How Far Ahead Can you See?

Day 21 of 100 Days of Encouragement

 Hello everyone. I’m sure that you have noticed that I have been away for a while. I realize that I made a commitment to post daily, but I took a little holiday away from everything. Well, I am having to work at keeping the original weight loss from coming back on and started taking the right steps. I think I hit a burn out from all that I have been doing, but I have to say that I am happy to be back. I said that I will not give up. Maybe take a break or fall back a little, but NEVER GIVE UP. I know that there isn’t anything that I won’t be able to overcome as long as I keep believing that and working at it. The day will come.

 What pushes us to unconscious eating and/or overeating?  Stress!!  We are all waiting for a time when there isn’t any stress. Well, guess what? That only happens when you are dead, so start practicing conscious eating. That’s what I’ve been working at for some years, and I have at least gotten to this point where I am starting to chip away at the weight.  Fear ignites worry and stress, and much of the time it is because we can’t see far enough into the future to feel safe.

 It is like the analogy of travelling at night from one location to another. You start out knowing that it may be a 3 hour drive and you get into your vehicle and drive from point A until you arrive at Point B. If it is night time and we can only see 160 – 300 feet, depending whether they are on high or low beam. What is really important to note is that when you travel the 300 feet that you can see with your headlights, another 300 hundred feet of light becomes available again and again until you get to your destination.

 What we know is that whatever we need for the moment we have or can access. When we are ready and need something more, that next step will be there for us. It’s about when you are ready. I know that I need to keep going forward with life and I will get there. It doesn’t mean that there won’t be obstacles and challenges. It just means that when you believe and keep going forward in faith, it will be there.

 So… let’s keep on keeping on and we will get there.

Taking the Risk

Fear says:

 “I’m not going to take the risk of failure, so I will just hide in my shell”

Day 3 of 3rd segment of 10 days. Day 23 of the 100 Days of Encouragement

“To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing”

In the movie star wars, Yoda says, “do or do not; there is no try” 

I decided last fall that I would take this 100 Days of Encouragement commitment and stay with it. It took some time before I felt ready, but in March I decided it was time to go forward with this journey.  I started posting on my blog, and team members joined in.

It has been a tough struggle for everyone. The progress at times seems so slow. I guess you could say ‘turtle speed’, but the good news is that everyone is still committed to staying on board.

I had lost 2 pounds in the week before the challenge started (I was practicing at it), another 2 pounds in the first 10 days, and 1 pound in the second segment of 10 days. It really is turtle speed, but I am hearing that some of you have really added in some exercise. Way to go team!!!!

The numbers on the scale are only one aspect, as the exercise creates toning that is measured in inches. On Sunday I was able to get back into a pair of jeans that had previously been snug. Yes, the progress is slow, but I know that we can all do this.

If I have to commit to 200 days or 300 days to reach my goal, so be it. This is a decision that I am going to keep working at until I get there. I know that we all can reach our goal. For now, we are working on the 100 Days of Encouragement in 10 segments of 10 days at a time. This creates small, do-able segments with manageable short-term goals to help us to the full 100 days. Each segment creates a milestone for us to reach and then opens the way for a new adventure in the next segment.

Congratulations to all who have taken the risk of facing all of the struggles that come along with this journey. We will never give up! We will succeed. Go Team!!!