Mamavation Monday: Learning to take my time
I am waiting to find out if I am one of the 5 finalist for one of two spots as a Momavation Mom (Psst, if I am one, please vote for me). In the mean time I have be creating a backup plan so that if I am not a finalist or if I don’t get enough votes and I can continue on my path to losing 195 pounds.
I know first hand that life doesn’t always make it easy for most people to focus on fitness and health. I have spent many a night planning to work out and cook better only to fall flat on my face. In the last few weeks since applying for Mamavation I have been more focus on creating a life that includes healthy choices for bot myself and my family. And I am learning to take my time.
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I know Nike has been using that line for years but I am so adopting it as my motto. See, I tend to spend a lot of time in my head planning what I want to do and thinking about how I will get it done. The problem is that by the time I am done planning/thinking I have lost all motivation to do whatever I am planning. But applying for Mamavation Moms was different.
Mamavation and Me
Please forgive the darkness of the video. My husband filmed it when he came home from work at 2:00 this morning and I knew that if I tried to perfect it, I probably would have backed out. So I took the plunge and posted what I had.
So what is this? Well, I’m applying to be a Mamavation Mom. Mamavation, started by BookieBoo, is a sisterhood of support geared towards using social media to help motivated and teach moms how to live a healthy life. The Mamavation Mom program offers 2 moms the tools that they need to get fit- it’s a 7-week bootcamp. More importantly it provides these 2 moms with the best tool for weight-loss success: support.
I’m applying for the program and would really appreciate your support. I’m asking that you all tweet the following to let everyone know that I have a strong support system.
Hey @bookieboo! I want @momontherise aka @KristinaDaniele to be the next #Mamavation Mom. She has my support!
Realizations
I saw pictures of myself yesterday. Pictures that my sister-in-law posted to Facebook so that all of my HS friends could see just how fat I had gotten. I was devastated. I looked beastly and was so embarrassed because I could not believe that I stopped respecting myself enough to get as obese as I am. I cried for what seemed like hours and then, like every fat person, blamed other people for my fatness. LOL. But something interesting happened. I realized that there are no more excuses. That there is nothing but change left.
It’s a shocking thing- seeing yourself the way others see you. But at least I know the truth.