When I was a music major in college, I remember one day during a voice lesson when I felt utterly overwhelmed. Lessons are times when a teacher gives as many pointers as possible so that we can go home and practice what we learned, but on this day I was trying to conquer each pointer at once and failing miserably.
My teacher found a reasonable solution: only concentrate on one pointer at a time until it’s easy enough that I can add another pointer to focus on. The overwhelming task of trying to learn that difficult song suddenly become much easier.
The same concept can be used when we feel overwhelmed with anything, like healthy eating and exercise. Last week was exercise week and I focused on that alone. Now that I jump-started my workout routine, perhaps I can add a new focus. How about calorie counting? When I am really serious about losing weight, I count every calorie. When I slack off on losing weight, I usually have slacked off on counting calories.
This week let’s add a new layer to our health focus. Each day let’s track what we eat and mark the calories. It is the best, most successful way of eating healthy. And of course let’s not forget to keep exercising!
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