Are you resisting change?
For
some, change will always challenge us. But
the results of that change are what motivates us..so let’s keep our eyes on the
prize!
Logically we know what to do to improve our
health and our lives. That doesn’t mean
we always do it! Sometimes the mental effort of just thinking about change is
enough to defeat us. We make
excuses. We resist change because it
will involve letting go of the familiar and the comfortable BEFORE we become familiar
and comfortable with the new. There is
also that period of time of transition where we learn to master the new and
that can involve effort. For some too
there is the nagging doubt that change is unsustainable or that past experience
suggests the only possible resolution is in failure Listen how our minds control us!
Habitual thought and ritual will always confine
us. If we want change, we must want to move
outside the boxes that limit us. It’s part
of the process. For some change will
challenge a whole raft of fundamental beliefs and ideas. For others, watch how friends and family will
buy into your resistance arguing with you, discounting the validity of the paleo
challenge, interrupting, cutting off taking over, negating or ignoring you. These guys are simply mirroring your own
ambivalence and resistance to change, picking up on your external cues.
Stack the odds in your favour. And by choosing to base your nutrition around
a paleo diet, you have a head start. This
paleo “diet” will satisfy your appetite, period. Dealing with everything that
flows from that is down to you.
So let's keep it simple and lets identify what we want: fat loss, stable
blood sugar, improved mood, enhanced stable energy levels? Practice setting
your heart on that. Then put one foot in
front of the other and start moving. In the end, it's all we can do.
"In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy." J Paul Getty
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