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| on the slopes and off, we are happy |
But there is one area of my life where I just can't seem to pull it together. I am still not happy with my weight or my relationship with food. I struggled with whether or not to even post about this. It isn't something I like to admit. It seems like it should be such a little thing compared to everything else I have accomplished, yet it seems to dominate an awful lot of my time and emotional energy.
In her Bean Bytes yesterday, Lindsay had a link to an article "Today is Not the Day to Change Your Life". Basically the gist of it, is that we all keep coming with excuses as to why now is not the time to make a change. We never make the change because there is always something else that takes precedent. The longer we avoid something, the more of a problem it becomes.
Yep, pretty much.
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| But I am on vacation. It is cool to eat a mountain of caramel for breakfast. |
The author then lists out the steps to finally stop avoiding and face the problem:
1. Identify what your avoidance behavior is. .
2. Write a list of ways the problem could very well worsen with time.
3. Write a list of ways that the problem is likely to improve with time.
4. Compare the two lists.
5. Set up Scaffolding (helpful others who will support you)
6. Set smaller daily or weekly goals that make progress on the problem.
7. Let go of the fallacy that you will be less busy later
"Today is never the best day to make a change in your life. Because tomorrow isn’t either, today will just have to do. The good news is that nothing feels better than finally being on the other side of a big change. "
I am finally feeling inspired. I am not going to wait until my birthday, I am going to start today. And I am going to use YOU ALL as part of my scaffolding. I am going to set my weekly goal here and then report back at the end of the week.
My goal this week is 1. To only enjoy a single serving of treats. One of my biggest downfalls is eating multiple servings of dessert at night while watching TV. I want to start small and manageable. Instead of trying to give up my nightly treat, I just want to cut back on how much I eat and savor the smaller portion.
What do you think of this article? Have you been avoiding making difficult changes in your life?
That is so awesome that you have paid off your student loans!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes think about how many years I have been struggling with my eating and it is really depressing. This list seems very manageable... if I can use my brain to get to step one. I usually feel like I am out of control when it comes to food and binge eating and all logic goes out the window.
But I totally agree that we all have to quit making excuses and try to make today, and really RIGHT NOW, the moment we make better choices. So that means if you have two desserts instead of your goal one, you don't go on to three and four. You stop at one. :) Good luck!