Ready, Willing and Able

Right now, how ready are you to change your existing nutrition, health, and fitness habits?
(1 = not ready at all; 10 = completely ready)

I decided about 6 months ago that I did not want to be in the same spot a year from now... "Wishing I was lighter"...
fast forward 6 months to July 2014, and I am the same weight I was 6 months ago, heavier by 3 lbs actually !!!

I would say I am at a 9.5 in the READY to change my existing nutrition, health and fitness habits. I need to and want to lose weight, to see some success to feel like I am moving toward my goals. In six months I want to say that I have changed, that I am no longer where I was a year ago. That I started and are actually on my journey ... not stuck at the starting line.

I am ready to ACT, just tell me what to do and I will do it, to the best of my abilities.

Right now, how willing are you to change your existing nutrition, health, and fitness habits?
(1 = not willing at all; 10 = completely willing)

9.5
I am willing to trust that someone might know more than me. And I am willing to follow instructions and the guidance of the PN coaching staff, who have done this with others and it has worked, so if I follow those same actions, I too will see success.

I am willing to change, because what I am currently doing is not working for me.

I am willing to change my behaviours: nutrition, health and fitness.

Right now, how able are you to change your existing nutrition, health, and fitness habits?
(1 = not able at all; 10 = completely able)

8.5
I believe I am able... and given enough time and effort I will see success.

I am physically able to change - I have no injuries or limitations

I am financially able to change - I have the financial resources available to commit to PN coaching, to a Gym membership, to a Personal Trainer, to purchase nutritious foods, other healthy lifestyle resources such as vitamins and supplements etc...

I need help on the psychological aspect of "ability"
- I may lack some of the knowledge - but Im willing to learn
- I may need help getting out of my own way
- stumbling blocks = "I have no time"
- I dont know how to 'ACT' - I have analysis paralysis... I get caught up in researching a problem and cant seem to "DO IT"
I need help ACTING

If you're noticing any resistance to change right now, what does that resistance look like to you?

These are my go to excuses:
- I have no Time
- I'm too busy
- I have no energy
- I'm starving
- I didn't plan for this
- I 'have' to get this other thing done first
- I haven't spent enough time with my daughter to take time out for 'Me'
-

Other resistance is more subtle... I feel like I have been 'doing' or acting when I have really been researching and planning....
writing out weekly menus and going grocery shopping for healthy food is only PART of the equation... it does not stop here... the next step (which I very often miss) is
MAKING THE FOOD and eating it
I often get caught up in the fact that I feel like I did do the work, and I deserve a reward for doing it... (e.g. now I deserve to go out for dinner at a restaurant) but I only did 1/2 the work, and it wasn't the hardest part, like in the above example:
I plan the menu
I purchase the groceries
but I dont make the recipe or eat the healthy menu I planned.
I reward myself by going out to eat at a restaurant

I need help following through and DOING IT consistently all the time