Well.. thank you for you comments about me not being bossy... BUT... I am just so concerned about all of you I had to come back and be a little bossy.
Now that I have typed that... maybe I should delete what I wrote off line and am pasting here. Maybe it is too bossy.
Maybe it is... but I "feel" the need to post it. I hope it helps someone. If it is not you... just ignore and remember... it is helping someone. Maybe it helped ME. Maybe I need to say it and your reading it is what "I" need. I don't know. I only know I have to post it.
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Okay ladies.. this will be quick and to the point. I cannot quit thinking of all of you and I am not getting anything done... so I am here to give you all who are struggling a
plan of action. "ACTION" that means we are going to "do something" about the funk you are in.
First... I don't care if you "feel" like doing it or not. My kids never felt like cleaning their rooms... I told them they don't have to feel like it... they just have to do it. We often don't feel like going to work... no matter.. we had to go. Sooooo you don't have to "feel" like doing these things....
you just have to DO THEM.
We are a threefold human being. Physical, emotional and spiritual.
We have to do something in all three areas.
We will start with physical. You will finish this paragraph and then do it before reading the next one.
STAND UP and stretch to the ceiling. Stretch as far as you can... then a little more.
Now bend over and touch your toes (or as close as you can get.) LOL
Do it again. Do it five times. Five... that is not asking too much.
Now bend to the left and bend to the right.
Now stretch to the ceiling again. Okay , when you finish that come on back and continure reading.
Hey... I see you... no peeking ahead. GET UP AND DO IT !!!!
Now for the emotional. Repeat after me....
"I am an overcomer. I will and do have bad days and even several days but I have the ability to overcome this. I will not spend my time focusing on my weaknesses. I will focus on my strengths. I have already begun to overcome this temporary slump by my willingness to follow these silly directions 2cute is making me do. I have overcome in the past and
I will overcome this one too only this time I will recognize my abilities that in the past I took for granted. As they say... I am woman hear me ROAR"
Spiritual.... This can be easy or this can be hard. You are going to write a "gratitude list". Not grateful for your family and such. Gratitude about YOURSELF. Example... I am grateful I do have the power to over come. I am grateful for the fact no matter how many times I fall... I have one more chance to try again. Grateful for the legs that hold up this weight. Grateful for my mind... even though it turns on me... I am capable of flushing out the negative thoughts and replacing them with positive.
Flushing.... hmmm ... good idea.
We are going to flush out those negative thoughts with positive. Taking ACTION.
This is your homework. Get out those old WW pamphlets and read them. Get out any "positive" books you have and read it. Flush out those negative thoughts with positive. This weight loss journey is as much if not more in our minds as our bellies.
Flush out those toxin foods you have eatten with water. Drink , drink and drink some more. Eat that lettuce to clean yourself out.
Ladies.. if we can't feel ourselves into action... then act yourself into feeling better.
And don't say... "I don't feel like it"
Fake it until you make it.
The important thing here is
ACTION !!!!
Okay. I have said my peace. If we were on the Titantic I could not sit there and watch you go down with the ship. I would have to tell you to put on those life jackets, man the life boats and get into action. The boat isn't going to wait until you "feel like it"
Just remember one more thing. I say all of these things not because I am a know it all.... you all know of all of my failings.... I say it because I love you.