You can do it! Stick at it!

MachiavelliNZ

I've dabbled with going to the gym and with diets in the past but never really stuck at them. I have been going really well since I started eating healthily a few months ago and the kilos are dropping off.

I'm really hopeful about my future and know that I can hit my goal weight sometime in 2015 (and from there? Next goal!). I'm making small, manageable changes and taking the time to get used to each step of the way without pushing myself so hard that I burn out. It's a gradual but consistent sacrifice of my old ways in order to have the healthier future that I deserve.

I think it's really important that you don't lose faith in yourself and you keep finding ways to visualise who you want to be and how things will be different once you hit your fitness or weight goal.

The thing that has made the difference for me is to set a goal that is what I want for myself and to find ways of eating healthier or being more active that I personally enjoy. It might sound selfish but it's hard to stick at a goal that you are doing because of the expectations of others.

So be patient. Enjoy the journey. Love yourself more. Believe in yourself.

It's never too late to be the person that you want to be. You can do it.

Healthy_gms

I'm so happy for you and thank you for sharing your encouraging thoughts. It's helped this usual go-getter whose taken a step off the inner strength train. Getting back on board.

MachiavelliNZ

Healthy_gms wrote: »

It's helped this usual go-getter whose taken a step off the inner strength train. Getting back on board.

Hooray! Good job.

This is going to sound unbelievable but there was this Stanford study on Willpower that produced some incredible results. They were testing the idea that people have that human willpower is a limited resource ("I'm too tired to do that now", "I couldn't possibly do that without my coffee", "I need a little pick me up before I could do that.").
The study found that for the participants who believed that willpower is limited DID run out of willpower to stick at the difficult tasks that they were given. However... those participants who did not believe that human willpower was limited stayed working and never gave up despite all the reasons that the others gave to quit.

To me, that tells me that humans are more incredible than we usually give ourselves credit for. Our worst obstacles mean nothing if we keep believing in ourselves.

mgermo

Goals have to be realistic (ie. you wont run faster than Usain Bolt no matter what you do) and with enough willpower you can do it.

JoKessho

"Your body can do anything, it's your mind you have to convince"