You can do it! Bad days happen! Just gotta brush yourself off and make the next day count!
3rd time is a charm??? or should I say 300 millionth time is a charm? I have started and restarted so many times, but I refuse to give up on myself. So here goes... 3rd time to complete 365 days of healthy choices and finally loose weight for good!!!!
What motivated me? Well, DS just left for college and my heart is broken. BUT before he left he started to get into rock climbing. He said that if I loose the weight he will teach me and take me rock climbing. Soooo.... what's a mother to do that wants to stay connected with her now adult son? Move Heaven and Earth to loose the weight so that we can continue to connect. Although this frightens the heck out of me because I am afraid of heights!
That got me to thinking what else activity wise do I want to do? DH and I will need to find something to do once DD flies the coop and I would love to get into backpacking with DH. (DS and DH went to Philmont scout camp this past summer and their experience sounded AMAZING)
I also want to earn that very elusive black belt, and I would LOVE to go river rafting and river tubing and hiking in the Narrows in Arizona, and hiking further down into the grand canyon, and horseback riding in the water during our cruise, and wearing a beautiful ball gown on formal night of the cruise, and keeping up with DH as he walks, and finally fitting on that darn Harry Potter ride.
So, last night I found a book I want to read to help me along the way. I recharged the MP3 player so I can have great work out music.
Today's healthy choices included:
1. having baked tilapia when we went out for lunch instead of the chicken Alfredo.
2. Making the decision to get back to journaling!!!! I have missed all of you, and I want to make this happen.
So this morning I got up a little earlier than I needed to, my start time for work was a little later and I got a few things done around the house. I decluttered, did laundry, and went for a walk. I find I am so much more motivated to get things done in the morning. But I haven't found a good time to exercise yet. A walk is OK, but it doesn't get my heart pumping. Not a morning exerciser, but after work I am so tired. I am going to have to find a good time to exercise and stick to it. The problem is that my work changes literally on a day to day basis and I don't know what my start time for the next day will be until about 2pm the day before. Hard to plan in exercise. I think I will make that my goal next week, to plan in exercise!
OH, and one GREAT thing that came about this journal... I came up to log, even though I was tired, I wanted to keep my commitment to my journal. Thank Heavens I did because DS came onto Skype and we chatted for 50 minutes!!!!! Made my night! It was just a little bit of a cyber hug from DS!
Vija, I love your quote. : This is a good one, too.
One day at a time; one step at a time; one bite at a time -- you can do it!
I have no doubt in a few months you will be where you want to be
I am back yet again!!! I am so sick and tired of trying, and starting and not finishing. But I WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON MYSELF!!! found a great quote...
If you never give up, you'll be successful.
Dan O'Brien (I don't know who Dan O'Brien is, I hope he is a "good guy", but I like the quote either way)
I plan on that... I won't give up and I WILL be successful!
I have 34 weeks until our cruise and that is a big motivator for me right now. I made the commitment to DH that I would "earn" this cruise by losing weight. Well, I haven't done that yet, but I can and will. I want to go on that cruise with confidence and pride, knowing I "earned" it.
Today woke up with a bad headache... one that I have had on and off for a week. I know it is food related. I've been making some very bad food choices and I can feel myself just feeling worse and worse. I'm done with that. I love how I feel when I eat healthier and exercise. Why wouldn't I do that?
I know this is going to be a lifelong process... not just 34 weeks, and I am ready to get my "move on".
Woke up and DH and I went to the gym. Haven't done that in a while and it felt GREAT! I also decided to make my home DVD/VHS tapes more accessible and moved them to a shelf. While doing so, I counted out 72 different VHS/DVD/Wii exercise related tapes.... Jane Fonda, WATP, Richard Simmons, Buns of steel, Tae Bo, Zumba, Biggest loser DVD's... you get the point... that is ALOT of tapes available. I mentioned to DD that I could do 1 a day and not get bored with exercises. She said "why don't you do that as a challenge" Okayyyy... so of course I want to show her I can, so now I have committed by myself to the challenge. It will actually by 73 days because I rented just dance 2014 from Red Box, so we will start with that one.
However my DD is now in on it too... I challenged her to do some form of exercise for the next 73 days too. She accepted the challenge. So hopefully I can help her along the path of daily exercise and getting healthier.
I looked back on this thread... my first attempt to make it went for 243 days... second attempt was 29 days... third attempt was only 5 days... fourth attempt was 4 days... Time keeps moving on... this time I will accomplish 365 days.
I may not have access to a computer each night, but I will come back and log those days. I can do this.