Sometimes life is overwhelming. And sometimes life is hard. I mean REALLY hard. Like the-dog-ate-my-homework-and-then-my-cat hard. Or the oh-by-the-way-you’re-fired hard. Or the there-is-no-f#$^ing-way-I-am-getting-out-of-bed hard.

It’s at times like these that you may want to turn yourself on autopilot, or as I call it, the Mindless Manipulation Mode. This mode works especially well for those times that you are losing the drive and commitment to  your workout plan, but I’m sure it could apply to other times when life grabs you by the balls and gives them a squeeze (sorry girls, I’ll try to come up with more gender-equal comments as we go along).

Mindless Manipulation Mode involves a little bit of planning and then setting yourself up so that you just do whatever it is that needs to get done. Once things are set in place, there is no thinking about it on your part. You just do it (gosh, where have I heard that before?).

Which leads me back to yesterday’s post about bootcamp class and Weight Watchers, and about the tough time I’ve been having with my dad. I’m making so many decisions and looking at so many options with my dad that I really can’t handle any more thinking or decisions right now.

So I’ve very cleverly manipulated myself into “just doing it.” Just going to bootcamp three times a week. Just eating no more than 23 points worth of food on any given day. Just eating pretty much the same foods every day so that I don’t have to decide what I should or shouldn’t eat today (check out upcoming posts for devilishly delicious easy meals that I eat almost every day).

Think about it – how can you set yourself on autopilot to reach your weight loss goals?

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