1. Welcome to Your Wellness Program
This program is designed to give you the tools and support you need to create life-long meaningful wellness changes that work for you!
Jessica Schultz- Wellness Coach
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2. Today’s Lesson Identify Your Motivators
Learn the Importance of Will Power
Plan for Success
Build Self-Efficacy

3. Identify Your Motivator
Motivation is a key element for igniting and maintaining lifestyle changes. At times, we may question our ability to change or maintain our success.
For long-term success:
Keep your thoughts focused on small changes you are making daily.
Remind yourself regularly of why you are making these changes.
YouTube Video: My 120 Pound Journey

4. Why did you join this program?
What makes you think you need to change?
What do you like about your current lifestyle?
What would you like to see different about your current lifestyle?
Why do you think others might be concerned for your well-being?

5. Suppose you don’t change, what is the WORST thing that might happen?
Suppose you do change, what is the BEST thing you could imagine that could result from changing?
What would your life be like in 1 year,3 years and 5 years from now if you changed to a healthier lifestyle?
Have you lost weight before and gained it back? If yes, what is different for you this time?

6. What is willpower, exactly?
Willpower is what gets you to do things even when you don’t want to. Here are some facts about willpower:
We start the day with a good supply of willpower. Willpower is naturally depleted through the day.
After the workday, willpower may be at a low point. That’s when many important health choices are made, such as cooking healthy food and being physically active. When willpower is low, it’s harder to make good choices.
Willpower can be replenished-You can replenish willpower by doing small pleasurable activities that increase your energy.  There are endless ways to increase willpower !Get up and move, even just a bit, Create positive emotions: Smile, find something funny, practice gratitude.
Once you’ve replenished your willpower you’ll be better equipped to make great choices.
Studies show that whenever you make positive choices to achieve your goal, you are creating new neuropathways in your brain that ensure future success. That’s right: Your brain grows whenever you make good choices. 
When people do what needs to be done, they usually feel good and experience a sense of accomplishment. This can create even more success. Who knew that achieving a goal would change your brain and be so much fun?

7. Making a change is always a challenge-
proper planning can increase your chance of success

8. Do you Know Your Own Strength?
Take a moment to reflect on a time when you were successful completing a difficult task. What are some of your inner-strengths that contributed to your success?
Inner strengths used in the past, can be used again. Regardless of the task, if you focus on your strengths and your ability to succeed, you will be successful.

9. Do you believe change is possible?

10. See Your Success? Visualization:
Think about the goal or goals you set for the week.
See yourself performing these daily lifestyle changes:
See yourself Accomplishing the tasks by using strategies to overcome any barriers you encounter.
Begin to notice how your inner strengths are making you stronger.
As time goes by, can you see how the goals you set begin to change you. Both physically and emotional.
Do you believe you are capable of change, can you see it?

11. What is Success?
What if I would say… You will NOT lose any weight in the next few weeks! BUT You will gain confidence in yourself and your abilities. You will have more energy, you will feel better, your health will improve, you will rid yourself of limitations, feel happier and have a better quality of life… Would you still work towards changing your lifestyle? Don’t get frustrated if the number on the scale moves slowly or not at all. It takes time break old habits. Your mind and body need to believe you are going to be consistent with your changes. Once you are consistent with your daily changes, your body will change!