Day 17 – Thought for Thursday – Get Your Thinking Caps on today Peeps!
Today is Thought for Thursday & Today I want YOU to put your thinking cap on and come up with some exciting goals for what you want to HAVE, BE & DO!
I really want you to make the time to do today’s task! When you have something exciting to work towards and look forward to it really helps you to stay on course with your transformation! So get your thinking cap on today and take part! xx
First of all I want to recognise the amazing achievements of all of our SUMMER HOLIDAY TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGERS so far!! You guys are killing it!
We have 293 people signed up for our summer challenge! You can join at anytime so if you want in CLICK HERE.
In 17 days we have lost a staggering 843 pounds that is 60.2 stones!! WOW We are killing it #GOTEAMNEWYOU
CHECK OUT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD – if you need to add your weight loss result please CLICK HERE.
Everyone here has achieved 50% or more of their weight loss goal for the challenge already!! Amazing results! Well done to you all! If you want to join our challenge, just enter your weight loss goal that you want to lose between now and 20th June!
THE WINNERS OF THE MOTIVATION MONDAY BONUS PRIZE
Reading all the comments from the Motivation Monday task, I told my story about how I had put on my weight, and I wanted to hear your story. Reading all the stories it was lovely to see so many people who have been through the mill, coming out the other side, feeling empowered and ready to create their own story. It is so important to remember that the past does not equal the future, and that we all can write our own stories starting from today!
I said that I would pick my favourite 3 stories and to say this was a hard task, is an understatement! There are so many amazing stories, that I ended up deciding to give everyone a special promo code who left a comment. Ellie will be emailing you this promo code. Thank you so much for taking part and for sharing your story with us all!! I am so excited to have the privledge of watching all your transformations unfold.
It was such a hard job getting it down to 3 winners! I ended up choosing 4….
If you left a comment please contact ELLIE in our office who will give you your special promo code or organise for your free 28 products to be sent to you. (This bonus gift is for new you branded products only).
Caitrin Ryan-Cooke
Why I loved this story…
“I made a huge decision that 2013 was not going to be unlucky for me ( even though with the carbon monoxide poisoning and car crash, some might say it has been) but still here!!! 2013 is my year…. The year I dedicate to getting the old me back, the fun, confident, outgoing me…. The me, my kids have never seen!
Ive lost 4 and a half stone so far this year, and I’m going back to college to update my portfolio in Childcare…. My hubby is moving to London for work, which will be tough, but we are strong and I know we will make it work! My daughter is making her communion next year which is my goal do I know longer have to hide behind the camera… I want next year to be the start of the new me, like the old me when I was young and outgoing but just a more mature, wiser and sexier!
Bring on my size 10! (Again) boy I’ve missed you”
Melissa
Why I love this story…
“Something in me broke randomly one day. Just a little thought that surfaced… why must I be the one to suffer this weight? Do I not deserve the same as others? Do I not get to feel pretty?
And it just dawned on me… I could change this. It was POSSIBLE. But how?!?
Then I found the New You Plan. I can honestly say it has completely changed my life – my thought processes about food, my confidence, and it has made me feel much less alone too through the wonderful people in Secret Slimmers
I am nearly 4stone down (I will be next week, so help me!) in a few short months!
People keep saying to me “My god, look at the weight you’ve lost!!” – but to be honest there is one major difference I see now when I look in the mirror…
My Smile.”
Chloe
Why I love this story…
“Because for the first time…. for the first time in YEARS…I am doing something FOR ME… I am loosing this weight FOR ME, so that I feel better in myself… I still have sad days, I still have stressful days…. I’ve just in the door now having put my grandfather to bed (as I do everyday) and I’ve lunches to make and tidying to do….
Being thinner is something I can control in a world that I feel that I’ve had no control over… I can’t wait to post my after photos… to feel good in myself, stand proud and say… HERE I AM….. ME….
Lenatia
Why I love this story…
“We have lost a very good family friend at a young age this year … life is too short to be on facebook, feeding my face and having a fake life.
