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I am going to talk about a strategy I realized which has REALLY helped me the last 2 weeks.
In large part due to this epipheny I'm about to share with you, I've been cheat-free and have exercised nearly every day since setting this constraints for myself! And I've never looked back! And I've lost more weight than ever before.
So many of us set time goals for ourselves. I know right now I'm taking part in an outstandingly exciting challenge. We've all chosen our goals for New Year's, and so far we're losing a lot of weight working towards our New Year's Eve Goals.
Granted, time goals are not always practical for everyone, if it motivates you, it's better to shoot for the stars and miss, than to shoot for New York and hit Moose Lake.
It had been really tough lately for me to keep exercising and eating right, because of my prior habits on this way of eating in the past.
Just the other day, by chance, I said to myself, "What if this was the last 2 weeks before the end of the challenge? Would I work harder? Would I exercise everyday? Would I be more stringent in my eating habits than ever?"
A light bulb illuminated as I realized that if it were, in fact, the last 2 weeks of this challenge, o the things I'd do to get to goal at that last minute!
It was then and there I decided that I was going to treat every day as though it was within those last two weeks of December. Since then, I've not only exercised everyday, but I've stepped it up a bit. I now drink all my water. I eat every meal with meticulous preparation to ensure that each one of those 'fictional' last 2 weeks will yield me the greatest results and that I will hit goal by December 31!
Too many times have I sought after a goal, just to goof around for three months and then put in the effort the last 2 weeks. This time around, I don't want any regrets. I don't want to look back and say, "If only I'd exercised that week, I'd be down five more pounds!" I don't want any regrets this time around.
For me, every day is going to be one of those days I'd realize in those last couple of weeks in December where each and every one of us are going to work harder than ever to achieve those goals we have set for ourselves!
And what a difference it has made already.
To whit... I think that so many of us are the hurry-up-and-wait-until-the-last-minute society. McD's says we can drive through the window if we're running late. We can rent through Netflix because we just don't have the time. Everyone promises us time, and says, "Go ahead! Wait until the lasy minute... Fed EX and Kinkos are even there for us!"
Because of this, and because of the way we were trained to be, we tend to goof around, not realizing that in such things as exercise and following a pragmatic eating regimen, it is essential these things be done everyday.
We don't stop watering and fertilizing the apple tree for three months and then expect it to put forth fruit just because we gave it two weeks of water and fertilizer in the end.
Why should we expect fruit from our bodies through lack of daily care?
Therefore, the "last 2 weeks" theory, an epipheny for me, really has changed my way of thinking. New parameters are being set, and my paradigm has been shifted from the Kinko's drive-through girl, to the one who is nourishing that apple tree everyday, knowing that in the end, I will have the fruits of hitting goal as my reward!
So try looking at things in a new light... whether it's a challenge, a wedding, a reuinion... treat each day as though it is in those last two weeks before the event. You're down to the wire. Live it TODAY.
Maybe you'll discover the solution you've been looking for has been right in front of you the whole time!
In large part due to this epipheny I'm about to share with you, I've been cheat-free and have exercised nearly every day since setting this constraints for myself! And I've never looked back! And I've lost more weight than ever before.
So many of us set time goals for ourselves. I know right now I'm taking part in an outstandingly exciting challenge. We've all chosen our goals for New Year's, and so far we're losing a lot of weight working towards our New Year's Eve Goals.
Granted, time goals are not always practical for everyone, if it motivates you, it's better to shoot for the stars and miss, than to shoot for New York and hit Moose Lake.
It had been really tough lately for me to keep exercising and eating right, because of my prior habits on this way of eating in the past.
Just the other day, by chance, I said to myself, "What if this was the last 2 weeks before the end of the challenge? Would I work harder? Would I exercise everyday? Would I be more stringent in my eating habits than ever?"
A light bulb illuminated as I realized that if it were, in fact, the last 2 weeks of this challenge, o the things I'd do to get to goal at that last minute!
It was then and there I decided that I was going to treat every day as though it was within those last two weeks of December. Since then, I've not only exercised everyday, but I've stepped it up a bit. I now drink all my water. I eat every meal with meticulous preparation to ensure that each one of those 'fictional' last 2 weeks will yield me the greatest results and that I will hit goal by December 31!
Too many times have I sought after a goal, just to goof around for three months and then put in the effort the last 2 weeks. This time around, I don't want any regrets. I don't want to look back and say, "If only I'd exercised that week, I'd be down five more pounds!" I don't want any regrets this time around.
For me, every day is going to be one of those days I'd realize in those last couple of weeks in December where each and every one of us are going to work harder than ever to achieve those goals we have set for ourselves!
And what a difference it has made already.
To whit... I think that so many of us are the hurry-up-and-wait-until-the-last-minute society. McD's says we can drive through the window if we're running late. We can rent through Netflix because we just don't have the time. Everyone promises us time, and says, "Go ahead! Wait until the lasy minute... Fed EX and Kinkos are even there for us!"
Because of this, and because of the way we were trained to be, we tend to goof around, not realizing that in such things as exercise and following a pragmatic eating regimen, it is essential these things be done everyday.
We don't stop watering and fertilizing the apple tree for three months and then expect it to put forth fruit just because we gave it two weeks of water and fertilizer in the end.
Why should we expect fruit from our bodies through lack of daily care?
Therefore, the "last 2 weeks" theory, an epipheny for me, really has changed my way of thinking. New parameters are being set, and my paradigm has been shifted from the Kinko's drive-through girl, to the one who is nourishing that apple tree everyday, knowing that in the end, I will have the fruits of hitting goal as my reward!
So try looking at things in a new light... whether it's a challenge, a wedding, a reuinion... treat each day as though it is in those last two weeks before the event. You're down to the wire. Live it TODAY.
Maybe you'll discover the solution you've been looking for has been right in front of you the whole time!
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