What do you want?

Last month I headed up to Brisbane for the very first 12WBT Summer Festival.  It was a fantastic weekend but this question, asked in a mindset class by Michelle Bridges, has been constantly playing on my mind…”What do you want?”

Good question! My initial thought and gut reaction was “to be happy”.  Michelle then talked about recognising what it is you want, and then explained how to get it.  I thought to myself, I need to dig a little deeper, WHAT exactly will make me happy?  What do I want out of life?  Family? Friends? Career? Travel?  Anything else?  Ask a child this question and they will tell you straight away exactly what they want, “I want the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Lego set, the really big one!” Yep that would have been my answer as a child.  In more recent years, I have had many wishes, hopes and dreams around weight loss and travel.  But as Michelle said next, it isn’t as simple as recognising what it is you want (say weight loss), having one super healthy meal and then crossing your fingers, wishing/hoping and praying really, really hard and the next morning you are skinny!  

Unfortunately life just doesn’t work like this.

So how do you get what you want? You make a plan and STICK TO IT!  That is how I lost my weight.  I set myself multiple realistic goals from the beginning.  My first goal, that was to walk every day for a week.  Once I had achieved that I moved on, for example I will cut all fast food out of my diet for a fortnight.  This then progressed to, 80%-90% of my diet will be fresh, healthy and clean foods; I will lose 5kg; I will lose 10kg’s etc. etc.  Can you see how I did it now?  Did you notice the positive talk I use? “I can” and “I will”.  I believe that if you want something badly enough, you will make it happen.  If you don’t truly want it enough, you will come up with a million excuses as to why you have not achieved whatever it is that you said you wanted. 

So for the last three weeks, I have been pondering this question and think that I can finally answer it.  I WANT TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO BE THE BEST VERSIONS OF THEM SELVES.  I decided that I am passionate about this and that this should not necessarily be related to health and fitness (although it is definitely a part of it).  I thought, well I want to inspire the children I will one day teach…but hey, I still have two years of study, ok, what can I do to get the ball rolling? What action can I take NOW? For weeks I have been thinking about how I can fit this into my daily routine...I mean, I study and work full time, which rarely leaves me with much free time!   However, after much excitement, many thoughts and constant changes of mind, my good friend Emma cemented the idea for me.  I would start a blog!  This way I was reaching more people than those I came into physical contact with on a daily basis.  So that is why I am writing this now, in hopes of inspiring someone out there to be the best version of themselves.  So to you, my reader, I ask you…what exactly do you want, and how do you plan on achieving it?  Trust me, you can do/be or have anything you want, as long as you are willing to WORK FOR IT!!

Liz Xox

Myself and 12 Weeker Kylie at the festival, after the mindset class =)