great quote
"Today is a new day - I have a whole new way of thinking about me and the way I do things. No more starting and stopping, no bad me or good me, no beating myself up, creating false fantasies, or crying over what has happened (or not happened) in the past.
I am now ready to act purposefully - taking full responsibility for what occurs knowing too, that I can change it if I choose to. I am ready, and I am willing, and even when I do not feel ready or willing, I will continue to move forward on my plan - not “judging” my results along the way. I will stay on the road, focused, committed, and certain that my continuing efforts are my reward, and success is in taking action, not in expecting specific results. I am mentally and physically focused, committed and taking action to succeed. Success is taking action and staying with it."
Isn't that a novel idea? To not beat yourself up, cry over what happened, act purposefully, take full responsibility....
I got back from Austin last night. It was a great weekend..we ate good food, got two great long runs in, went out Friday and Saturday night...quite perfect. To top it off, I ate like someone WITHOUT an eating problem. I went to a breakfast place and got pancakes and eggs and had enough so that I wasn't hungry anymore, but wasn't stuffed. What a novel idea!! Is this how the rest of the world eats?? I was high on all of this - until my Monday morning weigh in. 145.5. Up two, TWO, and a half pounds from Friday. I was pissed, to say the least. Here all my discipline and good eating habits pay me off like that?!? I'm still pissed..but I'm trying to think positively. What's more important to shedding these last 15 pounds - the fact that I'm up two pounds or that I may have finally got a handle on eating like a regular human being? I'll take the regular human being, thanks.
I am now ready to act purposefully - taking full responsibility for what occurs knowing too, that I can change it if I choose to. I am ready, and I am willing, and even when I do not feel ready or willing, I will continue to move forward on my plan - not “judging” my results along the way. I will stay on the road, focused, committed, and certain that my continuing efforts are my reward, and success is in taking action, not in expecting specific results. I am mentally and physically focused, committed and taking action to succeed. Success is taking action and staying with it."
Isn't that a novel idea? To not beat yourself up, cry over what happened, act purposefully, take full responsibility....
I got back from Austin last night. It was a great weekend..we ate good food, got two great long runs in, went out Friday and Saturday night...quite perfect. To top it off, I ate like someone WITHOUT an eating problem. I went to a breakfast place and got pancakes and eggs and had enough so that I wasn't hungry anymore, but wasn't stuffed. What a novel idea!! Is this how the rest of the world eats?? I was high on all of this - until my Monday morning weigh in. 145.5. Up two, TWO, and a half pounds from Friday. I was pissed, to say the least. Here all my discipline and good eating habits pay me off like that?!? I'm still pissed..but I'm trying to think positively. What's more important to shedding these last 15 pounds - the fact that I'm up two pounds or that I may have finally got a handle on eating like a regular human being? I'll take the regular human being, thanks.
posted by michelle @ 2:39 PM
2 Comments:
At 6:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
Your post reminds me of something my old HS principal would yell if we were moving too slow. She was about 4'10 and had the thickest Texas accent you ever heard and wore the loudest damn heels that you could hear coming towards you from a mile away.
"C'mon people! Move with a PURPOSE"
good post!
At 10:44 PM,
Anonymous said…
Michelle - you are always my breath of fresh air lol. Started to write the same things and gave up tired of having written them so many times, you ever feel like that? Maybe you should ditch the scale for a while. Take some time to feel good. Maybe that is what it is all about you know? Enjoy living with "purpose", take the time to really revel in the fact that your food doesn't have a handle on you but vice versa. Good post girly!
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