Life is for living and making every moment precious as you never know whats around the corner. Today I feel on top of the world, This week I have walked 5/6 miles three times breathing in the most magnificent air and life
This caterpillar can see the beauty in being a butterfly and she will fly if its the last thing she does !!!!! The only thing left to clear out is the BIG FAT WARDROBE ….. xxxx”
You can read all the stories over on our MOTIVATION MONDAY blog post.
TODAY’S THOUGHT FOR THURSDAY
Reading all the stories from the Monday blog post, I felt that today’s THOUGHT FOR THURSDAY, we should all do a task that involves writing the best future we can create!
It is so important to remember that the past does not define you or does not equal the future. Every day is a new opportunity to create a new you!
[quote]We cannot go back and create a new beginning, but we can start now and create a brand new ending.[/quote]
So today’s task I want everyone to draw up a list of goals for things you are going to work towards experiencing in your future!
Things you want to do, be and have!
This should be a fun and motivating task to complete! I am really looking forward to reading today’s comments! 🙂
List a minimum of 5 things for each category…
Here are some examples – make sure you create a list that excites and inspires YOU! Everyone’s list is different and unique!
THINGS I WANT TO DO
- Be a brilliant photographer
- Go scuba diving
- Find true love
- Visit Canada
- Volunteer / Do Fundraising for my favourite charity
THINGS I WANT TO BE
- Slim and healthy
- Fit & Toned with the habit of exercising everyday
- A brilliant mum and wife
- Fluent in Greek
- Excellent at healthy cooking
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
- New Car
- Size 10 wardobe
- Personal Trainer
- New home
- New Job
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE WORKSHEETS TO COMPLETE HERE…
Things you want to do be have – PDF
TODAY’S TASK IS TO SHARE YOUR TOP 5 GOALS FOR DOING, BEING AND HAVING!
[highlight]We will be doing another draw for a mini ipad next Tuesday! A big congratulations to Tracey & Karen, our 2 winners so far! Remember that everytime you take part in a daily task you have a chance of getting your name entered into the draw. Doing the tasks also will REALLY help you to stay focused on your transformation and why you are on this journey! The tasks do not take long to complete, and YOU ARE WORTH the time and effort it takes to complete them. Life is so busy for all of us, but we need to form the habit of making time for ourselves and thinking about what we want to have, rather than just reacting to life everyday! So make time FOR YOU, to complete the task today! :)[/highlight]
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Hi guys,
Hope you are having a great week.
Here are my top 5 goals for each of doing, having and being:
Things I want to do:
1. Go on my first ever holiday to Cyprus in October
2. Swim with dolphins and sharks, not at the same time
3. Study medicine
4. Learn French
5. Enjoy life
Things I want to be:
1. A doctor
2. Fluent in French
3. Slim, fit and healthy
4. Proud of my achievements
5. Feeling and looking young
Things I want to have:
1. New job
2. House finished off
3. New, fabulous size 10 wardrobe
4. Many great friends
5. Confidence to do things I wouldn’t normally do
That’s what I will be working toward though there are many more goals to add to these. Love. xxx 🙂
Love it!!! Amazing goals! Look at this every day and make it come true!! xxx
What a brilliant idea!!
THINGS I WANT TO DO
1.Get thin!!
2.Go to New York with my husband
3.Find the magic remedy to stop siblings fighting (a concept I just can’t understand being an only child!!
4.Join the local lifeboat fundraising guild and give something back to the community
5.Try to find a bit more “me” time, even if it’s just 20 minutes a day (not likely but I can wish!!)
THINGS I WANT TO BE
1.Healthier and more able to run around and play with the kids
2.More patient and understanding
3.A qualified piano teacher, I’ve got grade 8 but, eventually, when I have more time, I would like to complete my teaching diploma and teach children piano.
4.Richer – winning the lotto would suffice 😀
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
1.A bigger bank balance!! with enough money each week to be able to say, right, let’s go out for dinner (once i’m thin of course and only healthy food lol)
2.A grand piano, I’ve wanted one my whole life!
3.A holiday EVERY year, or maybe 2!!
4.More hours in the day so that I’d have quality time with the important people in my life.
5.A speedboat, as we live by the sea, so that I could take the kids out fishing like I did as a child with my Uncle…. such wonderful memories..
Woohoo!! Love these! So much fun!! x
This should be easy for me! I am such a dreamer and very ambitious!!
