Here is another post about my quest to lose weight

Although we’re talking about a diet the 3 stages can be applied to any change that you want to make. The 3 stages are:

1) The honeymoon stage

2) The frustration stage

3) The acceptance stage

To give an example, let’s say that starting tomorrow you’ll decide that the only way you’re going to get around is by walking. Doesn’t matter why you want to do that. You decide that you’re going to do it no matter what (what exactly motivates each and every one is out of the scope of this blog post or any blog post).

So, during the first days you are walking, observing the health benefits of walking, enjoying seeing the neighborhood you like in closely – you observe things that you never knew were there. It’s perfect. You wonder how come you never thought about this walking resolution before and how great it is that you are DOING it. This is the honeymoon stage.

Over time, you’ll usually start getting a bit annoyed by the fact that you have to walk. A rainy day, a night that you didn’t sleep so well, going shopping or having to pick up someone at the airport. All can seem like a chore right now. Why? Because you have to walk. You increasingly become frustrated by the fact that you have to walk. You start to contemplate quitting this. It’s not such a hot idea now, is it? This is the frustration phase, and it’s usually the thing that stands between you and a life changing decision that you want to make – for example reaching a normal weight.

If you get over the frustration phase – which can be extremely hard for some – you reach the acceptance stage. You simply don’t question the decision that you made. You sometimes feel happy that you made it, sometimes get a bit frustrated but the bottom line is that you have reached the point in which you can live with it and you don’t really care.

Of course, you can cycle through this stages more than 1 time – if you don’t have a strong will or don’t see a decision that you’re trying to make as a priority. It all depends on the person and the end goal.

Related posts:

1. Making the health choice (Losing weight saga – 3)
2. Measuring (Losing weight saga – 4)
3. Networking