From Joe: In several posts and a recent column, Gerry nicely illustrates how we fight ourselves when it comes to making serious personal changes. She started her training camp thinking that losing a few pounds would be a surmountable challenge, she says, only to find out that her new regimen was creating many daily problems that were far more complicated than she expected them to be.
So what’s a person to do when a new regimen creates challenges that were never anticipated at its beginning?
Two important practical hints can be extracted from Gerry’s material.