When you want something bad enough
to go out and fight for it,
work day and night for it,
give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it;
If only the desire of it makes your aim strong enough
never to tire of it;

If life seems all empty and useless without it,
And all that you dream and you scheme is about it;
If gladly you'll sweat for it, fret for it, plan for it,
Pray with all your strength for it;
If you'll simply go after the thing that you want
with all your capacity,
Strength and sagacity;
faith, hope, and confidence, stern pertinacity;

If neither poverty nor cold nor famish nor gaunt
Nor sickness or pain of body or brain
can turn you away
From the aim that you want;
If dogged and grim,
you besiege and beset it,
you'll get it!

-unknown

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

oops

So I had a little setback, I kind of gave up for a month, but I'm back and ready to try again. I got down to 238, but now am back at 245, but I can live with that, it will go down. What I really need to talk about is what causes me to be this way. being overweight is not as much physical for me, but mental/emotional.

People talk about losing weight like it is all opinion there are so many different diet plans and theories out there, but weight loss is simple science. If you eat less calories than you burn, then you loose weight. So if it's so simple, and we all know what to do, why is it so hard? Why do I gain the weight back when I know how easy it is to lose? I can tell you why, and it is also the reason this country is so messed up financially: We want to be happy now.

Donuts make us happy, that big bowl of ice cream makes us happy, and if there is a way to buy something now, even though we don't have the money yet, we are going to be happy NOW. So how do we get away from being in the now generation and delay our gratification?

If anyone has any ideas, let me know, we can start a conversation right hear online.
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  1. chanelAugust 30, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    Martin and I were talking about this on Sunday, a lot. We don't know how to develop self control, but we know we need to. A friend of mine suggested forgetting about self control and instead focusing on self appreciation. The more we appreciate ourselves the more we will want to do what is actually best for us, and if we eat a couple of doughnuts one night , because that is what we want, we won't feel bad, because we appreciate ourselves. I like that theory. I cant say it is enough to keep me making wise decisions, but I like it.

    Keep it up, Bridget. You'll figure it out (and then you can help me).

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