The Strength: Monday Motivation

Monday, July 11, 2011

Monday Motivation

OK...So my Mom was in over the weekend. Our time spent together now is much, MUCH different that all of those years ago when I was a child. That is a good thing! (Thank you...Lord!)

Anyhoo...The person that I am now compared to the person I was then,are completely different. If you've read any of my blog, you know that I've struggled with weight my whole life. But not only was the weight an issue for me, it played a huge part in my confidence level. I was a VERY insecure, shy girl. I never felt that I could accomplish much in my life. Not that I had much support either, but I do feel that the weight I carried and the way people responded to me did have an effect on my life. I commonly got..."Your just big boned!" "Go outside and move your body!" "Stop eating!" Mind you, I wasn't lazy! I played Softball, Basketball and was on the track team, however, I threw javelin, discus and shot put! Not a lot of running there! I had an eating problem...I ate too much! We had to clean our plates because there were starving kids in China! We had pasta... a LOT!(it was cheap) Our serving size was enough to feed a family of four! I'm not kidding! With bread (my comfort food) and a salad, with home made ranch dressing! Have you ever had *hit on a shingle? That is caned beef in a cream sauce on toast....yes, it did look like *hit! I could go on and on about the casseroles made with mayonnaise and such the like...but I've got to stick to the point!

Being a child in a house without the knowledge of serving sizes, nutritional information, and basically trying to feed a family of 6 with out much money or time didn't help my over weight body! So I carried that way of eating into my 20's and early 30's. As my body started to change for the better, so did my self confidence level, I now am OK in my body. I don't try to hide in big shirts. I wear a bikini now, something my Mother wouldn't let me wear as a teen because I looked horrible! One piece old lady suits! The pictures are awful to see! Am I still a bit salty over my child hood? Sometimes...But it is a reminder for me how not to treat my boys as they change into teenagers. If you ever met Cole and Dane they are very confident in their own skin!

So my point is, be comfortable in your own skin! You don't have to be a twig to be healthy! Isn't that the point? Health? To feel good in your own skin and be confident with yourself, FOR yourself! If you have some weight to loose, choose to loose it! Choose to teach your children about serving sizes and the difference between "real" food and "processed" food. Make healthy food for your family and you! Learn together! Be confident with yourself! You are worth it :)

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.~

1 comment:

the treat girlJuly 11, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Girlie...you're the BEST!!!! You teach me everyday.....and are truly my motivation. Keep rockin'!
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Motivational Quotes

You must act as if it is impossible to fail.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself!
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, your probably right!
If you are sick of starting over, you have to stop quitting
You won't fail if you're not perfect, you'll fail if you're not committed to improving yourself slightly each day.
We can reverse years of damage to our bodies by deciding to raise our standards for ourselves, then living differently. Old wounds heal, injuries repair, and the whole system improves with just a few changes in what we put into our bodies and how we move them.
Failure is not fatal; failing to change will be."
Food for Thought: The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Strengthen Your Desire! Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Success is not a race, be patient.
It's not about how good you are, but how bad you want it!
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go..."
"Never trade what you want the most for what you want at the moment"
"Success is not a place that we aspire to, it is a process in which we live by. Often the only ingredient being the ability to not quit"
Be specific in what you want, and use specific words. Empower yourself, and become the person you dream about
That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do; not that the nature of the thing itself is changed, but that our power to do is increased."
The odds of hitting a target go up dramatically when you aim at it." ~Mal Pancoast
At the beginning of any task, more than anything else, your attitude will affect it's successful outcome.
Do or do not. There is no try.~Yoda
Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means, effort, pain, difficulty.
Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear."
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps."
Start doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you'll be doing the impossible!
"My life tomorrow will be the result of my attitudes and the choices I make today."
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing, that's why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar
"Clear your mind of can't." ~Dr. Samuel Johnson
"Any experience can be transformed into something of value. Everything depends on the way you look at things. You cannot have the success without the failures.
What are stumbling blocks and defeat before you, can be stepping stones to victory if you remain determined.
Listen closely: the only time it's too late to change yourself is when you're dead. Until then, you're simply making excuses or lying to yourself.
If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got!
"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently". ~Henry Ford
What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do. ~ John Ruskin
Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality." ~Ralph Marston
One definition of insanity is: Doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result.
"If we defend our habits, we have no intentions of quitting them."
Your past does not equal, nor does it dictate, your future
Do you choose to simply know the path, or do you choose to walk it?
Your body keeps an accurate journal regardless of what you write down...
When one approach is not working to reach the desired goal, that's not a reason to abandon the goal. Instead, it is time to devise another approach."------Ralph Marston
Discipline is remembering what you want.
Knowing is not enough, you must apply.
Make the decision, then do something - no matter how small - toward accomplishing what you want.
Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. ~Wendy Wasserstein
Food for Thought: The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Strengthen Your Desire! Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.