Dabbling or Devotion. Which One Describes You?

Several years ago, I hired an online diet and fitness coach to help me lose weight. His name is Tad Inoue, and he told me once, “These ladies (fitness competitors) live this lifestyle 110%. They live the meals, training, and cardio. There is no excuse for them.”

It is common reading to hear different writers say that to be extraordinary, it takes doing the extra! It takes more than just cautiously dipping your toes in, reluctant and hesitant to dive full in.

For too long on my journey to transform, I was not fully living the fit lifestyle. I would begin the week excited and motivated to eat well and follow my exercise program, only a few days later to find that positive energy depleted by a lackluster attitude. There was no good reason for my intermittent, half-hearted attempts. I was my own worst enemy – unfaithful, undisciplined, and lacking the mental fortitude to brush excuses aside – excuses that reared their ugly head way too often; excuses that I allowed to dominate me.

I was wanting to lose weight. I was interested in losing weight. I was trying to lose weight. But was I fully immersed and deeply involved in all that losing weight entails? The honest answer is no! I was only dabbling.

There is no surprise then that my half-hearted and superficial attempts were producing mediocre results. Eating properly for the most part and exercising for the most part is only going to get you so far. Wishing for it and listlessly wanting it, is an idea without the execution.

It is easy to dabble. It doesn’t take much effort. It doesn’t take much thought.

Dabbling doesn’t bend, stretch, and push you to greater heights. Dabbling doesn’t test your limits. Dabbling doesn’t reveal your potential.

Dabble, and you are just scratching the surface. Dabble, and the wonder and discovery that comes with full bore commitment will never be brought to light.

Dabbling is a wishy-washy and weak attitude at best! It is an attitude laden with pretenses.

Dabbling is being content to stay in a lower gear, coasting with an engine that is designed to be revved at higher octanes.

I was an expert at dabbling. And that is why my physical transformation took more than 8 years and continues to this day.

Learn from me. Reaching your weight loss goals doesn’t have to take that length of time. I can’t tell you exactly how long it will take. But I can tell you, if you dabble at it, it is going to take longer than it has to!