It's funny how quickly resolve can disappear. I was just reading through my older posts and realized how many times I have resolved to get healthy and start exercising. I have conversations all the time with other women about eating and exercising. Most of time we are discussing how difficult it is to get started or how hard it is to stay on track when everyone around you is eating all the stuff you want to eat or no one wants to go work out so or life is so busy that you only have enough energy to get the most important tasks finished. I am sure that I could go on for days about all the reasons why eating right and working out is inconvenient.
I am really good at resolving to be healthy after a long day of eating potato chips and candy.....sometimes to the point where I feel physically sick and tell my self, "I am never going to do this again! Tomorrow I am going to wake up and eat better!" However, morning comes and I wake up remembering my feelings of wanting to eat better but I am just so hungry and I don't feel sick anymore....so the cycle starts over. I sit here now wondering what will it take to flip that switch?
Maybe, I need to be bold and take a picture of my self in an outfit that does not hide the lumps and bumps, blow it up to a 16x20 poster size, and hang that on the refrigerator as a reminder to treat my body better. I think that if I was single I could do that, but I have a husband and four boys and I am not sure if my motivational picture will traumatize them......plus the thought of a giant picture hanging in a room for all to see sets fear into my soul! I know that I am a visual learner so I know that if I am going to finally, FINALLY, take control I have to do something visual. Maybe signs instead of a huge picture will help. That way I don't traumatize my boys or guests, but I still have my reminders to go after the things I want for myself.....
