Sara posted this on Facebook the other day and I've been thinking about it a lot. So with this, Biggest Looser on again and just my overall feeling of crap, I believe I might be on a motivated streak. Let's PRAY it's not just a streak again. Things have got to change. "Change will only come when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change." Love that quote too. I've been thinking about something else an instructor for weight watchers told us once too, he said, "maintaining weight is hard...loosing weight is hard....choose your hard." I keep telling myself that yes loosing weight is going to be hard and take everything I've got, HOWEVER, this "hard" will be physically and mentally (to get myself to do it) and the hard part of living the way I am, is how I feel about myself. When I'm not "trying" I feel like crap inside and out, when I AM trying, I at least feel a little better about myself. I don't know if that makes sense at all, but these are all the thoughts I've been having lately.
That being said, Sara's quote got me through my work out today. Sometimes when I walk up 6000 W. I have a goal of walking all the way to 47th, I like that b/c when I turn around to come back down, I have a great view of the whole Salt Lake Valley, and by the time I get back home, I will have walked 3 miles. Now compared to my walk yesterday around Liberty Park, this view seemed more like "the lone and dreary wilderness." It is cool to see that far out, I just wish Liberty Park were closer. I absolutely LOVE the huge trees and all of the open grass areas, with water features here and there. The weather was like 71 yesterday and I believe a little higher today (note it's October 14th!) and it was such a perfect day to go to the park. It was just Soupy and me and we first fed the ducks and geese, then walked the perimeter of the park, stopping on the play ground once and then over to the seven rivers canyons feature place. I LOVE how beautiful it is there...so peaceful.
Anyhow, so far I've purposely exercised 3 times this month. Pathetic I know, but this is the first "2 days in a row" I've done in a long time. I need rehab so I know this is going to be rough, but here's to trying again!
