Daily blog (audio): The problem wasn’t what you did [It was what you made it mean]

<p>The problem wasn’t what you did [It was what you made it mean]</p> <p><br></p> <p>We're on a mission to help one million people RISE by 2030 - join the movement at <a href="http://www.myrise.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.myrise.co.uk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Have you ever eaten or drank in a certain way……..</p> <p>And then felt that you’ve ‘failed’…….</p> <p>And done more of the same……..</p> <p>And felt you “need to start again”?</p> <p>You know – had some cake and biscuits at work.</p> <p>Or a big night out.</p> <p>Or demolished a bottle of wine and tub of Hagan Daz infront of the tele.</p> <p>Or you’ve missed a workout or two and though “I’ll leave it for this week (or month)”?</p> <p>You’re in the massive majority if you have.</p> <p>We get it.</p> <p>Understandable train of thought.</p> <p>But, as with a lot of trains of thought, it’s worth questioning.</p> <p>Ultimately, in all these cases (and many others in life), the problem isn’t what we did…….</p> <p>It’s what we made it mean.</p> <p>Over eating by several hundred or a thousand or so calories only equates to fraction of a pound of body fat gained.</p> <p>A single missed workout makes very little difference in the grand scheme of things.</p> <p>And both can be easily averaged out over time.</p> <p>Knocking 10 to 20% off maintenance for the next day or two.</p> <p>Maybe catch up on the missed workout.</p> <p>Or minimal difference to the workouts we’d do in a year if we just do the next one as planned and so on.</p> <p>It’s when we make it mean something else that it has a bigger impact.</p> <p>When we decide that’s ‘failure’………</p> <p>That we’ve “been naughty”……….</p> <p>That “this isn’t for me”……….</p> <p>And so on.</p> <p>Remember that next time you do that thing.</p> <p>The thing probably isn’t that big a deal.</p> <p>It’s what you could choose to make it mean now that is.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Much love,</p> <p>Jon ‘Modal’ Hall</p>