HOW TO STOP BAD HABITS AND CREATE GOOD ONES ” THE REVERSE SCARFACE”

Then you get the money then you get the power then you get the women. Al Pacino Scarface. Everything I learned in life I learned from the movies. 

I was just thinking recently I applied the reverse of that. Ill admit it I had a bad year, just like most people after covid. I allowed myself to have one or two shots of Vodka every night before dinner. Not the worst thing in the world, right? I am not a drinker. They say one or two drinks a night is OK. Was that last year? They keep changing what they say. But that translated into 60 shots a month and a one and a half liter of Grey Goose every month. My friend was making bongs out of liquor bottles so I saved them for him. But his business is currently on hold. As I look in the garage I see at least 24 empty bottle of Grey Goose. Not pretty right?

My point is getting healthy again and losing weight is the opposite of getting something. So I am going to do a “reverse Scarface.” So first I stopped the drinking, then I cut down on bad foods, then I do the exercise. I dont care what the experts say one or two drinks a night is stupid. It has to do damage, if nothing else its 6000 calories or two pounds a month. I am lucky I only gained 5 pounds. So first I stop the booze, then I stop the cookies from Costco. Its giant size. Then I stop the double half gallon of their ice cream. Then I start the exercise.

So am I rationalizing? Yes a bit. I just got home from Shop Rite with 2 pints of ice cream, a half dozen yogurts, a small container of cookies, and some pretzels stuffed with almond butter. So I think I am incrementally getting better. Hey its not 2 half gallons, its two pints. By the way the Costco ice cream is amazing. I will keep track of it here. And if I am successful I will publish it. Today is 2/3/24 I brought the rebounder upstairs from the basement. I did 15 minutes a few days ago. I was actually sore. I am starting to do pull ups, Cant really even do one. So I jump a little and pull myself up once. We shall see I am definitely not publishing this until I see some serious success, It might even have to be a different tab, Like my journey. That could be health wealth and happiness for me. I will now save this as a draft. Hopefully it will encourage me to make my journey worth publishing.

Actually this is worth it, as a suggestion. Do a reverse Scarface. Everyone operates differently. I think its great advice to focus on the big stuff first. Dont sweat the small stuff. You know what your big no no is. Focus on that first. Or reduce it. Incremental progress. How about 1% a day? Isnt that 365% a year? What if it was compounded? So 1% a day compounded is 37,783% a year. So why not just go for that? Or do the reverse Scarface; first you get rid of your worst habit, then you start eating right, then you start exercising, then you get the results.