BREAK YOUR HABIT IN 20 DAYS

Seems impossible?  It is not easy but possible!

Since I can remember, I started every day with my delicious coffee.  I was not the only one.  So many people love to have a cup of fresh coffee in the morning ;-)

As you already know, my metabolism did not work well and I was looking for the solution.

I found one!  A glass of warm water with lemon and honey as the first thing in the morning.  Sounds great and works very well.  However, I wanted my coffee first. 

I was fighting with myself trying to find my way to boost metabolism...

I started to drink water every second day but it did not work.

Then I broke my week into two parts:

Part One: Water
Part Two: Coffee

As you can imagine, it did not work either.


I knew that if I wanted good results, I had to break my habit.

I gave myself 20 days.


Yes, it took my 20 days to adjust to drink water first and then coffee!

After 20 days I would grab honey first insted of coffee, even with my eyes closed.

My brain remembered that I drink water first and it took me only 20 days to change that!


Try to break one of your habits in less than 3 weeks!

METABOLISM


I always thought that I must have a very bad metabolism.

Why?  Because I could eat a lot for a while and then I ate less ( yes, yes, yoyo ).


I was reading atricles saying that this behavior makes our metabolism very bad.


Hm, if my metabolism is very bad, I should not try to loose weight, because it is just not possible.

This was always my best excuse.  I didn't feel like trying since I knew I would fail.

Then when I tried and was hungry for junk food, my excuse was that I have to eat that to boost my metabolism!


And then I decided to check myself how bad my metabolism really was...and I realized it is normal as long as I do the right thing.

I started to drink a glass of warm water ( with a lot of lemon and honey ) every day before breakfast.

I was so surprised with the results!


Try to do that every day and see if that works!

EXERCISE THE WAY YOU LIKE IT!


I hate to exercise.
I love to sit and read a book or watch a movie.

Those of you who hate to exercise, understand me very well.

I tried everythig: gym, personal trainer, yoga, bike etc.  Whenever I tried something new, I knew it would be only for a while...and I was always right.
I was looking for million excuses to cancel the meeting with my presonal trainer.  I was praying for the snow storm so the yoga class would be cancelled!

In the meantime I was looking for a solution that would help me to exercise the way I like it.
I didn't find it but I found a method that helps me to move at least a liitle.

I knew that I was spending a lot of time on the phone, so I promised myself that I can do that as long as I am walking while taking.

I like to meet with friends so I kindy asked them if we can meet in the park and walk to spend some time togehter- they did not have anything against it.

I know this is not a lot, but it is better than nothing.


Think about what you do where you can engage in some kind of movement.

Walking with your cat on the leash!  Why not?  As long as you like it ;-)

LOOSING WEIGHT WILL NOT SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS


I was hoping that my life will change, that all the problems will go away. 
Unfortunatelly it did not happen.  I still have to struggle every day as I had before.  Food was helping to get away, to forget.
Food will be always helping us to forget, this is the way it is.

We all hope that one day, yes, one day, suddenly everything will change.  So we are on a diet, thinking that this will solve our problems.

You have to realize that loosing weight is one thing and dealing with reality is another.

Yes, you can loose weight but you will not change people around you.  If you have to deal with the neighbor that you don't like, you will still have to deal with him.  If you have to do things that you don't like, you will still have to do them.

You have to ask yourself  why do you want to loose weight?  Think about the answer.  Don't rush.

Write down your thoughts.  You might realize that actually you are a very happy person and don't need to change anything in your life!

ARE YOU SURE YOU HATE YOURSELF?


I hated myself.  I could not look in the mirror.  I could not think about myslelf as a human being. 

Whenever I ate too much, I thought how weak I was and hated myself even more.


How much can you hate yourself and why? 

This is the question I started to ask.  If I hate myself so much, there must be a very strong reason behind that.  I was trying to figure out what was that and I could not find the answer.

What I realized though, I was thinking that I hated myself same way I think that I hate yellow cars.
Whenever I see a yellow car, I think that I hate this color.

Whenever I saw myself, I thought I hated myself...

I knew that I had to change my way of thinking.  If I could not find even one think that I hated about myself, I decided to find at least one that I love.

I decided to look at my person as someone that doesn't know me well.

What others think of me?

They must like me, since they want to be around me. 

If I met Monika, what would I like about her?


Ask yourself this question, you will be surprised...

CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE


Food was my best friend.  It was next to me, never complaining, always making my mood better.

When I was sad, I was eating.  When I was lonely, I was eating...day, night.  It didn't really matter.  I was eating whenever I felt like it, because I felt ugly anyway.

When I ate, I tried to avoid the mirrors.  I was afraid to face the truth, to admit that I make myself even more ugly.

I knew that I can change my behavior and nobody is going to help me with that.  Nobody could stop me eaitng, only I could do that.

I decided that I will be eating in front of the mirror.  I was hoping that looking at my ugly image will stop me eaitng.  It did not, but it did something else!


First time in my life I started to look at myself, really look.

I was looking at my feet and I realized that they are beautiful.  They are because I can walk.
My hands are beautiful because they help me to do so many things.

This same with my eyes, lips, nose, ears.  The shape does matter.  My body is beautiful because it is mine and it allows me to function.


This exercise did not stop compulsive eating.

This exercise made me realize that I am not ugly, I am beautiful.


We all are beautiful but we have to believe that!

INTRODUCTION


I had problem with compulsive eating and could not stop that, even though I tried everything.

After many years I realized one thing.  If I want to end this disorder, I have to do that myself.

So I did.


Now I help others to deal with bad emotions connected with food.  I created the program that is a great introduction to new life.

I learned that almost everyone has some kind of eating disorder.

Some need professional help, some need guidelines.


If you feel like you need help, please visit my website  http://www.endyoyo.com/


If you need guidlines, I invite you to read my blog.


I am going to give 100 tips on how to change the relationship with food and enjoy life!

Monika