I have been eating a bit more junk food than usual lately. I feel a little tighter in the waist area. It is that time of the month, but I am pretty sure that junk food is the culprit.
So anyway, I was standing in the kitchen just now, and I was wondering - 'Am I struggling?'
I have been having this thought a lot over the last week or so. It pops into my head and out again just as quickly. Just an annoying little blip. Something to be easily quieted with a cookie...or three.
But just now, when that question popped into my head, I stopped. I thought. And I had a flash of what 'struggling' feels like. The 'accidental' overeating, the guilt, the shame, the anger, the stomach aches ;)
Did I really want that? Do I really want that?
Do I prefer feeling that way?
Ummmmmmmm......NO!!!
If I choose to struggle, then I am choosing those consequences. I choose to feel awful.
Over the last week or so, when I would wonder if I was struggling, I would recall the three cookies I ate earlier, or the extra snack, or whatever and I would think - "Yes, I am struggling", and so I did. That question started the cycle each time. It was kind of like I was giving myself permission to fail.
I don't know what caused all of this to flash into my head just now. I am just glad that it did. I am glad that I stopped and really thought about it.
Am I struggling?
Of course not!
I am choosing to not struggle.
I so much prefer to not struggle. I feel better. I feel fabulous. I feel more confident, I sleep better, I am so much happier, plus - I lose weight!!!
So, of course, I am not struggling. Just in case you were wondering ;)
Is it that easy?
I really think it can be!
Bye for now,
Well, that's just great. I think you are absolutely right. It is a choice. It's a choice we make from one moment to another and have to keep making it.
ReplyDeleteEasy? I don't know. It seems so a lot of times. Not always, though. It can be very hard. But does it even matter? Easy or hard if we make good choices it can be done. It doesn't have to be easy, just as long as it's doable.