Hopefully, you have lasted the weekend so far with slightly reduced “bad” calories and are feeling better going into sunday, with the roast and whatever substantial to come! Changes however subtle to sunday lunch can make all the difference, less gravy, no salt on your food or not in the cooking, no dessert would be good and keeping your portion size anything less than monstrous would be great!
Back to the title, in the famous “chicken soup for the soul” series of books, ( basically self-help books with lots of stories that are truly inspirational, and help you retain your faith in human nature), the author became very successful in helping others become motivated and do something worthwhile and inspiring with their own lives.
After he wrote all these books from stories of real-life people, he wrote his own “how to” guide in life on being successful in life. Almost a recurring theme in this number one best seller was the need to get rid of negative influences and people in your life. In the author’s case, he experienced many negative people that nearly destroyed him.
The bosses he encountered were often “little hitler’s”, his friends weren’t exactly “friends”, they would demean any good he was trying to do and destroy his self-worth, his relationships in the main would turn out disasterous, as he had no self-confidence and would be used to being a “door mat”. His mother actually would turn out to be a huge bully, who dragged him up, and would often leave him alone for days on end, as she “enjoyed” herself in her own “pleasure” activities revolving around drink and drugs.
Then one day, he realised the negativity was destroying his life and others as he craved a more successful life for himself, to cut a very long story short, he surrounded himself with positive influences, lost his old friends, gained positive new genuine friends one at a time through his giving and good work, applied for jobs with ethical companies that treated their employees well, developed positive relationships with like minded people, he even famously ex-communicated his mother, as she was a draining and destroying influence on his life, and in his own words “was better off without here and vital to his future success, because she almost destroyed me”!
He became interested in how others overcame adversity and through the many thousands of interviews he did, he noticed some common threads he was able to apply for himself. He noticed that those truly successful in life (not just in money terms) were people who usually gave a lot of their time to others and didn’t ask for anything in return, he noticed they are “do’ers” and not “talkers”, their word was their bond and most of all, they never set any limits on the possibilities they had in life, often against huge odds.
These stories became legendary and inspirational, and life-changing for many of its readers. As you try to create your own success story, getting rid of your negative influences in your own life is paramount, and will be like getting rid of a massive weight off your shoulders.
Have a great week and if you’ve followed the weekend recommendations, you should start off monday in great spirits and a couple of pounds lighter!
Keri
Hi Ke, did listen to ur advice, no takeaway on Sat, drinking diet coke watching the match in Spoons. Had 4 buds in evening with pasta twists, 180 cals, Bacon and my own calorie free pasta sauce. Fresh fruit salad 4 dessert. I made a big tupperware container of fresh fruit salad and I keep it in the fridge, and i pick when I feel like it. Dinner 2day, no yorkies, roasties, never use salt anyway 3 new potatoes and a tablespoon of gravy. fruit salad for dessert. Did an indoor workout, given the weather and have lost 2 and a half inches on my waist. not bad, I dont think. Always porridge 4 breakfast all year round, never changes, with blueberries, banana and whey protien, love it, could eat that 4 every meal. Anyway thanx 4 being there the weekend, on ur blog I mean, it helped, kept refering to it 4 insperation. kept me on track. will blog u in week, my go away b4 I go in2 Glangwili next week. so u may find I’ve gone quiet, thank god say. Read the above, u should b a PHILOSOPHER, missed ur calling.
take care
Jean
That’s a great weekend and a massive pick up in awareness of what you need to be successful, both short and long term. Being successful in your health and fitness is all about eating well and training right………….and having and developing a strong mind of course! Let us know how you get know and any problems you encounter along the way.