THINGS I WANT TO DO
Learn to surf
Visit every State in America
Have a family
Care for animals
Be successful
THINGS I WANT TO BE
Healthy
Happy
Have a healthy relationship with food
A loving and caring wife and future mother
Will to try everything
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
A big family
Size 10 clothes
A mortgage
Dream job
A dog
Hannah! I believe you will achieve ALL OF THESE AND MORE!!!
Keep doing what you are doing!! You are amazing xx
I have relly enjoyed this task… it has made me think a lot.
Things to Do
1. Stop lying to myself and telling myself that I am ok being “plus size”. I am not , it makes me sad some days and if I am to eb honest sometimes jelaus of other people.
2. To be able to buy any clothes in any store rather – than Plus Size shops or going for the plus size ranges in shops.
3. To love looking at the reflection in the mirror
4. To be so happy when I hear the 1st compliment over how much weight I will have lost
5. To enjoy life to the full
Things I want to Be
1. Healthier
2. Happier
3. Truthful to my self
4. Smile and mean it
5. To be the best person I can be. Patient ,kind, loving generous and thoughtful. All amazing qualities.
Things I want to Have
1. Go on a date and not be afraid to fall in love and to admit that sometimes I am lonely and it would be nice to meet someone.
2. To be proud of myself and my achievements
3. Fun and laughter every day in my life
4. To have enough money to look after my sisters and take their worries and troubles away
5. To be a very happy and healthy me! – it will be worth more than a Million euro
xx
Lovely! Life changing goals! Make them come true hun!! xxx
Hi here’s my lists
Things I want to do!
1- to find my true soulmate
2- to loose all my excess weight
3- to go on holidays in September with my parents and little brother
4- learn how to swim
5- pass my driving test before August
Thinks I want to be
1- a slim healthy fit person
2- a good girlfriend/ wife/ mother
3- happy with my life
4- a motivated person re excerise and healthy food
5- an inspiration for other people
What I want to have
1- a car
2- a new job near my home place
3- a new wardrobe of small clothes
4- good friends
5- a happy life
LOVE THIS KAREN!!!
<3 xxx
Hi super skinnies,
Here’s my lists:
Things I want to do:
1. Be in photos with my family.
2. Wear a bikini on holiday without feeling that I am offensive to others.
3. Buy clothes I love! Not clothes that just cover me up and make me fade into the background.
4. Go for a jog without feeling self-conscious of jiggly bits.
5. Do new family photos, with our newest addition.
Things I want to be:
1. A size 10.
2. A better, more active mum.
3. Happy, confident in my own skin and comfortable in my clothes.
4. A sexy, hot wife 😉
5. One of the slim jims on nights out with friends.
Things I want to have:
1. A flat stomach!
2. A bigger kitchen. (For making healthy meals in)
3. A nice garden to enjoy my new slim in (sunbathing -if it is ever sunny!-and playing with the kids!)
4. A sausage dog to take for long walks.
5. Health for me and my family- the most important thing of all.
HA HA! Brilliant! Loved reading these! Funny & Exciting 🙂 xxx
So here goes…
THINGS I WANT TO DO
1.Grow old with my lovely new man of 3 years…love him dearly…he’s the one for me, just took me 44 years to find him 😉
2.Having seperated and having to buy my ex out a few years ago, get my bloody mortgage paid off BEFORE I’m 70!
3.Retire to somewhere hot like Spain, the Canaries etc
4.Get my promotion in work
5.Short term, find the funds to do some work on my house and garden
THINGS I WANT TO BE
1.Slim and healthy – goes without saying, thanks NY for getting me on the right path!
2.Fitter – I need to do more exercise…I’m not good at this at all. Find it hard to get the motivation. My sister recently took up running and looks great, not to mention she is addicted to it, so I’d like to follow in her footsteps…litterally lol!
3.A brilliant mum and wife
4.Back in my Pole Dancing class…I used to do this about 4 years ago when I FIRST lost my weight. I totally loved it and never felt so fit and tonned. Too fat now to lift my arse up the pole, but I WILL get there in a couple of months and then, the Pole’s going up in the living room lol!!
