Motviation and Support - For ME - to stay on track

so...I am feeling a little bit like I may be going to fall off track, after yesterday. I went over my calorie goal, even though by not much, it was still over. I have not exercised this past week as I should have, due to a pulled muscle in my calf. That has gotten me to kind of thinking I may be going off track...so here is a little reminder to myself WHY I want and need to keep on moving ahead with this....,
and a few reminders to myself of how I looked and felt about myself before I started this journey

1. To look and feel good at 42
2. To be in the best shape of my life
3. To have an awesome body with muscle tone...and not flab
4. To get rid of the cellulite
5. To be able to wear a bathing suit
6. To be able to go shopping and not struggle to find things that fit.
7. To look good in the clothes that I do find.
8. To NOT have that muffin top or the stomach that has started jiggling over my pants.
9. To get that awesome tattoo that I want, will be my first.
10. To continue to sleep better, concentrate more, have more energy and just feel good in general.
11. To not be deduced to wearing only 4 different pairs of jeans - because thats all i have that fit anymore..and I will NOT
buy a bigger size.
12. To be able to shop in victoria's secret and wear sexy undergarments.


How I felt before
1. Embarrased at the muffin top I was sporting around
2. Limited to the clothes that I could wear that hang in my closet.
3. Disgusted at the way I looked with or without clothes.
4. Angry when my stomach jiggled, because it hung over my pants that were too tight.
5. Afraid to go shopping, because I didnt want to move into a larger size.
6. Limited to what I could do as far as physical activity
7. Lonely without someone special in my life, because I was too ashamed of the way I looked and felt.
8. Tired all the time!
9. Hungry all the time!
10. There was a time that I had just convinced myself that I didnt care how I looked, that I was perfectly
happy with me the way things were..that I didnt have anyone to impress, therefore I could eat and just be
ok with me that way. I was so very much in denial.
11. DEPRESSED because of all of the above.....and very much withdrawn from my family and friends.

I just want to remind myself of all of these things!!! I have only lost 7 lbs...but am feeling so much better about myself, my life, my level of physical activity that I now do...every day....and I have made so many wonderful new friends that I know are here to support me on my good days and bad.

Whew...with all that being said...I think I will get back on track!