"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." ---Helen Keller
Where has my faith and belief in myself gone? Is it that I have become so demanding on myself that I do not realize how well I am doing? I was dreading the weigh-in at work for the weight loss challenge. I had experienced a great deal of stress and increased my caloric intake over the past week. I even commented that if I just maintained that I would be happy. Well, I went, I weighed, I questioned, I stood in disbelief, I stepped off, I walked outside to be alone, I smiled huge, I walked back in, I was asked how I did, I responded, I lost! Yes, I lost... a total of another 3.2 pounds for the week. That makes 6.4 pounds lost in two weeks in the challenge. I will not find out if I moved up or down in the challenge until Tuesday.
Today at work a young woman... well, younger than I am. I would guess her age to be near 32. This young lady grabbed my... you know... my back of my front! My gluteus maximus was in firm grasp! Holy cow, that has not happened in at least two decades! The last time it happened I tried to pay the lady for doing it! I must have turned 14 shades of red because everyone around was laughing after-wards. Crud, I handled it so well. I could feel my face boiling with embarrassment and I shyly and quickly went back to my area of comfort. Attention is nice and makes the effort worth-while. However, the best part of this entire journey is how it has made my mind feel about the future.
If you are struggling and it is not going well, just keep hanging in there. You will hit a zone and it will start dropping off like snow melting in Death Valley. Develop your why, get moving and stay out of the restaurants. If I can do this, so can you.
"There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out." ---Rufus M. Jones
“If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” ---Henry David Thoreau
Nice job. Isn't it a nice thing to know that sometimes we're doing better than we realize? That it's important to gives ourselves credit for what we do accomplish and be patient and kind to ourselves for what we do not? Perseverance always wins in the end.
ReplyDeleteThank you LG (K). Yes, perseverance does indeed win the day.
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