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I weighed in at 187.0 lbs. I should be jumping off the roof with excitement.. I don’t know what is wrong with me.. I am still feeling really blah.  I was so psyched for this weekend, but it ended up being very stressful.  Eating wise I think I did great.. but exercise was not so hot.  I think maybe I need a new challenge.  Maybe I need some patience.

My Mom attended this lecture last week about patience.. or sabar (the Arabic word).  Anyway, she was telling me that sabar is more than just waiting.. it’s definition is so much more broad.. its about also having the ability to be moderate in your approach to life.  So limiting your T.V. watching, eating only what you need, stopping yourself from back biting, etc.. and so I was thinking that this concept is very applicable to us losing weight.

Thing is that it we have changed our lifestyles.  We are eating right, exercising, doing all sorts of good things for our bodies.. but when we look in the mirror we don’t match… our minds go skinnier a lot faster than our bodies!  I think I get frustrated that I have to wait for this weight to fall off me.. I have to constantly remind myself that I didn’t get fat over night, so I am not going to drop the pounds over night either.

The moderation aspect is obvious.. stopping ourselves from eating wrong foods, or too much of the good foods.  Also making sure that we get off our butt and exercise.  Sometimes, it’s so easy to just do nothing.. I love this quote.. “The problem with doing nothing is that we never know when we’re done.”  I think I read it on one of your ladie’s blogs.  It really hit a cord with me, on so many levels.  I used to be so active in terms of doing volunteer and charity work and then I decided to take a break.. and the break has been going on and on for about two years now.. I really have to start doing more.

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