“What now?” is the question I’ve been asking myself for over a week and unfortunately I don’t know that I’ve found a good answer. What now... Now I will continue to lose, aiming for another 40 pounds, and that coveted size 8. BUT, NOW the newness is gone. That excitement of starting a plan, like playing a game with yourself to see if you can make the pieces fit in the fitness puzzle, is gone. This once mysterious, thrilling “diet” game is now just my lifestyle. Perhaps the question I should be asking is “How do I get that excitement back?”
I tell clients the more they come in for support the more they will lose. I liken it to Church camp. You know when you were a kid and you would go to camp and come home on fire, feeling invincible? Then as the year progressed, that fire slowly faded with the monotony of everyday life and just when the fire was reduced to glowing embers it was time for camp again. Just in time, your fire would be renewed. Now, don’t misunderstand, I am in no way saying WLZ is even close to as important or as powerful as God, but when you are on a journey of any kind you must refuel, for if the fire goes out its hard to restart.
My fire… as hard as it is to admit, is glowing embers. It is still burning but the blaze is slowly dying. I’ve lost the thrill of planning my meals, the excitement of each weigh in… now, it is just life. But I wonder is the “ember” stage really a bad thing? After all that’s when the fire can be most useful. You don’t cook on an out-of-control blaze, you wait until the fire has died some, then the real cooking begins. So maybe this journey is entering the most important stage yet. It’s easy to play a game, especially when you are winning, but to be in it for the long haul is another ballgame. I’m just entering the big leagues…
“The Big Leagues” I like that...Yep, I think I’m going to like the “ember’s stage”. That’s “what now”.
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