Hello! :: waving frantically :: How are y’all? My my, it has been a while, yes?
I have a ton of excuses. I bailed on Crazy MomCat with the six day kick start plan. This past week I hit a pretty big low. I was so busy, so insanely stressed, I cracked. I had an emotional six car pile up. It ended Friday with me crying on the floor in the bathroom for two hours trying to get the courage to drive away forever or jump ship.
I won’t go in to depth here, it’s really not the point, the point is that everyone has excuses or reasons not to do something and the thing I love about the Body for Life plan is that he tells you to know “it’s not if, it’s WHEN things get in the way of your plan.” ‘Cause selling a house, taking on two more jobs on top of the full time job you have, raising a 16 month old you love and take to swimming, the library, playgroup, well.. it can be a bit much. And then you’ll laps back into letting life get in the way of taking care of YOU and that’s when you end up on the kitchen floor crying. (and by You I mean ME.)
So I’m here. I’m alive. I’m better this week. (Note to self: They call them antidepressents for a reason. Take them. Trust me.) I’m ready to start Monday with a workout and water. Suprisingly, I did work out four times and did YOGA last week. I ran and lifted. I drank a lot of water. I also didn’t eat HORRIBLE, but not great either. I’m sure my mental ability to handle stress was crap because that’s what I eat when I’m stressed. You are what you eat. It’s true. I can tell you that for fact.
6:19 am
You always show up right when I’m wondering how you’re doing! How do you DO that?!
Hugs, first and foremost, and I agree. Antidepressants can be just the pill you need to swallow during times like those. I’m just happy to hear you’re on the other side of the big bad IT, all bouncy and ready to roll.
Sometimes it’s better if you look at it as a whole, it’s a whole new you. It’s a whole lot of commitment, lifelong, in fact. So taking time to deal with whatever you have to deal with isn’t a crime, it’s an intermission. You just get back to your plan, get back to meeting your goals, and your intermissions won’t hurt as much as they would if it was a permanent thing, kwim?
Anyhoo, glad to see you!
8:14 am
Oh, Mrs. Flinger. I’m so glad you didn’t join with me because then I’d have felt even WORSE when I quit the plan after 3 days. It just didn’t fit into my life very well, but I did learn a lot from it.
It sounds like you are jumping right back into it. We all have rough weeks where we are tired of trying. I did 2 weeks ago, and skipped Weight Watchers and didn’t journal what I was eating. And, I gained. I knew that I would. But, I’m back on track too.
I’m rooting for you! Hang in there!
8:52 am
Oh Leslie I’m sorry you had such a rough week. :hug:
10:51 am
Thanks, y’all. It’s always nice to wake up to sun, realize you had a crappy week, that’s all, and are ready to move ahead and put it all behind you.
1:17 pm
((((Hugs)))) We’re all in this together… I’ve been having some stressful days too and the stupid scale not changing in the right direction is definitely not helping matters! But I just keep thinking I know I can do it…
Tell that to me when I’m complaining in my posts! LOL
10:03 pm
Lousy weeks are hell on being kind to your body. One step at a time, one ounce, one pound, we’ll get there. Each of us. Just keep writing, keep drinking water.
11:35 pm
:hug: rough weeks are the pits. i hope this week is better for you.
6:41 pm
Ahh….it’s a good thing I didn’t know, I would have come over with a plate of hot chocolate chip cookies and we could have had tea and sympathy!
Good for you for taking care of yourself. Taking care of you is a vote for your family.
Starting over is something we all do, more often than we care to count. You’re my hero for sticking it out!
12:15 am
Ahh, thanks, y’all. Stickin’ with it is the toughest part. But like Leanne said, “If it was easy, it wouldn’t be so hard.”