puh8suwrux's Journal
SnowballNov 11 2009 08:00
I've noticed something lately. I started out wanting to lose weight. Then I began to exercise. Then I began to eat healthier. Then I wanted to keep the house cleaner, and take care of myself better. My life is so different than it was before I started all of this in May.
Good choices, those that have a positive impact, lend themselves to other good choices.
Every time I make a positive choice, no matter how tiny that step is, it is easier to make another. And then another. I am EMPOWERED by them. And those choices snowball. And they catch others up with them. I CAN change others, simply by choosing to change myself.
Every choice has two options - a positive and a negative. I can choose the negative, the immediate gratification, the easy way, which so often leads to a downward spiral of every choice being made for the negative.
Or I can push to choose the positive. A little work, a little willpower. And then keep going. Every little step counts.
Today, I had half the coffee flavoring I usually do. 80 calories changed to 40. A miniscule step in the scope of 1850 calories. But it is the inner kernel of the snowball.
Yes! *fistpump* It's like a slow, creeping progression of organization, isn't it? Good for you! |
Yup. Once you get in motion, you gain strength. And confidence. I think that knowing I can get my body back in line, seeing real results, makes me want to see it in other areas. How we feel about and treat out body drifts over into so many areas of our lives. So glad I did not just give up and stay overweight like I wanted to at one point. |
its those little steps that matter you are doing grt h xx |
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