I found a letter I wrote to a friend who was have a hard time and I like it. It is a little picture of my life at the time and how I like to cheer and encourage.
"These are busy days for us since the garden is starting to produce. Jim planted way more beets than I really want to pickle, but I am working at it. Our beans are soon ready to be picked and they are a chore, but I do like to have them in the freezer for winter time. We’ve reworked all our flower gardens and it looks really nice out there, but we do need to continue the weeding or it will be right back where we started. I think one of the hardest things to do in life is to just do a little at a time to the final goal. Just 15 minutes in the flower garden every day keeps it mostly weed free and looks nice even if a few little ones are peeking up. I have been following the flylady for awhile. I don’t do everything she says, she has a site for organizing your housecleaning. There are a few things she suggests that I do and like. One of her main ideas is to take baby steps to conquer anything. Most people, myself included, when we see a thing that needs to be done, tear into it, get it all or mostly done and get so tired we don’t want to clean anything for a very long time. She suggests we have a routine and do it and things get clean slowly and then stay clean. I’m not really following much of a routine at all, but there are a few things I always keep up. Over the last year, some of them are a quick bathroom clean (counter and toilet) three days a week, lay out my clothes at night, tidy up the living room before bed most of the time, and no dishes in the sink at night, and write up menus for supper, some weeks are better than others for that!! She sends out lots of emails and that can be annoying unless you're really into them. I enjoy reading some of them for inspiration and encouragement, but if I ‘m not in the mood to read them, I just delete them. I don’t know what it is about the human mind that doing the same thing every day for a long time is to hard. Some people are better at it than others. It sure is hard for me.
A little over a year ago, when I had yet another slightly high cholesterol result, I decided I was going to do something about it without medication, since I had heard stories of the side effects on others. It rather scared me, too, than my ‘bad’ cholesterol was so high, as were the triglycerides. So, because of the fear, at first it was easy to quit eating so much sugar and eat salad twice a day and not eat pasta. The weight just fell off and I was so pleased. I worked really hard, felt really pleased with myself ( a little much thinking of myself) and when I got the results in a year, my numbers were closer to where they should be. And then my mind says, “oh, that was good, we can take a vacation!!” And I did, all winter and gained most of that weight back, could hardly took at a salad, and felt bad for any bragging I had done about how good my self control was. So, I really ought to get back where I was and I am finding it very hard not to eat some of the things I love. I really love to eat. I am only saved by my high metabolism from not weighing 200 pounds! I don’t know if I am ready to start again, since whatever I do about my eating needs to last the rest of my life. But I will start with the no bedtime snacks, baby steps, one thing at a time.
I don’t know if the beginning is easier than the middle for you. But I will think about you at bedtime for sure"
Re-reading this has been very interesting. I have gained more weight yet, and my metabolism is slowing down more. This was written a few years ago, and I have decided I need to start again. I am a little bit worried about my sugar intake this time, but I'm really going baby steps this time. I'm walking at least 25 minutes every day, and thinking about what I'm eating, even if it is things I probably shouldn't. I need to do a lot more, but I'm not going to think about that yet. My ultimate goal is eating less sugar and fitness.
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