I met each and every business goal this year. I did what I said I was going to do, and more. I worked hard
But, what got put on the back burner? Personal goals.
I will not bother with listing all of those goals here, not today, but I will mention the one personal goal I am pursuing (as of last Monday), the weight loss goal.
I got out of bed Monday morning, made my coffee, sat down for a moment to ponder, and realized I was the only one that could fix the gradual weight gain problem. My choice was to either continue to procrastinate, let my brain control my habits, turn into a rolly-polly, or I was to set my foot down and take care of myself. I chose to take care of myself.
One of my obstacles has been well-meaning friends. No excuse, is it? The comments I hear are, “You are not that out of shape.” “You look good to me.” “If I was not married, I would date you.” “Don’t go and think you have to be sickening thin to be pretty.” Oh my word…they are innocent comments, comments that I appreciate very much. Dear friend(s), I am gaining way too much weight, and I feel uncomfortable. I am not going after weight loss because I feel ugly. I simply want to feel healthy.
Dear husband, thank you for your support! I can tell he feels enthused, and normally he goes on his own path of eating healthier when I do. I cannot ask for better than that. He does not tell me what to do, and he makes no comments, but there is something there that tells me he knows what I am going through. I love him for that.
My husband is not a vegetable eater. I normally take vitamins to counteract my lack of vegetables. This week I decided I had to adopt better nutrition despite the fact that he only likes corn and green beans. I sat down tonight with a large bowl of steamed asparagus. I sat the bowl down to the left of my plate, where it was not within his peripheral vision. I told him to not look. He did. And he looked sick. I said to him, “I have to eat healthier.” Sweet as he could be, he replied, “I know you do.”
Thank you!
Anyhow, that is my story. It is about being in a frame of mind to take better care of me, and everything that surrounds me. I am living healthier on purpose! It is my God-given duty!
Have a beautiful weekend!
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I have been working on this very same thing for the very same reasons.
And it is hard with the busy life I lead.
Good luck with your honing!
Yes, its hard!
I am always busy too, always on the move, always doing something. But not busy enough to burn off the calories that I pack in. When I get tired I tend to eat…thinking, I am a busy person, a farmer, a business owner, and a busy wife. Wrong. Rest, do not eat. For health, and sanity, I must cut back. And deliberate exercise is around the corner. I had to get beyond the starvation feeling first. I am beginning to feel energetic again! Yeah!
Becky, good luck. I do not know about you, the less I talk about a diet the better off I am. So…hopefully someday we check in with each other and say, “We were successful!” Nobody is going to do it for us…and accomplishing what we set out to do will be fulfilling!
I’m on the same track. You’d never know I had a treadmill here at the house. I’m inching my way to it, and am going to try to get there every morning. It’s the only way I’m going to lose the weight. After I lose the weight, I’ll start back in the gym using the weight machines to tone what’s left up… and, of course, there’s the eating that must be curbed. I quit smoking back in 97ish, and I’ve done nothing but put it on since.
Good luck to everyone!!
Lynnanne, in the corner of my bedroom sits an exercise bike, with several different sized weights sitting beside it. Exercise is hard work and boring.
When you put it into perspective, what is 15 minutes a day, compared to 24 hours? Why is it so difficult to set everything aside and give our bodies the work that it needs? I do not want to admit to being lazy, I detest inactivity, but I do not have the answer to the deliberate exercise issue.
Good luck to you too, and to everyone!
I hear you loud and clear. I’m in the same boat as you Mary. I’m having a problem with being motivated. I say, “If only this…” and “I would if…”, and those things don’t ever happen and I’m still here, and still the same size. I want to feel better, too. Just gotta get cranked up on my self-discipline!
I used to be much larger than I am, from my highest weight (15 years ago) to my lowest weight, is a 110 pound span. I am not that heavy now, no. But I must get a handle on what is happening. Because now I am not bouncing back as I was, now it sits in my middle. Middle-age gained its name honestly!!!!
I wish you all the luck, Vickie. Cranking up during a season when all of the wonderful goodies are facing us (Thanksgiving and Christmas) isn’t easy…but perhaps it is the best season to be strong. I’ll be thinking of you!