“Seeing danger and doing nothing doesn’t accomplish anything.”

A thought by Andy Stanley (2009-03-31) from his book, The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (p. 48). Thomas Nelson - A. Kindle Edition.

If you have spent any time with me here on JCTT you know that I have been following a fairly successful path of losing weight. I started at 260 lbs. and I got down to 211 but I have hit a danger zone. My path to weighing less than 200 lbs. has hit a detour and I know it but to see the problem is only a part of the solution. I must now do something.

We have gone through a change in location and with that some changes in routine. Now my path for success had walking a hour and a half six days a week and eating right in it. But with the move both of those had stopped. The walking has come back but without the success. In order to get back on the right path then I need to make adjustments also in my eating habits. I cannot live off of past successes but keep focused on the future goals by continuing my walking and also make changes in the way I eat.

We may not always see it but we sometimes wander just a little bit off our path and then the dangers signs come. There may be comfort and enjoyment out there but if you want success you must do what needs to be done to get back to where your goals tell you to go.

Having a goal and seeing it out ahead is great but doing what needs to be done is the way you accomplish the reaching of the goal.

Ok, I weighed 218 lbs. today on my scale. I see the danger in this path that I am on so I must do something about it. You see I want to weigh less than 200 lbs. by my birthday so I’d better start in the right direction today. It is a new day and a new challenge and I am up to it.

So what are your danger signs that are in your path and what are you going to DO about them?

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