How to find your will power

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  • ChantalD75
    ChantalD75 Posts: 680 Member
    I was having a hard time too...and then yesterday something just sort of woke me up. I smoked my last cig (smoked for 17 years over half my life) had my last drink of caffine, and ate my last big meal (ok not forever on the last two), but anyway, this might sound really cheesy, but just try it;go to a mirror and take a good look at yourself. I don't know you or what you look like but I am assuming your not a monster and that you have some nice features..anyway. While looking at yourself, ask yourself what you honestly want to look like, notice how pretty you are and why would you not live up to your full potential in looks? Again unless you are a beast I am sure you are a lovely person, so you can make a choice and settle with the image you see and if you do that accept yourself and be as beautiful as you already are and love yourself. It's a choice, I choose to be fit and stop putting junk into my body, what is the point? I can be beatiful, it's just that I need a little improvement and while I am working on myself I am going to learn and gain more confidence, so basically if I can do it you can too. Just ask yourself, why wouldn't you want to look and feel as good as possible? Seems silly not to...

    Way to go on quitting smoking!!! Good luck I know it's hard!! My partner quit a few years back. It's not easy!!
  • wrecktechno
    wrecktechno Posts: 145 Member
    thanks guys!! I am trying to watch what I eat and not go for 2nds anymore. I have 3 kids.. 15, 12 and 10. My goal would be to get up earlier in the morning to get the workout out of the way. But right now I am getting up at the last possible second and having to rush in the morning. My kids are impossible to wake up I am always having to go back and poke them to get up. they do make their own lunches when needed and they do help out with dishes. I think what I need to do is MAKE myself get up ealier and just do it. And then if I still have energy at the end of the day then do a bonus walk or work out. Take the dust of the WII Fit.

    I appreciate all your comments!! :flowerforyou:

    I need to make myself a higher priority before it's too late!

    Your kids are easy old enough to be doing a majority of the chores around the house and make their lunches every day. Don't prod them to get up, they should be getting up of their own accord-if they can't even get out of bed, how will they ever achieve anything! (this is what goes through my head every time I'm tempted to snooze my alarm). You need to make consequences for them not getting up on their own, they're not babies any more-especially because it's affecting your fitness/health regime.

    I've put our rowing/bike machine in front of the TV and now I sit and cycle/row if I want to watch TV-no exercise NO TV (our electricity has been off for 3 days so I sit by candlelight and row at night haha).

    I've heard if you weigh everything, or measure the sizes of food as you serve it onto your plate then once you have your serving size and know your calorie amount, you put the rest in the fridge covered in cling film, then you are unlikely to go back for seconds.
  • blg5
    blg5 Posts: 89 Member
    You may need a vacation. Do you get vacation days a work? Even if you don't go any where a staycation can help you get caught up on some much needed rest. I have two kids and I know where you are coming from. They seem to wipe out all the energy then you have none left for yourself. A vacation could be just what you need to help reboot your willpower. If you already have daycare I would still let the kids go. Keep a few days to yourself.

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