http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2008/10/16/the-key-to-happiness-is-low-expectations/ Daily writings about fitness, diet, and health Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2008/10/16/the-key-to-happiness-is-low-expectations/#comment-210641 Chelsea M Heffner Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:14:04 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=2083#comment-210641 <p>That is so true. I use to weigh 183 pounds (overweight). I decided to do some daily jogging whenever I woke up every day.</p> <p>I heard all sorts of confusing things like eat this or do that, so many details that I just shut it out. I just went out and jogged for 15 minutes a day because I had other things to do. I was only expecting to lose 5 pounds in 3 months.</p> <p>Viola turns out I lost 15 in 2 months when I bought a scale. I couldn't believe it. You can bet that because my actual expectations were so low that when I saw that number on the scale, I thought I had literally won the lottery (well that's how I felt).</p> <p>Yes, the real trick is to set expectations low so you won't get disappointed and then wind up doing something that you shouldn't be doing (in this case binge eating).</p> http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2008/10/16/the-key-to-happiness-is-low-expectations/#comment-209356 B Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:42:18 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=2083#comment-209356 <p>Oh my gosh, SERIOUSLY. So true, there is a book with the word kaizen in it that talks about aiming for very small amounts of progress which paradoxically can get you to your goal more quickly.</p>