After receiving my Mother's Day gift from my eight year old, I teared up to see how far she has come with writing her own cards and making gifts. My youngest was dressed and playing with a puppet that my very kind friend at AdorableBabyClothing sent them. The picture reinforced why I have to get healthier as I want to see them make all the milestones from childhood to adult. Today, I'm being pampered as a mother should be from time to time!
I'm on a race to get in shape for our trip to Disney May 20th. I have been trying and retrying and I keep failing until about three week's ago where I was able to stay committed to my diet of the moment. I had lost 16 pounds but since I picked back up 2, I'm at 14 down. I am not letting it set me back as I know that I was rewarding myself for being a mom and although my food choices could have been better, I'm still learning. I did pick up a Kit Kat bar and ate only one of the four bars and put it down. It wouldn't have been too long ago that I would have devoured the whole thing like a lion to a gazelle but I am learning on my baby step journey. Today, starts the renewed diet path forward, being patient with myself, so cheers!
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This week's Blogging Carnival question:
Do you know when to back off of your efforts? When is the last time you took a step back in the name of gentle kindness to yourself?
I would say that I don't mainly because when I back off, it's all or nothing and when it's nothing, I binge-like eat. I don't know limits sometimes and I've always been a stress eater. I'm learning though and when I fall off the band wagon, I think of Pete telling us to reward ourselves not with food but with something else. I'm making slow progress but I'm making progress so I can't be too hard on myself. Gone are the days of telling myself I'm fat and never going to do it. I've been afraid to tell my family that I'm on diet #98789 because I keep failing but to me, as long as I keep trying, I'm not failing. It took some time to not be so harsh toward myself but I feel success is there as every day, I'm getting there and it's an every day habit.
I wrote this blog post while participating in the Mamavation Blogging Carnival for a chance to win a Jillian Moriarity workout DVD from Jillian Moriarity” at the end of your post if you enter the blogging carnival.