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Hi,
My Name is Dianne and I am 47 years old. I started the 12-week challenge with Hilde over 24 weeks ago. Not that I have been doing it for 24 weeks. But I have had a couple
of cracks at trying to get this right. The first time, I only made it half way before I became sick. Trying to do too much, trying to run the business, (I own a pub); trying to be a mum to my twin boys, and a loving partner to my other half Darren as well as trying to find some me time for exercise. I fell into a big heap. My body going through heaps of changes and hormones running rampant. So the perfectionist that I am, and my head saying, “If you can’t do this properly – Don’t do it at all� So I didn’t and gained all the weight I had lost in the 6 weeks. Depressed about what I was doing and where I was heading, I contacted Hilde to tell her my deepest thoughts, Thank you Hilde. She helped guide me to setting some serious goals, but I also knew that my biggest problem was my mind. I had to get past the self talk, so I figured if I learnt a new mindset, train my brain, like you train your muscles I could crack my problem.
So I downloaded all my motivational cds onto my ipod. (I am a big Anthony Robbins fan) and off I set each morning. I listened to those cds every day. I trained my brain to think differently about food. You see I have always used food to calm me down when I have been stressed, kind of like anaesthetising myself. The hardest part for me is that I do all the cooking in the hotel. Surrounded by food all the time. I also am a vegetarian, don’t be fooled that vegetarians are healthy. I for one was not. I loved sugar and I love bread. I would say addicted to sugar so that had to go and the bread. Surprisingly the cravings stopped. I started feeling heaps better, getting better night’s sleep, having more energy to do my work and do my exercise. My hormones seemed to settle. No more hot and cold flushes through the middle of the night. My skin got clearer and my moods seem to mellow out. I seemed less stressed with life. I also knew that I always start off great with anything new and then I hit a plateau about mid way, and start doubting myself and get annoyed that the scale isn’t moving. I was ready to hit the wall, but this time I found it didn’t come. That was one thing Hilde told me to do. “Don’t weigh yourself every week�. The scale can lie. It’s not a reflection of how you are doing. So I stopped weighing myself.
I think the biggest thing for me, has been my mindset. Changing it was my challenge.
I knew how to eat healthy; I know what is good for you. I knew what foods not to eat. The only thing I had to do was stop making poor eating choices and using food to make myself feel better. I had to get to route of my problems and see why I used food to make myself feel good. Food was what I used to cope. A comforting thing. Of course it was short lived, and soon I’d feel depressed about the way I looked. So I had to start looking deep within myself and start asking myself why I do what I do, then I discovered that the one thing that stops us achieving what we want in life is the story we keep telling to ourselves, as to why we can’t have it. Once I learnt that, the rest became easy. The secret was to make a decision to change and to grow past the limiting beliefs I held about myself to be able to change. The past does not equal the future, so I stopped telling myself that I was going to fail like I had done before and with Hilde’s help I feel I have achieved that. I am still a work in progress. After all there is still the perfectionist in me to achieve better legs.
Thank you Hilde for your support. I love the personal touch you have with your clients.
And the speed in which you always replied. I loved the fact that I could email you on any day of the week and you were there with support and encouragement. I tell everybody about GET ACTIVE ONLINE. Dianne

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