alert: I prefer real food) but let’s look at two compare and contrast two specific foods. And then you decide for yourself which is better: real or diet? https://www.halotop.com/flavors/ ————————————————————————– Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

This episode will be a little different. I don’t have any new food tips to make your meals exciting. I am not going to talk about a new trick to help you lose weight. I don’t have a secret hack to make exercise more fun. In fact, I am not going to talk about weight loss. Or rather, I’m not going to talk about it directly. Today, I want to talk about getting the right mindset for a successful long-term weight-loss journey. That journey is not just about losing weight, but also about how to keep it off once you’ve reached your weight loss promised land. Our weight is tied to more than just our eating habits and our activity level. It is strongly affected by our mental state and daily attitude. Have you noticed that you make more poor choices on days when you are feeling sad, depressed, or anxious? Or probably even worse, when you are bored? Have you seen the correlation that when your life is busy and productive, and you are feeling confident about life in general that your food choices are better? Weight loss MUST start in the mind first. Henry Ford once said, “If you think you can, or think you can’t, you are right.” That certainly applies to weight loss. If you go to a work party and say to yourself, “I just know I’m going to blow my budget” I’d bet the mortgage payment that you at the end of the night, you did blow your budget.  That is because our minds are powerful. When you thought that, your brain took that as a command, a request for action, and not a warning of a dangerous situation. So what can you do? You need to start changing your internal monologue. Change the script that your brain reads. Stop focusing on negative worries and change the focus of success statements. These are called affirmations. These are not goal statements. Goals are specific to an event, and affirmations are far more general. If you consider a marathon, a goal statement could be “I will finish this run in under 3 hours” or even just “I will finish this run.” A statement of affirmation about the marathon could be “I am successful because my training was efficient”. When I sold vacuum cleaners door-to-door, my manager had us read affirmation statements in the car before every demonstration. But looking back, they were goal statements. One that I remember very well is “I will walk make a sale at this home.” That is a nice goal statement, very specific to that appointment. A better affirmation statement would have been “I am successful because I can solve my customer’s problems.” That is a better statement because it starts with a statement of fact (“I am” indicates something that already exists, whereas “I will walk” is a prediction of an action.) You may have a weight loss goal statement of “I will get skinny before my wedding”. (As a side note, that really isn’t a good goal statement. It isn’t SMART. I discuss SMART goals in episode 67). That goal also will back-stab your progress, because as you focus on it, and as you fail to reach it, it will generate more anxiety. And anxiety itself can reverse your weight loss progress. I talk about anxiety in episode 102 . So what are affirmations and how do they work? They are statements of positive thoughts and self-empowerment. Affirmation statements work best when you read them aloud several times a day, ideally in the morning and right before going to bed. Focus on one or two affirmation statements for a full month, then choose another one or two. Keep changing your statements monthly. This will help implant these positive thoughts deep within your mind, so that act as the foundation of your day. And when you read them aloud, you active multiple sensory data streams into your brain–not just sight and soun...

What bad habit is preventing your success? I’ll tell you about one of my bad habits. This is a multi-generation habit, but I was able to break it. Which bad habits are affecting you?   Photo via Pixabay, by WerbeFabrik (Garbage Can) and Skeeze (Sponge Cake) ————————————————————————– Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

At the very basic level, food is energy and nutrients. It is what keeps our bodies functioning and growing. That is a pretty simple way of viewing food, but it is accurate. But how do we treat food? Like it is a bandage, our counselor, our security blanket, and proof of our respect and love for others. Worse, we teach our children those same bad habits. Why are they bad habits? They are bad habits because we misuse food for purposes that food just cannot perform. Photo via Pixabay, by Ludmila. ————————————————————————– Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

We all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? It jump-starts our metabolism and is the key to weight loss success! Well, not so much, really. Research Studies: Belief beyond the evidence: using the proposed effect of breakfast on obesity to show 2 practices that distort scientific evidence. The effectiveness of breakfast recommendations on weight loss: a randomized controlled trial High caloric intake at breakfast vs. dinner differentially influences weight loss of overweight and obese women Photo via Pixabay, by pexels ————————————————————————– Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.

Do you have “cheat meals” or “cheat days” in your diet plan? Stop! You are reducing your chance of long term success! I don’t mean “stop eating foods not on your diet plan” but rather “stop calling them cheat days.” You are setting yourself up for failure if you need to have cheat days in order to stay on your path. And at the same time, you are setting up your scapegoat for your eventual failure. Photo via Pixabay, by tswedensky. ————————————————————————– Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voice-over work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods. He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. Follow his Facebook page to learn how to better use social media. Matt was also my guest on MYST 54. Give his story a listen! All images are Creative Commons Zero.