Biggest Loser
The popularity of the recent television show ‘The Biggest Loser’ is amazing. What an excellent concept for a show. I am not a reality show fan but this particular one is changing people lives and motivating people at home to make major changes also.
A couple of months ago when I was still going through the motions of my corporate job, I had the chance to meet someone in my community, Susan, that had lost almost 200 pounds and over 70 inches from her waist line. I was at a business meeting dressed in my banker costume and not real excited to be headed back to the office after this meeting. The owner of the local Anytime Fitness brought in Susan to share her amazing success story.
I started really thinking about how people who are extremely overweight are probably unhappy with the way they feel and look for a long time but it is so hard to make the decision to change their lives. Making that life changing decision takes commitment, dedication, and even a great deal of stress. It is so much easier to just keep doing the same thing every day even though the outcome is making you unhappy.
Susan talked about how she had just come to a fork in the road where she couldn’t take it anymore. She had to take action. She had to take life into her own hands and make a major change.
I sat there impressed by her amazing dedication and weight loss achievement. Then, I realized that I was in a similar situation. I was unhappy with what my past decisions had led to but I was afraid to make a major life changing decision.
Sometimes you find inspiration in the strangest places. I was inspired to take charge of my life. Whether your unhappiness is weight, a bad job, a career in the wrong industry, or anything else; take control and make changes to live the life you want.
Andy look up the law of change. It is very interesting.