The forest, the trees….so upsetting!
They tell you all the time: Don’t mistake the trees for the forest…yet in weight loss you have to change your mentality just to go through the motion. You have to stay focus on the trees just before you can see the whole forest!
Why? Simple….at the beginning of this I was 335 lbs, and as of this morning I am 273 lbs. Great you say? Maybe not so! If I go by the trees, I would be happy! 62 lbs is awesome…and I should be excited and proud….
Yet, as soon as the excitement of the weight loss comes over me, it is followed by the realization that I have about 100 lbs to lose before I can say I am there! Talk about killing the mood!
At times, it is so easy to get lost in the difficulties of the weight loss and the challenge ahead of you that you get depressed! I mean come on, after what I have been thru to lose 62 lbs, and to think that I have 100 more to lose. Geeh, I might ass well give up now and eat some ice cream while watching LAW and ORDER!
So I cam up with this little thing where I just take it one month at a time! I set little goals and try to reach them each month! Let me plant my trees and weight for the forest to to come into full view!
Sometimes it is upsetting, confusing, frustrating… but I have to remember: Not the forest…just the trees!
May 31, 2009 at 11:47 am
That’s all you can do man. Just take it day by day.
May 31, 2009 at 11:50 am
wow…i like that…plant trees and weight for thge forest…you have a great attitude and that’s what it takes to succeed!
May 31, 2009 at 11:50 am
Dont look at it as How far you have to go, keep in mind how far you have come. You made it down 60 plus pounds. Thats a HUGE achievement. Use that to spark the motivation to keep it going. Your Tree vs Forrest visualization technique sounds good. But in case you need a backup for those days that are harder than others, just remember where you started, and where you are now. Thats your actual proof that you can do it….because you ARE doing it.