A group of ladies started a weight loss group this winter, The winter challenge. Beings that I have had trouble with my weight I decided to join. You know for accountability, it's a good thing.
The group started on Monday, and I joined on Wednesday. So far....... well let's just say I need to start. Losing weight, being active, controlling what i eat all that stuff is not easy. In fact, it is hard. I want to sit and eat a pound of cookies. I want to sit and watch endless hours of television-preferably Netflix were you have access to every episode of the show you want to watch at your finger tips. I get all those feelings. I am there. And yet I don't want to be there.
I look at my kids with the realization that I need to do more. I need to be more. Some day I want to be able to keep up with my adult kids as they grow and do things with them for years to come. My body, the gift God gave me, needs me to take care of it.
In the group the ladies set certain goals, what they are going to do and what they are not going to do. Plus they laid out what was their motivator. Here it is:
Goals:
1. Have a food journal to see what I am eating and drinking (The drinking part is important. I could drink 1,00 calories a day!)
2. exercise or be active each day. Keep a fitness journal for accountability.
3. Only one fancy coffee a week.
4. 100 oz. of water a day.
My motivator:
1. Like some there is this dress...........
2. My biggest motivator though is this, my kids. I want to enjoy life with them. If I don't make the changes my body needs I may not be able to enjoy their adult like. I want to experience opportunities with them. I can't do that from the coach, wheelchair, or bed.
There you have it. My new accountability group that I joined. I am praying that this ladies are going to inspire, and motivate. And at the same time hold me accountable to the choice I make and don't make. I know I can't walk this journey alone. I am thankful for a group of ladies, friends, who are willing to walk together, with the same goal in mind, to arrive at the same destination- well living.
The group started on Monday, and I joined on Wednesday. So far....... well let's just say I need to start. Losing weight, being active, controlling what i eat all that stuff is not easy. In fact, it is hard. I want to sit and eat a pound of cookies. I want to sit and watch endless hours of television-preferably Netflix were you have access to every episode of the show you want to watch at your finger tips. I get all those feelings. I am there. And yet I don't want to be there.
I look at my kids with the realization that I need to do more. I need to be more. Some day I want to be able to keep up with my adult kids as they grow and do things with them for years to come. My body, the gift God gave me, needs me to take care of it.
In the group the ladies set certain goals, what they are going to do and what they are not going to do. Plus they laid out what was their motivator. Here it is:
Goals:
1. Have a food journal to see what I am eating and drinking (The drinking part is important. I could drink 1,00 calories a day!)
2. exercise or be active each day. Keep a fitness journal for accountability.
3. Only one fancy coffee a week.
4. 100 oz. of water a day.
My motivator:
1. Like some there is this dress...........
2. My biggest motivator though is this, my kids. I want to enjoy life with them. If I don't make the changes my body needs I may not be able to enjoy their adult like. I want to experience opportunities with them. I can't do that from the coach, wheelchair, or bed.
There you have it. My new accountability group that I joined. I am praying that this ladies are going to inspire, and motivate. And at the same time hold me accountable to the choice I make and don't make. I know I can't walk this journey alone. I am thankful for a group of ladies, friends, who are willing to walk together, with the same goal in mind, to arrive at the same destination- well living.