The decision to change your life is easier to make than to live by. We can easily lapse in to old behavior. It takes determination, time , and courage to change. We are not perfect but if we keep trying to change and work on it on a daily basis the we can work to accomplish our goal to a healthy life.
Well for the last couple of days I guess , I lapsed into some old patterns of eating and working out. I have to be honest with you because you seeing my journey to healthy life. That even means my struggles and my successes. I did not work out for 4 days , I had things going on in my life and some things I needed to work out . So instead of making the time to work out or drink shakeology . I ate not the healthiest of foods accept for last night. But I did alot of snacking on stuff I usually do not snack on anymore. I was in bed with my hubby watching TV and he mentioned I have not been working out . I admitted he was right and I explained why. It really is not a good enough answer because the best thing for me to do was to continue to work out and work through the problems I was going through. Exercise would have helped with the stress and I may have gotten through it faster.
So today I got up and make a list of things I needed to do today. It ranged from laundry to shakeology to working my step 3 in recovery - to working out , dinner and whatever else I put on that list.
I needed to hold myself accountable . So I crossed them off my list one by one. When I got to working out , I admit I was not to thrilled about doing it. I put Hip Hop Abs with Shawn T and I started working out, I was not even in the first 10 minutes and I wanted to quit. My head was telling me go ahead stop know one will know you can play it off and tell your husband you worked out and tell everyone else . Sure it would not hurt anyone else but I am hurting myself. I would be lying and saying I am doing this and it would not be right. So I pushed hard through that moment and got into the music of the workout and make it through to the other side. I did not quit. I worked up a sweat and was feeling good and it was what I needed . I also text my husband and told him I worked out . He said good job.
I do not want to be overweight anymore. I have come a long way in a short time and even though I had a set back I am back on the path again . I hope I do not come into anymore road blocks , but if I do I will get back up and start again. Because I can do this . I will have a healthy life.
Great post, and thanks for checking out my blog as well. We will get through this, and we will kick butt together! Glad we can inspire each other and keep each other motivated!
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