Guest guest Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 I am happy to report that I did actually drag my butt to the gym yesterday and do a pretty good workout. I'm proud of my little accomplishment of busting through the wall of apathy and resistance, aka my old habits trying to sabotage me. Today I'm excited about going because I anticipate I finally let go of a bit of poundage. Even if I don't, I have my energy and enthusiasm back. Not in small part because I have self esteem from my behavior yesterday. Everytime we have a small victory over our old habits, it strengthens us and reinforces the new behavior. I'm FINALLY starting to develop a mind-body connection. Before, when I was fatter, there was a total disconnect. I never felt hungry, ate enormously, never exercised, didn't have a clue as to what my body was doing. Now I'm starting to see some patterns. I knew when my body went into " hibernation " yesterday that it was slowing down to try to avoid losing weight. I was really tummy and head hungry yesterday too. Horrible, horrible place to be. This is usually when I cave and skip the gym and/or sneak some popcorn and cookies. Then the next day I am at the same weight. I don't feel super bad because I haven't gained, but my deep down honest self knows I cheated and would have lost had I stayed the course, and my self- esteem takes a dip. It really is hard now that I am getting close to my goal. No forgiveness. But imagine the confidence I will have knowing I lived well and fought the good fight! Thank goodness today is the first day of Spring. Increasingly better weather makes it easier for me. I dream of summer. Vicki A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 I am happy to report that I did actually drag my butt to the gym yesterday and do a pretty good workout. I'm proud of my little accomplishment of busting through the wall of apathy and resistance, aka my old habits trying to sabotage me. Today I'm excited about going because I anticipate I finally let go of a bit of poundage. Even if I don't, I have my energy and enthusiasm back. Not in small part because I have self esteem from my behavior yesterday. Everytime we have a small victory over our old habits, it strengthens us and reinforces the new behavior. I'm FINALLY starting to develop a mind-body connection. Before, when I was fatter, there was a total disconnect. I never felt hungry, ate enormously, never exercised, didn't have a clue as to what my body was doing. Now I'm starting to see some patterns. I knew when my body went into " hibernation " yesterday that it was slowing down to try to avoid losing weight. I was really tummy and head hungry yesterday too. Horrible, horrible place to be. This is usually when I cave and skip the gym and/or sneak some popcorn and cookies. Then the next day I am at the same weight. I don't feel super bad because I haven't gained, but my deep down honest self knows I cheated and would have lost had I stayed the course, and my self- esteem takes a dip. It really is hard now that I am getting close to my goal. No forgiveness. But imagine the confidence I will have knowing I lived well and fought the good fight! Thank goodness today is the first day of Spring. Increasingly better weather makes it easier for me. I dream of summer. Vicki A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Congratulations, Vicki, well done. You did a lot better than I did. I only got as far as getting my gym bag out of the garage. BarbaraJean distal from 300 to 128 Busting through the wall I am happy to report that I did actually drag my butt to the gym yesterday and do a pretty good workout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Congratulations, Vicki, well done. You did a lot better than I did. I only got as far as getting my gym bag out of the garage. BarbaraJean distal from 300 to 128 Busting through the wall I am happy to report that I did actually drag my butt to the gym yesterday and do a pretty good workout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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