How To Beat the "Doctor's Office Overhwhelm" Feeling

​Have you ever left the doctor's office feeling overwhelmed, a little lost, or even defeated? 

We go in for a check-up, we learn something new about ourselves that we likely didn't want to, then the doctor makes recommendations for us to make changes. 

They say it like it's just so easy. "You just have to cut out _____ (insert food group here). Here is a brochure."  

We leave the doctor's office with the feeling of "this is it. No more. This time I NEED to make a change." 

Then, somehow in that time between getting in your car, driving home, and walking into the house you sit on the couch wondering "what next?" 

That's what happened to me when I went to the doctor for one of our first prenatal visits. I left with a 30-item to do list and a bag full of resources that I'm pretty sure weighed 12 pounds. When I got home, the bag sat there and the to-do list got mixed in with the rest of my lists. It was all too much. I didn't even know where to start. 

Recently, one of my new coaching clients went to the doctor's office and had a similar experience.  She was surprised to see the scale, the number was higher than she'd seen in a long time. She felt down when she saw that... like she just got punched in the stomach. 

She also KNEW this time was going to be different. This is IS different. 

When she went to the doctor's office this time she wasn't in a place of feeling defeated and lost. She was in a place of feeling in control, planful and ready to take action. Sure, the number on the scale took a second to absorb, but it didn't ruin her day.

Her doctor appointment was in between our first and second session. We'd already laid the groundwork of really putting our finger on what was slowing her down from making progress and identified what it was that led to this place of being the highest weight she'd seen on the scale. 

We then came up with a plan. I shared with her a system to make changes... a system that is 110% customized and unique for her. 

We then made some powerful goals.  These goals we made are ones she is excited about.  How do I know that? Because I listen to her. I HEAR her. What was an original idea for a goal was paired with a dull tone in her voice. After digging deeper and asking some questions her goals changed in the slightest and there was power & excitement in her voice. THAT is how I know the goals we set are right for her. 

Instead of walking out of the doctor's office last week asking herself "how the heck am I going to cut out wheat from my diet?" (per doctor recommendation) she left feeling okay about it. 

She left knowing she has a coach ready to help her shift from feeling overwhelmed about this fairly big lifestyle change. She left knowing she was ALREADY taking action to make changes in her life, and now she had more specific information about exactly what needed to change. 

In sharing her doctor news with me, we met it in a place of "Okay, we can do this. What do we need to do in order for you to not feel deprived? What can we do to make this change last for good?" 

What's one lifestyle change you've been recommended to make and it just felt like "TOO MUCH"? 

Connect with me about it. You don't need to feel overwhelmed. You CAN make this change and you WILL feel amazing! 

** side note: This client has already lost 3 pounds**