5.Better at saying NO when temptation comes my way and by that I mean NO to take aways, rubbish food, too much alcohol etc. I need to change forever, not just for now.
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
1.A new car would be lovely, but I think it would be better to get on top of my credit card bill – oops! 🙁
2.Smaller sized wardrobe, doesnt have to be size 10, so long as I look fab in whatever I wear and can show off my new figure well (when I get it).
3.New deck on the house lol!
4.Feck it, I’ll have the new car afterall 🙂
5.A long and happy life with no more tears…
Adele x
LOL!! You had me laughing out loud reading these! You are a hoot!! MAKE THESE COME TRUE and keep that amazing sense of humour!!
BIG LOVE ADELE!
Julz xoxox
THINGS I WANT TO DO
Be a brilliant physiotherapist
To change into physio after my current course
Go swimming & jog 5K
Be confident & not to be scared from trying new things.
THINGS I WANT TO BE
Slim and healthy
Fit & Toned body.
To get into a size 10
Be good in my art.
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
New Car
Size 10 wardobe
A bikini
Ok well it’s hard to choose from the gazillion things I wannna achieve but here it goes..
THINGS I WANT TO DO
1. Go on holiday this year, and for the first time ever, to just relax and enjoy myself and not be so conscious or worried about my weight or how I look to others!!
2. To finally get married to the love of my life after being together for almost 8 years,…Preferably before I’m 35!!
3.To prove to all the doubters that I can lose the weight!
4.To prove to myself that I can do anything I set my mind to, no matter how impossible it may seem!
5.Go back to College and my BA!!
THINGS I WANT TO BE
1. To be a skinny biyatch:-),..No but seriously a size 10 or even a 12 would be nice!!
2.A mother. This is the most difficult one for me,.. I lost a child 6 years ago and haven’t been able to get pregnant since!
3. Be a professional chef/ baker,… I have found this to be a great new way to enjoy food..instead of eating it all the time!!…oops
4. Happy / Confident!!
5. Liked, I want to be open to meet new people and for those people to look past the exterior and like me for me!
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
1. A closer relationship to my family and friends,.
2. A career I love
3. A new wardrobe!…can’t wait!! wooopwoop:-)
4. Ahem……… A better sex life, nothing to do with him would like to be able to enjoy the moment and not be trying to hide myself or feel shame when we are together….Eeeek:-&
5.A new car,..complete with full driving licence!
Things you want to do, be and have!
List a minimum of 5 things for each category…
THINGS I WANT TO DO
1. Lose weight
2. Take more exercise
3. Do my Master’s degree (did my BSc (Hons) in Palliative Care in 2012. Very difficult cos I’m not academic at all)
4. Wear a bikini!
5. Go to Cuba
THINGS I WANT TO BE
1. Healthy
2. Pain Free (Serious back problems but having surgery in 2 weeks, here’s hoping)
3. An active Nana
4. A good role model for my granddaughter
5. A empathic & listening nurse to my patients
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
1. Health
2. Happiness
3 A lot more stamina
4. . A little more money (not too much)
5. A dress size 12
Wow love this one really made me think and perfect task after the thinking I’ve been doing today
Things I want to do
1- revisit America
2- have more children
3- lose weight
4- decide on a future
5- stop cheating myself
Things I want to be
1- sexy
2- happy
3- healthy
4- a good role model
5- fit
Things I want to have
1- new car
2- a wardrobe full of clothes that fit
3- money ( so we don’t struggle as much)
4-own our own house
5- happy family life
Things i want to do
1.Go to see my brothers in boston.
2. Lose weight
3. Be debt free
4. Have a 1st fsmily sun holiday
5. Conquer my fear of flying
Things i want to be
1. Healthier
2. Fittier
3. to learn how to cook healthy mesls
4. A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR MY KIDS
5. Thinn
Things i want to have.
1. Nice waredrobe
2. Ability to be able to cook healthy meals
3. Ability to play with my children before they r teenagers
4. Wil power
5.energy
Things I want to do …..
Water skiing
Paragliding
More education
Build a house
Open my business
Things I want to have…..
1.A long healthy and happy life
2.A husband who loves me unconditionally as much as I would love him
3.A happy and healthy son with all opportunities available to reach his dreams and goals….
