Monday Madness in the House!!
Woo hoo!!!
Happy Monday!!
Boy am I ever excited…FIRST…My beloved Buckeyes take on LSU tonight for the national title…Buddies…I am nervous as all get out!! LSU is an AWESOME team…Whew!
Going to my friend Dave’s house tonight to view the game. Very excited, but scared as hell!!!
Well. I am also excited because today I got up and hit the gym again at 5:30 a.m. Now. You might not know why that excites me.
It does, because I took the last week off…Off from exercising, journaling, and eating well…
Why?
Well…
It started because my gym was closed for two days for the new year holiday. Then I talked myself into a mini break, because “Well, you made it through the holidays pretty well. You deserve it…”
Sound familiar to anyone???
Even though I have NO RIGHT to be taking a break so early in my “re-start”
So, for me to actually get up and get to the gym this morning was indeed a small victory…I find once I get there, I am fine…Getting me there is like moving an elephant through a hall way…Impossible somedays…
So. I feel great.
I truly feel recomitted.
I spent Saturday with my sister and niece.My sister lost 100 pounds two years ago…Has since regained 20, so we are now in the same boat. We dont live close enough to work out together, but we agreed to keep each other accountable and cheer each other on. For we want 2008 to be our year!!
I also made some personal advances this weekend…
Cleared away some more cobwebs from a very toxic relationship I had last year…The person is no longer in my life, but there were still traces here and there of their existance…So I took a major step and got rid of them. It was hard. And I was sad. But I know overall it had to happen.
Sounds silly, I know, but I was holding on to their phone number “Just in case”…In case of what?? A friendship emergency?? I have had those in the last six months, and this person was not around…Too wrapped up in their own life…
So I realized, even in an emergency, I couldnt really rely on this person. So I deleted their number…
I know its such a ridiculously small thing. But buddies, to me it was growth…I felt sooo releived knowing it was gone from my phone…No longer would I be tempted to call…
Baby Steps!!! WOO HOO!
Just like everything in life…
Anyway, overall, I feel really good about 2008 so far. I truly truly know I can be at my goal by Summer if I apply myself. I know the formula. I just have to beleive I can do it. And beleive I deserve it…
My new favorite quote:
“Take the first step in faith…You don’t have to see the whole staircase…Just take the first step…” ~Martin Luther King Jr.
Buddies…This is so true…In life and weightloss…Take care!
Great job on getting to the gym so early. Keep up the hard work.
I love the quote and what you said about baby steps - so true.
Love your 2008 attitude Dawn
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!
Lori
Nice blog………the gym is a great place at 0530…….nice and empty……..except for the past 2 weeks……….cant wait for Feb the gym will be empty again………
Great attitude! And I’m proud of you for getting rid of those “traces”! You are awesome!
Great for getting back to it! I know what you mean about feeling guilty after just re-starting. I did the same thing a few days ago. As for deleting a friend, I had to do that also last year and it was really hard but we just know when there is no longer any fight left for the friendhship. Good for you. Oh, we will be watching the buckeyes tonight too! GO BUCKEYES!
Well it sounds like you made some gret steps in making yourself happy and that is a good thing.
Love the quote. Great job on the workout and it’s really cool that you have your sister working right along with you. You’ll get to goal by summer for sure!!!
The baby steps are so important and love the 5;30 at the gym! you go! It’s so hard to rid ourselves of toxic relationships, what a great thing you did towards your health! way to go all over the place and nice comeback from that slippery slope of i deserve a…