The EASY Way to Get Results

There are about 300 members of the Club Fit Yummy Mummy community who have been kicking butt and taking names since January 1st.

These are incredible women who have put their fears behind them and are willing to do whatever it takes – no excuses, no blame, no “I’ll do it tomorrow”- they know what they want and are making it happen.

The success stories are already starting to come in!

~~~

Today is the beginning of my fourth week. I have lost 8 pounds and 30.5 overall inches.

I couldn’t believe it. So I did take some photos to see the difference from the first week and I was blown away. I just had to post them for the other moms to see. If I can change this much in 3 weeks I can’t wait to see how I will look at 12 weeks!!

Looking Forward to the rest of the challenge!!
~ Amanda

I just wanted to say thank you (again) for your hard work in creating this program! My life has changed – my daughter’s life has changed – my marriage has changed and it is all because of the principals I have learned from this program and the support I have received from this amazing network of women!

I never thought I’d be able to get back in shape like I was in high school and the beginning of college…but I’m on my way there!
~ Julie S

~~~~

What makes these women different?

Why are they able to just get started and KEEP progressing, creating new habits and making changes in their lives?

They are really no different than you or me.

I’d like to share with you a “secret strategy” if you will, that is being shared by the women on ClubFYM.com

~~~~

There is a very interesting Japanese philosophy called Kaizen that focuses on continuous but small change.

In order to find out how Kaizen can help us to establish new habits, let’s take a look at change in terms of momentum.

Just imagine for a moment that you are the captain of an ocean liner. If you decided to change course 90 degrees, there would be two different ways to accomplish this. One way would be to stall the ship’s forward momentum and then take up a new course.

Big changes mean that momentum is lost.

The other way to change course would be to use the forward momentum and to incrementally change course until the full 90 degrees are accomplished.

If we change direction little by little, we can use momentum to affect change.

With a strategy of continuous low-level change, we are able to sidestep the#1 barrier to change: fear.

Let’s see how this would work in our daily life.

Let’s imagine that you want to get up an hour earlier each morning in order to be more productive.

Strategy No. 1: You grit your teeth, set your clock an hour earlier, and struggle out of bed. This might work for a few days, or for longer if you’re disciplined. But chances are that you’ll be back in your old groove as soon as you begin to feel tired and stressed.

Strategy No. 2: You use the Kaizen method and get up one minute earlier each day. Two months later you would be getting out of bed one hour earlier – without even noticing the change!

You can see by this example what a powerful strategy for change Kaizen is.

The word that leaps out at me when I read about the principles of Kaizen is ‘continuous’.

I don’t know how it is for you, but in my life personal growth happens in bursts – with longish pauses in between.

This is rather like doing a massive run or a super hard yoga class one day—and then letting all exercise slip for the next days because your body feels sore. A few days later you feel the need for a hefty dose of exercise again – and that brings you back to the massive run or the super hard yoga class. And so it goes on and on…

What if we we kept our exercise routine going each day and very gradually increased the length or difficulty of training? What if we used this gentle but powerful way to effect all change in our life?

What’s your sense of how the Kaizen method would work for habits that you want to establish?

I look forward to hearing your thoughts – feel free to leave your comments below.

Your Friend and Coach,

Holly Rigsby
Author Fit Yummy Mummy

~

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.