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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
People usually have to encounter a great deal of pain and discomfort (a breaking point, if you will - whether that's a physical complication, or someone making a disparaging remark on their condition) to first acknowledge there's a problem with how they've been living, and then secondly to seek out advice or a game plan to change their situation.
Until they reach those two checkpoints, there's usually no getting through to them. You're just wasting your time. Sadly you can't impress willpower/desire onto another person.
Nothing is better than being around people that have decided to make an honest to god commitment to improve their health and lifestyle though. Seeing a friend take back control of their life after finally saying to themselves enough is enough is the best thing. And I don't mean 2 weeks at the gym in early January, but someone who commits and is on a mission because they actually love themselves enough to decide to give themselves the quality of life that they know they deserve.
Problem is that is RARE these days. Sad truth is most of the population slowly let's themselves go and makes half hearted promises to themselves that they never keep.
We have one body. To work with, raise kids with, and go places in. And many people allow it to wither away at an accelerated rate because of a series of small conscious decisions each day. Treating your body like you'll live forever is probably the biggest mistake someone can make.
Some people are more predisposed to weight gain and should not be shamed for that. That disadvantage isn't their fault. I know people who struggle despite maintaining an exercise regimen. For them it takes even more strict commitment, but they can improve too if they want it badly enough. That's what it hinges on, whether you have legitimate excuses or not.
Settling and instant gratification are the two things that plague people and stand between them and where they want to be. The desire for change has to be greater than temptations, day after day. Then over time improvement comes. Do enough of the right things (say 80/20) and it's all but guaranteed.
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you forgot that there is also a percentage of the population that finds it difficult to have that discipline you speak of because of mental health issues.
also to the bolded.
you say nothing is better than being around someone who has made the commitment to health.
But it It can be insufferable to be around someone who has made that commitment as they won't shut up about it, or stop preaching to others about it. Almost evangelical in their zeal, like your post comes across as.