Find out why you should take this course and what previous clients have said about the course.

I have decided to take a break from podcasting to brainstorm new ideas and new directions to take it. I want to thank you for being my listeners.

You can still follow me on FB or IG @weightlosswithwendyc and be alert to new trainings I will be offering such as workshops each month on different topics. I will create events on FB and IG and some short videos to let you know about them.

I am still offering 1:1 life and weight loss coaching and I have a new 6-month program instead of 3 months because I found my clients coming back to me. I think the 6 months will give people more tools for maintenance and we will work on when life happens.

If you want to find out more about what 1:1 coaching with me would look like, get on a Weight Loss Strategy Call, it’s free. Click on the link to schedule: https://chatwithwendy.as.me/

You can also learn more about me and my process by signing up for my 4 week course that I offer quarterly: The 4 Keys to Kickstart Weight Loss Over 50.

The goal is to lose 5 lbs over the 4 weeks but I had 5 women in January who lost 27.5 lbs after only 2 weeks! We meet weekly as a group on Zoom and there is a short training and then you get to ask questions, share where you are struggling and help strategizing how to overcome obstacles that get in your way every week.

It’s a great way to jumpstart your weight loss and not feel so alone in your weight loss journey.

The next one starts in April and I will have the link for it starting in March and some trainings around it in April: https://linktr.ee/WeightLossWithWendyC

You will have access to all 70 episodes on all the major platforms or my website: https://www.weightlosswithwendy.coach   

You can email me anytime at [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

Meditation and mindfulness have become such buzz words that you might tend to gloss over the many benefits.

I have used meditation to help relieve sciatic nerve pain with each pregnancy, for my neck and shoulder pain, for stress relief and for a positive start to my day.

Marcy herself started meditation in a yoga class and it had such a profound effect on her well-being.  She talks about her corporate job creating stress that had a negative impactt on her physical and emotional health.

There is not a right or wrong way to meditate. The goal is to sit there and notice stray thoughts that come in, sensations in your body, and settle your nervous system by focusing on your breathing.

She shares a technique during the podcast that is simple to do at home on your own.

Marcy is the Founder of The Still State Meditation & Mindfulness Instruction.

Marcy Westcott, CMMI

830-832-2447

[email protected]

www.TheStillStateMeditation.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcy-westcott-the-mindful-culture-curator-28825a186/

https://calendly.com/marcymindfulness

In this podcast I talk with #1 Amazon best-selling author Gigi Muth on her new book:

Bloom Beyond Perfection: Leaving the Perfection Trap and Discovering the Freedom of Good Enough.

The book is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.

In the book and podcast, Gigi talks about breaking out of the trap of perfectionism and provides a guide for you through her own story and research, along with tools to help you break destructive obstacles standing in your way.

She talks about how she developed the Pilgrim’s Survival Kit based on her own journey and lessons learned during her real-life Pilgrim’s journey, walking El Camino from Portugal to Santiago Spain.

The book weaves story, definitions, perfectionistic traits, guides, and questions for self-reflection.

I recognized some perfectionistic traits in myself that I was not aware of. Gigi is a great writer, and her story is from the heart.

Gigi is also offering a Book Study: A free four-week immersive experience, where she walks with you through the bondage of perfectionism and into a new era of self-love and contentment.

Click here to join. The Book Study starts at 7:00pm CT on Wednesday, February 16th.

Perfectionism can show up as all-or-nothing diet mentality when you are trying to lose weight. If you want help, get on a Weight Loss Strategy Call with me: https://chatwithwendy.as.me/

What happens when you have January goals to improve yourself? Life happens. 

In this episode I talk about my pain experience and how I learned to make taking care of me a priority.

How you can stick to your health goals even when things happen that you don't expect.

What I learned from a split second mistake and why phones and cars do not mix.

How to allow uncomfortable emotions with gratitude and finding joy by giving to others.

