I am back. Feeling better than I did yesterday. I feel good enough to walk today. I will get at least three miles in, sometime today. One of my struggles with losing weight is not eating after seven at night. I go to bed while my stomach is making more noises then the painting crew next door. However, I do find that it makes all the difference on the scale. I was very happy to get on the scale this morning as I am down the 4 lbs, I was up mid week.
Although my friends, threaten to hijack my scale to never return it. It's one of those scales that every time you weigh in, it's like a box of chocolates, cuz you just never know what you're gonna get.
I find myself leaning forward if I don't like the result, or leaning back, sometimes I stand up real straight and other times I stand with only one foot. I do this several times until I get a reading I want. I've named her Lyin Lily. I can't part with her. LOL
What keeps a person on the right track to losing weight? I honestly think that for everyone it's different.
Motivation dies out, but it's pure & raw determination that keeps a person in this for the long haul. Look, I think all the ladies in the world have tried to diet and have either been successful or not, but I will say this, sometimes I think there's an appointed time in our lives when God Aligns the stars and everything just clicks.
What keeps a person from moving forward in a healthy direction?
Allot of excuses with one root problem. Not loving yourself the right way.
By not putting yourself on the priority list. I find this allot with every Mom I know. They put their kids
first... How could they not right? Maybe it's because I am not a Mom...yet. I would like to think that I would have more of an attitude like this; I want to be around this earth as long as I can for my children, therefore, I am going to put my health first and make time for myself to work out and secondly, I am going to put my child's health right up there next to mine on the number one spot and as a family we are going to be more active and incorporate healthier eating habits. I don't see it as being selfish, by being a Mom and making time for yourself. A happy Mom, makes for a happy child. A healthy Mom, makes for a healthy child. See? Win win? Comment, if I am wrong? Maybe my thinking is not right. LOL.
My friend asked me yesterday.
"Where do I start Mistie?"
I told her, "Every journey starts with a single step. You start by putting yourself BACK on the top of your priority list and work on your follow through, because let me be frank here, your follow through sucks."
I love that I can be honest with her. Beating around the bush, never got any brownie points in my book. A friend of mine always told me...
"Say what you mean. Mean what you say and don't say it mean."
Well okay, Maybe I need to work on the not saying it mean part of that. Okay, so I am a little rough around the edges but she gets me. I don't want to sugar coat it and make it look all fancy with a ribbon on it. She is my friend and this is her health, and I walk in love when I speak of to her about her health, even if it comes out like I am mean.
One thing that I can attribute my success this time to is the wonderful support that I get from my friends and family. I have been blessed. I cannot thank them enough for believing in me, for pushing me, cheering me on and not letting me quit. I truly believe that most successful people have someone or several someones in their lives that have spoken words of life over their hurdle. I appreciate each & everyone of my friends and family members more than they will ever know. My heart leaps, when I think about how much they mean to me.
Knowing that I am worth the effort it takes to turn my health around is the core of why I am on this journey to save my life. I didn't always think I was worth it, but slowly and surely. I know that I am here for a purpose and that purpose wasn't to be over 300 pounds.
Before, I was afraid to succeed.
Now, I am excited to see what success looks like.
I know that I will have another week like this past week and I am pretty sure I will feel like throwing in the towel and get burned out on chicken, broccoli and drinking water. I also know that I will pick myself back up and start over. This journey is about Ups and Downs but the destination, is all worth it.
I love the title of this blog. because it sums up my week. I fell in the water this week. I didn't beat myself up, I got out of the water dried myself off, put on new clothes and started over. That's victory.
Here's to investing in my future, one day at a time.
Mistie
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