Apparently my last blog post resonated with a lot of people.
The Sloth.
The weird, unseen gravitational force that keeps you on the couch even though you know you should be working out. The internal dialogue that allows you to just ‘eat’ when you know you shouldn’t. Not the one that says “go for it, you can burn it off later”, or “you haven’t eaten that much today, you can afford it” but the one that says…“I don’t care”.
Defeating the sloth is the important first step in getting in shape.
The sine qua non if you will.
But the Sloth is tricky.
It can fool you into thinking you are taking action when you really are not.
Making lists is not defeating the sloth. Either is planning your nutrition or spending late nights planning out the exact sets and reps of your workout.
You may feel like you’re taking action…but you’re probably not. Now don’t misunderstand what I’m saying here, preparation can be good, but procrastination can disguise itself as preparation..and chances are – that is what’s happening.
To defeat the sloth you have to take action.
Or…in Guru talk….”Don’t Think. Do”.
And you have to believe. You need to stand in front of a mirror and look at your body and say “Anything worth having is worth working for”
Then…you need to (as paradoxical as it sounds) realize that there is no magic, but that anything is possible.
Start by cutting ties with the sloth.
Recognize that the amount you have been eating over the last couple months is responsible for the way you look and feel now, and the way you look and feel now isn’t going to change unless the amount you eat changes first.
Recognize that the amount you have been moving is also responsible for the way you look and feel now.
The way you look and feel isn’t’ going to change unless the amount you move changes first. Take a look in the mirror again – the image you see is a measure of how much you’ve been eating and how much you’ve been moving. If you like what you see then keep on keeping on, but if you don’t like what you see, then change something…now.
The bottom line:
Do work, eat less. Defeat the Sloth.
BP
PS – Please, please please do NOT read this post, get pumped and say “Yes, I’m going to start MONDAY”.
That is the sloth talking.
Start now. In fact… if you’re serious then try this – Look at the clock. Note the time then don’t eat anything for 24 hours. Getting started is that simple (Eat Stop for 24 hours Eat)
