Stacking The Scale
Watch just the first 20 seconds of the video below. It will either benefit you directly, or someone you know, I promise... It might be the thing that tips the scale.
I believe getting started, getting motivated, comes from a stacking of things, not one thing.
It's easy to point to the ONE THING, that tips the scale, because it's the thing that tipped the scale.
It's the last thing on your mind, that you remember easily and the thing that "did the trick". The thing that put everything in to motion.
Gary Keller, the c0-founder of Keller Williams Realty, and author of books like Millionaire Real Estate Agent andThe One Thing calls this your Big Why.
Gary Keller says this about a Big Why,
"A Big Why is about having a purpose, a mission, or a need, that in turn gives you focus."
Or Micheal Gerber, the author of the book for business owners called " The E-Myth" calls it your Primary Aim.
When it came to losing weight and getting in better shape, the things that I stacked on the scale to tip motivation in the right direction was: having a healthy shoulder again, sleeping better, feeling better, being able to fit into my clothes again, increase in energy, being able to play with Morgan now, and later.
These and a few other things started my motivation. But, it's easy to get motivated. It's harder to stay motivated. That's why you need to keep stacking.
See, last October I finally went to a physical therapist for my shoulder that had been bothering me for over a year.
Long story short, she was concerned with the amount of scar tissue my shoulders, back and neck had (pretty sure it's via wakeboarding). Her second concern was my weight. She said we could try to relieve the pain, but if I don't lose some fat and add some muscle, this chronic pain will be forever and only get worse as I get older.
(Not Katherine's fault... I had gained about 40 lbs since we first met.)
My desire to lose some weight or get more fit is not for vanity.
58 is only 20 years away for me. Morgan will only be 21ish. If my body keeps falling apart at the same rate from 18 to 38 on my way to 58 - it will not be good.
After some half-committed effort I came home a few months ago after an AHA moment (another thing to stack on the scale) and told Kat that my health had to be the priority. Since then I'm down about 30 pounds. No specific, crazy diet that I can't stick too. Just eating healthier and really watching portions. Doing a bit of activity, not enough, but not too much to reinjure my shoulder and way more than I was.
The weight loss is slowing down a bit, but this video by Mike Vacanti, an online fitness coach, really re-inspires me. I hope it will inspire you or someone you know and that motivation is found.
It's called Why Fitness Actually Matters.
Finding and consuming content like this stacks the motivation scale for me to keep me motivated and moving in the right direction.
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