This may seem like a weird topic or just a bland kind of question, but it’s not. This topic is very important to our weight loss journey. Day to Day, that is how we live, that is reality. New Year’s resolutions abound, but sooner or later the “day to day” routine hits us. It happens to me. It always hits me at 3 month intervals it seems. I say to myself, “This sucks! This food and exercise is just boring. What happened to the fun and excitement?” To comfort myself and all of you, THIS IS NORMAL! This is life. We aren’t at the weight loss Disneyland. We are in our life walk. Some days are good, and some days are bad. We get depressed, joyful, sick, well, etc. Sometimes we get news and it totally breaks us, whereas on other days we get news that makes us feel like a million bucks. We gain, we lose, we stay the same. Day to day baby!!! How and the heck do we stick with it through thick and thin? Here is the question that you sent in:
“How do you stick with it…slogging through day to day and sticking with stuff…, whether it’s diet or running or whatever?”
My answer to this is simple. Once again, I learned this from my wonderful teacher, Willard Tate, years ago. Take joy in the routine of life. Appreciate and try to enjoy the smaller things that our weight loss journey has to offer us. Maybe it is just that you spend 10 extra dollars to get that yummy pineapple. Maybe you just sit down on a bench when taking your walk and just check out the beauty that surrounds you for a moment. It is ok to be bored. So many people think that if you’re bored something is seriously wrong. Don’t believe that for a minute. There can be peace found in the day to day boring routine. Stability can be had in our weight loss journey.
This is how I stick to it. I just keep walking and walking and walking. Sure, as I said before, I get frustrated and bored and agitated at the monotany sometimes. I have learned to really enjoy so many small things now. A great way to appreciate the fact that you are on the journey is to write down 10 things each day that you a grateful for. Write them down. Try to think of things that your efforts have accomplished and write those down. Remember, they don’t have to be big things. Just think, you woke up, you took a shower, you ate some yummy stuff, you listened to music………………….. Simple but priceless!
