Motivational Monday

Oh how I needed to hear this today. I didn't lose weight last week {stayed the same, will post a Friday catch-up soon. Oops!} and I went a little crazy over the weekend.

My normal routine is eat healthy Sunday through lunch on Friday. I allow myself to indulge Friday dinner, lunch and dinner Saturday. It works for me. Unfortunately, the indulging didn't end Saturday night. I had an odd schedule Sunday and I ate way more than I should have. I snacked and had sweets when I should have been eating healthy. So frustrating.

So, when I saw this quote this morning it hit me. Each day is a chance to start over. I can get up this morning and put yesterday behind me. I may reap it's repercussions on Friday, but I can say yesterday is over and get back on schedule. I can do this today. I can't change yesterday and I can make the best laid plans for tomorrow, but today...now...I can control. I can do this!

Remember that today friends. You can do this! Whatever you set your mind to, you can do!

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Motivational Monday

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

It sounds so simple doesn't it? You have to believe you can do something before you can. That's how we grow up. You have to believe you can walk while you are crawling. You have to believe you can run while you walk. You have to believe you can learn to read while being taught.

When we are children, these things come with ease. We believe we can do anything. Climb a tree? Jump a fence? Ride a bike? Yup. These are all attempted and learned, even if we fall a few times. We expect that at some point, we will do this. We will climb the tree, jump the fence, ride the bike.

But, there comes a time when we stop believing we will achieve what we set out to do. There comes a time when we become fearful of failing...of falling. Of knowing what could have been. Of remembering all those times we did try and fell short. 

It is time for a mindset reset. It's time for all of us to realize we are not perfect. That at some point we will fail. We will fall. But, rather than letting it pull us down, we need to expect to succeed. We need to expect the results we want. We need to expect that we will dust ourselves off when we fall and continue on to that goal we set. It's possible. It's more than possible, it's doable.

What change in mindset will you do this week to succeed?

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