Success or failure in any endeavor begins and ends with our mental relationship to the undertaking. Physical achievements are no different. Once we create a mental framework that supports a condition, the condition naturally comes into existence. Our historic mental framework has gotten us where we are today. We will have to create a new mental structure to create a different result in the future. As someone who’s been there myself, and with respect, I offer you 60 reasons you’re chronically overweight or obese.
You Believe You’re Different From Other Humans. The Same Rules Don’t Apply.
Examples:
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“I have a big appetite.”
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“I’m just big-boned.”
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“I’ve always been a big guy/girl.”
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“BMI is a flawed measure — my superior muscle mass means it doesn’t apply to me.”
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“I don’t have to follow the rules that apply to others.”
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“I can get away with doing it differently.”
You’re Uncoachable. You Can’t or Won’t Listen, Learn, Or Follow Simple Directions.
Examples:
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“I’ll do that, but not this.”
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“I can’t do all of it, so I’ll do some of it.”
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“If I did that, I don’t know what would happen.”
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“I’m not doing that.”
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Don’t put in the time.
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Don’t do the work.
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Easily offended.
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Unwilling to take action despite fear.
It’s All About You.
Until you have a goal, a purpose, and a plan bigger than you, you are doomed to isolation, loneliness, obscurity, and the trappings of those conditions, however they occur for you.
You’re Ashamed Or Afraid.
Examples:
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Avoid.
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Deny.
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Resist.
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Ignore.
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Pretend you don’t understand.
- Outwardly agree when you really don’t.
You’ve Given Up and Given in to Being Overweight.
Examples of things you might say or think:
- “It doesn’t matter.”
- “Nothing else has worked. Why should this?”
- “It’s useless.”
- “Forget it.”
- “It’s just wrong.”
- “It’s stupid.”
- “I’m not ready.”
- “It’s not my time.”
- “I can’t fix it.”
- “I won’t.”
- “There’s nothing I can do about it.”
- “Why bother?”
- “There’s nothing we can do about it.”
- “There’s nothing I can do about it.”
- “It’s too hard.”
- “I can’t.”
- “It’s a waste of time.”
- “What’s the point?”
- “It’s not worth it.”
- “It doesn’t really matter.”
- “It doesn’t really matter anyway.”
- “Forget about it.”
- “I didn’t want that anyway.”
- “That’s not really what I wanted.”
- “I can’t help it.”
- “It can’t be helped.”
- “It doesn’t make a difference.”
- “Who cares?”
- “It won’t make a difference.”
- “I can’t make a difference.”
- “I just want it to be over.”
- There are others, some not G-rated, that I haven’t listed here.
