Support System

 Good evening,

Just like so many others I have restarted my diet or "life style change" so many times that I have lost count. As I restart my diet again I think about why I have to. I read all the articles, research some great recipes, stock fridge, pull out workout videos and give myself a pep talk. Monday comes, I'm strong and succeed. Tuesday comes; start strong and darn bad lunch choice. Shoot this day is shot so guess I should give up and try to restart Wednesday. Wednesday morning, you are not feeling it... Maybe Thursday. A couple weeks later I restart the same thinking as before. So what went wrong? 

Things happen. You get invited to lunch. Kids sporting event goes long and quick dinner is needed. You wake up not feeling good, no workout that night. Life happens, so dang now what?!

Mentally I know when life happens, roll, pick up and push on. One bad meal does not need to turn into a week of bad meals or worse yet a month of them. But, even though mentally I know what to do I just don't do. Which leads me full circle.

As I exam all the attempts and fails I have made over the years one thing I have found to be true I can not do this alone. The key to successful weight loss is having a strong support team. This doesn't mean you have to hire trainers, nutritionist and if you don't have a supportive household you can't do it. What this means is you need to build a support system that works for you. Support system can include local support like spouse, friends, coworkers or groups like weight watchers etc. Or support systems can be made up of online friends, groups or a hybrid of both. Once you establish your support use it; lean on it and you will find that bad days can stay as bad days and less likely to become bad months.

Reflecting (Early) on the 30's

 As I was reflecting back on this past year I started looking back further and further until I reached my 30th birthday. I had so many big plans to make my 30's amazing. See I had spent my 20's making babies, learning how to adult and fine tuning career options and vowed to wow myself in my 30's finding myself. Looking at my 30 things in my 30's list I find myself wondering if I accomplished my goal or if I managed to get further lost in life and if I am still searching for myself. 

Let's look at that list and see what still needs done in the next 10 years and maybe some of those items really are less important then they were 10 years ago. 

1. Go roller skating with my kids (Kiddos are not interested in this and I am sure we can find something better.)
2. Have family photo's done (I have taken several)
3. Run a 5K (Memorial Day 2013) adding back to list. Run a 5K
4. Walk around the lake (7 miles) (Summer 2013) adding back to list. Walk around the lake. 
5. Run a race of any sort in every state. (ya lets cross this one off as it doesn't excite any longer.)
6. Go Ziplining
7. Wear shorts in public (all summer walking the lake 2013)
8. Buy something sexy to wear
9. Get a body massage
10. Build a 90 day emergency savings fund
11. Volunteer More
12. Start a retirement plan
13. Take a class or lesson
14. Go Skiing (ya not my thing)
15. Get my passport
16. Purchase a new home (we have a home so yup off the list)
17. Send a message in a bottle
18. Go hiking
19. Make something new out of something old
20. Watch the sunrise and set in the same day from the same location
21. Read 1 book every month for a year.
22. Start recycling
23. Pay off my car
24. Go on a woman's retreat
25. Attend the canoe trip with friends
26. Take my kids on an airplane (Took kids to Disney World in April 2012)
27. Graduate from college (Done June 8th, 2012)
28. Plant a garden (Summer 2013 with sister)
29. Lose all my child gained weight
30. Complete this list

Alright, Alright, Alright! With a couple updates and adds; we have a new list. 

1. Run a 5K
2. Walk around the lake. 
3. Go Ziplining
4. Noodle
5. Buy something sexy to wear and wear it.
6. Build a 90 day emergency savings fund
7. Volunteer More
8. Take a class or lesson
9. Get my passport
10. Send a message in a bottle
11. Watch the sunrise and set in the same day from the same location
12. Go on a woman's retreat
13. Attend the canoe trip with friends or river trip period.
14. Lose all my child gained weight
15. Get married
16. Complete this list
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If you notice I am leaving the list open. I do not want to close off the opportunity to try something new or accomplish something wonderful because I am constantly changing and growing. So here is to the next many years...