I need to remember that at least at this point, I can't have 'just one.' I need to seriously give up gluten and sweets totally for this month if I'm going to start on my way to eating cleaner. Eventually I'd like to try a method of eating similar to the Paleo diet, but I need to stop overeating and end my cravings for sweets first before I can manage that. I think I'm more likely to be successful if I start with one goal-being in control of what I eat-and if I start small, by first eliminating only a couple things from my diet.
However, I do have another goal, but it's easy for me to work on now because I've seen so much progress so quickly. I am working on being able to complete ten push ups in a row. I've wanted to do this since I couldn't even do one push up in elementary school gym class, but never really tried to train for it until about a month ago. For the past few weeks I've timed how long it takes me to do ten push ups at least every other day. I started at 24:45 but now I'm down to 1:47. It's been amazing how much I've improved now that I'm actually trying.
I've made a quote wall on my room from mostly pins from Pinterest-most of them are from the blogger Tina Haupert's (Carrots 'n' Cake) 'Fitness Inspiration' Pinterest board but I'm going to get into the habit of reading them at least three times a day: in the morning, when I get home from work, and when I go to bed. They're great quotes and really motivate me, but I need to keep them in my mind and believe in them-and myself-in order to stick with my resolutions and reach my goals.
I need to remember the progress I've made with push ups and that when I really try, I can accomplish so much more than I think I can. This will be my go-to song (I know it's not new, but I've been loving it lately):
And this will be my quote:
We can do it. FIGHT ON.
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