Step away from the scale
November 13, 2009
Just as being fixated by a number on a scale can distract you from enjoying your physical progress and maintaining a smart lifestyle, being focused on the other numbers in our lives distracts us from enjoying everyday life and acknowledging progress made towards a goal. It deprives us of the satisfaction of enjoying the small victories, and makes us fret too much over the ultimate goal. Ultimately, it stifles us.
You should definitely stay competitive. Keep stoking the fire that drives you towards your new goals, new levels of achievement in the gym, in your relationships, in your career. You wouldn’t be reading this article if you didn’t desire to get fitter, stronger, faster, better.
But goals—whether weight loss or financial—shouldn’t be the end game. Think about what you’re learning along the way. Think about what you’re learning about yourself, about how you’re testing yourself, stretching yourself, challenging yourself.
Whether you reach your exact goal or fall a bit short, that knowledge should make you feel good about your new self and take you further than you thought before.
It happens too often that people will say, ” I’ve been doing this for three months now and I’ve only lost 12 lbs.” This result is obviously positive, but in some cases people have trouble realizing that. That 12 lbs. is pure FAT! That comes out to 42,000 calories of adipose tissue! These results were from someone who ate fast food on the weekends as well!(Not Good) Imagine the possibilities if they ate well!
