No Kidding!

My Life Coach has used this phrase with me a few times because it's very easy to "kid" myself about what I'm trying to accomplish and whether or not I am truly working towards accomplishing it. Yesterday, I was reminded of this phrase when a co-worker and fellow nutritionist asked me when I was going to get serious about losing weight. And, no, it wasn't a rude comment, but it definitely hit me hard....because I'm not serious about it. Then I see this picture on facebook this morning, and I'm feeling like there's a message that I'm supposed to be getting.

 

 

I feel like I'm stuck on the stair "I want to do it" most of the time. I make it to "I'll try to do it", but then fall back down to "I won't do it". This is very frustrating!

 

So, what I am working on now is not completely abandoning all forms of healthy behaviors just because I'm not doing it perfectly. My body will appreciate it, and it will only be a matter of time before there are more healthy than unhealthy behaviors in my life.

 

And, so it begins....I chose to have scrambled eggs in extra virgin olive oil with gorgonzola cheese for breakfast today instead of toast with peanut butter. Go me!!

 

All or Nothing

I struggle with an "all or nothing" attitude that does nothing! to help me as I'm working towards a healthier me. In fact, it doesn't help me with many things I'm trying to accomplish, whether it's writing a lecture, cleaning the bathroom or eating well and exercising. If I can't do whatever it is I'm trying to do "perfectly" (according to me), then why do it at all? Let's use the bathroom as an example. If I don't have the time, desire or energy to clean the bathroom completely like it should be done, I will put it off...then the bathroom just looks terrible. I have a difficult time (in fact I rarely do it) doing a quick wipe down of the sink and toilet just to make it look more presentable, so instead I leave it alone until I do have the time, desire or energy to do it right, but by then the bathroom has been looking dirty for a couple weeks. Is this making any sense? To put it into words regarding dieting, if I'm not going to diet perfectly then why eat healthy at all? If I'm not eating right, then why not eat completely unhealthy? See how this attitude is not helpful?!?

Even regarding this blog...I haven't written a post since June. Part of the reason is because I've been doing such a poor job eating that I didn't want to write about it. Now, I initally started this blog to help me work through this issue of becoming a healthier person. It was about me, and I wanted to post it in case someone might find it helpful as they were going through a similar situation...but somehow, the blog became more about the people reading it than myself. So, I'm focusing more on myself, without fear of posting something that someone might view as failure. This is a process, and it won't always be pretty.

So this post is one step in the right direction as I move away from an "all or nothing" attitude!