I read somewhere that people's rigidity is what often causes them to fail at their weight loss goals or in other words they can't encourage themselves to keep going once they've messed up their routine or gotten a little carried away with the snacks. Like their psychology is: 'I've already messed up so why bother trying anymore?'
But I don't want to be that way. I'm NOT going to be that way. And you want to know why? Because I want this too much and I've given up too many times. So instead of giving up this blog and stopping posting, I'm continuing as if nothing is amiss. By the way, I haven't worked out since December 9th and even still, I've been watching what I've been eating and sticking to my eating rules...mainly to look at the nutritional values and serving sizes and have an eating cut off time...and through that I've lost 1.2 pounds since the last time I'd posted. It's not a landslide and it isn't where I hoped to be by now but it is something. It is a small victory.
Tonight I started up my work outs again by doing a fifteen minute warm-up (stretching is an important part of every health and exercise regime) a five minute mini-exercise and then a twenty minute video program called 'Upper & Mid fix' that works out your core and upper body. I'm sure to be sore tomorrow, which coincidentally is when I actually take my first boot camp class. Yes I said I was going to do it last time I posted but that never happened (at the time I blamed it on my workout partner also not going, but only *I* am responsible for my own actions).
I felt the need to update my blog today to remind me of where I came from, why I started this, and how important it is to my continued perseverance. There's a quote from the movie "Hitch" starring Will Smith that I like. He says, "Do you know the definition of perseverance Miss Melas?" - "Continuing a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure." I love how sometimes some of the most relevant words or phrases in our lives can come from movies. For me it has always been that way. My uncle once said to me he'd heard that there's a message in everything we see or hear. Everything. And I believe there is and I am choosing to take that message from "Hitch" to heart.
My goals are still the same. Lose thirty pounds from the start weight of 239.2 and decrease my belly and waist size by an average of 10 inches or more. This marks the start of another 30 day period where I will restart and re-energize my health and activity. I say 30 days because in 30 days is when I'll be moving from my current location back to where I came from and consequently when I cancel my gym membership. It'll be tough to continue my regime after I don't have a gym but I have myself and I have my motivation. The rest is just details.
Like I said in my very first post of this Regime: I'm approaching this as if this were cancer. My fat is my cancer. I don't want to look in the mirror and frown. I don't want to be unhappy with my body and continue only to accept it. I can't truly be happy in my life if I can't truly be happy in my own skin. Enter any other noun with that you'd like. I can't truly be happy in my/a/with __________ if I can't truly be happy in my own skin (i.e. in my life/in a relationship/with my self). It is so true. Another thing I believe. Happiness must come from within or you are not truly happy.
When you look at my posts after today, the counter will have started over and my next post should say: 'Day 1' or whichever day it happens to be.
Stats:
Beginning weight: 239.2
Current weight: 232.2
Total Weight Lost: 7 lbs.
I haven't measured my belly or my waist again but there's the fact that since I've started, instead of only being able to use the first hole in latching my belt, I've been needing to go to the second hole. (Insert dirty joke here.)
Anyway, whoever you are (if there is anyone) reading this, thank you. Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope that in some way I have helped you or inspired you.
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