Motivation to Live Well - July 1, 2009

Don’t look back on yesterday with despair.

Look at tomorrow with hope.

Motivation to Live Well - June 21, 2009

Imagine your goal at the top of a mountain. You’ll never reach it if you don’t start climbing.

I know I'm not saying anything from my heart right now. Blogging time is limited, but some of these quotes from the Motivation to Live Well site, just charge me up...and I need all the charging I can get.

Motivation to Live Well - June 19, 2009

Why change your life tomorrow, when today is such a perfect time?

Motivation to Live Well - June 17, 2009

The daily renewing of our minds by the Spirit of truth is key to gaining wisdom. It’s the very thing that lays out our inner road map directing the paths by which we should go.

Motivation to Live Well - June 15, 2009

If your life is slipping out of control, move over and let God take the wheel. It’s when we let go and let God, that we can finally see the road ahead.

Motivation to Live Well - June 12, 2009

Knowledge is power, but without action it’s useless. Renew your mind daily through the truth of the Word, then use that wisdom to guide your body and soul.

Motivation to Live Well - June 9, 2009

"With God all things are possible. Maybe it’s time to rely on His strength."

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I've posted. Life has been a bit crazy. Extra people at the house for several weeks. I have been way out of focus-very lethargic in my efforts to lose weight. I haven't gone crazy with eating, but have not made much room for working out.

So...as I seem way to often to say, "I haven't made much forward progress, been idling, but I haven't given up and I won't! "

Time to refocus...
Time to choose the right path...
Time to rely on the strength of the Holy Spirit that enables and empowers me to walk out that path.

I'm back on track!!!

Motivation to live Well - May 12, 2009

211.8

Knowledge is power, but without action it’s useless.
Renew your mind daily through the truth of the Word, then use that wisdom to guide your body and soul."

This is such a true statement. I know God's Word and meditate on it. Additionally, I have a library of health and/or weightloss materials. All of this knowledge is a wonderful tool to a better, more victorious life, but the benefit of all that knowledge is limited if I don't apply it to my life through action. The greatest benefit is through more consistent application.

Motivation to Live Well - May 11, 2009

"If you take two steps forward and one step back, you’re still getting someplace. Don't give up the moment you slip up. Press on!"

For most of my life I have felt like a complete failure any time I haven't been 100 percent or if I blew my eating or failed to workout. I tend to be an all or nothing person. All that has ever done for me is cause me to spiral downward in my spirit of failure. I might take a break, rag on myself, or I might give up all together---feeling it was useless and I'd never be successful and reach my goals.

As time has gone on, the quote from Motivation to Live Well has given me encouragement. I am not 100 percent all of the time or ever, for that matter. I am on a journey to make more right choices every day. In that, I am feeling successful.

I am also working more on my thought processes. I've honestly thought I wouldn't succeed. I've thought I will fail and, therefore, that's exactly what I do. Even as I walked on the treadmill today (good choice, step forward), I recited to myself that I can and I am going to do this and be in good physical shape. I believe I'll be in better mental shape as well. Mind and body!

Proverbs 23:7 "As a man thinks in his heart. SO IS HE."

I want to be different so I'd better keep working at thinking differently!

Motivation to Live Well - May 3, 2009

Start each day in prayer asking God to guide your steps.
That way you’ll be walking on a firm foundation.

Motivation to Live Well - May 1, 2009

Don’t look back on yesterday with despair. Look at tomorrow with hope.

It's so easy to beat myself up for my mistakes and failures of yesterday, but I am choosing to look at TODAY with hope.

Motivation to Live Well - April 29, 2009

4/29/2009
Seeds of discipline produce a harvest of
strength. Keep planting them daily.

Motivation to Live Well - April 26, 2009

213.4

Motivation to Live Well:
Yesterday’s mistakes are not an excuse to continue damaging behavior, but
rather reinforcement as to why you need to change.

I needed this word today. It's been two steps forward and one step backwards, but I'm determined to focus on the one step increase forward while looking for solutions in order not to fall one step backwards. I've worked so hard at transforming my inner self in respect to health and weight loss, it is time for it to make some major transformation on the outside of me.

My mind and heart are being gradually transformed and it will leak out into my outer self! That's been my goal for the past 6 months. For most of us who struggle with our weight and looks, we've spent a large portion of our precious lives being negative about ourselves and feeling defeated. That's why I have felt my first transformation had to be within.

I know that God has graciously been transforming me from the day I met Him and gave my life to Him. He can do the same thing for me in respect to my mindset when it comes to emotional and physical health. I'm counting on it!

Motivation to Live Well - April 23, 2009

Take some steps today, if only a few, and tomorrow you’ll be that much closer to your goal.

I really do like the Motivation to Live Well gadget-little post-its across my mind each day.

Motivation to Live Well - April 21, 2009

212.9

Imagine your goal at the top of a mountain. You’ll never reach it if you don’t start climbing.

Motivation to Live Well - April 20, 2009

One of the most satisfying feelings--more satisfying than the temptation itself is when one can say, ’I could have, but I didn’t!’