Do you give yourself no choice?

Someone close to me recently underwent gastric bypass surgery.  I am not writing this to criticize that option if you are overweight, I would recommend other means of weight loss first but that is my own personal choice.  The interesting part of this story is the conversation I had with this person recently and what they said, “After doing this I was thinking that I probably could’ve just done it on my own without surgery”.  Now whether or not this is true is debatable but lets focus on the difference between their situation currently and before.  Before the surgery restricting calories was not a “MUST”, this person didn’t have to eat any particular way or exercise, therefore they didn’t.  In their current situation restricting food intake is an absolute “MUST”.  There are no other choices!  Now lets apply this to life a little more generally.  Do you brush your teeth every day, shower, go to work, cook, etc?  With some exceptions the answer is probably a resounding yes.  What is the common denominator that causes these daily actions?  You have made these actions a “MUST”.  In your mind you can’t live your life without performing these tasks and magically… They get done EVERY DAY!  So that’s the secret to designing a life and adding lifestyle changes.  You have to make them a “MUST”.  Don’t live a life where you require others to put restrictions on you which force you to take certain actions.  Take the actions you know are consistent with the life you want.  Although this is a slightly off topic, I want you to remember this, when a person is given too many choices without discernible or preferential differences, they often wont make any choice at all.  Don’t give yourself any other choice but success.
We’re all gonna make it.

©BrentMW


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