Saboteurs are people and thoughts that are going to sabotage you when you are at all weak in your bid to better yourself. I can identify many internal and external forces that will try to stop me from what I want on an almost daily basis. Lets start with the outside forces first and then we can start blaming ourselves after that.
External saboteurs are family, friends and coworkers and can always be identified by their compassion for what you are doing. Lets see if you can pick out any of these terms: "Well it's not like I make cookies every day" or "You have sure been working hard at it, why not take a day off and go shopping?" or "You must be really proud of yourself for the changes, do you even miss chocolate at all?". These are all examples of the way that people try to be nice but feel like maybe you are sacrificing too much. If you look back now on how your life was a few months ago it probably seemed a lot less exciting, you had a rhythm and schedule you were happy with and that rut was comfortable for you, think about how others around you feel. Almost all people have a rut that they get in that makes their life comfortable and when they see someone either really excel or make a lot of changes at once it makes them uncomfortable it makes them feel that their lives are inadequate and it makes them want to make sure that they are not being left behind. Other people can not be blamed completely for their feelings as you always have an out with them saying that you just felt like making changes and are happy with the way things are going and oh yes of course I miss the chocolate.
Internal Saboteurs are much more dangerous. Just as others do not want to see things around them change quickly your mind reels from this as well. Every time you give up a bad food your body and mind will ask you why things were some bad and why are you sacrificing again. Every time you try a different kind of workout your body and mind will complain that things were going well before and that you are wasting voluble energy and are still to sore from before to make this change. I always am happy when I make a change in my life as I have fluctuated in the past from being in great control of my level of fitness, my diet and my exercise and have let them slip away easily again this is some times a part of life, when you are not looking your body decides to take a vacation.
There are some really great ways to make sure that your life continues in the right direction and that is with proper goals and with reasons behind these goals. I want to cover this in depth tomorrow so today just look around and see what maybe looming on the horizons for things that are painful to you that may be trying to break the spirit of your change and try to write these things down. I have written down ideas in the past and then when I went back to them months later am shocked to see what I had thought of before. Sometimes I kick myself for not implementing those great ideas I had in the past and forgot about but you can probably see from that statement what one of my problems has always been.
Bill Nadraszky is a lifelong health and fitness junkie. You can see more about Diet, Fitness and exercise at http://www.nadraszky.com/fitness
disinfecting cleaning services Winnetka ..Dr. Hagglund's Healthy Eating Tips(All wheat products, bananas*, breads, rice,... Read More
Much has been written about obesity and globesity. Obesity is... Read More
I received a telephone call from a lady last week.... Read More
A number of popular diets are focused on carbohydrates. Some... Read More
There are several ways to manage cravings. You can: ... Read More
We have all set them, and we will revisit them... Read More
There's one thing that most people forget about when it... Read More
Remember there's more to you than meets the eye. You've... Read More
What is a mini tummy tuck? Officially called a partial... Read More
Natural therapies uphold the importance of minerals, vitamins and herbs... Read More
The government, nutritionists, doctors, and dietitians implore us to eat... Read More
Dieting is not easy. If it were, we would probably... Read More
In this series of articles, you will learn exactly how... Read More
Everywhere we look in the western world we are inundated... Read More
Are you or your family members amongst the 65%?To help... Read More
I had 14 weight/health-oriented newsletters in my inbox this morning.... Read More
If you want to reduce your body fat, focus on... Read More
Some of you will not like what I have to... Read More
In the old West tricksters sold a snake oil to... Read More
These days, Jennifer Secrist has little interest in idle activities.... Read More
Finally - you are alone. No one else is around.... Read More
To prepare ourselves for the Summer Sun we want to... Read More
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBERS!The health clubs are always racking... Read More
For the past 20 years, the American public has been... Read More
There is never any absolute certainty about what the nutritional... Read More
last minute cleaning help Highland Park ..As the holidays approach, a frequent question from my clients... Read More
When was the last time you focused so much on... Read More
Everyone has their own individual reason for joining a health... Read More
It's agreed that if you raise the amount of calories... Read More
Ever wonder if you have a serious problem with binge... Read More
"I eat like a bird, why do I gain weight?"... Read More
As if you needed another reason to hit the snooze... Read More
Is Zone Diet a Fad?How do you recognize a fad... Read More
Weight Loss and Water: A Way to Make Your Body... Read More
For about 50 years now, Americans have been eating low... Read More
Do you know someone that is obsessed with the scale?... Read More
Have you heard about coconut oil diets yet? People are... Read More
Do you compete in sports for weight loss or fat... Read More
Weight loss information is often confusing and misleading. The more... Read More
The government, nutritionists, doctors, and dietitians implore us to eat... Read More
Weight training combines building muscle tone and working the cardiovascular... Read More
At the University of Illinois, a new research found that... Read More
Gaining up to 20 pounds over four years can significantly... Read More
A very interesting story was reported recently by WebMD.com. A... Read More
Weight loss from exercise can be achieved by walking, running,... Read More
Getting into a weight loss program or any type of... Read More
A calorie is the unit used to measure the energy... Read More
Gastric-bypass surgery is only the first step many morbidly obese... Read More
When it comes to the matter of weight loss, peoples... Read More
If you knew when you were going to die, would... Read More
Weight Loss |