One goal.
Today my boyfriend got me to the gym. I burned about 266 calories, which is ok. Actually it’s good.
I feel the desire again to go out and eat lots. I have to remember why I went into this diet in the first place. And the one thing that holds me to it, that binds me to it, above everything else is one thing and one thing I can focus on.
It’s different.
I started this because it’s different. And I don’t have to remember eight different things. I have been surrounded by advertising and advice, to the point that the books, tv shows, friends advice, and otherwise ask you to do five to eight things to remember to keep doing so you’re a success. Some of these things are:
- Exercise 1 hour a day.
- Drink plenty of water.
- Prepare all your meals.
- Get all your servings of fruit, and veg, and meat.
- Meditate.
- Count your calories.
- Figure out and write down your triggers.
- Alternate your response so you go for a walk instead of eating if you’re stressed.
- Move around minimally in the day so you’re always being active.
- Have a big breakfast.
- Cut down on caffeine.
- Fake it till you make it.
- Say your affirmations over and over.
This is one of the reasons why I became a personal trainer. Because in order to maintain a lifestyle with this I have to live it all day. How others do it… it would have to be ingrained in a habitual way so that you don’t think about it. You do all that and filter it into your daily life so that it becomes apart of the process.
But if it isn’t… you have to remember and do everything. Alllll these things… how can anybody ever hope to keep up? I have one solution, and that’s to do what I feel is natural. But right now I decided to do one thing and one thing only:
Do it differently.
Because if you do the same thing all the time you’ll always get the same feedback. And I want different feedback, I’m searching for different feedback. And this diet is that. It gives me a simple, and straight forward, and direct purpose. So we’ll see what happens this weigh in Thursday.
Goal
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I really have to follow through on my goal of going to Gold Class and seeing a movie. It makes my last effort of 21 days significant. And I want to keep my promise and tell myself I deserve the reward, and not just bounce it away. Alas, no funds.
