I do have a neurologist and no it isn't to fix whatever is wrong with my brain and its inability to stay on task while I blog. That's something that isn't fixable. FYI. I have been plagued by headaches most of my life. They returned with a vengeance about eight months ago. After multiple visits to my wicked awesome neurologist, we have found a medication that works and actually allows me to lose weight. Hooray!!!
I think going to the neurologist is funny. I have to do a battery of tests each time that I compare to what I have seen on TV for field sobriety tests. I pass every time, although the thought to drink a forty of OE before I go has crossed my mind.
I am more focused than ever being nearly headache free. How many of us put off taking care of ourselves due to the inconvenience, the time or the thought of even adding one more thing to our lists? I know I have. I still do. But I also know what I put off these days does not inhibit my ability to drag my flabby ass outta bed at 4:15 in the morning. Should I put headaches on the back-burner of solution, my motivation would go down.
The equation is simple. A happy you + feeling good about yourself * the motivation you bring to yourself = x (all the great things you can achieve)
Cheesy as Chester Cheetah. I know. But it is true.
I'm not a big fan of excuses. There is no excuse for excuses. It boils down to you. No matter which way you cut it. Your failures and your successes are all you. Be proud of each. I think all successes follow great failures. Think about it. How many times did you whizz in your pants before you "got it" and started using the toilet? Same goes for crapping your pants. Hey, maybe you still do both from time to time, maybe because of laziness, lack of control or just for fun. Any way you roll, I'm not here to judge what you do in your underwear. Anyhoo, thinking about failures before successes: how many times did you fail tests to realize what you needed to do to get a better grade? How many times did you burn your supper until you got it right? How many "bad" jobs did you take before you took the right one? How many friends did you lose before you figured out how to treat people? The list goes on and on.
How many roles do you fill in a day? Example for me: I'm wife, mother, daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, coworker, tutor, friend, niece, cousin, granddaughter and wicked awesome blogger (right? right!). Again, another list that could go longer if I thought more about it. Point is, right there, those are pretty great successes for me, too. No one has disowned me... yet. I figure I can't be all of that without some sort of success. I guess you could add the prefix of "shitty" to each one and the effect is wrecked. Touche. Touche. Let's pretend I didn't type that "shitty" part.
If you have made it this far in life and are reading my blog, you have a lot to be proud of. START SMALL and work your way up to find all of your amazing successes. I can only hope that this journey of being thinner and healthier is going to be one of my amazing success stories. Lord knows I have failed quite a few times at this stuff. Hopefully I'm getting it right this time around.
Signing off for now, to all of you near and far and to those of you trying to not be the shittiest you can be, until next time...
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