When You Know What to Do, but Following Through is Hard.

Have you ever started the day knowing exactly how you wanted to care for yourself, and reached the evening wondering what happened?

Maybe you planned to cook something nourishing. Maybe you meant to take a break or make time for yourself. You had every intention of following through.

Then the day got busy. Something stirred up feelings you weren't expecting. Or your own needs slipped down the list again. Following through is hard.

I know those moments well.

For me, they often show up around food and caring for my body. And they are a big part of why I created Keep Going.

Why I Created Keep Going - and Why I Need It, Too

Keep Going began with conversations about weight loss. Friends and clients kept bringing up their struggles, and I recognized so much of myself in what they were saying.

I've been working on losing weight for years. Some days it feels like the scale hardly budges, no matter how much attention I give it.

I have days when I think, "This is going well." I make choices I feel good about. I walk past the ice cream at the supermarket without buying it, and I come home feeling proud and successful.

And then, later that day, I find myself in the drive-through at the ice cream shop.

Or I plan to make lentil soup. I fully intend to do something nourishing for myself. Then I get busy building my business, and somehow the day slips by without the soup getting made

These are small moments. But they tell an honest story about how easily caring for myself slides down my priority list.

I'm beginning to pay more attention to the space between my intention and my next choice.

What am I feeling?

What needs my attention?

What would help me care for myself right now?

This Matters to Me Personally

My knees and feet hurt. I want to take better care of my body.

I've also been navigating insulin resistance, metabolic concerns, and the changes that come with menopause. My experience is about so much more than whether I followed a meal plan on a given day.

I have spent years searching and trying. I've paid for programs, sometimes hundreds of dollars, hoping they would help me find a way forward. I know what it feels like to start with hope and end with disappointment.

When the people around me began talking about their own struggles with weight, I found myself thinking about the tools I already had.

I have the MAP Method (Make Anything Possible). I use it in my work every day. And I realized I needed to slow down and make room to use those tools for myself, too.

That realization became the beginning of Keep Going.

Making Room to Practice

I created Keep Going as an 18-week, self-paced program for the weight-loss journey.

My intention is twofold. I want to make these tools available to others, and I want to make room to use them in my own life. Caring for myself deserves a place in my day, even while I'm building a business and tending to everything else.

I'm still on this journey.

I've already noticed a change, and that encourages me to keep going. But I want to be honest. Encouragement is where I am today. I'm still learning what continued practice will mean for me.

MAP is one part of how I'm approaching this. My physical health needs attention and care, too.

What I'm Already Noticing

One of the first changes has shown up while I'm grocery shopping.

I'm beginning to let go of labeling foods as "good" or "bad." There's a little more openness now. A little more room to ask myself, "Do I actually want to eat this?"

I've been using the MAP on the Go practices from my first week to pause and ask:

What's really going on?

What's really, really happening?

What does this part of me need right now?

Sometimes I still choose to eat. But more and more, it feels like a conscious decision.

That is the biggest change for me so far.

Working through the first session also brought up something deeply personal. I began to recognize familiar feelings of abandonment in everyday situations. I never would have connected them with eating.

As I explored those feelings, I found a part of me that wanted comfort, acceptance, and a sense of belonging. Comforting foods had been one way I responded to those feelings.

Now I'm spending a little more time with that part of myself. Listening. Acknowledging what I feel.

I'm learning to ask what would feel caring in that moment. Sometimes that includes food.

Sometimes it means giving myself attention I didn't know I needed.

These are the changes I can speak to today:

More awareness.

More moments of choice.

A little more kindness toward myself.

That's why Keep Going matters to me. I'm making room to use the tools in my own everyday life, and I want to offer that same opportunity to others.

An invitation to keep going

If you recognize yourself in the lentil soup that never gets made, or the drive-through after a proud moment in the grocery store, you already understand something about why I created this program.

Keep Going grew out of those very human moments. And out of my decision to give my own care more attention.

I’m sharing it because I believe in making room to practice, learn, and begin again.

As many times as it takes.

If this speaks to you, I'd love for you to explore Keep Going and see whether it feels like a helpful next step.

Learn more about Keep Going

Warmly,

Kathy