Better to Have Loved and Lost Doesn't Apply!
This past weekend was my birthday. In the days before my birthday I experienced very strange conflicting feelings: I felt an obligation to do celebratory eating while also realizing that I didn't really want to. Further, I felt like I would regret it if I didn't "celebrate" with special food. Yeah that was a dilemma alright! I ended up overeating and not really enjoying it. Now, of course I regret the overeating part. But I am also sensing a feeling I am grateful for: I now experience a sense of relief when I let go of a negative behavior and comply with the positive.
I never would have imagined there'd come a day when I really-truly-honestly-in my heart of hearts DID NOT want to stuff my face with indulgently delicious food!!! Wow. How did I get here?
To be successful at anything I think it's necessary to find meaningful motivation. WHY do you want what you want? To keep going day after day...to be able to do an end run around obstacles that spring up in your way...to persist despite the difficult work the results will require...what will mean enough to you to be able to make that necessary daily investment?
I love what I have earned so much. My physical abilities now and the way I look, I just love it. Even though I'm still not at my ultimate goals, I love everything I have now. These changes have brought so many positive things into my life that I do not feel I could have achieved and acquired otherwise. Quite simply, I don't want to lose any of it! I think it all means so much to me that I have come to a place where even subconsciously I reject anything that will take it away from me.
Being greedy, territorial, and protective of your success can be leveraged to your advantage. It is what will keep you going. But of course, you have to achieve it first! And that will take pushing HARD through the initial effort and work it takes to reach a point where you are seeing and feeling measurable results. Plus, there's another truth that will be at work here and it's tough to face: Losing results gained would be FAR more painful and difficult to deal with than what you have to go through to earn them in the first place. Going back? Oh no, you do NOT want to go there. It would feel like a much greater failure than never having achieved any measure of your goal. To have loved and lost might be better, but to have achieved weight loss and only to become fat again? I can't even entertain thoughts of how that would make me feel. It's too depressing.
So identify your goals and give all your strength and effort to achieve them because once you taste that first success you'll want more. And more and more. And you'll never want to go back again.
I never would have imagined there'd come a day when I really-truly-honestly-in my heart of hearts DID NOT want to stuff my face with indulgently delicious food!!! Wow. How did I get here?
To be successful at anything I think it's necessary to find meaningful motivation. WHY do you want what you want? To keep going day after day...to be able to do an end run around obstacles that spring up in your way...to persist despite the difficult work the results will require...what will mean enough to you to be able to make that necessary daily investment?
I love what I have earned so much. My physical abilities now and the way I look, I just love it. Even though I'm still not at my ultimate goals, I love everything I have now. These changes have brought so many positive things into my life that I do not feel I could have achieved and acquired otherwise. Quite simply, I don't want to lose any of it! I think it all means so much to me that I have come to a place where even subconsciously I reject anything that will take it away from me.
Being greedy, territorial, and protective of your success can be leveraged to your advantage. It is what will keep you going. But of course, you have to achieve it first! And that will take pushing HARD through the initial effort and work it takes to reach a point where you are seeing and feeling measurable results. Plus, there's another truth that will be at work here and it's tough to face: Losing results gained would be FAR more painful and difficult to deal with than what you have to go through to earn them in the first place. Going back? Oh no, you do NOT want to go there. It would feel like a much greater failure than never having achieved any measure of your goal. To have loved and lost might be better, but to have achieved weight loss and only to become fat again? I can't even entertain thoughts of how that would make me feel. It's too depressing.
So identify your goals and give all your strength and effort to achieve them because once you taste that first success you'll want more. And more and more. And you'll never want to go back again.
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