It's day 14.
It's also day 4 of cycle two.
I am ready to phone it in and quit.
I am discouraged because I am not seeing the results I want to see and am not feeling the results I want to feel. I know it's still early, but I need SOMETHING to get me to the next day.
Anyone have any words of encouragement for me? Please.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
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I'm sending encouraging thoughts b/c I don't have any words. If I knew them, I would start talking to myself (and you) to get my tired butt up and do something instead of moaning about not doing anything.
ReplyDeleteDoes this help?
not exercising at least 3-4 times a week is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day.
ReplyDeleteOnly one more day and then you only have to do what you've already done, you can do that!!! :o) Love you!
ReplyDeletewhen exercise gets tedious and hard for me, it's always helpful for me to consider that later on I'll only feel worse for having given up on myself and my health and my dream of losing weight or whatever that dream may be.
ReplyDeleteIt's sometimes helpful for me to just decide that "today I am going to do it," regardless of how I feel or what I want to do. No one asked you what you to do Grace, or how you feel, Grace. Great things in the world don't just magically come to be while someone is sitting at home not feeling like doing the right thing, or feeling sorry for themselves --now do it no matter what.
It also helps me to think about each minute at a time. All your resonsible for is each minute. Just take it a minute at a time and decide for that minute that you will love yourself and be healthy and do somehting good for yourself that you will be so proud of later.
and then you could also trying reading Hebrews about how no discipline is good at the time but it produces ..... (insert good stuff).
and I also just beg & plead with God to help me, help, help, help me to make a GOOD choice for that day... and let tomorrow worry about tomorrow.
and if your still struggling, call me. ;)
love you!
I would be neglectful if I didn't add my two cents. It is the same now as it was 25-30 years ago.
ReplyDelete"CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVE!"
Tomorrow you will be at day 15 and that's the halfway point, right?! HALFWAY THERE! From a pinnacle perspective, halfway is the top of the mountain. The rest will be downhill easy stuff. Go, Marla, Go!
ReplyDeleteHi Marla. I am really enjoying your colorful commentary on your struggles with exercising. I am one who does not like to struggle with anything. I always said I didn't diet because I wasn't good at it, and I don't do anything I'm not good at. However, I have come to learn that struggles make us stronger in more ways that we know up front. There is the story of the butterfly struggling to get out of his cocoon. someone saw him and cut the cocoon and helped him out. However, they didn't realize the struggle strengthened his wings, and now withtout that struggle, he could not fly and died. No one was ever proud of themselves for giving up. There is well deserved pride that comes from struggling through something and coming out on top. just say "NO" to quitting. If it is not even an option, it is not on the table, and it won't tempt you. Love you. Renee
ReplyDelete6/11 7:55pm ... no new entry! Surely she hasn't bombred out ... I must be block!!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your comments. Most of them were very helpful, although to "anonymous" I would say "check your sources - sitting on my butt for a month is still better than smoking two packs of cigs a day". To MUOC, I encourage you to use spell check and try a little kindness like the classic song says. I won't block you, mean, ugly ornery and cantankerous old man but I just might put you in your place. Don't make me whip out my new muscles and teach you a thing or two :)
ReplyDeleteIf you aren't getting updates and comments sent to you, I encourage you to go into your settings and request emails sent to you of new posts. Thanks again for the comments, and for sweating this out with me.