It’s the easiest thing in the world to do, isn’t it? It’s just so easy. A few well chosen words and you’re free! Your conscience is clear. You can carry on in the same old way again - and you don’t feel bad about it. Excuses, excuses, excuses!
Excuses are easy to make - and notoriously difficult to remember, but we are all very good at making them. So goo in fact, that we actually convince ourselves that we’ve done the right thing. We also get pretty smart at sensing a time when a decision has to be made - so good that we always have an excuse at the ready.
No matter how much you try, you can’t totally bury your conscience. Deep inside you know that sooner or later you’re going to have to pay the price for putting things off or delaying taking a decision. In fact the more excuses you make the more difficult it becomes - and horror of horrors, you can’t remember what excuse you made!
Losing weight is a case in point. There’s never a good time to start, is there? The longer you put things off, the more of a problem they will become. You’re just storing up a whole lot of aggravation for the future.
The simplest and most effective way of getting out of the habit of making excuses is just to stop making them. If you start to sharpen up your awareness and notice when you make excuses it will be an enormous help too. Just make up your mind to stop messing around and just get on and do it! The feeling of relief when you finally break the cycle of excuse making will be fantastic.
The key thing to develop is self-discipline. Many people are frightened by the word ’self-discipline’. It represents restriction and hard times. It’s not like that at all. Self-discipline is something to feel good about. It makes you to realize your true potential and optimize your performance. It helps you to do what you have to do to lose weight. It will help to ensure your success.
Don’t whatever you do run off and find another diet. You need to concentrate on getting rid of your bad habits - making excuses is top of the list.
The best way to do this is this: every time you are tempted to make an excuse go out of your way to give a positive, affirmative response. Get this habit and you’ll soon realize that learning new habits is the key to change - and hopefully a slim, new you.
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