Weight Loss: The Key to Discipline

Recently, two co-workers of mine were discussing their weight loss efforts and part of that conversation stuck with me. One of them said, "It sure is a lot harder to lose weight than it is to gain it." The other one answered, "Yeah, thats because gaining weight is fun." I laughed with them, because there is some truth to that statement.

Yes, it can be fun to eat with abandonment and not think about whether what you are eating is healthy or not; it is only the consequences that are painful. Examples of shorter term consequences are pain in your stomach, indigestion, and sluggishness. The longer term consequences are high blood pressure, heart disease, and shortness of breath. Seeing your appearance change for the worse is painful too. Focusing on these consequences is key to developing self-discipline.

Discipline is necessary to achieve your weight loss goals and any goal that you want to achieve in life. After all, you dont have to employ discipline to do those things that you enjoy. For example, I wouldnt have to discipline myself to eat chocolate bars because I enjoy them, however I do have to discipline myself to limit them in my life. How do I do it? Discipline requires two skills: Desire and diversion.

Desire means that you have to want the goal that your discipline will help you achieve more than anything. For example, I wanted to lose weight and get healthy more than I wanted the chocolate bars. Each time I desired the chocolate bar, I had to remind myself of the alternate goal and make it real and vivid. I had to see myself with that goal already achieved and experience the pleasure of it. I had to make that pleasure more intense than the pleasure I imagined I would receive from eating the chocolate bar.

The second skill is diversion, which is simply engaging in an activity that diverted my attention away from the undesirable activity. In the chocolate bar example, I had to either give myself something that I would enjoy eating that was healthier for me or perform an alternate activity that would help me better meet my needs. For example, if I was angry, eating a chocolate bar would not help me, but taking a long walk to cool off likely would.

My co-worker was right: For many of us, losing weight is harder than gaining it. But we need to remind ourselves that, although it is harder to lose weight, it is not impossible. It is also worth the effort. Then we use our key of discipline to help us achieve what we want. It is the only way to get the body that we deserve.

A Registered Nurse for many years, Kimberly Floyd battled obesity for much of her adult life. She achieved her ideal weight and has written a new book entitled 'Moneywise Weight Loss' which teaches others how to lose weight and save money--at the same time.

Kim has written articles for the Georgia Nurses Association publication and Nursing Spectrum Online. Now a technical writer, she has written training programs for corporate clients, including IBM, U.S. Bank, and Cingular.

Kim also teaches an online course called 'Goodbye to Shy'. This course is distributed to over 1100 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and Australia through Thomson Learning. An accomplished speaker and trainer, she delivers presentations on health-related topics to enthusiastic audiences.

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Where Would We Be Without Mobiles?

Four years ago, I was staying alone in a hostel in London and I had my mobile phone stolen. For two weeks, I didnt have a replacement one and it felt awkward.
After the first few days, the panic wore off and I felt a relief of sorts, knowing that people knew that they couldn't get hold of me and they would just have to get on with it. It was a time of rebellion, like an adventurer without a back-up plan. I was enjoyed the novelty of really feeling alone (despite the 7.5 million people who were sharing the city).

The novelty of a phone-free lifestyle came to an abrupt end when a friend was half an hour late to meet me somewhere and I started to panic about where she was. The imagination went wild. I learned that day that old habits die hard and that freedom comes with a price.

Before Mobile, people expected a degree of uncertainty to their plans and gave leeway to time. Telephones were fixed at certain points that people had to travel between, thus introducing a space in time/place for setbacks. Now, with mobile communication, lateness of anything more than five minutes warrants, at the very least, an apologetic text message. New etiquettes and standards have been established in a world in which people are expected to have a means of communication in their front pockets.

The Speed of Immediacy
A potential client calls and asks if you got the email that he sent you. You were out of the office and you obviously haven't checked your email. You're not sure how to access your emails on your phone, or even if the phone is capable of it. Youre a little embarrassed, to say the least.
General expectation has risen in terms of the speed of communication. With mobile phones, people expect you to be permanently contactable and quick to react. People who are hard to reach literally get left behind because arrangements need to be instantaneous. The situation has literally become sink or swim.

The Text Message
Just imagine life before the text message, a time when you had to make actual conversation in any verbal interaction. The text message has made communication clean and convenient. The introduction of the MMS means that picture messaging has become the ultimate Wish You Were Here, because unlike a postcard, you actually are there at the time.

The Future of Mobile Phones with VoIP
The introduction of VoIP means that communication is more affordable. Now we can make maximum use of our mobile phones. Our usage of the mobile phone is only going to increase in time as new technologies become commonplace.

The Swiss Army Knife of the 21st Century
The mobile phone has become the new multi-purpose tool. A mobile phone can now replace a diary, a camera, a MP3 player, a flash disk and even a laptop. These are all commodities of the 21st Century.
Life was much slower when we were without mobiles. We were less stressed and people demanded less from us all the time. But equally, you cannot deny the absolute convenience of having a mobile phone, something that is coming to assist us with everything.

Technology has replaced general knowledge in becoming the indicator of whether you are up to date with what is happening in the world. Never before has the gap between the haves and the have-nots been so wide. People need to accept that mobiles are an essential tool in the modern day world.

At the forefront of changing the way we communicate, Yeigo is an innovative, VoIP software solution that can easily be downloaded to your phone allowing you to make cheaper mobile calls than ever before. A simple download to your handset is all it takes to get going.

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