Robyn Spurr

Personal Health and Weight Loss Coaching For Women

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What’s Your Motivation Type?

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Why do some people achieve their goals while others give up?

Understanding your type of motivation is critical to achieving your goals. Which is why Weight Watchers never worked for me. It all makes perfect sense now.

This super informative Lifehack post explains the 6 different types of motivation. And to be perfectly honest, I had no idea they existed until a few days ago. Yay Internet.

But now that I do, I plan to approach my goals in a completely different way.

Here’s a quick rundown of the six different motivation types (and how they might relate to weight loss):

1. Rewards/Incentive: You’re driven by the knowledge that you’ll receive an award or money or recognition for achieving your goal.

“I want to lose weight so I can win the Biggest Loser pool at work.”

“I want to lose weight so people will notice + compliment my body.”

2. Fear: Punishment or negative consequences motivate you.

“I want to lose weight because I don’t want to get diabetes or die of a heart attack.”

“I want to lose weight so it’s not so hard to walk up the stairs.”

3. Achievement: Similar to rewards/incentives, this form of motivation is driven by a desire to achieve + improve skills + prove your competency.

“I want to lose weight so I can prove that I can!”

“I want to lose weight so I can run a marathon.”

4. Growth: You’re motivated by self-improvement + a desire to increase knowledge + grow as an individual.

“I want to lose weight because I want to be continually bettering myself.”

5. Power: You’re motivated by a desire to affect others.

“I want to lose weight so I can be a role model for other people.”

6. Social: You’re motivated by a desire to belong + feel accepted.

“I want to lose weight in order to be accepted by society (or my fit friends).”

I’m 100% hands down motivated by growth. In fact, my weight loss journey began after reading a book about creating a more fulfilling life. I saw my weight loss journey as a path to improving myself – inside and out.

To sum it up…

  1. Know your type
  2. Design a plan accordingly
  3. Anything is possible!

XO ~Robyn

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How the Savor Life Experiment Changed My Life

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There’s a lovely program I stumbled upon a few years back called The Legacy Project. It began at Cornell University in 2004 when a professor of Gerontology started collecting advice from America’s elders.

The research team gathered responses to the question, “what are the most important lessons you have learned over the course of your life?”

Many of the interviewees shared a similar piece of wisdom…

If I could go back, I would have appreciated the little things more often.

So I decided to start noting the delightful + enjoyable + fulfilling things that happen to me each day. In other words, the especially savor worthy moments.

My plan was to keep a “savor life” journal for 30 days – in my private Facebook Forum for clients. Today is day 21 – and I don’t plan to stop at 30. In fact – I don’t plan to stop at all.

This little “experiment” has changed my life in such a subtle, yet powerful way.

My mindset has shifted to one where I’m always looking for + creating moments that are savor worthy.

And the result is that my days are filled with more joy + laughter + gratitude. For example…

: My husband and I have started a new tradition of sitting down each Friday to a lovely dinner complete with music + candles + Prosecco in the Tiffany champagne flutes we’ve never used – not once since receiving them as a wedding gift in 2001.

: I’m reading for pleasure more often. Devouring Delicious! by Ruth Reichl right now.

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: I’m taking the time to step away from my desk to go for a walk – no music, no podcasts – just time to clear my mind and admire the gorgeous wildflowers and the stunning Rocky Mountains.

{Click here to see a sampling of my savor life posts.}

I love this quote by Elizabeth Gilbert …

“You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.”

We’re often so busy thinking about what’s ahead that we don’t tend to enjoy where we are.

So maybe – consider keeping a savor life journal of your own. It just might change your life.

XO ~Robyn

I’m currently booked up for private Weight Loss Coaching until late-July (ever so grateful). If you’re interested in working with me, let’s set up a time for a Discovery Session ASAP and get you on the top of the waitlist. Just click here or email me directly at robyn@chickadeeweightloss.com.

I’d love to work with you. Let’s make it happen.

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Robyn Spurr is a Once Obese Chick, Eating Disorder Survivor, Certified Weight Loss Coach, Personal Trainer and founder of Chickadee Weight Loss. 

She helps women learn to manage their emotions without food and reach their healthy, natural weight without all the diet craziness.

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Accepting Your Body Isn’t Easy (and that’s okay)

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The body acceptance movement has kicked it into high gear lately. Lane Bryant’s, I’m No Angel campaign is currently buzzing + trending + telling us that…

…sexy comes in all shapes and sizes.

So we look at ourselves in the mirror – trying to conjure up love + acceptance + sexiness.

And when we can’t – we feel like shit.

Guess what? Accepting your body is hard. Really freaking hard.

We’ve been bombarded with images of what an ideal body is supposed to look like our whole lives.

Even the I’m No Angel models are suspiciously cellulite, stretch mark and imperfection free.

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Nice try Lane Bryant.

Listen, I’m never going to look like Sofia Vergara – and neither are you.

But that doesn’t mean we have to feel like crap day after day or give up on ourselves. We just have to let go of this idea of perfection – and take care of ourselves anyway.

Wear the gorgeous sleeveless dress – even though your arms are flabby.

Show up for the Zumba class NOW – not 50 pounds from now.

Meringue those curves like a boss!

You’ll never be perfect.

If you keep waiting for that day to come, you’ll spend your whole life waiting and wishing and wanting.

Not loving what you see in the mirror?

Screw it!

Go and rock out your life anyway.

XO ~Robyn

I’m currently all booked up, but will be taking new Weight Loss Coaching clients in early June. To find out more about how to work with me one-on-one, please hit reply or email me directly at robyn@chickadeeweightloss.com.

I’d love to work with you. Let’s make it happen.

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Top 3 Books to Inspire Hope + Change in 2015

Top 3 Books to Inspire Hope + Change in 2015

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ~Charles William Eliot

Self-help books are a billion dollar business. Amazon runneth over – like a warm Coke in a frosty glass.

I’ve read my fair share over the years. Many are unremarkable – but there are some shining stars out there well worth your time and hard earned cash.

If you want to change + grow + thrive in 2015, here are three of my recent favorites.

Add them to your holiday list – quick quick quick.

#1 The Antidote: Happiness For People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking

“Oliver Burkeman introduces us to an unusual group of people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life. That there is an alternative path to happiness and success that involves embracing failure, pessimism, insecurity, and uncertainty – the very things we spend our lives trying to avoid.”

#2 Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

ADORE + LOVE + CHERISH Anne Lamott!

“Anne Lamott offers a new message of hope that celebrates the triumph of light over the darkness in our lives. Our victories over hardship and pain may seem small, she writes, but they change us—our perceptions, our perspectives, and our lives.

Lamott writes of forgiveness, restoration, and transformation, how we can turn toward love even in the most hopeless situations, how we find the joy in getting lost and our amazement in finally being found.”

#3 The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

“A beautifully written inquiry into why we have such a hard time accepting compassion in all of its permutations, from love to what it takes to make a living, what lies behind our cynicism in refusing it, and how learning to accept it makes possible the greatest gifts of our shared humanity.”

Happy Reading!

XO ~Robyn

Robyn Spurr is a Once Obese Chick, Eating Disorder Survivor, Certified Weight Loss Coach, Personal Trainer and founder of Chickadee Weight Loss. 

She helps women learn to manage their emotions without food and reach their healthy, natural weight without all the diet craziness.