Success Is Worth The Sacrifice

 It was great to get back in the gym today.  The picture on the left is my heart rate, which normally I don't let get that high but it felt great so I just went with it.

I decided to do cardio today until I burned 500 calories.  Sometimes I'll do that if I have a little more time.

Then I worked chest and abs:  chest press, cable chest press, dumbbell chest flies, Britney Spears abs workout .  Followed by stretching.

 Today was an emotional day between taking care of closing out a business and all of the decisions and work it entails as well as other personal stuff too.  I still struggle with emotional eating, after all I would eat only healthy food all of the time if it were not an issue.  Tonight my emotions got the best of me and self control was low.  It was not a binge though, I don't do that.  I had some of the kid's candy, some Frito's, and some sierra mist.  The positive in all of this...yes there is a positive, is I didn't finish eating the candy I opened, nor the Frito's, nor the sierra mist.  I gained control.  I forgave myself.  Now I'm back on track even stronger than before.

When I began this post I wasn't going to mention the snacking, but as I typed I felt the need for transparency in the hopes this post will help others.  I think most people fail with weight loss because they fail to do what Dr. Oz calls a U turn (at the next available moment get back on track).  If left unchecked hours can turn into days and days into weeks, then you look around, weight has been regained and feelings of  self defeat surface.  It becomes even more difficult to start again.

This journey is such a learning process, not so much learning about weight loss, but learning about myself.  I will be successful or not based on my choices.  I can choose success or failure.  After experiencing some success, although I have so far to go, I can testify to this fact.  SUCCESS IS SO WORTH THE SACRIFICE TO GET THERE. 

I feel so blessed to have such great blog friends who send me positive, encouraging comments everyday and correcting comments as well.  Some very encouraging ones made my day today!  Thanks so much.  Hopefully I'm an encourager to you as well.  :)

I started this post to talk about working out today...man did it turn into something else. 

I'm back on track and ready for tomorrow.  Hope everyone has a great Wednesday.

Take care,