Day 98, June 20, 2017

Think about it. Although I for one love to be comfortable and safe, I seek it as I’m pretty sure most people do, when was the last time that something amazing happened in the context of safety and comfort? The most amazing things in life happen when safely and comfort is somehow given up or taken away.

From the very beginning, starting with Birth, the choice to have a child, certainly has risks, ask any mother that you know. From birth to the day that someone dies there is risk.

Learning to walk, ride a bicycle, interact with others, getting a job, getting married, starting a business, investing, and on, and on.

But sometimes when their is risk, there is reward. Sometimes it works out. Growing as a person and improving takes change, getting uncomfortable, and very often risk.

I didn’t give it much thought when I posted my scales to Facebook, I just knew it felt risky, what if I failed as I had dozens of times before at losing weight, what if I made an even bigger fool of myself than being 304 pounds made me. What if, what if, what if…

I almost didn’t consider the, what if it worked? What if the pull of the posting my scales daily to Facebook made me so determined to succeed that I actually lost weight, not some of it, as I had every other time that I lost weight in the past, but this time, all of it.

Guess what? It’s working, not because I’m special, or talented, or anything at all other than some guy that loves to eat, and cook, and spend time around the table with food and family and friends, and eat, and eat, and eat.

Knowing that I will face you this morning and every morning makes the food not as important. It really hasn’t changed my desire to eat. I still want to eat most of the time. I know that I will post my weight, not because I have to, no one is making me, but I made a commitment, and for me to not follow through would make me, dishonest. That pulls me away from the food.

Here’s some things that I’m doing to reduce the risk of failure.

I have a clear goal, 175 pounds.
I have a daily eating plan.
I have the commitment to post my scales daily to Facebook for everyone to see.
I also have a burning desire to see you succeed and have hope that you can get healthy too.

I’m not just winging this, it’s too important.

Maybe it’s time to take a risk, really if you have a clear goal, a plan to get there, commitment, and a burning desire to succeed, it might not be as risky as trying to stay comfortable and safe.

Press forward.

175 pounds here I come!!!