When the unexpected happens and you think things should be different, take a deep breath and allow yourself to feel the pain, discomfort or whatever it is you are feeling. If you do, you will come out the other side amazed at what else you can do.

If you need help allowing the discomfort of life and continuing to work on your health goals; get on a weight loss strategy call.

https://chatwithwendy.as.me/

It seems like such an innocent thought; but what it turns into is “I’m going to eat whatever I want.”

This has been a common theme for many during the pandemic. When I think I should be able to eat whatever I want; it makes me feel like I’m entitled because of the stress of what’s going on in the world and our country today.

Or, after I have been on my healthy eating plan for a few months, the thought of I should be able to eat whatever I want sneaks in, causing a feeling of entitlement and craving for more.

A few questions to ask is:

-  Why am I feeling entitled?

-  Is this a useful thought?

-  Do I like the results I am creating?

-  How do I want to feel?

You may think our external circumstances are the problem, such as the pandemic, other people, food, or what someone said. But it’s how you think about the situation that causes you to feel or do anything.

One question to ask is: What do I have control of? You have control over what you eat, drink, buy, wear AND what you are thinking, feeling, doing, or not doing regarding the external circumstance.

In my latest podcast, I give you tips on how to become more aware of your thinking which empowers you to make conscious choices about what you think, feel, or eat.

If you want to change some habits or behaviors that are giving you results that you don’t want, I can help. Get on a strategy call with me: https://chatwithwendy.as.me/

In this podcast, I talk about desire and where it comes from.

Definition of desire: A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen. Craving, wanting, wishing, longing.

Craving and desire are synonyms so if we related this to food, do we really want to be wishing or longing for a certain type of food or for something more out of our life?

Did you know that desire is created by your brain? It is something we learn and repeat. It seems involuntary because it’s something you’ve programmed into your mind.

Desire is an emotion that comes from our thoughts about a particular object, whether it’s a person, food, money, wine, etc.

This may come as a surprise to you because most of us are not even aware of our thoughts. Practiced thoughts are delegated to our primitive brain.

Food is an object and it’s not until you see it, smell it, or taste it that you have a thought about it. You have associations with certain foods, memories of what it tasted like, and all of this plus our environment help create desire.

I want to remind you that there is nothing wrong with you if you feel controlled by desire for a particular type of food. You have been conditioned and your response is unconscious. Your brain is functioning exactly as it was supposed to.

I also talk about the primitive brain, the role of environment, our thoughts, and the food industry create more desire for unhealthy foods. I also discuss how we can use our higher brain to make decisions and create awareness around food.

If you want more information on my 5-step process to lose 20+ lbs in 12 weeks or coaching in general, click on the link for your Weight Loss Strategy Call: The link is in the show notes.

https://chatwithwendy.as.me/

Today I wanted to talk about possibility.

What is possibility? I am talking about health goals for 2022. Possibility is the chance or likelihood that you can achieve your goal.

Did you know that you only need to have 10% belief that you can accomplish your goal to start taking action?

What if it was that simple? To get started on a new goal, you just need to believe a little bit that the goal is possible to start taking action. That means you will have doubts and that’s OK. It means you are human.

That’s one thing we forget to take into consideration when making a new goal is that we will have positive and negative feelings about it and that’s normal.

But before you go into the new year with a new goal, what about the old one?

What are your wins for 2021? Can you name 3 things that went right for you with your goal, health or otherwise? It helps to start off with what went right because our brain naturally turns to the negative.

What didn’t work?

We all make mistakes and sometimes life happens. But it’s what we learn from it and how we grow that makes a difference.

What do you want to differently in working on your health goal for 2022?

The best part about reviewing what did and didn’t work is that it helps you to be more objective and not look at things so personally.

