Monday, October 12, 2009

Get Down On Your Knees and Pray

So.....

I do not mind sacrificing certain foods.

I know the end result....problem I have found with people and myself included is that we think that weight loss will come to them. It wont ...You have to find it and work for it ...
We will wake up, read a motivational quote on Twitter, and everything will come into play."Ohhhh, I get it now!".........Well, it is not like that.
There are hard choices. Sometimes it is not popular with your friends or family or co-workers.
It is easy to drink beer with the guys. It is hard to tell them no.
It is easy to eat your church memebers brownies. It is hard to tell someone to give them away.
It is easy to watch TV. It is hard to go to the gym day in and day out or go walking when you are tired.
This is a lifelong commitment, not something for a couple of weeks.....Anyone can lose six pounds in a week. Eat like crap five days, eat less the sixth, take off your shoes, get naked and jump on the scale on the seventh.You are not fooling anyone!
It gets easier but it is how much you put into it....... Just because you do well one day does not mean you can eat what you want the next two days.
Weight loss is funny. Just when you think you understand it, it hits you in the face.

1 comment:

Eleanor said...

This process of becoming healthier is not a sprint -- it's a marathon, and sometimes it feels like somebody moves the finish line!

OTOH, that's a good thing, because the habits you are gaining as you are exercising the gift of giving yourself the best choices for your health have plenty of time to become second nature!