When
you have a good friend you can count on that person. If they say they
are going to do something then they do it, or they give you
acceptable reason as why they cannot. Resolutions are like friends
you can not trust. Resolutions are flaky friends that usually let you
down.
I was
trying to figure out why I fell into superstitious beliefs about 2013
being nothing but a bad year for me. If I really dig around in it, it
had just as many great moments as it did bad. It's just that the bad
moments always seem to outshine the good ones.
I
thought about the start of it on New Years Eve a year ago my
resolution was to get that hard sought after six pack. I did not make
that resolution. I tried. I worked my butt off in the gym. Here is
the reason that I believe I didn't get my six pack. FOOD. Yes abs
are made in the kitchen and I proved that. I did not want to change
what and how much I ate. I didn't want to follow my own weight loss
program. DigiThin. Of course DigiThin works, but I had the excuse
that I don't want to listen to my own voice. Rubbish! It doesn't
bother me anymore to hear my own voice. I've had to edit it a million
times over. All I did was make up an excuse to eat excessively.
The
hard thing about weight loss, or the real problem as to why so many
of us fail at it, is because of the crap in our minds. Yes, that
liar in the head, took control of me and sabotaged me the whole
entire year. If I continue to listen to her I will stay on the path
of self destruction. Of course her trick is her lies. She tells me
that delicious bag of salted dark chocolate is good for me. I believe
it and dive in and eat as much as I want. Then that just spirals into
another food binge. I have to stand up to her. When I do that, it
always works.
In
2013 I launched my very first startup, and that was an amazing
achievement for me. It was a ton of work and I have the best team
ever ChopdawgStudios. In fact launching that was well something I
never thought I could do. So how can I say the year was so bad? Most
people will only talk about there ideas, few will make them come to
life.
Yes I
had a serious foot injury that finally took me out of commission. I
could barley walk for more then and hour by the time I hit the
surgery floor in July. Then I spent months rehabbing it. As horrible
miserable as that was, I am happy now that my foot is almost healed.
I
think what really bothers me is that I failed at the food thing. So I
beat the hell out of myself because I couldn't live up to being a
clean eater. You know what, very few of us can do that. People like
me who have used food since childhood to cope with life, well, the
battle is ever so hard for us. Listening to that liar in our head is
the biggest struggle. That's why I invented DigiThin. I needed more
power to fight against her. And it works. When I listen to all the
weight loss coaching tracks I created, for some reason I have power.
I can stand up to her and all her justifications and excuses as to
why it's okay for me to eat a bunch of crap do not work. I am set
free from the addiction to food.
This
year I'm not making a resolution, I'm making goals. Goals for some
reason are more attainable then resolutions. Yet they are the same
thing in a way. Resolutions seem to fall apart and dissolve.
Where as goals, well those seem to stand up. I think the word goal is
stronger then the word resolution. You get a goal in football and
hockey but can you get a resolution in those sports? See that's the
problem with the word resolution. A goal is reachable and attainable,
but a resolution has no prize at the end of it. It just seems to
fizzle.
Cheers
and to all a Happy New Year!
~ Jana
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