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04-22-07, 09:12 AM
Well I am starting a journal as prescribed by members.
Firstly how I see my life is day after day.
So looking for change in weight and size as a journey is like a race to me with a beginning and an end.
Maintenance doesn't exist as a new journey.
Today will take care of tomorrow and tomorrow like wise. There is no hope in tomorrow if we don't look after today. Dieters losers limp is to rely on tomorrow and not today.
Today is everything. I put off today then I don't care about tomorrow.
I found my trouble in past dieting attempts is that I did not care enough about today and had a fantasy of tomorrow would be easier.
Today is the day that counts.
Today is when I choose to be who I want to be, how I react, how I choose, what I read, what I eat, what I enjoy.
Today is tomorrow is yesterday. There is only today and we cannot change what we have done with it. Today is now and there is no such thing as tomorrow in change. Success in anything is based on how many to days we have taken control of.
Think about it. You don't have to wait for success or weightloss because it is happening today. It may take 300 to days or less but every today is more important then the 300th today. Strength is in today and not reaching your goal weight.
Dieters like me have failed because when the journey ended with my goal weight, so did my motivation. Maintenance for me was like holding onto something where achieving my goal weight was motivating and exciting.
The fun and excitement left me when I reached my goal weight and in fact I believe I gained weight deliberately to give myself something to do or give attention too.
But second time round had me not wanting to climb that great big steep ladder to success. This time I am going to leave today, lived well to look after tomorrow.
I am not going to worry about goal weight, journey and the hoo hah because it really is about lifestyle choices not a roller coaster game of joy and fun.
For me I have lost days, weeks and years to decades by trying to reach a goal weight when today has being sitting there waiting for me to choose.
Firstly how I see my life is day after day.
So looking for change in weight and size as a journey is like a race to me with a beginning and an end.
Maintenance doesn't exist as a new journey.
Today will take care of tomorrow and tomorrow like wise. There is no hope in tomorrow if we don't look after today. Dieters losers limp is to rely on tomorrow and not today.
Today is everything. I put off today then I don't care about tomorrow.
I found my trouble in past dieting attempts is that I did not care enough about today and had a fantasy of tomorrow would be easier.
Today is the day that counts.
Today is when I choose to be who I want to be, how I react, how I choose, what I read, what I eat, what I enjoy.
Today is tomorrow is yesterday. There is only today and we cannot change what we have done with it. Today is now and there is no such thing as tomorrow in change. Success in anything is based on how many to days we have taken control of.
Think about it. You don't have to wait for success or weightloss because it is happening today. It may take 300 to days or less but every today is more important then the 300th today. Strength is in today and not reaching your goal weight.
Dieters like me have failed because when the journey ended with my goal weight, so did my motivation. Maintenance for me was like holding onto something where achieving my goal weight was motivating and exciting.
The fun and excitement left me when I reached my goal weight and in fact I believe I gained weight deliberately to give myself something to do or give attention too.
But second time round had me not wanting to climb that great big steep ladder to success. This time I am going to leave today, lived well to look after tomorrow.
I am not going to worry about goal weight, journey and the hoo hah because it really is about lifestyle choices not a roller coaster game of joy and fun.
For me I have lost days, weeks and years to decades by trying to reach a goal weight when today has being sitting there waiting for me to choose.