Make The Decision

It's week #6 on the Body Transformation Challenge and my waist is tinier by 6cm and the pants are loose and baggy. I'm eating plenty and I am exercising consistently - so no radical starvation routine here.

So what's the secret?

I've tried to lose weight before. Many times. I even ran six marathons in the process! But I never really achieved my ideal fitness level. Why? I never really 'decided' to. Until now.

I wished, I wanted, I fretted. But I never made the decision. The burn-all-bridges, never-look-back kind of decision.

But here's the kicker - the decision was NOT about losing weight.

The decision was about STOPPING and STARTING.

I decided to STOP feeling bad about my body. I decided I to START feeling good instead.

I got sick and tired of the negative gremlin droning away about the size, shape, and lumpiness of various body parts. I decided it was enough energy and time wasted. Enough beating myself up. Enough jealousy and longing for everything to be smaller, slimmer, smoother. Enough guilt over drinking too much, eating too much. Enough struggle over about feeling deprived if I did show some 'discipline'.

I decided I was over the whole 'struggle' thing.

So I decided to FEEL different. And if I wanted to FEEL different, I needed to THINK in a different way.

By making THIS decision - to think and feel different BEFORE any results happened - has been the key difference.

I felt liberated when I started the program because I was leaving behind all that heavy thinking (and thus the heavy body). I felt good - finally - about who I was and the choices I was making.

Sticking to the plan has been relatively easy because I feel like I am on a one-way highway and the scenery all looks great - it's one joyous moment after another. The body shifting shape is just an added bonus of the freedom and deliciousness I feel as a result of my new thoughts and focus.

So what decision do you need to make about feeling good? What are you tired of? What thoughts have you had enough of?

With all my heart I wish you the courage to make the decision now - today - the rest will take care of itself.

To a life you love to live.