"One does not discover new oceans without losing sight of the shore".
A buddy of mine, Ryan75, put this quote in his journal quite a while back. It really struck a chord with me, and I think today even more.
Yesterday, I watched the DVDs from Paul McKenna again, and I am in so many ways agreeing with him in his approach. Maybe not 100% when it comes to the whole weight loss journey - I think his approach would work for some (many?), but I am not sure I would have reached my goal only doing what he suggests.
However, I do see it as a VERY valuable too for maintaining weight. It's a great tool to learn to not be a slave to counting calories, to not be a slave to the scale. It's great tool to simply start living life as "normal, skinny people" do it.
So, I'm gonna start a little one week experiment. Actually I have already started.
This morning I did not weight in. This morning I did not jot down the calories for my breakfast. I can do without it. I feel that I am ready for this part of the journey today.
I will keep eating the way I have eaten the last week. I will eat when I am hungry, I will eat what I want, I will eat consciously, and when I think I'm full, I'm gonna stop eating.
I will budge my cravings by using the tapping technique and other tools I have gathered through this whole journey.
I will do this knowing that I'm doing good, and thus I don't need to weigh in every day. I will only weigh in once every week, Saturday mornings, to ensure that things are not going wrong.
If I am right about my decision, then the "weight loss" part of the journey ends here. However, the coaching, the motivating, the journaling, the paying it forward for others does not.
I feel that I have a calling with this. I feel that I want to help others get happier, just like I am. I see that so many people can use and benefit from the tools that I have found, and I want to share and help.
Today is a nice day. The sun is shining, and we're off from work (it's Sunday). Wife is doing things around the house, and as soon as I am done journaling, I will get on the bike and take a ride in my living room. I haven't been on it a few days, and I can tell that my body is longing to go.
This has been such an amazing journey, and today I really feel that I am in the zone to take that first step onto this new planet called "normal life".
I am ready.
Today, I am thankful for: - a superb outlook on my future as a thin person. - a total feeling of accomplishment today. - confidence in what I'm doing. I know that even when I do wrong, it's not the end of the world. Thin people can mess up too. :) - an urge to help others.
Life is good!
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