Heidi and Chris Powell posted a tip today about the importance of making a small promise to yourself and... what, really?... KEEPING IT. Screaming like a banshee if someone tries to get in the way of you keeping it. [I have a vision of my husband trying to keep me from taking one more step when I'm at 9,999 steps for the day or trying to feed me a piece of chocolate when I've sworn off sweets for the day. Hah. Funny image.]
While this may fall into the category of "Yeah, that sounds good and all, but not gonna happen," I wanted to see if it could actually happen. In the past, I've promised myself that this time, I was going to lose the weight. And I've broken that promise over and over. I'm not very trustworthy as it turns out.
But Heidi and Chris may have hit on something. What would my psyche be like if I stopped breaking my promises to myself? It must start with no grand promises like "I will lose 100 pounds." That is too too big for today. A promise for today that I can keep, no matter what?
I chose walking 10000 steps as registered by my new FitBit. Yep, that's doable. And I'm not sure, but I feel in my gut that if I can rack up, say, 20 little promises kept, I might start to feel like I have value. That my word is good. That I am a person worth trusting. That I'm not a loser. That I'm a promise keeper.
I keep looking for the secrets behind real transformation. This is one I'm experimenting with this month. I'll be checking back in after 20 promises to see where I am.