You know when that happens? It happens to me when I decide I don't want to spend the time to keep track of what I eatand drink. I reach a point where I am convinced that I know - from past experience and from past keeping track - how much I can eat and what I can eat, so why spend the time on recording what I already know?
This last time I made the decision to stop recording what I eat, I gained ten pounds in the following ninety days - ten pounds that becomes more and more difficult to shed as I get older. No big change in eating habits - no change in exercise habits - just a little bit here and a little bit there. I'm back to keeping track, and I see where those little snacks and larger portions that I kidded myself into believing would have no effect did add weight.
Keeping track keeps me honest to myself. It keeps me accountable for my own behavior - for my own choices. I don't have to share the records with anyone else - just with myself. I find when I do that, good things happen - probably because I am dealing with reality, and not with selective memory - that ability to only remember the high spots.
If you're dealing with weight, or any of a thousand other challenges and goals, keep track. Write down what is most important to you and then keep track of how you are progressing toward where you want to be. It doesn't have to be an involved process - keep it simple so you persist in recording.
In my experience, and the experience of many, many succesful people, keeping track is the most important single thing you can do to reach where you want to be. Do it - today.
Written by Andrew Cox, President, The Cox Consulting Group LLC
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