Making & Keeping Commitments: Weight Loss and ADHD
Saturday, I was pulling on my black “skinny” jeans, and they weren’t so skinny anymore. I did get them pulled up and buttoned. And, being the second week in January and that I didn’t have that trouble through December, I was irked. I’m still down 50 lbs from my weight in 2001. And, I’d been working on the next 10 lbs. The problem is that I kinda forgot how I did it. I say kinda cause I still have the tool I used and I still know how to use it. I put the tool together in a free e-book for successfully keeping commitments. The thing is that what I’d developed from that tool was power. And I want it back!
The crux of the tool is in making six strong statements. Those six statements include three things I’ll say, “No!” to so that I can say, “Yes!” to three other things. Getting clear about what you need to give up and getting clear about what it is you really want is powerful. Commitment to my six statements is what enabled me to achieve my goal. From January through December 31, I lost 50lbs; ten of those were lost between Thanksgiving and Christmas! It’s also how I kept it off. I want those statements.
Paying attention this past weekend, I saw how my tool had whittled down. I’ve held on to one of my “Yes!” statements. I can’t remember two others or two “No!” statements. And, the one I do, is the consistency of toothpicks. The “Yes!” I remember was to have breakfast every morning. It consists of my own iced mocha latte, protein concoction. Not hard to stick with, that one is still quite solid. The, “No!” statement, I recall was, “I will not eat anything without thinking.” That one is probably more like sawdust. Here’s what it looks like now:
This morning I woke up at 4:00 a.m. I let the girls out. Instead of keeping the routine I usually take, heading to the bathroom myself, I passively gave myself wait time there in the kitchen by the back door. I hardly waited for gremlin to entice me, before making two soft, white bread and butter sandwiches. I had no conversation with myself before I stuffed them in my mouth. No thinking was involved, no ask, and definitely no decision or rather, no thoughtful decision. “Yes, I want to eat two soft, white-bread and butter sandwiches.” I honestly can’t think of the other four statements.
Obviously the original tool packed a punch. And I want it back. So, I’m going to do a little research through some writing I’ve done where I may have kept some notes. And either I’ll resurrect it or I’ll print the e-book out myself and do the steps again. There is no way I’m letting my skinny jeans make a wrinkle mark at my waist. And, I’m ready to see ahead a few months to finding a new pair of “skinny” jeans.
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