HALFWAY Through The Year: Don't Let "All the Holidays" Left Be YOUR Excuse
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I did some math to give us a little perspective on our journeys and our day to day life. This calculation originally came to mind at the end of last year, but I'm bringing it back TODAY because we're halfway through 2022!
This is something you need to not only hear, but embrace. So let's nerd out over some numbers and get our heads in the right place!
My brain has always worked in numbers. So around October of last year, I started thinking about how people throw away a lot of their healthy habits and decide to just wait until the new year because "there are so many special days” with travel, holidays, events, treats, etc.
So let's do some math for the 2nd half of this year —
June 30-Dec 31 = 187 days
Of those 187 days... there are 10 holidays (and I'm being generous)! JUST 10.
These days tend to throw us off our typical routines and usually include get togethers, treats, travel, etc. Add in a birthday or two, maybe an anniversary, I'll be EVEN more generous and call it ~13 special days.
That means for the ENTIRE second half of 2022 just 7% of the days are SPECIAL DAYS.
Those “special days” on the calendar can become as easy trap that, if not treated with intention (like anything else in life), can lead us to go down a slippery slope of long term habit sabotage and frustration.
That wording might sound extreme, but in full transparency — I’ve been there before.
If 7% of the days left this year are special days, that means the other 93% are going to be pretty normal days!
Days we're in our normal routines, days we likely have FULL CONTROL over what we cook, the decisions we make, and the thoughts we choose to entertain.
It's easy to experience those special days and let the fact that we were "off" bleed over into our norm and sabotage the habits we were getting into place.
So when those days come up and events happen and you're surrounded by friends and family and food ENJOY IT, be present, make memories Those special days are days that you SHOULD enjoy. Days that food and treats abound and it's all about family and tradition and bonding and you really shouldn’t expect as much from yourself when it comes to your journey.
But THEN TREAT THE OTHER 93% OF DAYS AS THEY ARE — NORMAL DAYS!
7% sister.
Live with intention. All it is… is a choice. Moment by moment, one choice are a time. Be intentional when you should be and be more flexible when it counts. Not just whenever it feels easy to.
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FULL TRANSCRIPT
[00:00:00] We are gonna nerd out over some numbers today. If you're not a numbers fan, hang with me, this will impact you. It has impacted a lot of people, but back at the end of 2021, I did a little bit of math to give us some perspective. And I did it again at the start of this year. And I'm bringing it back today.
Because this is something you not only need to hear, but you need to embrace. And I really think this message will spur you on and encourage you and let you see the big picture of how not only to approach your journey, but how to approach the dayto today in the moment to moment choices you make to be disciplined or to sabotage.
So let's nerd out over some numbers and get our heads in the right place.
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Okay. So my brain totally works in numbers. It always has surround a co of last year, right before we rolled into the end of the year holiday blitz. You know what I'm talking about? It's like October and then all of a sudden it's Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, new year's. And you're just like, whoa, it's a new year already.
And it. Rushes by kind of a blur, especially as moms. And right before we rolled into that, I started thinking. How people throw away a lot of their habits and decide to just wait until the new year, because there are so many special days. There are so many events, so many holidays, so many baked goods, right?
Traveling, family meals, all the things and all the special days. And it can be, it can feel it's not necessarily true, but it can feel hard to continue on when you have all these abrupt breaks in your. Routine because of the holidays and whatnot. [00:03:00] So let's do some math for the second half of this year to gain some perspective on what we've got coming up.
Okay. So from today, June 30th, till December 31st, there's 187 days. Total, basically an entire half of the year is left, which is great because I still forget that I, when I write down 2022, I'm like, is it 22? Or is it 21? I honestly have to think for a second. So we've got 187 days left just over halfway through the year and of those 187 days, there are 10 holiday.
If I'm being generous, including things like Columbus day black Friday. So I'm saying about 10 holidays, just 10, add in a birthday or two and maybe an anniversary I'll be even more generous. We'll make it 13. So we'll say there's 13 special days left in the year. These are days that 10 to throw us off.
Our typical routines usually include get togethers, travel treats, [00:04:00] whatever, and. They're just a little different than our norm, right? So we got about 13 of those left. That means for the entire second half of 2022, we've got about 13 special days out of 187. That means that just 7% of the days left are special days are days that we're gonna be a little bit off those special days on the calendar.
Can. Easy trap that if you're not treating it with intention, like anything else in life, right? This is the same rule that applies to anything else. If we're not being intentional about it, it can lead us to go down a slippery slope of long term habit, sabotage frustration, not being intentional, which leads to feeling off.
And that wording might sound extreme. But in full transparency, I've been there before. So I'm speaking from a place of experience and I'm speaking from a place of seeing it every single year. Right. We get to the second half of the year. We're not where we wanna be. The what we [00:05:00] pictured, you know, in January when we were so excited about what we were gonna do this year, and it's June, it's the middle of the year, almost July.
And you're like, what has happened? I might as well just give up until the new year. I might as well. It's October. I might as well just give up until the new year. Right. It can get really hard because we're in seasons and everything's constantly changing. But if 7%, 7% of the days left this year are special days.
That means. And I'm trying to get you out of this mindset of like, oh, frustration. If that means that if 7% are special days, the other approximately 93%, that's a big number are gonna be pretty normal days. Days that we're in our normal routines days, we likely have full control over what we cook, the decisions we make and the thoughts we choose to entertain full.
It's easy to experience those special days, right? Cuz they're like interruptions into our normal routine. And let the fact that we were off that we were flexible that we were lenient because we wanted to enjoy [00:06:00] that day. We can let that bleed over into our norm and sabotage the habits we were getting into place in our lives.
So when those days come up, And events happen and you're surrounded by friends and family and food. Enjoy it. Right. If you're going out for your anniversary, enjoy it. Order the dessert, get a couple courses, like enjoy those special days. Be present, make memories those special days or days that you should.
Enjoy dates that food and treats abound. And it's all about family and maybe tradition and bonding. And you really shouldn't expect as much from yourself when it comes to your journey because that's what life is. That's what living life is. But we don't have to let those days in the choices that we make, bring guilt on us and let that carry over and impact how we show up on a normal day.
We don't have to do that. That's a choice. So treat the other 93% of days as they are normal days, 7%, [00:07:00] 7%. All I ask after listening to this is that you live with intention. Get like a sticky note out and write 7% or write 93%. Whichever number speaks to you, more thinking about just a small 7% are those special days where you can chill and be lenient and enjoy the day, you know, not self sabotage, but just not be as intentional, just focus more on the people than on yourself.
You know, like whatever it is, if you like the 7% or if you like the big abundant 93% is such a great opportunity to have so. opportunity to take advantage and make choices that are beneficial for you. So whichever number speaks, you mark, write it on a sticking note and throw it up on your fridge. Throw it up on your bathroom mirror because it's all a choice.
That's all. It is. Moment by moment. One choice at a time. Okay. Be intentional where you should. And be more flexible when it counts, be more lenient, be [00:08:00] more present and enjoying the moment, enjoying the food, enjoying the family when it counts, not just whenever it feels easier to. and don't just choose to be intentional when it feels easy.
It's not gonna be easy. Most days it will be hard, but choose to be intentional in those 93% and then choose to enjoy and be flexible when it counts for those seven. Okay. Get after it before you go. Thank you for spending this time with me on the tough love mom podcast. If this episode encouraged you in any way, the number one way you can thank me is to leave a review, letting me know how the show has impacted you.
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