Re: Baby Steps...TwoWalks

[Guest guest]

No worries. I'm pretty thick skinned. And from reading your posts I

know that you're not the type to be judgemental or to slam someone -

give them a kick in the tail if they need it, yes - but not to be

hurtful.

I do like myself. I don't like the shape I'm in right now - but I do

like myself. I am just one of those kids who was given a cookie

anytime anything was wrong - skinned knee, goldfish died, etc. Now

that I'm all grown up - I still tend to still associate food with

comfort. The difference is that I can't blame my mom anymore! The

good thing is that I recognize this about myself. In fact - it's one

of my goals this challenge: " I will learn to handle stress in a

productive way rather than by eating. " And honestly, I'm a little

proud of myself. While I haven't done great, the week that I've had

would normally have sent me into a pizza, chocolate, fatty-food free

for all. Instead, I had a few indiscretions. Not perfection - but

certainly progress in my book!

Janeen

> Janeen, I needed to add this after I re-read what I had written and

> realized it did not sound the way I meant it too. Please in no way

> think that I was making a judgement or saying you do not like your

> self. What I was trying, I now feel very poorly, to say that BFL

is

> three different levels. Mental, diet and workout. We each have to

> look at ourselves and ask those questions of ourselves whenever we

> find it hard or impossible to stick to our program.

>

> I just hope that what I wrote did not upset you or make you feel I

was

> slamming you, nothing could be farther from the truth.

>

> TwoWalks

[Guest guest]

In fact - it's one of my goals this challenge: " I will learn to

handle stress in a productive way rather than by eating. " And

honestly, I'm a little proud of myself. While I haven't done great,

the week that I've had would normally have sent me into a pizza,

chocolate, fatty-food free for all. Instead, I had a few

indiscretions. Not perfection - but certainly progress in my book!

>

> Janeen

Thanks Janeen, and for what its worth ... you have done great in my

book. Yes you can do better and you will do better, the same as I can

do better and will do better.

You will be around a long time and you have a long time you can invest

into the changes you want to achieve. The very first goal that I

think should be on each persons list is mental change and it sounds

like it is on your list. If all any of us accomplishes on the first

challenge is creating good eating habits and workout ethics, then we

are successfull. There is no such thing as perfection and to go after

it will only cause failure.

My original goal for my first challenge was to exchange bad eating

habits for good habits and making it automatic. My second goal for my

first challenge was too create the habit of working out and making it

something I missed doing not something I had to do. Everything else,

the strength, the indurance and the weight loss was just frosting on

my cake of life.

Here is a slogan a friend gave me and I wrote it on a card and put it

on the wall in my home gym, I put it on a card that is on my desk and

I put one on the door to the kitchen, try it you might find it helps.

" Get Serious - Get Tuff "

TwoWalks

I am an Onion

peeling one layer at a time