100 Days of Weight Loss
I am going to start using this blog in a different way. I have a book titled “100 Days of Weight Loss” that gives daily mental exercises to keep you focused and make you think about weight loss. I used it a couple of years ago when I lost a lot of weight and it really helped. But instead of writing my answers in a journal I’m going to put them here.
<> Day 1
<><>Fears/negative behaviors: That I won’t be successful, that once I make a bad choice I use that as an excuse to eat whatever I want, that my husband will resent time I take for myself to exercise because he already has so much stress in his life and watching the boys will add to it, that I will use my son’s illness as an excuse to eat and not exercise.
I used to… worry about being successful but now I realize that I have achieved many difficult things in the past and I can do this too. …throw in the towel if I made a bad choice but now I realize that it is just that, a choice, and I can turn things around whenever I want to. …put the needs of others before me but now I realize that if I do not take care of myself that I cannot take care of others. I also realize that I have a fantastic husband and he may not actually resent “me” time, I just think he might. …use my son’s illness as an excuse. Although I’m honestly facing obstacles due to his being sick I need to accept it as a part of life and modify my plan. I realize that I will probably not be able to exercise 6 days a week but I can do it 3 times a week. Then if I have time for more it’s a bonus, not a setback. My progress may be slower than other times but I will make progress.