Dear Monday, thanks for having the word "mon" in you. That's french for "mine." In case you weren't aware, Monday, but it makes me think of you more as "my day," & frankly that sounds like a much more promising way to start the week.
This quote resonated with me BIG time today. I have been living VERY comfortably in “Excuse City” (with no intentions to EVER leave) especially when it comes to my nutrition. My workouts have been on point - sometimes I even get it in twice a day. Needless to say I’ve also been VERY frustrated with my results (or lack thereof). Given those 2 stances happening concurrently it’s not very surprising is it?
I'm unsure if it was the culmination of frustration, the sangria hangover, it being a Monday or what, but today is the day. I am sick of feeling stuck.
I'll elaborate a little...
I am a creature of habit in EVERY sense of the word. I could eat the same thing every day, I THRIVE in routine (is perpetually NEVER having a schedule a routine!? I think yes and it's mine) and I am thrown out of whack when things change. As in anxiety sneaks in and I usually cave.
One “habit” that has COMPLETELY taken over my life - wine. EVERY night.
Ugh.
I swear I wake up EVERY morning and say “I am NOT drinking wine tonight” the husband laughs and says “yeah ok” and I get mad that he doesn’t believe me. As a Mom that’s home all day - some days are easier than others - most days I find myself staring at the clock thinking “GET ME TO DINNER SO I CAN HAVE A GLASS OF WINE ...I DESERVE IT!”
And then I do. As if I actually deserved it instead of acknowledging the fact I may want it. Here is where the trouble creeps in. Because I said “F It” I’ll now have 2...oh and maybe those Oreos that crept in the house! And out the window goes how amazingly I ate all day, my workout etc.
So what am I getting at here? It is SO SO SO easy to excuse ourselves into quite the negative routine JUST as easy as it is to establish a HEALTHIER routine.
Having Cullen’s 1st Birthday Party yesterday really opened my eyes to how often I say or hear the phrase “I just had a baby”
“I know my jeans don’t fit the way I want them to BUT I just had a baby"
“I know I craved Ice Cream every night while pregnant and I should’ve stopped when he was born but I mean I just had a baby”
“I know I’m not at my pre-baby weight yet but I just had a baby”
“I know I shouldn’t drink wine tonight but I need to cut myself some slack I just had a baby”
"You look GREAT - I mean you just had a baby"
Now let me make this BLATANTLY clear - creating life is damn hard and you do deserve to cut yourself a little slack, enjoy - heck I want you to PRAISE your body for what it just did - but there’s a window for that stage and when that baby you "JUST had" is ONE and says words and walks….I think it’s time to drop the excuses and take some ownership.
Then I started thinking if I struggle with this Mom/Wine/(Insert any Vice here) justification thing - I can't be alone right?! Right?!?!
I am taking my next 21 Day Accountability Group and we’re diving a little deeper than normal...
I’m talking real honest truth about our excuses, our weaknesses and how we finally overcome that little voice in the back of our heads telling us we can’t do it.
The funny thing with this whole Healthy Journey is more times then not people fear the PHYSICAL challenges when in reality it’s the MENTAL challenges that will stop us right in our healthy making tracks.
So officially starting 10/17 I am looking for 10 ladies READY to pot those negative internal voices down, put themselves first and do this WITH me!
If you are IN head here and tell me more about YOU!
“Fitness is 100% mental. Your body won’t go where your mind doesn’t push it”
XO,
Becky
*Look how excited I am to get started. #winedownforwhat