Variables

Life is one long experiment and about the time I figure things out, something changes.

The variable is always there. Mixing things up. Keeping me on my toes.

Waiting for me to figure out that it isn't the end result I'm looking for.

It's the right combination of ingredients under particular circumstances.

(Which just makes figuring out the variables more like factoring than adding.)

I think that's why people believe in magic. If feels magical when I find a recipe for something that really works.

For example: Losing weight isn't hard if:

I eat foods that feel decadent to me. (Maybe not to you, but me, so things like eggs, avocados, toast,  blue cheese.)

I feel good and don't have bad dreams.

I get to eat as much as I want at least one meal a day.

These things leave me satisfied inside and out.

Then, of course, there is the added carrot of watching the scale go down and giving me numerous places to record that as well.

I need a lot of rewards and almost zero resistance, but I can get that right now.