This is good folks! Can you connect with some of these?
I can...My "lizard" is I don't want to gain my weight back!

The Latest from the Eating Coach

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Just read another manifesto from Seth Godin... Posted: 08 Mar 2010 04:00 AM PST It is called Brainwashed. He goes off on a number of things, so if you are interested in a good rant today, click on over :) The point I want to make is to highlight his steps for reinventing oneself: Here are seven levers available for anyone (like you) in search of reinvention: 1. Connect 2. Be generous 3. Make art 4. Acknowledge the lizard 5. Ship 6. Fail 7. Learn Some of them are pretty straight forward. Connect -- as in with people but also with yourself. Be generous. It is very difficult to be generous and judgmental at the same time. Make art -- you should read his definition -- for me to get it right would mean pirating his whole page -- in essence, what you are creating within yourself as you become more mindful -- that is the art I am talking about. Something unique and all your own. Acknowledge the lizard -- as in the lizard brain. We all deal with fear every day. How we handle that fear makes all the difference -- do you know what you are afraid of??? Ship -- this is the one he gets me with all the time. Shipping is making something happen. Turning out a product -- everyday. (You are the product we are talking about here) Fail -- it is going to happen -- you will not perform some days like you think you should. If you are not failing, you are living in the very center of your comfort zone and there is very little personal growth happening. Don't be afraid to fail. Learn -- about yourself, about then environment that effects you, about the people around you. Make a point to learn something everyday. In almost every session with a client, I ask them what they have learned about themselves this week. In every journal entry there is a spot to write down what you have learned about yourself today. Give it some thought -- what are you going to learn today? All 7 don't need to be done in one day -- just give it some thought and see if any of them apply to you.

Great Post Debbie Jean,

Now, I have to apply some of these to my daily living.  It is another goal for me.

Thanks,

Peace

Debbie...well okay then....something else for me to think about!

Have a nice dau....hugs....connie d

Thank you Debbie.  Again.

That pesky old lizard must be acknowledged, or it will sabotage you when you're most vulnerable.

Keep them coming.  I learn so much from your posts. 

Ciao bella,

Maria

Yes ya gotta admit once we acknowledge our lizards it will be better for us.
A lifetime of bad habits is hard to get rid of and then it's so easy for all of us to fall back into old eating habits.

For me keeping the weight off is much harder.
The nice thing about having this WLS tool is jumping back on the horse is a little easier or maybe embracing "Mindful Eating" is connecting with my brain.

I was not "Mindful Eating" last night. I was watching the Oscars and someone had left a sleeve of crackers right next to me. Guess what I did? Yep. Started eating those crackers before I knew it!!! What was I thinking? I wasn't...I just fell back into mindless eating.

Sooooooo today...when I do my water aerobics I will work extra hard. I also was out walking around inside the hospital and was at a fast pace and someone asked me if I was racing!
Guess I was...my lizard was behind me!! LOL

When I saw the title of your thread I thought "excuse me???....LOL!!!!"  Not what I was expecting. 

My "lizard" is like yours...I'm afraid I'll become complacent with my workouts which could make it harder to maintain my weight PLUS it could lead to health problems....exercise is so important to keep the heart healthy!

Oh yeah...we gotta push those Lizards out of our paths and keep on keeping on!!
I so connect with you moosie...maybe one day we will meet in real life!
Keep on exercising my friend.  That's the true key in keeping this weight off and the lizard off our backs!