Actually, You Are a Real Runner

Have you ever tried to eat exactly like someone else and it worked for like 4 days and then just didn't work anymore? And you felt really frustrated with yourself yet again!   Instead of trying to eat exactly like someone else, pick up a few tips and figure out a way of eating that works for you.   How to know it works? You feel good/not gross during and after the meal. You feel energized. You like the foods you're eating. You're not afraid of food...   You can pick out what is important to you too! You'll have to do some work around values here.   Take from Imperfect Eating's 5Ps and make it your own. Make your own system for self-care.   xo, Jaclyn #systemsforselfcare #imperfecteating   p.s. Are you in the new FB group? Join with the link below. https://www.facebook.com/groups/systemsforselfcare   Send me an email: [email protected]@gmail.com    

Imperfect Eating/5Ps is the solution I created to solve my problem of eating alllll the things or attempting to be perfect with food and eating none of the things. Imperfect Eating is my way of eating in the middle. It's my way of moderation.

It's a system for self-care!

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    If you know what small actions you're supposed to be doing and you're not doing them because they feel so tedious and blah, you need to chunk up to the bigger purpose.   You need to connect the small actions to the big thing you're working on and why that's so important to you.   ---> Are you in the Systems for Self-Care Facebook group? Live trainings and worksheets in there to help you make 2021 your Year of Growth.   Join the NEW Systems for Self-Care Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/systemsforselfcare

You have a BIG thing you want. But sometimes it's hard to even allow yourself to dream BIG because you get overwhelmed and don't know how to start.   Or maybe you have a lifetime of failure proving you can't achieve big things. So you slink back and do nothing at all and try to convince yourself this is okay.   I got you. I want you to be able to have that BIG thing AND I want to help you get there in a way that actually feels good.   Break. It. Down. Into. Small. Actions. Start with being the person who shows up and does the small thing.   It's going to be imperfect when you start. It's okay. And then you'll polish and refine later on. Lemme know what you're going to do TODAY.   Email [email protected] Join my NEW Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/systemsforselfcare  

Could it be that part of the reason you're not doing the thing is because you tried to do too much all at once? 

I did this too when it came to Whole30 and running marathons and the 100 day running streak! I took on too much at once, couldn't keep it up, and went way back to 0.

Wanna maintain motivation? Wanna be the person who actually can keep doing the thing? Just do something a lil outside of your comfort. Know the steps you have to do. Get your reps in, and then do something a lil outside of your comfort, repeat, repeat, repeat. 

Hey! It's ok for things to not be perfect when you start! It's okay if your start is super duper small. Super duper imperfect.

Just get in the habit of showing up. Then when you have that momentum, when you see you're showing up and being the person rep after rep, you can revise and grow!

 

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Lots of people think that motivation = enthusiam

or that one day they will wake up and enthusiastically want to do the thing...

but if you wait for that day, a whole lifetime might pass by.

 

Let's chat motivation and think of it as the reasons for doing something. We'll hit on pain/pleasure a lot!

 

Lemme know your aspirational identity. 

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If you keep trying to do things for yourself in the evening, but they're not happening or maybe just happening sporadically... have you ever thought of moving them to the morning? 

I used to not be a morning person until I realized that having no structure in my life wasn't helping me move along, and if I wanted to get my life together, I was going to have to start with my mornings. 

I share my best tips today!

Lemme know what you're going to do in the morning!

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If you don't have a strong aspirational identity, you will keep falling into doing the things your old identity does.   If you keep identifying as a stress eater, you are basically giving yourself permission to eat when stressed.   "Oh man, I am so stressed. Well, I am a stress eater so I will go eat. Oh look, I am a stress eater."   Soooo let's pick your aspirational identity and your related habit...   Adapted from Atomic Habits     Send me an email: [email protected] New website and new workbook coming soon!    

Lots of people own fitness trackers and don’t use them. They’re fun! I have one! But the novelty does wear off...   If you really want to change your life, figure out your pain, pleasure, and aspirational identity and then do a habit that supports that identity. A habit you can actually do every day.   Example:   "I am tired of feeling lethargic and discouraged with myself.   I'd like to feel energized and pleased with myself.   I want to be a consistently active person.   A consistently active person goes on walks every day.   I will go on a walk every day- even though I live in Chicago and it's super gross outside, I will bundle up and go for a 5 minute walk. Wow. I will do again tomorrow. Ok today is warmer- I can do 30 minutes. Wow. I did it. Again. And again. Wow, I guess I really AM a consistently active person. Ok great! Keep it going! Now this is just who I am and I don't even need to track this anymore...."     The fitness tracker is just some fun data.   Owning one won't make you an active person.   Lots of inactive people own fitness trackers and don't do anything. (Been there!)   Lots of active people do not own fitness trackers but still do active things. (Been there too!)   ----->You showing up and consistently doing the thing and BEING the person is what transforms your life and who you’re being.   Lemme know below what you're going to do now or send me an email at [email protected]