"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. " | Socrates
One of the most fulfilling and most challenging journeys you may ever go on is seeing what your body can do. Perhaps you are in shape, totally out of shape, or just hoping to lose some weight. However, developing a body that you really can be proud, one that is healthy, and allows you to truly adore each last inch of it actually is a dazzling journey to try.
So what is the real secret behind making a long-lasting change with your body?
Consistency and commitment.
There's nothing else like coming to the table every day and giving it your best shot. Your best effort must be yours and yours alone. Don't start comparing your journey to other journeys or else you'll become deeply discouraged and deterred. Instead, understand you are competing with yourself and yourself alone. Will there be times on your journey where you try and fail? Yes, many times. But every single time you do, you need to come back with a firm dedication to achieving something that you strongly want. Consistency will keep you in the game and on the field each and every day. Without it, you may suffer the the inescapable fact of many new years resolutioners who give up each and every single year on developing the body of their dreams because they lack the power to keep on coming back time and again.
Commitment also suggests itself, but not the commitment you're possibly thinking of. In our world, we are fed this strong idea that everything must happen at this time and if it doesn't happen now, it's not worth it at all. Your body is going to change throughout all the years, so why don't you try and make a real lifelong dedication to keeping healthy? Is that a marketable and marketable idea? Not particularly. But is it something that would truly change the course of your life? Definitely.
When you make a commitment to keeping your body healthy throughout your entire life, you will at last reach whatever goal you wish. It's about seeing the bigger picture than merely the few months in front of you until summer. It's about developing something that you can be pleased with for ever and ever. For me, that idea changed my life as I was able to eventually hit my fitness goals after 12 years of wrestling with my self image and food issues. But as soon as I modified my world view of what I was trying to achieve, everything I had wished for came to me. So try it on for size and see if it might work for you. Make a lifelong and relentless commitment to remaining healthy and watch how much your body will change in the short term too.
Bring some commitment and consistency to the table, in all sides of your life, and things will change radically.
One of the most fulfilling and most challenging journeys you may ever go on is seeing what your body can do. Perhaps you are in shape, totally out of shape, or just hoping to lose some weight. However, developing a body that you really can be proud, one that is healthy, and allows you to truly adore each last inch of it actually is a dazzling journey to try.
So what is the real secret behind making a long-lasting change with your body?
Consistency and commitment.
There's nothing else like coming to the table every day and giving it your best shot. Your best effort must be yours and yours alone. Don't start comparing your journey to other journeys or else you'll become deeply discouraged and deterred. Instead, understand you are competing with yourself and yourself alone. Will there be times on your journey where you try and fail? Yes, many times. But every single time you do, you need to come back with a firm dedication to achieving something that you strongly want. Consistency will keep you in the game and on the field each and every day. Without it, you may suffer the the inescapable fact of many new years resolutioners who give up each and every single year on developing the body of their dreams because they lack the power to keep on coming back time and again.
Commitment also suggests itself, but not the commitment you're possibly thinking of. In our world, we are fed this strong idea that everything must happen at this time and if it doesn't happen now, it's not worth it at all. Your body is going to change throughout all the years, so why don't you try and make a real lifelong dedication to keeping healthy? Is that a marketable and marketable idea? Not particularly. But is it something that would truly change the course of your life? Definitely.
When you make a commitment to keeping your body healthy throughout your entire life, you will at last reach whatever goal you wish. It's about seeing the bigger picture than merely the few months in front of you until summer. It's about developing something that you can be pleased with for ever and ever. For me, that idea changed my life as I was able to eventually hit my fitness goals after 12 years of wrestling with my self image and food issues. But as soon as I modified my world view of what I was trying to achieve, everything I had wished for came to me. So try it on for size and see if it might work for you. Make a lifelong and relentless commitment to remaining healthy and watch how much your body will change in the short term too.
Bring some commitment and consistency to the table, in all sides of your life, and things will change radically.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing empowering and encouraging words to those who are in need of some motivation. Start your journey towards your best body with some more motivation for weight loss.
