I’ve been thinking about this all wrong.
I’ve been looking for things in the future to motivate me. What my life will be like when I lose the weight. When we live in Asheville. When we have kids.
Thinking about wanting to be thinner by BlogHer. By the family girls’ trip to Savannah. By Christmas.
Thinner so that we’ll have a better chance of having kids.
After eating very well today, and minimal rests during 30-Day Shred, I thought about what has changed the last few days, why my motivation has found me.
My motivation is coming from experiences I have already had instead of experiences that are ahead of me.
- I had an awesome Saturday with the Blog Ladies. It was so nice being able to chat about blogging and weight loss and the things we don’t blog about. Having so much in common and believing in them is helping me believe in me.
- I can wear clothes in Lerner/NY&Co, Banana Republic and JCrew. Not just pour myself into them, but they actually fit and I could wear them out in public. And now that more clothes fit, I can be more selective.
- I am not sure that I can straighten my hair tonight because my arms are so sore from Jillian.
- I have not had frozen yogurt since Thursday.
- My darling husband had a really tough run yesterday and I’m proud of him. If he did it, so can I!
So, to use a tagline I’ve missed on Tuesday nights, what have you done today to make you feel proud?
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Ah yes! You are so right!
I put some revealing pictures on my blog. It was hard to do, but I’m so proud of myself!
You’re so right. I often live in the future (or in the past) and forget about the present. Fortunately, my boyfriend is very much a live in the present kind of person who helps me center myself. So, to answer your question:
I did C25k.
I liked it.
I blogged.
I gave myself a new mini-challenge.
I have a plan for the week that allows changes, if I need it.
I ate well (reached my nutritional goals, ate satifying and healthy meals) yesterday.
I just finished reading a chapter in Eckhart Tolle’s book A New Earth that talked about how we look to the future to wait for things to change and to be happy instead of living in the now.
I think you are awesome and deserve to be happy right now! :D