The Attitude Difference - How To Stay On Track

When I started studying how fit people live instead
of how a fat person might go about losing weight, I
quickly zoomed in on a particular “type” of person…

A person who is full of energy and enthusiasm. A
person who seems to live a charmed life where
everything just works out. A person who is more
often positive than negative and seems to have more
energy than the other people around her.

Whether a man or a woman, this person is attractive…
and not just because of the beautiful body, but
because of the health, vitality, energy, and
confidence with which they move through the world.

These were the folks that I wanted to study.

More often than not, I noticed that these people
came from a different culture than mine… one with
different ATTITUDES about exercise and food.

To illustrate what that different attitude is all
about, let me give you an example of the attitudes
of old Andrea… the girl I used to be when I was not
in control of my weight and my health…

The old Andrea walks into a room, and there in front
of her is a tray with freshly baked chocolate chip
cookies on it…

Andrea has just walked into a no-win situation.

I’m on a diet… the old Andrea was ALWAYS on a diet.
So my willpower is telling me not to take one of
those cookies. But I can smell them by now… and
I’m salivating… and it’s so hard to refuse how
good that cookie is going to taste.

But somehow, if my willpower prevails and I pass
up those cookies… I feel like I LOST.

I am depressed that I could not have that cookie.
I am so damn frustrated that I’m on this stupid
diet and I’m… angry.

Disaster.

I’m angry with the world and with God for giving
me the genetics that will cause my body to
instantly blimp out from a single bite of that damn
cookie.

I’m angry with the person who left those cookies
out there just to ruin my day.

I’m angry with the world for judging me unattractive
and weak if I’m overweight.

I’m angry with the boys that will only pay attention
to me if I can keep my weight off.

I’m angry with every horrible, hateful, skinny girl
out there who can eat that whole damn tray of
cookies and not gain an ounce!

It’s just NOT FAIR!