Motivation is overrated, and quite honestly a harlet, and a fair-weathered friend. She is never around when we
need her to be. So, we forget her entirely. Oh, it's nice when she's there. When we're doing what we need to do. But fall of the wagon... slip-up... start getting tired of the routine and... BAM she's gone like it's quittin' time on Friday.
Forget motivation when it's not there. Use it when it rears its head. Turn to other resources, like your
commitment when motivation has run its course. When you've committed yourself to this. To making a healthy dinner, to taking a walk around the block, you do it because you've said you will, not because you
feel like it. Commitment is keeping a promise that you made to yourself.
You need to be healthier now more than ever to deal with this. And your children need you to be, too.
Is there a particular thing in your house that you're overeating? If so, get rid of it
now.
When the stress and the fear are overwhelming, take your children out of the house and spend time moving around with them.
You can do this. Even when the times are tough.