Daily Struggles and Negative Nancys
I think my time away from my blog gave
me a lot of time to reflect on things and come up with ways to make
this page a little better. I am so eager to post lately and there
really is no explanation why, but no complaints here! When life got
in the way and I started getting busier, my writing basically went on
the back burner just like I hoped it wouldn't. My weight and progress
also went along with it. Which is in a way leads me into my next
topic. This post is going to be a little different. I have two topics
I want to spill my feelings on that in a way coincide with one
another, but also stand alone, and this post more than the others is
not directly involved with weight-loss or dieting or anything of the
sort. Although it can relate to those things, they really are both
things that I think most people can relate to their everyday life.
One thing I have really learned pretty
recently is to take things one step at a time. Every single day is a
beautiful and unique day in its own and it really is important to
remember that. You should not punish yourself for something that is
over and done. Leave the past in the past and move forward. I know
more than anything that this is a very hard thing to do. My mind
always seems to wander to troubles from the past that it really
shouldn't be wandering to. Something silly I said to the wrong person
three days ago, feeling guilty that I forgot to return a text
message, eating a caloric meal that I should have thought twice
about. Like I said, silly things that should be over and done. Most
people that are really close to me will agree with the fact that I
over think EVERYTHING! Although I am sure there are situations that
this may come in handy, this really is an unnecessary trait to have.
Every day is a brand new day and should be treated as just that.
There is no use for feeling guilty about the cheeseburger and fries
you had for lunch yesterday because you can't change that. Leave the
past in the past and grow from that experience.
If you are reading this because you
are indeed on a journey to a healthier you, as I am, then just
remember to take things one day at a time. Although you do want to
have a long term goal to strive towards, treat every day in your
weight-loss journey as either a success or a day to improve in the
future from (notice I did not say failure). If you just keep feeling
guilty about the days you cheated or just didn't do as well as you
hoped, you will get absolutely nowhere. That is half the reason I
gained so much back over the last year, I kind of gave up because I
figured 'why not?' But not anymore. I am now going through this one
day at a time.
The second topic I wanted to bring up
is negativity. You can literally find it everywhere, even in the most
unexpected places. If you start to have real success like I did my
first time around at this whole weight-loss thing, you're most likely
going to have someone who just doesn't like it. Someone who
criticizes the way you're doing it saying things like “Oh that
doesn't work!” or anything along those lines. Those things simply
spawn from jealousy. Anybody taking the steps to better themselves
and/or live a healthier lifestyle should be applauded and should
never have anything negative thrown their way, but it happens. I can
with 100% certainty say it happens. Don't let it get to you!
Simply recognizing the fact that you want to make a change and seeing
that a change is needed is a HUGE DEAL, nobody can take that from
you. Nobody. Don't ever forget that.
There
are so many things that can stack up against you on any big journey
in life, the key is recognizing that they cannot be changed and move
forward. If someone can't be anything but happy for you, they do not
deserve a spot in your life. If you had a bad day, leave it in the
past, move on, and be able to say you learned something from it. Both
of these lessons are very important. You will never get anywhere in
life if you let them devour you.
Before
I sign off I was looking for any comments anyone may want to offer. I
was thinking of expanding this blog's horizons (just a bit) and maybe
doing different types of posts sometimes. I'm not completely sure
what kinds of posts I will do, but my first thought was maybe the
occasional healthy recipe I am fond of or even an occasional daily
meal plan or something along those lines. Any thoughts?
As
always, if you're still with me and read through all this thank you
for the love and support! :-)
1 comments
Healthy recipes would be great!!!!!
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