4.Always have enough money to pay the bills and give my son a good college education …..but not too much to be foolish with.
5.All my friends and family to live forever …and to be happy in themselves
Things I want to be……..
1. HEATHIER
2. Skinnier
3. A wife and a mother again
4. A good role model for my students
5. Professional photographer
In case the powers that be are listening I wouldn’t mind winning the lotto ….lol. Just burnt my cottage pie while writing this ….still yummy x
So I know this is late but better later than never –
Things I want to do
1- Learn French
2- Get through an exercise routine without stopping
3- Lose weight
4- Look in the mirror and feel good about what I see
5- Retire to France when my children leave college/uni
Things I want to be
1- Sexy (according to my hubby I am but I need to feel it!)
2- Healthy
3- The best mum I can be
4- Strong (I want to be able to rule the world, mine at least)
5- Fluent in French
Things I want to have
1- Self confidence
2- A size 12 figure
3- Whole family happiness
4- Successful children
5- A home in France
sorry this is late caught up with last minute essays for college x x x
THINGS I WANT TO DO
1. I want to have my marriage blessed in church.
2. I want to succeed in finishing my honours degree next year.
3. I want to be able to go into clothes shops and boutiques and not have people stare as if to say we have nothing to fit you.
4. I want to join the local gym again.
5. I want to start volunteering at a day centre for adults with Autism.
THINGS I WANT TO BE
1. I want to be happy with my body and not feel shame at my size.
2. The mum who is able to go on walks with her kids without having to stop due to pain.
3. I want to be confident and carefree
4. I want to be alive in ten year’s time (losing weight will be my lifeline)
5. One of the people on the new you videos who has succeeded and kept the weight off
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
1. I want to have a good job.
2. I want to have my family happy and healthy around me.
3. I want to have my figure back but also a better understanding of healthy eating.
4. I want to have my family here for Christmas so that I can show them my new figure!
5. I want to have pride in myself for what I have achieved and how I look.
Firstly – THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I am really honoured and touched to have won the bundle prize – it really has kept me on track during such a stressful week (and I have been beaming in the office for the last few days lol) 😀
Ok so catching up on the challenges now.. here goes:
THINGS I WANT TO DO
Act again (I actually auditioned for a play this evening!)
Learn InDesign properly
Get back into professional dancing / be a burlesque performer
Start my own advertising & marketing agency (in next 5 years)
THINGS I WANT TO BE
Sexy
Respected
A joy to be around
Owner of own business
Loved. Madly.
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
I don’t actually want anything material at all, just a SMALLER BUM PLEASE!! 😉
Love to all, some fantastic responses to this challenge! xxx
catching up on the challenges 🙂
THINGS I WANT TO DO
1. Take a photography course.
2. Go on a holiday.
3. Constant exercise.
4. Paint the house (indoors)
5. Reach my goal
THINGS I WANT TO BE
1. Good person/wife/mother.
2. Slim.
3. Healthy/happy.
4. Oozing confidence.
5. Successful.
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
1. Nice figure.
2. Normal appetite.
3. Regular Family days out.
4. Peace and tranquillity in my life.
5. New car.
THINGS I WANT TO DO
1. Get to my goal weight
2. Renew my wedding vows for my 10 year anniversary
3. Raise awareness for Scoliosis
4. Find a permanent job
5. More activities with my family
THINGS I WANT TO BE
1. Slim and healthy
2. Fit and energetic
3. A role model to my daughters
4. More organised
5. More confident
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
1. A healthy mind and body, more confidence and self esteem
2. A size 12 wardrobe
3. A house we can make a home
4. A family holiday
5. A Job that I know is permanent and with prospect to grow
THINGS I WANT TO DO
1) graduate from college
2) travel Route 66 in an RV!
3) scuba diving in Egypt
4) open a second Crèche (so I would be a chain)
5) renew my wedding vows in Vegas with Elvis
THINGS I WANT TO BE
1) financially secure
2) healthy
3) happy
4) at my goal weight
5) a fun stress free mammy and wife
THINGS I WANT TO HAVE
1) confidence
2) higher self esteem
3) a peaceful home
4) cosmetic surgery (skin removal)
5) a whole new wardrobe