Do you want to lose weight?
I know I sure do but even though I’m constantly saying it, I’m not always doing something about it. (I seem to be something of a “bag of hot air at times.”)
But, wishing and hoping don’t make it happen (but I sure wish it did).
Doing something about it does.
Birthdays, weddings, unexpected meals out, chocolate cake, bad days, disappointments, stress and boredom happen to all of us. Some people can deal with life’s ups and downs without turning to food (and when I say “some people” I don’t mean me).
I’m the one that tends to deal with anything bad or upsetting or stressful or super exciting by eating; and I’m not pigging out on raw carrots.
When everything in my life is going well it’s not hard for me to eat healthy and exercise. But the second I hit a bump in the road and the littlest thing goes wrong there I am with my hand in the chip bag or my head in the freezer looking for ice cream.
So am I committed to losing weight? That’s pretty much a big fat “NO!” If I was committed to losing weight I wouldn’t use every little thing as an excuse to get off track.
The last 2 weeks I’ve been thinking hard about how my head and my emotions have control over my eating and how my stomach doesn’t because whether or not I’m hungry is often a non-factor in my decision to eat.
I’m most likely to eat something when I’m bored or depressed and let me tell you that living in frigid Wisconsin in the dead of winter can be very depressing. Dragging myself out of my warm bed in the morning is sometimes almost more than I can handle – forget about getting dressed up warmly and going outside to get some fresh air and exercise! (See how good I am at excuses?)
If I was truly committed to losing weight and not just giving it lip service I wouldn’t let anything get me off track; or at least not let it get me off track for long. I’d stick with my commitment to lose weight no matter what (meaning that slip up of a whole bag of chips – even though they’re baked – wouldn’t mean a backslide that lasts several months. Instead I would dust myself off, get over it, and get right back on track).
And that’s what I’ve decided to do. Starting today, no matter what, I’m not going to let the ups and downs of life get me off track with my efforts to lose weight. I’m sticking with it.
I’m going to be like the “Little Engine that Could” and repeat over and over again “I know I can, I know I can, I know I can!
Let’s do it together! I know we can!
To help us keep our focus here’s a poem that a friend gave me a couple weeks ago. I don’t know where she got it from, but it must have been written by a Weight Watchers member because it mentions points. I think the words in it are powerful.
COMMIT DON’T QUIT
When you’ve eaten too much and you can’t write it donw
And you feel like the biggest failure in town;
When you want to give up just because you gave in
And forget all about being healthy and thin;
So What! You went over your point a bit;
It’s your mext move that counts….do don’t you quit!
It’s a moment of truth. It’s an attitude change;
It’s learning the skills to get back in your range;
It’s telling yourself “you’ve done great up till now;
You can take on this challenge and beat it somehow.”
It’s part of your journey towards reaching your goal;
You’re still gonna make it, just stay in control.
To stumble and fall is not a disgrace
If you summon the will to get back in the race;
But, often the struggler’s when losing their grip
Just throw in the towel and continue to slip
And learn too late when the damage is done
That the race wasn’t over and they still could of won.
Life-style change can be awkward and slow
But facing each challenge will help you to grow;
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint in the cloud of doubt.
When you’re pushing to the brink, just refuse to submit
If you bit you write…but don’t you quit!
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