Knowing Your Limits

Today I am going to overcome a stop sign. I am going to push my body more and know I can do it. I want to achieve my goals and to do that I need to push against my stop sign and keep going. I need to do this to take my weight loss journey to the next step.
So here is my plan. I keep thinking that I am hungry. I am going to post a sign on the fridge saying HALT! I am going to measure everything and stay in portion control. I am going to plan out my meals this morning to keep in my calorie range. I am going to drink my water. I am not going to eat after 7:00 this evening, I don't need to, I am just stressed!
I am going to do this!

Where does your motivation com from?

So I have been thinking a lot about motivation lately. Where does your motivation come from? Where do you pull it from? What helps you succeed in all that you do? I love to read motivating quotes and reflect on them(I know big surprise there). But other than that how can I stick to my goals? How can I reach my goals? What is different this time than that last, and the one before that?

How many diets have I been on? How many times have I lost the weight? How many times have I put it back on? How is this time going to be different? Very easy! I am making a life style change. That means, eating right. Getting rid of temptation in my house. My next step once i have that one under control is to stop eating after 7:00 in the evening. That is a biggie. Finally eating smaller, more frequent meals.

Eating is only one step. I now have to worry about adding in exercise. That is easier said than done. If I get on a roll and go, then I feel great and I do it, but when I give up or have to miss a day for what ever reason that maybe, that is the hard part. How can I keep myself accountable? Friends. Online friends. My in person friends. This blog. I know that I have to look at my friends when I don't show up to work out and say, sorry I could not be there and give them a good reason why I could not be there. I hate doing that.

So my motivation that I need right now is strong friends that will hold me accountable for all that I do. Ones that are going to question when I am not there and ones that will make me think twice so that I show up even on the days I just don't want to get out of bed!!

Motivational Moment 1-5-08

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fire to warm it.

- Lucy Larcom, hymnist

How many times do we feel that the world is against us? That we are fighting for nothing? That we will never reach our goals? That everyone and everything is against us? This is common, we all have those days, and while I truly believe it is o.k. to have those moments, it is not something that we need to continue with.

Once we have those moments, we need to realize that we are having them and move on. Get back up. When we loose motivation, then find it from with in to get the motivation once again. We can't rely on others all the time to keep ourselves going. We need to start the fire ourselves at times and motivate ourselves!!!

You can do it, start the fire in your life and start motivating yourself today!

Getting Back on Track

So I decided that I would take off during Christmas and New Years because of travel and going to people's house. I know that I was not completely done with the lifestyle change and I would be tempted and would probably not be able to stick with everything. I was right, so right. I could not stick to it. I gained some weight. I stuck to exercising, but that was about it. I feel terrible that I gained weight, I feel terrible that I could not stick to eating right. I tried so hard, but I have not got to a good lifestyle change just yet. I know it will take time. I want to loose the weight. I am so scared that health reasons I might not be there to see my children grow up. I am so scared that I will not be there to see them make some major milestones. I have to make this happen. Sometimes I don't think that I can do it but I know that I can if I put my mind to it. I will do it. I will lose the weight.

So Today is the day to get my butt back in gear and do it!!! I will do it.... I will watch what I eat. I will eat right. I will loose the weight! Today is the first day of the rest of my life!

Merry Christmas - Motivational Moment 12-25-07

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

- Church billboard in Kentucky


I used to think that it means more to be important. I would look to do things that would make me important. I would seek out different tasks that would make me important to others. I thought that the more important you were meant the more loved you were, and the more your life was worth. I was sadly wrong!

I was so wrong. While I think it is great to feel important. There are times that it is nice and it is great to be important, there is something that meas so much more! It is important to be nice to everyone. It can be just as easy as smiling at someone who is down. I know if someone smiles at me and I don't want to smile it is so hard not to smile back! It is so easy to send a smile out! It can be as easy as helping someone that is having a hard time. You can let someone else have the close parking spot. You can help someone get something that they can not reach. There is so much you can do to be nice, that does not cost anything, it just is nice to help it out!!!!

Motivational Moment 12-24-07

I love doing these, a great way to start off my day, on a positive note!!! These are great inspiration for me!!

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

- Mother Teresa, missionary


We can work out and work out, we can run around, we can do so much for everyone, we can volunteer, but unless we do something that will allow us to continue burning then we will fall flat. What do I mean by that? Simple. If we give of ourselves all the time, but don't take for ourself then we will burn out way before we should. If we work out and work out, and eat right all the time, deny ourself what we want, again we will burn out and stop, fail when we should succeed!

We can give and we should give it is great for our self esteem and for our soul, but sometimes we need to give to ourself! Reward ourself. If you love chocolate, than eat it, in moderation. If you volunteer, do something for yourself like take a bath, or take a break. If you donate your time and money, do something nice for yourself once in a while.

IF you work out all the time, eat well all the time, great for you. If you miss it one day don't get hard on yourself, just know you needed a break and get back on the horse the next day.

I know that I am not the best at this but I need to remember that I can do this!!!!

What happens whne you get stuck?

I have a question - what do you do when you just feel like giving up? When you think to yourself why am I doing this? When you are not seeing the results you feel you should see? When you have yummy cookies and candy staring you in the face? When the scale just seems to be stuck in one place and is not moving anywhere?

I have been feeling this way lately, a lot. It has been very hard to eat right. I enjoy working out so I still do that, but when it comes to eating - forget it! I have been eating the cookies I made for Christmas, the cup cakes, the junk that is easy to get to, that is convenient. I had that I just don't care attitude for about a week now. It is not a good feeling, I just don't like it. I want to loose the weight. I want to feel better, but when you are doing everything right and the scale is not moving, the inches are not moving, and you are stuck it is so hard to care anymore.

How do you get back on track? How do you care anymore? That is what I have been contemplation! I have to do it. I have to figure it out. That is my goal today. To get myself back on track. To forget about what has happened and find the passion again!