POOW NOW- Day #7 of 30

100 Days of Weight Loss- The Secret To Being Successful On Any Diet Plan by Linda Spangle is really a good book. She points out many things you already know but do not practice and even more things that will make you think. Day 6 she talks about protecting your plan and how no one cares about your plan as much as you. This is so true! If you tell someone what you're doing to get healthy you will hear, you don't have to do all of that, or really you're doing that, I could never follow that plan or you get the good old "good for you" as if you are a kid asking for a star.

The author says not to discuss your diet plan with other people. She says when people say you are sure losing weight how are you do that? She says you should say by eating healthy. I must say I have to disagree and agree with her on this one. I hate it when I ask someone how they lost weight and they say to me by eating healthy. This makes me feel like they're give me the hand or saying get lost. We all know eating healthy is the way to lose weight and we have all tried that but if you have truly found a method that really worked and someone goes out of their way to ask you I think it is my right to tell them more about what worked for me and my plan. Even if the bottom line is eating healthy I would give more details. Because I believe the real question the person is asking is how were you able to stick to a plan and how difficult was it to change.
That is really what they want to know.

For me I find it helpful if someone shares their plan if I ask the question. I want to hear an example of how you now eat compared to before and what do you do to maintain your weight loss. Linda Spangle does make a great point about not sharing your diet as well because some people become a diet police and they tell you how everything you're eating will kill you or make you gain a million pounds. If the person doesn't ask you about your plan then don't discuss it or if they do ask but they only asked a surface question give only a surface answer. You will know if the person really wants to know so they can learn something for you or they are just being kind and complimenting you and your efforts.

So, I say to all of you out there that have made the transition, help out those who are on the journey if they ask for your direction and plan. I hope you will be willing to say this is what worked for me. I believe that's all any of us want to hear. I am an open vessel and I will share my journey with anyone who wants to know because maybe it will work for them or simply led them to what will work. Remember Each One Reach One.