Determined To Succeed

Here we are again at the threshold of another weekend which means for me mapping out my course for the weekend in terms of exercise and eating. Kind of like giving myself a mission so I stay on my track to do battle with the final ten pounds I need to lose.

And just because a bit of snow fell here doesn’t mean I’m staying on my bum and watching others exercise on the Olympics. No-sir-ee-bob. I sit at my computer writing today’s entry, sipping my coffee and looking outside at the latest dusting of snow I am invigorated and excited to begin my weekend mission, exercise and eat better.

Does that sound crazy? You betcha, but it’s true. There is a joy you get when you do work on yourself and do work for yourself. It is cool. You ARE on a mission. You ARE making YOU better. Kind of like the opening titles to the old “Six Million Dollar Man” show.

“Gentlemen. We can rebuild him. He have the technology. We have the ability to create the world’s first bionic fat man.” Then the classic TV theme music swells up and you see my fat butt running on a treadmill or doing the elliptical at the gym. Then the words appear on screen – “The Six Million Dollar Fat Man.”

Ok, I may not be as large as I was and I sure as heck do not have six million dollars but I do feel like a million bucks now after dropping that weight. That may sound cheesy but it’s real. And every pound you and I lose feels wonderful.

For many, this is the bitter end of a week filled with work, and deadlines, and reports, and meetings and…well, you get the picture. But for all of us on a weight loss journey it’s a time we not only catch up on life stuff (laundry, grocery shopping) but exercise, too. We simply must put ourselves first in today’s world and make ourselves at least as important as that next meeting we have to attend.

That is how we will make it. That’s how we will complete our mission to lose weight and keep it off. At least that’s how it works in my screwy little brain.  And next week I’m going to talk to a personal trainer to see what tips he can give me to tone up a bit and I will share them with you guys as well.

Until then, super heroes…good luck on your weight loss missions. They are not impossible (OK, I couldn’t resist). And I will check back in tomorrow morning, as I always do to let you know how things are going. I’m right there with ya.

Always. Now where in the heck did I put my 70s Steve Austin lunchbox…