It's the Little Things

I've had a great weekend in Dallas - I learned a lot, connected with old friends, and made some wonderful new ones. It doesn't get a whole lot better than that!

I heard something this weekend that was simple, but I think very profound: "In life, it's the little things that matter. These things are easy to do, or easy not to do. But whether or not you do them will make the difference.

That is certainly true of the Take Shape for Life/Medifast program. It's a little thing to open up a packet or a bar and make that your meal - it really doesn't get much easier than that. It's easy to do that five times a day, but it's also easy to talk ourselves OUT of doing that. We may think that we're too busy, or too stressed, or too something to make time to open a bar (side note here: when people tell me they're too busy to stay on plan I have to say "huh?" and scratch my head, because what could be more simple and time efficient than opening up a bar??). We can come up with a million reasons why today just isn't a good day to stay on plan - it's easy to find reasons.

But whether or not we do the little things that matter will make the difference.