why bother?

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  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    STUDENT: What do I do when I reach the finish line?

    MASTER: Recognize there is no finish line.
  • Rinny73
    Rinny73 Posts: 21
    Yes. 1000x yes. I know how you feel.

    There's the fear of failure...

    But there's also the fear of success. That's the one that really gets ya because you can't really see it coming.

    In the past, when I lost weight on some extreme measure, like cutting out whole food groups, or depriving myself, or working out several hours a day, I was excited but drained. The thought that maintaining my ideal weight meant that I would have to live in perpetual agony did not brighten my outlook on the future. I've realized only recently that any weight loss strategy that keeps you hyper focused on the end goal and not the process builds up a lot of anxiety. Anxiety makes me want to eat. Anxiety not good. So I do all I can to get rid of the anxiety. That's been helping me drop some weight and that's WITHOUT lots of intense exercise (just dance for now until I'm ready for p90x3 XD) and with eating the foods I like on occasion. By doing that I think less about food, less about my weight, and more about my life in general. It's a good good feeling.
  • libbydoodle11
    libbydoodle11 Posts: 1,351 Member
    STUDENT: What do I do when I reach the finish line?

    MASTER: Recognize there is no finish line.


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