Back to the pile of rocks. Everything is built on the biggest one. Everything that follows stands strong or barely based on that first rock. I can hear some of you, “yea, yea, yea” with rolling eyes, impatient at the most foundational truth.
Amazingly I’ve been going around and reading alot of health and fitness blogs and I’ve met with a bunch of new people in the gym. I’ve found 2 interesting things. The Bloggers… are most often blogging the most basic information about diet and exercise. Information we ALL KNOW. The people… are still looking past it, seeking a one hit wonder. Eyebrows raised, seeking the secret ingredient for their success. Seeking something new.
There is nothing new under the sun! Oh wait! There are new diet pills on the market, yet to be pulled back off. There are new gadgets or gimmicks on HSN. There are new workouts, trendy routines and programs out there. All jumping on the bandwagon for the New Years start ups.
Yet People still want to be transported past all the work, right to their dream weight, dream goal. We’d lose something along the way if we COULD be teleported. We’d lose the DEVELOPMENT of the very skills it takes on a DAILY BASIS to sustain the changes we’ve made. Actually I think We’d LOSE something even bigger. If we’ve not worked for it, we OFTEN don’t value it. We’d lose a value for what we have established.
I can tell you from experience, I worked hard to develop a lifestyle of eating right and daily exercise. Routine and habits, food preparation and shopping. Exercise routines I could complete. I put the work in and developed my abilities. Now as I seek to go back to that lifestyle and reestablish it in my life, I know exactly what to do, and I know there is no teleport anywhere for me to hop on!
I can also tell you from experience WEIGHT COMES BACK ON A LOT FASTER THAN IT COMES OFF. I also know the longer it takes to COME OFF, the more lifestyle skills I’ve had to develop to get it off. It took me a year to get to my goal. I kept it for 18 months and then let it slide.
I’m back at 1 Rock Plaza, building that base of lifestyle.
