Ahh, the scoreboard. Is there anything more potentially confronting than in your face assessment of your day-by-day performance? You are going to be looking at what you do each and every day and reporting how every day went. And you may be looking at this saying, “I already KNOW I’m going to lose points, maybe every day, so what’s the point of playing?”
The point is, this challenge is not about being perfect. We are not challenging you to get a perfect score. This challenge is about being conscious about each choice that you make. What you take on should stretch you and give you results that you’ve never had before, but it shouldn’t make you miserable. I’m sure there are going to be things that you are not willing to give up. This challenge is not about being miserable. This challenge is about knowing that every choice you make involves a sacrifice. Today you hold off and don’t eat what you want to eat — there’s one kind of sacrifice you have to make. Tomorrow you may say “screw it!” and eat whatever you want — there’s another kind of sacrifice in that.
This challenge is going to help you be present at the moment of choice so that the choices you make ARE choices and not just reactions — to hunger, moods, cravings, desires, tradition, emotions. Don’t resist taking it on because you know that you aren’t going to be Mr or Mrs. Perfect.
Take it on because you are interested in training yourself to be the one in charge.
