B.I.D.W.T. vs B.I.N.T.

Good Thursday Morning!

So what's with all the capital letters in the title? I'll get to that, but first I want to look at the picture for a second because it doesn't just represent a 5.4 lb weight loss over the past 10 days, it really represents the result of a decision to take control of myself and make a positve change. Maybe wisdom is finally arriving at age 61.

Okay, so what does the title represent - the age old battle of But I Don't Want To versus But I Need To. Want vs. Need. For me I finally decided Need was more important.

Maybe the only good thing about a recession is that people tend to focus on the more important things (needs) and less on the nicities (wants). For most of our lives we're torn between doing what we want to do and what we know we need to do - and the "want to do" usually wins out.

Then times get tough. Half of your retirement investments disappear. You're not sure how secure your job is or how you'll pay the bills if it disappears. You start to pay more attention to people dying too young from cancers, or heart attacks or strokes, and you don't want to be one of them. In other words the real "need" world is in conflict with your "but I want it" world. We've been fat, dumb and happy for a long time in this country, and now is the perfect time to a more serious approach.

So all of this is just a way to say it could be your time to take control of yourself and focus on the needs, whether they be weight loss, or securing your income, or just letting people know how you really feel about them. Whatever the issue is for you, I urge you to make the decision to change it for the better.

Finally, as many of you have requested, I will be sending an attachment by email to those of you who've been folling my journey with a complete list of everything I'm eating, and the exercise I'm doing each day. It will also be part of the information sent if you fill out the contact form in the upper right corner. The newsletter, which will be on broader topics (many of which you've supplied, so thanks for the replies), will begin next week, so make sure to fill out the form to be on the list.

Your comments are always welcome, so please add them below.

Have a terrific day!

Bill Ehmann
Copley, OH & Hilton Head, SC
330-576-6061