The Weekend Struggle

Many of us work hard during the week to exercise and eat
right but then we run into the weekends.

The weekends can definitely derail the best of us at times.
Especially when we are just starting on the new path to exerise
and better eating it's even harder.

Old friends, old habits and work against us at first.

Here is a great article written by Lianna whose lost
over 30 lbs and has been hitting the Hostyle Conditioing for
a year now.

They say that the little things we do go unnoticed then they
add up to the great things we do notice….I agree with them.

Most weekends for me are busy with my kids hockey games,
practices and general running around.

I have begun many weekends planning on eating well, sleeping well,
and taking good care of myself. That usually lasts five minutes after
everyone gets home from school and work when my focus shifts to
making everyone else happy.

Last weekend I decided to focus on sticking to my word of treating
myself better. I know, I know how many times have you heard
others say yes THIS is the time for me and nothing will distract me this time.

I am guilty of that many times over and even find myself saying
why would this weekend be any different?

Were the stars aligned in my favour?

Did my horoscope say that this weekend I need to focus on me and
everything would go well?

Did my family plan on a surprise trip out of town without me so that
I would have no distractions?

The weekend was so different from many others but in small ways
that I never noticed until reflecting back on what occurred.

The stars did not align in a special way to benefit me…although
looking upwards does have a calming effect on me.

My horoscope was full of vague suggestions and things to watch
out for, but that hot date they mentioned forgot my number or
did they mean the time I set aside for a hot meal of chicken and broccoli?

No family trip either…although they were out various times during
the day and even a sleepover at a friends house occurred.

I felt this weekend was a bust, I doubted everything I did .

Did I get enough sleep?….no
Did I exercise everyday ? No but I managed to fit in a treadmil
l workout for myself that was double my set plan.

Did I eat every two to three hours ? No but what I did eat was bang
on target, healthy and portioned correctly.

Did I focus on putting myself first ? No but I did manage to keep
reminding myself to do what I needed if only for five minutes.

It was not until my weigh in on Monday morning did I realize that
what I did on the weekend and the timing of all my little improvements
did make a difference.

I managed to lose a pound and gain three pounds of muscle…

That to me is hard to get my head around because I never did
anything extra special just little tweaks here and there…but what
a difference it has made to my thinking.

Everyday take the time to do that little something it will lead you
onto your path of greatness and well being.