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I HAVE A NEW ATTITUDE TOWARDS MY WEIGHT LOSS...
I thought a lot last night about the pressure I have put on myself. I realized if I set mini goals I will feel like I can actually achieve them. Rather than saying my goal weight is 140 (and I am 230....) that makes me feel hopeless. That goal seems unreachable and I think thats why sometimes I allow myself to just give up...
SO, my mini goal is to lose 20 pounds by June 4. When I reach that one, I will start a new mini goal. I also have decided to weigh myself ONCE each month. On the first of each month I will weigh myself and take my measurements. I have also decided to begin a daily food/excersise journal ( I did this the first time I did Atkins when I lost the 50 pounds in 4 months). Hey if I don't want to write it down, maybe I shouldn't be eating it right
I also have realized that I do need to excersise everyday. I have a gym membership and I really hate to go so I began walking on my lunch break. I felt very out of place and uncomfortable huffin and puffin away on the treadmill feeling like everyone is starring at me. You know what. Who cares. I am not going to let anyone intimidate me or make me feel uncomfortable anymore. And on the weekends I am taking my two kids to the park. I need to be more active. I have to be careful because I have arthritis and it is difficult to work out and walk laps but I am going to try really hard everyday to get atleast 1 hour of excersise. I have been drinking so much more water too. I really do know that helps.
I feel so much better now that I have set mini goals. I will feel so rewarded as I reach each mini goal I set. I think it will help me to stick with it rather than just get so frustrated at the huge goal I had set for myself. I think of it this way, in a years time I will either be close to my goal, the same weight or lord forbid even bigger. I would really like to lose atleast 50 pounds by Xmas. Think I can do it? I do.
Thanks for listening. I love that saying nothing tastes as good as being thin. Boy that sure is true. I never appreciated when I was thin because I guess I just took for granted I would always be that way. Isn't that sad.
I thought a lot last night about the pressure I have put on myself. I realized if I set mini goals I will feel like I can actually achieve them. Rather than saying my goal weight is 140 (and I am 230....) that makes me feel hopeless. That goal seems unreachable and I think thats why sometimes I allow myself to just give up...
SO, my mini goal is to lose 20 pounds by June 4. When I reach that one, I will start a new mini goal. I also have decided to weigh myself ONCE each month. On the first of each month I will weigh myself and take my measurements. I have also decided to begin a daily food/excersise journal ( I did this the first time I did Atkins when I lost the 50 pounds in 4 months). Hey if I don't want to write it down, maybe I shouldn't be eating it right
I also have realized that I do need to excersise everyday. I have a gym membership and I really hate to go so I began walking on my lunch break. I felt very out of place and uncomfortable huffin and puffin away on the treadmill feeling like everyone is starring at me. You know what. Who cares. I am not going to let anyone intimidate me or make me feel uncomfortable anymore. And on the weekends I am taking my two kids to the park. I need to be more active. I have to be careful because I have arthritis and it is difficult to work out and walk laps but I am going to try really hard everyday to get atleast 1 hour of excersise. I have been drinking so much more water too. I really do know that helps. I feel so much better now that I have set mini goals. I will feel so rewarded as I reach each mini goal I set. I think it will help me to stick with it rather than just get so frustrated at the huge goal I had set for myself. I think of it this way, in a years time I will either be close to my goal, the same weight or lord forbid even bigger. I would really like to lose atleast 50 pounds by Xmas. Think I can do it? I do.
Thanks for listening. I love that saying nothing tastes as good as being thin. Boy that sure is true. I never appreciated when I was thin because I guess I just took for granted I would always be that way. Isn't that sad.
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