Achieving Goals Isn't Just About The Goal Itself
A guy is riding a bicycle across the Mexican border into Texas with two big burlap
bags in each hand. The border patrol stops him and asks what he has in the bags.
He says, "Sand." They say, "Yeah right, sand. We have to go through
the bags." So they go through the bags and sure enough, all they find is sand.
So they let him ride his bike on into the United States.
A few days later he heads back across the border to Mexico, and a few days after
that, here he comes again, riding a bike and carrying two big burlap bags. They
stop him again and ask, "What's in the bags?" He replies, "Sand."
As before, they are doubtful. He says, "No really, it's sand."
They don't believe him, so they take the bags, dump them out and dig through
the sand. All they find is sand. A few days later he goes back to Mexico.
This continues for weeks. It continues for months. It continues for years. Finally
one day, he rides a bike up to the border with two bags. The border patrol stops
him and says, "Look, we know you're up to something. We've gone through these
bags that you claim contain only sand, and it looks like sand, but there's got to
be something going on here. You're obviously smuggling something into this country.
We won't even press charges if you just tell us. It's driving us crazy.
What are you doing? What are you smuggling?" He looks at them with a sheepish
little grin and says, with a chuckle in his voice, "Bicycles."
What seems to be obvious isn't always the answer. In that story they were
positive he had something in those bags, but he was riding a different bicycle across
the border every time. With regard to not meeting your goals, what seems like the
obvious cause may not be the real cause it all.
We're sure if we try the next diet or exercise program we're going to follow
through and get what we want. But it's not just about what we're going to get. Achieving
goals isn't about just the goal itself. Achieving your goal is about something
other than the obvious. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE FOOD!!
You have to "be" before you can "do", and you have to "do"
before you can "have". We want permanent weight loss results we have
to do certain things in order to have those successes, and we have to be a certain
way in order to do the necessary things. In order to lose weight permanently we
need to change our minds. I specialize in helping people change their minds. :>)
It's Not About What You Think It's About.
If you want to lose weight or get in better physical shape, the first step is to
acknowledge that it's not about the food. If it were about the food, we'd
all be thin and healthy right now. But the obesity level in this country is climbing,
so it's not about the food. In the last 3 ½ years the average person
has been on 10-20 diets. Count on your fingers with me as I go through these.
Have you cut back the total amount of calories you eat in a day in an effort to
lose weight? Have you cut back carbohydrates, reduced your portion sizes, or have
you avoided eating certain foods? Maybe you've stopped eating after a certain
time at night, maybe you've added a certain type of food, maybe you bought
something from an infomercial, or you ordered food to be sent right to your home.
Many of us have tried one or more of these different methods, but have we met our
goal of losing weight?
The food you eat is what you do, but success comes when we focus on who you are.
When you're a motivated individual with the desire to continually learn and
grow, your weight WILL come off.