A couple weeks ago I was hanging with a friend of mine and she remembered that years ago I started throwing my change into a jar to save up for a two month trip to New Zealand. I was always so excited to empty my wallet and throw in what could have been 0.81cents, sometimes I threw in paper money as well if I had a couple extra bucks. Doing this didn’t change my daily life much – it isn’t like I was missing the change in my wallet, but when I finally got around to counting the cash I had it was like I had hit the jackpot! All of a sudden I had FREE money- and it sure did add up!

This post is all about CHANGE! Many people want to SEE something physically change – definition, smaller waist, etc. That is great, but of course that isn’t going to happen overnight, right? How many get frustrated thinking – “This isn’t working!! I give up!” only to go back to the way things were (which CLEARLY weren’t getting you the changes you so desire). The trick is to NOT focus on the results on a day to day basis, instead focus on the changes you need to make on a day to day basis.

Here is a great quote by Jack Dixon for you to take with you this week: “If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.” Just because you can’t SEE the changes YET, doesn’t mean they aren’t happening.

Here are two examples for you. First of all: Think of when chicken lays an egg. There is something happening INSIDE that egg that is changing everyday! On the outside it doesn’t appear to be any different from day to day. And then one day, it starts to wiggle, shake and crack and out pops a chick! Now I know our bodies aren’t an egg that one day our 6 pack abs and toned muscles will suddenly appear and our fat will melt away, but realize that even though you don’t SEE the results YET change IS happening inside of your body, making you healthier, stronger, leaner, etc and you WILL be able to see your results if you keep with it!!

Second: Are you tracking your workouts, the weights you use, the reps you do, how you FEEL after your cardio, etc. Look back at your numbers from day one to day 30, 60, 90 etc and you will be amazed at the changes!

Focus on the change you need to make in your life and your results will fall right into place. Take on a few changes at a time – no more than you can handle, and if you need to adjust your changes, do it. Trying to change too much too quickly can be overwhelming and you might be tempted to give it all up. Then, once your changes become healthy HABITS add more changes. Finally, don’t be afraid to fail. Have ever watched either your child, or any child, learn to walk, did they fall down? Did they fall down more than once? Twice? Three times? Of course! Did they get back up? Can you imagine if we all gave up the first time we failed walking- millions of adults crawling around this world of ours, pretty silly. Same with reading, playing an instrument, riding a bike, etc. So why give up on your weight loss or fitness goals? Don’t you deserve to be the best you can be and be as healthy as you can be?

If you slip up a bit don’t beat yourself up, get RIGHT BACK on track the very next meal for your nutrition plan or the very next day with your workout. Don’t let one slip up derail your entire goal! Here’s to turning CHANGE into RESULTS!!