Doing the Right Thing With Right Motives

Have you ever been so focused on a goal that everything else starts to blur? As I logged on here I was shocked to see that it had been over a month since I last posted. Part of the reason is that I became really ill for about 10 days. Another reason is that I have been really focused on getting in shape by working out with a program called P90 by BeachBody. However, I missed 10 days of working out due to an illness.

Now this is where I started to think and wonder if I was going to get off track or get discouraged. I started to think about why I started working out in the first place and what my real goals were. Then I tried to work out again only to find out that my body and health were not back to 100%. I actually had to go back to the workouts I started with 2 months ago. This did not discourage me and in fact I was more encouraged by the fact that I got back in there and did my best. I'm not sure how long it will take me to get back to where I was just 2 weeks ago. Actually it doesn't really matter how long it will take. This bring me to "Doing the right thing with the right motives".

I believe that many people try to do the right thing with the wrong motives only to find themselves very frustrated. Take for instance, loosing weight. People will do almost anything to loose weight. The weight loss industry is a multi-billion business in the United States. People are doing everything from surgery, to ointments, diet pills, fade diets and even diet foods shipped right to your house every month for the rest of your life. For most of these people the main goal is to loose weight. Now loosing weight is a good thing and there are many health benefits with a proper healthy weight. But stop and think about this for a second. Should weight loss be our goal? Isn't this the very reason 90% of the people that loose weight will gain it right back with a little more each time? People loose weight for weddings, class reunions, and every other reason under the sun. Personally I think this is the wrong approach all together.

Let me use an example to prove my point. If you smoke and develop lung cancer, would it make any sense at all to fight the cancer by only taking Chemo Therapy and not stopping the smoking? If you knew that the smoking was causing the illness why would you continue to smoke and only treat the illness with drugs or surgery? It would seem to me that the intelligent thing to do would be to change the things that caused the illness. If you relate this to being over weight it really is the same thing. The obesity problem in the United States is only the symptom or illness but it is not the problem. It is in fact the result of the problem. Our lifestyle is causing an obesity epidemic in our society. Our dietary lifestyle consists of too much fast food, fried foods, sugar, empty calories and not enough exercise. We even will drive around for 5 minuets to wait and get a closer parking space so we won't have to walk an extra 100 feet.

So, now you're asking, "What's your point"? My point is that instead of trying to loose weight we should try to change our lifestyle which caused the weight gain. It's actually much less stressful than constantly denying yourself that piece of pie or Birthday cake. When I started my transformation my goal was to change my lifestyle. I wanted and still want to eat more healthy and more intelligently. I want to exercise in a way that will make me more healthy and lean at the same time. I know that if I do these two things that the weight will take care of itself. If my goal is to loose 20 lbs, what will I do or shoot for once I reach my goal? I have reached that goal many times and I simply went back to the same lifestyle I was denying myself of and guess what. Yes, I gained the weight back.

So if I do the right thing, which is to eat healthy and exercise I can actually relax and allow my weight to become what ever it will become. My motivation is health and lifestyle not weight. Now that information is worth what I call, "Real Money". You can transfer this information to any aspect of your life and I guarantee that you will be more successful. This is true in your business, education, relationships, hobbies, or any goal you have in life. Think about what you really want and why you want it. Boil it down to what are real goals and what are really benefits. If you make a benefit a goal I promise you will experience frustration.

Just my thoughts,

RiceBurnerMonk