"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things."
"I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." ~Lewis Carroll
Do we dare to believe "impossible things?" Do we dare to dream the dream of losing weight? Do we dare to do what it takes to pursue the "impossible?"
Sometimes it might seem like losing weight is just impossible! We feel like all we are doing is eating and eating and eating! We think to ourselves, "I can't lose weight anyway, so I might as well just eat!"
I know that I am easily discouraged so it is easy for me to lose faith in what I am doing. If I don't see immediate results, I find myself wondering why I didn't just eat that piece of cake or whatever. I think to myself, "It doesn't seem to matter what I do...I gain weight, so I might just as well do whatever I want."
It is hard for me to believe the impossible. It is hard for me to believe that I will ever be "thin" because I believe that to be something that is impossible.
However, if I think along the lines of yesterday's blog, if I want to change things, I have to change how I think about them. I need to change my mind about what is possible and start focusing on that.
On a different note: I have been following a blog about weight loss on beliefnet.com. If you want some further encouragement, go to that site. I have also been posting some information on my facebook page.
Remember to be good to yourselves. Don't be discouraged. Trust me, I know what that feels like, but if we keep on keeping on I think we will be pleasantly surprised. Even if we don't lose all of the weight we wanted to or don't win the contest, we can be pleased that we persevered!
Karin
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