One thing to do differently is to attend my FREE workshop:

The #1 Secret to Consistent Weight Loss

If you’re tired of the diet hamster wheel and want to get off, I have a FREE workshop on how to use this tool that helps more than anything else for consistent weight loss. There are 2 dates available: Dec. 30 at 4 pm CST and January 5 at 7 pm CST

Click on the link to reserve your spot:

https://weightlosswithwendy.coach/the-1-secret-to-consistent-weight-loss-registration-page

At the end of the workshop, I talk about my new 4-week online course:

The 4 Keys to Kickstart Weight Loss Over 50

If you want to skip the workshop and sign up for the course, here is the link but there is a lot of valuable information in the workshop.

I recommend you attend the FREE workshop and then sign up for the course:

https://wendy-s-4-keys-to-weight-loss-over-50.thinkific.com

Today I wanted to talk about what time, money and fear of failure have in common. They are all obstacles to achieving a goal. I’ll talk about these one by one.

I think this is helpful to do now before 2022 starts because most of us set some kind of goal, usually health and 1 or 2 others.

If we are talking about a health goal, say to lose the COVID 15 and you are thinking of starting a new program; time is often a big factor. A new healthy eating plan takes too much time. Time to: Learn the new plan, prep healthy food, go grocery shopping.

I talk about ways to save time when starting a new healthy eating plan.

Now let’s talk about money as related to starting a new healthy eating plan. You can save money by eating simple and easy to make meals at home. You can also save money by not going through the drive through, snacking less, and using the food you have already instead of throwing it out.

Think of using leftovers for soup, a buddha bowl, making a quiche or frittata or having leftover/pantry night which is what we do at our house. Coaching costs money that most people don’t plan for but think about how much money you have already spent on crazy diets or exercise programs you could not follow or that you didn’t make time for?

Instead, coaching could be an investment in your future health. What is the cost of not developing diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cancer? Or the cost savings of getting off some or all of your medications?

Now for the biggest objection to starting a new healthy eating plan even more than time and money – fear of failure or of not showing up for yourself. You foster this fear of failure when you hop from one diet to another and never look at what went wrong or what you could tweak to stay on it.

My homework assignment for you is to take a look at all your past diets (if you can remember). Write down what you liked about the plan, what worked for weight loss? AND is that something you would be willing to continue? Also make a note of what you didn’t like about the diet, and what caused you to go off of it.

Next, come to my FREE workshop where I share with you:

The #1 Secret to Consistent Weight Loss Over 50

The dates are December 28, 30, and January 5

Click here on the learn more button to reserve your spot:

https://weightlosswithwendy.coach/the-1-secret-to-consistent-weight-loss-registration-page

I show you how to use the tool that helps more than any other for consistent weight loss. It’s how I lost 55 lbs and it’s how I keep it off.

“You become what you give your attention to.” By Epictetus

What action steps would you take if you had the single focus of working on getting healthier and losing the pandemic 15 in 2022?

Maybe you would:

·  Write it in your journal or on your phone every day as a reminder

·  Make a plan for making healthier meals

·  Move your body more

·  Get a physical with blood work and screening exams

·  Learn other strategies to deal with stress besides going to food

·  Take an online course to learn how to make a healthy eating plan you can live with and follow (link in the show notes)

What would stop you from working on your health?

You have stories that you have told yourself about dieting and losing weight and you just believe the old stories. You let these stories about your past diet failures dictate your future efforts at weight loss instead of questioning all of it.

I would like to propose a different way to look at the stories you have about your past efforts at weight loss.

There are 3 simple steps that I go into detail that work to keep you on track for goal. Evaluate what has worked in past diet efforts, what hasn’t worked and what you want to do differently. I go into these with examples in the podcast.

Disclaimer – At the time you read this, many things may have changed regarding the pandemic. The pandemic is an example I used and was not meant to offend anyone.I would like to offer you the gift of time and service to your health.

If you want to change your approach to weight loss, schedule a Weight Loss Strategy call with me.

Click on the link to schedule: https://chatwithwendy.as.me/