This is not an ad for male enhancement (wow, am I sick of those!) This is my condition in trying to lose weight.

Have you noticed that friends and family who get divorced or “become single again” often lose weight? Sometimes a lot of weight. They know they want to have sex with someone new (and attract someone new). That means naked. That means all of those droopy, saggy, and paunchy parts will be exposed.

That’s pretty much the same as walking into a bar in the Emperor’s New Clothes.

Ah! No wonder they lose weight. Talk about motivation.

So why can’t I? It occurred to me yesterday that unlike my reasons for getting out of debt (which I feel very strongly about–very excited) I have no major reason to lose weight.

It reminds me of what happens to some little guys when they go through developmental stages. As a pediatric physical therapist for years and years I often witnessed the odd phenomena that children stop doing some things when they start doing new things.

“…every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?” Homer Simpson

It’s kind of like that. Little kids start talking, one word statements, playing around with language by imitating the sounds they hear. Until they start to walk. When they concentrate on that very difficult task of falling forward, take a quick step, fall forward again, don’t fall down… they sometimes stop talking. Once they master the falling forward, stepping thing they pick right up with the talking again–sometimes like gangbusters. I suspect that their little gray cells start connecting really fast in that high motor stage but I’m no rocket surgeon guy.

So, perhaps, since I’m a fledgling in the internet business business (I’ve just been at it a few years) I’m busy focusing on falling forward, taking a step, falling forward again. And perhaps this is all my gray cells can handle. Focusing on one thing at a time.

Losing weight, like getting out of debt, requires focus or it won’t work. And it requires taking one step at a time. Perhaps, perchance, that is my answer. Perhaps I can find motivation to take one step at a time (perhaps taking a morning and evening walk) instead of looking at the big picture of losing all the weight I need to lose.

Would love to hear your comments…

NOW HERE’S MY FUNNY:
A man went to work Monday morning with two black eyes.
What happened? his co-workers asked.
Well, I was at church yesterday and when we stood up to sing I noticed this very nice woman in front of me had her skirt stuck in her butt. So, wanting to be helpful, I pulled it out.
And…, they asked.
She punched me in the eye.
But how did you get the other one?
When we stood for the next hymn I respectfully put it back!

Many blessings.

Face Your Dreams, Embrace Your Loves