Now What? Getting Unstuck in a Sticky World: How Taking Action is the Key to Unlocking Your Ultimate Potential by Jordan Ring

Author:Jordan Ring [Ring, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six: Personal Action Success Story: How I Took Action and Lost a Bunch of Weight

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“One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” -Maya Angelou

I’d like to share my personal story about reaching one of the most difficult goals many people set: losing weight.

Losing weight (and actually keeping it off) was, and has been, the most difficult quest that I’ve ever accepted.

It's a battle that starts each day, and one that never truly ends. Fighting a battle you can never win is extremely frustrating. Each day I need to make the right decisions about what I choose to eat and how much I exercise.

Each and every day I’m either making progress or taking a step back. There's no middle ground. If I fight to just maintain my weight, I’ll start to lose. I have to be 100% vigilant in making progress or I will start to slip.

I don’t have to tell you that taking action to lose weight is hard. It takes an awful lot of willpower to make good decisions in the moment and determination to win the battles more days than not.

But I did, and I am.

I did in fact lose over 50 pounds and am continuing to keep it off.

The following are the action steps that I took (and am taking) to continually make progress.

Set a Big Goal

One of the keys in my journey was making a weight-loss goal. If you don’t have a goal, you can’t measure progress.

One of the action-taking tips I outlined in the previous chapter was about making small achievable goals. This action step is different in that it gives you a long-term goal to shoot for. It's very important to make small winnable goals along the way, but it's also crucial to know where you're going.

Eventually, you will need a BHAG for your SAGs.

It was my goal to lose about 40-50 pounds and then keep the weight off. It was very important to me that I be able to keep the weight off because I had read about so many failures of people gaining back even more weight than they lost in the first place. I didn’t want to become one of those failures.

The goal was set: lose 40 to 50 pounds in a period of 6 months.

Okay, Goal Set. Now What?

I had my goal in mind, but how was I supposed to lose all that weight?

I decided I would:

● Stop drinking so much soda. Two to three cans per day was not acceptable. I replaced soda with water.

● Lift weights. My exercise at the time was mostly biking in the gym, and I wasn’t seeing results.

● Eat more high-fiber foods such as fruits, vegetables, and beans. Check out my free Ebook for more on this subject.

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