Lose weight the fun way.

So I started a new job a week ago. Actually it wasn't really a new job but rather a place I had worked at a couple years ago that made me an offer I really couldn't refuse and so I went back. Well the culture I went from was very different, and I knew this would be one of the challenges. The place I'm at now doesn't give any direction to anything. It's understood that we have our roles and within each role we know what we have to do, to be compliant and get product to market. The accountability factor is pretty much solely on the individual.

Well how does this tie into dieting? I think pretty strongly, it has to do with making a commitment towards an end goal knowing that there are many paths that you can take to get there, and which one you adopt is important, not to necessarily make it the easiest way but really the way that best serves you.

I could do my job half heartedly but is that really fair towards the company when I've committed to a role at a certain pay scale? Is that fair to me when I'm trying to advance my career and by taking the high road I serve my commitments and my ultimate best interests. It's win win.

I could sit each day and do nothing and blame management for no direction when I'm ultimately caught out, but how hard would it be to find another job at a moment's notice and with a bad reference to boot?

What we are trying to accomplish with this bet/commitment to an end goal is no different. The path dictates final outcome, even if you decided it's too hard now, and decided that every day, and 6 months down the line some major health issue crops up with no forewarning that means you have to make a change in a hurry, would you not be wishing for those 6 months back when you could have already made the change? Seize this moment!

Which path will you choose??

Nathan A.

01/27/2015 4:09AM

Your point about health and wishing one could make a change before they have a problem is a good one. A brother of mine, only 43 years old, recently had a heart attack. He wasn't severely obese or anything - mostly the sense is that its genetic. But I'm sure now he wishes he was more active and fit - perhaps it could have been avoided. Its a wake-up call for me. His heart was quite damaged, and now the rest of his life will be a lot less active, and he'll need a lot of medication, etc. The takeaway for me is that I definitely need to take care of myself, and prevent a similar situation happening to me. I am working very hard to build a foundation for my future, and I want to have a nice enjoyable retirement someday, while still having my health. Now is the time to fix health problems - BEFORE they happen.

Ruby541

Shame, that's terrible to hear that his heart is quite damaged. I imagine it was a shock and scary. We have diabetes and osteoporosis in our family. My sister was on autopilot for a very long time. She finally got her wake up call with being very close to diabetic. She started losing weight only to realize her skin had been stretched out for so long the weight loss was starting to cause major issues not to mention it was visually not appealing for her and skin removal surgery is not really an option because of cost. So she's stuck midway. I don't want to eventually be in that place either.

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