How AFFORMATIONS Can Change Your Life Fast!

Hi, this is Babette and Noah, and we're here today to tell you about the first steps on the Be Your Best Self Challenge using Afformations. And just to let you know a little bit about me, I'm a mother of 3. I have twin daughters that are 24, and in September they're going to be 25. I have a son who's 14. And anyway, I've had an awesome life with them, and now I'm going to start a beginning life with my new husband-to-be, my fiancé, Noah.

That's me. How you doing?

So this is the reason why I'm starting this challenge, or we're starting the challenge, is because we came back from Florida and I was looking at the pictures going, wow, and I'm supposed to fit and look great in this wedding dress next year? So I thought, no. And I don't own a scale, so I I thought, you know what, I need to be a supporter and to have support with me. We have 16 weeks until Christmas because there's going to be a lot of Christmas parties. Thanksgiving's coming up, Christmas, and then in April, our wedding. I want to be my best self. For you, this is an opportunity for you to be your best self as well. We can be accountable for each other. And that's what I'm here today to tell you. The first step is— go ahead, Noah.

The first step in any journey is to determine where you are. If you're heading to Miami, you need to know whether you're in Fort Worth or Louisville, Kentucky, or Boston, Massachusetts. So, because then your route, the way that you'll go, the path that you're going to take is going to be very different depending on where you are. So that's why the first video that you saw in the Afformations Challenge was Babette took an analysis of where she is with her weight, with her fitness level. So, and you saw it, you saw it live, and that was not rehearsed, that was it, I'll vouch for it, that was the first time you saw it on video. So that's our step for you, the first step for you is determine where you are. So if you want to lose weight, you have to know what weight you are. Weight you are, and be accurate and tell the truth. Now, if you really, really want to be courageous like her, you take a video of it, have someone video you getting on the scale just like she did, and post it right here on noahnation.com. Post your videos, post your photos. This will be the before, and then we'll have the after in 16 weeks, and you can have going along during the weeks, that's what she's going to be doing.

And that's what I wanted to show you. I was very transparent because I didn't know my own weight, but I felt it in my clothes. And that's why I wanted to show you. That was the first time I seen my weight, but I felt it. And it's not all about weight, about the pounds. It's about being the best self for you. And I'm short and I don't feel comfortable in the weight I am. And that's why I said I'm gonna be—

I love the weight she is, by the way. So this is This is not coming from me. She's awesome. She looks gorgeous. So, and I mean, she only has to lose 10 pounds. So, I mean, that's— she even said, I only need to lose 10 pounds. And so for you, it may be 20, 30, 40. We don't know what it is. So then you may not know.

It could be the last 5, last 10.

Right. So it's really more— we are more concerned about your fitness level, not necessarily the pounds, because pounds are only one measurement of fitness and they're not necessarily the best measurement, just like money is one measurement of success, it's not necessarily the best. There's a lot of broke millionaires out there and we don't want that either. So anyway, however, so the first step in this challenge for you is to find out where you are, where you are in your health, where you are in your fitness. If you want to take a body mass index, if you want to take a fat index, you're totally welcome to do that and share it right here with the world. To be honest, the more transparent you are, just like she was, the more transparent you are, the more you share, the more support you can get.

More accountability.

Exactly. So that's it. That's your first step.

I would like to say something. And also, in with your mind and spirit, we're using Afformations every day. And the Afformations for you to say every day, one for weight is what, Noah?

Well, the thing to remember about Afformations is you need to do the 4 steps of Afformations. So if you haven't done that already, go to afformations.com and download those first 3 chapters and get that ebook. But the first 4 steps are: first of all, find out or ask yourself what you want. Then form an empowering question that assumes that what you want is already true. Give yourself to the question, and then take new actions based on your new assumptions. So I want you, rather than me telling you what Afformations you should use, you need to determine what it is you want. What do you want to create? So those are the 4 steps of Afformations. So just do them. You can share them right here on Noah Nation. Ask questions, get support, and that's what we're all here to do.

Okay, like my first affirmation is going to be, why am I going to be my ideal weight by the time it's December 23rd? That's mine this week. I noticed a little something about me yesterday as I was getting prepared for all this, and I realized that I'm not an eater, I'm a drinker.

Not an alcohol drinker, just for those of you. That sounded kind of weird. She's not a drinker like that, guys. Okay, this isn't Gary Vaynerchuk over here.

But I drink a lot of carbs. Not pop, it's the fruit juices.

Those are not good. Not good. We're gonna be— we're gonna— we have some real awesome surprises for you about that. But yeah.

But real quick here, just like in your relationships, like yesterday is gone. Yesterday is gone. Whatever happened yesterday, you can't go back and fix it. You have today. Today's the present. So whatever in your relationship with your loved one, with your children, with your parents, with whom— whomever is closest with you in your family, Take today, this time right now, as you're starting a new challenge for weight. It may not be in weight, it might be in personal with your mind, dumping the head trash like Noah talks about in his book. And, you know, knowing your no, knowing your boundaries, and not going beyond that, but letting, letting yourself know, finding you. And I guess what I want to say is This week, a challenge for you to do for your spirit and personal is get close with God. Pray every day. Say your affirmations. Write five things that you're grateful for, and be in the morning and before you go to bed. Great things can happen just by the switch that Noah talks about in his book, *The Secret Code of Success*.

Just by Focusing on what you have.

Right.

So what she's saying is that every night when you go to bed, write down 5 things that you are grateful for. So before you go to bed, the last things that you hear in your mind should be, what am I grateful for?

Another thing is this—

How many challenges are you gonna give them? My God, this is 50 things they gotta do. I thought it was just one thing. This is a challenge.

But also—

You're gonna be busy this week. I told her. Anyway, she wants to give you a lot.

But what I want to say is, your children start school. I know I have a 14-year-old son. My twins are 24, gonna soon be 25, young women. They've got lives of their own, and I'm still there. But I'm raising a son. He's 14, and school starts this week. So parents, I'm with you, especially in the teen field now. What I want to say is take time when they get out of school to really listen to how their day went and have fun with them. Take them out for a walk, play cards. But your challenge this week is really take time, take time for you, but also take time with your children, with your spouse, do something and really see them for who they are. And this week, take time because many people live in the same house, but You know what? They're not there. Be in the present. How's that?

Okay, so that was 3 things that you have to do now. It was only going to be 1, but now it's 3. Alright, so the first thing is what? Determine where you are. So take your weight, share it here, whatever it is you want to do. If it's money, tell us how much money you're making, how much money you want to be making, whatever it is. So that's the first thing. Second thing is write those 5 great gratitude steps at night. And third, and you can share those here too, right? What you're grateful for. You can do that every day right here. That would be awesome. And then the third thing to do is be present with your family. Listen to your kids, listen to your spouse. What a concept. Oh my God, that'll never work. No, it will work. It's awesome. Okay, anything else, dear?

No.

That's it. Alright. Well, this is Noah and Bat-Bat, or Bat-Bat and Noah if you're going in alphabetical order, and we'll see you on the inside.

That's it.

That was beautiful.