It is day 103 in 103in365! That's kinda fun.
I lost 3 LBS this week. Another 3 bite the dust! That puts me down 27 LBS to date!
121 days and change will mark that I am 1/3 of the way through my 365 day journey. That brings a bit of perspective to the table for sure. I am at a good pace right now, and if I continue more or less like this, I will be hitting my goals.
I have been thinking about sliding and pickaxes this week.
This is where the sliding fits in. I have been thinking about how I catastrophize sometimes after I eat in a way that I shouldn't and/or am not as active and moving as I need to be. Maybe you do this too. Sometimes I get down on myself with negative self-talk and then throw the rest of the day or week away and/or continue the negative slide until I a
m even further away from my goals than before the slide began.
Here is where the pick axes come in. One of the skills I have been working on is stopping the negative slide like a climber on Everest might stop a downhill slide. They might grab their pickaxe and jam it into the ice to stop their decent so that they can re-establish their footing and so that they can carry on making uphill progress to the summit.
A pickaxe for me has become a symbol that reminds me that I am in control and I have the right tools to stop the backward slide from turning into a devastating setback. I can use those skills to regain my footing and get back on track as fast as possible, knowing and accepting that I will slide again and use my pickaxe then too.
To slide is human, to pickaxe is divine.
My Everest summit is losing 103 lbs and just like a climber on Everest, I have given myself a finite amount of time to reach my goal and I can't afford to be sliding backwards willy nilly. I need to keep my eyes on the summit and continue to run, walk and crawl my way to my goals.
Take away for this week: You should expect that you will slide from time to time. Being imperfect as we are, we are not going to do things perfectly each time and everyday. If we expect that the slide will happen even though we are putting all our effort into avoiding it, we can be prepared and quickly grab our pickaxes and use them to regain control and get back on track towards our goals. Remind yourself that you are powerful and you are able to stay committed and reach your goals. We will slide and it is our response to the slide that will make all the difference. Use your pickaxes!
Scuba
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