What We Lose by Prioritizing Weight Loss

I put my goals on hold because the thinner me deserved them more

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I’m moving next month, and I’m decluttering so I don’t have to move things I never use or don’t need. I found a notebook that I recognized as being one that I’ve used for goal-related notes in the past so I took a break to look through it.

The first entry is dated September 2016. It is a single list.

The next is February 2017, and this one had several pages of brainstorms, notes, priorities, and affirmations. The 2017 version of myself continued to check in with this notebook quarterly that year, always setting a fresh set of (roughly the same) goals for the next 90 days.

Here’s what I noticed:

1. Weight loss was in my top three goals every single time I made a list.
2. This notebook is full of ideas that are still on my “I need to get to that” list.

Something had stopped me from moving forward with ideas for courses, ebooks, and other offerings for years.

What was it?

Three guesses.

I was subconsciously putting these ideas on hold because I thought weight loss should be my top priority, my number one goal, the driving motivator behind everything…