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You Won't Know If You Don't Go!!!
good morning friends here in atkins land! well, i have a little thought for all of you today. i am posting here since i am not really sure where it goes. please bear with me.
this is a big week for me. i am getting married to the most wonderful man in the world on saturday. it has been a time of real reflection for me. mostly about who i am and why i am here at this point in my life. i was writing in my journal today and told adena about a comment a friend always makes to me and i will share it here as well. feel free to stop by my journal and check it out there if you are interested.
anyway, i have been here on the board since march. i have met so many AWESOME people. i see so much courage, smarts, motivation, determination, fight, drive, wow the list goes on. sadly, i sometimes also see people who are afraid and hurt, afraid mostly of FAILURE. it is such a human thing to be afraid of not accomplishing something we really want to do. it is HARD WORK to achieve anything we set out to do. it is also true of losing weight and inproving our health.
i set out to lose about 40 pounds for this wedding. the determining factor for me was to weigh the same thing i weighed on my first date with my fiance. i wanted to feel GOOD. i did this for ME. i also, as a side issue, wanted him to have the same woman he met and fell for...ONLY BETTER!
joining this board was hard for me. i am pretty private. starting a journal was almost like getting "nekkid" in front of strangers. i knew that i had to do it to be successful at this. I NEEDED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. i read a lot, i worked hard, i started doing things that i read about others doing. i learned to love exercise again. i started seeing success. when i hit a slump, all of you were here to push me over it. i finally met my goal about a week ago.
now...i want to set new goals. maybe i will RUN again. maybe i will up my workout. maybe i will lower my goal (145 sounds good!) maybe, maybe, maybe...today the possibilities are endless....because today i am a LIFESTYLE GIRL! that's right jess. this is my LIFESTYLE. in fact, today i weighed in at 150!!! holy moly! i know now that i can do almost anything i put my mind to.
now to the point of all this. i have an old boyfriend (we dated 25 years ago!!!) and we are STILL good friends. he is an old surfer guy (and yes, i HAVE surfed before and it is an AMAZING experience!) i asked him once what he looks for when he is sitting in the line-up waiting for the right wave. he explained to me that sometimes you just don't know for sure. sometimes you just have to take that chance on something that looks good and might work. he always used to say to me "YOU WON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T GO."
think about that and say it aloud "YOU WON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T GO." did you take a chance on anything positive lately. did you doubt yourself at all with this program? do you wonder about your own capabilities and/or possibilities????
if so, i want you to make this your mantra..."YOU WON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T GO." take a chance. give it your best. don't doubt yourself. you are so much stronger than you think. you can do, you can achieve, you can succeed at anything you put your mind to it. ALL of us are going to be successful at this wonderful healthy lifestyle because we are going to GO. give it 100%. this board is the greatest tool i know of. that along with your own hard work and determination makes you a success EVERY DAY. don't wait til you make your goal to feel successful. GO and find out!!! JUST GO!
this is a big week for me. i am getting married to the most wonderful man in the world on saturday. it has been a time of real reflection for me. mostly about who i am and why i am here at this point in my life. i was writing in my journal today and told adena about a comment a friend always makes to me and i will share it here as well. feel free to stop by my journal and check it out there if you are interested.
anyway, i have been here on the board since march. i have met so many AWESOME people. i see so much courage, smarts, motivation, determination, fight, drive, wow the list goes on. sadly, i sometimes also see people who are afraid and hurt, afraid mostly of FAILURE. it is such a human thing to be afraid of not accomplishing something we really want to do. it is HARD WORK to achieve anything we set out to do. it is also true of losing weight and inproving our health.
i set out to lose about 40 pounds for this wedding. the determining factor for me was to weigh the same thing i weighed on my first date with my fiance. i wanted to feel GOOD. i did this for ME. i also, as a side issue, wanted him to have the same woman he met and fell for...ONLY BETTER!
joining this board was hard for me. i am pretty private. starting a journal was almost like getting "nekkid" in front of strangers. i knew that i had to do it to be successful at this. I NEEDED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. i read a lot, i worked hard, i started doing things that i read about others doing. i learned to love exercise again. i started seeing success. when i hit a slump, all of you were here to push me over it. i finally met my goal about a week ago.
now...i want to set new goals. maybe i will RUN again. maybe i will up my workout. maybe i will lower my goal (145 sounds good!) maybe, maybe, maybe...today the possibilities are endless....because today i am a LIFESTYLE GIRL! that's right jess. this is my LIFESTYLE. in fact, today i weighed in at 150!!! holy moly! i know now that i can do almost anything i put my mind to.
now to the point of all this. i have an old boyfriend (we dated 25 years ago!!!) and we are STILL good friends. he is an old surfer guy (and yes, i HAVE surfed before and it is an AMAZING experience!) i asked him once what he looks for when he is sitting in the line-up waiting for the right wave. he explained to me that sometimes you just don't know for sure. sometimes you just have to take that chance on something that looks good and might work. he always used to say to me "YOU WON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T GO."
think about that and say it aloud "YOU WON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T GO." did you take a chance on anything positive lately. did you doubt yourself at all with this program? do you wonder about your own capabilities and/or possibilities????
if so, i want you to make this your mantra..."YOU WON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T GO." take a chance. give it your best. don't doubt yourself. you are so much stronger than you think. you can do, you can achieve, you can succeed at anything you put your mind to it. ALL of us are going to be successful at this wonderful healthy lifestyle because we are going to GO. give it 100%. this board is the greatest tool i know of. that along with your own hard work and determination makes you a success EVERY DAY. don't wait til you make your goal to feel successful. GO and find out!!! JUST GO!
I'm so glad you shared this with everyone. 
I'm amazing
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