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Billie
09-20-2006, 07:52 AM
"Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. I am not saying
you can’t change the world, right wrongs, or replace evil with good.
Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you
don’t fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have
difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don’t fully accept the
situation, you will never really know if the situation should be
changed."

*Peter McWilliams {American Author}

It is all about facing the facts huh?! That is so hard to do, I mean really accepting situations sometimes. We can look in the mirror and see a fat puffy person :jawDrop: , we can see blood work results, we can feel awful, we can not wear clothes we wore last year, or heck last month for that matter, and yet we don't accept the situation.

Accepting reality sometimes bites hard but the pain is not as worse as going through life with blinders and having a heart attack or developing diabetes or whatever else could happen. Now those are a bit harded to accept.

Maybe we need a mantra that says, We fully accept the situation that we are in control of our bodies and our health and lets accept that it is us who needs to nuture and care for it the best way we can. Accepting the situation + taking the action steps = better healthy people. That we can do!

Have a great day everyone, take sometime to examine your quotient of accepting the fact you are ill or obese and take the actions necessary to get healthy again.

By the way October Challenge is Back to Bootcamp we are going to run an old fashion kick it in the keyster kind of challenge, hope you will join in--mroe coiming soon!

kpow
09-20-2006, 09:32 AM
Hi, Billie. Great food for thought (and better than carbs ;). I accept that I will probably always struggle to have a healthier lifestyle, but my worst enemy is me! I know the basics, it's just telling myself to follow them, and resisting temptation. Much easier said than done. Well, I've been following the basics for a while now and was rewarded with a 2 lb. loss this morning. :) I know, don't worry about the scales, and I don't really do that. I'm not weighing every day, just enough to insure that I'm making progress. Feelin' good! :D

The October challenge is very timely. I'm sure I'm not the only one who could use a refresher course in all the aspects of PP. Can't wait! :)

It's hump day!

Kathy

gitfiddle
09-20-2006, 01:03 PM
It starts with being honest and not living in my own interpretation of reality. :idea: I know people like that and I sincerely hope I'm not one! :paranoid:

Billie
09-20-2006, 01:08 PM
I have a sister in law who lives in tomorrows. "When she is thinner or tan or blonde or whatever"--well the reality is she doesn't see herself as she is right now so she does nothing and waits for the perfect time. We know that doesn't happen!

I don't think anyone that is active and working here is unaccepting of reality....well okay I have my days!!:D

Claudette
09-20-2006, 08:01 PM
Billie,
Great thoughts to meditate on. I am my own worst enemy as I know what to do, but am not always able to follow through. I need to see myself as I really am, fat and then take steps to change how I look.
Claudette

gitfiddle
09-20-2006, 08:08 PM
I don't think anyone that is active and working here is unaccepting of reality....well okay I have my days!!:D
Ya, ya, we all do. I do have some inlaws that I threaten myself with when I'm avoiding an issue, though. I like to think I'm tough enough to take life as it comes. Knocking on wood as I say that! :paranoid:

Claudette, one of the most difficult things for me to do is to see myself as I am, not as I feel. Some days I feel like an elephant, other days I feel like a ballerina. I used to ask DH "am I that fat?" when I'd see somebody I thought was "too fat". That's a setup for disaster. Treating myself like I would a good friend was a novel exercise and most of the time it works. I know some dynamic, interesting people that are/were overweight but it didn't matter. That's what I'm going for. Real time, not someday. Oops, didn't mean to get preachy!