Get outta my way :D
This past week has been a challenge for me to keep moving much less getting in a workout. Saturday a week and a half ago was my last good workout. Somehow from the time I left the gym that day and the time I went to bed I had found a stomach virus. Or should I say it found me because I was NOT looking for it. It seemed to like me better than I like it cuz it stayed around for three days. I just started to feel a lil better from that and then here comes the head junk, which is trying to set up residents in my chest. By this past Friday it was bad enough that I had lost my voice, I think I found it some what today.
Today I did manage to TRY and get to the gym for a workout, but I didn't get a good feeling from it. My chest is still so tight I couldn't breath enough to get a real burn going. I did manage to get a small burn in the weight room but the cardio was a bust. I finally gave up on it all and went to the steam room. This did help to open my chest some but I can't seem to get rid of the stuff. uugghh I WILL try again tomorrow.
It is easy to focus on what is going wrong instead of what you have going for you. Especially when you have a goal you are working for and it seems so far away. At the same time we can have people in our lives that can stand in our way of reaching these goals without meaning to. In the past 24 hours I have had two people that stated that they have a parent, with good intention, causing them make poor food choices. Yes I know, as well as they do, that in the end WE/I/You/ME makes the choice for ourselves.
The first one I spoke with didn't even realize what was happening till she started to do a food journal. She realized that a lot of what she did with this parent was "emotional eating". On days she had not spent time with this parents her food journal had much healthier choices and portion sizes. Once she realized it she had a talk with that parent.
The second stated he had some of the same challenges with his parent too. (the two did not know each other) I felt like I was on replay when I was listening to him. I am sure the parent meant to harm, they didn't realize it was happening either. But it is essential that we realize things like this are in our lives so we can confront them and deal with it.
It's not always a parent that does this. How many times has someone said to you "it's OK just this one time" " a lil won't hurt you can make up for it tomorrow"? It may come from a parent, a sibling, co-worker or a friend that just wants you to "enjoy" life. What do you do when these times happen?
I didn't realize, till just now, how many people in my life have done that. So many times I caved too. I listen to what I wanted to hear not what I needed to hear to get me closer to my goal. I can't think of anyone in my life, right now, that is doing that to me. I have made it known that I am fight the losing battle :D and everyone is supportive of me. I only have one drawback, that I am not going to mention yet, that I need to work on in this area. I don't mention it in more detail, not because I am avoiding the situation I know it's there, but because I have not "worked it out" with this person yet.
So I challenge myself as well as anyone that is reading this to look at your life, evaluate your goals and ask yourself "what something/someone is getting my way of making them?" Would love to hear your feed back on this one.
Today I did manage to TRY and get to the gym for a workout, but I didn't get a good feeling from it. My chest is still so tight I couldn't breath enough to get a real burn going. I did manage to get a small burn in the weight room but the cardio was a bust. I finally gave up on it all and went to the steam room. This did help to open my chest some but I can't seem to get rid of the stuff. uugghh I WILL try again tomorrow.
It is easy to focus on what is going wrong instead of what you have going for you. Especially when you have a goal you are working for and it seems so far away. At the same time we can have people in our lives that can stand in our way of reaching these goals without meaning to. In the past 24 hours I have had two people that stated that they have a parent, with good intention, causing them make poor food choices. Yes I know, as well as they do, that in the end WE/I/You/ME makes the choice for ourselves.
The first one I spoke with didn't even realize what was happening till she started to do a food journal. She realized that a lot of what she did with this parent was "emotional eating". On days she had not spent time with this parents her food journal had much healthier choices and portion sizes. Once she realized it she had a talk with that parent.
The second stated he had some of the same challenges with his parent too. (the two did not know each other) I felt like I was on replay when I was listening to him. I am sure the parent meant to harm, they didn't realize it was happening either. But it is essential that we realize things like this are in our lives so we can confront them and deal with it.
It's not always a parent that does this. How many times has someone said to you "it's OK just this one time" " a lil won't hurt you can make up for it tomorrow"? It may come from a parent, a sibling, co-worker or a friend that just wants you to "enjoy" life. What do you do when these times happen?
I didn't realize, till just now, how many people in my life have done that. So many times I caved too. I listen to what I wanted to hear not what I needed to hear to get me closer to my goal. I can't think of anyone in my life, right now, that is doing that to me. I have made it known that I am fight the losing battle :D and everyone is supportive of me. I only have one drawback, that I am not going to mention yet, that I need to work on in this area. I don't mention it in more detail, not because I am avoiding the situation I know it's there, but because I have not "worked it out" with this person yet.
So I challenge myself as well as anyone that is reading this to look at your life, evaluate your goals and ask yourself "what something/someone is getting my way of making them?" Would love to hear your feed back on this one.
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