“Yes”, according to Lisa Rutledge, a registered dietician in Montreal, “setting small, somewhat easily attainable goals over many weeks is more likely to lead to success. Will this work? I know behavior modification techniques, but I wanted to check with a dietitian and a personal trainer to get their opinions, since I’m not an expert in physical fitness. Dave Ramsey used baby steps to teach me budgeting and get in control of our money. Fly Lady (silly name, but amazing program), used baby steps to get me organized. I know what I respond to and I know what I don’t respond to. At 8 weeks post baby, I was ready to jump right in to getting back my body. When we’ve mastered that area, we can move on to the next. By focusing on one step a month, until it becomes a habit, we’re letting ourselves focus on succeeding in one area. We’re talking about making small sustainable life choices. I don’t care how many times you’ve done this dance. Let’s revolutionize the way we treat our bodies. Let’s also skip the gym fees, exercise equipment and special shakes that we won’t use. Next thing you know months have passed and we haven’t done anything (except gorge ourselves on brownies and use the treadmill to hang our PJ’s on). We’re up all night with cranky newborns, we’re fitting in way too much on the weekend, we get sick, or we have family in town and stuff ourselves full of lava cake and Chicago style pizza. We eat kale shakes and apples for snack, we tote our salads to work, we run like the wind, and then we… Well, we get busy. But we’ve done this before, remember? We’re amazing for about a month.
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