I weighed myself..... haven't done so for about 6 months. Yep, it came true, DIET MADE me FATTER!
Time for the TRUTH! I can DO THIS! I have said it so many times..... this is the hardest thing I HAVE EVER, EVER, EVER done. I quit smoking, but that was only hard for a couple of months.
THIS, this LIFESTYLE change is HARD!
I am on day 2 of elliptical, and eating healthy.
I WILL make it to at least 2 Weight Watchers meetings a month.
I WILL empower myself to SUCCEED.
My Mom, my rock is doing it. She has hit her 50 pound mark! YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA! And it is her third time to losing it in the last 20 years. If she can, I CAN!
Damn, this is embarrassing that I have to keep saying this!
P.s. Time to get crafty! Thinking bout the valentine's designs for the kiddo's!
P.S.S. My Marisa just sent me this e-mail, directly after posting the above content!
Thought this was too good to pass up! What a smart lady!
Recently, in a large city in Australia , a poster featuring a young, thin and
tan woman appeared in the window of a gym.
It said, "This summer,
"Do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"
A middle-aged woman,
whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the
poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.
To Whom It May Concern,
Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious
humans.) They have an active sex life, get pregnant and have adorable baby
whales.
They have a wonderful time with dolphins stuffing themselves with shrimp.
They play and swim in the seas,
seeing wonderful places like Patagonia , the Bering Sea and the coral reefs
of Polynesia .
Whales are wonderful singers
and have even recorded CDs.
They are incredible creatures
and virtually have no predators
other than humans.
They are loved, protected and admired
by almost everyone in the world.
Mermaids don't exist.
If they did exist,
they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due
to identity crisis. Fish or human?
They don't have a sex life
because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they
have sex?
Just look at them ... where is IT?
Therefore, they don't have kids either.
Not to mention,
who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store?
The choice is perfectly clear to me:
I want to be a whale.
P..S. We are in an age
when media puts into our heads
the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice
cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver, and a piece
of chocolate with my friends.
With time, we gain weight
because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when
there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies.
So we aren't heavy,
we are enormously cultured,
educated and happy.
Beginning today,
when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think,
¨Good grief, look how smart I am!¨
Wow, that's awesome for your mom! YES girl, you can do this! It's ok to keep saying it. Ya gotta do whatever it takes to keep yourself going. I'm trying to stick with it, too. We gotta keep each other going. Wish I was closer so we could workout together.
ReplyDeleteYou can absolutely do this. I promise! I have taken off 24 pounds since this time last year, and have 15 pounds to go to my final goal. If I can do this - you can do this! Just find ways to make the food part and the work out part quick and painless (or less painful, anyway) - and you will see results. If it takes too long to figure out what to eat - or if you try to commit to two hour workouts - it can make you burn out and give up. And don't get frustrated in the first 90 days! Us farm girls have a whole lot of residual muscle mass- and that stuff comes back in a hurry when you start working out. Don't let the scale rule you! Buy a pair of pants one size smaller and work toward that. How things fit will tell you WAY more than any silly old scale :)
ReplyDeleteStarla
You go girl. Congrats to mama Betson, she is looking great!
ReplyDeleteA whale? A whale? How goofy - prairie whales don't exist, sweetie, so you can't be a whale! You can do what you want - you must have more muscle and so you weighed more.
ReplyDeleteNever give up anything that is worth while working for!