The Bus Driver's Secret
I usually scroll Reddit a bit each day (got to keep my lingo up to date, no cap) and yesterday a post popped up of this woman who had lost some weight. No big deal, I hear you say. But she lost 93 kilograms! In a year. She did start at 160kg, but that is a lot. That's a whole Faf De Klerk!
In the usual internet fashion, people said she was lying, or that it was dangerous, or she'd had surgery. No, but she did have one secret tip. Consistency.
She said she was a school bus driver, she walked 6 miles a day, and did fasting. No fancy diet. No surgery. No pills.
But her one comment stuck with me. She said "one thing I lived by was 'time was going to pass anyway'."
She understood that to reach her goal, she had to stick at it. She could complain in a year that she wasn't any different, or she could do the work and see a difference. Time was going to pass either way.
The world now runs on "Extreme Makeover" time. Want to lose weight? Get liposuction. Look younger? Get a facelift. Get rich? Rob a cash-in-transit van.
But consistency is key. Ever seen a bath that had a dripping tap? You could pour Midmar dam on that bath, and it will be fine. But 1 drop a minute for a couple months? That enamel becomes thinner than Donald Trumps hair.
The problem with consistency is how hard it is to keep at it. Doing things that make it easier to stick to, will help you keep up the habit, and get the results.
Like getting healthy. You could have a cupboard full of the best supplements in the world. But if you don't take them, they won't help. The Daily Shake makes it really easy. Scoop your shake, drink it. Do it again tomorrow. And who knows what you will feel and look like after a year.
Time is going to pass anyway, you may as well be enjoying your shake as it does.
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