Dawn’s Weight Loss Journey

I dont know why it is…Or how it all works…Honest…

Even after almost five years on this journey, I can not predict, or understand why it sometimes “Clicks” and why it sometimes doesnt…

But, for whatever reason, it all makes sense again to me, and since last week when I reached my angry frustrated level, life has just taken on a whole new perspective…

I swear, if I could understand it, bottle it up for all of us, and sell it, I would be a rich rich woman…

Thats right. I am talking motivation. Determination. That feeling inside that you just KNOW you are back on track. Its not just one thing. Its many things. But you know it when it arrives. AND you know when its missing and you are gonna have to do this all half assed…

Some of my buddies know this…Catrina. Jo. Nancy. When you got it you got it. Thats what they say.

And when you dont, there is no other option but to FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT. The key to it all is to keep going even when its gone in hopes that it will find its way back to you. It will. Eventually. At least in my experience. Sometimes its weeks. Sometimes its months. And in my case. Its been over a year.

The mental game of this journey has been EYE OPENING.

But, I made the decision last week to just do it. Get all the clutter out of my mind. Quit relying on my excuses and reasons. And yes, Miss Jo, just like you, quit worrying about finances, decisions I made, or didnt make, etc.

I had to clean out my head. Get rid of the cobwebs.

I rejoined a gym, and since then, even though I have only gone twice (They were closed yesterday) my attitude has changed by about 75%. It has been noticed. By many.

I just FELL BETTER. Period.

The gym has always been the key to my state of mind. Period. I feel thinner even when I am not. I feel healthier even if I am not. I feel prettier. Younger. More energetic.

So, I am going to thank Miss Nancy for her blog. You know. The gym one!! For one thing stuck out at me. And its something that hit me in the face last week.

We must push ourselves. ALWAYS.

Man. We are creatures of habit. I sure am!!!

Comfort Zones are great, but to be successful, you must stray outside of that. Nancy has. Catrina has. Jo has. Even when they struggle, these are the ladies I look to for inspiration when it comes to the dreaded EXERCISE!!!

You see, I have done the gym thing for five years. And I love it. BUT, I have done CONSISTENTLY, the same thing. Elliptical. Treadmill (And outside walking) Arm weights. And stomach crunches. FOR FIVE YEARS…

True. It worked. But it slowed…

I have learned, in just the last week…Okay, if I am honest, I kind of knew it, but refused to do it…Lol…That I MUST do something new and different to shock my system…But I played ignorant…

Friday at the gym I did a whole new thing. The circuit training. I worked EVERY muscle group in my body. This was new to me, and my body responded as predicted. For THREE days my muscles hurt. THis is a good thing…

One simple change has made me re-evaluate and rejunvenate my whole outlook…

I am now STOKED to head to the gym. Yes. The elliptical will continue to be a big part of my cardio. But, I am going to do circuit training once a week. (They actually dont recommend it more than that!!) as well as start venturing into other machines…

In addition, I am working myself up to the big one…A class!!!

I have never in my life done a fitness class!! And I DONT want to do one right away, because I am horribly out of shape from not working out in over two months. But that is a new goal of mine…

Try a fitness class, just one, within the next thirty days.

And I am soooo excited. I cant WAIT to get to the gym today and see what new machines await me. I cant WAIT for my muscles to hurt. I cant WAIT to sweat again.

Honest.

I dont know what happend or why, but it all makes sense to me again, and I am back and ready to go…

I think in my next blog I will be summing up my year and making my goals for 09. NOT RESOLUTIONS, but goals. I encourage you all to do the same.

LETS MAKE 2009 THE YEAR OF US!!!!!! WOO HOO…Rock on buddyslimmers…