�Now, we may not all be calling each other names, but many of us are still playing the 'blame game'. We blame others for our weight gain. We blame others for our failed diet. We blame others for our perceived failures. But are others at fault? Sometimes what we say to others 'bounces off them and sticks on us', to paraphrase the old rhyme. While we'll admit that genetics plays a huge role in our weight, it's also true that each of us makes daily choices that impact the number on the scale. So who (or what?) are we blaming for our weight? Genetics? Fast food? A busy lifestyle? Ice cream? Family? Work? The bottom line is that while we may be able to legitimately blame someone (or something) else for our CURRENT weight, we are all in control of our FUTURE weight. Each of us knows how we arrived at our current weight. Perhaps we've always been heavy. Perhaps that weight crept on during the last few years. Or, maybe, we were thin until we hit age _____ and then the pounds started piling on. However we arrived at our current weight, the fact is that we're here. We cannot change the past. But, we do have control over the future. No matter how hard we try, we can't change what we ate yesterday. In the same way, we cannot go back in time and alter the amount of exercise we got yesterday. The past is behind us. But the good news is that THE FUTURE HASN'T HAPPENED YET. Each of us can choose to eat better tomorrow. Each of us can choose to exercise tomorrow. The tendency to get 'stuck in the past' is a major reason why Americans are not getting thinner. Too many of us are wasting our time trying to place the blame for our weight on someone else, rather than planning to do something about it.Motivation to Lose Weight and Get Fit
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