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Must It Be All or Nothing?
That depends on the situation.
Have you ever noticed that when someone decides to lose weight, start a new hobby, or make a large change in their life, they go all in? They throw their full literal or metaphoric weight into the action in an all-or-nothing shot at achieving some goal.
Why? Society and its many expectations are the likely culprits. Every commercial diet program, from Jenny Craig to Weight Watchers to Atkins tends to be all or nothing. Buy out products and stick to our regime with laser focus or fail.
Another interesting culprit might be the montage in TV and movies. You know what I mean. That stirring, inspirational music as you watch the protagonist train and go from novice to intermediate to expert in an impossibly compressed span of time? In the end, they are leaner and buffer, wiser and stronger, and the like.
All or nothing. You give your all, every iota of your attention and intention, or else you get nothing. But must it be all or nothing?
Everything in moderation
If you go on one of those diets where they “prescribe” your meals, and you follow it closely, you’ll lose the weight. The results are likely to be impressive. However, the moment you stop eating only what they offer, the weight likely will come back.
