The Kaizen method was developed in Japan as an effective way ofachieving huge improvements in business. In it's simplest form,it just means implementing small improvements one after theother. Each tiny step in the right direction builds to asignificant improvement over time but without the businesshaving to handle the chaos of a massive transformation.
The method works, because businesses are run by people and it isin the nature of people, in general, to feel uncomfortable withsudden massive change.
And what works for the transformation of a business works forthe transformation of a person too!
Diets fail, exercise programs fail for most people - we knowthat. They fail because they demand you take huge steps totransform your life.
Nevertheless you give it your best shot, because you want theend result. You go from eating fast food and fries witheverything to wall-to-wall lettuce and cucumber. You give upspending your evenings on the couch in front of the TV and workout on the equipment at the gym 5 nights a week instead.
You're highly motivated when you start. But soon your enthusiasmwanes and you slide back to how things were. Making huge changesovernight is just too difficult.
The "kaizen" way of losing weight, on the other hand, meansmaking a single small change at a time. You just keep going withit until it feels quite natural. Then you add another andanother and another. Don't you think it would be easier totransform your body and your life permanently like that?
If the "make-sudden-mega-changes-in-your-lifestyle" diet andexercise programs you've tried in the past have never actuallyworked for you on a permanent basis, then why not try adifferent approach?
This time write down a whole list of all the changes you want tomake. Break those changes down into tiny achievable pieces thenput them in place one step at a time - the "kaizen" way. It justhas to be the easiest way of achieving a new shape.
Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth Small
About the author:Janice Elizabeth is a coach, slimming club owner andauthor of "The Diet Exit Plan". Her system promotes permanenthealthy and automatic through making small changesto your everyday habits. Get her FREE 15 page report "How tolose weight without dieting - 7 secrets the diet industrydoesn't want you to know" at http://www.SimplySlimming.comTODAY!
