Not WILLpower as much as WHYpower!!

Often times in my life I have said to myself, if only I had enough WILLpower or only if I could muster enough determination I could do anything. I have discovered that determination works for awhile, but only in a hollow way and for short periods of time. You can force yourself by sheer WILLpower to do anything but eventually your steam runs out. In fact, it can almost be counterproductive because when you fail or slip you tend to throw in the whole baby with the bath water. Are you curious what will get you through those dark and long days? What will motivate you to stay the course, what will get you to the other side of your addiction? I believe it is your WHYpower. In other words you have to peel back the layers and come face to face on WHY you would like to accomplish your goal. When you make your WHY gigantic you learn your HOW to get there. And I mean your WHY has to be GIGANTIC! You have to see, smell and taste it.

Here are my WHYS -

1. To live a long healthy life, LONG and HEALTHY - money cannot buy that!

2. To be here for my family, specifically my husband, my children and my precious granddaughter,  FAMILY is everything.

3. To be free to be ME, the true me, uninhibited by the way I look, totally confident so that I can focus on others.

4. To pursue my passion without distraction.

My list goes on, from the big WHYS to tiny baby WHYS, my WHYS are ever and always present in my mind lately. I will continue on my journey. I will make it to the other side because my WHYS are stamped on the front of my forehead. So please friends, write your list of WHYS and read your WHYS often. I even have a list of "WHAT if's", what if I didn't accomplish my goals. I have written that list to shake me into reality. What IF I did not regain my health, well,  I could possibly die next year of health related complications, my family would suddenly be without me and I would never have experienced the freedom and passion of life that I SO desire. What a loss, this not a scare tactic but the reality of being overweight, it is mandatory that I face the truth AND then follow my WHYS with all of my heart!!


Let's all get off the couch and ACT on our WHYS while it is still daylight.