Sunday, September 26, 2010

A kick in the butt

Earlier on my Food and Exercise Journal post I put that it was raining here and I hate walking on the treadmill so I was going to skip exercising today.  Well I was gone for awhile and when I came back online this was the comment I had:

"For us to suceed we must do things we dont always want to do. So get on the tread and get moving, you know you want to, you know its what you should do. I am just here to help and I wish someone would tell me what I need to hear more often. So I am telling you and I will also get my butt moving today just for you."

This comment came from Becki at  http://becki-myweightlossjourney.blogspot.com/ and this was the very first time that she had ever commented on my blog.  I immediately thanked her for leaving this comment and for giving me the kick in the butt I needed to get moving.  Lucky for me the rain had decided to take a break and I got ready and tackled my walk around the neighborhood.  At first I thought ok I can do 3 laps which would be 2.1 miles but then I wanted to go for more so I decided to go for 4 laps but still that wasn't good enough so I pushed myself to do 6 laps which was 4 miles.  When I got home I sent Becki a message thanking her again and dedicating those 4 miles to her. 


I know that I can't always depend on someone else to give me that extra push and most of the time I can find in within myself but not today.  I could have walked on the treadmill but I took the rain as an excuse to get out of exercising and Becki saw right through my excuse.  This is the wonderful weight loss community I have found that reaches out and gives support, encouragement and even a little nudge if need be to keep each other going.  Thanks to a stranger and hopefully a friend now I finished 4 miles toward my New Years goal that I wouldn't have done otherwise.  What a great feeling to know I have people rooting me on, I won't fail you.

10 comments:

  1. I like how you have the daily exercise list on the side...hope you dont mind that I added that feature to my blog (you inspired me :) )

    http://last-weight-loss-journey.blogspot.com/

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  2. Christina thats absolutely fine. I find things on other peoples blogs that I decide to use on mine to, I actually think I got that idea from someone else but I'm not sure who.

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  3. Thank you for the Thank you. Sometimes we all need a kick in the butt, me including. I will continue to follow your blog and I hope we can inspire each other!!!

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  4. We can all use a kick in the pants every now and then. That's what friends are for. :)

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  5. Well done, that was great! You were fast, too. Four miles in 50 minutes... WOW... I am officially amazed! :)

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  6. I need a kick in the butt every day! Sometimes my son does it, but with some wise 12-year-old words of encouragement.

    Diane

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  7. Wow! Kudos to Becki for having the courgage to give you the kick you needed, and kudos to you for taking it graciously and following her advice! ~Veronica

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  8. Hey I'm open to any advice, opinions, tips and motivation from anyone. I'm pretty much alone on my weight loss at home besides my son has began to walk with me so I really depend on the weight loss blogging community to keep me going. If I had known this was out here years ago and I would have had this much success and support I would have started this blog along time ago.

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  9. This is crazy! I just posted on this very thing today and even used the phrase about a kick in the pants. I didn't want to do P90X with her, but she is forcing me to, and I'm glad about it now.

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