Murder Weapons – Inspiration, Motivation and Success Gauging
August 21, 2008
[Murder Weapons are items I think someone losing weight, or thinking about losing weight should own.]
What if I told you I had an object that would give you constant feedback on your weight, provide a series of motivational goals, and inspire you to lose more while providing you resistance if you start to gain weight back.
What is it? Some kind of fork that plugs into your iPod or something?
Not at all. In fact, what would you think if I told you that you could buy this item for less than 15 dollars and have it with you all day long without anyone noticing. In fact, you may have this object on you already.
I’d say, “Uh-oh, Andy’s drunk again.”
Well you’re wrong, friend. I’m not drunk again, I haven’t sobered up from the last time I got drunk.
But seriously, what is this miracle object?
A belt.
What you should do is go out and buy a belt — the kind with holes — that just barely fits you. You want to just be able to cinch your fat ass into the belt. Then as you lose weight you’ll notice the belt get looser and looser, providing you positive feedback towards your goal. But just when you’re about to get complacent, you’re able to fit the buckle into the next tightest hole on your belt. Now the belt is tight again, and you have a new goal ahead of you (getting to the next hole).
I know it sounds stupid but I just happened to buy a new belt before starting to lose weight and there is really a nice sense of success when you get to a new hole. For the person losing the weight, it can often be hard to sense your own accomplishment because you’re too close to it. But with a belt you really get to feel your accomplishments inch by inch. Sure, your shirt is going to get looser on you as you lose weight, but your shirt doesn’t have measured increments of tightness or looseness. And with a belt, you can wear the same one when you’re 180 pounds that you did when you were 300 pounds, so you can walk around with that constant reminder of what you’ve achieved. You may even get to the point where you have to start poking your own holes in the belt. That’s a real power move. So buy a belt.
