I’m a great starter. I’ve started Weight Watchers, a colon cleanse, a juice cleanse, Couch to 5K, The 30 Day Shred, started stopping drinking, eating less meat, eating more meat. I think by “starting” all of these I am confusing the hell out of my body. And possibly myself.
148 and holding. Clearly taking on more than I can literally chew and swallow. Looking for a miracle fix, vacillating between being SO motivated and SO not, being proud and being disgusted.
I just want to quit this. But then I think, “What would Mama Laughlin say?”
I so want to help others find their own motivation in wellness, but I guess it’s also about the realities of it. Anyone have a motivational story to keep me and the rest of us going??
have you read It Starts with Food? not that I want to give you *one more thing* to do/read/process/etc – i read it last week while at the beach. It’s some science, some philosophy (their’s I think) and some common sense. I don’t think I can commit to going whole hog into their “practice” – but I am trying to do a LOT of it. It’s not easy – but it’s not that hard either. I (like you) have tried lots of things (some of them the same as you!) and the results are sometimes great, often meh. I hate keeping track of things – foods, calories, etc – so the idea of just shifting my whole outlook on what to actually eat and not eat – that seems to be taking a better foothold with me.
I don’t know if this is at all helpful. Maybe just the fact that you are not in the boat alone will be.