He that can have Patience can have what he will
- Benjamin Franklin

You can immediately reduce the stress you feel about dieting if you decide to be patient about the weight loss process. I’ll bet that you are thinking in terms of one week goals, or perhaps two weeks, a month, six weeks tops.

I don’t blame you – we live in a quick fix culture. Come May we’ll be seeing magazine covers saying “get a beach-ready body in six weeks!”

But if you are prepared to think in terms of a one year plan, then your mind will instantly be at much greater peace. Suddenly all of your goals are viable. Even if you only lost 5 lbs a month, that would still be a loss of 60 lbs over the course of a year

Then imagine that you threw in a little exercise. Just, say, one set of push-ups a day. You start at one repetition, with the aim of increasing by one rep every two weeks and one set every month. After 12 months, as well as being at least 60 lbs lighter, you would also be doing 12 sets of 26 push-ups every day.

Think about the person you could be in a year’s time, because if you have that kind of patience, then that person will be there to stay.

Take it slowly. Design your destiny. Then execute it slowly, surely and progressively.

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

- Vince Lombardi

Think about where you are in life, how you feel. Then reflect on Lombardi’s wisdom.

You’ll never be happy if you aren’t proud of your own actions.