Never Give Up............

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..........