I have done horrible on my diet this week. I have no idea what happened or why but I slacked big time. I always seem to do this when I start a diet. I'll do really good for maybe a couple of weeks and then...POOF, all the motivation I had in the beginning seems to taper off. I did however, start "running" in the early mornings a couple of days ago. If you can even call it running. I was so hoping no one was hiding in the woods near our long, rutted, half~graveled driveway with a video cam, ready to share it on YOUTUBE with the whole world. But hey, I gotta start somewhere, right?! Speaking of that driveway of ours. It's gonna be the death of me yet, I just know it. We're talking deep ruts here. The "break a leg" type of ruts...you could probably see the lights from China down there if you looked hard enough. And before I got started, I TOLD those 2 hounds of mine to stay out of my way when I started my running/walking. They were lagging behind, on the hunt for a frog no doubt, when all of a sudden they decided to catch up with me....at a dead run, as always and then right as they get along side of me, it happened... OOooommphhhh! POW!! #$%^#!!! Completely broadsided by those 2 running hyenas as they decided to cross over in front of me. Dang dogs..but I love 'em anyway. I THINK. While I'm disappointed that I'm probably not going to see any weight loss this week, I'm SO glad I started with the "running" again. I've ALWAYS loved running. I always loved gym class in elementary school when our gym teacher would have us all to "race" and then when I got to high school and seen the track behind the school, I was in heaven. When I was older, before I got married, I lived with my grandparents for a while and where they lived, it was on a nice, quiet country road, where everyone knows EVERYONE, so I'd get up in the mornings and just run. It's kind of like a sense of "freedom". Oh to be that young again! I loved the feeling it gave me and I want to get that back. But before I can, I have to get rid of these extra pounds and if I have TOO many more weeks like this one....I'm in trouble. But I will admit that "mother nature" set me back a bit this week. All the food cravings I get, and too often give in to...the "pain" and then not walking at all for ANY type of exercise and just having that total blahhhh feeling we women get. But still, other women do it, so surely I can too. I mentioned in a previous post that I've always wanted to run a marathon. So, I was very pleasantly surprised when my ex~daughter~in~law said that she would be my "marathon buddy"....YAY!!! We've tentatively scheduled it for next spring. We're looking at running schedules to see what is out there. I just know that I want it to be in the spring...I'm such a wuss, I don't want my first 5K to be in the dead heat of summer! So a couple of days ago, I was in need of some serious motivation again and I found this photo on Facebook of a little boy...and I cried when I seen it. It was just what I needed. I told myself when I started this blog that I wasn't going to post any photos that weren't mine because of all the copyrights out there...but I HAVE to show this one. This little guy was my angel that day when I seen him. After I seen it, I got up, did my stretches and warm~ups... and I ran. Well ...walk...run...walk...gasp...walk ...run a little more...gasp...then crawled the rest of the way back home. You get the picture I'm sure. The photo below is NOT mine...just one I found on Facebook and wanted to share with all of you. He's my inspiration and my motivation and I hope he becomes YOURS too....God bless him! None of my excuses could ever equal the ones this little boy COULD have used...but didn't.
My weigh~in is only 2 more days away and I already know it's not going to be good. And I accept that. But like this little boy, I won't give up just because I had a "bad week"...I have some dreams I want to see happen and I'm not ready to give up on them .....again. I hope your week was a LOT better than mine was! Thanks for stopping by! Be good and be pretty and as always.... ✻ღϠ₡ღ✻ God Bless ✻ღϠ₡ღ✻ |
HI! My name is Lori and I am a self~ proclaimed agoraphobic and rarely leave my home. My blog is a place for me to come and embrace my Edith Bunker tendencies and to share a few of the things I love. Stories, recipes and crafts, all with a little humor thrown in along the way! ღღ
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