Wednesday, June 27, 2018

It's Funny What We Get Used To

About a month ago, I decided to try Intermittent Fasting.  I’m not sure how I stumbled on it but after researching it, it seemed to be a fit for me. I liked the fact that it was not only good for weight loss, but it had also been proven to offer many health benefits. The plan I decided on was the 16/8 plan. That was where you eat within an 8 hour timeframe and fast for 16 hours. I chose to start my eating window at 12 noon and close it at 8pm. So, it means essentially skipping breakfast and avoiding late night snacks.

I was ready!

The first few days were tough. Prior to starting this, I’d be eager to eat by the time I got to work. I’d race to the cafeteria by 9am and get my breakfast and hungrily consume it. I’d be looking for a snack around 11am, eat again at 1:30pm, snack again at 3 or 4pm, dinner at say 7pm and then some kind of treat at 9pm or so. This was the way it had always been and it was what my body had become accustomed to.

After I got into the swing of things, I noticed something very interesting. The morning would progress and as I would consume my water or tea with no sugar, I realized that I was not dying of hunger like I thought I was at 9am during my previous eating style. I was getting used to that feeling of satisfaction from beverages and by the time noon came, sometime I was eager to eat and sometimes I wasn’t. I had gotten used to it and it was my new norm.

Realizing this made me think of other things that we “get used to.”

We get used to feeling alone.
We get used to being unhappy.
We get used to being in a bad relationship.
We get used to disrespect.
We get used to pain.
We get used to having a horrible job.
We get used to being unhealthy.
We get used to being afraid.
We get used to losing.

It’s comfortable, it’s what we know.

Change is hard, it’s uncomfortable, it feels impossible.

The thing is, it’s NOT impossible. If it means enough to you, it’s 100% possible.

It’s worth it AND you’ll be SHOCKED by how quickly you’ll adapt to the new goodness in your life.

Today, pick something POSITIVE to get used to.

ANYTHING worth having is on the other side of fear/change.