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Laura Vaughn <thehighway98@aol.com>

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2nd place in Derby #232: Motivation, with 551 votes! My name is Evan Clifton, and I’m eight years old. I’m the Junior Philosopher of the Month at the Waldren Valley Progressive Elementary Education Center, and this is what this shirt means to me:

This shirt means that sometimes trees grow from the sky and look like tornadoes, but that doesn’t mean they are tornadoes. That just means they’re different, and that’s okay.

This shirt means that sometimes mountains can be really sharp and kind of dark and they might look like they’re going to fall over, but that’s not a bad thing. That just means that they’re different, and that’s okay.

This shirt means that sometimes dogs try to bury their bones in sharp mountains, but they don’t do a very good job with the burying part, so everyone can see the bones, but that doesn’t make the dogs bad dogs. That just means that they’re different, and that’s okay.

This shirt means that the guy from the men’s room signs has a brother who glows and sometimes does dangerous stuff like jumping from a pointy, dark, dog bone mountain to a tree tornado, but that doesn’t mean he needs to go to the real doctor to have the glowing fixed or the talky doctor to have the doing dangerous stuff fixed. It just means that he’s different, and that’s okay.

So, in conclusion, I am Even Clifton, I am eight years old, and this shirt means to me that being different is okay.

Wear this shirt: if you’re different, and that’s okay.

Don’t wear this shirt: if you’re not different, and that’s not okay.

This shirt tells the world: “I’m different, and that’s okay.”

We call this color: Navy, but if it were a different color, that would be okay.

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Optifast Lifestyle Education Series: Motivation To Change.

    Many participants in weight management programs say "I know what to do to manage my weight," yet they have a hard time putting their knowledge into action. Such individuals are often puzzled and frustrated when they find themselves struggling to follow their weight management program. Their behavior is saying that they are having dificulty maintaining motivation and commitment to weight control and that they do not understand the process required to increase their motication.
    You may have stufied the concept of approach avoidance theory in the Embracing change module. This theory describes simultaneously approaching and backing away from change.
    Desiring - and at the same time resisting - change is a natural step in the proces of behavior change. After all, evfen the most desirable goals have a price. Achieving a healthy weight may be one of your most longed-for goals, but you may regret that achieving this goal will mean that you can no longer eat whatever you want, nor can you continue to be a couch potato.

• mo·ti·va·tion

  1. A feeling of interest of enthusiasm that makes somebody want to do something, or something that causes such a feeling.
  2. The biological, emotional, cognitive, or social forces that activate and direct behavior.

The Facets of Motivation

    As you can see from the definition of the word motivation, it is more complex than simply wanting to do something. Multifaceted biological as well as psychological urges direct motivation. A person's motication to pursue a particular behavior is a reflection of their biological programming and psychological factors, such as their value system and the price they attach to success. Other modules in the OPTIFAST Lifestyle Education Series have addressed the skills needed to deal with biological motications to overeat. This module concentrates on the psychological aspects of motivation.

The Five R's of Weight Management Motivation 1 - Relevant: How is weight management relevant in my life? 2 - Risks: What are the risks in my life if I do not manage my weight? 3 - Rewards: What are the rewards in my life if I manage my weight? 4 - Roadblocks: What are the roadblocks to weight management in my life? 5 - Remove: How can I remove the roadblocks in order to manage my weight?

    The Five R's of Motivation questions provide an assessment to help you determine how motivated you are to lose weight, and your weight loss efforts.

Drs. James Miller and Stephen