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Discipline is something I have always been great at.   So easy for me to decide on something and keep at it until I get it done. But lately I find myself struggling to stay disciplined on certain chores I had once breezed over. I find myself making excuses instead of just getting on with it and doing what’s required to be done.   So I ask myself why is it that I now struggle with being really disciplined. Why do I find myself not hitting the mark on some of my goals? I did some soul searching and came up with one thing – I never wanted it really bad in the first place. I found that those things I wanted so badly I found the strength required to be disciplined at it. The ones I sort-of wanted, I always found excuses not to do them.   I tried out my theory on a few of my goals: (1.)  Finish writing the first draft of my new novel: – tick, done in 30 days because I wanted to. I really wanted to finish that book. (2.)  Loose that last 5kg I have b...

Before meets after I was actually a slim but not too slim lady and my husband, fit and trim carried me on our wedding day about a decade ago. I used to think I was just big until I realized I was just eating the wrong things. One day I went to the hospital for a medical check up and my doctors announced to me that my health was in trouble. This was a wake up call for me. Fatigue, allergies and pains were draining my entire life. It was at this moment I decided I was going to make a change, not just for me but also for my family; we were going healthy. Even before being alerted about my obesity, I was always feeling tired, yawning, experiencing extreme exhaustion and fatigue, ankle and knee issues, recurrent asthma-like conditions, serious sneezing, cramps, intense menstrual pains, short breathe, weak immunity and susceptibility to any infectious condition nearby to name a few, were all things I experienced on a regular basis. I added so much weight after 2 childbir...