You know, it’s not easy when you really have this deep-seeded desire to make some positive changes in life.

I mean, it’s great to want to make changes. Positive growth is something I’ve always felt is one of our main purposes in living! We’re supposed to grow - emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and yes, physically (we can’t all be infant size forever). But the thing is that it’s not something you just “do” - it’s something you have to first learn to do, then learn how to do it, and then… omigosh… DO IT. Unfortunately for me, the learning takes a lot out of me (gosh, that made me sound like I’m a moron or something) but by the time it gets to the “doing” part of changing, I’m wiped out and no longer can hold steady with what I’m doing.

It’s much that way with my dieting history. It makes me crazy, because I know what to do in order to lose weight. I know many great tasting, healthy recipes. I know about exercise and cardio and strength training and lettuce-wrapped turkey burgers and yogurt and fruit and vegetables.

I’ve said recently (on the now disappeared posts) that I’ve begun to try to organize and declutter and clean the house up. I’ve become addicted to list making, I love timing out my day. I know that it takes a certain amount of flexibility though, in order to make list-making work. It also takes a strong level of committment - to wanting to make it work for you.

Some days I forget. Or I make an unconscious decision to neglect my lists. My daily food journaling, my goal-setting, my time management. There are seriously some days where I just don’t want to make myself do anything. And then there are other days where I feel so successful and fulfilled - accomplished.

I’m a pretty busy chick. I have a lot of tasks every day, and a lot of goals to accomplish. I sincerely don’t feel as good about doing things unless I can write them down, scratch them off, and keep a weekly “reflections” page on how I did.

So that said, I’m off to finish making my daily, timed, task list. And beside that notebook are my food journal book and my “goals & plans” book. I’ve got 3 going at this point! And I’m really working hard at keeping the feeling of “success” in my mind whenever I (sometimes force myself to) write in them. I really think that’s the only way to keep it going.

Kind of like when you lose a whole bunch of weight - and you have to constantly keep reminding yourself about how horrible you felt when you were fat and bloated and clothes were tight and everything kind of “stretched” on your body, even if it had no lycra in it. It’s important to keep things like that in mind, even after you’ve reached your goals. Sometimes we “slip” - everyone does. But remembering how good it feels to succeed is the only thing that’s going to keep you going.

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