…and you’re 90 percent done.

This is a quick summarization of the 10/90 rule that Mark Sisson wrote in his Daily Apple blog.

He calls out 10 activities that one can perform to get on the road to health-happiness: everything from abandoning processed foods to moving (exercising) more, from getting more quality sleep to loving oneself. 

One of the 10 things that particularly caught my attention was the exhortation to throw off the yoke of unhealthy habits and relationships, poor decisions, painful memories, and bad history–all of which trap us in an emotional shroud that undermine our ambitions and bury our dreams.

“Fidelity to self” is a maxim I live by (thanks, Marcus Aurelius). Have faith in yourself in all things, and moving on will be possible. In fact, I think that this is the only way to move on and get the most from life. If you give your personal authority over to others – even experts and those with good intentions – it will be much harder to let go and move on.

I believe that many times we “get stuck” in the wake of something negative because we’re not trusting ourselves enough to lead ourselves out of it – we submit that power to someone else. When you make yourself C.E.O., your soul becomes free, and the bad stuff just dissipates in its proper time, as it should. But most people never do this, because it takes a massive leap of faith. We’re conditioned to cheat on ourselves, essentially, by giving our personal authority to others. As the soul dies, so goes the body.

Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/10-90/#ixzz2ceiBrSOF 

I think emotional eating contributes to a lot of the weight and health issues we see today. Learning how to manage those emotions plays a big part in one’s success to lose weight, get fit and be healthy and happy.

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