Accountability to yourself
Hi everyone,
Good-morning! I'm just getting my day started here and I wanted to put this question out there.
To Whom or what are you accountable to?
I ask that because many times we do something to follow the crowd or we make an honest decision to be a leader for ourselves, a group or whatever.
Being accountable makes you think before you act. Being accountable helps you set priorities and goals.
As I type this, I have to be accountable for the words I'm saying. This means I have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk.
This means if I say "I'm going to the gym" My Ass is at the gym! (Leaving shortly) LOL
If I say "William no more POP!" I'd better not drink any!
For me I haven't been accountable for my stuff over the last year and a half and I've paid a price (weight gain). But I have enough sense to call myself on it. As they say confession is good for the soul.
I'm back on my soap box because I did do this for my health!!!!
I'm very proud of myself for what I have done with this. 6 years is not a very long time compared to a lifetime of bad emotional food choices. (says... the confessed stress eater).
I think ACCOUNTABILITY is one of the strongest words when it comes to life and when it comes to any goal you set.
Thanks for listening and thanks for your time
Make your day a great one.
Big Will
Good-morning! I'm just getting my day started here and I wanted to put this question out there.
To Whom or what are you accountable to?
I ask that because many times we do something to follow the crowd or we make an honest decision to be a leader for ourselves, a group or whatever.
Being accountable makes you think before you act. Being accountable helps you set priorities and goals.
As I type this, I have to be accountable for the words I'm saying. This means I have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk.
This means if I say "I'm going to the gym" My Ass is at the gym! (Leaving shortly) LOL
If I say "William no more POP!" I'd better not drink any!
For me I haven't been accountable for my stuff over the last year and a half and I've paid a price (weight gain). But I have enough sense to call myself on it. As they say confession is good for the soul.
I'm back on my soap box because I did do this for my health!!!!
I'm very proud of myself for what I have done with this. 6 years is not a very long time compared to a lifetime of bad emotional food choices. (says... the confessed stress eater).
I think ACCOUNTABILITY is one of the strongest words when it comes to life and when it comes to any goal you set.
Thanks for listening and thanks for your time
Make your day a great one.
Big Will
Will
You hit it right on the head. Each of us is accountable for our own successes and failures. What makes a big difference with that, is knowing when you are having problems and not being afraid to ask for help or support. That is the true first step in overcoming the issues and heading back in the right direction.
At the end of each day I do a mental inventory of what I ate, what exercise I did, and how I feel overall and by that know whether I had a good or bad day. I don't want 2 bad days in a row, so the next day I adjust and account for it.
Thanks for posting this - its a good wake up call for everyone.
You hit it right on the head. Each of us is accountable for our own successes and failures. What makes a big difference with that, is knowing when you are having problems and not being afraid to ask for help or support. That is the true first step in overcoming the issues and heading back in the right direction.
At the end of each day I do a mental inventory of what I ate, what exercise I did, and how I feel overall and by that know whether I had a good or bad day. I don't want 2 bad days in a row, so the next day I adjust and account for it.
Thanks for posting this - its a good wake up call for everyone.
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Accountability, motivation, priority, focus, discipline. Today I am here, on the board for the first time in, oh, about 15 months, and I had to run into your post William...thanks a lot 
When I had my surgery, 7/2005, I had all of the right motivation in the world...health, better me, family, longer life, etc. I reached my goal weight with no problems, even had my hernia repair and tummy tuck, no problems. I was very accountable, I knew exactly where I stood, what I was heading for and had the tools to get there...focus, discipline...and the goal was a top priority.
February, 2007 and WHAM, an enemy whom is always present, but not always in charge, blindsided me...depression, bi-polar, social anxiety/agoraphobia...and within a year's time I'd gained back 75lbs. of the 160lbs. I'd lost. I completely withdrew and those 5 words I started with went out the window, and I'm still grasping at them to get them back!
As these past months have gone by, I've also come to learn that many of the people who were so supportive also felt I'd lost too much weight, that I looked "gaunt" and "unhealthy". I didn't and do not agree with them. They think I look better now...I can't stand my body, all I see is that I am FAT, AGAIN. Now I am wondering how much of my motivation was to please, especially my husband, and that I failed...I didn't please anyone but myself. Can I muster enough accountability, priority, focus, discipline and motivation to lose these 75lbs. to please myself? Should I? Never mind the second question, I know the answer, of course I should.
So, William, for whatever reason you thought you were posting this, add in the fact that God meant for me to find your post, today, and I will pray for the motivation, ask for the ability to summon up the obsessive/compulsive disorder that I own to take back the rules I can not break, and be accountable for any time I do break one...I will reorganize my very skewed priority list, and I will get out some photos, etc. to help me gain focus.
Thank you, William...and thank you to those who posted comments here.
~Bluejeans
When I had my surgery, 7/2005, I had all of the right motivation in the world...health, better me, family, longer life, etc. I reached my goal weight with no problems, even had my hernia repair and tummy tuck, no problems. I was very accountable, I knew exactly where I stood, what I was heading for and had the tools to get there...focus, discipline...and the goal was a top priority. February, 2007 and WHAM, an enemy whom is always present, but not always in charge, blindsided me...depression, bi-polar, social anxiety/agoraphobia...and within a year's time I'd gained back 75lbs. of the 160lbs. I'd lost. I completely withdrew and those 5 words I started with went out the window, and I'm still grasping at them to get them back!
As these past months have gone by, I've also come to learn that many of the people who were so supportive also felt I'd lost too much weight, that I looked "gaunt" and "unhealthy". I didn't and do not agree with them. They think I look better now...I can't stand my body, all I see is that I am FAT, AGAIN. Now I am wondering how much of my motivation was to please, especially my husband, and that I failed...I didn't please anyone but myself. Can I muster enough accountability, priority, focus, discipline and motivation to lose these 75lbs. to please myself? Should I? Never mind the second question, I know the answer, of course I should.
So, William, for whatever reason you thought you were posting this, add in the fact that God meant for me to find your post, today, and I will pray for the motivation, ask for the ability to summon up the obsessive/compulsive disorder that I own to take back the rules I can not break, and be accountable for any time I do break one...I will reorganize my very skewed priority list, and I will get out some photos, etc. to help me gain focus.
Thank you, William...and thank you to those who posted comments here.
~Bluejeans
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