You know, it is very easy to get frustrated and give up, which I have done so many times. We all have so many vices to overcome and here are mine when it comes to eating healthy and working out.
My almost 5 month old hates to sleep when I am in his room. When his Father sleeps in his room he sleeps til 8-9am. This morning was like 4 other mornings this week, up at 2am tossing and stirring. I have to get out of the big bed, walk to the crib, and plug a pacifier in his mouth. That is a comfort for about 10-20 min. just enough time for me to start back to sleep and WHAM he is up again! I finally give in and bring him into bed with me because it is easier to give him a pacifier when I don’t have to get out of bed all the time. I am always so tired!
Overcoming this vice is very hard. I do not want to get upset at my son so I just figure by 6am I might as well get up and work off some steam because what is the use of trying to sleep anymore? And wouldn’t you guess, he falls right to sleep between 6-7am for about an hour or so and I am so frustrated I cannot fall back to sleep.
Next vice is family pressure. You would think that this would not be an issue but it is and I really do not think that any family member does it on purpose. When you are at a family member’s home it is considered a good host to offer things such as food and drink. Typically that food and drink is sweet and bad for you. It is easy to say no thank you the first time but everyone knows that there is always a battle as they feel they need to ask you about a half dozen times. I am guilty of this myself because we as a society have become acclimated to think that we need to be eating ALL the time in any social gathering, even if it is just at the parents etc. I try not to get frustrated but really wish that I did not have to get upset and say, “no really I promise I do not want that soda or chips or candy.” I really wish we could just say it once and be done, but it seems to have to be the 6th time e saying “please I am trying real hard to lose weight and eat right and that is not something I can have or “I am very full from dinner and do not want anything else.”
Overcoming this vice is real difficult. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feeling believe me, but I feel myself getting very defensive and upset and this is not good either. The only thing that I can do is to be totally honest with these individuals with what I am doing and just try not to let it bother me because they don’t stop. Even my husband will do this sometimes and he sees me trying so hard. I don’t get it. If I want something more I will ask for it.
These are my biggest vices right now. Come hell or high water I am not going to let anything stop me from my goal. It does really help to write it out.