Reason 30; A Disciplined And Structured Approach

Why I Hate Being Fat – 217 Reasons ~ 217 Pounds


Abstinence Watch – The Drive To Goal Weight – 200 Pounds


The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince. ~ Vince Lombardi

I cannot tell you how many times I heard the words “. . . a disciplined and structured approach” read in meetings. Those words came to me when I was power walking one afternoon. I use my power walk as a form of meditation. I was thinking about how to improve my conditioning, my exercise to increase my speed in order to decrease the amount of time I am to power-walk the next marathon.

I am very undisciplined. I generally do things out of habit, like eating. It might not be that I am hungry, or that I have a yearning for a particular delectable; I just eat for no reason other than to eat. Having the discipline to work the program requires great effort, perseverance and determination. Having the willingness to surrender, to be honest and open-minded are also great abilities to possess. It was when I was power-walking that the Seven Tools of the program made sense. If I did the tools exactly as they are written; then success is guaranteed.

It is with thought during my meditation I realized the need for a disciplined and structured approach. I cannot work the program half measures if I am to succeed. I cannot decrease the amount of time it takes to power walk a marathon if I am not willing to spend the time training. I cannot get recovery by osmosis. Attending meetings, sitting in the back of the room, not participating in my recovery is what I used to do. I feel myself become relaxed, lazy, unwilling to do the things necessary to pay the price for my recovery.

It is when I weigh and measure my food that my life also becomes weighed and measured. It is no longer a all or nothing life. Lately my weight loss reached a very heavy duty plateau; for several months my weight has lingered at the same weight. First, I thought it was because I was judgmental because of people who are in the program and remain at the same physical weight and size. Now, I am being negative because I keep saying I still have seventy-two (72) pounds to lose instead of focusing on my goal weight. I need a magic pill!