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    How I Changed My Life in a Year!
    How I Changed My Life in a Year!
    How I Changed My Life in a Year!
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    How I Changed My Life in a Year!

    By Shelley Wilson

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    Straight-talking, honest and with touches of humour, Shelley Wilson shares her journey as she sets out to prove that being a 40-something, single mum with back fat and grey hairs isn't the end of life as we know it. Packed with affirmations, tips, and MORE, HOW I CHANGED MY LIFE IN A YEAR will keep you motivated for the year to come and beyond.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBHC Press/Zander
    Release dateOct 30, 2018
    ISBN9781947727465

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      How I Changed My Life in a Year! - Shelley Wilson

      How I Changed My Life in a Year

      Copyright © 2018 Shelley Wilson

      All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher.

      Published by BHC Press

      under the Zander imprint

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2018931004

      ISBN: 978-1-947727-46-5 (Softcover)

      ISBN: 978-1-947727-98-4 (Ebook)

      Visit the publisher:

      www.bhcpress.com

      Nonfiction

      Motivate Me!

      How I Changed My Life in a Year

      How I Motivated Myself to Succeed

      Meditation for Children

      Teen Fiction

      Oath Breaker

      Oath Keeper

      Guardians of the Dead

      Guardians of the Sky

      Guardians of the Lost Lands

      Introduction

      Month 1: Lose Weight

      Month 2: Get Fit

      Month 3: Do Something Creative

      Month 4: Give Up the Demon Drink

      Month 5: Do Something I’ve Never Done Before

      Month 6: Adopt Better Habits

      My Six Month Summary

      Month 7: Appreciate What I Have by Giving Something Up

      Month 8: Get Out and About More

      Month 9: Learn Something New

      Month 10: Be Happy and Grateful

      Month 11: Conquer My Fears

      Month 12: Make Homemade Gifts

      That’s All Folks

      How-to

      Useful Links

      I dedicate this book to

      the loving memory of my cousin, Lee.

      His smile lives on in all of us.

      SO MUCH can happen in 365 days but how many of those days do we squander away?

      Take a moment to think about something you’ve always wanted to do, have or learn. If you’d started working towards it twelve months ago it could be yours now.

      As a holistic health practitioner it’s my job to help my clients control their anxieties and limiting beliefs, and work towards their own goals with confidence. I draw on my own life experiences to show people that anything is possible if you just believe in yourself.

      Ten years ago I walked away from an abusive marriage, taking my three very small children with me. I started over—new home, new schools and a new job.

      I went to night school to retrain in holistic therapies while working during the day as a sales manager in a conference and event department. I gradually built up my client list until I could leave my sales role and start my own holistic business.

      Recently my eldest son said to me, ‘I’m so proud of you, Mum. Even when you’re really tired you still get up and carry on.’

      As thoughtful and lovely as that was, I didn’t want my children to be proud of me for simply existing on a day-to-day basis. I wanted to show them that they could achieve anything when they set their minds to it, but how would I show them?

      As yet another year rolled to a close I decided that if I was going to show my children—and my clients—that it was possible to make your dreams come true, then I’d have to prove it.

      Sitting at my parents’ house on New Year’s Eve, I realised that my string of broken New Year’s resolutions would be the best starting point. Regurgitated goals swam around my brain; get fit, read more, lose weight—all respectable objectives until you eat your own body weight in leftover mince pies before the decorations come down! Resolutions abandoned.

      I CHALLENGED myself to stick fastidiously to completing twelve resolutions, one a month, over the next year. To add to the pressure I decided to blog the results for the world to see: www.motivatemenow.co.uk.

      When I began the challenge I had clear objectives, to teach my children they can achieve their wildest dreams and to show my clients that they are amazing women who can empower themselves to accomplish their own ambitions. I wanted to motivate people with the challenges I set myself. Never did I expect it to change my life.

      This book is designed to be a motivational tool to help you rekindle forgotten passions or make changes which are long overdue.

      If you fancy starting your own resolution challenge, don’t feel you need to wait for New Year’s Eve. Start today, start on Monday, or begin at the start of a new academic year. Don’t put that dream on hold anymore—do it today. In just 52 weeks you could be prolific in Italian, running your own business, relocating to the seaside or editing your first novel.

      I am healthy and happy in my own skin.

      DO YOU know what the number one resolution has been for the past few years? If you’d said ‘weight loss’ then you’d be wrong—it’s actually ‘to read more’.

      As I never have a problem with switching off the telly and curling up with a good book I chose to begin my challenge with the second favourite resolution, to lose weight.

      My weight loss challenge couldn’t have come at a better time, I’d had to invest in larger work trousers to accommodate my expanding waistline, I had four boobs instead of two and I hated to admit it...I had back fat.

      My goal for month one was to start a healthy eating regime (I don’t like the word diet). It takes 21 days to break a habit so I hoped that by day 22 I would be able to look a bag of crisps in the eye and say quite confidently, ‘Not today thank you.’

      So where to begin?

      I could follow one of the many weight loss plans published in magazines or I could go online but I knew if I wasn’t kept in check I would cheat and ‘forget’ that I ate a deep-fried Mars bar after lunch.

      There was only one weight loss programme which would work for me and that involved physically attending meetings and interacting with people. So I joined Weight Watchers.

      They have an excellent e-source system which would, combined with the weekly meetings and standing on those scales in front of another person, keep me motivated.

      Let the weight loss begin...

      BY WEEK two I was still recovering from the shock of my first weigh-in at my meeting. I was astounded to find that I had put on two stone in just seven months; this I discovered as I teetered on the scales, stripped down to the bare minimum of acceptable attire for a council library annexe room.

      My Weight Watchers’ leader, Andrea, looked at me sympathetically as she handed me a smiley face sticker. ‘All the support you need is here,’ she told me.

      Lesson one was how to clear out cupboards and the fridge to rid ourselves of temptation. I closed my eyes to conjure up a picture of my fridge: beer, wine, potato salad, pasta, chocolate and a bottle of milk. I was going to be in so much trouble.

      ‘Clear it out—everything has to go.’ Andrea told us how we could get crafty with our leftovers such as freezing cheese in small chunks, sending chocolates to our neighbours and moving any other temptations out of sight.

      After an hour of clearing my kitchen I got rid of the following:

      Cheese: wrapped and in the freezer.

      Pasta salad: kids had it for lunch.

      Beer: donated to my grateful dad.

      Wine: that stayed put because you just never know when you’ll have a bad day!

      I ordered my shopping online so I couldn’t be tempted by special offers on high-calorie snacks and I even bought crisps for the kids in a flavour I don’t like so I wouldn’t be tempted.

      The contents of my fridge were now healthy options such as vegetables, fruits and yogurts. It looked like a rainbow had exploded in there.

      AS WEEK three arrived the weather turned icy so I managed to leave my frost-covered car and walk my daughter to school nearly every day. The exercise and fresh air helped with the weight loss.

      Even though I had a great start to my weight loss, losing six pounds in three weeks, my willpower flagged at the weekend, and on one occasion I did succumb to a treat on a Saturday night; the children were in bed so I had sole control of the television (a rare treat in my house), and I foolishly decided to watch Beaches while dealing with an array of turbulent emotions (I put it down to those nasty Christmas toxins coming out of my system).

      Weepy film + emotional woman = sob fest.

      It wasn’t pretty and yes, I attacked the crisp cupboard. Granted I only devoured the one pack (cheese and crackers and a chocolate bar) but I felt awful. On Sunday morning I looked like

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