Diets are designed to fail

I don’t care what anyone says. To restrict certain foods is torture for most people which is why a regimen is hard to follow. Yesterday was an EPIC fail in the food department for me. I made brown butter chocolate chip cookies the night before. Yes brown butter! If you have not been subjected to brown butter you are really missing out. Frostings, baked goods, toffees…my weakness!!! And honestly I eat a fairly decent diet. (But I ate 6 cookies yesterday! 6!!!) I NEVER eat 6 cookies in a day…but I felt very off yesterday the whole day so I just justified it that way. Besides, I work out 5 days a week. 3 days for an hour, 1 day for 30 minutes, and 1 day for 45 minutes…so in a way I tell myself off days are okay once in a while.

Where does my motivation come from you ask??? GREAT question! Motivation seems to be the hardest thing for most people when getting started. I can not tell you how many times I started and gave up over the years and I will tell you why. Most people can work out like this and start seeing results in a few weeks. I use to ALWAYS base my results by my weightloss on the scale. Listen very carefully to what I am going to say. I never saw any weightloss until 6 months into a 4 to 5 day workout streak every week! 6 MONTHS! That is half of an entire year! 6 months is a very long time to stay dedicated to something you see no progress with. Like, why even bother? Who cares what it is doing for me healthwise right? Momma wants the reward of poundage lost. When I started this last time…I knew it would be the same thing. No loss until at least 6 months in but I was determined to focus on me. After working out for 2 months…I almost gave up…but what I did was,(and this sounds super silly) stand facing the mirror and I said out loud ” today I reaffirm my workouts. I will be more dedicated than before and I will push myself even harder than I ever have before!” Saying it outloud made me believe in myself. I said that phrase a lot that first week. By week 4 (of my new committment) I realized I needed to take a tape measure and record my measurements. So I did. And I have continued to do so every week since. Guess what??? In 9 weeks time I am down 10.75 inches. I hate to admit this part but I have also gained a whopping 10 pounds. (Sigh) so I have been doing some reading on this searching for the answer to why this is happening. Lucky for me it is good news. The weight gain is muscle and losing inches is actually setting me up for longterm weightloss if I stick with it! Just in my waist alone I have lost 3 inches! Ladies…3 inches is a big deal!

Working out has become an addiction for me! Every week I pull out that tape measure. Every week I have lost a little more somewhere on my body!

Totally off the subject but on our way to Walmart today…my 4 year old says to me “Hey mom, do you smell that?” “Smell what?” I ask her. “I farted in the car and it stanks!” Laughter erupts from her 4 year old mouth. All I could do was thank her for sharing such life changing information!

Kind of like what I am sharing with you right now…if you want to change your life, (and no we are not still talking about bodily gases here) only YOU can decide for yourself that you are going to do that. The only way to change your mindset is by changing the way you think. The only way to change the way you think is by rewording your thoughts to rewire your brain. I read somewhere once (and puh-lease do not quote me on this) that if you say out loud 3 positive things about yourself or your life every day for so many days…your outlook really can change! It literally does change your perception. Now I need to find this exact quote so I do not sound like a dummy!

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day! I know I will. I am cooking for my parents tonight! Until tomorrow…