Lifestyle changes are not resolutions. They are goals, short-term and long-term, that define who it is we would like to be--they challenge us as we are changing and evolving. Lifestyle changes are also a work of practice not perfection. There are victories along the way and momentary stops in between. One thing is certain, however, time marches on whether we are actually making the changes we'd like or not.
This past week, I heard someone talk about being a "fake WW member." She said that she attends meetings but doesn't really do the work of the program. Her life is too overwhelming on all fronts to cope with anything. I challenged her to do one thing, no matter how small, to focus on for the week. She didn't want to do that. I kept pushing, and she named a behavior change but wasn't happy about it. As it turns out, that one thing brought with it a raft of improvements. Simply by starting where she was, an unhappy place and by answering the call to just start over, she did.
Transformation doesn't come easily to most of us. We have to ask things of ourselves that we haven't asked before. We have to keep going even when we don't feel like it. We have to be stronger than our strongest excuse (Kevynn). But, it is precisely in those dark moments of discomfort and fear, that we become the change we were searching for all along.
As March ushers in a new season, ask yourself if you are ready to make a change? Are you where you want to be with the changes you have made? Is there more for you? And then, live your dream. One day at a time will turn into weeks at a time, months at a time, seasons at a time and years at a time. Your dream come true. Thanks to you.
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