Two ways to lose weight this year (this is a different approach)
A year ago, I was walking to my gym.
In front of me was a young, tall and athletic lady..
In the back of her shirt says “we are what we repeatedly do, therefor excellence is not an act, but a habit.”
“Yeah, right?” I said to myself.
We are desensitized by those sayings. Especially me.
It sounded corny.
Today though, after losing 3 lbs last month, I knew what it means.
Later in this email, I’ll demonstrate exactly how I used that corny saying to my advantage.
And lost 3 pounds.
Remember my Neighbor Gary? (If not, check my previous write-ups)
Remember, he’s a retired music professor who still practice his trumpet?
Every morning?
He said that “I still practice, to be on top”.
At 80?
Yeah, because he needs to have a strong lungs to play the trumpet.
But practicing to him just became a habit.
And that’s how he excel.
How do you do that?
For the last 20 years, after his retirement, he would start the morning with a prayer, play the trumpet and then breakfast.
He cultivated what he needed to excel, a habit of practice.
Gary sometimes work in music or guitar stores in town. He teaches too.
That’s it.
A habit.
Start of this year, I’ve mentioned I am planning to lose weight.
My strategy will be a little different this year.
Instead of the crash diet and everything everybody does, I started with forming a habit.
So this is the first way of losing weight, forming a habit of eating healthy.
In my plan, I designated Wednesdays of last month (January 2021) as meatless Wednesdays.
I’ve lost 3 pounds just last month.
In addition to my meatless Wednesdays, I did also a habit of tracking.
If you wanna know the details of what was effective for me, read my previous write up.
Next, I want to tell you the second thing I did last month for me to lose 3 pounds.
More about habits next.
