What Went Wrong: The Sequel

Congratulations to those of you who emailed me the good news that you're starting to see positive changes. With that said, do not stop doing what you're doing. Everything hinges on your staying the course, but don't worry, you won't be the only one "doing all the work" for too much longer. Now that you've had a taste of success and have seen the good that's to come, I'll let you in on something I purposely omitted until now.

Big Secret Revealed..

The whole purpose for having you do this exercise was to get you in the habit of breaking old patterns. And as most of you will agree, any behavior or action that is repeated enough times to be classified as a pattern becomes ingrained and incredibly difficult to change. Just ask any smoker, knuckle cracker, or goodbye to all that blogger who's a recovering DQ Blizzard addict and they'll tell you it's a hellish campaign. Difficult? Yes, but not impossible. Of course it's no secret that something like 85% of Americans are either overweight or obese. I'm also certain it'll come as no surprise to most of you that approximately only 7% (not 70, but 7) of treadmills purchased in the United States get used on a regular basis for something other than a convenient coat or clothing rack. Here's another revelation you may or may not know: everyone is guilty of being manipulative..no exceptions! Think about it..every minute of everyday (excluding when you sleep) you are, in the strictest sense, manipulating either something or someone. If you disagree, then obviously you spend every second of your life sitting motionless and speechless in a Lazy Boy recliner. Sure hope that thing's super comfortable! My point to all that is to illustrate that people locked in a pattern can become just as reluctant to change as a husband/guy is to volunteer to do the dishes. So, a little positive manipulation to motivate someone or a situation is sometimes the only way they/it would ever change or improve, and honestly, isn't something of this magnitude just too important to sit around and hope that someday chance or fate smacks the hell out of your significant other?

Anyway, keep it up and I'll be back shortly to discuss and green light the next phase of "operation I love you but dammit this can't be all there is".