03/02/10: Own your choices

Have you ever struggled with a decision?  Do I buy a new car or do I keep sinking money into my nickel and dimer, for example.  You bat it around for days or weeks sometimes and just don't see a clear answer.  They say one way to beat the decision into submission is to wear the decision.  Pretend you are a new car owner with the full insurance prices (and new car prices) and that you are having to send in the large checks every month.  But you can get to work, reliably, on time, and without towing fees and repair fees.  Does that decision feel good?  Own it.  If not, think about the current situation - you get to keep your money in the bank but you may or may not get to work, let alone on time, without asking a friend for a ride.  Does the decision to keep the car feel good?  Own it.

It's the same thing with food.  Own your choice!

If you opt one day to drink beer and eat a hoagie.  Own it.  Don't whine the next day about whether or not you suck.  Don't cry the next day about gaining a pound back.  Own that pound - and then beat it to the curb! 

I drank beer Sunday.  I enjoyed the beer Sunday.  I will drink beer again in the future.  After the beer on Sunday, I gained 3 pounds and felt rather bloated.  Gaining 3 pounds and feeling bloated is not enough to make me say "never never again".  I will say "yes, please" less in the future.  But I won't say "never".  And when I do choose to drink that beer - I will OWN that decision.  And I will OWN the consequences.  And I will be thankful that I was able to make the choice because 1) I am being proactive about my health and 2) I will be wiser about what that choice may do to me.

If the cookie sounds good - OWN it!

If the soda sounds good - OWN it! 

If the steak sounds good - OWN it!

If the candy bar or the ice cream or the potato chips or the whatever-it-is-you-struggle-with sounds good - OWN it!

YOU choose.  Not the food.  YOU know what that CHOICE does - OWN it!  And enjoy it!

First and foremost, if you make the choice, which means you accepted the potential consequences - then ENJOY what you OWN!

Just some food for thought...

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