Less than a month ago I embarked on a new weight-loss/exercise program which should last for sixty days. The goal was to lose weight and to eat healthily. I acquired the necessary equipment, structured my workout sessions and began telling my close friends and family members of this with joy, excitement, and heightened motivation. This workout program is extremely intense, and after completing the first week I felt a great deal of accomplishment and was ready to continue on to my weight-loss journey. The second week began and I missed the first day, the second day I missed, then I ended up not exercising or sticking to the diet for the entire week, which lead to three weeks.
This goal that I had set to diet and exercise for the sixty days was nothing new for me, I have been on countless diets and weight-loss programs over the last three years. Therefore, my feelings and thoughts were that I know I will not be able to commit to this program. I felt that it was just another one of unattainable goals that I normally set every time I re-gained weight.
As a result of not committing to the exercise program, I have gained a total of 10 LBS. This immediately started to affect the way I see myself. The self-fulfilling prophecy was beginning to guide my life. My negative thoughts towards my body and my behavior only lead to my thoughts and talks coming to fruition. “I give up, I will eat whatever I want even if it is unhealthy”, “I give up exercising I am going back to the weight I was, initially.” These have been the words propelling my behavior. Deep down I am ashamed of myself and as a result, I avoid the people who would often comment on my obvious weight gain. I often find excuses as to my lack of commitment such as “I am too busy taking care of others”, “I have no time for self”. My former exercise trainer has given up on me. He has always been my motivator and the one who helps me to keep my weight and diet on track. But because of my lack of commitment to achieve my goals, In his words “I give up on you and I don’t care what you want to eat or what you look like because you give up too easily.”
I have realized that my lack of commitment to set goals has been severely affecting my self-concept, my interpersonal and close relationships. On this on this premise, I seek to apply practical steps towards changing my behaviour. These are the steps I have set out to follow:
Ø Set realistic and achievable goals.
Ø Identify HOW I can get where I would like to go
Ø Identify the different ways to commit to set goals
Ø Find people WHO can help me to achieve my goals
Ø Identify WHAT resources both inside myself and outside that can help me to accomplish my goals
Ø Set reasonable timing span to accomplishing my goals
Zhadia
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