“It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.” ~James Gordon

 

When I woke up yesterday morning something was different. I didn’t feel like I did the day before or a week before.

I knew it was time. Time for change.

As I soaked in the bath an overwhelming feeling consumed me. I need to do something about my weight. NEEDED. There was no “I’ll start tomorrow” left in me. It had to be today. I could feel it as intrinsically as I felt the overwhelming need to quit smoking in 2011, before I quit by breaking my leg. And feeling that familiar feeling, I knew this time my action was required before something bad happened. I didn’t want to learn from my mistakes. I wanted to avoid the mistake happening in the first place.

This was the moment that the caterpillar started to emerge from her cocoon.

The moment that the spark of change ignited.

This was Day 1.