Have You Lost Your Marbles?

Do you remember the scene from the Peter Pan movie Hook  where everyone thought Tootles had lost his marbles when he said Hook had come back to kill Peter Pan?  In the end Tootles found his marbles and went to live happy ever after in Neverland.  Okay, that is a fictional and fun story to tell your kids, or you grew up hearing it.  Tootles kept searching for his lost marbles, found them and lived happy ever after.   He wasn’t as crazy as everyone painted him to be.

 

Guess what?  I want you to lose your marbles in your story, find them and then live a healthy, fulfilling life.  I am such a believer of visual, tangible tools to accomplish my weight loss goals.  See listed some ideas to help you lose you marbles and then find the rewards at the end.

• Did you know, if you write down what you eat, you will lose your weight twice as fast?
• Did you know you will lose your weight faster if you have an accountability group or partner?
• Did you know you will lose your weight faster if you make a plan?
• Did you know you will lose weight faster if you have a date, event, trip or special occasion to look forward to?

Here’s an idea for you.  Get your marbles out.  How much weight do you want to lose?  Put that number of marbles in a jar.  Have another jar on the shelf and every time you lose 1 pound, transfer 1 marble to empty jar.  As the other jar fills up, you will be reminded and motivated to finish the task.  I love this tool!  Thanks Melanie for sharing your idea with all of us!    Have a marble-ous week!  Lynette