Has this ever happened to you? How to you keep yourself committed to do the hard work required to meet your goals?
Bonus QOTD: What's your favorite Disney memory?
I have the opposite problem. I never seem to see that "easy" loss early on, so the challenge is staying committed long enough to see actual results. One thing I'm trying this time is tracking measurements as well as pounds. I'm not sure how well it will work because I only started with this week's check-in, after realizing I'm using a new notch on my belt and fastening my bra on the next set of hooks from usual even though the scale is not giving me any love at all (down 2lbs - less than I fluctuate in a normal monthly cycle). And of course, continuing to focus on distance, pace, and effort, though the last is subjective and harder to track in any meaningful way.
Bonus: My very favorite Disney memory is watching my youngest twirl on Main Street on her very first trip. We had a hard time having her and had actually given up trying before she came along as a surprise (which we found out about just days before a big Disney trip - another favorite moment, though in a sad way, was watching Wishes on that trip and wishing with all my heart that the pregnancy would "stick"). We were too broke to do Disney with our other kids when they were small, so being able to share it with DD9 right from the start was pure magic to me, and watching her excitement when she was 16 months old and seeing the castle for the first time was overwhelming.
So things for me have been off this week. I am not sure what is going on but since Tuesday I have been light headed and dizzy. I am also just feeling off. I am going to give it a few days before I head to the doctors.
I’ll admit mine is not great. I cought a cold early last week which turned in to bronchitis. So I haven’t done a true workout since last Monday.
I've been dealing with the same thing. Feeling run down, dizzy, and just not quite right, which developed into a cough and trouble breathing. And chaperoning a field trip to an apple orchard in the rain on Monday didn't help matters any! Yesterday I felt like I could just sleep forever - I went to bed early but still ended up laying back down after dropping the kids off and sleeping most of the day. It kept me sidelined for a few days, since working out when I was out of breath just climbing the stairs or running out to the car just wasn't happening, but today I woke up feeling almost normal and did get a lighter-than-usual but still reasonable workout in.
I hope you're both feeling better too!
QOTD: When an Imagineer is working on a new attraction, they have to think about how it fits in to its ‘land’, as well as the rest of the park. How do your weight loss/lifestyle goals fit in with the rest of your life? The life of those around you?
Bonus QOTD: Congrats- you just [hypothetically] won a free weekend at a Disney park! Which park do you go to and what are your must do's on this super short trip?
I'm in total control of the cooking and my daytime schedule, so it fits as well as I want it to. Which is a double-edged sword because I know it is all on me. If I'm holding myself to a schedule I have plenty of time to exercise without it getting in the way of anything else, but if I'm procrastinating it is easy to feel too busy. Same goes for planning meals and cooking so that we're all eating well.
Bonus:
Disneyland, just because I've never been there but it is still close enough for a weekend trip. And I'd want to do as much as I could possibly pack in, especially their versions of Pirates and Space Mountain and the new Guardians of the Galaxy ride.
QOTD: How do you get yourself back on track and get all your cars running again, so to speak?
Bonus QOTD: I'm a little sluggish this morning so I'm listening to some Disney parks music while I work. What is everyone's favorite Disney park music?
If I figure it out, I'll let you know. I'm trying right now after not feeling well for a few days and it isn't easy. It is mostly an act of will, to haul myself to the gym when I'm still not 100% and put in the time. Even though I know it'll pay off in the long run. Heck, it even pays off in the short run, in the form of breathing easier when I was done than when I started. Still, taking that first step out the door was a struggle.
Bonus: I really don't listen to parks music at home.
How can you take this idea of a blank sheet of paper and apply it to your goals?
I tend to see the blank page as the intimidating thing Sklar wanted his Imagineers not to see it as. Blank pages are my enemy, literally and figuratively (I'm a writer). It isn't a concept that speaks of fresh starts to me. More like things I haven't started but should have, procrastination, planning paralysis, all those negatives. I'm a big believer in ****ty first drafts and just getting something going to let momentum carry it into improvements and adjustments and changes to figure out what works best. So that's where I go. I don't look for blank pages in each new day. I look for ways to make revisions to what I did yesterday, last week, last year, to make the story better.