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Fat Loss Diary — Day 30
I’m writing this on the 27th of September 2024. I started my fat loss diary thirty days ago. I’ve lost 2.5 kilograms, which is not what I wanted. I was supposed to lose 5kg and end up weighing 70kg. That was the goal. But today I weigh 72.5kg. Goals need deadlines, and my deadline is the 31st of September. I’ll probably fail.
Can I lose another 2.5kg in 4 days? Yes, I know it’s possible because I’ve done it before. But what happens is not the same as what’s possible.
This all feels too pessimistic. What can I blame? The weather is terrible and nothing is working at work. I have to be in the office every day because we’ve been the subject of a huge cyberattack. No more working from home. I can blame all of those things. I don’t feel any real drive right now. I don’t feel like fighting for the fat loss.
Motivation plays a huge part in everything we do and I’m a little unmotivated at the moment. I know I can do it. I can lose 2.5kg by the end of September if I motivate myself. That was a deliberate choice of words, I said ‘if I motivate myself.’ Other people will only motivate me to achieve what they want, not what I want. Other people have no responsibility to motivate me unless I am paying them to do so.
Motivation is all about the mental side of everything in life, including fat loss. The physical side of fat loss is so…
