How do I Stay Motivated to Keep on Track?

As the Figure 8 Bodychain connects your mind with your body you always know where you are at. This makes weight management a daily thing on a really simple level, with your Figure 8 Bodychain’s constant reminder that it is loose, comfortable or tight. If it is tight and you don’t want it to be then obviously you are not being healthy right now and so you need to get back on track (now not later).

The tightness should keep you motivated and if you do have to take it out a link then you know you need to examine why you are over indulging and do something about it. If it is loose and you have been trying to lose weight then take your Figure 8 Bodychain in one link. Congratulations - you have just lost about two kilograms. Keep on doing this to get to your healthy weight. If your Figure 8 bodychain is comfortable and you are at the weight you want to be then obviously whatever you are doing right now is right for your body. Carry on. Daily weight management is so much easier when you know where you are at – and it doesn’t need to be complicated either.

Forget the fad diets and go for the simple healthy daily lifestyle changes.

In general terms, the cook of the house has the most important role in the health and wellbeing of everyone living there. You do not have to be the best cook in the world - you just have to have the best interests of you and your family at heart.

Food cooked in its most natural state, with the fat trimmed off, is best. New research shows there is a link between certain dementias - particularly Alzheimer’s disease - for people whose diet is high in saturated fats, so take the skin off chicken, the fat off meat before cooking, so you are not tempted to eat it.

Heap on the vegetables, eat unprocessed foods and lots of fruit, eat multigrain bread and leave highly-processed white bread on the supermarket shelf.

Little changes in how we cook our meals and limiting those high-fat, high-sugar ‘treats’ to a small part of our diet obviously makes a huge difference to our health and wellbeing.

The same approach applies when you think about increasing your exercise – that doesn’t mean you have to join a gym. Simply going for a walk is a fabulous form of exercise – and it’s FREE! Not only does walking benefit your body but also your mind. Instead of zooming past in your car you can stop and smell the flowers, notice different things going on in your neighbourhood, meditate, walk through the park, listen to your iPod…it’s up to you.

Or how about getting a bat and ball or a Frisbee and playing a game with the kids? Wouldn’t you rather have your family enjoy good times of you playing games with them rather than sitting on the couch, mindlessly eating junk food and watching TV?

So are you ready to take responsibility for your own weight and wellbeing on a daily basis? Are you ready to make healthy lifestyle choices - whilst still being able to indulge in a ‘treat’ from time to time?

I hope so, for you and your loved ones sake. So put your Figure 8 Bodychain on now and attain the right balance in your life between food, exercise and being healthy and happy.