I wish there was a button we could press, so that we'd be stronger than the things that influence us. I recently had an injury (such that I couldn't exercise) and a break-up in one day. It's thrown me off for the past month. I've gone waaaay off track and regained almost all the weight I'd lost.
I was standing in the shower this morning, after seeing that horrible number on the scales, and I got REALLY mad at myself. But then I thought, it's not going to be productive to get mad at myself. I should get mad at the guy. So I got REALLY mad at him (he deserves it anyway, lol) and announced out loud that he wouldn't control me any more. Not my emotional state, not my body, not my concentration or anything else. I'M going to control those things, and I CHOOSE to live in a way that makes me stronger.
We will both get back on track. Not just 'hopefully': but by conscious choice.
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