Daily Inspiration - Fill your life with goals

Fill your life with goals. 

 

When you get close to your weight goal, you become more focused on it. You think about it constantly. Will it be tomorrow? In three days? Next week? Every time you eat you may think, "Maybe if I eat a little less, I can get to my goal sooner," or, "What if I walk twice a day for just this week?" Or, maybe you think, "After I reach my goal I can relax, right?" 

You may think that once you reach goal you are done. But you will need to remain ever- vigilant caring for your pouch, which is still your most valuable tool. You also will need to see beyond weight loss to the other things in life that make it worth living. Learn something new. Set a goal to meet a different kind of challenge. Fill your life with more goals than just reaching your goal weight, and see how full your life can be. 

Action for the day: In your journal, write down three non-weight-related goals. 

© 2007, National Association for Weight Loss Surgery. All rights reserved. Daily Inspirations are provided by the National Association for Weight Loss Surgery. Get our free report, The 10 Most Common Mistakes Weight Loss Surgery Patients Make at www.nawls.com.

Well, this one was meant for me - definitely!! This has been part of my post-op struggle... how to live a life that is not related to "getting to goal". I keep reverting to using food as a source of distraction, which leads to an increased focus on food and weight... which puts me right back where I was before I got to goal. Almost a year after reaching "the magic number", I still am trying to define what my life is going to look like and be like without that obsession on the scale. Who is Mary D. when she is not being miserable or pre-occupied about weight? What does that "normal" life look like and how is it enjoyed? I get glimpses of it, I've even had a few swings at it... but 40+ years of habits and coping mechanisms are hard to overcome! Still, I didn't come all this way to not enjoy the gift I have been given, so I will keep trying to define what those other goals are going to be for myself and I will drag all of you along with me!

I can not agree with you more!  I am a very goal orineted person.  Thanks for sharing this! A goal is just a dream, until you put a date to it!!!

What a GREAT post! I dig it and am processing it for sure! Mary I view things so much like you do. However, I'll say NOW my focus isn't so much a number (although at times numbers rawk my sox off because of sobriety and personal stuff) but more about my healthier life and future ahead. Hugs...