Still not quitting

Wow!  My last post was in February?  It's already March 20th... and tomorrow would be the first day of Spring where I am.

The last few weeks have been a little overwhelming.  Family has been sick.  I've been sick.  And that threw me off the Primal Blueprint Challenge.  I actually was doing it for about 30 days with some small exceptions; so I'm OK with the experience.

I'm currently reading Dr. John Douillard's book The 3 Season Diet.  I first learned about Dr. John Douillard from a video I had borrowed from the public library maybe 2 or three years ago called Ayurveda for Stress Relief.  

It talks about eating with the seasons and living life down stream.  If you think of life with the following analogy, it'll be clearer to you.  If you were paddling a boat against the current without stopping, what would happen?  You would be exherting an enormous amount of energy and effort and perhaps not even get to where you want to go upstream.  However, if you were to just let the boat go in the direct of the current, you wouldn't even have to paddle... the river would just bring you somewhere.

So, I want to live my life downstream.  It's not as easy as that.  I've not been programmed this way.  So, I'm working on deprogramming myself.

When I set out to do this 25 Pounds Lighter, Tighter and Brighter in 5 Months Challenge, I really wanted to shed the fat in 3 or 4 months.  Well, this challenge is like going upstream.  Somehow I'm more stressed about this so I go soothe myself with some bread and butter.

I want you to know that if you've been trying to lose weight for a long time only to fluctuate (your emotions as well as your weight), you are NOT alone!

I can tell you, though, that when I have support from others, reaching a goad becomes more attainable.  Somehow in the moments of wanting to give up, the encouragement and love is there.  And life continues.  I am so grateful to all the people in my life who have been supportive of my "craziness" throughout the years.

I'm almost at the end of week 13 of my Challenge.  From here on in, I'm taking care of myself, choosing to create less stress, doing less to attain more.

Thank you for reading.  And remember, you are where you are because of all the choices you've made up until now.  Knowing this, you can create your new desired reality by the next choice... and the next choice and so forth.

Blessings and gratitude,