If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep gettin' what you got

By Julie Hein

I’m waiting for the last 8 pounds or so baby #2 to fall off. Waiting...Waiting.... I’ve been only 80% committed to eating right and 20% committed to calorie burning. I keep doing more of the same. I keep getting it too. I’m not baffled that the size 6 pants don’t fit—but I continue to be disappointed by it.

People in business quite often say that “this is what we’ve always done.”

Yes, and for the past 18 months, I’ve eaten too much and have been a stationary object.  And I don’t feel that bad.  But I know I should feel better.

Change is uncomfortable. It’s work. There are costs—mental, physical, emotional and financial costs. I know that no one will carry me to the gym. I know that my friends (God love them) say nice things like, “oh you look fine. You’ve lost enough. You had two babies for crying out loud. Here's a brownie.” They sweetly, lovingly discourage me. Not that I blame them. I blame me. 

So, right now, I’m on treadmill.  It’s under my desk.  I’m walking miles to nowhere, but I’m getting somewhere toward my goals. Not the final solution, but movement (pun intended) in the right direction. 

If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting. Please listen to your heart, not your well-meaning-love-you-just-the-way-you-are pals and co-workers.  You know what to do and how much you can accomplish, personally and professionally.  Think big.  Start small or just blow things up.  Just move in the right direction and do it now.  

Julie