This document provides tips and advice for creating a plan to lose weight and get fit through making a decision, setting goals, finding support, proper nutrition, exercise, and maintaining motivation. The key steps are deciding to make a lifestyle change, creating short and long term goals as part of a plan, rewarding accomplishments, asking friends to join an accountability group for support, stocking healthy foods, scheduling workouts, and believing in yourself to succeed.

1. 1. Lose weight
2. Get Fit
3. New
Lifestyle
4. New Me !
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2. * Decide
* Commit
* Succeed
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3. * Making the decision. Our attitude truly creates our
reality.
* Making the decision to get fit and lose weight is a choice.
* The hard part is to follow through on that decision.
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4. * Are you an emotional eater?
* Take a look at what it is that triggers you to
eat.
* Do you see food as a comfort or a reward?
* Food is a fuel
* It provides our body with energy through
nutrients. Proteins to help build and strengthen
our muscles.

5. * What is your Plan?
* Take the time to think this through. By writing
down a few short and long term goals you set
in place a plan of action that will help to
create a permanent change.
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6. * Reward yourself your accomplishments.
* As you reach those short term goals celebrate.
* What is a reward to you? Going to a spa?
Buying a new outfit? Or joining a friend for a
night at the movies?

7. * We all need to do our own hard work in order
to make this happen.
* However it is always nice to receive a little
help and support from our friends.
* Start an accountability group.
* Share with each other your goals and plans on
how to accomplish them. Share with each
other the food choices you make. Even a few
simple healthy recipes.
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8. * Look around; who else do you know that wants
to lose weight and be fit? Ask them to join in.
Help each other out with motivation and
support as well as accountability.
* Then celebrate your victories together.

9. * What else?
* Go to your fridge and pantry. Make room for all
the healthy food choices to fuel your body.
* Whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean protein.
* Don’t forget a healthy supply of snacks like
yogurt, nuts, carrots and hummus.
* Find your own fun foods to help get you
through your busy day.
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10. * Exercise is the best way to burn calories and
melt off unwanted fat. Find the workout and
activities you enjoy.
* You may not be ready to run a marathon but
you can decide to start.
* Set up a workout schedule, mark it down on
your calendar.
* Then just Do-it……
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11. * It won’t be easy but with the right mindset,
motivation, and support. You can do this.
* It can still be your year, believe in yourself and
make it happen.
* Want to be a part of our accountability group?
* Message me here on this page or contact Ronda
at ronnalynn2@aol.com
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