Duncans BodyBlog

If your one of those people who “can’t find the time“, “don’t have the time“, Or “can’t make the time”, then this is for you. Time is not about finding, having, or making. It is about using time. Time is there. You don’t have to look for it, it’s not lost. Time is there, you don’t have to make it. Time is there, so you have it. It is all about using the time that is there for you to make what you have out of it.

I was once one of you. I wished I could do many things. When I didn’t I would insert one of the above “excuses” into my “reasoning”. Well, I finally decided to use time. It took a bit of learning at first. It was like getting off drugs or something. I found myself nervously jumping back to my safe excuses anytime time seemed too scarce. I work about 60-70 hours a week, and I don’t want to sacrifice family “quality” time. However, I knew I needed to work out. So I learned how to use the time I had to ensure I had 1.5 hours per day to work out. I did not take away time from anything, nor make anymore time, I simply used the time more constructively, more organized. Well, I have been able to do this so well for going on two years now, I decided to “use” time to add yet another goal that I have had the I never (add excuse from above) for. I am now in College, on my way to a degree. I can not say that doing all of this is easy but, at the risk of sounding contradictive, I will say it is not hard. I still have the same time for work, family, and working out. I simply had to use time even more constructively. I find that by simply ensuring that I use time and not the other way around, I can achieve my goals with time to spare.

If you would like to ask me how I’ve done this I will be glad to help. I am not selling anything, I would just like to return help that others have given me. Give advise that has worked for me. I am finally the man I have always wanted to be. It is mostly because I have learned to use time.

 In this semantically focused world, I find that people loose focus on their diets, as I have many times, by misunderstanding cheat… I mean treat day. By calling it cheat day we convince ourselves that “cheating” is ok. While it is true that “treating” yourself to a FEW more calories from time to time is good to keep you progress going in the right direction. Cheating seems to allow one to slide in more calories in a given day than they should, or more days that they allow themselves to “cheat”. On the other hand a scheduled or structured “treat” day may be just what you are looking for to have ‘slightly’ higher calorie days without completely falling off your plan.

This may sound simplistic, but it really helped me to simply change the wording to boost my weight loss and keep my sanity.