What Can You Learn About Fat Loss From Stacking Wood?

Here we are, still early June, and already I'm preparing for next winter.  That's just a fact of life we have to live with in Quebec I guess.  Anyhow, 10 cords of wood was dumped into our driveway this morning.  And I vowed that this year it was all getting stacked on the day it arrived!

So that's how my day was spent.  And as I stacked those last few logs, it dawned on me that there is a big parallel between a task like stacking wood and the journey that most people have to face when trying to lose fat or achieve some other health or fitness goal.

When that pile first gets dumped in the driveway, it looks so big that you're sure - even though you know better - that it's going to take at least a week to get it stacked.  You dig into those first logs with a slightly doubtful attitude.  Even though you are fresh and motivated to get the job done, there is a nagging feeling of being overwhelmed.

After a few hours, the pile is noticeably smaller.  You gaze with satisfaction at the ground that you've liberated.  But then you look back at the pile and realize just how far there is to go.  You toy with leaving it for tomorrow.  Of course, if you leave it for tomorrow it could drag on for days or even weeks.  So you dig back in, weary but determined.

By the time you're three quarters of the way through, you're tired and starting to get sore.  You've come a long way and the results are there.  But man, that last part of the pile still just looks so big!  This is where the gremlins really kick in.  It wouldn't take so long to polish this off tomorrow would it?  I could just relax and enjoy my evening.  This is where you need to give yourself a kick in the rear and just do it.

Finally, there are only a few loads left and you know that you've made it.  You start to feel a bit euphoric.  You stack that last log and you even think to yourself - before you raise you arms in victory - that you could probably even keep going if you had some more wood to stack.

So, what's the big lesson?  That wood got stacked one load at a time and one log at a time.  That is the biggest secret to sustained success in anything.  You've got to drip, drip, drip away like water on stone.  Eventually you'll wear a grove in that stone and change the shape of your destiny.

Take your fat loss one meal at a time, one day at a time and one week at a time.  All of a sudden you'll wake up one morning and your proverbial pile of wood will be so small that you'll wonder how it is that you got there.  But now you know, you got there one load at a time...

Comments

[Laree Draper]

10 cords! Adam, you're amazing!

I thought I was doing good at a cord and a half. :~)

[Adam Steer]

Hey Laree,

Once the momentum kicked in it became a mission! ;-)

And today it feels so good to have it done. This afternoon is for sittin' in the sun!

Cheers,
Adam

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[Laura]

Awesome analogy!

[Adam Steer]

Laura - Thanks for dropping by. I'm glad you liked the analogy!

Cheers,
Adam

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