Sometimes Having a Positive Attitude is Necessary

After reading Charles last post and writing a pretty nasty post about my latest feelings on my blog (you can check it out here) I decided to post something positive.  I’ve blown off a lot of steam and am now feeling more relaxed.

For people who don’t know, I had a pretty bad time last week with lots of pain in my knees and legs and an even worse weekend–I could barely walk and then my scale suddenly decided to not work anymore.  Every disaster story needs a grand finale and this is no exception.  On Monday I lost my keys; on Tuesday my new scale arrived and I pulled it out of the box only to discover it was broken; and finally my polar watch stopped working.

So that’s enough with the bad news. Let’s focus on the positive because despite all these problems, I achieved some stuff I’m pretty pleased about.   First, I lost another 2.1 pounds last week which makes me very happy.  Second, after having bought a bike ceiling mount over 2 years ago (maybe even more) I set it up and my girlfriend’s bike now has a nice place and doesn’t get in our way anymore.  The last bit of good news is that I found my keys.

This is a long journey and for sure we are all going to have bad days, but you know what?  Everybody has bad days, not just us poor people who are struggling to lose weight.  We should focus more on the positive, leave the bad days behind, forget about them, and remember the good days because it’s those days that will inspire us in the future and help us get past the other bad moments that will surely come along.

I’m not sure if my charts inspire anyone to move and start doing exercise and it’s true that in a certain way the chart is just a bunch of numbers.  But, it also tells the story of my hard won weight loss progress.  The steady decline on the trend line was achieved with thousands of steps and tremendous effort…to the point where I’m writing this post while sitting here with a full bag of ice on my left knee.

To finish off, achievement comes from effort, so fatbloggers and everybody who comes to this site, stay focused on your goals because bad moments and good moments will come your way and you have the power over whether you use these moments to bring yourself down or to buoy yourself up.

Last week achievements: