As I am thinking about this blog topic, I am reminded that we need to be strong, even in times of weakness. We must continue on our journey and never give up. I have been thinking a lot about my pursuit of health and well being. I am always reminding myself how I need to do a better job with my eating habits and taking care of myself. At approx 275 lbs I try to "trick" myself in to believing that I am "healthy for being a big girl" or that I exercise regularly so I must be okay. The truth is, this is one of the only things in my life that I really WANT to change. So even though I know how to do it. Why don't I? I start diets and then I stop. I make a commitment for a while and then I stop. In fact, my latest venture was to start a "100 day challenge" to exercise 100 days in a row. I made it to day 10. Something caused me to stumble and I didn't exercise again until like day 17. I am starting to realize after fighting this battle all my life, I just can't give up. So with that I start #myjourney once again.
My mom who has smoked all her life stopped smoking on 4-1-12. I keep thinking to myself, if my mom can stop smoking, I can surely make some much needed changes in my life. As she reminds me, it is one day at a time, one hour at a time and one minute at a time that she can succeed. She also credits prayer and help from God.
So with that I am going to continue my journey and never give up. My commitment level needs to change, my patterns of not planning ahead needs to change and I am going to prayerfully start changing the little things one day at a time, one hour at a time and one minute at a time.
My challenge for you today is "encourage someone." Take a minute to encourage a friend, a family member or a stranger. You will be glad that you did.
Always remember..... no matter what the struggle, make the commitment to never give up!
Thanks mom for your encouragement..........
