Fit-to-Fat-to-Fit Blog: Day 11

Goal Weight: 195

Small victories.

Sometimes we need a small victory.  Not “the huge rush of crossing your goal’s finish line” type of victory. No, I’m talking about a little carrot that helps you get past a rough patch.  As you might have guessed from yesterday’s post, I hit a very rough patch.  Hard. My crazy schedule plus some work stress caught up with me and smacked me around like Mike Tyson.  So it should be no surprise to you that when I woke up at 3:40 a.m. that my mood was as gloomy as the dark, rainy morning outside.  A little devil was sitting on my shoulder whispering, “Go back to bed. You’re tired. You need some sleep.”  And then it had to nerve to question why I was doing this to myself in the first place.

I needed a small victory.

I guess getting out of bed was one. But that wasn’t a big enough one. I was still down. So I kept looking.

I’m now in the intense group — which considering I was totally inactive three weeks ago is nothing short of a miracle.  That in itself is a small victory. But it still wasn’t enough.  I made it through the treadmill and survived running at 10 mph for 1:41 sec. (kind of.)  That was another small victory.  My attitude started picking up.  But I still needed something more.

Tonight I will be one of the roasters on the dais at the MPA roast of Lt. Governor Tate Reeves. So I have to wear my suit — which I haven’t been able to fit into for six months.

I’m wearing it.

That was the small victory I was looking for.  Getting up tomorrow at 3:40 a.m. will be a little bit easier now.

Small victories. Find them where you can and seize onto them with all your strength.

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Diet tip: I need to get more protein into my diet. I looked at the powders last night at Sam’s but since I have food allergy, I didn’t want to go down that route. Paul suggested trying little pieces of chicken wrapped in spinach leaves like a fruit wrap. I bought a rotisserie chicken at Sam’s last night and some spinach.  Every two hours when I eat my piece of fruit, I’ll eat one of those, too.