I'm sitting here watching the Biggest Loser (thank goodness for DVR). I just heard a contestant say, "I want to lose it faster so I can get there faster." Get there. Hmmm. Get where? And what will you do when you get there?
We do that, don't we? We think that if we can just get to that magic weight or perfect size. . . What's so hard to remember is that there is no such thing as magic, no such thing as pefection. The only thing that is real is the journey.
I once told my husband, "Okay, I'm done. I'm sick of not losing weight. I quit." And he said, "Okay. Now what?" (Smarty pants.)
But that's the question, isn't it? Okay, so you're not losing weight. Okay, so you quit. Now what? Well, now, you eat right and exercise anyway. . .because it's right, that's why, and because you can't quit. You just can't.
Not decreasing but not quitting either.
Aileen
BTW, new challenge coming up on Monday. Stay tuned.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Day what?
Yeah, so my Cyber Accountability partner here is great as long as I show up but is terrible about calling to check on me when I've been gone awhile. (Just when you think we're living in the Jetson's, you realize that 21st century robots don't so much have personalities like the animated robot maid of the Jetsons.)
Luckily, the Lenten Season is all around me and has done a great job of keeping me focused on getting those 5 fruits and veggies a day. I think today is like day 16 or 17 of Lent and I'm still on track.
The problem is that while I'm definitely making some great choices, I'm also making some stupid choices. Like what's with buying a bag of M&M's from the vending machine? What's that about? I know better. Dr. Phil says there's something I like about these bad choices. Dr. Phil says if I didn't like my problems, I'd get rid of them. So what is it? What do I like about sloth? What do I like about gluttony? These are the questions I'm asking myself these days. And I don't know the answers.
One of my favorite Bible verses is Romans 7:15. Paul says, "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." Well. At least I'm not alone in this struggle. At least I'm not alone.
Fighting the Increase,
Aileen
Luckily, the Lenten Season is all around me and has done a great job of keeping me focused on getting those 5 fruits and veggies a day. I think today is like day 16 or 17 of Lent and I'm still on track.
The problem is that while I'm definitely making some great choices, I'm also making some stupid choices. Like what's with buying a bag of M&M's from the vending machine? What's that about? I know better. Dr. Phil says there's something I like about these bad choices. Dr. Phil says if I didn't like my problems, I'd get rid of them. So what is it? What do I like about sloth? What do I like about gluttony? These are the questions I'm asking myself these days. And I don't know the answers.
One of my favorite Bible verses is Romans 7:15. Paul says, "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." Well. At least I'm not alone in this struggle. At least I'm not alone.
Fighting the Increase,
Aileen
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