YESTERDAY I weighed in at 220.8, today after all the eating and my Zumba sesh I am just at 221.6, I know your weight depends a lot on fluid retention, and muscle weight but when I see that the numbers are not jumping it makes me remember the hard work it took to get here, and the very good possibility that I will be able to lose more. So I re-commit AGAIN! My friends wedding is coming up in 2 weeks and it is very possible that I can get to 215lbs, 209 is a stretch(that's how I personally feel, otherwise I would say I could make 209 and just disappoint myself). I will aim for 215 and if I lose more than that more POWER to me!! We'll see!
I'm thinking about all the energy and time I am putting into losing weight/getting healthy, I really want this, and I want it for many different reasons. One of them being just looking/feeling good, and the other is accomplishing something for myself, something that I've tried and tried my whole life but have never been able to do. Once I accomplish this(getting to my optimum health) I know I will be able to do anything/everything, I will be able to accomplish anything I put my mind to. I read a self-help blog today and the guy was talking about time and how for entrepreneurs time is money, for those who don't have their own businesses, time is equity. When we use time to improve our skills ourselves we build equity in ourselves and become a better more well-rounded person. This is important because people tend to make excuses for why they can't do certain things when they don't put the time into themselves to learn these things, instead we spend our time watching T.V(this was his main example) wishing that we were super stars or coveting what those people have. I myself always feel like I'm not good at really anything but the truth is I have not invested time in improving myself, in increasing my equity, and I am the number one complainer about this and the number one couch potato. Anyhow, the article made me evaluate what I really want and I really need to make a plan so that I can accomplish many things. Getting fit goes right along with building equity in myself, once I accomplish this I will have provided myself with the confidence to do more.
Lastly, STEVE JOBS the creator of Apple computers died a couple of days ago, rest in peace, and he talked about death being a motivator in the things that he did. I would try to summarize what he said but its better to just quote him.
"Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
I love this quote because we just don't value our time(me especially), then our fears and silly things hold us back from reaching our true potential, if we thought about today being our last what would we do? Anyhow, I'm pondering over this and I already know what I need to do. Anyhow, the world is at my hands, I have the ability to do many things, and I should do them.
