DAY THREE!!
Day one ended well.
I ate on track, I did AB ripper X, and drank over 150 ounces of water! My Abdominals were on fire, and I felt really
good!!! The sun was out and that helped fuel the fire!!!
Day two, not so much!!! Day two was good up until dinner time. The only Mexican place in Cordova, Baja Taco,
opened back up after being closed all winter and I ate nachos….. A little more
then half the entire plate! I was a
fatty!!! After that it just went down hill.
But as I was talking to my friend last night, every day is a new
day!!!
Today has gone good so far and I have reached 100
ounces drank already and its only noon!!
YAY! Go me!!!
It’s the beginning of a new week in school so
nothing is due and I can just relax and clean the house up and get some
crafting done. I finished my crocheted
slouchy hat (it has been sitting half done for almost 2 weeks)! I can not wait to go get the mail later and
wear it, Ha-Ha.
I have been trying to wrap my head around how to
find the motivation to keep myself fit and keep pushing on, and not letting the
excuses take over my entire day. Why do
I start off strong and then let it all fall to the side all the time? As I was pondering this earlier, one of my
friends posted on her fitness blog about how excuses are lies we tell ourselves
because of something we fear. She
offered this solution…
“1. Recognize that
FEAR that's behind your excuse, what are you really afraid of? What is it
that makes you so uncomfortable that you don't want to do this particular
thing? Is it that you're afraid to fail? You're not enough? You're overwhelmed?
You doubt you can do it? Take the time to hear yourself think---recognize the
positive and negative self talk. This step is probably the hardest and needs to
be addressed right away! Tell yourself that you CAN do it, that you are worth it”
(Fix, 2013).
So often I make all these “GRAND” plans that are
gonna happen, tomorrow. I am going to
start hardcore, tomorrow. I am going to
cut out sugar, tomorrow. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, TOMORROW! Why is everything always
TOMORROW! Why am I putting it off?
I’ll tell you, I recognize it is because I am afraid
of failing.
To deal with the fear, I make these plans but then
they never come to pass because I let the self doubt, the feeling of not being good
enough for others creep in and I let the sin of my life take over my mind. I allow the negative to overtake all the joy
and positivity in my life, turning my focus only on the negative.
It is a very slippery slope to find yourself
traveling down.
Then I read this verse:
The LORD upholds all those who fall
and lifts up all who are bowed down. Psalm 145:14
How wonderful to know that even when I fail myself,
God is right there to help me up again.
It is such a comforting feeling and it is something to help keep me
motivated to keep going. It is how the
NEGATIVE gets replaced with the POSITIVE!!!
You have to find your joy, the JOY that is going to
keep you striving for success.
What is my joy?
My faith
My husband
My kids
My family
My school
My friends
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These things, these priorities.
These are the driving forces behind my success…
