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A good friend asked me a question that made me really reflect on my weightloss journey a little deeper
He asked how did I gain the discipline to be consistent. Not just with food and exercise, but how did I teach myself how to apply discipline to my whole life?
A good friend asked me a question that made me really reflect on my weightloss journey a little deeper
He asked how did I gain the discipline to be consistent. Not just with food and exercise, but how did I teach myself how to apply discipline to my whole life?
Usually my answer is something like:
âI just make a routine, make the lifestyle Iâm trying to live habitual rather than a choreâ
But this time I dug a little deeper.
Tbh, to reach my goals, I had to stop lying to myself
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âI just make a routine, make the lifestyle Iâm trying to live habitual rather than a choreâ
But this time I dug a little deeper.
Tbh, to reach my goals, I had to stop lying to myself
My ENTIRE life I was putting on a front
Not like I was actively lying to people; but I wasnât honest with myself about who I was, what I wanted out of my life, and what I need to be fulfilled
I convinced myself that I was and wanted to be someone I wasnât and not built to be
Not like I was actively lying to people; but I wasnât honest with myself about who I was, what I wanted out of my life, and what I need to be fulfilled
I convinced myself that I was and wanted to be someone I wasnât and not built to be
Iâd look at other peopleâs goals, successes, traits, etc and because it looked good or they looked happy , Iâd tell myself that thatâs what I should be
I let other peopleâs expectations of me or other people become my expectations of myself
I let other peopleâs expectations of me or other people become my expectations of myself
So boom, its 2017, Iâm 315 pounds, a mediocre Biology student, and canât figure out why Iâm not happy no matter how hard Iâm trying to reach these goals
Every weightloss attempt? Fail
Every academic effort? Fail
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Every weightloss attempt? Fail
Every academic effort? Fail
But I was trying so hard
Then I realized. Iâve been lying to myself for my entire life
I couldnât lose weight because rather than recognizing who I am and what is best for me, I convinced myself that Iâm someone else that society/parents/IG/etc expected me to be
All my effort was tailored to not-me
I couldnât lose weight because rather than recognizing who I am and what is best for me, I convinced myself that Iâm someone else that society/parents/IG/etc expected me to be
All my effort was tailored to not-me
So I took time towards the end of my junior year of undergrad and posed these questions to myself
Who are YOU?
How do YOU learn?
What makes YOU fulfilled?
What type of lifestyle complements YOUR natural personality and behaviors?
The answers changed My life forever
Who are YOU?
How do YOU learn?
What makes YOU fulfilled?
What type of lifestyle complements YOUR natural personality and behaviors?
The answers changed My life forever
Those answers helped me recognize that my approach to life was an approach that would never actually work for me.
So...
I changed my career path
I changed my approach to weightloss
Now Iâm 120 pounds down and finishing my Masters program this weekhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đđŸ" title="Gefaltete HĂ€nde (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Gefaltete HĂ€nde (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">
So...
I changed my career path
I changed my approach to weightloss
Now Iâm 120 pounds down and finishing my Masters program this week
Guess the whole point of this rant is,
If youâre wondering why you seem to never reach your goals no matter how much effort youâre putting in,
make sure you are actually setting goals based on who YOU are and what YOU need.
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If youâre wondering why you seem to never reach your goals no matter how much effort youâre putting in,
make sure you are actually setting goals based on who YOU are and what YOU need.
We gotta stop lying to ourselves before anything
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