That's my thought for the day.
For all the fun feeling motivated is, and feeling enthusiasm, feeling like you are strong and that you can overcome, etc ... in my not so humble opinion it's really just the day-by-day soldiering on that does all the magic. It's not always fun, have to admit ... sometimes hungry, sometimes irritable, sometimes life just isn't that much fun. Lots of times something stressful happens and you just want to eat something to feel better. Motivation wears off, enthusiasm fades, and self-discipline .. yeah, okay, willpower fades too sometimes. But what doesn't let you down is just stacking up days, one after the other, losing today, tomorrow, the next day, and if you screw up, not using that as an excuse to go crazy and quit, but instead dusting yourself off and going back to the grind.
I'm at that point right now. I had been incredibly consistent on 1500 cal/day for over 100 days, with one screw up, .. but then last week I had a medical test that required me to go without food for about 36 hours. That screwed everything up because at 1500 cal/day I really can't go 36 hours without eating, so my diet got all screwed up and the next thing you know over the weekend I had gone absolultely batshit crazy.
So .. now its Thursday going on Friday, and for the past 4 days or so I've gone back to 1500 cal/day. And it hasn't been easy, not going to lie. Not because of the calories, that is actually quite manageable, but because of the setback, because of gaining a few pounds, and having to lose them all over again ... just more days between me and my goal weight. But that's what it is ... just stacking up days. I'm not perfect, .. none of us is perfect, shit is going to happen ... but it's the ceaseless, uninspiring, BORING, DULL grind that gets it done.
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