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Good morning STACers...It's friday. I am focusing on shifting my life to a more productive season. The season that was suppose to have started Jan 3. But for some who don't know, my Mom who lives with me fractured her pelvis on Christmas morning, rolling over in bed. She has terrible Osteoporosis...I have not made much of this whole ordeal here in STAC, because that's not the focus of this place...The reason I say it now is because it totally rearranged the beginning of my new year. I was thrown into challenges I did not prepare for. But I made it thru, clean. See, I am an addict, to carbs and foods in general.
Thankfully I have such a strong routine, and foods around me that work, that as I hopped in the amublance, my daughter was placing ham roll ups and green pepper slices in my purse. Thankfully I never missed a meal, never cheated, never missed a workout. I did take a day off or 2 but I never let more than 1 day pass without a workout...Some days I was so tired and discouraged, and I made myself exercise, becauase what if I took off today, and tomorrow held circumstances beyond my control! Never put off til tomorrow what you can get out of the way today! Today is day 25 of this current medical crisis with my Mom. She is in an extended care facility, and for that I am very thankful. It has been a roller coaster of emotions constantly playing against me. Our plan is to bring her home to me soon.
Next week I return to the schools where I have a character ed and motivational business. I will be going full steam ahead fulfilling committments I made to a great student body. I am also preparing with my team a national level children's conference in March. I am leaving crisis mode and back into production mode. Daily I will publically speak to over 200 children.
I share all of this to say, BUILD A STRONG DAILY FOUNDATION, STAY FOCUSED ON IT, CREATING IT TO SUSTAIN YOU IN THE UNEXPECTED!
My daily eating, exercising and even water consumption that wards off hunger often enough or distracts me to the bathroom...my daily goal of preparing for the Peachtree, all of this sustained me in this time.
I can get it done, and I am strong. It's because i started building this life in August! It weathered and strengthened all the way up to the holidays and is now a strong steel beam I am held together by.
I have dream "dates in time" I have a sense of how I wanted to feel on Jan 1, 2007. I have some short term goals to occupy me. I do specific things every single day, even if I have to get up at 4:30 to do them...they come first, then the steel beam is there for me....
Every single day, I tell myself I will do my big 3..water food and exercise. I make it my priority, regardless.
What you do today will be there for you tomorrow. Get a grip, keep the control growing, hold on, hold on, hold on, you may need these skills on the DAY THE UNEXPECTED ARRIVES.
Thankfully I have such a strong routine, and foods around me that work, that as I hopped in the amublance, my daughter was placing ham roll ups and green pepper slices in my purse. Thankfully I never missed a meal, never cheated, never missed a workout. I did take a day off or 2 but I never let more than 1 day pass without a workout...Some days I was so tired and discouraged, and I made myself exercise, becauase what if I took off today, and tomorrow held circumstances beyond my control! Never put off til tomorrow what you can get out of the way today! Today is day 25 of this current medical crisis with my Mom. She is in an extended care facility, and for that I am very thankful. It has been a roller coaster of emotions constantly playing against me. Our plan is to bring her home to me soon.
Next week I return to the schools where I have a character ed and motivational business. I will be going full steam ahead fulfilling committments I made to a great student body. I am also preparing with my team a national level children's conference in March. I am leaving crisis mode and back into production mode. Daily I will publically speak to over 200 children.
I share all of this to say, BUILD A STRONG DAILY FOUNDATION, STAY FOCUSED ON IT, CREATING IT TO SUSTAIN YOU IN THE UNEXPECTED!
My daily eating, exercising and even water consumption that wards off hunger often enough or distracts me to the bathroom...my daily goal of preparing for the Peachtree, all of this sustained me in this time.
I can get it done, and I am strong. It's because i started building this life in August! It weathered and strengthened all the way up to the holidays and is now a strong steel beam I am held together by.
I have dream "dates in time" I have a sense of how I wanted to feel on Jan 1, 2007. I have some short term goals to occupy me. I do specific things every single day, even if I have to get up at 4:30 to do them...they come first, then the steel beam is there for me....
Every single day, I tell myself I will do my big 3..water food and exercise. I make it my priority, regardless.
What you do today will be there for you tomorrow. Get a grip, keep the control growing, hold on, hold on, hold on, you may need these skills on the DAY THE UNEXPECTED ARRIVES.
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is something that my body and soul really crave and embrace. And for the last several days, I'm missing that. The upside to this is that I find that exercise helps at least while I am working and for a little while afterwards. Me. Wanting to exercise. I would never have believed it!
This week has flown by. I am constantly amazed at how quickly eating has become almost a non-issue. I spend MORE time planning and preparing than ever before - yet thanks to this WOE, food is now just food - a necessary fuel to allow me to do the other things I need to get done. Honestly, I think that is the BEST thing about this WOE. The weight loss is just a very nice side effect. 
She just doesn't understand it. And EVERY meal with both MIL and FIL would be a huge ordeal, all centered around my "diet" though the entire meal! I wasn't having any cravings and like Kylie said, only thought of food as fuel so having people ask me about my "diet" all through my meal was very annoying.
I was pretty mad but what's been done has been done. I don't want cake for my birthday (just buy me some jewelery!) and I don't mind hurting her feelings by not eating any (since she has already been told not to make me any!) but I don't know how to deal with her this time around. I guess I just have to live with being annoyed? The way I delt with it before was to answer whatever questions I was asked and then quickly change the subject. Although that hardly ever worked! Any advice?
Yay!
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