Sometimes when we take journeys, well most times, we have rest stops, detours and even delays. Some journeys seem so long that we are afraid to take them. There’s rough terrain, there’s blizzards, iced roads, blinding storms, Tsunamis and even Tornados on some of the paths. At times, we’ve told ourselves we can't take them and there are the other's we've said we just "won't" take them! I don't know which is more difficult, starting the journey, re-starting after extended delays or traveling alone?
I'm on a journey, a journey I've been on for several years now, my weight loss journey. Listen when I first started back in 2009, I was serious, I took my work out gear to work every day, went to our gym without waiver and I worked out. I wasn't losing the weight I wanted to lose, so I got discouraged. I also got distracted by life events I had not planned for, so I came to an extended rest stop during this journey. About eight months later I dusted my tennis shoes off and headed back out on the journey with renewed confidence that I will reach my destination. In the time at the rest stop I had realized I wasn't eating right, which was the cause of me not getting the results I wanted, even though I was “working out”. I armed myself with that knowledge, along with being inspired by the weight loss of a friend; I joined a "Boot Camp"! I was ready, knew what I had to do, exercise and eat right, I was full steam ahead. The unexpected happen again, I started getting sick, which caused me to miss days and not eat right (at least I used the sickness as an excuse). Guess what, another detour, I continued to work out when I could, but I had lost focus on the eating right part. I had lost about 20 pounds in the process, but had such a long way to go on this journey that 20 pounds didn't seem like an awful lot to me. I was not happy with my progress. A few months later, I got my mind right, got over the illness and was ready once again to charge ahead with my weight loss. When I was finally ready to go back, I ran into another detour, the trainer I was working out with, left to pursue other goals. Ok, now we're in May of 2011, my trainer has left, I haven't been eating right and I’m so unhappy with my physical image I can vomit when I look at myself. I wondered, do I give up, do I make excuses or do I keep trying?
I KEEP TRYING! As of today I have signed up with a fitness camp, I know what my diet should consist of and I'm making progress to develop mental toughness towards the foods that I'm weak for. I am determined to take one day at a time, one meal at a time, one class at a time, one pound at a time and one victory at a time.
I'm not sure if you're ready, but if you want, come take the journey with me. Every week I will update my progress, I'll blog about my eating habits, I'll update my weight loss every 5 weeks(that's how often I weigh in with the Trainer), I'll talk about the triggers that make me want to eat and how I overcame them. If you want to share at any time please do. Rather alone or with company we, you, can achieve this goal, regardless of how many attempts there have been in the past, we must keep trying!
So I'm going to post pictures of me every 5 weeks. The first one being one of the pictures I am most embarrassed of, the before picture. :(
Come on, join this revolution!
Unit Next Time, Love Someone
I'm on a journey, a journey I've been on for several years now, my weight loss journey. Listen when I first started back in 2009, I was serious, I took my work out gear to work every day, went to our gym without waiver and I worked out. I wasn't losing the weight I wanted to lose, so I got discouraged. I also got distracted by life events I had not planned for, so I came to an extended rest stop during this journey. About eight months later I dusted my tennis shoes off and headed back out on the journey with renewed confidence that I will reach my destination. In the time at the rest stop I had realized I wasn't eating right, which was the cause of me not getting the results I wanted, even though I was “working out”. I armed myself with that knowledge, along with being inspired by the weight loss of a friend; I joined a "Boot Camp"! I was ready, knew what I had to do, exercise and eat right, I was full steam ahead. The unexpected happen again, I started getting sick, which caused me to miss days and not eat right (at least I used the sickness as an excuse). Guess what, another detour, I continued to work out when I could, but I had lost focus on the eating right part. I had lost about 20 pounds in the process, but had such a long way to go on this journey that 20 pounds didn't seem like an awful lot to me. I was not happy with my progress. A few months later, I got my mind right, got over the illness and was ready once again to charge ahead with my weight loss. When I was finally ready to go back, I ran into another detour, the trainer I was working out with, left to pursue other goals. Ok, now we're in May of 2011, my trainer has left, I haven't been eating right and I’m so unhappy with my physical image I can vomit when I look at myself. I wondered, do I give up, do I make excuses or do I keep trying?
I KEEP TRYING! As of today I have signed up with a fitness camp, I know what my diet should consist of and I'm making progress to develop mental toughness towards the foods that I'm weak for. I am determined to take one day at a time, one meal at a time, one class at a time, one pound at a time and one victory at a time.
I'm not sure if you're ready, but if you want, come take the journey with me. Every week I will update my progress, I'll blog about my eating habits, I'll update my weight loss every 5 weeks(that's how often I weigh in with the Trainer), I'll talk about the triggers that make me want to eat and how I overcame them. If you want to share at any time please do. Rather alone or with company we, you, can achieve this goal, regardless of how many attempts there have been in the past, we must keep trying!
So I'm going to post pictures of me every 5 weeks. The first one being one of the pictures I am most embarrassed of, the before picture. :(
Come on, join this revolution!
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| Me @ 1 of my BFFs wedding! The dreaded before picture |
Unit Next Time, Love Someone
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