Checking in with Our Guru (& Me)

Earlier this year, in a post entitled This Guy Is Your New Guru, I wrote about how you could apply the same tactics Tyler Weeks used to lose 125 pounds in one year to any goals you have in your life, whether you want to makeover your career, your finances, or even your body.

But as anyone who’s ever watched one of those Biggest Loser “Where Are They Now?” interviews with the contestant who has gained most, if not all, of the weight back, the hardest part is maintaining weight loss once you have achieved your goal weight. How is Tyler doing?

Well, he’s had his ups & downs, including gaining a whopping 10 pounds in a single weekend of binge eating. But by and large, he has stuck to his plan, forgiven his diversions from that plan, and continued his healthy weight loss journey.

I had a meditation teacher who used the term “putting the puppy back on his path” to mean gently guiding your mind back to it’s relaxed state when it starts to wander. I tend to use this expression for any time you wander off the road from A to B.

For me, from almost the moment I declared my intention, in last week’s post, to do one thing a day with the goal of getting my eBook for Your Industry Insider done in 30 days, I wandered off the path. Part of it wasn’t my fault. I had my parents in town, which meant not just entertaining them. It meant the 2 1/2 year old son would not be going to day care. The same 2 1/2 year old who won’t nap except in the car now.

So, I did not get seven things done in the last week for the eBook. I did talk to my graphic designer and got her started on creating the cover. I did read some of the music industry book. I did finalize the outline. But I need to make serious progresss now if I want to launch the book in April.

This weekend, Brian has a class so I have the little one to myself. I hope to get him to nap (in the car only, but better than nothing) so I can read (hopefully finish) the music book this weekend. I can also write freehand in a notebook. (A laptop would definitely be too enticing for him to sleep while I worked on it.) And today I can use my lunch break to do some things. And next week, do the same.

[By the way, I just took out the word "hopefully" out of the last sentence. I had started "And hopefully today..." But who am I kidding? It's up to me. I can gently put the puppy back on the path.]

So congratulations and thanks to Tyler Weeks of 344pounds.com- for your weightloss overall, for re-losing those ten pounds you gained (readers, it took him about a month!) and for being an excellent guru.

What goals are you working on? Check out Tyler’s site & see if he can help you, too!

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