I’m in the middle of reading a book titled “The Monk who sold his Ferrari”. I’ll come back to that later. One of the nice points about the book is that each chapter has lessons and then action points to summarise and give the reader a way of putting into practice the advice given. One of the 5 rules for improving your lifestyle is that it takes 21 days of continuous “new” behaviour to alter a habit. So if you never have breakfast and want to start (good advice by the way!) it takes about 21 days of eating breakfast every day for it to become your new habit.
Given my fondness for chocolate and the fact that it seems to be what is getting in the way of me shedding real weight as I build up to my Ironman, I have decided on my own 21 day challenge - No chocolate.
Thinbgs are going well so far. I’m now up to day 8 and I havent really had any near misses. In fact I had a couple of direct offers over the weekend and managed to refuse both times, which shows that my resolve is good. Can I maintain this willpower? I’ll keep you posted on how I progress.
And today I’ve introduced the 21Day Challenge to my clients at work and 2 have taken me up on it, choosing alcohol. Will they be just as strong? I hope so and I’ll do all I can to encourage them
If you want to do your own 21 day challenge then just think of 1 small thing you want to change and get started right away. Thats the easy part. Keeping it going for 21 days is a bit harder but you wont know until you try!!
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