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Habit Development
The Valley of Disappointment
Progress is not always going to be linear
In the early and middle stages of any quest, there is often a Valley of Disappointment. — James Clear, The Power of Habit
Changing one’s life is hard. It takes so much time. Especially when you are like me, a person who tends to get discouraged easily. Over time, though, I am getting better at looking beyond “results.”
For decades, the diet industry has harangued fat people to do better. “You can’t do it yourself,” they say, over and over and over, “but buy our product/service/doohickey and your problems will be solved overnight.”
How long have we stood in line at the grocery check-out, staring at the magazines with cover stories about the newest fad diets, the detox soup recipes, the stories about “This Lady Lost 100 Pounds in Three Months” and wondered why we are told how easy it is, while in reality it’s so hard?
The media tells us we must attain our desires RIGHT NOW.
No one seems to be celebrated for losing weight/getting fit over the long term. Long hauls are boring. Why are you so slow at this? Because obviously you’re not following the Starvation Diet of the Week on Woman’s Weekly Magazine.
