I think I can, I think I can...I know I can!

Our mind can be our greatest asset or downfall. As of late, it has been my downfall.  I overthink and allow my emotions to get away from me at times.  I give myself permission to do things not in line with my goals.

Right now, my biggest goal is my -100 pound party, but for some reason I am my biggest obstacle.  I KNOW what to do, but fail to DO it.  I started out well this weekend.  I had my shakes in the morning.  But I got caught up in the festivities of Memorial Day, and I made some poor choices when it came to my food.

Yesterday, I planned to get back on my plan of 2 shakes a day and a healthy meal.  I didn't eat unhealthy meals, but I only had one shake for breakfast.  I am in the process of learning how to coach others to reach their health goals, and I am not sticking with my plan.

This is where I must change my mindset and believe that I can and will achieve my goal.I will be able to party and celebrate my -100 pound weight loss.  I know I haven't reached my goal yet, but I have become a better person in mind, body, and spirit over the course of my long journey.  I look forward to the day when I reach that goal, and I am excited.  Let's do this.  Two shakes, two protein snacks, one healthy meal everyday.  I KNOW I can do this!

Dreams turned Accomplishments (Documenting the Journey)

I KNOW many different things.  I have great ideas about how things should go in life (read my other posts).  The downside to all of this wonderful knowledge is that it has STAYED knowledge.  I have not successfully applied it to my life.  Check out this post Consistent Consistency.  I have thoroughly outlined my dreams and the steps to follow to turn them into accomplishments.  Have I done them?  That would be a big fat NO!  I have not applied action to my dreams.  In April of this year, I was evidently painfully aware of my lack of action that I had to blog about it in Actions Speak Louder than Words.

I did finally begin to act in May.  I decided to get to my -100 pound party.  I was 15 pounds away.  I  I worked hard for two months and was three pounds away from my goal, when I hit a major obstacle.  I went on a trip and most of the hard work that I had accomplished vanished in one week, seven days, a fraction of what it took to get to my goal.  I was devastated and I haven't quite recovered.

Long story short, it is time for me to actually act upon the knowledge that is within me and that has been so eloquently expressed in this blog.

I have been thinking, and I have decided to log my progress.  I want to turn my dreams into goals and my goals into accomplishments.  

My current goals and my daily action steps are as follows:

1.  -100 pound party-deadline September 30th (15 pounds to go)

           -Track my food on Sparkpeople.com

           -Drink 64+ ounces of water

           -Exercise 10+ minutes daily

2. Read 1 book per week

           -Read 1-2 chapters

3. Practice Rosetta Stone Spanish for 1 to 2 hours per week

           -Practice for 15-20 minutes

4. Write my personal history for 30 minutes to 1 hour per week

           -Write for 10-15 minutes

I plan to post my progress, positive or negative, each day as I transform my dreams into accomplishments.

Today was not the best day toward my -100 party.  I hit the snooze twice and had no desire to exercise, so I took a shower instead and readied myself for work.  I did pick up my Herbalife order today at lunch and grabbed a shake and tea, so that was good.  After work, I ate an a apple and protein bar on the way home.  Dinner did me in.  I don't even want to talk about it.  As I ate a not so very healthy dinner, I decided to keep munching.  I definitely hit, grand-slammed, my calories for today.  I knew this, and therefore; I did not even log it in Spark.  I drank a measely 32 ounces of water from Sonic with Sunshine Berry (strawberries and lemons with peach flavoring).  Tomorrow I will definitely kick it in to high gear.  

As for reading, I have discovered audio CDs and am in love.  I listened to an entire book that would have taken me a week or month or even year to read in 3.5 hours in the car on my commute to and from work or whenever I happened to be in the car.  So technically, I have "read" a book this week.  I have started 2 books that are supposed to be finished by now.  I haven't read today, but I plan to after I publish this post.

I haven't practiced Spanish for several weeks, I will do so beginning tomorrow. The same goes for writing my personal history.

This is my time to act, and I plan to document my progress for grins and giggles and maybe just maybe to encourage someone else to go and make their own dreams come true.  

For God's Glory,

Free to Let GO

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."

~Matthew 11:28-29

"COME UNTO ME."  This is such a simple yet difficult command to follow.  I have labored diligently for the past month and a half to what some would think would be to no avail.  It was difficult, time consuming work that did often leave me heavy laden at times wondering how I would make it.  The beginning of the end came when I just gave everything up to God in exhaustion.  I was done.  I had had enough, but for some reason I pulled it together to give two more weeks worth and neglected God in the process.  God was working the whole time and brought everything together in his perfect time.

"I WILL GIVE YOU REST."  God promises to give us rest for our weariness if we come.  We must first be willing to come.  In my case, God took the source of the weariness out of my life which allows me to come and get the rest that he promises.

"LEARN OF ME."  This indicates a knowledge or sense of relationship.  God wants me to get to know Him and has given me a wonderful opportunity to do just that.  I pray that I do not squander this time, and that I will learn of His meekness and His heart and find the rest that he promises.