Ok, I will admit this to everyone. Sometimes I'm just plain lazy. For those of you who know me, I'm sure that does not come as a shock. For those of you who don't know me, pick yourself up off the floor. Once you know me better, you will understand!
I felt so good yesterday. I ate healthy after about a month of not really watching what I was eating (darn holidays!), I drank lots of water, I got up and exercised. Then, I got a headache. Somewhere around mid-afternoon, my head began to pound! So instead of going to spend time with my grandfather and eat dinner with him and my mother, along with my aunt and cousin who had made chili, I stopped by, said hi and went home. I proceeded to make poor choices in eating. Why? Because it was easier. We had Doritos, and I know they needed to be eaten. The turkey burger wasn't actually a bad choice, but the Doritos. Ate way too many and added cheese on top of it.
Then, to make matters worse, I did not get up to exercise this morning. See? Lazy. Not to mention I stepped on the scale and I'm up five pounds from my pre-holiday weight of 213.4, so that makes me none too happy as well.
See? I'm full of excuses! Aren't we all? We all have them...you know what they sound like! "I can't do that, I'm too tired." "I don't know how to do that so I'm just not going to." "I can't do it by myself and I won't ask for help, so I'm just not going to do it." "I don't have enough time." We have a million of them, and I've heard some good ones in my time as a church worker! But I can't blame anyone, because I am full of excuses too.
Last night I watched The Biggest Loser. For the SECOND time, I actually know someone who is on the show. I don't know them well, but I am excited for them and their journey. I actually considered trying to get on that show at one time, but this time was excited to discover that for the first time I weigh less than everyone on the ranch (at the beginning of the show anyways). That felt good. Should have inspired me to get up and do my exercises, right? Wrong. I was full of excuses.
The premise behind the show this year is that we are leaving excuses behind. So while I'm sitting here bashing myself for the excuses I have made yesterday and today, I'm realizing that I need to shut up. No more excuses for my failure. The important thing is to understand that I will fail sometimes, but to not try, or to give excuses for not trying is the real failure. (Feel free to enter dramatic music here). I am going to pick myself up and move on because yes, Scarlett, today is another day.
So please excuse me, but I have work I need to do! Hope you all have a wonderful, blessed day. Thanks to all of you who read this blog yesterday and made comments either on here or Facebook. If you continue to enjoy it, let your friends know!
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I am enjoying your blog! I like this about no excuses too. I have Biggest Loser recorded and will hopefully watch it tonight.
ReplyDeleteI have started a "couch to 5k" training program. There's an app I bought to do this. A voice talks to me as I go through my 30 minutes.:) It's great. Interval training - walk and run combo. I have a bad cold though, but for the first time in my life, I am not using that as an excuse not to exercise. I don't have a fever, and I am working out inside and making sure not to get chilled. I've heard people say it's ok to do this, but I always used it as an excuse not to. And it's been just fine so far!
Keep writing!
I would love to do that program and do plan on starting in the spring. My asthma doesn't let me run well in cold weather. But I hear that is an excellent program And one of my goals is to run a 5k without stopping!
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