Do you sometimes sabotage your efforts? It may sound stupid but you may not want to really succeed! There are lots of reasons why i’ve found why individuals do this, but it all comes from being scared and fearful at the end result. You could be scared to fail, scared of disapproval from others, be scared of change, be scared of success and a popular one if the fear of a life of non-stop effort, as it seems a life of exericse is (untrue). The underlying reason also can be is that you are undeserving of happinness and incapable of doing anything worthwhile.
Feeling like this is more popular than you think, and if you tend to think like this, or let someone else put you off course, it tends to be a very difficult challenge to overcome. If you face your challenges, face the things that stop you from achieving and actually “doing” what you need to do for a change, you can really be happy and choose to do so, its about following a programme and be brave and finally “going for it”!
Sometimes its good to write down about your good times/achievements in life, and the reasons why you didn’t do “things” that could have changed your life. You will look fondly on the good times, and often look with ridicule at the reasons why you simply didn’t go for it!
Try it out!
Keri
I have always found that when I have lost weight in the past, I have done it to please someone else, or for a wedding or occasion I was goin to, but I put it back on when that person or persons are no longer around or the wedding is over. This time I am going to do it FOR ME. It is my weight at the mo that is making me an asmathic, and I think that I am on a slippery road to Diabeties and other health problems. I have in the past sabotaged my efforts, mostly on weekends, and then the 2 lb that I lost during that week I would put back on at the weekend, so I would spend the next week losing the same 2lb. Madness and hard work. It was interesting to learn that you Keri are also asmathic, never knew that, you and David Beckem are an example to all asmathics. I personally find that exersice helps with my asthma, I am worse now that I am not running. I am not scared or fearful of the end result, that is the best part, I not scared to fail, cos it is up to me whether I succeed of not. I have that power. Not fearful of a life of non-stop effort, because up till now I have always trained, run, cycled or Gymed. The beach is my Gym, has been for a long time, everything I need is down there. Benches for dips, pressups and sit ups, sand dunes for sprinting up, the country park for cycling, I used to get lost but not anymore know it like the back of my hand. Good post Ke
lots of positives in there Jeany 😉 when the weather is dam my asthma plays up but has long has i don’t skimp on my inhalers I’m OK.lucky to live so close to the beach.Would love that myself….i’m the other way round, afraid if i lose weight to fast it will all come back but much worse (like i’ve seen with mates of mine) so this is why i’m going the long way round so hopefully it will stay off.i hope anyway…..
fantastic post jean and you say it as it is, we all have self-doubt, but surely this time we can all do it by following through on our promises!
cyril
i get enormous problems with my asthma IF I DON’T train! i get a wheezy chest if i dont train for a few days, and i get a horrible wheezy chest if i eat crappy food, anything with lots of additives, so i have every incentive to get out there and do it, for me its always been about feeling better!!
8th december, 17 days to go until you go cycling with your daughter, hope shes improving too?
I’m not kidding Ker she’s totally diff kid that bloody cough has been keeping her awake in the night since The beginning of last mth…..only wish i could take penicillin 🙁
they are a big worry indeed, kids that is, hopefully she will be easily better by christmas, and know of lots of kids off this autumn/winter with all sorts, roughest time for years i think! send her my regards
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