While the title of this article may give away the question Im about to pose to you, here goes: What if I told you that theres a way to get started on your health and weight loss journey, TODAY?! What if I told you that its extremely SIMPLE, and just takes a little bit of willpower and determination?
Its a warm, sunny day here on Long Island, and its been an enjoyable one for me. I played a softball doubleheader this morning (we won!), and will be doing some cleaning around the apartment after I finish watching the Mets game. No comments about their play, pleaseIts one of my very few guilty pleasures!
Now then, back to getting started
Look, when a new opportunity presents itself, we often tend to push it off. Us humans are NOT fans of change! We like to stay enthralled in our daily routines, so when a new task or a new project presents itself, we tend to put it off until the PERFECT time arises.
You know, when youre done with that project at work, or when your kids school gets out for summer and they go away for sleep-away camp, or when grandma gets out of the hospital
Heres a piece of advice I learned and re-learned MANY times on my personal 100 lb weight loss journey: Theres NEVER a perfect time! You may think that the stars will align for that time to come, but I can assure youIt wont!
Why wont it come? Because youre just going to come up with another excuse, because if youve been putting this off, thats what youve been doing in the first place!!!
At the end of the day, trying to legitimize your putting off your weight loss journey is just that: Excuse making! I get it: You have shit going on. Everybodys situations are different. But, speaking from personal experience on both my 100 lb weight loss journey AND during my time working with others on theirs, Ive heard every excuse in the book
Some of them would BLOW YOUR MIND at how ridiculous they were! I honestly would leave the conversation scratching my head, wondering how this person had the creativity to come up with something so ridiculous!!
So, if youve been thinking about starting (or restarting) for a while, but youre waiting for the stars to align, please do me this one favor: DONT WAIT!!! Youre wasting precious time either loathing in self pity and/or being a victim, when the simplest thing to do is to START!
Like Permanent Weight Loss, its SIMPLE, but NOT EASY!!
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Just start! Dont put this off until tomorrow Do it today! It can be as simple as going for a walk around the block. It can be as minuscule as going to the grocery store, and buying healthy meat, produce and snacks to help fuel you on your journey.
P.S. As a token of my appreciation for you and your willingness to get started on your journey, Id like to offer you my FREE, healthy gluten-free bread recipe!
If youre addicted to grains in the form of bread, pasta and rice, and youre a sandwich savant, then this recipe will help you prepare a delicious loaf in just 40 minutes:-)
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Weight Loss Tip: STOP Waiting For the Perfect Moment! - HuffPost
