Saw this in my Quantified Self folder in Reader, where the author finds that a line from Aristotl...

Saw this in my Quantified Self folder in Reader, where the author finds that a line from Aristotle -- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -- is not particularly useful, then comes to another position that references old-school Slashdot but also isn't that helpful.



1. Accept your beliefs about who you think you are now.

2. Accept your beliefs about who you want to be.

3. ???

4. Behavior change.



I just dropped below 240 lbs from 270 in February, and a good amount of time floating around 290 for a decade and hitting 330 or higher the decade before, and I can't really say what habits I have changed to account for that. Eating more often and avoiding diet cola are the two I can list most quickly.

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