Thank You to All My Crabs

Yesterday, I went to the gym and was reading a terrific book that was recommended to me by a friend for the New Year...

The Body Fat Solution by Tom Venuto.

So far, this book is unlike any other "diet" book I've ever read. It's as if it was written just for me...
I wouldn't even call it a diet book...

Basically, his premise is that you not only need to work on the physical, but you need to work on the root cause of why you think the way you do. One of my favorite quotes so far is something like this...

You can achieve your goals or make excuses, but you can't do both at the same time.

I understand these words are obvious, but to me, it was like a bolt of lightening. I've been repeating them to myself several times daily ever since I read them.

Yesterday, I was reading a section where he talks about sabotage and he relayed the following story:

One time a man was walking along the beach and say another man fishing in the surf with a bait bucket beside him. As he drew closer, he saw that the bait bucket had no lid and had live crabs inside.

"Why don't you cover your bait bucket so the crabs won't escape?", he said.

"You don't understand.", the man replied, "If there is one crab in the bucket it would surely crawl out very quickly. However, when there are many crabs in the bucket, if one tries to crawl up the side, the others grab hold of it and pull it back down so that it will share the same fate as the rest of them."

Instead of thinking about the crabs pulling me down, what came into my mind is all the wonderful women on the message boards and blogs who, knowing I have had trouble getting excited about this cycle, have been getting underneath me to lift me up and achieve our goal.

Today, I just wanted to say "Thank You"! :o)
 
Now, time to go to spin class...