What does the blog title mean?

I want to give credit where credit is due. When I was deciding what name I wanted to be connected to my Take Shape for Life (TSFL)* experience I felt it was important to find something that denoted that my weight loss was not lost, because I have no intention of finding it again. I'd heard that said before so I surfed the internet looking for the source, nada, couldn't even find the comment. But, I did find this comment from Martha Beck and realized it encompassed my feelings about finding balance and how long it takes to feel at ease with change.

"It takes about four days of virtuous living to create a little weight loss. That also happens to be the time required to get used to eating less. In other words, if you can get past day three of a fitness regimen, things improve." -Martha Beck

I realized this applies to much of life and learning balance. It applies to TSFL because it takes about 3 or 4 days to get into fat burn. Since everything we do is really intertwined in one way or another I think it is helpful to think of this philosophy for each improvement we are choosing to make.

In Dr. Anderson's book "the Habits of Heath"* he discusses how things work together in our lives. Picture a venn diagram, now add each of the important things taking place in your life, now picture pulling each of those important things away from one another, do those things still mean the same thing to you when they are separated. For example, why do you work? because you love your job? and to support your family? what if you only had your job? or just your family? remove your good health…or add family but take away your good health, this would shorten your time with your family? Does that balance work for you?

There are steps, vital daily steps, to health and longevity. Dr. A lays these out very clearly in his books, they are worth the read.

*the links in this post lead to my personal TSFL website where there is potential for me to make $ if you chose to use the products offered if you chose me as your coach. I made the decision to contract with TSFL because I believe the principles in Dr. A's book can transform lives. For me it is about educating others and helping them to find their inner happiness and to find health and longevity on the road there.