- Albert Enstein
Okay, so in life I have narrowed down people into two types, those that like to follow directions and those that don't. I for example, am a person who feels trapped and confined by being told what to do. I enjoy creative freedom and abhor the thought of having to do anything by following someones else's step-by-step directions. Thinking about this as I write it probably explains why I am so horrible at dancing, building Lego sets, making dishes from recipes, reading self-help books etc. Unfortunately, for people like me that don't like to follow directions it also leads to difficulty losing weight or achieving goals.
This realization helped me to understand that in life there needs to be a balance. Which explains why my husband and closest friends are all the kind of people who do not deviate from following directions. After years of surrounding myself with these types of people and seeing their success I am happy to say that their outlook on life is finally rubbing off on me (it only took 36 years but heh who's counting). With that said, I for the first time in a very long time bought a Weight Watchers Cookbook tonight with the intentions of using it. Normally, I have very little patience for these bossy books and just enjoy looking at the pictures, but since I am trying to do something new I thought maybe following a recipe, or recipes could put me on the path to changing my non-rule following ways. Call me crazy...okay don't, but I know I need to be okay with letting someone with a little more knowledge take the lead on this. I think letting the extremely intelligent people from Weight Watchers (who by the way get paid to know this stuff)will help me make healthy, portion controlled meals, which will if I stick to it help me to lose weight.
Now from time to time, I have be accused of not asking for help or being prideful, so I think God will honor my humility in this endeavor. I know I will need his help in this area and will be praying about this a lot throughout this journey. Of course, I am fully aware that by taking on this task it might feel like my fingers nails are being ripped out...at first, but like everything hard I know it will get easier. So, tomorrow be expecting a picture from my first attempt at not being "insane" and doing something different.
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