Enthusiasm And Lack Thereof

When I began this journey, I was so enthusiastic and so motivated. The past couple of months, that slowly started going away, and, I don't know why. I was doing good with the food, but when it came to exercising, all of my enthusiasm was gone. I just did not realize how far gone that it was.

I started making a weight loss journal in January, when I started the program. I'm OCD, so I made charts for a few things. I have a calendar where I keep up with blue dots, a chart for days that I exercise, and another chart for the amount of steps that I take per day. The step chart has different colors for different ranges of steps per day. I had not worked on these charts in a few months. Last night, I caught up on these charts, and it suddenly became very real. The blue dots were good - could be better, but I'm losing at a good rate, so that didn't make me feel bad. The exercise chart, and the step chart gave me a very rude awakening. I consider exercise as 30 or more minutes of some type of exercise during the day (for me it was mainly walking.) On both charts, a bright pink indicates the good days. It indicates that I exercised, and it also indicates over 10,000 steps during a day. Well, both charts were not showing much pink. On the step chart, the majority of the days I was at 5,000 steps or less. How had I gotten this lazy?

Obviously, I did not feel like exercising. I came up with every reason in the book, not to exercise. When I did exercise, it wasn't as much as I was used to doing.

I have diagnosed the problem, and it is now time for the solution. I have to fake it until I make it. I have to get off of my ass, and force myself to get up and move, no matter how I feel. I have to accept no excuses from myself. I am resetting my attendance goals, and I am going to ask my friends to help hold me accountable, and not let me lose my way again. This might not come easy for a while, but I will keep going until it is a habit again.

I'm going to reignite this fire inside me! I am going to turn this around! I am going to see better results!

If you are suffering from this same lack of motivation, please join me in regaining focus!

Always remember – YOU ARE AMAZING! Go out and make it a great day!

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