It always amazes me when things just seem to fall into place. Coincidences that feel more like a higher power is at work in my life. This past week I've had several incidences such as that.Last Wednesday, I signed up for Weight Watchers in the morning. That afternoon at work, we got an email about the Active Challenge (tracking steps/activity for 8 weeks). I felt it was a "meant to be" sort of thing. I immediately signed up the challenge and recruited a friend and hubby to join my team, and then got a co-worker to join us, and hoping for a few more people to join us. Being more active is one of my goals along with attending the WW meetings.
On Saturday I wrote about my goals and what I wanted during this part of my weight loss journey. I want to run again. If weight loss comes with that, great, but my focus is running. In order to have the energy and stamina to run, I need to make better food choices. Making better food choices should lead to weight loss. So my reason for all of this, my "why" I am going down this path yet again, is to be able to run.
Sunday morning, as I laid in bed, I started looking through my Nook Book wish list and noticed a book called "100 Days of Weight Loss." It's a book I've had on wish list for years but yesterday I decided to purchase it. It's a lot like the Beck Diet Solution,a guide to help you stay on whatever weight loss program you choose to follow. There's a page of text, then a lesson to follow for that day. The first lesson in the book? Write down at least 10 reasons why you want to lose weight. The first two or three were easy for me... to be able to run, to fit into all the clothes in my closet, be able to go backpacking... but then I had to dig a bit deeper for more reasons why I wanted to lose weight.
Focusing on my "why" will help me reach my goals. During the difficult times (which I'm sure there will be many), I need to remember my "why" and persevere. I can do this!
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