4 thoughts for life....

I know that when I am at a church service I should focus more on the preacher. Today he said something that got me thinking about my whole life....I suppose that is a good thing. I could apply the 4 things he mentioned to make us better Christians to my Al-Anon life and my WW life.....

1.) Faith. We need to have faith in the program. There are professionals who work at the corporate office for us. They test this stuff. They have members in test markets use this stuff in real life before they present it to us, the service providers and you, the members. Have faith that if you stick with it you will lose weight.

2.) Courage. You had the courage to show up. You had the courage to walk in the room and sign up. You had the courage to come back. You now need the courage to continue on a road (that may be rough at times) in order to meet your goals. You are courageous. Demonstrate your greatness for others to be inspired.

3.) Obedience. Discipline yourself. Form habits. Make it a lifestyle change. Reward yourself for the good things, the goals met. Don't punish yourself for the slip-ups, use them as learning tools. Every experience in life gives us the opportunity to learn something. The hard part is recognizing it. (Quote me on that.)

4.) Patience. We did not get to where we were when we walked into WW overnight. It won't come off overnight either. Have patience with yourself. Don't expect perfection. Don't try to give up everything at once....you may set yourself up for failure that way....I would hate to see that happen. Allow yourself to mess up without punishing yourself horribly.

I would like to add #5: Strength. Sometimes, I think we have the courage to do the right thing, we just don't have the strength. This is when we have to dig down deep and pull ourselves up (or away from), dust ourselves off and tell ourselves that we CAN do this. We don't have to succumb to those cravings or "wantings".

So far so good. I have kept track of everything. How about you? Yesterday was not good though. My husband went to Shop-n-save for some last minute supplies for the birthday party we were hosting. He bought for ME some spicey/honey chicken nuggets from the deli. This is a weakness of mine. No idea how many points those are, but I had enough. Enough that I also wanted a beer. You know how that is....beer and wings....yum. I can only assume that most, if not all, of my WPA are gone.

I was speaking to my husband today about food. He messed up my BBQ mushrooms AGAIN. Measure the margerine, WAY less salt, and try not to burn them. In doing so, I found out that he likes to feed me. Those were his words. WHy do you suppose that is?!!! Wierd is what I thought. How can you keep me thin AND feed me at the same time? I told him that was like me serving him beer, but asking him to stay sober at the same time. DOESN'T HAPPEN, HONEY. THanks for trying though. I think that might have been a "term of enderment" for him.....to feed me. Who knows?

Today's diddy: "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."

Love in Losing,
Jenny