Take Responsibility for Reshaping Your Life

We say we want to eat better, feel better, and look better. But
in order to make our goals materialize, we have to take
responsibility for what we want by taking the appropriate
actions. Here are three simple steps to help you turn your
healthy goals into concrete accomplishments:

Step One: Blame No One. Pointing fingers at the fast food
industry, the media or your mother is not going to move you one
step closer to reaching your goals. Blame invariably inspires
guilt and reproach, so that when we start out blaming others,
before we know it we are faulting ourselves. There is no time
for that. Besides, the minute you blame something or someone for
the shape of your life, you are denying yourself the opportunity
to take the action you need to transform your circumstances. It
isn’t a question of whose fault it is that you are where you are
today. The point is to shoulder the responsibility for moving
your life in a more positive direction.

Step Two: Expect Nothing. Taking responsibility for your life
is its own reward. We should do so because it is the mature,
grown-up thing to do. A willingness to be accountable for our
choices and actions is what it means to be an adult. Because
there are no guarantees in life, if you decide to begin making
your health a priority, don’t expect your family to support you
or that your blood pressure will be lowered. An ongoing healthy
lifestyle is not about trying to slim down so you can fit into
your swimsuit by summer or about living to be 100. It is about
saying, “I am going to take care of myself because as far as I
know this is the only body I am going to get, and it makes sense
that I should respect and care for it.”

Step Three: Do Something. Responsibility demands action. Until
you do something about the shape of your life, nothing is going
to change. And here’s the kicker: because it is your life and
you are responsible for the way it looks, only you can decide
what you must do. So, take stock of your life and do what you
can do to improve it. If you have been sitting around, get up.
If you can’t run, then walk. When you fall down, take a minute
to gather yourself, and then get up and continue with your plan
of action. Because in the final analysis, how much we weigh is
not a fraction as important as taking responsibility for our
lives by doing what we can to make them healthier and happier.

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