Man in Black: No one of consequence.
Inigo Montoya: I must know...
Man in Black: Get used to disappointment.
Inigo Montoya: 'kay.
The Princess Bride (20th Century Fox 1987)
Just as Inigo shrugs off the disappointment of the Man in Black’s declining to reveal his identity and gets right back into the duel, so too must we shrug off those discouragements that go hand-in-hand with losing weight and keep truckin’ down the weight loss trail.
It’ll go easier for us if we do. What if we just lay around bellyaching about how horrible it is that we can’t have that donut, can’t eat/drink exactly what everybody else does at parties, can’t just open the fridge and eat whenever we felt like it? How much would we really accomplish that way? Even if we do stick to our plans for a little while under that mindset, we’d be fighting an exhausting battle with ourselves every day and eventually give in. Even the patience and resolve of saints would eventually give way to that.
In two little words lie an anecdote for our weight loss disappointments – “Oh well.” As BDS explains, we’re essentially saying “I don’t like this but I’m going to accept it and move on.” We already do this with plenty of things in our life that we don’t like but we do automatically without question. Why not extend that helpful mindset to weight loss? Saying “Oh well” helps to diffuse our inner struggle, gives us some relief from the disappointment and helps us get back in the game.
Comments
Post a Comment