Assignments from Mark!

I have more fun assignments for you:

I want you to keep a scoreboard… on one side put your new name… (did I tell you that I want you to come up with a hero name for yourself… this will be the name of the person who slays jawz) on the other side write ‘jawz’.

I want you to give yourself a point every time you have an urge to do something that is inconsistent with your goals (snacking on carbs or sitting and watching TV instead of eating healthy veggies, doing something physical and fun, etc) but somehow manage to overcome that urge (whether it is by doing something else that generates positive brain chemistry, using will power or telling jawz you will give it a treat LATER etc). Every time you give in to the urge I want you to give jawz a point.

The game can go to five points or to ten points (YOU decide)… once you beat jawz with either five or ten wins in a row (meaning you need to overcome the urge five or ten times in a row without giving in to the urge) you WIN. Every time you win I want to reward yourself with something that is ‘rewarding’ but consistent with your goals. (You will need to make a list of what those rewards might be… a call to your granddaughter, etc). I also want you to send an announcement to your team that you won another game against jawz so they can be inspired AND celebrate with you.

By the way, jawz wins every single time you give in to an urge… even once. You want to have a consequence for every time jawz wins and a bigger one if you ever give in several times in a row.

I would also like you to start really enrolling your spouse (and friends and family members) in your goals and efforts… he needs to start participating and supporting you more and more in this process (it will be GREAT for HIM too of course).

I would also like you to consider doing something huge like disconnecting your TV for one year. Just think about how much more ‘living’ you (and your family) can do without that TV and how much easier it will be to burn calories and break the habit of ‘lounging’… and by the end of the year you will have formed new habits and become a different person which means you can turn the TV back on and it won’t have the same effect on you… or how about… you can turn it back on when you hit your target weight!!!! I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE!!!! And by then you might not WANT to turn it on. At least try going a month without it…

And Have FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!