Chapter 1: Old Habits Are Hard to Break - Let's Make Better Habits That Are Hard to Break Too...
If your desire to change is not intense enough to push you past the point of no return, and if you don't have a fearless attitude, you will give up.
We think if we can't achieve tremendous levels of success overnight, then we may as well give up.
Success has nothing to do with someone else's expectations or your getting into the same size jeans as your best friend wears. The truth is this: success is personal. No one else can dictate how you have to measure your own success. For the women who has been eating Oreo cookies and potato chips every afternoon for as long as she can remember, going one day without either is a huge deal! That day is a success. Whether or not anyone else struggles with cookies and chips doesn't matter. You'll be amazed how far your small steps, taken consistently, will get you.
I like the points she makes in this chapter. We can't keep comparing ourselves to others, we need to make this personal and measure success in a way that is meaningful to ourself. We also need to stop looking for instant results and fad diets. Those don't work. We need to make lifestyle changes, a little at a time and as we make those small changes and maintain them, we'll see results over the long haul.
Chapter 2: Are You at Your Point of No Return? First Change How You Think
In order to lose weight, live well, and love your life, you first have to reach a point of no return. If you don't pass that point, chances are good that you will eventually return to your old way of living. To make change last, you nee to decide that you're not just going to try a diet, but you are going to change your entire lifestyle, permanently. Going back to your old life is no longer an option.
The One-Day Way celebrates only the successes of today, so ditch the long-range dieting mind-set, and forget about the hourlong walk a week ago. Instead, shift your focus to the success you can achieve in one day - today.
I like what I bolded in the above paragraph. PERMANENTLY.
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