Get It Done
“I whined and I complained till the fat just melted right off my body.”
“I asked everyone I knew who lost weight. I finally found one who knew what the magic pill was.”
“I never exercised.”
“I ate junk food every day.”
“I worked my ass off. I didn’t take pills. I didn’t have surgery. I joined a gym. I ran bleachers so long my legs would tremble as I stood to unlock my car door!”
Only one of these describes my weight loss. Of course, it’s the last one listed. But that’s just not what people want to hear.
This week is a big week for next year’s dieters. Thousands upon thousands will gorge themselves silly this week in preparation for a January 1 diet.
Unfortunately, very few will succeed.
Even fewer will keep it off.
What made the difference for me?
I didn’t look for pills. Before my success I tried pills. Twice. My blood pressure sky-rocketed
I didn’t investigate surgeries. I just didn’t want to go there. I had seen too many people look away when asked how they lost their weight. If I was going to do it, I wanted to look people in the eyes and say I did it the hard way.
I didn’t whine. I hear from so many people asking how I lost the weight. So many of them complain that they can’t eat this or they can’t do that. You know what? Make a list of what you CAN do. Look at the people who look the way you want to look. They are not eating junk. Even better, take a good eye-full of the people around you the next time you go to Mickey Dee’s. I mean get a REAL eye-full. Count how many people have bellies that reach the counter a good foot before they do. But…they aren’t whining. They are ordering their lard-food with pride!
You know what you have to do.
You know how you have to do it.
Get it done.
December 26, 2007 at 5:50 am
Very good blog. If only more people would accept the truth that hard work IS necessary for results, we wouldn’t have half the health problems we do in this country.
Kudos
Dave
December 26, 2007 at 6:51 am
I am amazed at how doctors and nurses I work with (people who should know better) fail to geit it right. A nurse asked me for a prescription for "diet pills" so I wrote her a presciption that said "Eat Less and Exercise". Since I am a bodybuilder they see me drinking protein drinks and water at work and they think that is the "secret" - its comical. One Doc went on 5 different diets last year - they all failed of course - when I ask him to join my gym and workout I just get blank stares and comments about steroids etc. Oh well — if it was easy then everyone would have a beautiful body huh? I guess we’ll just have to keep our little "secret" to ourselves and let the rest of them "eat their hearts out" so to say
December 26, 2007 at 7:00 am
NOT TRYIN TO IMPOSE BUT YES I TOTALLY AGREE WITH U EVERYONE ALWAYS ASK WHAT ABOUT THIS DIET PILL COME ON EXERCISE PEOPLE AND HARD WORK AND UR DAMN RIGHT IF IT WAS EASY EVERYONE WOULD HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BODY, AND USUALLY THE PEOPLE THAT SAY STEROIDS ARE Y PEOPLE ARE BIG AND CUT ARE USUALLY THE REAL LAZY ONES THAT DONT KNOW ANYTHING BOUT STEROIDS OR THE GYM!!!!!
December 26, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Darn right my friend. I think the problem is that most people think of new year’s resolutions in the short term. why does a resolution have to have a 1-year expiration date?? They should focus more on making lifetime changes. Long term practice, long term success!