So it is day 3 of no soda at all. I have some Arnold Palmer tea's that don't have aspartame or caffeine and they are pretty good. Its a powder so I can make a pitcher of it. Well that's not the part that sucks. I have been so grateful that my friend Chantal found this awesome website with a ton of recipes that are easy and they don't require a ton of weird things that cost alot of money they are pretty easy to do too so I haven't felt so deprived like I have in the past. Again that's not the part that sucks but the part that sucks is that I am so tired since I stopped drinking soda. It's not a total rundown feeling but a feeling of not getting enough sleep. I haven't had a good night's sleep in 2 weeks. Yes some is because of my annoying neighbors but some is because I go to bed tired and lay there and when I do fall asleep I have really weird dreams. They say you are supposed to get at least 8 hours of sleep to help weight loss. I am maybe getting 5 since I started. I keep telling myself it will go away but I feel like what's the sense if I feel the way I do.
I never want to work out but when I am tired I REALLY don't want to. So last night I had about 5 hours of sleep and when I got to the gym I didn't go as fast as I usually do but I pushed thru and even added weights like I promised myself I was going to and I think that is the key to me doing this THIS time. I have promised myself these things.... I am going to stop drinking soda... DONE so far... I am going to the gym as many days a week as I can.... DONE so far.... I am going to add weights this week and I did and I just need to keep it up. I think this time seems different to me because I feel like if I can accomplish things. I don't know why. When I went to a weight control group I always said I wish I could flip that switch that it seems people seem to have. Like all of a sudden they just start dropping weight and are so motivated. I am motivated but not like I keep thinking I should be. I just want to stay on this and not get discouraged. I don't like Weight Watchers because I lost my motivation. I would get mad and so much more and I don't know why. If I could figure that out I might stay motivated.
I can't tell you how much I feel supported!! My church family, my friends and the people I work with all so ready to encourage. I hope through that I can continue and this will be a blog that ends someday with me saying I have reached my goal weight!! SO PLEASE keep encouraging me and checking on me and if you know Dolvett tell him I need him to come work out with me!!!! I would even let him yell at me. Oh yeah I was working out and I kept thinking about how if I was truly on the Biggest Loser I would have been the one laying on the ground crying!!! LOL. Also if you are around and wanna work out with me I would love that!!! Oh yeah and bring Dolvett or Tim Tebow either will do!!!!Then I would really work out!!!!
You WILL get there....!!
ReplyDeleteooh, ooh, I can help with this! I just read a great blog post about motivation and the missing ingredient in goals - focusing on why it's important and what's at stake. Write out the internal things (whether publicly here or just have a list in private) that made you want to get started in the first place. Focus on those rather than the frustrations & hard parts.
ReplyDeletehttp://michaelhyatt.com/the-missing-ingredient-in-most-goals.html
Something that might help with the sleeping issues without creating other issues is Quietude (by Boiron). It's homeopathic and works well for me when I'm just not sleepy. I only use it once in a while, but when I do it works great, and unlike other things (like Benedryl) I never get that "Oh, I have to take that before bed or I won't be able to sleep" feeling. I get it at Whole Foods here. Here's a link if you're interested: http://www.boironusa.com/products/quietude.php
ReplyDeleteKeep pushing - you are doing a great job with your blog - love the colors. The more you can let loose of your frustrations, the better you will feel!
ReplyDeleteP.S remind me to come back to VT and kick some neighbor butt!