wonderful chat on the board.
I think it is an easy How? But the hardest darn thing you will ever do in one’s life.
It is a journey of self discovery. Simple as that but how one goes about it can be treacherous and what is one willing to do deep down to make a lifelong change in their lives. Another simple answer…how bad do you desire this change and what are you willing to do for it? I am not talking starving and yoyo dieting, I am talking learning reasearch, finding our path, following people in success and grabbing all you can to make the journey easier on ourselves and also change our mindset and well being in the process.
We ALL KNOW life is unbalanced today. It is not a normal progression if one is to ‘stay basic to nature’ ya know.
Also one has to think long term. We are programmed for instant gratification now. Simple as that. Cracked reality. Now how do we change our mindset to realize that it doesn’t work on alot of issues. No magic pill. No sign here and all your worries are gone contract Like financial issues, buy a lottery tick and hope? Yea good luck with that Nope…most go get a new career or learn new job skills and then one has the means to truly change long term. Income for life. A growth of learning and skills. A purposeful life as it is meant to be. A challenge to adapt and change and a job earned is purpose and success long term.
One gets up every day and goes to work, or work from home but hrs are dedicated to doing just that. Now in the food world, each meal is our job also to stay dedicated and then we earn our income from it, great improved health and more benefits. Which is kinda more important? a dollar in your hand or a healthy body? Again, how bad do you need change and want it?
A pilgrimage. from the net: Pilgrimage, a journey undertaken for a religious motive . Although some pilgrims have wandered continuously with no fixed destination, pilgrims more commonly seek a specific place that has been sanctified by association with a divinity or other holy personage.
While we know the above is mostly used in a religious aspect, how easy is it to take out the religion aspect and find we can build a purpose and goal and head toward it with discovery to make our goals be a reality. A pilgrimage of self discovery and what it takes for us.
It has to be mind, body and soul. While we eat what works for us we also must learn why it works, we must realize to keep ALL the great benefits we earned so dearly can not be taken for granted.
So yea, I have to say number 1 is STAY ON PLAN…learn while on it. Ask those who succeed how they did it and take advice that suits you and learn what doesn’t work for yourself, then one must also explore how to change the mindset to keep your success in focus and one must know if one leaves the path…which is the plan they choose…one will encounter big pitfalls and dangers.
Our long term lifestyle change is SO MUCH more than just about food.
but darn, that food has to be a key item here cause we have to eat well, get healthier, then we think more clear and we learn and change more.
I know I hit ‘enough is enough’ and I went all in and said DONE and my repeated mantra was ‘no matter what’ I would stay on plan. I had massive internal brain battles with myself LOL but I also know I have changed SO much I even suprised myself I had no idea I had it in me but I do and many others showed me the way.
So the HOW here is very personal to each of us. But the journey starts with a single step but they key also is to keep ones eyes open for dangers along the path, bob and weave and learn how to cope. Accept change. Learn new skills to always help us. Learn the science behind it cause this world today is a massive trap of deception in the food game
I know others have info about the how and why they got to where they are…I got here out of sheer gumption. Sheer want of change and when I realized there is no magic bullet and instant gratification, and this was super hard to accept LOL I then put in the work and years to change my body, mind and soul.
the journey is never over. just cause one gets to their destination doesn’t mean one has to stop learning and growing. One can take a focus so much off the intitial journey of why they wanted this change, stay on plan and keep the success one achieved, but one can also then look outside this more narrow focus and start to find new journeys to keep their lives in purpose and growth. There are many paths out there and we can’t just live on one path, we are meant to be in growth and on other paths for mind body and soul
So that is kinda how I think of all this.
My pilgrimage has given me SO much ya know. While I am typing this I am smiling big also knowing what it has given me is priceless actually.
Stay on Plan. 3 simple words but how one goes about it is a self discovery personal journey for sure.