This seems overly simple.
Of course I know why, you say. I want to put on that dress or that suit again. I don’t want to be self-conscious anymore. I don’t have to be afraid of exposing my skin in the summer. I want to look good. I want to find the man or woman i love.
Sure these are real reasons. But are they good enough reasons? Are they good enough when you are ravenous and exhausted from the day’s work and you pass by a McDonalds and all you want to do is to order a supersized meal? Are they good enough when you had a really bad day and all you can think about is a big tub of Haagan Daz ice cream to make everything ok again?
Remember, everyone goes off focus from time to time. That is to be expected. To expect yourself to never go off track is unrealistic and will never happen. The challenge, then, is getting back on course when you’ve strayed. And we need some REAL reasons to put us back on track!
First, think of all the things that you hate in life that is caused by your being over weight and your disastrous eating habits. Do you feel tired and low on energy all the time? Do you have frequent constipation? How about acne? How’s your sleep? Do you have sleep apnea that disrupt your sleeping pattern? Or Do you find that no matter how sufficient your sleep is, you still feel sluggish and beat up in the morning? How about back and muscle pains from carrying too much body weight? Do you have severe headaches sometimes? Do you find that you have irritable mood from time to time? Are you currently diabetic and under a medication and a strict diet, or even under injection? How about high blood pressure? What about your self esteem? Has your confidence level suffer because you hate the way you look? Do you talk down to yourself all the time? Do you settle for something less because you feel you don’t deserve anything better?
All of these are pains you have to live with everyday. They are real. And they can get worst. The good news is, most of them can be improved or be eliminated altogether with a real change in life style.
Of course, trying to find the love of your life is a real reason too. But lets face it, this is not something you can control. Being slim and looking good does not automatically win you your dream partner. There is a lot more to a relationship than just your size. And what if you lose all that weight and still you are single? or what happens if your perfect love life takes a sudden turn? Does that mean that you will stop your effort now because the partner is no longer in your life? Will you put on all the weight you’ve lost before because being fit did not get you the person you want?
This is why you have to do this for a real reason – things that is under your control. Your physical and mental health is real – it is controlled by you and dictates how you live and feel everyday. Think of all the reasons you want to do this. And narrow it down to your top 5 reasons. Think carefully you choose. These will be what gets you back on track when you are vulnerable. They better be good. Real good. They need to be able to pick you up from the ground when you’ve been shattered. They need to dust you off and put you back on the right path.
Write your top 5 reasons on a sheet of paper and paste it at the head of your bed. That’s what you will see the first thing you wake up in the morning and the last thing you will read before you go to bed.
Tip 1: Always moistened the back of the belt along the grooved areas even though they say this is optional. It improves the belt’s contact with the skin, which makes it easier for your watch to pick up the signals from the belt. I find myself needing to do that quite often, so I just make it a habit, because it is rather embarrassing to try to wet it while I’m running in public!
